A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in , it was more than $100,000.
It nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of . They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
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解析试题分析：本文讲述了一对老夫妇在死后把自己的财产分给了他们的邻居，在生前他们也经常帮助一些有需要的人，并希望他们的邻居也能这样继续下去。
【小题1】考查形容词：A. happy快乐的，B. hard困难的，C. easy容易的，D. nice好的，从后面的and the price of everything was rising.可知Dave找工作太难了，选B
【小题2】考查动词：A. lost失去，B. bought买，C. left 离开，留下， D. wanted想要，Fusses夫妇有加入美国很多失去家园的人的危险，选A
【小题3】考查名词：A. gift礼物，B. money钱，C. encouragement鼓励，D. package包裹，从后面的—$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, 可知Dave 和Gerrie及时的收到一份礼物，money是不可数名词，不能用a，选A
【小题4】考查动词：A. accept接受，B. defeat击败，C. win赢得，D. receive收到，Fusses不是Alto和附近的Lowell镇上唯一的收到预料之外的遗产的人，选D
【小题5】考查形容词：A. amazed惊讶的，B. excited兴奋的，C. upset不安的，D. touched感动的，很多其他的家庭都被Hatches夫妇做的事情感动了，选D
【小题6】考查代词：A. the other特指“另一个”，B. another 泛指“另一个”，C. other其他的，D. others其他，根据前面的In some cases,可知使用的是：some…others…“一些…其他的…”，选D
【小题7】考查形容词：A. surprised惊讶的，B. frightened害怕的，C. pleased高兴的，D. encouraged受到鼓舞的，从后面的内容：they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm. 可知Hatches夫妇有这么多的钱让每个人都很惊讶，选A
【小题8】考查形容词： A. kind好心的，B. generous大方的，C. living活着的，D. saving储蓄，存款，节约，从后面的They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.可知他们有节约的习惯，选D
【小题9】考查动词：A. afford买得起，B. buy买，C. offer提供，D. keep保持，Hatches夫妇为当地的孩子付钱参加夏令营，因为他们的父母负担不起，选A
【小题10】考查动词：A. suffered受苦，B. enjoyed享受，C. needed需要，D. did做，从后面的“They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”可知他们从不问别人是否需要什么东西，选C
【小题11】考查词组：A. put away收好，储蓄，B. put up张贴，C. gave up放弃，D. gave away赠送，最特别的是他们把他们农田送了出去，选D
【小题12】考查动词：A. enrich丰富，使富裕，使富有，B. bless保佑，C. brighten变亮，D. expand 扩大，the Hatches的愿望是他们的遗产每一分都要用来使社会富有，选A
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会) at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a in the waiting area, __ _him it would be at least 40 minutes someone would be able to see him. I saw him his watch and decided, because I was busy—my patient didn’t appear at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him he had another doctor’s appointment
The gentleman said no and told me that he to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his . He told me that she had been for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be if he was a bit late. He replied that she knew who he was, and that she had not been able to him for five years now. I was , and asked him, “And you go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back as he left.
Now I that in marriages(婚姻), true love is of all that is. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; they just everything that they have. Isn’t about how to live through the storm(暴风雨), but how to dance in the rain.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a quiet of the splendid artwork.
A young viewing the paintings ahead of me nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man's for putting up with her stream of words. by their noise, I moved on.
I met them several times as I moved the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away .
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a when the couple approached the .Before they left, the man into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He it into a long stick and then his way into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket.
“He's a man.” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn't change. So, as before, he and his wife come in there is a new art show.”
“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked. “He can't see.”
“Can't see! You're . He sees a lot. More than you and I do,” the clerk said. “His wife each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience, and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without and the courage of a husband who would not blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
I have always wanted to share this story because it is one of the things that I will remember for my entire life. And I’m sure person feels the same.
We had a new teacher in my high school World History class. She was very nice and excited to see us. She told a story about her fighting in a war and brought a picture of him. After about fifteen of her talking, the class started talking softly to each other they were getting bored. Looking , she asked “So, you guys don’t really want to hear any more?” No one dared to actually say “no” to her out loud one kid. He said, “No, not really!” in a disrespectful way. Some kids were a little and thought that it was rather rude.
I felt extremely bad for this teacher. No one deserves to be in such a disrespectful manner. , a little before class let out, I went up to her and for the guy’s rude behavior. I told her I had been , and even though I may not entirely like , I did appreciate her sharing her story. I asked her about her father and asked to see the picture of him. We had a very nice, genuine conversation about her father.
The teacher was . She really appreciated me coming up and actually treating her with the that she deserved. I felt at full peace with myself knowing that I did the right thing and I was super happy that I actually . Even though I didn’t really care for history, I listened, and I hope that others in different situations will do the same. Listening means a lot to the people sharing; it really . If I had just left the class without saying a word, I would have felt extremely and would have a constant reminder, probably to this day, that was not served and I had left a person in their time of need.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A daughter to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know whether she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was fighting and struggling. It seemed that if one problem was solved a new one .
Her father, a cook, took her to the . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a In one he placed , in the second eggs, and in the last ground（磨成粉的）coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he the burners. He the carrots and eggs out and placed them in a bowl! Then he the coffee into a cup. Turning to her, he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it After pulling off the , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip（啜饮）the coffee. She smiled as she its rich aroma（芳香）.
"What does it mean, Father?" she asked.
He that each of them had the same adversity（厄运）, boiling water, but each reacted . The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but after being subjected to the boiling water, it and became weak. The egg had been , with its thin outer shell protecting its liquid inside, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique. After they were in the boiling water, they had the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
My father died in December. He had spent the last several years in hospital, and my mother spent a lot of her time him. That is without doubt, a situation for any family. And the was a team of fairly frustrated family members.
My biggest frustration was trying to why he didn’t make choices that would him to be involved more fully in the lives of his grandchildren. Yet he each and every one of them. Every morning he asked my mother which of his grandbabies was going to that day. He had frequent visits from his collection of loving grandkids. Kids would have the place up instantly—toys everywhere, cushions off the couches and the TV channel to their station. Every visit was a kid invasion into his space. Interestingly, he was not at all bothered by the or chaos at all. He was never with them and he certainly never shouted at any child. Visits ended with and kisses.
I felt that relationship wasn’t good enough because he didn’t actually do anything my children. My dad didn’t read to the children, and certainly played a board game or did a puzzle with them. He didn’t take them out for or do any of the other things I saw active grandparents doing with their grandchildren. It made me sad that he was to get on with the kids.
A couple of weeks after his death, my 9-year-old daughter turned up in my bedroom at midnight to share a
of him done by herself. Included in the picture were several messages and —one for each day since he had died. The most striking one to me was“I loved EVERYTHING about you, Grandpa”.
Apparently, I was . All that time I thought he wasn’t doing anything with his grandchildren, but he was very actively doing the thing that was most to them. He loved them. And it was all they needed.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He ____ her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundredacre farm and had only cats ____ playmates,” Kruger, the seventyyearold man, says. “My hearing was damaged by the ____ of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with ____. They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat, ____ the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did ____ that would set her apart from ____ cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to ____ the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he ____to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and ____ his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
____ in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt ____ going into shock(休克)．He shouted for help, ____ his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house. ____ Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda,” Kruger said to Inky.
Inky ____ to the bedroom door and scratched ____ until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the ____. Brenda found her husband ____ the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months ____ there,” says Kruger. “Although I became lame, I was blessed.” Since the accident, Inky has ____ left Kruger's side.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
Frank was walking down the 6th Street on a hot sunny day when he saw smoke coming out of the street. He could the smoke, and it was getting thicker. Seeing the smoke coming out of a storm drain(雨水沟), Frank called the fire department immediately. “The storm drain is fire!” he said. The fire department asked for his whereabouts and he said he was near the 6th and Main. They said they be right there to investigate the situation. Frank needn’t to go anywhere, so he waited for the to arrive. He was curious what could be burning beneath the street. As far as he knew, there wasn’t anything beneath the street concrete(混凝土). And everyone that concrete doesn’t burn.
A fire truck arrived a few later. “Are you the man who ?” asked the driver. “Yes. ” Frank answered. By now Frank could not only smell the but also hear crackling sounds, just like wood burning. The firemen didn’t seem to consider it an emergency. “ do you think it could be?” Frank asked the driver. “Oh, we know what it is. We have to a problem like this every few months. It’s the homeless people in their “ ”. ”
Homeless people have been living under the streets for years. their knowledge of the storm drain system, they their own “houses” beneath the streets. These living areas have tables, mattresses, chairs, and sofas. The settlers often “borrow” electricity by connecting to a live wire above ground to their own lights and even TVs underground. Either this electricity or a cigarette can cause an occasional fire.
Frank watched some firemen lifted a manhole cover (井盖) and went beneath the street with a fire hose (消防软管). Then a few minutes later, the smoke turned white. Shortly , the firemen reappeared with a person who seemed to have just been woken up.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a ____ across the river. The wait seemed ____. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
____, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s ____ and said, “Sir, would you ____ giving me a ride to the other side?”
____ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost ____. He could not get ____ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, ____ to the old man’s home.
As they ____ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I ____ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? ____I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked ____ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t ____. It would be ____ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw ____. I knew that you would help me.”
The words ____ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others ____ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does ____ in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his ____ back to the White House
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