I am a social worker. I wanted to tell everyone about my very dear friend who passed away a few months ago.
I met him many years ago while doing my internship (实习)in the county prison. He was __ a program he had designed to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems. He was always new ways to bring hope and help to these men and their .
One of his favorite was the Toy Drive he would run every Christmas for the children of the prisoners. He did this for twenty years his sudden death. As last Christmas , I decided that this tradition had to be , for the children as well as the of my friend.
But the file where he kept the names of the people who had helped him over the years had gone . I had to start anew(重新)and with very little ! I started making phones calls, explaining about the project and my . I prayed every night that the event would, , be worthy of my friend.
To my great , individuals, churches and businesses began to come on board and, __ , I had enough toys to give to all the children of the prisoners with some left over for the local community !
When Christmas Eve finally arrived, I felt very happy, thinking I had done all I could do and reflecting on what a(n) it had been for me. I was bagging up the remaining toys if there was anyone left who might like them. Then my phone rang.
It was my daughter. She to explain about a woman she knew in Kentucky who had five children, one seriously ill, no husband, no heating in the home, no toys!
Ohh--how could we not?
My daughter and I drove all night, from New York to Kentucky, and those children woke up in a nice warm house with plenty of !
My friend’s of kindness lived on that year, reaching all the way to Kentucky!
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解析试题分析:多年来作者的朋友一直在每年圣诞节前夕送玩具给那些囚犯的子女,直至不久前他突然去世。作者决定要秉承朋友的初衷,把这项活动继续开展下去,坚持不懈。
【小题1】考查动词:A. recording记录,B. directing指导,C. attending参加,D. improving提高,从后面的He was always 37 new ways to bring hope and help to these men and their 38 .可知朋友负责 (direct) 该项目。选B
【小题2】考查词组:A. coming up with提出,B. catching up with赶上,C. keeping up with跟上,D. putting up with忍受,他总是想出办法给这些人和家庭带来希望,选A
【小题3】考查名词:A. company公司,B. family家庭,C. group团体,D. club俱乐部,他总是想出办法给这些人和家庭带来希望,选B
【小题4】考查名词:A. hobbies爱好,B. sports运动,C. events事件,D. games游戏,Toy Drive是该项目下的一项活动 ( event )。从第4段最后一句也可找到该词。选C
【小题5】考查连词:A. until直到,B. after在..后面,C. because因为,D. since自从,朋友一直在做这项工作直到几个月前突然去世。选A
【小题6】考查动词:A. finished完成,B. arrived到达,C. followed跟随,D. approached靠近,圣诞节临近 (approach),但还没到。选D
【小题7】考查词组:A. lived on以…为生,B. lived out住在外面,C. carried on继续,D. carried out实施,传承下去(carry on)。live on不用被动语态。选C
【小题8】考查名词:A. pleasure快乐,B. memory记忆,C. benefit益处,D. favor支持,作者这样做不仅是为了那些孩子, 同时也未缅怀自己的朋友。选B
【小题9】考查形容词:A. extra额外的,B. hiding躲藏,C. active积极的,D. missing不见的,可惜的是朋友曾经记录的捐赠人的信息文件不见了(missing)。选D
【小题10】考查名词:A. energy精力,B. time时间,C. pressure压力,D. confidence自信,圣诞马上到来,故时间紧迫。选B
【小题11】考查名词:A. difficulties困难,B. impression印象,C. atmosphere气氛,D. importance重要性,作者打电话请求帮助,向大家说明自己遇到的困难 (difficulties)。选A
【小题12】考查副词:A. however然而,B. though可是,C. otherwise否则,D. somehow不知怎么的,从某种方式,每天晚上作者祈祷,希望从某种方式 (somehow)来说,自己所做的不辜负朋友的初衷。选D
【小题13】考查名词:A. disappointment失望,B. curiosity好奇,C. thought想法,D. relief缓解,经过作者的努力,它可以如释重负了(to one’s relief )。选D
【小题14】考查副词:A. absolutely完全地,B. eventually最终地,C. generally一般地,D. occasionally偶尔地,在许多人的帮助下,终于( eventually) 有了足够的玩具。选B
【小题15】考查词组:A. as well也,B. at first首先,C. in particular尤其,特别,D. once more再一次,作者在募集到足够玩具的同时,也 (as well) 为当地社区留了许多玩具。选A
【小题16】考查名词:A. pity同情,B. honor荣誉,C. burden负担,D. discovery发现,作者在圣诞节来时圆满完成了自己的计划觉得是一件很光荣的事 (honour)。选B
【小题17】考查动词:A. wondering想知道,B. realizing意识到,C. predicting预测,D. evaluating评价,评估,作者在整理剩余玩具时想着 (wondering) 是否还有人需要这些玩具。选A
【小题18】考查动词:A. came来,B. drove开车,C. called打电话,D. returned回来,上文提到女儿打电话来,选C
【小题19】考查名词:A. candies糖果,B. flowers花,C. chocolates巧克力,D. toys玩具,Toy Drive 活动主要是给孩子们提供玩具。D
【小题20】考查名词:A. Courage勇气,B. Spirit精神,C. Position位置,D. Attention注意力,作者的朋友虽然远去,但是他的友善精神 (spirit ) 却永存。选B
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
Michel is a young girl who works for the police a handwriting expert (专家). She has helped many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
When she was fourteen, Michel was already interested in the differences in her friends' that she would spend hours them. After college she went to France for a two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is for people to hide their handwriting. She can of what she needs to know simply looking at the writing with her own eyes, she also has machines help her make different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good of what kind of person the is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow I didn't like his handwriting.” She says. But she she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be , however.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将选项标号涂黑。
On the night of my birthday, I went to the nearest drug store to buy vitamins. it was my birthday, I was feeling and a bit lonesome. Maybe I my dad who had passed away four years ago. I just wanted him to be me that day. On my way to the drug store, I was .Once I arrived there, I cleaned my cheek up from the tears and tried to smile when I the vitamin my mom wanted to buy. While I was waiting, I looked the building and my eyes caught a glimpse of a(n) next to the door. She was with her kid, a cute little boy. They were sitting on the street and that kid just wore a(n) T-shirt. I realized it was yet. I felt sorry for them. When I paid for my , I glanced at them and started to have an . “Why don’t I donate some of my ? It’s my birthday,” I thought to myself. I had to something with another that day. Yeah, I decided, I have to do that. I went home in a hurry. I was so to look for some of my smaller clothes.
At home, I told my mom what I had and told her my idea. My mom me and helped me look for some clothes. I returned to the drug store. There, I didn't hand the clothing over myself. I wanted it to be a to that kid. So I asked someone to hand the clothes , then I left that place. But once I went, I heard someone yell "thank you" and I hoped it was for me.
On the road, my heart was overwhelmed with a lot of happiness and warmth. I felt glad that I could share something on my birthday and that was a big gift for me.
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There was a little boy his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot(弹弓)to play with, out in the woods. He in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little , he headed back to dinner. Then, he saw Grandma’s pet duck, so he let it fly, hit the duck in the head, and it. He was shocked and upset. In , he hid the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister __ ___.Sally had seen it all, she said nothing.
lunch that day grandma said, “Sally, let’s wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to in the kitchen today, didn’t you Johnny?” And then she said to him in a(n) _ ___ voice, “Remember, the duck?” So Johnny did the dishes.
Later Grandpa asked if wanted to go fishing, and Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need ___ ___ to help make supper.”
Hearing this, Sally said with a smile, “Well, that’s but Johnny told me he wanted to help.” the duck, Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.
After several days of Johnny doing both his and Sally’s, he finally couldn’t it any longer. He came to Grandma and told her that he __ ___ the duck. She knelt down, gave him a hug(拥抱),and said,“Sweet heart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I the whole thing. But because I love you, I you. But I was just how long you would let Sally make a slave of you.”
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It was very cold at 7 am that Monday morning in Harvard Square. I was nearly mad because I had just the bus, and was standing out in the freezing cold waiting for the next one. My mind was filled with anxiety and thoughts. “Why didn’t I leave two minutes ?”
the others at the bus stop was a woman in her fifties wearing a old-fashioned hat, an old pair of boots and a dark coat, but she had no . Another woman, who looked to be in her middle twenties, said to the woman, “Your hands must be very cold. You’ll get frostbitten (冻伤的) in this weather.” She her heavy backpack to the ground, bent down, and began for something inside her backpack. The older woman looked and said, ”Oh no, that’s OK. I’m .
The younger woman continued to search in her backpack and the older woman kept repeating, “Don’t yourself. I’ll be all right.” After seemed like so many minutes, the younger woman a pair of purple gloves. She took the older woman’s hands and gently a glove on each hand, covering one finger . The older woman said, “Thank you. You’re so sweet.”
Though I was very cold, the act of gave ma a warm feeling inside. It also motivated me to buy five pairs of purple gloves, similar to hers, and them in my bag, just in case I someone who was in great on a cold day.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father_____me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is___ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___ than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, ___my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are ___ .This is not the worst boy at all, __ the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) ___ between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___ as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She ___ my father to go to a dental(牙科) school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more ___and my brother and I could be better_ .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand___ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I______it had already improved our lives. I accepted her __ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of__that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the __ beneficiary (受益者). My father became the __ man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power __has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is _____strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___ .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
I grew up poor-living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still to have a dream.
My dream was . By the time I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and anything that moved on the football field. I was also : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me to believe in myself. He me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular _ with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike, new clothes and the of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He said. “Your days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head , trying to think of the to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made for me the difference between something right now and having a . I devoted myself to sports that summer and the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was a $20,000 contract. My baseball scholarship got me through university and in 1984 I signed with Denver Broncos for $1.7 million and bought my mother the house of her dreams.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face first into the mud. David her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom?” , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 40 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked .
One day, David's teacher announced a homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father as Susan used it to walk 50 feet above the . Happily Susan cried out, “It !”
In July 1999, David was national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his is becoming well accepted.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my . Then he said, “Excuse me too ... I didn’t even you.” We were very , the stranger and I. Then we went on our ways after saying .
But at home, a different is told. How we treat our ones, the young and the old. Later, in the kitchen, as I cooked our supper, my entered, very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I at her. She left, with her little heart broken. I didn’t how hard I’d spoken.
That , as I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice to me and said, “While with strangers, you are polite, with those you love, you didn’t do it properly. Go and look right now on the floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she __ for you. She picked them herself—pink, yellow and blue.”
By this time, I felt and small and now my own fell. I quietly went to her bed, “ up, my dear daughter.” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them on the tree. I knew you’d like them, the blue.” I said, “I’m so __ that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.” She whispered(低声说), “Mommy, that’s okay. I still you anyway.” I hugged her and said, “I love you too and love your flowers, especially the blue.”
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