I sat, in uniform, in a window seat,4 eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting next to me, which added to my 5.A little girl suddenly appeared in the passage. She 6 and,without saying a word,7 handed me a magazine. I accepted her 8,her quiet “welcome home.” All I could say was, “Thank you.” Her small gesture of 9 was the first I had experienced in a long time.
I always believe in the connection between 10 when they reach out to one another.
That girl 11 has no memory of what happened years ago. She might have been told to do that by her mother. It doesn’t matter 12 she gave me the magazine. The 13 thing is that she did.
Since then, I have followed her example and tried in different ways for different people, to 14 for them. Like me on that plane ride long ago, they will 15 know why a stranger gave a hand. But I absolutely know that my 16 since then are all because of that little girl. Her kindness of offering a magazine to a 17,scared and lonely soldier has been 18 throughout my life. I have to believe that my small 19 have the same effect on others. And to that little girl, now a 20,I would like to say again: thank you.
【语篇解读】本文是夹叙夹议文。作者参加了一场不受欢迎的战争——越南战争。在从越南回到美国德克萨斯州的飞机上,没人坐在作者身边,他感到孤独冷落。但一个小女孩给作者送去了一本杂志,并说“欢迎回家”,这是作者好长时间没有得到过的“同情”,作者非常感激。从那时起,作者以她为榜样,以不同的方式尝试帮助不同的人,为他们做同样的事情。他相信他的小小举动也会对别人有同样的效果。 1. A .bus B. train C. plane D. boat 答案C解析文化常识题。根据上文“I had just left the Army after completing my one-year duty in Vietnam.”可知,从越南回美国的德克萨斯州当然要坐飞机,所以答案为C项。
2. A. stories B. difficulties C. unfriendliness D. enthusiasm 答案C解析词义辨析题。A项“故事”;B项“困难”;C项“不友好”;D项“热情”。根据下句“when we came home from that unpopular war”可知,作者曾被别人警告过同胞们的不友好,所以选择C项。 3.A. hometown B. school C. cold D. immediate 答案A解析词义辨析题。根据下文中的“unpopular war”可知,作者没有受到家乡人的欢迎,所以选择A项。
4. A. seeking B. noticing C. keeping
D. avoiding
答案D解析词义辨析题。A项“寻找,搜寻”;B项“注意到”;C项“保持”;D项“避免”。作者穿着制服,坐在靠窗的座位上,避免和其他乘客的目光接触。答案为D项。
5. A. pride B. loneliness C. anger D. excitement
答案B解析词义辨析题。A项“骄傲,自豪”;B项“孤独,寂寞”;C项“生气,愤怒”;D项“兴奋,激动”。没有人坐在作者身边,所以作者感到孤独。答案为B项。
6. A. smiled B. listened C. turned around D. bent down 答案A解析词义辨析题。A项“微笑”;B项“听”;C项“转过身”;D项“弯下腰”。句意:一个小女孩突然出现在走廊,她微笑着,一句话也没说,害羞地递给我一本杂志。根据句意可知答案为A项。 7. A. naturally B. proudly C. shyly D. worriedly 答案C解析词义辨析题。A项“自然地”;B项“自豪地”;C项“害羞地”;D项“担心地”。根据上一题的分析可知答案为C项。 8. A. offer B. donation C. accompany
D. contact
答案A解析词义辨析题。A项“提议,出价,提供的东西或帮助”;B项“捐赠,捐款”;C项“陪伴,公司”;D项“接触,联系”。作者接受小女孩的杂志和她那句轻轻的“欢迎回家”的问候。答案为A项。 9. A. invitation B. sympathy C .agreement D. inspiration
答案B解析词义辨析题。A项“邀请”;B项“同情,怜悯”;C项“同意,一致”;D项“鼓舞,激励,灵感”。根据上文“No one was sitting next to me”可知,小女孩的举动是作者长时间没有体验过的“同情”,所以答案为B项。 10. A. soldiers B. strangers C. families D. girls 答案B解析行文逻辑题。当陌生人互相接触的时候,作者总是相信他们之间存在着某种联系。stranger在文中重复出现,所以答案为B项。 11. A. similarly B. finally C. immediately D. undoubtedly
答案D解析词义辨析题。A项“相似地”;B项“最终,最后”;C项“立刻,马上”;D项“毋庸置疑地”。根据下文“She might have been told to do that by her mother.”可知,当初很可能是女孩的母亲让她这样做的,毫无疑问作者判断这个女孩可能对那件事已经没有了记忆。答案为D项。 12. A. when B. how C. why D. where 答案C解析语法功能题。句意:这个女孩为什么这样做并不重要,她这样做了才重要。根据句意可知,作者需要的就是别人的一句问候和关心,女孩这样做对作者来说意义重大,所以答案为C项。 13. A. memorable B. satisfactory C. important D. valuable
答案C解析词义辨析题。A项“难忘的”;B项“令人满意的”;C项“重要的”;D
项“有价值的,贵重的”。根据上一题的分析可知,答案为C项。 14. A. do the same B. find a seatC. get things ready D. pass a magazine
答案A解析词义辨析题。A项“同样地”;B项“找到座位”;C项“把事情准备好”;D项“传递一本杂志”。从那时起,作者就以这个小女孩为榜样,以不同的方式为别人做同样的事情。答案为A项。
15.A. always B. never C. happily D. obviously
答案B解析词义辨析题。句意:就像很久以前我在飞机上一样,他们永远不会知道为什么一个陌生人会伸出援助之手。根据句意可知答案为B项。 16. A. feelings B. ideas C. models D. attempts
答案D解析词义辨析题。A项“情感”;B项“想法,主意”;C项“模型,模特”;D项“企图,尝试,付出努力”。作者之所以做出这方面的努力都是因为这个女孩当初给作者带来的心理安慰,所以答案为D项。 17. A. busy B. young C. excited D. tired 答案D解析文化常识题。文章开头提到作者刚刚从越南战场上回来,而且还不受家乡人欢迎,所以应该是疲惫、恐惧和孤独的,所以答案为D项。 18. A. accepted B. spread C. honored D. neglected 答案B解析词义辨析题。A项“接受”;B项“传播,蔓延,流传”;C项“尊敬,给予表扬,使荣耀”;D项“忽视,不理睬”。女孩的善举给作者一生带来的影响很深远,所以答案为B项。
19. A. actions B. benefits C . donations D. sacrifices 答案A解析词义辨析题。A项“行动,行为”;B项“利益,好处”;C项“捐赠,捐献”;D项“牺牲”。作者相信,小小的行为对别人也有同样的效果。答案为A项。
20. A. stranger B. wife C. mother D. woman 答案D解析文化常识题。根据上文“That girl 11 has no memory of what happened years ago.”可以判断,这件事已经过去很多年,当初那个小女孩,现在已经长大了,所以答案为D项。
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Trying new things is the only way we can discover hidden talents. I 1 my career as an editor for a magazine. I didn’t really mind the work, but I wanted something more 2.Then I was offered a management 3 of a digital reading company. The job was a seemingly 4 mix of my skills and interests, so I jumped at it.
5,soon after I joined the company, its model changed to focus on K-12 education, and everything about my position changed. I was asked to take
on the 6 different roles of selling content to teachers and training people. I felt more than a little 7 my comfortable zone.
I knew I wanted to grow as a(n) 8 and make a serious effect on the company. I told myself that everything feels 9 at first and I should at least try.10,I felt like I didn’t have a(n) 11.I knew jumping out of the 12 was the right thing for me, even though it felt pretty awful.
I was fortunate to be 13 by very helpful people, both at work and at home. They kept 14 me. I spent hours researching my company’s 15.I asked lots of questions and spoke to many people in need. I looked for opportunities to put in extra 16.The more I did, the better I felt.
Over time, I discovered that the job was 17 I could do and liked doing. It was an amazing 18 to see the company grow and know that my efforts contributed to 19 success and that it’s important to take risks and accept new 20.Actually, there’s nothing worse than failing because you refuse to even try.
【语篇解读】本文是夹叙夹议文。通过作者尝试新事物并最终成功的经历,启迪人们:冒险和接受新机会是非常重要的。没有什么比因为你拒绝尝试而失败更糟的事情了。 1. A. started out B. moved up C. developed D. spent 答案A解析词义辨析题。A项”出发,启程”;B项“向前移动”;C项“发展,养成,形成,冲洗胶片”;D项“花费,度过”。作者的职业生涯是从一名杂志编辑开始的。答案为A项。
2. A. steady B. comfortable C. paying D. challenging 答案D解析词义辨析题。A项“稳定的”;B项“舒适的”;C项“支付的,有利的”;D项“具有挑战性的”。作者想要更具挑战性的工作。答案为D项。 3. A. guidance B. suggestion C. position D. course 答案C解析词义辨析题。A项“指导”;B项“建议”;C项“位置,岗位,工作”;D项“课程”。根据下文“The job was a seemingly...”可知,一家数字阅读公司给作者提供了一个管理岗位。答案为C项。 4. A. loose B. perfect C. mild D. complex 答案B解析词义辨析题。A项“松的,松散的”;B项“完美的”;C项“温和的”;D项“复杂的”。作者认为这项工作能将自己的兴趣和技能完美地结合起来,所以作者迫不及待地接受了这份工作。答案为B项。下一句中的jump at意思是“急于接受”。
5. A. However B. Instead C. Additionally D. Thus 答案A解析行文逻辑题。A项“然而,可是”;B项“反而,代替”;C项“此外,而且”;D项“因此,这样”。句意:然而我加入这个公司不久,其模式改变,专注于K-12教育。我的岗位一切都发生了变化。根据句意可知答案为A项。 6. A. slightly B. completely C. relatively D. strangely
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