题目列表(包括答案和解析)
Once there was a very brilliant, creative and learned man. He gained much ____36_____while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a traffic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so ____37_____ that he was afraid he would spend his life _____38_____ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n) ____39_____way.
One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting ____40_____. He realized that he still had partial ____41_____ of his right hand and could write with ____42_____. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”
He ___43___ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in ____44___. Many of them had hope of regaining their ____45___ . Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to __46____ them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be ____47____. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.
____48_____with the intention, the man began sending 49 messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the ___50____. He poured his heart and soul into his words, ___51_____ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any ___52___. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone ___53____read his letters. However, this was his ___54____chance，so he determined to continue.
At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to ____55___!”
We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.
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Everyone has experienced trying, but failing to master a difficult book that was begun with the hope of increasing one's understanding. When that happens, it is ? 36 ?to think that it was a mistake to try to read it, but that was not the mistake. The mistake was in ? 37 ? too much from the first reading of a(n) ? 38 ? book. If you read it in the right way, no book written for the ? 39 ?reader, no matter how difficult, need be a cause for despair(令人失望).
What is the right method? The ? 40 ? is an important and helpful rule of reading that is either not ? 41 ? or often forgotten. That rule is simply this: when reading a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever ? 42 ? to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.
Do not be stopped by what you ? 43 ? understand. Read through the difficult ? 44 ?,and you soon come to things that you do understand. Read these ? 45 ?.You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again, but that ? 46 ? you to have read the book through once ? 47 ?.
What you understand by reading the book through to the ? 48 ? will help you when you try later to read the places that you did not ? 49 ? in your first reading. Or if you never re-read the book, understanding half of it is much better than understanding ? 50 ? of it, which will happen ? 51 ? you allow yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.?
Most of us were taught to ? 52 ? the things that we do not understand. We were told to find the ? 53 ? of unfamiliar words, and to try to find an explanation in another ? 54 ? for anything that we did not understand in the book that we were reading. But when these things are done before the proper time, they only ? 55 ? our reading, instead of helping it.
36. A. necessary B. useful C. natural D. effective?
37. A. learning B. wanting C. accepting D. expecting?
38. A. easy B. difficult C. important D. correct?
39. A. ordinary B. young C. serious D. sincere?
40. A. method B. question C. answer D. problem?
41. A. taught B. known C. sure D. perfect?
42. A. starting B. hesitating C. Stopping D. repeating?
43. A. can't B. won't C. mustn't D. wouldn't?
44. A. words B. articles C. parts D. points?
45. A. quickly B. immediately C. clearly D. carefully?
46. A. requires B. causes C. advises D. allows?
47. A. later B. after C. before D. again?
48. A. top B. end C. bottom D. cover?
49. A. see B. turn C. Notice D. understand?
50. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something?
51. A. if B. so that C. whenever D. as though?
52. A. put away B. put down C. think of D. think about?
53. A. uses B. Meanings C. Spellings D. troubles?
54. A. thinking B. reading C. Book D. way?
55. A. harm B. increase C. Improve D. prevent??
阅读理解（共20小题; 每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I felt encouraged by his words and began to swim more calmly.But my clothes stuck to me like a heavy weight.I could hardly stay above the surface.
Counsel saw this.“Shall I cut them?”he asked.
With a knife he cut my clothes from top to bottom and took them of quickly while I swam for both of us.
Then I did the same for Counsel,and we continued to swim near each other.
But we were in serious trouble.The crew（船员）might not have noticed our disappearance.
And if they had,they could not return because the rudder（舵）had broken.Counsel thought of all this,and calmly made his plans.We decided to wait for the ship as long as possible,because we had no other hope of safety.I suggested that we save our strength so that both of us would not be tired out at the same time.This was how we did it:While one of us lay on his back,quite still,with arms crossed and legs stretched out（伸直）,the other would swim and push him along.We changed every ten minutes or so.In this way we could swim for hours,perhaps till daylight.The crash（破裂声）of the ship and the whale（鲸）had appeared at about eleven o’clock.We had about eight hours to swim before daylight.This seemed possible,if the sea remained calm.
1.What happened to the man who told the story?
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A．He and his companion got into the water to test their strength. |
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B．He jumped into the water to save the broken rudder. |
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C．He was knocked into the water by his enemy. |
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D．He was thrown into the sea when the ship struck a whale. |
2.Why did the two men cut their clothes?
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A．Because no people helped them to take off their clothes. |
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B．Because they couldn’t take off their clothes on the sea. |
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C．Because they wanted to get rid of their clothes quickly. |
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D．Because they wanted to lifebuoys（救生圈）with their clothes. |
3.What does the word “still” in the last paragraph mean?
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A．not moving |
B．even |
C．yet |
D．however |
4.n order to save their strength,______.
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A．one of them pushed the other while swimming and then they changed |
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B．they both swam calmly |
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C．they crossed their arms and stretched their legs on the water |
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D．they lay on their backs instead of swimming |
5.Which one of the following is true?
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A．Neither of the two men was good swimmers. |
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B．The sea was calm before eleven o’clock that night. |
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C．The story took place at night. |
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D．The two men had to swim eight hours to catch up with the ship. |
Once there was a very brilliant, creative and educated man. He gained much __1.__ while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a tragic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so __2.__ that he was afraid he would spend his life __3.__ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n) __4.__ way.
One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting __5.__. He realized that he still had partial __6.__ of his right hand and could write with __7.__. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”
He __8.__ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in __9.__. Many of them had hope of regaining their __10.__. Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to __11.__ them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be __12.__. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.
__13.__ with the intention, the man began sending __14.__ messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, __15.__ his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words, __16.__ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any__17.__. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone __18.__ read his letters. However, this was his __19.__ chance，so he determined to continue.
At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to __20.__!”
We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.
21. A．wealth B．faith C．experience D．confidence
22. A．depressed B．embarrassed C．ashamed D．thrilled
23. A．writing B．suffering C．weeping D．wandering
24. A．abnormal B．regular C．comfortable D．meanin5gful
25. A．presents B．e-mails C．letters D．prizes
26. A．sense B．strength C．shape D．function
27. A．affection B．caution C．difficulty D．confidence
28. A．evaluated B．doubted C．assumed D．wondered
29. A．hospitals B．churches C．prisons D．charities
30. A．families B．letters C．freedom D．conscience
31. A．release B．reach C．defend D．know
32. A．acceptable B．reasonable C．prohibited D．considered
33. A．Faced B．Filled C．Satisfied D．Annoyed
34. A．holy B．daily C．one-way D．round-way
35. A．holding B．making C．doing D．testing
36. A．sharing B．learning C．gaining D．enriching
37. A．success B．reply C．help D．progress
38. A．curiously B．patiently C．carefully D．actually
39. A．only B．better C．extra D．lost
40. A．ruin B．pieces C．the ground D．the bottom
James was a curious young man. Everywhere he went, he liked to observe things and to __21__ people—what they did, what they said and what they wore. Subconsciously, he was making quick __22__ all the time. He couldn’t really __23__ it; it just happened.
For example, he once saw a man whose body was __24__ with tattoos(文身). That man was strong and walked proudly. James imagined his __25__ people up, sometimes with sticks and sometimes with his hands, speaking __26__ words each time he opened his mouth. A troublemaker, perhaps, James __27__ to himself.
Sometimes James felt __28__ for judging others this way, but that feeling was __29__ and never really lasted.
Then, one day, he saw a woman seated alone in a café. The woman was __30__, quite fat, and although she was not __31__, James could tell she was a short lady. __32__, James glanced across at her, looking at her from top to bottom. As his eyes reached her __33__, he got a shock.
There she was, on her left foot, wearing a platform shoe that was at least 3 inches high. __34__ could such a little middle-aged lady who was average-looking at best be so vain as to wear high platforms? Look beautiful? In that short moment of time, __35__ thoughts flowed through James’ mind.
A second later, James’ eyes naturally moved across to the lady’s right foot. And there, he got an even bigger __36__. ----It was a flat shoe. She was not vain; she had a birth defect(缺陷) ----uneven length of her legs. If anything, she deserved __37__ and understanding, certainly not blame, not even mental ones.
James was __38__ with guilt. It was a(n) __39__ lesson he learned about not __40__ conclusions, about not judging people, especially so quickly.
A. greet B. watch C. meet D. cheat
A. mistakes B. progress C. judgments D. promises
A. help B. get C. accept D. keep
A. faced B. covered C. filled D. charged
A. cheering B. dressing C. beating D. holding
A. humorous B. modest C. bad D. cautious
A. thought B. proved C. explained D. told
A. curious B. guilty C. excited D. happy
A. temporary B. strange C. permanent D. deep
A. young B. middle-aged C. old D. pretty
A. speaking B. standing C. sitting D. walking
A. Therefore B. However C. As well D. As usual
A. feet B. hands C. eyes D. legs
A. When B. Why C. How D. What
A. inspiring B. blaming C. persuading D. defending
A. pleasure B. honor C. comfort D. shock
A. love B. award C. sympathy D. respect
A. hit B. started C. equipped D. struck
A. new B. valuable C. interesting D. difficult
A. denying B. reaching C. leading to D. jumping to
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