Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so 36 ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball 37 , Chuck Hart. 38_ Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous 39_ , he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s 40 on the side of the box. He realized that something was 41 as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was 42 for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands 43 ; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be 44 by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he 45 tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they 46 in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…” his dad said 47 “Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n) 48 . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I 49 . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in 50 ? ”
“ No,” Travis said.
“ Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a(n) 51 when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, 52 you were polite and made the best of it. You have honor, like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’ m hoping that someday, your 53 will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes 54 . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful 55 .
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【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】B
【小题7】A
【小题8】B
【小题9】C
【小题10】D
【小题11】A
【小题12】B
【小题13】A
【小题14】C
【小题15】D
【小题16】C
【小题17】C
【小题18】C
【小题19】D
【小题20】A
解析试题分析：Travis 一直希望能有一双和队友们一样的印有球星Chuck Hart名字的运动鞋，生日那天他却失望地发现父亲买给他的是另一位球星代言的运动鞋，但是Travis仍然尽力表现得很高兴。后来他父亲的一番话让他的思想有了改变，对鞋有了新的认识。
【小题1】C形容词辨析。A 惊讶的；B 羞愧的；C 激动的；D 担心的。从情理推断当Travis一直盼望着能有一双和队友们同样品牌的运动鞋时，他看到生日礼物是双鞋的时候心情会非常激动，C选项正确。
【小题2】B名词辨析。A 团队；B 运动员；C 教练；D 比赛。从下文Hart was criticized …he was a great player.判断B选项正确。
【小题3】D连词辨析。A 除非；B 如果；C 因为；D 尽管。从语境可知前句他因为体育道德差和声名狼藉的行为受到人们指责和后面他是个伟大的运动员是转折关系，所以D选项正确。
【小题4】C名词辨析。A 技能，技巧；B 表演，表现；C 行为；D 行动。从下文In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior;可知他不在乎Hart的行为，只想要他的名字出现在自己的鞋上。正确答案是C 。
【小题5】A名词辨析。A 名字；B 照片；C 标识；D 模型。从下文Travis, I know…, but I saw the names of the two guys 可知鞋上印有球星的名字。A选项正确。
【小题6】B形容词辨析。A奇怪的；B 错误的；C 真实的；D 滑稽的。从上文可知他开始非常兴奋，但是这时意识到不是他想要的球星的鞋子，所以是感到事情不对头。故B选项正确。
【小题7】A形容词辨析。A 出名的；B 受到鼓舞的；C 收养的；D 受到影响的。从下文父亲的解释可知这个球星也是非常有名的。所以A选项正确。
【小题8】B动词辨析。A掉下，摔倒；B 僵住；C摇晃；D 折叠。从下文his heart stopped可知Travis此时心情复杂，思索着如何去面对队友们，所以手也停止了动作，故B选项正确。
【小题9】C动词辨析。A 质问，审问；B 发现，注意到；C 耻笑，戏弄；D 攻击。从上下文可知队友们都穿这个品牌的运动鞋，出于青少年攀比的心理，如果他没有这样的鞋队友们应该是笑话他，所以C选项正确。
【小题10】D情态动词辨析。A 禁止；B 没必要；C 不会；D 不能够。从文章的叙述可知Travis是个懂事的孩子，怕父亲伤心，所以他觉得不能让父亲知道他的失望。所以D选项正确。
【小题11】A动词短语辨析。A 车减速停下；B 举起，搭建；C 占据，从事；D 出现，调大。从Travis slowly opened the car door.可以判断他是到了学校，车子停下来。所以A选项正确。
【小题12】B 副词辨析。A 和平地；B 犹豫地；C 高兴地；D 自然地。从父亲说的话“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…”中的省略号判断父亲此时在想如何给孩子解释这件事，故B选项正确。
【小题13】A名词辨析。A 选择；B 努力；C 评论；D 错误。从下文可知父亲是从Travis喜欢的鞋子和他自己喜欢的鞋子中选了一双，所以此处应该是make a choice 做出了选择。A选项正确。
【小题14】C动词辨析。A 相信；B 想念；C 钦佩，赞赏；D 记住。从下文He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight可知Ryann是个品质高尚有团队精神的运动员，父亲希望Travis也成为这样的人，所以父亲应该是欣赏Robert Ryann，故C选项正确。
【小题15】D名词辨析。A危险；Ｂ生气，愤怒；Ｃ难过；Ｄ麻烦。从下文可知Robert Ryann从不和教练顶嘴，从不打架而且合作意识强，所以是从不惹麻烦。所以D 选项正确。
【小题16】C名词辨析。Ａ队友；Ｂ成年人；Ｃ 小孩；Ｄ 学生。按情理推测孩子生日时收到不喜欢的礼物，一般会表现出来，但是Travis却表现的非常克制，丝毫没有表现出失望的样子，句意：当你收到你不喜欢的鞋子时，本来可能会表现的像个小孩子一样，所以C选项正确。
【小题17】C连词辨析。Ａ 所以，于是；Ｂ 并且；Ｃ 但是；Ｄ或者，否则。从语境可知此处you were polite and made the best of it.和上文是转折关系。所以C选项正确。
【小题18】C名词辨析。Ａ荣誉； B 勇气；C 名字；D 信仰，信念。从上下文可知运动鞋上是球星的名字，所以父亲希望Travis有一天也会因为优秀而使自己的名字出现在运动鞋上。
【小题19】D副词辨析。A 清楚地；B 仔细地；C 耐心地；D不同地。从上文可知父亲的话使Travis改变了认识，所以看鞋时的心态不一样了，D选项正确。
【小题20】A名词辨析。A礼物；B微笑；C 愿望；D 课，教训。从第一段可知鞋子是作为生日礼物送给他的，此处的礼物既指鞋子也指父亲对孩子推心置腹的一席话。A为正确选项。
考点：考查故事类短文。
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The Keeper of the River
An old man had been working for many years for a town．His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby．Quietly and , the old man guarded the hills, the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have and polluted the fresh flow of water．The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists．Elegant swans （天鹅） floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful words．
Years passed．One evening the town met．As they reviewed the budget, one man's caught sight of the salary being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river．He asked, "Who is the old man? Why do we to employ him? No one in town ever him． For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn't doing his job．His position isn't any longer．" Then they voted to the man．
For several weeks, nothing changed ．．．
By early autumn, the trees began to their leaves．Small branches broke off and fell into the pools of the hills, the flow of the shining water．One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown in the river．A few days later, the water was much . Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible was soon sensed．Swans left, and so did the . The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness．
Quickly , the town committee called a special meeting．Realising their huge mistake in , they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up．Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps．
Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job, or life．They may all make a .
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Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. __1__ the financial crisis(危机), fewer companies would like to __2__ new staff. My son targeted a company that was __3__ to hire only one person __4__ there were more than twenty people filling their resumes(简历).
After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later ____5____ one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite ____6____ and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week.
On the day of the final interview, my son and other two __7__ arrived at the interview place on time, __8__ the test. Unexpectedly, the interview was unbelievably __9__. The interviewer only said to them, “All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our __10__. We will tell you the __11__ in 3 days. Good luck to all of you!” On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very __12__.
In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me __13__ on the phone, “Dad, I have been employed!” Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him, “What’s the whole __14__?” My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually the first text sent to my son was also __15__ of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son’s __16__ was “Thank you” while the others said “Goodbye”.
Only then did I know that my son’s “hope” __17__ in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, do not __18__ to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand __19__. Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get the upper hand in terms of __20__ compared with others!
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In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank．He got into a life boat, but his supplies were 21 ．His chances of surviving were small． 22 when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much 23 than he was when he started, but alive．
His 24 of how he survived is fascinating．His cleverness —how he 25 to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸发） sea water to 26 fresh water—is very interesting．
But the thing that 27 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no 28 in continuing the struggle．He was starved and 29 worn-out．Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice．
When people 30 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going．Many people in 31 desperate circumstances 32 in or go mad．Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on 33 difficulties．
"I tell myself I can 34 it," wrote Callahan in his book．-Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate．I tell myself these things over and over, 35 up courage．．．"
I wrote that down after 1 read it．It 36 me as something important．And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 37 off or when my problems seemed too terrible．And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my 38 ．
The truth is,our circumstances are only bad 39 to something better.But others have been though the much worse,that is,in comparison with what others have been through,you’re fortunate.Tell this to yourself over sad over again,and it will help you 40 though the rough situations with a little more courage.
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Jane raced onto the train platform and asked a porter, “Is this the train to Rochester?”
“Yes,” said the porter. “but only the …Hey! Wait.” He was too 21 .Jane had raced off
22 he had finished speaking.
She had just 23 herself in a seat when the train 24 out of the station. Jane got out her book and settled down to read. After about an hour or so, she looked 25 and glanced out of the window. “That’s 26 .” she thought . “the landscape(景色)doesn’t look 27 ,and it should; I’ve 28 this route so many times.” She was getting increasing 29 when the big, red-faced conductor walked up and asked for her 30 .
One glance was enough. He 31 his head in friendly reproach(责备) and said, “Now, young lady, what did you do a fool thing like that for? This is the 32 ticket. You 33 have sat at the back of the train. The Rochester-bound(开往) section was 34 at the last station.
Jane’s face grew red. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I guess I was in too much of a 35 to find out…” “Well,” said the conductor, “don’t `36 . You shouldn’t have been in such a hurry, but I dare say we can 37 you a train going in the right 38 at Syracuse. You’ll be a couple of hours late 39 ,though .”
When Jane finally stepped onto the Rochester platform, her mother 40 up to her . “Oh, Jane, we have been so worried. What on earth happened?”
“Well, Mom,” said Jane, “it’s a long story.”
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It was a busy morning，about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital .I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.
The nurse had him take a 36 in the waiting area, 37 him it would be at least 40Minutes 38 someone would be able to see him I saw him 39 his watch and decided， since I was 40 busy—my patient didn’t 41 at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound .While taking care of his wound．I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment
The gentleman said no and told me that he 42 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his 43 .He told me that she had been 44 for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be 45 if he was a bit late. He replied that she 46 knew who he was，and that she had not been able to 47 him for five years now. I was 48 , and asked him，“And you 49 go every morning，even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said．“She doesn’t know me but I know who she is” I had to hold back 50 as he left.
Now I 51 that in marriages，true love is 52 of all that is. The happiest people don’t 53 have the best of everything；they just 54 the best of everything they have. 55 isn’t about how to live through the storm，but how to dance in the rain.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.
Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ____1____ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ___2____youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young ,black, and male-----a potential ____3____to them.
White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ____4____to me. White women just look at me with____5____, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ____6____.
Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ____7_____ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.
How can you feel at home when people are_____8_____telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?
My way of dealing with this kind of thing has _____9_____over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or ____10____them.
Now I’m more likely to use ____11____ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt ____12_____ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.”
The most painful thing is when we get those___13____ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black too. Why would we do something to you?”
Usually I react more ____14____to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.
But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not_____15_____.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to 21 and wanted to give up. She was 22 of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one 23 .
Her father, a cook, took her to the 24 . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high 25 . Soon the pots came to a 26 . In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and 27 waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the 28 . He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another. Turning to her he asked, “Darling, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to 29 the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the 30 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled 31 she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”
He explained that each of them had faced the same 32 , boiling water, but each 33 differently. The carrot went in 34 and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it 35 and became weak. The egg had been 36 . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting 37 the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, 38 . After they were in the boiling water, they had 39 the water.
“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, 40 do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
Not too long ago, a story that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest 46 out of our Polynesian Village resort(度假胜地) at Walt Disney was asked how she 47 her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a(n) 48 vacation, but was heartbroken about 49 several rolls of Kodak color film(胶卷) she had not yet 50 . At that moment she was particularly 51 over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau, 52 this was a memory she especially treasured.
Now, please understand that we have no written service rules 53 lost photos in the park. 54 , the clerk at the front desk 55 Disney’s idea of caring for our 56 . She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of 57 film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau.
Two weeks later the guest received a 58 at her home. In it were photos of all the actors of our show, 59 signed by each performer. There were also 60 of the public procession(游行队伍) and fireworks in the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own
61 after work. I happened to know this 62 because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that 63 in her life had she received such good service from any business.
Excellent 64 does not come from policy(政策性的) handbooks. It comes from people who 65 —and from a culture that encourages and shapes that attitude.
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