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The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class fun work to draw a picture of 36 for which they were thankful.
Most of the class might be 37 to be economically(经济上) poor, but still many would 38 a big holiday dinner with turkeys and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the 39 of most of her students’ art. And they really were.
But Douglas made a 40 kind of picture, for Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of pity and love, 41 and unhappy. As other children played at break, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess the pain Douglas felt 42 those sad eyes.
Yes, his picture was different. When he was 43 to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a 44 ---nothing else. Just an empty hand.
His picture brought out the heated 45 of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer because farmers 46 turkeys. Another suggested a police officer’s because the police protect and 47 people. And so the discussion went --- until the teacher 48 forgot the young artist.
49 the children had gone on to do other work, she 50 Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and said in a very low voice, “It’s yours, teacher.”
She recalled the 51 when she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there and how 52 she had said, “Take your hand, Douglas, and we’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” or “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most 53 for his teacher’s hand.
Brushing aside tears, she went on with her work.
In fact, people 54 not always say “Thanks”. But they would remember the hand that 55 .
1. A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
2. A.suggested B.imagined C.encouraged D.thought
3. A.have B.share C.prefer D.ask
4. A.homework B.subjects C.classes D.thoughts
5. A.good B.encouraging C.different D.exciting
6. A.merry B.naughty C.weak D.lively
7. A.behind B.beside C.before D.around
8. A.ordered B.told C.forced D.spoken
9. A.gift B.person C.hand D.wonder
10. A.thought B.laughter C.eyes D.discussion
11. A.keep B.need C.buy D.sell
12. A.look at B.care for C.take away D.drive off
13. A.always B.almost C.usually D.therefore
14. A.Before B.Because C.Since D.When
15. A.looked at B.pointed at C.turned to D.looked to
16. A.chances B.forms C.ways D.times
17. A.seldom B.often C.soon D.much
18. A.thankful B.calm C.pleased D.comfortable
19. A.could B.must C.should D.might
20. A.moved on B.went out C.helped out D.reached out
A car drew up outside the Swan Hotel and a young man got out.Pausing only for a moment to see that he had come to the right place,he went into the hotel and rang the bell on the counter of the bar.
Mrs.Crump,the landlady,who was busy in the kitchen at the time,hurried out,wiping her hands.The young man raised his hat.
“Excuse me,”he said.“I’m looking for my uncle,Mr.White.I believe he is staying here.”
“He was staying here.”Mrs.Crump corrected him.“But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday.”
“Oh,dear,”said the young man,looking disappointed.“I understood that he was going to stay here until the end of the month.At least that is what his servant told me when I rang up his house.”
“Quite right,”said Mrs,Cramp.“He planned to stay here the whole of July,as he always does. But yesterday he got a telegram to say that his relative was ill.So he caught the train back to London immediately.”
“I wish he had let me know, ”The young man said.“I wrote him a letter saying that I was coming.I’ve had all this trouble for nothing.Well,since he isn’t here,there’s no point in waiting.”
He thanked Mrs.Grump and went out.Mrs.Grump went to the window and watched him drive off.When his car was out of sight,she called out:“You can come out now, Mr.White. He’s gone.”
Mr.White came out of the kitchen,where he had been waiting.
“Many thanks,Mrs.Grump,”he said,laughing,“you did that very well.These nephews of mine never gave me any peace.That young man is the worst of them all.As you see,when he needs money, he even follows me into the country.Well,perhaps next time he won’t warn me by writing a letter!”
【小题1】This story is about a man .
A.who was very much loved by his nephews |
B.whose nephew went to visit him at the hotel |
C.who was not willing to meet his nephew |
D.whose nephew is always asking him for help |
A.took the train back to London |
B.left to visit a sick relative |
C.went to pick up a telegram |
D.hid himself in the kitchen |
A.they always follow him around |
B.they frequently disturb their relatives |
C.they won’t write to him often |
D.they usually visit him in hotels |
Standing in the driveway, I watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their 36 _____ .
“They live too far away from me,” I said to myself. “When did they 37 _____ and become parents of small children? 38 _____ that be me?”
I slipped back inside the house and just walked through the rooms for no reason 39 _____.1 was just missing them already and looking for 40 _____ of their having been here. There were pillows on the floor and a few stuffed (填充)animals 41 _____ around where the children had been playing.
I walked into the 42 _____ and there on the back of the sink was a bottle brush that had been left behind. “Ah,even Tessa left something behind,” I 43 _____ Well, I suppose she had help 44 _____ she was just four months old.
As I walked around the house, I picked up a few more 45 _____ on the floor — Tegan’S tooth, a pie pan, and the inside of a turkey fryer.
ttHmmm, things left behind ...’’I thought to myself. It seems there is one thing left behind on every 46 _____ . Memories are always left behind, I reasoned, and what a(n) 47 _____ thing good memories are to us. I thought how each item left behind 48 _____ me of the person it belonged to and the story 49 _____ it.
Memories happen even if we aren’t 50 _____ of it. The stressful and difficult moments often become memories that we 51 _____ later with laughter and joy. The memories of past hurts, bitterness, and anger, 52 . should be left behind 53 _____These are the things that we should never 54 _____ until the next time they come, mail back, or bring with us to 55_____next visit.
As Elizabeth Stone said, “To have a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
1.A. smiles B. vehicles C. pains D. bicycles
2.A. drop out B. break away C. set off D. grow up
3.A. Wouldn’t B. Shouldn’t C. Can’t D. Needn’t
4.A. in particular B. with anger C. with joy D. in return
5.A. signals B. atmosphere C. signs D. information
6.A. lying B. jumping C. moving D. looking
7.A. house B. distance C. kitchen D. driveway
8.A. announced B. explained C. complained D. replied
9.A. when B. unless C. until D. since
10.A. toys B. items C. memories D. treasures
11.A. table B. course C. occasion D. comer
12.A. funny B. private C. ordinary D. precious
13.A. reminded B. informed C. warned D. convinced
14.A. promoting B. surrounding C. acknowledging D. exposing
15.A. proud B.ashamed C. aware D. afraid
16.A. attach importance to B. throw doubt on C. look forward to D. look back upon
17.A. besides B.therefore C. otherwise D. though
18.A. partly B. sometimes C. forever D. unwillingly
19.A. present B. keep C. overlook D. experience
20.A. our B. their C. its D. your
Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. My home is on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I 36 my car and was about to drive off, I
37 at the roadside. A piece of paper 38 my eye. I picked it up and read it 39 . Instantly, I was grateful that I had done that.
The form turned out to be a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’ 40 of their Vehicle’s Registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their shoes and __41 : no one would throw this away, especially 42 it was current. I also looked over the form for contact or any personal 43 , perhaps a license tag or telephone number. But that seemed __44 . The form had been blown by the wind, so 45 would I find the owners? Had it been lying there for a few minutes or a week? So I checked the date and 46 the names of the owners , who must 47 in our town. I believed that the best and easiest step to take was to put the form in a(n) 48 addressed to the couple and mail it by post. Further, I imagined that if I had posted the receipt to a wrong 49 , how frantic(慌乱的)I’d be. But it was much __50_ to attempt to return it than to leave them angry, upset , etc. over the 51 , so I did as I thought. My hunch(预感) was right. On the weekend, a happy couple 52 my house and brought me a big gift. They said they had panicked(恐慌)and 53 the receipt madly everywhere before giving up. Without it they would have to 54 another 8,000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone avoid a major trouble by doing 55 that at first glance seemed minor.
【小题1】 |
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A.lay down | B.flew down | C.glanced down | D.jumped down |
A.caught | B.blocked | C.kept | D.covered |
A.suddenly | B.gladly | C.formally | D.carefully |
A.application | B.payment | C.permission | D.achievement |
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【小题8】 |
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A.possible | B.important | C.useful | D.unlikely |
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【小题11】 |
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A.wait | B.live | C.stop | D.study |
A.bag | B.pocket | C.envelope | D.dustbin |
【小题14】 |
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A.sadder | B.better | C.worse | D.faster |
【小题16】 |
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A.called at | B.toured around | C.ran towards | D.returned to |
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【小题19】 |
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A.anything | B.nothing | C.something | D.everything |
Deception (骗术)is something that people do all the time ,and it plays an important role in military (军事的)strategy. Now some researchers are trying to figure out how to get robots to do it, by looking at the behavior of squirrels and birds.
At Georgia Tech, a team led by Ronald Arkin , a professor at the School of interactive Computing, studied the literature on squirrels hiding their acorns (橡果).Squirrels will hide their food m a certain place, but when they see other squirrels trying to steal from them, they attempt to fool the thieves by running to a fake location.
Ronald Arkin and his Ph. D. student Jaeeun Shim used that as a model for robot behavior. They programmed the robot into tricking a “predator (捕食者)” machine by doing what εi squirrel does: showing the enemy a false location for an important resource.
The team also looked at how other animals in this case,a species of bird called Arabian babbler~ drive off predators. A babbler will make an alarm call when they see a predator and other babblers will join the bird and make more calls. They then surround the predator, all the while flapping (拍打)wings and making noises. The babblers don’t ever actually fight the animal they want to drive off; they just make enough noises and flaps around enough so that it seems that attacking a babbler isn’t worth it
They found that the deception works when the group reaches a certain size—essentially, when enough birds arrive to convince the enemy that it’s best to back off . Davis modeled that behavior in software using a military scene and found that it worked even if the group didn’t have the firepower to confront the enemy directly.
The military is interested in this because a robot that can fool an opponent is a valuable tool. It could lead an enemy down a fake trail or make itself look more dangerous than it actually is.
【小题1】Why does the military want to take advantage of squirrels’trick?
A.It can reduce the use of firepower to confront the enemy. |
B.It can fool the enemy into believing it is more dangerous. |
C.It can lead the enemy in a wrong direction to avoid losing resources. |
D.It can scare the enemy away who wants to destroy the acorns. |
A.One bird makes an alarm call and other birds will join it |
B.They fight the enemy bravely face to face. |
C.They make noises and flaps around the predator. |
D.They force the predator aware that it isn't worthwhile to attack. |
A.Animals' behaviors are researched to be applied to the study of military robots. |
B.Robots, fooling tricks are applied to the study of animals’behaviors. |
C.Birds and squirrels are the animals that are good at deception. |
D.Researchers are interested m animals’military-related behaviors. |
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