My husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that it’s Christmas again. They can’t see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren’t much good. But Johnny and children can’t see this. What a pity it is that our neighbours have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that we’ve saved isn’t nearly enough.
The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They look down upon the poor. The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldn’t eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer(下水道). Why , is it only because they have money? There is more to happiness than money in the world, isn’t there?
Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isn’t rich, but she knows things. She understand people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. I’d like to see the children will be like Miss Jackson when they grow up.
1. This passage mainly suggests that the writer _______.
A. is easy to get along with
B. is unhappy with the life they are living
C. is good at observing and understanding
D. is never pleased with her neighbours
2.What do you think of McGarity girl?
A. She is proud and hungry. B. She is selfish and cruel.
C. She is lonely and friendless. D. She is unhappy and misunderstood.
3.In this text, the writer tries to tell us that _______.
A. money is the key to everything
B. the more money you have, the less happy you’ll be
C. there is something more important than money
D. when talking to people we should look into their eyes
4. Pick out the one that does NOT describe the writer’s view on money.
A. Why, is it only because they have money?
B. There is more to happiness than money.
C. Miss Jackson isn’t rich, but she knows things.
D. The money we saved isn’t nearly enough.
All over my garden I’ve planted nothing but roses, sweet and — if looked at far away — bright with color like sunset clouds, I’d be very happy if anyone of my visiting friends should desire to pick and take some for their homes. I trust that any friend of mine carrying the rose would disappear into the distance feeling that his emotions had been rekindled (重燃).
A close friend came for a visit the other day. I know her to be a lover of flowers and plants. And for that reason I told her at her departure that she should pick a bunch of roses to grace her bedroom. I promised that the smell of the roses would be wafted far, far away.
That girl friend of mine, tiptoeing into the garden in high spirits, smelt here and there, but in the end she didn’t pick a single rose. I said there were so many of them that she would pick as many as she’d like to; I told her that I was not a flower farmer and didn’t make a living out of them. Saying so I raised the scissors for the sacrifice of the flowers, but she stopped me, crying no, no, no!
To cut such beautiful roses would hurt one, she said. With her hands seizing at my sleeves, she told me that by no means should they be cut. Roses are the smiling face of the earth, and who could be so iron-hearted as to destroy a smile so charming?
My mind was thoroughly shocked: the ugly earth, the rough earth, the plain earth—it is for the reason of that smile that it wins the care and pity of people
1. The underlined word “wafted” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “__________”.
A. moved B. lost C. destroyed D. felt
2. The writer plants nothing but roses in her garden probably because __________.
A. she can make money out of them
B. her friends like them
C. she enjoys the roses very much
D. the roses can rekindle her friends’ emotions
3.Why did the writer’s close friend refuse to pick a single rose?
A. Because the roses were not beautiful
B. Because she did not like this kind of roses
C. Because the writer did not want to give her any
D. Because she loved the roses very much
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A lovely rose garden. B. The smiling face of the earth
C. The pity of people to the roses. D. A lover of flowers
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I took home a briefcase full of troubles . As I sat down on that hot and damp 36 , there seemed to be no 37 to the problems hanging around in my brain . So I picked up a book , settled into a comfortable chair and 38 my own special therapy (疗法): 39 reading .
I 40 three or four hours on two short chapters of Personal History by Vincent Sheean—tasting each paragraph , staying over a sentence , a phrase , or even a single word , building a detailed mental picture of the scene . No longer was I in Sydney , Australia , on a sticky hot night . Enjoying every word , I 41 foreign journalist Vincent Sheean on a tour to China and another to Russia . I was 42 in the author’s world . And when finally I put it down , my mind was totally 43 .
Next morning , four words from the book—“take the long 44 ” were still in my mind . At my desk , I had a long-view look at my 45 . Once more , super-slow-reading had given me not only 46 but perspective (视角)， and helped me in my everyday affairs .
I discovered its 47 years ago . Before that , if I had been really interested in a book , I would 48 from page to page , 49 to know what came next . Now , I decided , I had to become a miser （守财奴）with 50 and stretch every sentence like a poor man spending his last dollar .
I had started with the practical object of making my book last . But by the end of the second week I began to realize 51 I was getting from super-slow-reading itself . Sometimes just a particular phrase 52 my attention , sometimes a sentence . I would read it slowly, analyze it , read it again—perhaps changing down into an even 53 speed—and then sit for 20 minutes thinking about it before moving on . I was like a pianist 54 a piece of music , phrase by phrase , practicing it , trying to discover and 55 exactly what the composer(作曲家) was trying to convey.
1.A．day B．morning C．afternoon D．evening
2.A．solutions B．doubt C．wonder D．courses
3.A．tried on B．applied C．practiced D．managed
4.A．fast B．super fast C．super slow D．slow
5.A．spent B．wasted C．cost D．took
6.A．united B．attended C．attracted D．joined
7.A．found B．lost C．persuaded D．accepted
8.A．broken B．discouraged C．refreshed D．awakened
9.A．view B．care C．walk D．distance
10.A．therapy B．problems C．reading D．work
11.A．difficulty B．success C．achievement D．pleasure
12.A．use B．disadvantage C．value D．importance
13.A．look B．read C．analyze D．digest
14.A．worried B．eager C．glad D．anxious
15.A．books B．troubles C．words D．music
16.A．how well B．how long C．how many D．how much
17.A．caught B．missed C．escaped D．paid
18.A．faster B．higher C．lower D．slower
19.A．playing B．studying C．writing D．singing
20.A．realize B．recognize C．repay D．understand
_____ was most important to her, she told me, was her family.
A. It B. This C. What D. As
—Why do you suggest we buy a new machine?
—Because the old one has been damaged ______.
A. to repair B. beyond repair C. in repair D. under repair
－Hi ,Tom, why not attend my birthday party held last week?
－I am sorry, I had meant to, but I something unexpected.
A. have met B. had met C. meet D. met
