One day in l965, when I worked at View Ridge School in Seattle, a fourth-grade teacher approached me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed a challenge. "Could he help in the library?" She asked. I said, "Send him along."
Soon a slight, sandy-haired boy in jeans and a T-shift appeared. "Do you have a job for me?" he asked.
I told him about the Dewey Decimal System for shelving books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him a stack of cards for long-overdue books that I was beginning to think had actually been returned but were misshelved with the wrong cards in them. He said, "Is it kind of a detective job?" I answered yes, and he became working.
He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and announced, "Time for break!" He argued for finishing the finding job; She made the case for fresh air. She won.
The next morning, he arrived early. "I want to finish these books," he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis, it was easy to say yes. He worked untiringly.
After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother announced that the family would be moving to neighbouring school district. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the View Ridge library. "Who will find the lost books?" he asked.
When the time came, I said a reluctant good-bye. I missed him, but not for long. A few days later he came back and joyfully announced: "The librarian over there doesn't let boys work in the library. My mother got me transferred back to View Ridge. My dad will drop me off on his way to work. And if he can’t, I'll walk!"
I should have had an inkling(感覺) such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go. What I could not have guessed, however, was that he would become a wizard of the Information Age: Bill Gates, tycoon of Microsoft and America's richest man.
What was the author when the story happened?
A. A teacher. B. A librarian. C. A detective. D. A professor.
What was the boy told to do on his first day in the library?
A. To rearrange the books according to the new system.
B. To put those overdue books back to the shelves.
C. To find out the books with wrong cards in them.
D. To put the cards back in the long-overdue books.
The boy got transferred back to View Ridge because _______.
A. he did not like his life in the new school
B. the transportation there was not convenient
C. he missed his old schoolmates and teachers
D. he was not allowed to work in the school library
What impressed the author most was that the boy _______.
A. had a thirst for learning B. had a strong will
C. was extremely quick at learning D. had a kind heart
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One day in January, my uncle, my cousin and I decided to go hunting.We left by car in the afternoon.It was a Range Rover with four-wheel drive.It took us three hours to get there.After we arrived at 5:15 p.m., we fixed the tent, then made coffee and had a short rest.After that, we went hunting, using a falcon(獵鷹).We spent two hours without finding anything.On our way back to the camp, my cousin saw a rabbit.I removed the falcon’s bead cover and let go of the aggressive falcon.When the rabbit saw the falcon, it ran fast, but my falcon was a professional hunter.He flew up and came down to trick the rabbit.After two minutes, the rabbit was caught.We took it back to the camp to cook our dinner.We ate the delicious food, drank Arabic coffee, and sat around the fire talking until 10:30 p.m.
We left the camp the next day at 7 o’clock in the morning.We went north.However, around 10:00 a.m.our car got stuck in the sand! We spent about three hours trying to pull out the car without any progress.Finally, we decided to walk.As it was hard for an old man or a young boy to walk more than 40km in the desert, I decided to get help myself.I took a bottle of water with me and started to walk south alone.I knew the way well, but it was a long way in the sand.I walked more than four hours without stopping.When I felt so tired and thirsty, I stopped to rest.I drank all the water and slept for around two hours.
When I got up, it was dark.I continued to walk south.I was worried about my uncle and cousin.Suddenly, I met a Bedouin man who was riding his camel.He took me to his house.When I had had enough rest, I asked him to take me to the road where I found a car.It took me to the city to get help.I had one day to get back to my uncle and cousin.When I got back to them, they were so happy because I had gotten help and they were able to see me again.
【小題1】Which word can best describe the first evening of their hunting trip?
A.Adventurous. | B.Enjoyable. |
C.Stressful. | D.Exhausting. |
A.He was picked up by a car. |
B.A camel took him to the road. |
C.A passer-by Bedouin helped him. |
D.His uncle and cousin found and rescued him. |
A.It’s an easy job to walk 40km in the desert. |
B.The author loved to go hunting with his family. |
C.The hunting trip is much longer than expected. |
D.To hunt in the desert one must train a falcon well. |
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短文改錯(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)
此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標(biāo)有題號的每一行作出判斷:如無錯誤,在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾(√);如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤),則按下列情況改正:
此行多一個詞:把多余的詞用斜線(\\)劃掉,在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞,并也用斜線劃掉。
此行缺一個詞:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。
此行錯一個詞:在錯的詞下畫一橫線,在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。
注意:原行沒有錯的不要改。
One day in the restaurant where I worked,I am serving a
table of four and each person had ordered the different
kind of fish.Three plate were already on the table when
the man closest to me pointing to one plate and asked me
the name of the fish on it.Before I could answer him,he
continued to ask me the name of the fish on another one
plate.I was about to answer him while I noticed that the
last plate on my tray(托盤) began to fall.They fell noisily
to the floor seconds late,spreading its contents on the
carpet.Everyone stared me and I stood there with a red face.
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假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在該詞下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意: 1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;
2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。
One day in the restaurant where I worked, I am serving a table of four and each person had ordered the different kind of fish. Three plate were already on the table when the man closest to me pointing to one plate and asked me the name of the fish on it. Before I could answer him, he continued ask me the name of the fish on another one plate. I was about to answer him while I noticed that the last plate on my tray (托盤) began to fall. They fell noisily to the floor seconds late, spreading its contents on the carpet. Everyone stared me and I stood there with a red face.
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China Business Daily reported the 60% discounts on some Beijing-shanghai flights have now slipped back to 20% _______ one day in advance.
A.when books B.when to book C.when booking D.when booked
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第二節(jié) 完形填空 ( 共20小題, 每小題1.5分, 滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從36---55各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
There was a woman in Detroit, 36 had two sons. She was worried 37 them, especially 38 younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class 39 jokes on him because he seemed so 40 . The mother 41 that she would herself get her sons to do 42 in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 43 a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s 44, the teacher held up a rock(巖石)and asked if anyone 45 it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 46. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his 47 whispered (低聲耳語) and wondered. “He 48 said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”
Well, Ben not only 49 the rock, but also said a lot about it. He 50 other rocks in its groups and even knew 51 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 52 .Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 53.
Ben later went on to the 54 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 55 became one of the best doctors in the United States.
36. A. which B. who C. that D. whom
37. A. on B. with C. about D. in
38. A. the B. an C. a D. /
39. A. played B. spoke C. got D. showed
40. A. clever B. hard C. slow D. quick
41. A. seemed B. decided C. answered D. told
42. A. well B. bad C. right D. good
43. A. see B. find C. read D. buy
44. A. class B. room C. office D. lab
45. A. told B. knew C. wrote D. said
46. A. think B. leave C. ask D. answer
47. A. classmates B. students C. teacher D. mother
48. A. always B. ever C. sometimes D. never
49. A. found B. played C. knew D. heard
50. A. said B. told C. called D. named
51. A. whether B. what C. where D. why
52. A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy
53. A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports
54. A. top B. end C. back D. front
55. A. at first B. at the end C. at last D. now
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