One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16，I liked ____ better than driving our truck，____ this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store.
Sixteen is a ____age，when a young man wants respect，not charity. It was 1976，and the ugly ___ of racial discrimination was ____ a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand，head down，while the store owner ___ whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were ___ like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was ___.We paid our debts. But before harvest，cash was short. Would the store owner ____ us?
At Davis’s store，Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk，talking to a farmer. I nodded ____ I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my ____ to the cash desk，I said ____，“I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused，distrustful ___.But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure，” he said ___.“Your daddy is ___ good for it.” He ___ to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”
The farmer nodded in a neighborly __.I was filled with pride. James Williams’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had ____ brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to ___ from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself ____ much to do wrong.
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【小题1】B
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【小题3】A
【小题4】B
【小题5】C
【小题6】C
【小题7】A
【小题8】B
【小题9】D
【小题10】B
【小题11】A
【小题12】D
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【小题14】C
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解析试题分析：文章大意：本文讲述了16岁时那年，“我”遵父亲之命到商店买电线时所亲身体验的一件事情。作为黑人的我深深地感到社会上存在着种族歧视现象，因为我曾目睹我的朋友在赊账时受到老板的冷眼相待，但幸运的是，老板却爽快地答应了，因为我是James Williams的儿子。那件事使我明白了：正是父母的诚实、正直才赢得了老板和邻居们的尊敬。
【小题1】B。逻辑推理题。根据下文 “_ 37_ this time I was not happy.”可知，作者平常很喜欢开车。nothing better than意思为“没有什么能比得上”，比较级表示最高级的含义。本句的意思为“十六岁的我最喜欢开车”。比较级表示最高级含义的例句： We couldn't have had worse news. 我们不可能有更坏的消息了。How beautiful she sings! I have never heard a better voice.她唱得多好听!我从来未听过这么美妙的嗓音。
【小题2】C。逻辑推理题。上文中 “liked”与 “not happy” 构成转折关系 连词要用but。
【小题3】A。形容词词义辨析。本句是由when引导的非限制性定语从句 对先行词a _3_age进一步补充说明。因此，此处所填的形容词应与 “when a young man wants respect not charity” 所表达的意思相同。 prideful“自豪的、傲慢的”，符合题意。这也与下文中的 “I was filled with pride” 相吻合。选项C的干扰性很大 respectful意思为 “尊重的，尊敬的 ( 向别人)表示尊敬的(feeling or showing respect)”.
【小题4】B。考察背景知识与名词含义。racial discrimination：种族歧视,由此可知故事应发生在美国。20世纪60年代，在马丁.路德金领导了民权运动（The Civil Rights Movement）之后，黑人的权益逐渐改善，但种族歧视的残余依然存在。由下一句可知：黑人依然受歧视，也就是种族歧视的可怕的阴影（或残余）仍然是黑人必须面对的事实。shadow的意思为“阴影，阴暗面；影响。” intention：目的；shadow：阴影；habit：习惯；faith：信任。
【小题5】C。副词词义辨析题。本题结合4题选择still“仍然”，表示“丑恶的种族歧视阴影依然在现实生活中存在”。just：刚刚、恰好；ever：曾经；thus：因此。
【小题6】C。动词词义辨析题。guess认为，猜想；figure 料想，估计，后接that从句，不接whether从句。而question意思为“怀疑，对??产生质疑”，后接whether从句。B项suspect的干扰性很强。suspect表示怀疑（不相信某事存在或属实），或觉得(尤指坏事)可能是事实，后接that从句，一般不接whether从句，要注意其用法。question：做动词，表示提问、询问；对.....提出疑问、怀疑，对某事物表示或感到怀疑，可接whether开头的宾语从句。C项与句意符合：而店主怀疑他们是否可信。
【小题7】A。动词词义辨析题。本句意思为：每次象我一样的黑种人来商店的时候，店员总是把他们当作小偷似的暗中监视。watch表示“暗中监视某人。”注意accuse表示“指责，控告”，不合题意。dismiss：开除。
【小题8】B．形容词词义辨析题。根据下文 “We paid our debts.But before harvest,cash was short.”和文章的最后一句“a decent person who kept his word and respect at himself”可知答案为honest。注意D项modest 意思为“谦虚的”。
【小题9】D．动词词义辨析题。由上文可知，在“我”的心目中黑人经常受歧视，此处表示：缺少现金，老板是否赊账给我们，是否信任我们。trust “信任”。blame：指责；charge：控诉；excuse：原谅。
【小题10】B．连词词义辨析题。分析动词nodded和passed之间的关系可知两动作同时发生，连词as 表示“当??时候”，引导时间状语从句。once：一旦；until：直到。
【小题11】A．名词词义辨析题。由首句 “One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm”可知，我去商店买电线，名词purchases意思为“购买之物”，这里指wire。C项orders意思为“预定的货物”，不合题意。favorite：最喜爱的东西。
【小题12】D。 副词词义辨析题。因为没有现金，“我”当时年轻爱面子，很担心，害怕老板不赊账，故“我”小心翼翼地对老板说。 casually ：随意地；confidently ：自信地； cheerfully ：高兴地。
【小题13】A．动词短语辨析题。由下一句“But Buck’s face didn’t change.”可知选A项look，此处表示表情、神色、眼神。本句的意思为“那个农民以戏弄的、不相信的眼光看着我，然而巴克面不改色”。 give sb a look：看某人一眼；give sb a stare：瞪某人一眼；response反应；与make搭配，不与give搭配。comment：评价，做评论是make a comment，不是give a comment。
【小题14】C。副词感情色彩辨析题。由下文可知，店主的态度与农民形成对比，关键词是But。从店主的话可知，“我”的父亲很讲诚信，总是能够偿还赊账。easily这里意思为“轻易地，轻松地，安然地”。用此词最能反映出老板不假思索，毫无疑问地同意给“我” 赊账。patiently：耐心地；eagerly：热心地、急切地；proudly：骄傲地。
【小题15】D．副词词义辨析题。本句意思为：老板答应爽快，他知道Williams一家向来是诚实守信的，按时偿还赊账。
【小题16】C。动词短语辨析题。老板与“我”对话之后又转向那个农民，turn to 意思为“转向”。point to: 指向。reply to：回答。introduce to：将某人介绍给另一个人。从下一句的内容：“这是詹姆斯.威廉斯的一个儿子。”可判断店主是在跟身边的那位农民说话。所以在说话之前店主应转向农民。
【小题17】B．介词短语辨析题。由上文可知，这时那个农民对“我”的态度由起先amused distrustful转变为 neighborly（友好的）。in a neighborly way: 一种友好的方式。in a sense：在某种意义上。to a degree: 达到某种程度。in the mood for （doing）sth / to do sth：有做某事的想法。
【小题18】A．name表示名声、名气。My family had earned是定语从句修饰先行词name，省去了关系代词that或which.。 earn the good name表示蠃得名声。注意B项的干扰性，deserve意思为“应受，值得（荣誉、惩罚、奖励等）”，与句意不符。earn：赢得。
【小题19】B。动词词义辨析题。表示人们从 Williams家族身上所期待的，expect意思为“期待”。receive from： 收到某人的来信。collect：收集。require：要求。
【小题20】D。本题考查对too?to结构的理解。本句的意思为：人人都知道Williams家族是诚实守信，自尊自重，以至不会做错事的正派家族。
考点：考察人生感悟类短文
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Dear Michelle,
Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.
I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!
A worried mother
Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,
Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.
When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.
Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.
Michelle
【小题1】From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter .
| A．is being fooled by the boy |
| B．has fallen behind in her studies |
| C．doesn't talk much with her mother |
| D．has chosen which college to attend |
| A．are too young to manage their life |
| B．are old enough to live their own life |
| C．should have management before experience |
| D．have reached the age of an adult |
| A．false love | B．foolish love |
| C．pure love | D．adolescent love |
| A．come up with the right decision |
| B．follow her boyfriend's advice |
| C．worry her parents for unconscious reasons |
| D．influence her boyfriend's behavior |
| A．College of kids' own choice |
| B．How can I help my girl? |
| C．How to manage teenagers' life? |
| D．A 17-year-old girl and her mother |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Every time you go shopping, the vegetables and fruit look so tempting that you wish you could buy all of them. Some people are lucky and can grow the fruit and vegetables in the gardens that they have. While getting fresh vegetables, they can also achieve great cost cutting.
Mushrooms are expensive and can also go bad very quickly. Mushrooms can also be grown easily in a dark environment. In fact it’s better than growing other vegetables since you really don’t need an outdoor space. A special type of soil that is good for growing mushrooms is easily available.
Actually mushrooms aren’t even vegetables; they are fungi and for this reason, you don’t even require sunlight to grow them. Well how does one go about growing mushrooms? You could always Google “growing mushrooms” and you will find a number of mushroom growing kits（成套工具）available online that are effective and not very expensive either.
Mushrooms can be added to any dish that you cook. Simply use them in pizzas, salads and anything that you pretty much fancy. Grow mushrooms in your own house and use them whenever you want. Fresh mushrooms are taster than the ones that are stored in your refrigerator.
If you have had a really good crop of mushrooms, then you can even store them. Ideally you should use the white variety of the mushrooms. Simply pick them, slice them and put them on a cookie sheet in a freezer. When they are frozen, just put them in a zip lock and you can use them when you want to. They give a really great taste to the dish that you are making. Thaw them before you use them.
You should try growing mushrooms, since it’s cost-effective. Furthermore, you can eat the fresh mushrooms any time that you want.
【小题1】What is an advantage of growing vegetables according to the passage?
| A．You can save a lot of money |
| B．You can eat all kinds of vegetables. |
| C．You are lucky to eat what you like |
| D．You can satisfy your desire. |
| A．they can grow well in an outdoor space |
| B．it is easy for them to go bad in a few days |
| C．they can grow without soil |
| D．they can be grown where there is no light |
| A．a-b-c-d | B．d-c-a-b | C．a-d-c-b | D．d-a-c-b |
| A．We should eat more fruit and vegetables |
| B．Mushrooms online are very expensive |
| C．It is easy and cost-effective to grow mushrooms |
| D．Mushrooms — tasty and healthy vegetables |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
In my experience, one of the greatest reasons of unhappiness is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are．When we see something we don’t like, we wish it could be different–we cry out for something better．That may be human nature, or perhaps it’s something that has been grown in our culture．
The root of the unhappiness isn’t that we want things to be different, however, it’s that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place．We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, but it just is．”
Here is an example．I have written a paper, A Beautiful Method to Find Peace of Mind．Quite a few people think it bad after reading it because I think people should expect things to go differently than you planned, and that you should accept that, instead of encouraging people to change themselves or the environment as much as possible．You could accept it as the way the world works–as the way things actually are．And try to understand why that is, and follow it, as it is．
This can be useful to whatever you do: whether it be how other people act at work, how politics works and how depressing the news media can be．Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they’re that way．
It’ll save you a lot of sadness because you’ll no longer say, “Oh, I wish things didn’t go bad!”
If you really understand what I mean, you can try a different way to live in this world:accept, and understand．It might lead to some interesting results．
【小题1】What is the major reason why we feel unhappy in the writer’s opinion?
| A．We are never satisfied with ourselves and the environment around us． |
| B．When we see something that makes us unhappy, we don’t know what to do． |
| C．We feel hard to accept the way things happen themselves． |
| D．No matter how happy we are, we never want to be happy． |
| A．How could I have made such a stupid mistake? |
| B．I should have done better．It’s all my fault． |
| C．Why is it all against my plan? It can’t be so bad． |
| D．Well, I know all is what it is meant to be．Take it easy． |
| A．The writer hasn’t shown an encouraging attitude in his paper． |
| B．The writer asks people to try to make things better． |
| C．The writer reminds the people that things will go exactly as you’ve planned． |
| D．The writer doesn’t think it a good idea to accept the things go naturally． |
| A．Unhappiness may be caused by human nature that we always want things to be better． |
| B．Why we don’t like the thing is that we have regard it as bad in the beginning． |
| C．The news media shouldn’t be so depressing if the reporters worked harder． |
| D．The best way to avoid feeling unhappy is to accept the things as they are． |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
What’s delicious, healthy to eat and comes in various colors? Eggplant! And no, it has nothing to do with chickens! This strangely named vegetable is, however, as versatile as an egg. It can be steamed, fried or baked. It can be eaten by itself or combined with meats and other vegetables.
Eggplant was first grown in India during the 5th century B.C. Its popularity soon spread to China and then throughout Asia. Finally, during the Middle Ages the vegetable made its way to Europe. At that time, eggplant was not the shiny purple vegetable most people know today. Instead, it was like a white egg. Due to this egg-like appearance, eggplant got its name. In its early days, the vegetable was so bitter that people often called it a “mad apple”. This nickname started because people believed its bitterness was bad for one’s health. People actually thought eggplant could cause insanity(精神错乱) and cancer.
Fortunately, today people know that eggplant doesn’t cause insanity or cancer. In fact, eggplant is so healthy that it may prevent cancer. In addition, the brain and the heart benefit from this supper vegetable. Since it is high in fiber, eggplant can also improve digestion.
Italy, Turkey, Egypt, China and Japan are the leading growers of eggplant in the world today. Depending on its location, eggplant may be purple, green, orange or yellow-white. And it can be as small as a tomato or as large as a cucumber. Dish diversities(多样性) range from simple to complex, with all of them being delicious!
Today, thousands of people are gathering in Loomis, Calif, for the 23rd annual Loomis Eggplant Festival. The main activity at the festival is eating delicious eggplant dishes. There is plenty more to do and see, though. Recipe contests, arts and crafts, performers, races and children’s activities all “egg-cite” festival-goers. Most people at the festival would agree — eggplant is an “egg-cellent” vegetable!
【小题1】What does the underlined word “versatile” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
| A．simple in shape | B．various in cooking |
| C．diverse in size | D．flexible in price |
| A．cure the cancer with certainty | B．do good to digestion |
| C．replace other vegetables | D．help relieve insanity |
| A．colors | B．sizes | C．dishes | D．nutrition |
| A．the 23rd annual Loomis Eggplant Festival |
| B．the general introduction of eggplant |
| C．the origin of eggplant |
| D．the benefits of eggplant |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Old-Fashioned Play-For Pay
Kids! Come to have a ball! Or 60,000 of them! There’s a new type of business franchise（特许经销权）that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds, which feature toys, games, guided fun and a workout that doesn’t break the family bank.
As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe guided activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop kids’ physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $ 5 an hour. “Playgrounds are dirty, not guided,” says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N. Y., part of Kansas City-based chain, “We are indoors; we are padded; parents can feel their child is safe”.
In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families, the new franchise stays open in the evenings, long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable. However, these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers. Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At some of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special guided programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner. If there is a problem, Mom and Dad are called.
The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-earner families and two-hour commutes（两小时上下班往返）, play with their kids. That, at least, is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates.
【小题1】What is this article mainly talking about?
| A．Children can play without parent’s care. |
| B．The fast development of Discovery Zone. |
| C．A new type of business franchise of kids. |
| D．The disadvantages of outdoor playgrounds. |
| A．The cost is high for a family. |
| B．It doesn't allow parents to leave their kids. |
| C．It stays open in the evening just as traditional playgrounds. |
| D．It's a place where parents can play together with their kids. |
| A．The so-called new playground is out of date. |
| B．The new playground is actually enjoyed by parents. |
| C．The new playground is also enjoyed by old people. |
| D．The new playground offers a fashion which is popular in the past. |
| A．agreeable | B．negative |
| C．doubtful | D．unknown |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
“Avoid the rush hour” must be the slogan of large cities all over the world. Wherever you look, there are people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed. The streets are so crowded; there is hardly room to move on the pavements. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads has almost come to a standstill. Even when a bus does at last arrive, it’s so full, and it can’t take any more passengers. The smallest unexpected event can bring about conditions of complete chaos. The strange thing is not that people stand these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else. 
Large modern cites are too big to control. People living there are forced by their environment to take a wholly unnatural way of life. They lost touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live in such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you can hardly tell the season. A few flowers in a public park may remind you that it is spring or summer. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are hard to find. Even the distinction between days and nights is lost.
The funny thing about it all is that you pay dearly to live in a city. The demand for accommodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. The cost of living is also very high. Just about everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country. Besides, the crime rate in most cities is very high. If you think about it, they’re not really fit to live in at all. Can anyone really doubt that the country is what man was born for and where he truly belongs?
【小题1】 According to the writer, .
| A．there is a slogan in every large city all over the world |
| B．the rush hour traffic is terrible in large cities of the world |
| C．one should try to avoid the traffic wherever he is |
| D．rush hour exists in large cities but not in small ones |
| A．people can stand the conditions in the city |
| B．people are used to living in a city |
| C．people know little about the problems of a city |
| D．people still choose to live in a city |
| A．there in no such thing as changes of seasons |
| B．seasons change only in public parks now |
| C．they live unnaturally without contact with nature |
| D．the temperature changes little between seasons |
| A．city people have to pay higher to live in a city |
| B．there is a greater demand for things in a city |
| C．things are better in a city than elsewhere |
| D．people in a city are much more wealthy |
| A．It’s crazy to choose to live in a large city. |
| B．City life can be very disagreeable. |
| C．Country life is better than city life. |
| D．Conditions of cities should be changed. |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
This is my world now; it’s all I have left. You see, I’m old. And, I’m not as healthy as I used to be. I’m not necessarily happy with it, but I accept it. Occasionally, a member of my family will stop in to see me. He or she will bring me some flowers or a little present, maybe a set of slippers—I’ve got eight pairs. And then they will return to the outside world and I’ll be alone again. Oh, there are other people here in the nursing home. Residents, we’re called. The majority are about my age. I’m 84. Many are in wheelchairs. The lucky ones are passing through—a broken hip, a diseased heart, something has brought them here for rehabilitation(康复). When they’re well they’ll be going home.
The help here is basically pretty good, although there’s a large turnover of staff. Just when I get comfortable with someone he or she moves on to another job. I understand that. This is not the best job to have. I don’t much like some of the physical things that happen to us. I don’t care much for a diaper(尿布). I seem to have lost the control acquired so diligently as a child. The difference is that I’m aware and embarrassed, but I can’t do anything about it. I’ve had three children, and I know it isn’t pleasant to clean another’s diaper. My husband used to wear a gas mask when he changed the kids. I wish I had one now.
Why do you think the staff insists on talking baby talk when speaking to me? I understand English. I have a degree in music and am a certified teacher. Now I hear a lot of words that end in “y”. There is little need for anyone to position their face directly in front of mine and raise their voice with those “y” words. Sometimes it takes longer for a meaning to sink in; sometimes my mind wanders when I am bored. But there’s no need to shout.
I’d love to go out for a meal or travel again. I’d love to go to my own church, sing with my own choir. I’d love to visit my friends. Most of them are gone now or else they are in different “homes” of their children’s choosing. I’d love to play a good game of bridge, but no one here seems to concentrate very well. My children put me here for my own good. They said they would be able to visit me frequently. But they have their own lives to lead. That sounds normal. I don’t want to be a burden. They know that. But I would like to see them more. One of them is here in town. He visits as much as he can.
Something else I’ve learned to accept is loss of privacy. Quite often I’ll close my door when my roommate—imagine having a roommate at my age—is in the TV room. I do appreciate some time to myself and believe that I have earned at least that courtesy(礼貌). As I sit thinking or writing, one of the aides invariably opens the door unannounced and walks in as if I’m not there. Sometimes she even opens my drawers and begins searching around. Am I invisible? Have I lost my right to respect and dignity? I am still a human being. I would like to be treated as one.
Back to my semiprivate room for a little semi-privacy or a nap(午睡). I do need my beauty rest; company may come today. What is today, again? The afternoon drags into early evening. This used to be my favorite time of the day. Things would wind down. I would kick off my shoes. Put my feet up on the coffee table. Pop open a bottle of Chablis and enjoy the fruits of my day’s labor with my husband. He’s gone. So is my health. This is my world.
【小题1】Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
| A．The staff at the nursing home mistreated the elderly people. |
| B．Nursing home workers sometimes stole items from her drawers. |
| C．Her children did not often visit because they felt guilty for having put her in the nursing home. |
| D．The staff used baby talk with her because they assumed her mind had aged as her body had. |
| A．dignity | B．sadness | C．disappointment | D．confusion |
| A．Sympathetic. | B．Regretful. | C．Angry. | D．Relieved. |
| A．The Disadvantages of Growing Old |
| B．If Only I could be getting better |
| C．The Elderly: A Forgotten Generation |
| D．The Place That Changed My Life |
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals （凉鞋）, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I saved them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking. [来源:学§科§网]
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
“Am I rich? Pity, no!”
I looked at my worn-out slipcovers （椅套）. The girl put her cup back in its saucer （茶碟）carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
【小题1】The writer let the two children come in and served them well because ______.
| A．she wanted to sell old papers to them |
| B．she wanted to give them some presents |
| C．she showed great pity and care on them |
| D．she wanted to show her thanks to them |
| A．show that she was a kind-hearted lady |
| B．remind her she shouldn’t forget how rich she was |
| C．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is |
| D．call up her memories of the good old days |
| A．how much money you have made |
| B．what attitude you have had toward life |
| C．the way you help others |
| D．your social relationship |
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