When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific  36  that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless   37   in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to   38   . She wanted to help,   39  she made many chocolate chip cookies for me to  40   and hand out to people. When getting to the shelter, I passed out the   41   . I began making sandwiches and   42    them with the crowd. I had the containers with my sister’s   43    in them and began to   44    around, offering them to anyone near me.
I approached an   45   gentleman and said, “ Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I had, and his eyes   46    a little bit and said, “ No one has   47    called me sir.’ So he was completely moved.
It   48    me.
I explained I had been raised that   49    color and social status, everyone deserved respect. It   50    me to think that just because he was homeless, no one   51    him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand   52    no one ever called him sir. I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every   53    person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the   54    it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can    55    make a difference in someone’s life.
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A.caseB.chanceC.eventD.a(chǎn)ccident
小題2:
A.outB.farC.a(chǎn)way D.off
小題3:
A.participateB.decideC.chooseD.go
小題4:
A.howeverB.butC.yetD.so
小題5:
A.enjoyB.eatC.collectD.take
小題6:
A.papersB.meals C.booksD.gifts
小題7:
A.sharedB.providedC.helpedD.returned
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A.dishesB.fruitsC.cookiesD.sandwiches
小題9:
A.walkB.turnC.runD.show
小題10:
A.well-dressedB.innocentC.oldD.modest
小題11:
A.watered B.criedC.openedD.closed
小題12:
A.neverB.everC.stillD.yet
小題13:
A.encouragedB.a(chǎn)ttractedC.struckD.defeated
小題14:
A.in spite ofB.regardless ofC.in case ofD.because of
小題15:
A.persuadedB.saddenedC.frightenedD.moved
小題16:
A.handedB.offered C.remindedD.promised
小題17:
A.whatB.howC.whetherD.why
小題18:
A.singleB.usualC.ordinaryD.normal
小題19:
A.lessonB.classC.truthD.reality
小題20:
A.possiblyB.nearlyC.reallyD.usually

小題1:C
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小題1:D
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小題1:考查名詞:A. accident事故B. incident小事件C. event重要事件,賽事D. affair 事務(wù)有一件特殊的事件,對(duì)我很不尋常。選C
小題2:考查副詞:out in the street到外面的街上。選A。
小題3:考查動(dòng)詞:選A. participate參加B. decide決定C. choose選擇D. go去,妹妹年幼無(wú)法參加服務(wù)工作。選A
小題4:考查副詞:A. however雖然B. but但是C. yet 然而D. so因此,因此她做了餅干讓我?guī)е。選D.
小題5:考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. enjoy享受B. eat 吃C. collect   收集D. take帶走,同上。她做了餅干讓我?guī)е。選D
小題6:詞義辨析A. papers 報(bào)紙B. meals 飯C. books書D. gifts禮物,Remaining剩余的,修飾meals分發(fā)剩余的飯,選B。
小題7:動(dòng)詞辨析。。A. shared分享B. provided 提供C. helped幫助D. returned歸還,
share sth.with sb.與某人分享某物。選A
小題8:考查上下文串聯(lián): 依據(jù)上文知道是“我”妹妹做的巧克力酥餅。選C。
小題9:動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。walk around 到處走動(dòng)。turn around 轉(zhuǎn)身;show around 帶領(lǐng)參觀。四處走動(dòng)分發(fā)餅干給周圍的人。選A。
小題10:形容詞辨析。A. well-dressed 穿著講究的B. innocent天真的C. old老的D. modest謙虛的,我”走近一位老人說(shuō),“先生,吃個(gè)酥餅吧?選C。
小題11:動(dòng)詞辨析。老人的眼睛有點(diǎn)濕潤(rùn)了。water 在這里用做動(dòng)詞,意為“眼睛充滿眼淚”。 B. cried哭C. tore撕D. dropped落下,都不符合。選A。
小題12:副詞辨析。A. never 從不B. ever曾經(jīng) C. still仍然D. yet然而,從來(lái)沒(méi)有人稱呼我‘先生’”。ever 常用于否定句中,和完成時(shí)連用。選B。
小題13:動(dòng)詞辨析。A. encouraged  鼓勵(lì)B. attracted 吸引C. struck 使震驚D. defeated打敗
因此當(dāng)我稱呼他“先生”時(shí)他感到非常震驚。選C
小題14:詞組辨析。A. in spite of雖然B. regardless of不管C. in case of 萬(wàn)一D. because of 因?yàn)椤拔摇毕蛩忉尅拔摇笔苓^(guò)教育,“我”認(rèn)為人人都應(yīng)該受到尊重,不分膚色和社會(huì)地位。選B
小題15:考查動(dòng)詞:A. persuaded說(shuō)服 B. saddened 使悲傷。C. frightened 使…害怕D. moved感動(dòng)當(dāng)“我”想到他因?yàn)闊o(wú)家可歸就不被尊重時(shí)感到非常難過(guò)。選B。
小題16:動(dòng)詞辨析:A. handed 遞交B. offered 提供C. reminded提醒D. promised允諾,offer sb.sth.給予某人某物。選B。
小題17:考查疑問(wèn)詞:“我”只是不明白為什么沒(méi)有人稱呼他“先生”呢?選D
小題18:考查形容詞:A. single單一的,B. usual通常的C. ordinary普通的D. normal正常的,每一個(gè)人無(wú)論地位高低、貴賤貧富都應(yīng)受到尊重。single 意為“單個(gè)的,單一的”,強(qiáng)調(diào)每一個(gè)個(gè)體。選A
小題19:考查名詞:A. lesson道理B. class 班級(jí)C. truth真理D. reality現(xiàn)實(shí),我還記得這件事,和它教給我的道理。選A。
小題20:考查副詞:A. possibly可能B. nearly幾乎C. really 真的D. usually通常,有時(shí)我們認(rèn)真對(duì)待的事情真的可以給別人帶來(lái)影響。選C。
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Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive(漂亮的) people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants (被告). But in the executive (行政的;管理的) circle, beauty can become
a liability.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered as having more honesty than plain(平常的,不漂亮的) men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine and an attractive man more manly than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required.
This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently," says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.
The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.
小題1:The word "liability" most probably means __________.        
A.disadvantageB.a(chǎn)dvantageC.misfortuneD.trouble
小題2:In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ________.       
A.makes women look more honest and capableB.strengthens the qualifies required
C.is of no importance to womenD.often enables women to succeed quickly
小題3:Bowman's experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _______.      
A.turns out to be a disadvantage to men
B.is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women
C.a(chǎn)ffects men and women alike
D.has as little effect on men as on women
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often _____.      
A.practicalB.supportiveC.old-fashionedD.one-sided
小題5: The author writes this passage to ________________.
A.give advice to job-seekers who are attractive
B.discuss the disadvantages of women being attractive
C.demand equal rights for women
D.state the importance of appearance

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Being able to multitask---doing several things at the same time---is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also affects young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinion of the effect of modern gadgets on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response. However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive.
Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.
小題1:What does the underlined word “juggle” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Want to buy.
B.Take the place of.
C.Use at the same time.
D.Seek for information from.
小題2:In Paragraph 3, the author points out that  ________.
A.family members do not eat at the family table.
B.family members do not greet each other.
C.young people live happily in their families
D.young people seldom talk with their family members
小題3:What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.multitasking is harmful to young people’s development.
B.Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets.
C.Multitasking is an important skill to young people.
D.Yong people must learn skills for future jobs.
小題4:The author develops the passage mainly by ________.
A.providing typical examples
B.following the natural time order
C.comparing opinions from different fields
D.presenting a cause and analyzing its effects

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Autumn means different things to different people. It all depends on your personality, said British naturalist Richard Mabey. "Personality shapes your view of the season," he said. "You may see it as a fading away, a packing up(結(jié)束), or as a time of packing in another sense – the excited gathering of resources before a long journey."
If this is true, perhaps it tells us a little about, for instance, Thomas Hood, the 19th Century English poet. About November, he wrote:
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees
November!
On the other hand, another English poet John Keats, already sensing he was seriously ill, was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language, To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about it.
According to Richard Mabey, Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down, but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example, just at the moment that Keats's "gathering swallows" (in To Autumn) are departing for Africa, millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland, Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain. According to scientists, before falling, the leaves transfer their chlorophyll(葉綠素) and carbohydrates into the woody parts of the tree for safe-keeping over winter. What remains are the natural antioxidants(防老劑) in the leaves: the yellow and orange carotenoids(類胡蘿卜素), and another protective chemical specially produced for autumn, the bright-red anthocyanin(花青素). High color is not a signal of deterioration(退化) and decline, but of detox(排毒的) ability and good health.
A century after Keats, the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal: "Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn. [And that we could] disintegrate(瓦解) like autumn leaves…dropping their substance like chlorophyll. Would not our attitude towards death be different?"
小題1:From Thomas Hood’s poem, we may infer that _______.
A.he suffered a lot from cold November
B.he missed the shining summer days very much
C.he had a negative attitude towards autumn
D.he enjoyed butterflies and bees very much
小題2:Which word can best describe Loren Eiseley’s attitude towards autumn?
A.Optimistic. B.Fearful. C.Doubtful.D.Realistic.
小題3:In autumn, leaves turn yellow before falling because ______.
A.they can’t bear the freezing
B.they can’t get enough water from the wood part
C.chlorophyll and carbohydrates have been lost through leaves
D.chlorophyll and carbohydrates have come back to the wood part
小題4:What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.Man can never live long, just as leaves must leave the tree annually.
B.Man is different from autumn leaves, which will come again the next spring.
C.Man should treat death calmly, just like autumn leaves fall to the ground.
D.Man should have a positive attitude towards death, quite different from autumn leaves.

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