单选题He came up with an idea to ______ his tuition fee(学费)and college costs problem. Hayes thought everyone could afford to give him a penny. He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene.A solveB makeC spendD cause

题目
单选题
He came up with an idea to ______ his tuition fee(学费)and college costs problem. Hayes thought everyone could afford to give him a penny. He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene.
A

solve

B

make

C

spend

D

cause


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参考答案和解析
正确答案: B
解析:
根据文章的意思可知,他想出的办法能解决他的学费问题,因此答案为A。
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  • 第1题:

    Which of the following is true of the author?

    A.He got no access to success.

    B.He wrote back to his father at 12.

    C.He was surk his parents loved him.

    D.He whce asked his father about the letter.


    正确答案:C

  • 第2题:

    B

    Open Letter to an Editor

    I had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently---one who works for you. In fact, he's one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.

    Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume (简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues (问题), approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I'm sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you've given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.

    So why is he looking for a way out?

    He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.

    The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.

    He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he's doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That's what you want for him, too, isn't it?

    So your reporter has set me thinking.

    Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists---everyone--is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can't do it, they'll find someone who can.

    60. What does the writer think of the reporter?

    A. Optimistic.

    B. Imaginative.

    C. Ambitious.

    D. Proud.


    正确答案:C

  • 第3题:

    阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    A

    Andy rode slowly on his way to school, day-dreaming about the fishing trip that his father had prornised him. He was so busy dreaming about all the fish he would catch that he was unaware of everything else around him.

    He rode along until a strange around drew him to the present.He came to a stop and looked curiously up to the heavens.What he saw him. A huge swarm of bees filled the sky like clack cloud and the buzzing mass towards him.

    With no wast.Andy sped off in the opposite direction, riding without knowing how to escape the swarm a rapidly beating heart and his legs pumping furiously down the rough road. As the bees came closer, his panic incread. Andy knew that he was sensitive to bee stings(蜇).The last sting had landed him in hospital-and that was only one bee sting!He had been forced to stay in bead for two whole days.Suddenly,his father’s words came to him.“When you are in a tight situation, don’t panie. Use your brain and think your ways out of it.”

    On a nearby hill, he could see smoke waving slowly skywards form. the chimney of the Nelson family home.“Bees don’t like smoke,”he thought.“They couldn’t get into the house.”Andy raced towards the Nelson house, but

    the bees were gaining ground. Andy knew be could not reach the house in time. He estimated that the bees would eatch up with him soon.

    Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a small dam used by Mr. Nelson to irnigate his vegetable garden. Off his bike and into the cool water he dived, disappearing below the surface and away from the savage insects. After holding his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees has gone. Dragging himself out of the dang the struggled up the hilly slope and rang the doorbell. Mr Nelson took hism inside and rang his mother.

    “You’ll really red that aming break to help you recover, ” laughed his mother with lelief. “Thank goodness you didn’t paril But Andy did not hear her. He was dreaming once again at the she he would catch tomorrow.”

    56. Why did Andy fail to notice the swarm of bees earlier?

    A. He was riding to school.

    B. He was listening to a strange sound.

    C. He was going fishing with his father.

    D. He was lost in the thought of the fishing trip.


    正确答案:D

  • 第4题:

    He was reluctant to give up his travel plans but I succeeded in persuading him _____.

    A、to do

    B、to give up

    C、to

    D、to do this


    正确答案:C

  • 第5题:

    Reading Comprehension

    Directions:There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Youshould decide on the best choice.

    Questions 56- 60 are based on Passage One:

    Passage One

    Mr. Brown was going away for a week.Before he left,he said to his son.“If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”

    “OK, Dad.”said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, so he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him.His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

    Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was noman to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

    The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said,“Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper.He could not find it.He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more. ”

    The man was very surprised.He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

    “Burnt yesterday evening. ”

    Mr. Brown told his son that________。

    A. he would be away from home for four days

    B. he would be back in seven days

    C. he would be back in a month

    D. he liked a cup of tea


    正确答案:B
    B[解析]根据第一段“If anyone asks for me,you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”可知答案选B。

  • 第6题:

    A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and 21 his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
    On the morning of his graduation day, his father called him into his own study and told him how 22 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. Curious but slightly disappointed, the young man 23 the box and found a lovely book. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said." 24 all your money you give me a book? " And rushed out of the house leaving the book in the study.
    He did not contact his father for a whole year 25 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He realized he had to go back home and see his father.
    When he arrived at his father's house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 26 the hospital. He saw on the desk the still new book, just as he had left it one 27ago. He opened it and began to turn the pages. Suddenly, a car key 28 from an envelope taped behind the book, it had a tag with dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had 29 on the tag was the date of his graduation, and the 30 :
    PAID IN FULL.

    ____23___

    A.packeD.
    B.openeD.
    C.picked up
    D.packed up

    答案:B
    解析:
    考查动词和动词短语。因为东西在盒子里,他想看里边的东西,此处动作只能是打开。pack“捆”;pack up“打包”;pick up“收拾”,均不合句意,故选B。

  • 第7题:

    共用题干
    Too Late to Regret It
    When I was a junior,I met a second-year student in my department. He wasn't tall or good-looking,but he was very nice,attractive and athletic.He had something that I admired very much .He was natural,warm,and sincere.
    I disregarded(不顾)my parents' disapproval. We were very happy together. He picked me up from my dorm every morning,and after class we would sit alongside the stream that ran through campus , or sunbathe(晒太阳)on the lawn. At night he would walk me back to my dorm .He came from a poor family,but in order to make me happy,he borrowed money from his friend to buy presents and meals for me .Our fellow students looked up to him as a role model, and the girls envied(妒忌)me. He wasn't a local , but wanted to stay here after graduation. I thought we had a future together.
    However,when I got a part-time job during the summer vacation,people began giving me a lot of pressure,saying that a pretty,intelligent girl like me should find a better guy to spend time with .This was also what my family thought.He spent the summer in his hometown,so I was all by myself. When he got back,I began finding faults with him.But his big heart and warmth soon drove all unpleasant thoughts away .However,I had no idea how badly I had hurt him and that things would get worse.
    I had a good part-time job off campus that paid pretty well.With my good performance at school,I also got admission to graduate school at one of China's best universities.He,on the oth- er hand,did not do so well at school or at work .I had to worry about his living expenses,job and scores。
    Almost all my colleagues and friends advised me to break up with him.Then we had a quarrel last June .He was in great pain,and my cold words and bad moods started turning him away.
    Graduation time was drawing near. He said that he couldn't put up with me anymore,and he said he wanted to go back to his hometown.I was shocked and looked at him in despair. True love happens only once,but I found it out too late.

    Why did he leave her?
    A: Because he could no longer bear her.
    B: Because he hated her.
    C: Because his parents needed taking care of.
    D: Because he wasn't a local.

    答案:A
    解析:
    本题问“什么时候作者爱上了这个男孩?”文章第一段和第二段提到了作者爱上男孩的时间,即:大学三年级的时候。其他时间与事实不一致。


    本题问“他做了什么使她高兴?”本题是细节题。文章第二段中提到“为了要使我快乐,他向他的朋友借钱为我买礼物并请我吃饭。”


    本题问“谁建议她与他分手?”文章第五段第一句提到“几乎我所有的同事和朋友劝告我和他分手。”因此选项C“她的同事和朋友”符合题意。


    本题问“为什么他离开了她?”文章最后一段提到“他说他无法忍受我,他说他想要回家乡。”显然这是原因所在。所以选项A“他再也无法忍受了”符合题意。


    本题问“当得知他将离开她时,她……”。文章最后一段提到“我感到吃惊,我意识到真正的爱只发生一次,但我发现的已经太晚。”由此可见,作者汁这件事情的感觉是痛苦的。因此选项D“非常痛苦”符合题意。

  • 第8题:

    Popular British author,Charles Dickens′(1812--1870)family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
    His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
    From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
    Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
    "I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
    Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."

    How did Dickens see his childhood?

    A.He felt grateful for it.
    B.He felt it a pity that things weren't in his favor.
    C.He loved writing about it.
    D.He chose to forget the bitterness about it.

    答案:A
    解析:
    考情点拨:推理判断题。应试指导:从第五段第一句话可知,狄更斯写作没有带着愤恨和生气的感情,他认为正是童年那些磨难把他塑造成现在的他。因此狄更斯应该是感激他的童年经历的。

  • 第9题:

    Popular British author,Charles Dickens′(1812--1870)family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
    His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
    From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
    Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
    "I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
    Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."

    The underlined word"shades"in the passage means

    A.symbols
    B.examples
    C.signs
    D.reminders

    答案:D
    解析:
    考情点拨:词义猜测题。应试指导:shade的意思为“(人物、事情、时间的)痕迹,影子”,与reminder“使人回忆起某事的事物”意思相近。

  • 第10题:

    问答题
    In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summery below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in each of the blanks 51-5.Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.  For many years after he formed his Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein visited many universities in different cities where he gave talks about it. He had his own chauffeur who drove him to where he was to give the talk. The chauffeur sat at the back of the room while he was giving his lecture, and then drove him home.  One day, the chauffeur said to Einstein, “Professor, I have heard you give your talk so many times that I know every word of it.” “Do you?” Einstein said with a smile. “Let’s find out, shall we? You give my next talk for me. Nobody knows what I look like where we’re going. I’m just a name to them.” Just before they reached the university where Einstein was to give his talk, he changed places with his chauffeur.  The chauffeur’s memory was excellent and he was able to give Einstein’s talk exactly as Einstein gave it. He did not understand a word he was saying, but this did not seem to matter. Then, as he was leaving the university, one of the teachers who had been at the talk came up to him.  “Professor Einstein,” he said. “That was a most interesting talk. I’d be grateful if you would answer a question.” The chauffeur hurried on. “I’m sorry,” he said, “but I’m late for my next meeting.”  “I’ll walk with you,” the teacher said. “I want to talk to you about the problem.” The teacher walked along beside the chauffeur and asked him to solve a very difficult mathematical problem.  The poor chauffeur couldn’t understand the problem, let alone attempt an answer. He did not know what to say. Then he had an idea. “It’s so simple,” he said. “Even my chauffeur could answer it.”  He pointed to his car, where Einstein was standing, still wearing the chauffeur’s cap.  “This man has a maths question,” he said to Einstein. “It’s so easy I’m sure even you can answer it.”  Summary:  Albert Einstein was a famous scientist who worked out the Theory of Relativity. He used to travel around the country with his chauffeur giving (1)      on mathematics. His chauffeur knew his talk very well so Einstein asked him to give the talk at the next (2)      where they did not know him. The chauffeur did well, but afterwards a teacher came up to him and asked him a difficult (3)      .The chauffeur did not know the answer but he said, “This problem is so simple I’m sure my chauffeur knows (4)      it.” Then he pointed to Einstein still standing (5)      beside the car.

    正确答案:
    1.talks  文章第一话明确指出爱因斯坦经常带着他的司机到各地演讲。
    2.university  由第二段最后一句话可看出他们是到大学做演讲。
    3.mathematical problem  由第五段最后一句话可以看出那个老师问的是一道非常难的数学题。
    4.how to solve  could answer it也就是know how to solve it。
    5.in his cap  in his cap是wearing the chauffeur’s cap的另一种说法。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    In the first paragraph, the writer recalls some things that happened between him and his friends. He ______.
    A

    feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him

    B

    feels he may not have “read” his friends true feelings correctly

    C

    thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helen

    D

    is sorry that his friends let him down


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    从第一段中的“When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad”,可知作者认为自己并不清楚他朋友的真正意思,故正确答案为B项。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    Whether he could obtain his diploma or not greatly _____ him.
    A

    disturbed

    B

    distinguished

    C

    distresses

    D

    disputes


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    disturb“扰乱,打扰”;distinguish“区分,辨别”;distress “使悲痛,使忧伤”;dispute“争论,辩论,争执”。句意为:能否取得文凭极大地扰乱了他的心绪。

  • 第13题:

    Passage Four

    Archimedes was a famous Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born around 287 BC and he died in the year 212 BC.

    Archimedes is most well-known for one specific idea that he came up with. "Archimedes's Principle" states that a solid object which is immersed in a liquid is pushed up by a force which is equal to the weight of the water that the object moves. For example, if you put a piece of wood and a piece of gold the same size in water, only the wood will float. Both the wood and gold move the same amount of water, but the wood weighs less than this water, while the gold weighs more.

    It is believed that Archimedes discovered this principle when the king of Syracuse asked him to solve a problem. The king wanted to know if his crown was pure gold or a mixture of gold and silver. The king, of course, did not melt his crown to find out. The idea came to Archimedes as he lowered himself into his bath. He noticed how the water spilled out of the tub. He decided to use the same idea for the crown. He knew that a gold crown immersed in water would weigh more than one made of silver. The experiment was done and the goldsmith was proved guilty of trying to cheat the king.

    48. A good title for the selection is______.

    A. Archimedes

    B. Archimedes's Principle

    C. A Gold and Silver Crown

    D. The King of Syracuse


    正确答案:B
    48.答案为B  此题为主旨题。综合全文,本文的最佳题目为“阿基米德定理”,即放入水中的物体排开水的重力等于它所受到的浮力。

  • 第14题:

    About 150 years ago,a musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. He was playing his new symphony. He couldn‘t (11) that the audience were clapping wildly. He was deaf. He was Beethoven,one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.

    Beethoven wrote about 300 (12) of music. He wrote some of his most beautiful pieces after he became deaf. It is hard for anyone to be deaf. But it is even worse for a musician than for (13) else. Think of not being able to hear the music you have written!

    As a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father drank (14) .When the boy was only four,his father decided to make a musician (15) him. Hour after hour he had to practice (16) the violin. He learned so fast that he was able to make a concert tour when he was eleven. When he was seventeen,the great Mozart praised him. After he studied with Haydn. Beethoven was writing a great deal of music (17) .

    Beethoven had an ugly face and a bad temper. He was often invited (18) the homes of wealthy people. They forgave him when his temper flared up. Illness made him become deaf when he was (19) thirty-one.

    Beethoven wrote long pieces and short ones,gentle ones and (20) ones.

    A. hear

    B. listen

    C. listen to

    D. hear of


    正确答案:D
    [解析] hear表示听见,认真地听,故选D。

  • 第15题:

    "The photographer thought he was supposed to arrive after the guests." "But I mean ____ early."

    A、for his coming

    B、him coming

    C、for him to come

    D、of him to come


    答案:D

  • 第16题:

    根据下列材料请回答 41~45 题:

    C

    Harry was a boy of fourteen years old.He was tall and stron9.And he ran the fastest in his class.So everyone was very proud of him in his class.A new student came to his class a month ago.His name was Mike.He was thin and short.But his classmates found that he ran very fast while they were playing football.They wanted to know if Mike could run faster than Harry.Jack,one of

    Harry’S friends,told Harry about it.Of course,Harry didn’t believe it.

    “Why not have a race with him?”said Jack.“That’s a good idea l',said Harry.“Go to tell the unlucky boy.I'll have a race with him tomorrow morning.”

    Early the next morning,Harry got ready for the race.He was sure that he could be first.Jack didn’t wake up on time and couldn’t go with him.That evening Jack went to see Harry.They began to talk about the race.Harry’S grandma heard them in the next room.She came in and asked,“What’S the result,Harry?”

    “I was the second.Grandma.”answered Harry.

    “Congratulations to you!”the old woman said happily.“And how was Mike?”

    “He was the last but one.”

    第 41 题 Harry”classmates were proud of him because______.

    A.he was tall

    B.he was the top student in his school

    C.he ran fastest in his class

    D.he was strong


    正确答案:C
    根据第一段可以知道,Harry的同班同学因为他跑得最快而很自豪。所以答案选C。

  • 第17题:

    A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and 21 his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
    On the morning of his graduation day, his father called him into his own study and told him how 22 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. Curious but slightly disappointed, the young man 23 the box and found a lovely book. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said." 24 all your money you give me a book? " And rushed out of the house leaving the book in the study.
    He did not contact his father for a whole year 25 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He realized he had to go back home and see his father.
    When he arrived at his father's house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 26 the hospital. He saw on the desk the still new book, just as he had left it one 27ago. He opened it and began to turn the pages. Suddenly, a car key 28 from an envelope taped behind the book, it had a tag with dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had 29 on the tag was the date of his graduation, and the 30 :
    PAID IN FULL.

    ____21___

    A.finding
    B.proving
    C.deciding
    D.knowing

    答案:D
    解析:
    考查动词辨析。通过“he told him that was all he wanted."可知此处应为知道的意思.选D。

  • 第18题:

    共用题干
    The Mind-Body Connections

    Norman Cousins was a famous American magazine editor. In 1964,he returned from an overseas trip
    and then became very ill.In the hospital,he had a terrible pain and couldn't move his body.Doctors told
    him he had a serious disease called ankylosing spondylitis(强直性脊柱炎)and said he had only 1 chance in
    500 of surviving. They gave him powerful drugs,but his condition only got worse.
    Cousins had read about a theory that negative emotions can harm your health.He believed that positive
    emotions were good for one's health,and he decided to try an experiment.He would fill his days with good
    feelings and laughter and see if that might improve his condition.
    He left the hospital and moved into a hotel room.There,he got a large supply of funny TV programs and
    copies of old Marx Brothers movies and cartoons.He also hired a nurse to read funny stories to him.His plan
    was to spend the whole day laughing and thinking about happy things.On his first night in the hotel,Cousins
    found that laughing at the movies helped his body produce chemicals that reduced pain.For the first time in
    weeks,he could sleep comfortably for a few hours.Every time the pain came back,he watched another
    funny movie and laughed until he felt better.
    Over time,Cousins was able to measure changes in his body with blood tests.He found that the harmful
    chemicals in his body decreased at least 5 percent every time he watched a funny movie.After a short time,
    he was able to stop taking all of his medications.Finally his condition improved so much that he could go
    back to work.
    Cousins later wrote a book about how laughter and happiness helped him to survive a deadly illness.
    Many people didn't believe his story and said that his doctors were wrong about his disease.But since then,
    research has found that emotions do have a strong effect on physical health,and experiments found that
    laughter can help to reduce pain.Scientists today are working to understand the ways that our minds affect
    our bodies.

    When Cousins wrote his book,everyone agreed with him.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    由文章第一段第二句“In 1 964 , he returned from an overseas trip and then became very ill.”可知,Norman Cousins是在一次海外旅行归来之后才生病的,故选B。
    由文章第一段倒数第二句中“Doctors told him…he had only 1 chance in 500 of survi-ving.”可知,医生告诉Norman Cousins,他只有1/500的可能生还,这也就意味着他极有可能会 死,故选A。
    由文章第一段的最后一句话“They gave him powerful drugs , but his condition only got worse.”可知,医生开的药只让他的情况变得更加糟糕,通过下文的叙述可知,Norman Cousins 的病是经愉悦心情的影响而好转的,故选B。
    由文章的第二、三段可知,Norman Cousins之所以看电影是因为他在读过一个消极情绪 影响健康的理论,他决定用切身的实践来验证愉悦的心情能改善健康状况。他看电影是让自 己发笑,保持好心情。
    由文章第三段的内容可知,Norman Cousins的计划是花上一整天的时间大笑,想象愉快 的事情;他找很多有趣的电视节目和许多喜剧电影和卡通作品,甚至还请了一位护士给他读滑 稽故事。因此他一天中大部分时间在笑声中度过,故选A。
    文中仅仅提及了Norman Cousins用电影和滑稽故事来使自己保持心情愉悦,并未提及 哪一种更为有效,故选C。
    由文章最后一段第二句“Many people didn ' t believe his story and said that...”可知,许多 人都不相信Norman Cousins在自己所著的书中提到的经历,故选B。

  • 第19题:

    He would not give up though he realized that people would not regard him as a lawful king.

    A:specify
    B:signify
    C:identify
    D:recognize

    答案:D
    解析:
    本句意思:他不肯退位,尽管他意识到人们不会把他看作是一个合法的国王。regard意 为“认为,看作”,与recognize(承认,认出,识别)意思相近:specify明确说明,具体指定signify 代表,表示,象征,意味着,预示;identi斤认出,鉴定。

  • 第20题:

    Jim was a greedy boy.He enjoyed having good food.One day when he came to have breakfast,he found there was only bread and gruel(麦片粥).So he didn′t want to have any.Then he thought out a plan to fool his mother and get something good to eat.He put his hands on his stomach and said,"I′ve got a stomachache,Mum,and I don′t want any breakfast now."His mother said,"I′m sorry to hear that.Go to Doctor Jones and he will give you some medicine.You know his house."Then she gave Jim some money and let him go by bus.Jim got off the bus after five minutes′fide.He didn′t go to seeDr.Jones.He went into a shop and bought some pieces of cakes.
    Jim was eating the cakes on his way back home.When he got home,his mother asked him,"What did Dr.Jones say,my boy?"Jim answered,"He said good food is better than any medicine for my stomachache.So I went and bought some cakes instead of buying medicine."
    Now Jim′s mother knew what Jim′s stomachache meant.

    What did Jim′s mother give him for the breakfast that day?

    A.Bread.
    B.Cake.
    C.Gruel.
    D.Both A and C.

    答案:D
    解析:
    考情点拨:事实细节题。应试指导:从第一段第三句可知,Jim的早餐只有面包和麦片粥

  • 第21题:

    Popular British author,Charles Dickens′(1812--1870)family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
    His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
    From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
    Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
    "I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
    Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."

    The book that first called public attention to Dickens was

    A.The Pickwick Papers
    B.Oliver Twist
    C.Tale of Two Cities
    D.David Copperfield

    答案:A
    解析:
    考情点拨:事实细节题。应试指导:从文章第三段第二句的内容可知The Pickwick Papers使他一举成名。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    The idea _____ to him in his dream and he decided to carry it out.
    A

    happened

    B

    struck

    C

    appeared

    D

    occurred


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    句意:他梦里突然有了这个想法,并决定实施。本题考查固定搭配The/An idea occurs to sb.某人想起了。happen to(和名词连用)临到……头上(某情况,尤指不幸的事);(和动词连用)偶然;碰巧。strike在表示“突然想起”的意思时直接接人:The thought strikes/struck sb.我突然有了这个想法。It appears to me that ...据我看来,我觉得。

  • 第23题:

    问答题
    Passage 4  Shortly after I began a career in business, I learned that Carl Weatherup, president of PepsiCo(百事可乐公司), was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down the person handling his, schedule and managed to get myself an appointment. (1) ______  So there I was sitting outside the university’s auditorium, waiting for the president of PepsiCo. I could hear him talking to the students…and talking, and talking. (2)______ He was now five minutes over, which dropped my time with him down to 10 minutes. Decision time.  I wrote a note on the back of my business card, reminding him that he had a meeting. “You have a meeting with Jeff Hoye at 2:30 pm.”I took a deep breath, pushed open the doors of the auditorium and walked straight up the middle aisle(过道) toward him as he talked. Mr. Weatherup stopped. (3)______ Just before I reached the door, I heard him tell the group that he was running late. He thanked them for their attention, wished them luck and walked out to where 1 was now sitting, holding my breath.  He looked at the card and then at me. “Let me guess.” he said. “You’re Jeff.” He smiled. (4)______ He spent the next 30 minutes offering me his time, some wonderful stories that I still use, and an invitation to visit him and his group in New York. But what he gave me that I value the most was the encouragement to continue to do as I had done. (5)______ When things need to happen, you either have the nerve to act or you don’t.[A] I began breathing again and we grabbed(霸占) an office right there at school and closed the door.[B] As I sat listening to him, I knew that I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him.[C] I became alarmed:his talk wasn’t ending when it should have.[D] He said that it took nerve for me to interrupt him, and that nerve was the key to success in the business world.[E] I was told, however, that he was on a tight schedule and only had 15 minutes available after his talk to the business class.[F] I handed him the card then I turned and walked out the way I came.[G] I gradually lost my patience and thought that maybe I should give up.

    正确答案: 1.E 空格前面讲到,得知百事公司的老总要在科罗拉多大学讲学后,“我”设法得到了约见他的机会。根据逻辑分析,接下来也应该是与这次约见有关的信息。E选项说“但是他的时间安排很紧张,他作完演讲之后却只有15分钟的时间可以见我”,这也就是第二段提到的“我”在大学礼堂外面等候的原因。因此,E选项填在此处与前后文语意连贯。故选E。
    2.C 空格前面是在描述“我”在礼堂外面等候的情况。空格后面说到,他已经超过了五分钟了,使我与他见面的时间只剩下了10分钟。C选项说“我大为吃惊,他的演讲没有在规定的时间内结束”,可见,C选项填在此处与前后文语意连贯。故选C。
    3.F 空格前面讲到,“我”在名片后面写了个便条提醒他还有个约会,并推开门,向他走去。根据逻辑分析,接下来就应该是把名片递给他并走回来。因此,F选项填在此处最合适。故选F。
    4.A 空格前面说到,百事老总看了看名片,又看了看我,并说出了“我”的名字。由此可推知,他同意和我谈话。因此,接下来理应是介绍他们谈话的相关内容。A选项说“我们在学校的一间办公室见面并关上了门”,天在此处语意连贯。故选A。
    5.D 空格前面的句子说到,“我”最珍视的他给与我的就是他鼓励“我”继续按照“我”的做法去做。而根据前文可知,“我”所做的就是有胆量打断一个总裁的演讲。D选项说的就是总裁对“我”所作鼓励的具体内容,填在此处语意连贯,符合逻辑。故选D。
    解析: 暂无解析