Question

In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.

1. Bill Gates

Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people. Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.

2. Steve Jobs

The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.

3. Frank Lloyd Wright

As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

1.What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?

   A. Hardworking students.

B. Very successful students.

   C. Students failing to finish their school education.

D. Students from poor families.

2.Which of the following is right according to Paragraph One?

   A. People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs.

   B. Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education.

   C. If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day.

   D. We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps.

3.According to the writer, Bill Gates _________.

   A. is richer than any other man in the world

B. is well-known in Harvard University 

C. finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree

   D. is the only founder of Microsoft

4.Which of the following statements can’t be learned from the last two paragraphs?

A. The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it.

B. Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help.

C. Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist.

D. Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

5.What does the author want to tell us in this passage?

A. Successful people often have unordinary life experience.

B. College education is not so important to one’s success.

C. People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education.

D. Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析:

1.推理题，由第一段倒数第三行we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education.可以推出答案，故选C。

2.推理题，由第一段第一句In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others.可以推出答案，所以选A。

3.推理题，由第二段第一句Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,”可以知道答案，所以选B

4.细节题，由第三段第一句The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school.可以知道答案，所以选B

5.推理题，由本文提到的那三个人物：Bill Gates、Steve Jobs、Frank Lloyd Wright所描写的内容，可以知道答案，所以选D

考点：本篇是一篇说明文

点评：本文说明了没有大学毕业，通过自己的努力也能成功。推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。

                             B

【题文】Breathe, wave and smile. Along with more than 300 other seniors, I marched into the stadium on the afternoon of May 10. The audience burst into deafening cheers. The huge stadium shook with all the whistling and clapping.

It was as if a Hollywood superstar had walked on stage. And indeed, every single senior that day was a star of the moment. Each deserved it. The seniors had been preparing for four years for this once-in-a-lifetime moment—the commencement.

Seated, I waited anxiously for the opening address. As a foreign exchange student, I was not able to receive a diploma. However, I still had the wonderful feeling of being part of things. Like the other graduates, I was dressed in marron（紫褐色）cap and gown(方帽长袍).

Our principal, Mr. Glover, delivered a short, warm greeting. The US national anthem followed and then, hands on chests, a solemn Pledge of Allegiance(对美国的效忠宣誓).

Students who had excelled academically gave farewell speeches. The tears in some eyes convinced me that many had deep feelings about the occasion. It was as the class motto says, “Life brings us tears, smiles and memories. The tears dry; the smiles fade; but the memories last forever.”

Then came the core (核心) of the commencement. Hundreds of names were announced. Each graduate walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma from the principal. From the different cheers each graduate got, we had the funny sense that it was a kind of competition of who could cheer the loudest.

To be honest, the presentation of diplomas got boring. A girl sitting next to me even started yawning. But it wasn’t boring for those receiving the diploma: they would treasure the moment the principal placed the sacred brown document in their hands for the rest of their lives.

A new page in the book of that person’s life had turned. They were glimpsing（开始领悟） their futures: futures of challenge, hardship, perhaps loneliness too, which would take all of their courage.

6.What’s the article mainly about?

A. An American graduation ceremony.

B. The opening ceremony of a sports meeting.

C. A presentation of college diplomas.                           

D. A US college’s farewell party.

7.According to the text, which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?

A. Hollywood superstars went to attend the ceremony.

B. Every single senior became a superstar at the ceremony.

C. When each graduate got his or her diploma, there were cheers.     

D. All graduates would treasure the diploma for the rest of their lives.

8.The right order of the following events is________.

a. Diplomas were presented to graduates.        

b . Students gave farewell speeches.

c . The US national anthem was played.            

d. The principal gave a short, warm speech.

e. Seniors went into the stadium.

A. b-c-a-d-e             B. b-d-c-e-a        

C. e-d-b-a-c            D. e-d-c-b-a

9.From the text, we can infer that_______.

A. foreign exchange students could get a diploma          

B. a diploma guarantees a bright future

C. the ceremony symbolizes the beginning of a new stage in life

D. everyone felt excited at the presentation of the diploma

10.We know from the text that the author _________.

   A. felt lost about the future

 B. was actually one of the graduates

   C. received her diploma on May 10    

D. felt it boring to be at the presentation ceremony

【答案】

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.B

【解析】

试题分析:

16.推理题，由本文的主要意思“美国的大学毕业生举办毕业典礼”可以知道答案，故选A。

17.细节题。由倒数第三段第二行Each graduate walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma from the principal. From the different cheers each graduate got,可以知道答案，所以选C。

18.细节题，由第一段第一行I marched into the stadium on the afternoon of May 10可以知道首先是e；由第四段Our principal, Mr. Glover, delivered a short, warm greeting. The US national anthem followed and then可以知道d在前c在后；由第五段第一行Students who had excelled academically gave farewell speeches可以知道b，所以选D

19.推理题，由最后一段第一句A new page in the book of that person’s life had turned. They were glimpsing（开始领悟） their futures可以推出答案，所以选C

20.细节题，由第一段第一行I marched into the stadium on the afternoon of May 10.可以知道答案，所以选B

考点：本篇是一篇记叙文

点评：本文记叙了美国大学毕业生举行毕业典礼的热闹场面，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文章中的细节的理解。推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。                               

C

【题文】“What is the most important thing you’ve done in your life?” The question was put to me during a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers.

The answer came to me in an instant. It’s not the one I gave, because the situation was not right. As a lawyer in the entertainment industry, I knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well-known people, but here’s the true answer:

The most important thing I’ve ever done occurred on October 8,1990. I began the day playing tennis with an old friend I hadn’t seen for a while. Between points we talked about what had been happening in each other’s lives. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.

     While we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. It was my friend’s father, who shouted to my friend that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. In a flash my friend was in the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust.

     For a moment I just stood there, paralyzed(呆若木鸡). Then I tried to figure out what I should do. Follow my friend to the hospital? There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend’s son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect the outcome. Be there for moral support? Well, maybe. But my friend and his wife both had large families, and I knew they’d be surrounded by relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. All I could do at the hospital, I decided, was to get in the way. Also, I had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. So I decided to head back to my house and check in my friend later.

     As I started my car, I realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. I now faced another problem. I couldn’t leave the keys in the truck. So I decided to go to the hospital and give him the keys.

     When I arrived, I was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. As I had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. I went in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. Soon a doctor appeared. He approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died.

     For a long time the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained silence. After they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they spend a few moments with their son.

     My friend and his wife stood up and walked past their families. When they reached the door, my friend saw me standing in the corner. He came over and hugged me and started to cry. My friend’s wife hugged me, too, and said , “Thanks for being here.”

     For the rest of that morning, I sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say goodbye.

     It’s the most important thing I have ever done. The experience taught me two lessons.

     First: The most important thing I’ve ever done happened when I was completely helpless. None of the things I had learned in university, in three years of law school or in six years of legal practice were of any use in that situation. Something terrible was happening to people I cared about, and I was powerless to change the outcome. All I could do was standing by and watching it happen. And yet it was critical that I do just that--- just be there when someone needed me.

     Second: The most important thing I’ve done almost didn’t happen because of things I had learned in classroom and professional life. Law school taught me how to take a set of facts, break them down and organized them. These skills are critical for lawyers. When people come to us for help, they’re often stressed out and depend on a lawyer to think logically. But while learning to think, I almost forget how to feel. Today I have no doubt that I should have leapt into my car without hesitation and followed my friend to the hospital.

     From that one experience I learned that the most important thing in life isn’t the money you make, the status you attain or the honors you achieve. The most important thing in life is the kids’ team you coach or the poem you write----or the time when you’re just somebody’s friend.

21.When he was asked about the most important thing he had done in life at a presentation, the author _______.

A. felt it was not an interesting question        

B. thought for a while and spoke his mind

C. gave an answer from a lawyer’s point of view 

D. didn’t give the real answer

22.When he saw his friend rush to the hospital, the author could not decide whether to follow mainly because he thought _______.

A. he had to stay with his family              

B. his friend did not need his help.

C. he would not be of much help             

 D. the baby would be in the doctor’s care

23.What can we infer from the author’s description of the scene at the hospital?

A. He found out that he was in the way.

B. He would have felt guilty if he had not been there.

C. He regretted that he went too late.

D. His friend would have felt better if he had not been there.

24.Which of the following is conveyed in this story?

A. Family and relatives can not take the place of friends.

B. More people are a great comfort when one is in trouble.

C. It is best to be here when someone needs you.

D. You can certainly help a friend if you want to.

25.The author learned from his own experience that_______.

A. what is taught in school is usually of no use.  

B. a lawyer cannot learn much in classrooms

C. a lawyer should know people’s feeling first

D. he needs to be able to feel as well as think logically

【答案】

26.D

27.C

28.B

29.B

30.D

【解析】

试题分析:

31.细节题，由第二段第一行It’s not the one I gave, because the situation was not right.可以知道答案，故选D。

32.细节题，由第五段第二、三行There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend’s son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect the outcome可以知道答案，所以选C。

33.推理题，由倒数第二段倒数第二行Today I have no doubt that I should have leapt into my car without hesitation and followed my friend to the hospital可以知道答案，所以选B

34.细节题，由倒数第三段最后一句just be there when someone needed me可以知道答案，所以选C

35.细节题，由倒数第二段倒数第三行But while learning to think, I almost forget how to feel.可以知道答案，所以选D

考点：本篇是一篇记叙文

点评：本文记叙了作者在面试时，被问到一个问题“你一生中最重要的事情是什么？”的故事。对于文章中的细节题，要注意文章中的细节的理解。推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。

第二节: 【题文】阅读下列材料, 并从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E、F)中选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

The people below traveled abroad. Read the following stories and decide what problem each traveler experienced while traveling.

1. _______ David got lost in an isolated place. To make matters worse, he had an accident and couldn’t walk freely. So he was in great need of timely help.

2. _______ Paul had to buy a hamburger and ate it in the park instead of eating his mother’s delicious chicken, with which he couldn’t go through the customs(海关).

3. _______ Ann was stopped at the customs because she was carrying drugs without a doctor’s prescription. How regretted she was not to have done that!

4. _______ Sally offended some of the people in the town she was visiting by wearing inappropriate clothes. She should have found out about local customs and followed them.

5. _______ Jack didn’t obtain a transit card when he changed planes at an airport, which made him very worried. There was no doubt that he was not allowed to get on board.

A  My mother was worried about me. She cooked me all my favourite dishes and put them into a box to take with me on my journey. But the customs officer inspected all the plant and animal products at the airport. Unfortunately it was illegal for me to bring into the country the kind of food my mother had given me and so it all had to be thrown away.

B  It was very hot so I put on some shorts and a T-shirt to go sightseeing. I hadn’t gone very far when I found everyone was looking at me, and they didn’t seem friendly to me. One woman even spat on me as I walked past. I decided to get off the crowded streets and so I turned down a small, quiet street.

C  During the four-day walking tour, I was amazed by mountain scenery and the ancient ruins we passed on our hike. On the last day, we arrived at the ruins of Machu Picchu in time to see the sunrise over the Andes. I spent the day visiting the ruins of that ancient Inca city before catching the train back to the capital city of the country.

D  When I got off the plane at the first airport, I saw someone handing out cards to some of the passengers, but I didn’t know what they were for, so I didn’t take one. When I tried to board the second plane they asked for my transit card, which I didn’t have. I was worried they were going to send me back to London.

E  I had been walking for about an hour when suddenly I slipped and fell down a riverbank. I hurt my ankle and couldn’t stand up. I didn’t know how I could get back to the village. I hadn’t told anyone where I was going, so no one would know where to look for me when they realized I was missing.

F  When I arrived at my destination, a customs officer at the airport looked in my bag and found the pills in a small box. He wanted to know what the pills were for and why they weren’t in their proper bottle with my name and the doctor’s name on it. I explained that the bottle had been too big and heavy. Then he wanted to know if I had a letter from my doctor explaining about the pills.

【答案】

36.E

37.A

38.F

39.B

40.D

【解析】

试题分析:

41.由后面的句子David got lost in an isolated place和he had an accident和E里I hurt my ankle and couldn’t stand up. I didn’t know how I could get back to the village.故选E。

42.由后面的句子Paul had to buy a hamburger and ate it in the park instead of eating his mother’s delicious chicken和A里Unfortunately it was illegal for me to bring into the country the kind of food my mother had given me and so it all had to be thrown away.所以选A。

43.由后面的句子she was carrying drugs without a doctor’s prescription.和F里a customs officer at the airport looked in my bag and found the pills in a small box. He wanted to know what the pills were for and why they weren’t in their proper bottle with my name and the doctor’s name on it.所以选F

44.由后面的句子She should have found out about local customs and followed them.和B里I put on some shorts and a T-shirt to go sightseeing. I hadn’t gone very far when I found everyone was looking at me，所以选B

45.由后面的句子ack didn’t obtain a transit card when he changed planes at an airport, which made him very worried和D里I saw someone handing out cards to some of the passengers, but I didn’t know what they were for, so I didn’t take one.所以选D

考点：考查综合分析能力

点评：首先看原句，知道原句的意思，然后再看选项，知道每个选项的意思，根据原句意思和选项意思，选出正确答案

第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

【题文】下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加.删除或修改某个单词。

   增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

     2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

   例如：

      It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was

                                           the                             am

completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around

 

     8p.m. in Friday evening.

       on

My swimming experience is extreme interesting. There was a time when I swim like a rock. This went on till one day when I was fishing with a friend of mine at nearby pond. I slipped into one. Had my friend not come to my rescue, I would have been drowned. Ever since then, I had come to know the importance of learning to swim. I didn’t attend at any training class but learned it all by myself. Strange to say, I have difficult swimming at all now. Though the way I swim look awkward (笨拙的), at least it can keep me from floating. Thinking of this, I feel quite satisfying.

【答案】

46.extreme-extremely

47.swim-swam

48.在at后加a

49.one-it

50.had-have

51.去掉at

52.difficult-difficulty

53.look-looks

54.去掉from

55.satifying-satisfied

【解析】

试题分析:

56.因为后面有形容词interesting，副词修饰形容词，所以是extremely

57.句子前面有was，时态是一般过去时，所以是swam

58.一个附近的池塘，表示泛指，所以用冠词a

59.one表示同类事物，而it指前文所提到的事物，所以是it

60.由时间状语Ever since then，可以知道时态是现在完成时，所以是have

61.attend意思“参加”，是个及物动词，不加介词

62.固定句型have difficulty (in) doing sth意思“做某事有困难”，所以是difficulty

63.因为主语是the way I swim，第三人称单数，因为一辅音字母k结尾，所以是looks

64.keep from意思“阻止”，与句子意思不符，keep doing sth意思“一直做某事”，所以是去掉from

65.satifying意思“令人满意的”，satisfied意思“满意的”，所以是satisfied

考点：考查学生对词汇语法的掌握情况

点评：答题中注意句子中人称和数是否一致，时态是否一致。各种词性之间的区别以及一些常用句型，固定短语的应用。一般的这类题型不会出现太复杂的单词和句子，这类题型考察的就是我们的基础知识。平时应注重积累，熟记一些句型及惯用结构。修改前先细读短文，标出出错的位置，改完以后还得细读短文，看看改过后的短文是否语意通顺，符合逻辑。