Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans.With each passing day everyone became more anxious, waiting for the final school bell.Upon its 36 everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged clothes.I had often wondered what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 37 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves.But something made David 38 .I can still remember he was always 39 a smile and willing to help.He always stayed after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor.We never talked much.He 40 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly head for home
Weeks passed and the 41 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of school before the holiday break.I smiled in 42 as the last of them hurried out of the door.Turning around I saw David quietly standing by my desk.
"I have something for you." he said and 43 from behind his back a small box. 44 it to me, he said anxiously, "Open it." I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it.I lifted the lid and to my surprise saw nothing.I looked at David's smiling face and back into the box and said, "The box is nice, David, but it's 45 ."
"Oh no it isn't" said David."It's full of love.My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn't see or touch unless you know it's there."
Tears filled my eyes 46 I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given attention to.After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 47 the little empty box set on my desk.
A.warning B.ringing C.calling D.yelling
A.modestly B.naturally C.inaccurately D.inappropriately
A.popular B.upset C.special D.funny
A.expressing B.delivering C.wearing D.sharing
A.would B.should C.might D.could
A.argument B.excitement C.movement D.judgment
A.relief B.return C.vain D.control
A.searched B.found C.raised D.pulled
A.Holding B.Handing C.Sending D.Leaving
A.cheap B.empty C.useless D.improper
A.as B.until C.because D.though
A.from B.behind C.over D.towards
科目:高中英语 来源:上海市格致中学2010届高三第一学期期中考试 题型:阅读理解
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Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless——there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and the two great wire services.No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so, as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge.There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for on one can any longer direct the great strike for America’s power; the polls have closed.Good or bad, whatever the decision.America will accept the decision——and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes.The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood.Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself.
There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia or China.Only one other major nation in modern history has ever tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote.This was the Weimar Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice.Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler.Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts.Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning.But for these hours history stops.
76.Between ten p.m.and midnight, the United States has no leader because________.
A.the President has resigned
B.the strike for power has ended
C.the polls have closed and the results are not in
D.there has been a revolution
77.“The great strike for America’s power” in paragraph 1 refers to_________.
A.the strike of the mass media B.the great coal strike
C.striking while the iron is hot D.the election campaign
78.According to the author only one other major modern nation ever tried to elect its leader by mass, free, popular vote.That nation was___________.
A.India B.Germany C.Russia D.England
79.The author believes the decision at the polls will .
A.lead to anarchy B.result in men being cut down
C.cause violence and blood D.be defended by all Americans
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年贵州省遵义四中高一上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
“A child in the street is a child that has been exposed(暴露)to a lot of bad things. And this child has no love at all. This child has no respect(尊重)for himself or herself. He sees everybody as an enemy, and he can’t trust anyone.”
Who is Moses Zulu talking about? Are there even people who live like that? Sadly, in truth, there are. They happen to be the Zambian children that Moses Zulu helps to improve their lives. Zulu does his best to give many children the hope to live even though they might have AIDS. Without his continuous work through his organization called Children’s Town, many Zambian children would have been forced to survive(生存)in an African city by getting a job as a street vendor(街头小贩), or hurting other people.
In 1990, Moses Zulu founded Children’s Town in Zambia, where one million children have no parents, largely because of AIDS. Children’s Town teaches children the basic life skills needed for their future. Each child goes through a five-year training program where they’re taught responsibility(责任), values, and self-care. Zulu’s Children’s Town provides hope for less fortunate children.
As we all know, a hero is any person who is respected for their qualities and achievements. There are not many people who are willing to help others in need. Zulu’s contribution to today’s modern society teaches us to lend a helping hand to others who are not as lucky as we are. He teaches us to make a difference in the world by helping others.
And from now on, if ever you throw away your banana just because it looks bad, well, remember that a group of people suffering from AIDS, homelessness, or other causes, would fight each other just to get their hands on a single bad banana.
68. 【小题1】 Which of the following CANNOT describe Moses Zulu according to the passage?
A.Devoted | B.Easy-going |
C.Determined | D.Kind-hearted |
A.how to fight against AIDS |
B.how to get a job as a street vendor |
C.how to survive by themselves |
D.how to avoid fighting in the street |
A.a teacher | B.a doctor | C.a hero | D.a fighter |
A.plant more bananas | B.make use of bad food |
C.invent medicine for AIDS | D.help poor people |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年河北省唐山一中高二上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:阅读理解
Robert Frost was at heart a mean-spirited human being, not the kind of man one would expect to write poetry. He was born in San Francisco. Frost entered Dartmouth University in 1893, but dropped out, and switched to Harvard, which he attended for two years. He started a brief teaching career, where he was inspired to become a poet by some of his students’ work. Frost stopped teaching and became a farmer. During this time he wrote numerous poems, and a couple of short stories. While he was a farmer he started to think seriously about becoming a famous poet.
In almost all of his poems, Frost wrote in the first person. The first widely-read poem that he published was called My Butterfly. At first his audience was very small, but with his Collected Poems he became famous. Robert Frost received almost all the awards that there were for poetry. His poetry describes the forces of nature, and the violence and deep emotional(情感的) needs of human beings, which reflect the experiences of his childhood.
Robert Frost will always be known as one of the best poets in history. His way of putting emotion and violence into words is remarkable(非同寻常的). His talent for poetry is natural-born and he had discovered this when he started to farm. Even though he treated his wife and children terribly, he still became one of the best-known poets of his and our day.
【小题1】We can learn from the passage that ________.
A.Robert Frost had been a famous writer before he started teaching |
B.Robert Frost wrote his poems mostly in the first person |
C.Robert Frost was very famous at the beginning of his writing career |
D.Robert Frost began to write poems when he was a teacher |
A.his teaching career | B.his life experiences |
C.showing strong feeling in his poems | D.his interest in poems |
A.why Robert Frost stopped farming |
B.why Robert Frost was so famous |
C.about his masterpieces(杰作) |
D.about the way he treated his wife and children |
A.Robert Frost’s most famous poem is My Butterfly |
B.Robert Frost began to write when he was in college |
C.Robert Frost gave up studying at Dartmouth University |
D.his poetry showed the violence of war and his childhood |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年湖南省浏阳一中高二4月段考英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Today, I felt terrible. My head was full of problems, burdens and confusion. I decided to take a walk even though I didn’t know where I would go.
The most extraordinarything happened when I was out on this walk. I saw an old man sitting on a chair. He was a seller of second-hand shoes. He looked at least 70 years old. He seemed so tired and nobody bought his shoes. I wanted to give him something but I had not brought anything with me.
Then, a little girl came toward him. I heard the child say, “Grandpa, may I polish your shoes?” That old man took pity on her and he gave her a shoe to polish. The girl said, “I polish the shoe because I need money to buy my brother a new school uniform.”
I heard this and tears filled my eyes. The old man answered, “Oh, little girl. Just stop doing this. Come with me and I will buy you a uniform.” Then they walked to a market and I followed close behind them. There he bought her a uniform. The girl said, “Thank you so much for doing this. May God bless you.” Then she left, leaving the old man smiling.
The old man walked away from the market, but I stopped him. I whispered in his ear, “You are a hero! Thank you for your kindness!” As I walked away, I glanced back and I could see him still smiling.
My own sadness had disappeared, chased away by the light of this kind act. I began realizing that I have a lot to be thankful for. I hope, some day, I can show my appreciation of what I have by following the example of the old man who only had a little, but shared it happily with someone who had nothing.
【小题1】The author decided to take a walk in order to .
A.build himself up |
B.lighten his mood |
C.enjoy the scenery nearby |
D.find out something special |
A.happy | B.sympathetic | C.regretful | D.disappointed |
A.She took pity on him. |
B.She intended to take care of him. |
C.She meant to be friendly to him. |
D.She wanted to earn some money. |
A.a kind act can cheer us up |
B.old men often set us examples |
C.people value what they don’t have |
D.helping others means helping ourselves |
A.A clever little girl | B.A pair of old shoes |
C.A kind shoe seller | D.A girl’s new uniform |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010-2011黑龙江大庆中学高一下学期期中英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
FU Yuan has been left at home with his grandparents since he was one month old. His mom and dad left to work in Fujian Province. For the past eight years, Fu has only seen his parents three times although they send home 500 yuan every two or three months.
Fu Xiaoyu, 16, has had to live alone since her grandmother passed away three years ago. Her parents do not want to renounce their jobs at a clothing factory in Guangdong Province. Nor can they afford the cost of sending her to a school in the city where they work.
These are just two of the 29 kids that 16-year-olds Huang Ruoqing and Zhang Linna at Beijing No 4 High School talked with this summer in Guixiang Village in Sichuan Province.
What Huang and Zhang learned from their three-day visit shocked them. They wrote down all the kids’ stories in a moving 40-page essay filled with statistical charts.(统计表)
In the poor village with a population of 2,118 people, 582 adults have left to find work, leaving 156 children without parents. Among these so-called left-behind kids, 88 percent of them live with their grandparents, five percent live with uncles or aunts and seven percent have to live on their own.
To Huang and Zhang’s surprise, 80 percent of the children said they love going to school. Even
though, some children have to walk along the hilly roads for two hours to get there.
However, for this village’s students studying is not their first task. Housework, such as helping feed pigs or buffalos(水牛) and taking care of old grandparents, younger sisters or brothers, takes up a considerable amount of their time.
Despite having to work hard at home, over 65 percent of the young interviewees would prefer their parents’ stay away working rather than returning to live with them.
“These kids are understanding and considerate and know how important money is for their families. Their little wishes like having dinner with their parents inspire us never to take what we have had for granted,” Zhang said.
【小题1】
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.Fu Xiaoyu’s parents can’t earn enough money to send her to school. |
B.Huang Ruoqing and Zhang Linna talked with 29 children this summer during their research. |
C.Some left-behind kids live with uncles, aunts, or grandparents and others live by themselves. |
D.More than half of the left-behind kids prefer their parents’ staying away working. |
A.Fu Yuan’s parents send him 500 yuan every 2 or 3 months |
B.Huang Ruoqing and Zhang Linna wrote an essay according to the left-behind kids’ stories |
C.Many left-behind kids love studying and going to school in spite of many hardships |
D.The time that the left-behind kids spend on housework is more than that on study |
A.Keep | B.continue | C.give up | D.get |
A.Kids Are Left Alone | B.The True Story of Home Alone |
C.Kids Miss Parents | D.Parents and Kids |
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