Coming home from school, I was filled with excitement. But I was into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the end of the sofa, , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me she couldn’t type fast and she was out of work. My shock at finding mother in tears was a perfect of how I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very to understand. I could her pain and the tension (压力) of the strong feeling that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face my shoulder and sobbed. I held her and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, and that was enough. At that moment, mother’s back with feelings, I understood for the first time her being so easy to . She was still my mother, she was something : a person like me, capable of fear and and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought in her arms.
A week later mother took a job at half the salary the radio station . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said . But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very feeling now when I heard her tapping away across the paper at night. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to .
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解析试题分析:一天放学后,作者兴冲冲地回到家,却发现母亲自己在偷偷地哭泣,原来母亲因为打字慢而被解雇了。作者第一次感到母亲也是一个像他一样会脆弱的、会感到害怕、会受伤的人。从此他对母亲有了更多的了解,知道了母亲的艰辛。
【小题1】B形容词辨析。A. 懒惰;B. 震惊的; C. 羞愧的; D. 疲倦的。根据下文My shock at finding mother in tears可以判断作者看到母亲哭泣很震惊,答案选B。
【小题2】C动词辨析。 A. 微笑;B. 思考,认为; C. 哭泣;D. 低语。从下文My shock at finding mother in tears was a perfect…可知当作者回家时母亲正因为失业而哭泣,答案选C。
【小题3】A名词辨析。A. 证据;B. 感情; C. 借口; D. 解释。由上下文可知作者不知道母亲来自工作方面的压力,所以他表现出的震惊正好证明了自己对母亲关心的少,了解的也少,所以选A。
【小题4】A副词辨析。A少; B.多; C. 热切地;D. 担忧地。根据上文作者表现出的震惊可以推测作者对目前所处的状况以及母亲的压力知之甚少,故答案选A。
【小题5】B副词辨析。A.突然;B. 慢;C. 骄傲地;D. 迅速地。从情理可知当作者看到母亲哭泣以后,从母亲的叙述中才慢慢了解到了事情的原委,才开始理解母亲的困境,其余选项不符合语境,答案选B。
【小题6】D动词辨析。A. 观看; B. 认出; C. 看; D. 察觉。根据当时的情景推测,母亲不想在孩子面前表现的太过伤心,但是作者坐在母亲身边感受到了的母亲的痛苦和压力,而其余选项不构成搭配,答案选D。
【小题7】D动词短语辨析。A. 收起;B. 停止;C.坐起; D. 抑制。 从情理可知起初的时候母亲在作者面前尽量压制自己的悲伤难过,不想在孩子面前表现出脆弱,hold back“抑制,控制”,故答案选D。
【小题8】A动词辨析。A.变,转身;B. 点燃; C. 增加; D. 起身。看到母亲的悲痛,一种感情涌上了作者的心头,turn可以表示“开始涨或落”,答案选A。
【小题9】B介词辨析。A.通过; B. 对抗,抵; C.向上;D. 朝。根据情理推测可知当时母亲非常伤心,情感非常脆弱,所以当作者搂住她的肩膀时,她情绪失控,头抵在了作者的肩头抽泣起来,against“紧靠,倚”,答案选B。
【小题10】C副词辨析。A. 仔细地;B. 礼貌地; C. 紧紧地;D.深思地。从情理可知作者紧紧地搂着母亲,来表达他的安慰,其余选项不符合语境,答案选C。
【小题11】A动词辨析。A. 感觉到,摸; B.到达;C. 注视;D. 察觉。由当时的情景可以想象作者没有用语言来安慰母亲,只是搂着母亲的肩膀,轻轻抚摸着她的后背,用肢体的动作来表达他的安慰,答案选A。
【小题12】A动词辨析。A. 碎,情绪失控;B. 使某人满意;C. 理解;D. 降落。从上文母亲的表现She broke then,可知母亲内心也有着非常脆弱的一面,句意:我第一次知道母亲的情绪也是如此容易失控,答案选A。
【小题13】C副词辨析。A.仍然; B.因此;C.然而; D. 然而。根据上下句意思可知此处表示转折关系,而however表示转折时是副词,不引导并列句, yet可以作为连词引导句子,答案选C。
【小题14】D形容词辨析。A. 许多;B. 巨大的; C. 少的;D.更多。从上文判断作者此时意识到了母亲不仅仅是孩子的保护伞,也是一个有着喜怒哀乐的人,一个需要支持和安慰的人,句意:她仍然是我的母亲,然而她又不只是母亲:她还是一个像我一样的人……
【小题15】B名词辨析。A. 刀口; B. 伤痛;C. 打败;D. 受伤。根据下文I could feel her pain可知此处指内心所受到的伤痛,hurt可以是感情受伤,wound受刀伤枪伤等,答案选B。
【小题16】C名词辨析。A. 记忆;B.支持;C. 安慰; D.友善。由情理可知当孩子受到委屈或者打击时,在母亲的臂弯里寻求的是一种安慰,答案选C。
【小题17】A动词辨析。A. 提供;B.支付;C.贡献; D. 供应。根据定语从句the radio station 52 中先行词salary的搭配可知此处选A,句意:母亲找的这份工作付给的薪水是以前那份工作的一半。
【小题18】B副词辨析。A. 难过地; B. 简单地,仅仅;C.激动地;D. 担忧地。从后句的转折词But可以判断母亲只是嘴上这么说,没有表现出她的真实感受和内心的想法,所以选B。
【小题19】D形容词辨析。 A.困难的; B. 愉快的;C. 严重的;D.不同的。根据上文叙述的故事以及下文I knew there was something more going on in there than …可知经过这件事后作者对母亲有了更深的了解,所以他内心的感受也不同以往了,答案选D。
【小题20】C动词辨析。A. 工作;B.写; C. 打字;D. 卖。从上文可知母亲是因为打字慢而被解雇的,所以她后来一直在练习打字,答案选C。
考点:考查故事类短文阅读。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
Peter Wiggins grew up in a poor family. He worked diligently at his ____ job as teaching assistant in a private kindergarten and put in three more hours at night as a parttime cashier at a ___. By the time Peter walked home with slow and heavy steps every day,it was often close to ____.
Peter worked very hard in order to ____ his aged parents who had retired as restroom cleaners with ____ savings left after putting Peter and his sister through school. Peter was the only ___, for his sister, Beth, was often in poor health.
One day, as Peter was walking home from ACE Supermarket where he ____, he stumbled(绊脚) upon a small brown packet on the pavement. The package was slightly ____.
So he picked it up to examine it more closely. To his ____, it contained fiftydollar bills. Peter knew it was not his to keep and that the ____ might urgently need the money.
Without ____, Peter walked quickly to the nearest police station and handed it over to Mr. Roberts who was the police officer ____ for that night. Surprised to see someone hand in such a large amount of cash ____,the police officer said that Peter was indeed a role model others could ____.
“It's nothing really...I was doing what ____ would have done,” Peter's face turned red as the officer continued to ask for his name and contact number so that the owner could ____ thank him. The next day, Peter received a ____. The owner of the lost money was none other than Peter's ____ at the ACE Supermarket! He had found out about Peter from Roberts and had decided to ____ Peter to the position of manager with a handsome increase in salary. He had also decided to pay for Beth's ___.Peter was overjoyed.
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It amazed me—every time I saw Joe,he was smiling.It didn’t ____ whether he had to stop at a stop light,or if he were the seventh person in ____ at the bank,and the service stopped just before he got there.Joe ___ smiled.It made me wonder why he seemed so ____ every day.
Having observed Joe with other people,I ____ something else also.Joe asked people how they were doing,and really seemed to listen to their ____.If someone were hurting,he had __7__ for him and kind words,and offered to ____ in any way he could.
It made me think...What if I tried to smile more?A(n) ____ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store.I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even ___ smiled back at me.Some even ____!The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a ____ time saw me smile and ____ talking...and,you guessed it.He made a shy little attempt at a smile.The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart ____ a person to reach something...I could get that for him.The smile even transferred over to him,and he ____me.
As I drove home,I was smiling.I ____ what I had just learned,and when someone passed me and gave me a(n) ____,I smiled at him.He looked puzzled.
Now I know a smile is a small thing,but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day?I couldn’t believe how ___ I felt.Nothing in my life had changed,____ maybe it had.For what I learned was that such a small thing could ____ not only my spirits,but those around me as well.
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It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate it by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening .
When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely . I looked around but not table was free. One of the waiters me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly . ”
The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to , ” he said, “Just hold on and you’ll a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people the corner table paid their , got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.
our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters, the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our
A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had for us. a little sorry, he told us that there was left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet(煎蛋卷) !”
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Coin confusion
Rachel looked through troubled eyes at her sister and said, "I wouldn't have thought Eric would be a thief." Her sister Sarah replied, "Whoa, that's a accusation to make against your best friend!"
Rachel remembered two days ago when she had brought out her coin collection for Eric to . At the end of that day, Rachel's mother asked her to do her a favor, so she asked her friend," Is it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?" Eric said, "Go ahead. I’ll clean up here," at the piles of coins on the floor.
When Rachel returned, it never occurred to her to her coins until two days later that she realized some quarters were .
Sarah said, "Why don't you just ask him?"
"Ask him what? Hey, best friend, did you my coin collection?" Rachel thought for a moment, if that would be a good idea. The theft of her collection left her with a feeling of "How could I have misjudged my friend's ?"
The next day Rachel went to Eric's house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn't be . In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind, Eric had obviously stolen from her. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric ,"I can't stand it anymore!" Rachel was astonished at hearing her own burst forth from her friend! Instead of sounding , Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.
"Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait." Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the . Laid out in front of her were all of the quarters from her coin collection. Each quarter was in its own in a new collection case. Each quarter shone like it was new.
Rachel felt rush over her neck and ears. She said , "Thank you! This means... a great deal to me." She was grateful that Eric had cut her before she said something she would . Eric was exactly the type of person she wanted as a friend!
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Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are ____. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to ____ it. Creativity isn’t always ____ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time ____ think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections This technique involves taking ____ ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words ____ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ____ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original ____; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t ____. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new ____. If your goal is to learn to ski, ____, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now ____ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a ____ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the ___ in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their ____. The best fishermen think like fish!
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In a spelling contest (竞赛), an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and finally decided to ask her what she had said. By then, the girl knew she had the word, but instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the , the entire audience stood to their feet, clapping to praise her . Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this girl’s honesty. she lost the contest, she the biggest contest that day: the contest of her .
Probably the biggest test of our character is what we should do if we knew we would never get . This young girl could easily have and nobody would have known it herself. However, that’s just it: she would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself .” This young girl was strong and smart enough to value her own character more than the from a spelling contest. Her for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to with herself and the she made at that moment would have a long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today make you are tomorrow. Our children will follow our behavior. So if we want them to to be honest, we must be honest ourselves. Remember, our kids are what we do even when we don’t know.
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This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.
“I am .” She answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep . Finally he asked, “What can I do to your mind?”
Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will cause your . Will you do it for me?”
He said, “I will give you my tomorrow.”
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which , “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The are …”
“When you use the computer you always the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those white hairs.”
“Thus, my dear, I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”
That’s life, and . Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked ____at me and said, “I love you.” I didn't know what to say. ____ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and ____ down at him . My first thought was that he must need ____ with his homework or he was trying to __5 __ me for some news.
Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing,”he said. “My teacher said we should____ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s ____
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had ____.
“Most of the fathers had the___ reacting as you did,”the teacher said. “When I first ___ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. The _ is,”the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of ___It is something all people__. What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too ___ we don't all express those feeling. A boy should be ____ to tell his dad he loves him.
The teacher, a middle - aged man, understands how ____ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for ____second. And just ____ he pulled away , I said in my deepest , most manly voice , “Hey , I love you , too . ”
I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children said “I love you”, it would not take me a whole ____to think of the right ____.
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