Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub(酒馆) for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, the night has a different meaning: helping beggars(乞丐) and the homeless(people without homes).
Cai, who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. When she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, and gave the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves(手套).
The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “for the first time I feel respected(尊重)”.
Cai said, “A beggar’s life is very hard. That’s why I want to help them.”
Cai was one of 14 Tsinghua students spending Christmas Eve among the poor. They walked in the cold wind along the streets from 4 to 7 pm on Friday, visiting 15 beggars in Beijing’s Haidian District.
They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer them some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them with a look of surprise.
“I know the activity can’t help much, but it’s meant to show our respect and care for beggars and the homeless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group. “And Christmas is a good time for that.”
1.What does Christmas Eve mean to the 14 Tsinghua students?
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A．Taking 15 beggars to Tsinghua. |
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B．Getting together with friends. |
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C．Showing care to the beggars and the homeless. |
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D．Selling bread and gloves to the beggars. |
2.What does the beggar mean by saying “for the first time I feel respected”?
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A．The beggar has been waiting for Cai for long. |
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B．The beggar hasn’t been shown care for so long. |
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C．The beggar has been respecting Cai for a long time. |
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D．This is the first time the beggar has seen Tsinghua students. |
3.What did each beggar feel when they received greetings?
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A．Sad. |
B．Amazed. |
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C．Frightened. |
D． Proud. |
4. The word “neglected” in the last passage means _______.
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A．protected |
B．found |
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C．taken care of |
D．given no enough care |
I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. And I imagined that if there was something valuable(有价值的) in the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “no”. At once he opened it and showed that it had nearly $ 800 in cash(现金). He took out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this. “A reward(酬劳) for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.
Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything could buy.
1.Which of the following is true?
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A．The owner of the wallet found a twenty-dollar bill gone. |
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B．The writer wasn’t surprised when the man gave her a reward. |
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C．Nothing in the wallet was missing. |
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D．The man was very, very excited when he got his wallet back. |
2.The writer returned the wallet to the owner because _______.
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A．she thought Christmas was coming |
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B．the owner came back too soon |
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C．she didn’t know there was so much money in it |
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D．as an honest person, she didn’t care much about money |
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．The writer accepted a reward of $ 20. |
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B．The writer regretted (后悔) that she had returned the wallet. |
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C．The writer didn’t return the wallet until the owner came back. |
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D．The writer fell very happy after she returned the wallet. |
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.
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A．after Mother died |
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B．before she became a writer |
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C．when she was a child |
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D．when Mother gave it to her |
2.The passage shows that ______.
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A．mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter |
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B．mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done |
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C．mother cared much about her daughter in words |
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D．mother wrote to her daughter in careful words |
3.The word “gulf” in the passage means ______.
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A．deep understanding between the old and the young |
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B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter |
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C．free talks between mother and daughter |
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D．part of the sea going far in land |
4.What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?
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A．She had never received the letter. |
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B．For years, she often talked about the letter. |
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C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
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D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
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A．My letter to Mother |
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B．Mother and Children |
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C．My mother’s Desk |
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D．Talks between Mother and Me |
6.选A。由But she lived “on the surface ”. 和全文内容可知，作者的母亲表面上很冷漠，但心里充满了对作者的爱，正确
Mrs. Evens was home from work. She had just gone into the kitchen to make the afternoon tea _36_ she saw a mouse running around on the kitchen floor. She 37 and jumped up on the table. As soon as the mouse had disappeared, she jumped off from the 38 , rushed out of the kitchen, _39 her coat, ran out of the house and got on a bus 40 was going into the town. There she hurried into a shop and 41 a large mouse-trap（捕鼠夹）. She wanted to put 42 to this mouse as quickly as 43 .
When she got home 44 the trap, she realized that she had forgotten 45 any cheese （奶酪）to put in it. She searched everywhere 46 there was 47 in the house. It was too late to buy any because now all the shops were 48 . She wondered what to do. In the end she 49 a clever idea. She took a pair of scissors and cut a picture of a piece of cheese 50 a magazine. Then she put the picture in the trap 51 a piece of cheese.
The next 52 Mrs. Evans came down to the 53 and went straight away to the place 54 she had put the trap. She wanted to see if her plan had 55 . The picture of the cheese had gone and in its place was a picture of a mouse.
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Reducing the gap between the rich and the poor is one of the main ___________meeting the government.
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A．alarms |
B．stresses |
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D．challenges |
How I wish we studied ________there are fewer exams .
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B．that |
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