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When I was 12, a story happening to me told me what true forgiveness meant.
One Saturday afternoon I was playing, throwing little stones, with several boys of my age when I_____ a porch window carelessly.___ frightened me was that I would get caught by the owner, an old woman customer for whom I delivered papers every day._____, several days later, when I made sure I hadn’t been found, I came to feel （39）_____for her loss. _____, each day she _____ me when greeting me as I delivered her papers, but I felt somehow _____ when I faced her.
Then I made up my mind to save money to _____ the loss. Three weeks later, I _____ to save 7 dollars and put it in an envelope with a note ____ that I was sorry for having broken her window and hoped that the seven dollars would ____ the repairing cost. After that, I put the envelope in her letter slot that evening. In this way, I felt _____ and I couldn’t wait for the freedom of, once again, looking straight _____ the old lady’s eyes.
On the day that followed, I delivered her paper and was able, _____, to smile at her as she did. She thanked me for her being _____ and then gave me _____cookies. After eating several cookies, I felt an envelope and (52) _____ it out of the bag. I was _____when I opened the envelope, inside which were the very 7 dollars and a short _____ reading “I am proud of you”. I _____it was true forgiveness.

小题1:

A．opened

B．broke

C．closed

D．repaired

小题2:

A．They

B．That

C．What

D．It

小题3:

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Still

D．Besides

小题4:

A．ashamed

B．guilty

C．innocent

D．stupid

小题5:

A．In general

B．To conclude

C．As usual

D．For sure

小题6:

A．smiled to

B．pointed to

C．spoke to

D．shouted to

小题7:

A．unfortunate

B．unfriendly

C．uncomfortable

D．unfair

小题8:

A．look for

B．compensate for

C．ask for

D．apply for

小题9:

A．tried

B．succeeded

C．managed

D．meant

小题10:

A．speaking

B．explaining

C．talking

D．writing

小题11:

A．cover

B．cut

C．increase

D．balance

小题12:

A．free of charge

B．free of tax

C．free of shame

D．free of duty

小题13:

A．into

B．at

C．for

D．to

小题14:

A．in turn

B．in return

C．on the contrary

D．by contrast

小题15:

A．cheated

B．awarded

C．served

D．informed

小题16:

A．a number of

B．a bag of

C．a plate of

D．a box of

小题17:

A．pushed

B．pulled

C．picked

D．forced

小题18:

A．pleased

B．interested

C．shocked

D．terrified

小题19:

A．note

B．notice

C．map

D．picture

小题20:

A．said

B．expected

C．knew

D．regretted

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:C

试题分析：文章讲述作者小时候不小心打破了一个女士的玻璃，虽然没有被发现，但是一直很内疚，以至于不敢看她的眼睛，后来作者决定攒钱弥补她的损失，也得到女士的真正的谅解。
小题1:考查动词和上下文串联：A. opened开放，B. broke打破，C. closed 关闭，D. repaired修理，从后面的句子：I was sorry for having broken her window可知作者把玻璃打破了，选B
小题2:考查主语从句：我害怕的是我会被主人抓住。What引导的是主语从句，在主语从句中做主语，选C
小题3:考查副词：A. However然而，B. Therefore因此，C. Still仍然，D. Besides此外，前面说___ frightened me was that I would get caught by the owner,和后面的several days later, when I made sure I hadn’t been found,是转折关系，用however，选A
小题4:考查形容词和上下文：A. ashamed羞愧的，B. guilty内疚的，C. innocent无辜的，D. stupid愚蠢的，从后面的句子：but I felt somehow _____ when I faced her.可知作者对她的损失感到内疚，选B
小题5:考查词组：A.In general一般来说，B. To conclude总之，C. As usual象平常一样，D. For sure毫无疑问，从前面的an old woman customer for whom I delivered papers every day.可知她会向平常一样和我微笑，选C
小题6:考查动词和句意理解：A.smiled to和…微笑，B. pointed to指着，C. spoke to和…说话，D. shouted to向…叫喊，从后面的to smile at her as she did.可知作者和她打招呼的时候，她都会微笑，选A
小题7:考查形容词和上下文：A.unfortunate不幸的，B. unfriendly不友好的，C. uncomfortable 不舒服的，D. unfair不公平的，作者打破了她的玻璃，所以面对她的时候，会感到不舒服，选C
小题8:.考查词组：A.look for寻找，B. compensate for补偿，C. ask for 询问，D. apply for申请，我决定要攒钱补偿她的损失，选B
小题9:. 考查动词和句意理解：A.tried尝试，努力，B. succeeded成功，C. managed设法做到，D. meant打算，意味着，三个星期后，我设法攒了7美元。Try to do只是“努力做”不一定成功，succeed要和in doing搭配，manage to do“设法成功的做”，选C
小题10:考查动词和句意理解：A.speaking说话，B. explaining解释，C. talking谈话，D. writing写作，我把钱放进信封里面放了一张便条解释我对打坏她的玻璃感到抱歉，选B
小题11:考查名词和上下文：A.cover覆盖，涉及，够付，B. cut切割，C. increase增加，D. balance平衡，我希望7美元能够付修理的费用，选A
小题12:考查词组：A.free of charge免费，B. free of tax免税，C. free of shame没有羞愧，D. free of duty没有责任，从后面的句子：I couldn’t wait for the freedom of, once again, looking straight _____ the old lady’s eyes.可知这样做了，作者就不感到羞愧了，选C
小题13:考查短语：A.look into直视，调查，B. look at看，C.look for 寻找，D.look to朝（某物）看去，面对[面朝]，这里说明作者可以直接看她的眼睛了，选 A
小题14:考查词组：A.in turn反之，轮流，B. in return做为回报，C. on the contrary相反，D. by contrast对比，第二填，我送报纸的时候已经能够对她报以笑容了，选B
小题15:考查动词和句意理解：A.cheated欺骗，B. awarded奖励，C. served服务，D. informed通知，她谢谢我为她服务，选C
小题16:考查词组和上下文：A.a number of很多，B. a bag of一包，C. a plate of 一盘，D. a box of一盒，从后面的 I felt an envelope and _____ it out of the bag.可知她给了作者一袋饼干，选B
小题17:考查动词和句意理解：A.pushed推，B. pulled拉，C. picked捡起，D. forced强迫，我感到包里有个信封，就把它从包里拉出来，选B
小题18:考查形容词和上下文：A.pleased高兴的，B. interested感兴趣的，C. shocked震惊的，D. terrified害怕的，从后面的内容inside which were the very 7 dollars可知作者看见这些东西很震惊，选C
小题19:考查名词和上下文：A.note便条，B. notice通知，C. map地图，D. picture图画，reading 从下文“I am proud of you”.可知这是便条上写的内容，选A
小题20:考查动词和句意理解：A.said说，B. expected期待，C. knew知道，D. regretted后悔，遗憾，我知道这是真正的原谅，选C

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

I lost my sight when I was four by falling off a box car in a freight（货物）yard in Atlantic City. Now I am thirty two. I can slightly remember what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a disaster can do strange things to people. I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks constant adjustments to reality. The adjustment is never easy. I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—a potential to live, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself, I mean: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a new kind of baseball. We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was out of reach. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
小题1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _______

A．the author lost his sight because of a car crash.

B．the author wouldn’t love life if the disaster didn’t happen.

C．the disaster made the author appreciate what he had.

D．the disaster strengthened the author’s desire to see.

小题2:What’s the most difficult thing for the author?

A．How to adjust himself to reality.

B．Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.

C．Learning to manage his life alone.

D．How to invent a new kind of baseball.

小题3:According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author _________.

A．would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life.

B．would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chair.

C．would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.

D．would sit in a chair and stay at home.

小题4:What is the best title for the passage?

A．A Miserable Life	B．Struggle Against Difficulties
C．A Disaster Makes a Strong Person	D．An Unforgettable Experience

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 am. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak and elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It's nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you are such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It's not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I'm in no hurry,” she said. “I'm on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, “I'm tired. Let's go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers.” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
小题1:Why did the man help the old woman so much?

A．He wanted to get more money from the old woman.

B．He was out of patience with the woman and wanted to leave quicker.

C．The old woman asked him to help.

D．He hoped others could also treated his old mother as well as he did.

小题2:The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to .

A．show she was familiar with the city

B．see some places for the last time

C．let the driver earn more money

D．reach the destination on time

小题3:According to the text, what would the old woman feel after the driver showed her around the city and gave her a warm hug?

A．Excited.	B．Shocked.
C．Grateful.	D．Upset.

小题4:What can we learn from the story?

A．Giving is always a pleasure.

B．People should respect each other.

C．An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D．People should learn to appreciate others' concern.

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

Everyone wants some degree of success. Many people believe that they deserve success simply because they believe that they deserve success.
But there is a widespread belief that people who get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it, but because of influential (有影响的) friends or the right background. Sometimes it may just be a comforting and harmless belief, while at the other extreme it can be very destructive. I once met a brilliant young engineer who worked in a chemical plant. Because of her knowledge and experience, she should have been promoted to Production Manager. Instead, the job went to a man who was totally unsuited for the post. Everyone knew that he only got it because he was politically acceptable to his superiors (上司). This injustice discouraged the young engineer and many of her colleagues. It also meant that the factory was much less efficient than it could have been.
　　　At the same time, we should not be pessimistic (悲观的). More and more the modern world depends on having people who are in the job because they are good enough, not just because their faces fit. There is a story of a factory owner who sent for an engineer to see to a machine which would not go. He examined it, then took out a hammer and tapped, once. The machine started up immediately. When he presented his bill, the owner protested, "This can't be right! $ 100 just for tapping a machine with a hammer?" The engineer wrote out a new bill: "For tapping a machine, $1; for knowing where to tap. $99."
小题1:The engineer at the chemical plant was not promoted because _____.

A．it was politically less good for the boss to accept her than the man

B．her boss did not think she had the fight qualifications for the job

C．the man who got the promotion was more experienced than she was

D．it is more difficult for a woman to get a promotion than for her male colleague

小题2:The engineer who repaired the machine was right in charging $ 100 because____.

A．he hit the machine to get it started again

B．the factory owner could not have repaired it himself

C．he was charging for his knowledge and expert skills

D．he was the only person who could find out what was wrong with it

小题3:What can we learn about the author's attitude toward the widespread belief that "people get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it"?

A．He quite agrees with it.

B．He doesn't express his opinion his opinion at it.

C．He completely disagrees with it.

D．He doesn't quite agree with it.

小题4:According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?

A．Having influential friends or right background seems helpful sometimes.

B．The engineer had good reason to overcharge the factory owner.

C．Not all those who are good in their jobs have the chance to be promoted.

D．Those who are good in their jobs are still largely needed by the modern society.

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