Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list 36 in our past that we felt 37 of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very 38 process, but there’re always some 39 souls in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then 40 that we find ways to 41 people, or take some actions to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever 42 my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my 43 , I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff 44 of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a 45 on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s. o. b. (畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious 46 . Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one 47 found out. ”
Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name 48 on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still 49 . Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few 50 , I heard, “Hello? ” I said, “Sheriff Brown? ” Paused. “Yes. ”“Well, this is Jimmy Calkins. ”
“And I want you to know that I did it. ”Paused. “I knew it! ” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a 51 discussion. His closing words were，“Jimmy, I always felt bad for you 52 your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it 53 all these years. I want to thank you for calling me. . . for your sake. ”
Jimmy inspired me to 54 all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to 55 the past wrongdoings.
36. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody
37. A. ashamed B. afraid C. sure D. proud
38. A. private B. secret C. interesting D. funny
39. A. foolish B. polite C. simple D. brave
40. A. expected B. suggested C. ordered D. demanded
41. A. connect with B. depend on C. make an apology to D. get along with
42. A. improve B. continue C. realize D. keep
43. A. notes B. list C. plan D. stories
44. A. any B. most C. none D. all
45. A. part B. game C. trick D. record
46. A. view B. sign C. attention D. remark
47. A. also B. even C. still D. ever
48. A. appears B. considers C. presents D. remembers
49. A. angry B. happy C. doubtful D. alive
50. A. words B. rings C. repeats D. calls
51. A. cold B. plain C. nervous D. lively
52. A. in case B. so long as C. unless D. because
53. A. around B. out C. on D. away
54. A. build up B. make up C. clear up D. give up
55. A. regret B. forgive C. right D. punish
36.【解析】选B。根据下文可知句意为：教员要求我们把我们过去的任何事情(anything)都列成表，这些事情是我们感到羞愧(ashamed)、后悔或未完成的，然后大声读出。若填something只表示一些事情，与句意不符。
37.【解析】选A。ashamed 意为“羞愧的”，根据后面列举的几项，可排除B、C、D三项。
38.【解析】选A。private 意为“私人的、保密的、不让人知道的”。上述事情都属于个人隐私，不宜公开。
39.【解析】选D。brave 意为“勇敢的”。尽管是隐私不宜公开，但在众多的人中总有一些“勇敢的”人愿意与大家分享。
40.【解析】选B。suggested 意为“建议”，从句谓语用动词原形，故应是虚拟语气，可先排除expected；从说话者语气看，不是“命令”，所以可排除ordered和demanded。
41.【解析】选C。这里教员建议要做以下几件事情：to make an apology to people“向人们道歉”，(to) take some actions to right any wrong doings“采取措施纠正错误的所作所为”。
42.【解析】选A。本来作者是参加一个交际培训班，而现在教员要学员所做的一切似乎与培养交际能力无关，所以作者很纳闷这是否能提高(improve)他的交际能力。
43.【解析】选B。make a list 意为“列表”。
44.【解析】选C。none of us kids liked是定语从句，前面省略了关系代词whom / that(代替Sheriff)，选none表示Jimmy(由短文最后可知此人是Jimmy)和他的少年伙伴都不喜欢Sheriff，与下文吻合。
45.【解析】选C。play a trick on sb. 意为“捉弄某人”。
46.【解析】选B。sign 意为“记号、标记、符号”，指Jimmy他们写的字。
47.【解析】选D。ever用于否定句表示“在任何时候、从来”。由于Jimmy说了谎话，所以“从来就没人查明事实真相(found out)”，与下文“几乎20年后再提及此事”相呼应。
48.【解析】选A。appear 意为“出现”，指Sheriff Brown的名字被列在表上。
49.【解析】选D。alive 意为“活着的”，此时Jimmy不知道Sheriff Brown是否还活着，与后面他们接通电话，证实了Sheriff Brown还活着相呼应。
50.【解析】选B。ring 意为“铃声”，这里指电话被拨通。
51.【解析】选D。由we had a good laugh 可知Sheriff 和Jimmy 进行的是热烈的(lively)讨论。
52.【解析】选D。后面的句子说明原因，故选because 引导原因状语从句：因为你的伙伴都把他们做的错事说出来了。
53.【解析】选A。around 意为“大约”。此句表示：而你（Jimmy）这些年来却一直把做过的这件错事记在心头。
54.【解析】选C。clear up 意为“消除、解除”。此句意为：在两年里Jimmy鼓励我消除了在我的表上的所有101项(做错了的事情)。
55.【解析】选C。right 意为“纠正”。此句意为：纠正过去的不道德行为还为时不晚。
中考解读考点精练系列答案科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
There was a time in my life when beauty meant something special to me. I guess that would have been when I was about six or seven ye ars old, just several weeks or maybe a month before the orphanage turned me into an old man.
I would get up every morning at the orphanage, make my bed just like the little soldier that I had become and then I would get into one of the two straight lines and march to breakfast with the other twenty or thirty boys who also lived in my dormitory.
After breakfast one Saturday morning I returned to the dormitory and saw the house parent chasing the beautiful monarch butterflies who lived by the hundreds in the azalea (杜鹃花) bushes strewn around the orphanage.
I carefully watched as he caught these beautiful creatures, one after the other, and then took them from the net and then stuck straight pins through their head and wings, pinning them onto a heavy cardboard sheet.
How cruel it was to kill something of such beauty. I had walked many times out into the bushes, all by myself, just so the butterflies could land on my head, face and hands so I could look at them up close.
Every year when the butterflies would return to the orphanage and try to land on me I would try and shoo (用"嘘"声赶走,吓走)them away because they did not know that the orphanage was a bad place to live and a very bad place to die.
1. According to the passage, how did the author find the orphanage?
A. A favorable place to live. B. A bad place to live.
C. A comfortable place for butterflies. D. A favorable place for the old.
2. How did the people go to their meals?
A. By car. B. On foot. C. Queuing in two ways. D. Any way they wanted.
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. I love everything of beauty when I was old.
B. The people in the orphanage stand in line doing everything.
C. The azalea bushes were planted by the people living in the orphanage.
D. I shooed the butterflies away because I didn’t want them to be killed.
4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?
A. I love beauty when I was about six or seven years old.
B. I became old very soon in the orphanage.
C. I had a very pleasant time in the orphanage.
D. I was tired with the life the way I lived in the orphanage.
5. What does the author think of the house parent?
A. Pitiless. B. Kind. C. Lovable. D. Beautiful.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年海南省琼海市高三下学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead．But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that---dreams．
The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 59.78 percent of respondents considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store．“But they just stop at the‘thinking’stage,” it stated．
Respondents put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity．They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need to advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way．
More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road．
Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year．But he is looking for a job first．“If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to establish a company in exhibition services,” Guo said．The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant．With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures(小册子） at a relatively low price．He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry．
“Social networking is an important factor leading to business success,” Guo said．
Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation．
Jiang Ye, deputy director of Yangpu District Business Guide Center, said the universitysets up a business guide team made of government officials and professionals．They
regularly give training courses to students who show an interest in having their own business．
The parents of university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showed．"Once you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle," Guo added．
1.Which of the following can be the best title?
A．A Tough Job Market B．Graduates Dream of Being Boss
C．The Ambitious Fresh Graduates D．The Story of Guo Bing
2.In the view of Guo Bing, what is the key factor that makes fresh graduates dream of being boss soon after graduation?
A．Their family don't support them． B．Their social networking is not good．
C．There are not enough graduate jobs． D．They want to achieve greater success．
3.Who is this article mostly intended for?
A．The parents whose child goes to university soon.
B．Those who will graduate from university．
C．Those who want to be bosses．
D．The officials who work in the government．
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届山西省高二上学期期末联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Zhang Lili, a 29-year-old middle school teacher at the No 19 middle school in the city of Jiamusi in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province was crossing the road just outside the school’s gate when a school bus suddenly came rushing toward nearby students at 8:38 pm on May 8, 2012.
“There were three buses at the school gate ready to pick up students, but the one in the back suddenly crashed into the second bus and pushed it into the first one. There were several students standing between the first and the second buses and they were about to be crushed,” said Liu Ye, a student of No.19 middle school.
“We were waiting to board the bus when suddenly it began moving toward the teachers and students. Zhang Lili immediately pushed the students out of the way, but unfortunately she didn't escape. The bus crushed her legs.” added Liu.
Zhang Lili was sent to hospital at about 9 pm and she was critically injured and her blood pressure was low. The situation was quite serious when rushed to hospital.
After consulting specialists, the doctors decided that the only way to save her life was cut off both of her legs.
Upon learning about the accident, the deputy mayor of the city, Sun Zhe, asked the hospital to “save the young teacher regardless of the cost”
“If necessary, we will invite more specialists from the capital city, even from the whole nation,” said Sun.
Fortunately, after 58 hours of emergency medical attention after being transferred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Zhang finally regained consciousness on May 15.
“But it cannot be ruled out that her condition may worsen, and the doctors are still working full out to save the heroic teacher,” said Zhao Mingyan, ICU director at the hospital, where Zhang is now receiving treatment. “Her courage moved all of our staff, and we will try our best to help the brave teacher in her future life.” said Wang Jianwei, the director of center.
The Ministry of Education has also named her “National Outstanding Teacher” and called on the country’s educators to learn from her.
1.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to ________.
A．the bus in the back B．the bus in the middle
C．the bus in the front D．the third bus
2.What can be inferred from the remark of the deputy Mayor Sun Zhe?
A．Every possible means is being carried out to save the brave teacher.
B．It’s increasingly difficult to save the brave teacher.
C．The only way to save the brave teacher is to cut off her legs.
D．No more experts will be needed in the operation to save the brave teacher.
3.What does the underlined sentence in the ninth paragraph attempt to tell us?
A．The woman teacher’s condition will definitely get worse.
B．It is obvious that the woman teacher will recover shortly after.
C．There is little possibility that the woman teacher’s condition will improve.
D．It’s likely that the teacher will suffer from a worse medical condition.
4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
A．National Outstanding Teacher B．A Heroic Teacher
C．An Example of Top Teachers D．An bus accident
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届四川省成都市高二5月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Zhang Lili, a 29-year-old middle school teacher at the No 19 middle school in the city of Jiamusi in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province was crossing the road just outside the school's gate when a school bus suddenly came rushing toward nearby students at 8:38 pm on May 8, 2012.
"There were three buses at the school gate ready to pick up students, but the one in the back suddenly crashed into the second bus and pushed it into the first one. There were several students standing between the first and the second buses and they were about to be crushed," said Liu Ye, a student of No. 19 middle school.
"We were waiting to board the bus when suddenly it began moving toward the teachers and students. Zhang Lili immediately pushed the students out of the way, but unfortunately she didn't escape. The bus crushed her legs. " added Liu.
Zhang Lili was sent to hospital at about 9 pm and she was critically injured and her blood pressure was low. The situation was quite serious when rushed to hospital.
After consulting specialists, the doctors decided that the only way to save her life was cut off both of her legs.
Upon learning about the accident, the deputy mayor of the city, Sun Zhe, asked the hospital to "save the young teacher regardless of the cost"
"If necessary, we will invite more specialists from the capital city, even from whole nation," said Sun.
Fortunately, after 58 hours of emergency medical attention after being transferred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Zhang finally regained consciousness on May 15.
"But it cannot be ruled out that her condition may worsen, and the doctors are still working full out to save the heroic teacher," said Zhao Mingyan, ICU director at the hospital, where Zhang is now receiving treatment.
"Her courage moved all of our staff, and we will try our best to help the brave teacher in her future life. " said Wang Jianwei, the director of center.
The Ministry of Education has also named her "National Outstanding Teacher" and called on the country's educators to learn from her.
1.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to ________.
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A．the bus in the back |
B．the bus in the middle |
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C．the bus in the front |
D．the third bus |
2.What can be inferred from the remark of the deputy Mayor Sun Zhe?
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A．Every possible means is being carried out to save the brave teacher. |
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B．It’s increasingly difficult to save the brave teacher. |
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C．The only way to save the brave teacher is to cut off her legs. |
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D．No more medical experts will be needed in the operation to save the brave teacher. |
3.What does the underlined sentence in the ninth paragraph attempt to tell us?
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A．The woman teacher’s condition will definitely get worse. |
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B．There is little possibility that the woman teacher’s condition will improve. |
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C．It is obvious that the woman teacher will recover shortly after. |
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D．It’s likely that the woman teacher will suffer from a worse medical condition. |
4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
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A．National Outstanding Teacher |
B．A Heroic Teacher |
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C．An Example of Top Teachers |
D．An bus accident |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2009年高考试题（浙江卷）解析版 题型：阅读理解
In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh（法老） treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.
Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the race with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.
Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh that bus left rive minutes ago.” Dreams of head-cutting!
It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad mews from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A. doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation dose it in a caring way A. boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.
Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready ye? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded （被轰炸的） person is sure to have .
1.In Paragraph 1, the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to .
A. make a comparison B. introduce a topic C. describe a scene D. offer an argument
2.In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was _____________.
A. friendly B. warm-hearted C. not considerate D. not helpful
3.From “Dreams of head-cutting!”（Paragraph 3）, we learn that the writer .
A. was mad at the sales agent.
B. was reminded of the cruel pharaoh
C. wished that the sales agent would have had dreams.
D. dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night.
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A. Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.
B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.
C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.
D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.
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