(09·浙江)

The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end , all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We __21__ the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city __22__ the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply   23  us all –the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money… Walking home,  24   under a low bridge, we came across  25   families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on  26   he night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.

The poverty(贫困) was  27   than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many  28   and cried. Spending time in this  29   moves a person to care about humanity.

That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had  30  . Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult  31   that day’s discoveries had inspired. Sitting together  32   a circle as everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that  33   of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.

Based on my  34   in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that  35   the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all  36   that we had seen things that should never be allowed to happen.  37   , what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to ease the  38   we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on  39   they could do, a sense of determination  40   the previous sadness. Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action.

21．A．put up with            B．got back to            C．looked back on            D．made up for

22．A．now that                B．so that                   C．as if                       D．even if

23．A．puzzled                 B．annoyed                C．embarrassed        D．shocked

24．A．marching                     B．running                 C．passing                 D．moving

25．A．entire                           B．normal                   C．average                D．general

26．A．beyond                 B．with                       C．till                          D．for

27．A．stronger                B．deeper                  C．worse                    D．less

28．A．gave up                B．broke down           C．set off                   D．held on

29．A．environment         B．hotel                      C．house                   D．background

30．A．inspected                     B．attempted                     C．witnessed                     D．challenged

31．A．feelings                 B．decisions               C．thoughts               D．impressions

32．A．along                           B．around                  C．by                         D．in

33．A．neither                  B．either                           C．none                            D．each

34．A．experiences          B．schedules                    C．data                      D．position

35．A．once                            B．while                      C．since                            D．unless

36．A．supposed                    B．advised                 C．confirmed                     D．agreed

37．A．Surely                   B．Rather                   C．Now                       D．Indeed

38．A．burden                  B．suffering                C．anxiety                  D．difficulty

39．A．how                       B．where                    C．what                      D．when

40．A．replaced               B．changed                C．covered                D．improved

  

 (09·浙江D篇)

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 face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his while

  Several months ago I was racing to catch  a him As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Grey hound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile ,”Oh that bus left five minutes ago.”Dreams of head-cutting!

  It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does 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 yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter mainly 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 warming .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.

53.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

54.In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was ___.

A. friendly          B. warm-hearted      C. not considerate      D. not helpful

55.From “Dreams of head-cutting!”(Paragraph3),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.

56.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.