There was a woman, about 30 years old, married with two children. She had grown up in a home where she was constantly criticized and often treated unfairly by her parents. As a result, she was negative and fearful, and had no confidence at all.
One day, she was hit by a car. When she awoke, she found herself in a hospital. She could still speak, but had no recollection of any part of her past life. She was a total amnesiac! Her husband and children visited her daily, but she did not know them.
Determined to understand what had happened to her, she began reading medical textbooks and studying in the specialized area of amnesia and memory loss. She met and discussed with specialists in this field. Eventually she wrote a paper on her condition. Not long afterward, she was invited to address a medical conference to deliver her paper, answer questions about her amnesia, and share her experiences and ideas. During this period, something amazing happened. She became a genuinely positive, confident, outgoing woman, well informed, and very much in demand as a speaker and authority in the medical profession. All memory of her negative childhood had been wiped out. She changed her thinking and changed her life.
Each person comes into the world with no thoughts or ideas at all, and everything that a person thinks and feels is learned from babyhood onward. The adult becomes the sum total of everything he or she learns, feels, and experiences while growing up.
Everyone is born with no self-concept at all. Every idea, opinion, feeling, attitude, or value you have as an adult is the result of an idea or impression you took in and accepted as true. When you believe something to be true, it becomes true for you, whatever the fact may be. You are not what you think you are, but what you think, you are.
小題1:What happened to the woman after the accident?
A．She believed she was not talented.
B．She didn't love her husband any more.
C．She refused to recall her past life.
D．She was in complete memory loss.
小題2:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

小題3:Which statement agrees with the last paragraph?
A．Great minds think alike.
B．Thinking is to man what water is to fish.
C．Confidence in you is the first step on the road to success.
D．You are not what you believe, but what others believe you are.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C

試題分析：本文講述了一個女子的故事，一開始消極，害怕到失憶后的潛心鉆研，再到后來的自信成功，說明如果要成功，我們要自信。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：but had no recollection of any part of her past life. She was a total amnesiac!可知這個女子完全喪失了記憶。選D
小題2:文章結構圖：文章前面三段講述了這個女子的故事，后面兩段是作者的感想。選A
小題3:細節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：When you believe something to be true, it becomes true for you, whatever the fact may be.可知如果要成功，我們要自信。選C
點評：故事描寫生動，能吸引讀者，有教育意義，題目設置科學合理，考試要抓住主旨也不能忽視細節(jié)。要求考生在閱讀時，把握大意，合理的推測想象。對于結構題，更要求考生能抓住文章的整體。
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So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and   39  every penny I could and   40  I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to   41  to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only   42 you five dollars.” I offered with a smile.
“I see,” was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a   43  to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house ,   44  it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n)   45  day. As I dropped my dad off, I   46  him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his   47  from the truck (車尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were   48  lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).
In that instant, it  49  to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,   50  hot it got. Never, not once, had I hear him   51  about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   52  me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my   53 . Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His   54  met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   55  his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”
小題1:
A．likeB．rememberC．forgetD．care
小題2:
A．SorryB．YesC．NoD．Well
小題3:
A．carB．friendC．jobD．present
小題4:
A．spentB．earnedC．keptD．saved
小題5:
A．whenB．ifC．because D．though
小題6:
A．pay it backB．hand it overC．turn it upD．show it off
小題7:
A．payB．chargeC．offerD．provide
小題8:
A．rideB．leaveC．tripD．hurry
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)sB．a(chǎn)lthoughC．butD．since
小題10:
A．ordinaryB．hotC．workD．special
小題11:
A．helpedB．followedC．leftD．watched
小題12:
A．toolsB．clothesC．luggage D．bag
小題13:
A．fewerB．moreC．longerD．deeper
小題14:
A．happenedB．seemedC．occurredD．a(chǎn)ppeared
小題15:
A．whateverB．wheneverC．whereverD．however
小題16:
A．talkB．complainC．a(chǎn)skD．speak
小題17:
A．handB．passC．lendD．take
小題18:
A．helpB．a(chǎn)dviceC．treat D．reply
小題19:
A．handsB．smileC．voice D．eyes
小題20:
A．cleanedB．wipedC．clearedD．felt

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