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I work as a volunteer (志愿者) for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to   16  him.
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and   17 . For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried the trip was too   18  for a 17-year-old. Then, on day three, as we were   19  over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned (咧嘴笑),“Pretty hard.”
After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes   20  large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized (着迷). He couldn’t stop   21 . Later he said   22 , “I wish I could speak French.” I was   23  — this from a boy who hated and   24  French classes throughout school.
Usually silent, he   25  Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people. He blossomed (活泼起来).
26 , the moment that really took   27  breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was   28  a woman villager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in   29  . Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and   30  to become part of the leadership of the   31  .
Learning her story, Barrett was as   32  as I by this tiny woman’s achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a   33  of love and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work .
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay   34  as a volunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This   35  achieved all I’d expected. Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday. He’ll be a man.
16. A. comfort            B. please              C. attract             D. educate
17. A. rough                     B. dangerous        C. troublesome     D. violent
18. A. little                 B. much              C. fast                        D. slow
19. A. moving             B. running           C. climbing          D. looking
20. A. too                          B. very                C. even                D. so
21. A. joking                      B. crying             C. shouting          D. smiling
22. A. patiently           B. regretfully       C. lightly             D. cheerfully
23. A. ashamed            B. disappointed           C. determined      D. surprised
24. A. took up             B. went in for      C. fought against  D. called off
25. A. befriended         B. disregarded      C. avoided           D. recognized
26. A. Thus                        B. Even               C. Meanwhile       D. However
27. A. my                          B. his                  C. our                        D. her
28. A. asking                      B. interviewing           C. arranging         D. describing
29. A. brain                       B. wish                C. will                        D. health
30. A. appeared           B. struggled         C. hesitated          D. failed
31. A. village                     B. city                 C. organization     D. state
32. A. pleased             B. bored              C. puzzled           D. touched
33. A. combination      B. composition      C. connection       D. satisfaction
34. A. in                     B. behind             C. out                         D. away
35. A. interview          B. flight              C. article                    D. trip

16. D   17. A   18. B   19. C   20. A 21. D   22. B   23. D   24. C   25. A   26. D   27. A   28. B   29. C   30. B 31. A   32. D   33. A   34. B   35. D

16.解析:educate意为“教育”,比teach正式,内容不那么具体,但强调教育的总目标和培养的结果,体现在世界观、性格、品质、学识等方面,耗时较长,范围较广。作者把儿子带到海地的目的是使他受到教育。comfort意为“安慰;使(痛苦等)缓和,使安乐”。please意为“使高兴,使欢喜,使快乐,使满足;中……的意”。attract意为“引诱,诱惑”,可泛指任何形式的吸引,表示迷人时,强调引起感情冲动或刺激起兴趣。
17.解析:rough意为“辛苦的,难受的,难忍的”,根据上文中的tiring可判断出旅行非常的艰难。Tiring的意思是令人疲劳的。dangerous意为“危险的”。troublesome意为“麻烦的”。violent意为“暴力的”。
18.解析:much意为“许多的;大量的”,由于旅途的艰难,对于一个17岁的孩子来说是很难忍受的。little意为“少量的”。fast意为“快的,迅速的”。slow意为“慢的”。
19.解析:climb意为“爬”,其宾语是high rocky mountains,说明他们在爬很高的满是岩石的大山。move意为“移动”。run意为“跑”。look意为“看”。都不是他们在旅途中做的事。
20.解析:too意为“太”,说明女孩的衣服太大了。very意为“非常”。too用于表示“太,过于”,指衣服的大小对女孩来说太大了,穿起来不合脚。very只用于修饰形容词,不表示“太……”的意思。even意为“甚至”,后接形容词比较级,表示“更……”。so意为“如此”。
21.解析:smile意为“微笑”,根据所提供的情景A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sized to large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized. 男孩看到女孩的这个样子禁不住笑起来。可判处出男joke意为“开玩笑”。cry意为“哭”,不符合当时的实际情况。shout意为“喊叫”。
22.解析:regretfully意为“悔恨的,后悔的,惋惜的,有遗憾的,抱歉的”,表示对自己做的事感到悔恨,后悔,惋惜,有遗憾或抱歉。从下文中男孩说的话:I wish I could speak French.可看出男孩对自己不会说法语感到遗憾。patiently意为“耐心地”。lightly意为“轻松地,轻快地;愉快地”。cheerfully意为“高高兴兴地,兴致勃勃地”。
23.解析:surprised意为“吃惊的”,由于男孩突然遗憾地说自己多么希望会说法语,而下文中说男孩不喜欢学法语,这使作者感到吃惊。ashamed意为“羞耻,惭愧,害臊”。disappointed“失望的”。determined意为“有决心的”。
24.解析:fight against意为“与……斗争”,在这句话中表示男孩不喜欢学法语而进行的一些抗争。take up意为“从事”,go in for意为“赞成参与”,都与上文中hate French矛盾。call off意为“取消”。
25.解析:befriend意为“友好对待,亲近”,从下文中and kept asking questions about the country and its people可看出男孩与Gaby很友好。disregard意为“蔑视,轻视”。avoid意为“避开”。recognize意为“认出”。
26.解析:however意为“然而”,表示上文的内容与下文的内容是转折对比关系。thus意为“因此”。even意为“甚至”。meanwhile意为“同时”。
27.解析:take one’s breath away表示“使人吃惊或高兴得说不出话来”。根据这段内容可判断出作者对山谷中一个村庄的一位妇女感到吃惊。因为虽然她个子很矮,但勇敢地进行斗争。因为是作者感到吃惊,所以要用took my breath away。
28.解析:interview意为“采访”,下文中的for an article说明作者为了写一篇文章,正在采访一位女村民。ask意为“问”。arrange意为“安排”。describe意为“描写”。
29.解析:will意为“意志;意志力”,根据所提供的情景Through determination, she had learned to read and write.和become part of the leadership可判断出这位妇女的意志非常坚强。brain意为“智力,智能,智慧,脑力;头脑”。wish意为“愿望”。health意为“健康”。
30.解析:struggle意为“斗争”,struggle指在困境中、全力抗争,以达到某种目的。appear意为“出现”。hesitate意为“犹豫,踌躇;不愿”。fail意为“失败”。
31.解析:village意为“村庄”,根据上下文的内容可判断出这位妇女成为这个村庄的领导人之一。city意为“城市”,organizing意为“组织”,state意为“国家”,都与短文的内容不相符合。
32.解析:touched意为“激动的,感动的”,由于这位农村妇女的事迹非常感人,Barrett非常感动。pleased意为“高兴的,满意的”。bored意为“无聊的”。puzzled意为“感到迷惑不解的”。
33.解析:combination意为“结合,合并,混合”,指爱与尊敬紧密地结合在一起,即表示既爱又尊敬的感情。由于这位农村妇女的事迹非常感人,在Barrett脸上出现了爱与尊敬的表情。composition意为“编制;结构,构造,组成,组织;成分;合成物”,指把两种或多种东西组合在一起。connection意为“联接”。satisfaction意为“满意”。
34.解析:stay behind意为“留下来不走了”,因为受到了这位农村妇女的事迹的教育,Barrett主动提出留下来当志愿者。
35.解析:trip意为“旅行”,这篇短文讲述了作者带自己的儿子去到一个山谷的小村庄去采访,作者在短文中描述了旅途的艰难和采访的过程,通过这次旅行,他的儿子受到了很大的教育,所以他说这次旅行是很成功的。flight意为“飞行,航班”。
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Before he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee.He was surprised, since he hadn’t ordered anything but coffee.I had given him his favorite type of droughnut.
“It’s on me,” I told him.“Have a nice day.”
He smiled and thanked me before heading back out into the rain.
The next day, it was still raining.I spent my afternoon hanging out the window handing people their orders.I was completely wet and freezing cold.Worse, no one was tipping that day.Every time I looked into our empty tip jar, I grew more depressed.
In the evening, the customer from the day before drove up to the window.He handed me a pink rose and a note.He said that not many people took time to care about others and he was glad there were still people like me in the world.With a friendly wave, he drove away.
I ran to the back of the shop and read the note.It read:
Christine,
Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday.It is so nice to meet someone who’s indeed nice.Please don’t change your ways! Have a great day! –Hank
After that, whenever I felt depressed or sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness.Then I would smile, hold my head up high, clear my throat and ask politely, “How can I help you?”
45.Why wasn’t the writer happy with her job at first?
A.The customers didn’t tip her enough.
B.It was difficult to make iced coffee perfect.
C.Everybody had an enormous order.
D.The job didn’t turn out as she had expected.
46.The man came to the coffee shop to ______.
A.buy his favorite doughnut              B.complain to the author
C.buy a cup of iced coffee           D.get out of the rain
47.The man felt thankful for the writer because ______.
A.she was indeed kind to him in a time of need
B.she knew exactly how the man felt
C.she offered him coffee and food for free
D.she comforted him by sharing his pain
48.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Don’t count your eggs until they are hatched.
B.If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
C.The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.
D.A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.

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  Several years ago I worked in an office, which I had a locust tree growing outside the window. It had grown into a tall tree and must have been there for a long time. The tree blocked the view and made the office seem dull, unfortunately this happened to be the room assigned to me and I was depressed by it for quite some time.
  When the first spring came, everything was green except the locust tree. Secretly, I was very happy because I had thought it had died.
  One morning when I opened the window for fresh air, I unexpectedly smelt a familiar sweet scent floating into my office but I couldn’t name it. Suddenly, I realized it was the locust tree! The tree that I thought dead was blossoming in full glory.
  From then on, I usually came to the office very early to see dew forming on the locust tree blossoms and every year was eager to see spring again.
  During summer, the green leaves provided shade protecting me from the harsh sunlight, but allowing enough light in to make it pleasant. In autumn, the leaves turned into many different colors. Its beauty touched my soul. Many times I thought to take photos but never did. Then I had to leave in a hurry. Later in life it became a great regret that I had not done so.
  Actually, many times in our lives, we think we own something, therefore we don’t cherish it. We don’t feel regretful until we lose it one day! Moreover, sometimes, we have to accept the things we don’t want and need to discover the hidden beauty to find unexpected joy!
59.The author of the passage employed a writing way ________.
A.of holding and releasing            B.that released first, then held
C.that held first, then released         D.that was not holding or releasing
60.What the author wanted to tell us is that ________.
A.not being delighted for what you have got and not feeling pity on the lost
B.think twice before you leap
C.treat everything calmly
D.cherish what you’ve owned
61.The reason the author came to the office early is ________.
A.to enjoy the dew                 B.to finish her work early
C.to do some cleaning              D.to avoid the burning sun
62.The underlined word “so” in the fifth paragraph perhaps refers to ________.
A.that I couldn’t see the tree any longer    B.that I should have taken some photos
C.that I had to leave                   D.that the tree died

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