专项训练二 教育故事
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Passage 1(2018随州)
Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city.The building next door was only a few feet away from mine.There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty.Everything was unclear through the dirty window.I would say to myself，“I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window.It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! The woman sitting by her window was clearly seen.Her window was clean!
Then I began to understand it.I had been criticizing(批评)her dirty window，but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me.How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings(缺点)?
From then on, whenever I want to judge(判断)someone, I ask myself first，“Am I looking at him through my own dirty window？” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see others' world more clearly.
( )1. The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because________．
A. the woman's window was dirty B. his window was dirty C. the woman lived far away D. the writer was nearsighted(近视的)
( )2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Both the woman and the writer lived in a small town. B. The writer often cleaned the window.
C. Both the woman and the writer worked as cleaners. D. The writer never met the woman.
( )3. From the passage, we can learn that________． A. one shouldn't criticize others very often B. one should often keep his window clean C. one should judge himself before he judges others D. one should look at others through his dirty window
Passage 2(2018巴中)
“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me.
After I graduated from college in 2002, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(播音员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn't hire(雇佣) an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local sportsman to work for it. I applied for(申请) the job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best，”Mom reminded me. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter, told me they had already hired an announcer.
I left his office, and felt totally disappointed. While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone calling. It was Peter. “What do you know about sports? Do you know anything about football？” Then he asked me to broadcast(播报) an imaginary game. Pleased with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother's words, “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous(先前的)
disappointment.”
( )1. After graduating from college, the writer________． A. found a job in a radio station
B. couldn't find a job as a sports announcer C. was already experienced
( )2. ________ first offered the writer a chance to work as an announcer. A. A kind lady B. A program director C. Her mother ( )3. What can we learn from the passage? A. A kind lady offered the writer a job at first. B. The writer's parents were disappointed at her. C. Big stations usually hire experienced people.
( )4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The writer learned a lot from what her mother said. B. There was a radio-announcing job at college. C. The writer didn't want to be a sports announcer at all. ( )5. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Something happens because of the disappointment. B. You can find a job without any experience. C. Everything happens for the best.
Passage 3(2018青岛)
“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?
Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine(蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.
James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered. “Why should I not make a watch？” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring(钟表的主发条)? He soon found he could make it with whalebone(鲸骨). He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. His motto(座右铭) was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't lose heart, and don't ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
( )1.From the passage, we know that some great things come from ________． A. listening B. reading C. speaking D. thinking ( )2.The idea of Isaac Newton's discovery was from ________． A. the falling of an apple B. the cleaning of a garden C. the falling of a tree D. the moving of a lid
( )3.The achievement of James Watt was that he ________． A. kept thinking
B. found the steam in the kettle C. improved the steam engine much D. watched the lid move up and down
( )4.The right order of the following sentences is ________． ① James Ferguson made a wooden clock. ② James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.
③ James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone.
A. ③②① B. ②③① C. ②①③ D. ③①② ( )5.What is the main idea of the passage? A. Learn to ask for help. B. A difficult lesson to learn. C. It is easy to say “I will think of it.”
D. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
Passage 4(2018东营)
A gentleman once advertised(登广告) for a boy to help him in his office, and nearly fifty persons asked for the place. Out of the whole number he in a short time chose one, and sent all the other boys away.
“I should like to know，” said a friend，“on what ground you chose that boy. He didn't even have a recommendation(推荐信) with him.”
“You are mistaken，” said the gentleman，“he had a great many：—
“He made his shoes clean when he came in, and closed the door after him; showing that he was orderly(井然有序的)．
“He gave his seat to the disabled old man; showing that he was ________． “He took off his cap when he came in, and answered my questions quickly and respectfully(恭敬地); showing that he was polite.
“He lifted up the book which I had purposely(故意地)laid on the floor, and put it on the table, while all the others stepped over it or pushed it aside; showing that he was careful.
“And he waited quietly for his turn, instead of pushing the others aside; showing that he was modest(谦逊的)．
“When I talked with him, I noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed, his hair in nice order, and his teeth as white as milk. When he wrote his name, I noticed that his fingernails were clean; instead of having some untidy personal habits.
“Don't you call these things letters of recommendation? I do; and the things that I can discover a boy by using my eyes for ten minutes, is worth more than all the fine letters that he can bring.”
( )1. Choose the right word to complete the sentence in paragraph 5 according to the
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