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About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.
He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH…!!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!” Building up a head of steam, he went on. “That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”
“Please, mister, please… I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop!” tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister,” he said. “He rolled of the curb(路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up.” Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”
Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE-a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent(凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.
67．The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ________.
A．he wanted to ask for some money
B．he envied the brand-new car very much
C．the businessman drove at a high speed
D．he wanted to get help from the driver
68．Which of the following is the right order of the story?
a．The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.
b．The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.
c．The younger brother begged Josh for help.
d．Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.
e．Josh shouted at the younger brother.
A．b，a，c，e，d B．a，c，d，b，e
C．b，a，e，c，d D．a，c，b，e，d
69．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Josh was a kind-hearted man.
B．The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.
C．Josh would accept the money from the kids.
D．Josh’s new car broke down easily.
70．According to the passage, we must ________.
A．try to be more understanding seeing others in trouble
B．drive fast in a neighborhood street that is dangerous
C．try to get ready for the trouble in your future life
D．protect oneself from being hurt
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which, 31 , he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something 32 in the company should ever do.
I wish I 33 give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow — 34 it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m 35 , experienced and I know better.
36 I work with some very kind and compassionate(富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to 37 by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar 38 they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “ 39 ” person here.
One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who 40 the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely 41 about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would 42 to such an extremely embarrassing incident.
As I expected , Lois didn’t pass over the 43 when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly, 44 with empathetic consideration. She listened to my 45 . Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n) 46 .
“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to 47 that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s 48 . It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her 49 to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”
I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those 50 words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.
31. A. by the way B. in the way C. on the way D. to the way
32. A. someone B. anyone C. no one D. the one
33. A. should B. might C. will D. could
34. A. fix B. blame C. rely D. put
35. A. outgoing B. old C. cheerful D. energetic
36. A. Thankfully B. Naturally C. Generally D. Hopefully
37. A. work B. stop C. watch D. sit
38. A. decisions B. troubles C. attempts D. mistakes
39. A. annoying B. confusing C. embarrassing D. puzzling
40. A. repairs B. wants C. works D. occupies
41. A. mad B. serious C. curious D. hopeful
42. A. react B. agree C. turn D. object
43. A. issue B. outcome C. criterion D. message
44. A. for B. therefore C. but D. otherwise
45. A. challenge B. imagination C. conclusion D. explanation
46. A. order B. key C. end D. process
47. A. forget B. ruin C. prevent D. change
48. A. broken B. done C. lost D. kept
49. A. attention B. skill C. patience D. interest
50. A. sweet B. pleasant C. meaningful D. colorful
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It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which, 31 , he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something 32 in the company should ever do.
I wish I 33 give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow — 34 it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m 35 , experienced and I know better.
36 I work with some very kind and compassionate(富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to 37 by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar 38 they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “ 39 ” person here.
One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who 40 the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely 41 about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would 42 to such an extremely embarrassing incident.
As I expected , Lois didn’t pass over the 43 when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly, 44 with empathetic consideration. She listened to my 45 . Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n) 46 .
“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to 47 that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s 48 . It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her 49 to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”
I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those 50 words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.
31. A. by the way B. in the way C. on the way D. to the way
32. A. someone B. anyone C. no one D. the one
33. A. should B. might C. will D. could
34. A. fix B. blame C. rely D. put
35. A. outgoing B. old C. cheerful D. energetic
36. A. Thankfully B. Naturally C. Generally D. Hopefully
37. A. work B. stop C. watch D. sit
38. A. decisions B. troubles C. attempts D. mistakes
39. A. annoying B. confusing C. embarrassing D. puzzling
40. A. repairs B. wants C. works D. occupies
41. A. mad B. serious C. curious D. hopeful
42. A. react B. agree C. turn D. object
43. A. issue B. outcome C. criterion D. message
44. A. for B. therefore C. but D. otherwise
45. A. challenge B. imagination C. conclusion D. explanation
46. A. order B. key C. end D. process
47. A. forget B. ruin C. prevent D. change
48. A. broken B. done C. lost D. kept
49. A. attention B. skill C. patience D. interest
50. A. sweet B. pleasant C. meaningful D. colorful
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John climbed easily over the garden wall. He had made no 1 . He looked around .After a moment he 2 to the window of Mr White’s house.
John had been a 3 once. But that was 4 he had come to live in the small town of Brampton. Now he was a shopkeeper. He had 5 the shop in Brampton for ten years. And 6 knew that he had once been a thief .Tonight was the first time 7 ten years.
John didn’t want to steal from Mr White. He needed 8 because a man he once met in the prison came to this town. He __9___that John had been a thief. He said that he would 10 the people in Brampton about it. John was afraid, 11 e gave him money. Then the man wanted more money. John didn’t have enough to 12 him. So he became a thief again.
13 was easy to get into the house. He 14 room where all the 15 things were kept. John 16 his pockets with all these things. Soon he had more than enough.
He was leaving 17 he heard a sound behind him. He 18 quickly. The door was 19 and Mr White was 20 in front of him.
1. A. plan B. noise C. decision D. difference
2. A. came up B. looked out C. jumped D. ran away
3. A. prisoner B. shopkeeper C. policeman D. thief
4. A. since B. until C. before D. after
5. A. bought B. lived C. had D. built
6. A. someone B. no one C. everyone D. anyone
7. A. since B. for C. in D. from
8. A. help B. care C. money D. support
9. A. decided B. wondered C. guessed D. knew
10. A. ask B. talk C. write D. tell
11. A .so B. but C. because D. still
12. A. give B. pay C. agree D. feel
13. A. It B. This C. He . D. That
14. A .broke B. left C. went D. found
15. A.valuable B. useful C. beautiful D. secret
16. A.opened B. put C. prepared D. filled
17. A. while B. when C. as D. till
18. A. turned B. jumped C. ran D. looked
19. A. closed B. locked C. opened D. broken
20. A. laughing B. standing C. dancing D. sleeping
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Like a]l little children, my seven-year-old daughter gets scared sometimes when she is trying to go to sleep．If the wind is howling, her 36 can begin working overtime and she may see a (n) 37 in the shadows laughing in the wind.
This past Monday was one such night. 38 after I put her to bed, she came into my room crying that she was scared. She said she 39 the sound of a bad guy laughing and she was extremely afraid that 40 was going to get all of us. Her tears 41 my heart, and I held my daughter in my arms and assured her that nothing would happen to her. I walked her back into her room and 42 down beside her to continue to assure her that I would keep her safe.
“Yes, I know you will always 43 me, Daddy, but what about when you go to sleep?” she asked.
“Sweetheart,” I comforted her, “there are great angels all around this house, and they 44 sleep. They are here just to safeguard us. They can 45 any bad guy from getting in here.”
“ 46 , Daddy, what about when the angels miss? I mean like when kids are kidnapped (绑架)or robbers 47 people’s houses – what about those 48 ?”
Her question struck m e – when did I start 49 questions like this? When did I begin not to consider the most obvious problems of our 50 ? I mean, I 51 problems every day but I am still very surprised by this 52 question.
I considered her question and realized there is no perfect 53 . And I drew my 54 and simply sated, “I don’t know, sweetheart.” I held her a little 55 , and I went back to my original answer, “I am with you.”
36．A．thought B．imagination C．idea D．creation
37．A．picture B．animal C．tree D．figure
38．A．Shortly B．Long C．Hardly D．Quietly
39．A．ignored B．made C．heard D．invited
40．A．anyone B．nobody C．someone D．anybody
41．A．felt B．cut C．comforted D．got
42．A．lay B．laid C．lied D．slept
43．A．hold B．watch C．keep D．protect
44．A．sometimes B．never C．often D．always
45．A．catch B．see C．stop D．observe
46．A．Thus B．Then C．So D．But
47．A．break into B．run into C．come into D．turn into
48．A．years B．months C．days D．times
49．A．judging B．asking C．avoiding D．causing
50．A．existence B．workshop C．memory D．nature
51．A．point to B．deal with C．play with D．stick to
52．A．hard B．simple C．stupid D．clever
53．A．result B．word C．answer D．exercise
54．A．breath B．conclusion C．attention D．money
55．A．closer B．further C．higher D．tighter
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Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling’s life is like a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling 1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2 a table in a café during her daughter’s naps – and it was Harry Potter 3 rescued her.
Rowling 4 that she always wanted to write and that the first 5 she actually wrote down, when she was five or six, was a story about a rabbit 6 Rabbit. Many of her favorite 7 center around reading – hearing The Wind in the Willows 8 aloud by her father when she had the measles（麻疹）, enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E. Nesbit, and her favorite story of all, The little White Horse.
At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and 9 one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to 10 as a researcher and bilingual secretary. The best thing about working in an office, she has said, was 11 up stories on the computer when no one was 12 . During this time, on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea 13 her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn’t know it. He 14 a school for wizardry – she could see him very plainly in her mind. By the time the train 15 into Kings Cross station four hours later, many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully 16 in her head. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in 17 and cafes over her lunch hours.
After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce, Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and 18 . She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and 19 to finish the book before looking for a teaching job. Wheeling her daughter’s carriage around the city to escape their 20 , cold apartment, she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep. In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers.
1. A. read B. recited C. wrote D. copied
2. A. on B. in C. around D. at
3. A. what B. that C. which D. who
4. A. remembers B. thinks C. reminds D. supposes
5. A. book B. story C. novel D. fiction
6. A. naming B. published C. called D. replaced
7. A. songs B. sports C. things D. memories
8. A. spoken B. said C. told D. read
9. A. cost B. spared C. took D. spent
10. A. regard B. consider C. work D. treat
11. A. searching B. reading C. listening D. typing
12. A. noticing B. watching C. observing D. seeing
13. A. came to B. struck to C. stuck to D. hit on
14. A. studies B. attends C. builds D. goes
15. A. entered B. pulled C. reached D. arrived
16. A. organized B. taken C. formed D. appeared
17. A. theatres B. pubs C. cinemas D. concerts
18. A. chapters B. books C. magazines D. newspapers
19. A. set about B. set off C. set up D. set out
20. A. splendid B. large C. comfortable D. tiny
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