What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army I ___1___ an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against ___2___ of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not ___3___ have scored more than 80. ___4___, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him and he always ___5___ it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man ___6___ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a ___7___. In a world where I have to work with my ___8___ I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man ___9___. He had a habit of telling ___10___. One time he said,
“Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man ___11___ some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made ___12___ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He ___13___ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk ___14___ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the ___15___ man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀). ___16___ do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his ___17___ and asked for them. I’ve been ___18___ that on all my customers today, but I knew ___19___ I’d catch you.” ”Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very ___20___.”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
1. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose
2. A. an average B. a total C. an exam D. a number
3. A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently
4. A. Then B. Thus C. Therefore D. Yet
5. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed
6. A. answered B. practiced C. designed D. tried
7. A. teacher B. doctor C. winner D. fool
8. A. brains B. effort C. hands D. attention
9. A. again B. as usual C. too D. as well
10. A. lies B. jokes C. news D. tales
11. A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed
12. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving D. circling
13. A. nodded B. raised C. shook D. turned
14. A. brought B. packed C. sent D. sold
15. A. clever B. other C. right D. next
16. A. What B. How C. Who D. Which
17. A. imagination B. hand C. voice D. information
18. A. trying B. proving C. practicing D. examining
19. A. for sure B. at once C. in fact D. right now
20. A. clear B. silly C. slow D. smart
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案填入文中空白处。
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had the office to get something to eat. On the way, I a busker(街头艺人), with a hat in front of him. I had some in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would use the money to feed his addiction(嗜好) to drugs or alcohol. He like that type-young and ragged. what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then I had no right to place myself above just because he was busking.
I and dropped all the coins into his , and he smiled at me. I watched for a while. As as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened.
, I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of ,” I thought.
On my way home at the end of the , I saw the busker again and he was . I watched him pick up the hat and walk a cafe counter. There he poured the contents(内容) into a tin collecting an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！
Now I donate(捐献) any I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A came. "Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg's mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her ." I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I my shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened. She then dialed her , "I will no longer work for your family," she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life's was something greater.
The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, "You are , aren't you? I think I have a for you as a teacher's assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .
For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal in her classroom. The principal said, "We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working over the last five years. We are all in that you should be the teacher of this class."
My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment made in my classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle __ situations and never give up.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members, , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs（耳塞）or blindfolds（眼罩）.
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a experience. I had never considered before how it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not . Then I wondered where to put my . It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary（临时的） .
I tried to find a position and thought it might be restful, kind of nice, to be around for a while. Looking around, I I would have to handle the thing myself? My hands started to ache as I the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence (独立) can be more useful than crying for _!That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of __ from boy to man with family hardships (艰难)tell us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was_ _ 11, his father became mentally ill and one day came back with an abandoned (被抛弃的)baby girl. A year later, Hong’s mother and younger brother both __ home because of poverty (贫困)and pressure (压力)from his ill father.
The burden (负担)fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to _ the adopted (领养的)sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t _ . Since a young age, he has worked in a part-time job to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to _ _a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people were __ to tears by his selflessness. Hard as (虽然)his life was, Hong didn’t his father and the adopted_ _ ,because they needed his help. With his hard –won money, he even helped other students __ against misfortune(厄运).
Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds (行为)_ us of what we usually neglect (忽略): love and care for others. Without these,_ _ of us could survive.
Hong _ _donations (捐献) from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could __ his own work. Short of(缺乏) money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to __ around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed ___ to overcome misfortune (战胜厄运)that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story shows love and willpower, and no hardship can __ a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t ____about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society_ _ you will find the world smiling back.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
It was Mother’s Day, but our mother was far away from us.I decided to drive to the with my wife and our children to flowers.
After we arrived, we went hiking , played games, and collected all kinds of flowers and so on.How happy we were! Finally, though, we had to our car and got ready to go back home.While the kids chatted and I drove, my wife sat behind me, surrounded by her flowers, a(n) look in her eyes.
Suddenly my wife to me, “Stop the car.Stop right here!” I could ask her what had happened, she was out and up a nearby grassy hill with the lilacs (丁香花）still in her arms.At the of the hill was a nursing home and , because it was such a beautiful spring day, the were outdoors talking with relatives.
My wife went up the hill, where an elderly patient was sitting in her , alone with her back to most of the others.My wife the flowers to her and said something.The patient her head and smiled.They talked for a few before my wife ran back.As the car away, I found in the mirror the woman with the lilacs.
“Mom,” the kids asked, “Who was that? Why did you give her our ? Is she somebody’s mother?” My wife said, “I didn’t know the old woman.But it is Mother’s Day.And she seemed so .Who wouldn’t be cheered by flowers? ,” she added, “I have all of you, and I still have my , even if she is far away.That woman needed those flowers more than I did.”
Now, every May, our own yard is with lilacs.Every Mother’s Day we drive to the countryside to gather flowers and sow more seeds in our yard.And every year I remember that lonely old woman in her wheelchair, and her smile on her face.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
粤公网安备 44130202000953号