For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask permission of his mother to take his black and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile from the house to the fence which the beginning of the dirty driveway.
One day, I was busy with my business and was for about an hour, completely forgetting about the little boy down the road who might be for his daddy.
On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not ten feet in front of me. All I could was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. , the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) by the time my car turned the last and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.
, I caught sight of my little boy, who was an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the of a little boy.
As I stopped the car and the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and with cold, but he never the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”
Last year, we to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. , I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that has occurred in my mind. all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.
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解析试题分析:文章讲述作者的小儿子每天都在路口等作者回来,甚至一个大雨的傍晚,孩子依然忠诚的等待在路口,那个场景让作者时常想起,一生珍惜。
【小题1】考查名词辨析:A. Bag包,B. Dog狗,C. Umbrella伞,D. Toy玩具,从下文的:I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog.可知儿子会带上黑狗去路口等他出差回来,选B
【小题2】考查名词辨析:A. journey旅程,B. flight航班,C. effort努力,D. ride骑车,乘车,从作者的家到路口有半英里的路程,此处 make a journey 为固定短语。选A
【小题3】考查动词辨析:A. discovered发现,B. explained解释,C. marked标志,D. described描述,driveway 通常指从自家车库通向大路的车道,而大路通常用栅栏围起来,所以栅栏就“标志着”通向家这段脏路的开始。选C
【小题4】考查动词辨析:A. controlled控制,B. trained训练,C. delayed推迟,D. bothered麻烦,根据下文的大约一个小时判断,他是被生意耽误了,从下文的“nor the hour-long wait”也可看出该答案。如选其他选项,与前面的 one day 语义不符。选C
【小题5】考查形容词辨析:A. hopeful有希望的,B. grateful感激的,C. careful小心的,D. faithful忠诚的,,孩子每天傍晚都去路口“等”他。所以是很忠诚的,选 D
【小题6】考查动词辨析:A. waiting等待,B. sending送,派,C. searching寻找,D. calling打电话,叫,作者忙着生意,也就“完全”忘了孩子等他的这件事情。选A
【小题7】考查动词辨析:A. drive看车,B. see看见,C. feel感觉,D. hear听见,此处意为“雨下得很大,看不到前面 10 英尺远的地方”。选B
【小题8】考查词组辨析:A. stick to坚持,B. think of想到,C. pick up捡起,D. hold on别挂断,此处用“我只想……”与前面的“完全忘记”相呼应。选B
【小题9】考查词组辨析:A. In fact事实上,B. In surprise惊讶地,C. At once立刻,D. At last最后,前面提到雨下得很大,后面提到雨下得小了起来,所以用“最终;最后”。选D
【小题10】考查名词辨析: A. moment时刻,B. corner角落,C. street街道,D. way道路,根据动词 turn 判断,他转了最后一个“弯”。由于路是用栅栏围着,所以用 corner。选B
【小题11】考查词组辨析:A. All of a sudden突然,B. Believe it or not信不信由你,C. To my pleasure使我高兴的是, D. For seconds有几秒钟,突然我看见了小儿子,选A
【小题12】考查动词辨析:A. holding举着,B. taking带走,C. folding折叠,D. carrying携带,儿子一只手举着伞,一只手拿着爸爸的拐杖,选A
【小题13】考查名词辨析:A. body身体,B. head头,C. face脸,D. hand手,从前面的句子:was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile可知是脸上的微笑点亮了他的脸,选C
【小题14】考查动词辨析:A. closed关闭,B. locked锁,C. knocked敲,D. opened打开,根据后面的“ran into my arms”判断,此处作者“打开”了车门。选D
【小题15】考查形容词辨析:A. worrying令人担心的,B. nervous紧张的,C. trembling颤抖的,D. anxious焦虑的,由于下雨,而孩子的身上又淋湿了,所以孩子冷得“发抖”。选C
【小题16】考查动词辨析:A. noticed注意到,B. doubted怀疑,C. judged判断,D. mentioned提到,根据下文的“只是说”可知,孩子没有“提到”下雨和等了那么长时间。选D
【小题17】考查动词辨析: A. moved搬家,移动,B. turned转变,转弯,C. returned回来,D. traveled旅行,根据下文的“a wonderful new home”和“no longer have a long countryroad”可知,他们“搬家”了。选A
【小题18】考查副词辨析:A. Therefore因此,B. Besides此外,C. Otherwise否则,D. However然而,根据语意判断,上下文是转折关系,所以用 however,意为“然而”。选D
【小题19】考查名词辨析:A. time时间,B. scene 场景,C. act行为,D. sight视野,景色,儿子在雨中等他及对他说的话使作者难忘,所以他的“思绪”经常回到当时的情景。选 B
【小题20】考查介词辨析:A. With和…一起,B. For为了,C. Like象,D. Among在…中间,就像人生中很多事情,发生过要永远珍惜。选C
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One day, my father drove his employer to another city for a business meeting. On the outskirts(郊区)of town, they for a sandwich lunch. While they ate, several boys playing in the street passed by their . One of the boys limped(跛行).Looking more closely, my father’s boss that the boy had a clubfoot(畸形足).He stepped out of the car and the boy, saying that he was able to help get that foot fixed. The young boy was .The businessman wrote down the boy’s name before the boy joined his friends down the street.
The man and said to my father, “Woody, the boy’s name is Jimmy. Find out where he and do your best to get his parents to let him have his foot operated on. I’ll pay all the costs.” They finished their sandwiches and went on their .
It didn’t take long for my father to Jimmy’s house, a small one that needed paint and repair. For almost an hour, my father explained the plan to Jimmy’s parents. , they looked at each other. When my father they still weren’t quite sure about the generous offer from an unknown benefactor (捐助者).
Later, my father’s employer got in touch with the local government with a to send someone to Jimmy’s home to the family that this was a lawful offer. Soon, with permission papers signed, my father took Jimmy to an excellent in another state. After five operations, his limp disappeared.
His parents watched in as the returned boy stepped lightly toward them. They still could not that a man they had never seen would pay a large sum of money to have a foot corrected for their son.
The benefactor was Mr. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He always said it’s more fun to do something for people they don’t know who did it.
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I learned something far more important than not _______ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it with _______. What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk your way through _______ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too ______ not to live it well.
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“What's wrong?” she asked.“Nothing,” the husband replied,“____ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read ____ she had read all three pages to her husband,
“Now,you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said ____.
Quietly the husband stated,“I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are ____ the way that you are.You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and ____ anything about you.”
The wife,____ by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his ___ of her,turned her head and wept.
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Many years ago ,l was working at my job at a community college when a homeless woman came in. She began as she lay on one of the sofas in the student rest room. , she wasn't well. Without thinking too much I went next door to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find in the Lost and Found box. I up a set of clothing and went back to my office, I heard a colleague calling me. She told me that I should not this person, as it would only lead to her wanting more help. I refused her and went back to help the woman, my co-worker's warning .
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In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were . His chances of surviving were small. when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much than he was when he started, but alive.
His of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness —how he to catch fish, how he evaporated (蒸发) sea water to fresh water—is very interesting.
But the thing that my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no in continuing the struggle. He was starved and worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.
When people these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in desperate circumstances in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on difficulties.
“I tell myself I can it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, up courage…”
I wrote that down after I read it. It me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my .
The truth is, our circumstances are only bad to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you through the rough situations with a little more courage.
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Many winters ago I was working at a college when a homeless woman came in wearing only thin clothes. She started as she sat down on a sofa in the student public room . Clearly, she wasn't well. Without too much about it, I went to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find . in the "Lost and Found" box. I gathered her up all clothes and made my way . A co-worker told me I should not help this person. it would only lead to her wanting help. I ignored(忽视) her and carried on, the warnings.
Two weeks later a lovely elderly man came to my and asked to speak with me in private. , I gave him my full attention. He went on to tell me that he had overheard (无意听到) the with the co-worker about helping the woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people, and that was he wanted to give me a check for $1000! I tears, because I really needed the money at the time, but also because I had been recognized in such a way helping someone! We became good friends and, twenty years later, he called me up and told me he wanted to help me my first home! He gave me$ 120,000 to buy my dream house in my home town.
I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large . and he said it was because I was a "giver" and that I deserved(应得) it. I was able to the perfect little home for me, all because one day I a homeless woman without besitation .
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完型填空
Ever so long ago ,two young men , Edmund and Oswald, appeared in court.
Edmund said to the : “I gave Oswald , who I was my best friend, a costly gold ring and I asked him to it till I returned home. Now he says that he knows about it .”
his hand on his heart , Oswald said : “I swear I know nothing about the . I am afraid that Edmund has been in his mental powers since he .”
The judge said : “ Edmund, were there any witnesses who could that you gave the ring to Oswald ?”
Edmund replied : “45 in the field where we were at the time there was nobody. We were talking beneath an old oak tree and there we were .”
Oswald said : “ I know as little of the oak tree as I do of the ring .”
The judge said : “ Edmund , go to that again and bring back a branch of that oak tree. Oswald ,you wait here in the meantime, Edmund comes back .”
So Edmund left. After some time the judge said to Oswald: “How is it that Edmund is taking so long to ? Go to the window and see if you can see him returning the road.”
Oswald said : “Oh , my Lord , he wouldn’t have even the tree yet ----the tree is over an hour’s walk from here.”
When the judge heard this ,he was very .
“You were telling a !You know as much about the tree as you do about the ring. For the year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the of always telling the truth .”
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