(2013·高考江苏卷)I used to believe in the American Dream,which meant a job,a mortgage (按揭),credit cards,success.I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else,all of us ____ chasing the same thing.
One year,through a series of unhappy events,it all fell ____.I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and $56.I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ____ possible amount.I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia.It was ____,full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the owner,rented it,and ____ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me,____ slowly,they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets,candles,and tools,and began ____ around to chat.They started to teach me a belief in a ___ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ___.
What I had believed in,all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life,were nonexistent in this place.____ on the mountain,my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.
Four years later,I moved back into ____.I saw many people were having a really hard time,___ their jobs and homes.I managed to rent a big enough house to ____ a handful of people.There are four of us now in the house,but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places.We’d all be in ____ if we hadn’t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one.It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about ____ we can all get by together.
1.A.separately B.equally
C.violently D.naturally
2.A.off B.apart
C.over D.out
3.A.crossed B.left
C.toured D.searched
4.A.fullest B.largest
C.fairest D.cheapest
5.A.at B.through
C.over D.round
6.A.occupied B.abandoned
C.emptied D.robbed
7.A.turned B.approached
C.cleared D.cut
8.A.but B.although
C.otherwise D.for
9.A.benefit B.lesson
C.nature D.art
10.A.sticking B.looking
C.swinging D.turning
11.A.wild B.real
C.different D.remote
12.A.neighborliness B.happiness
C.friendliness D.kindness
13.A.unique B.expensive
C.rare D.necessary
14.A.Up B.Down
C.Deep D.Along
15.A.cooperation B.relationships
C.satisfaction D.appointments
16.A.reality B.society
C.town D.life
17.A.creating B.losing
C.quitting D.offering
18.A.put in B.turn in
C.take in D.get in
19.A.yards B.shelters
C.camps D.cottages
20.A.when B.what
C.whether D.how
(2013·高考福建卷)We have been driving in fog all morning,but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are ____ ,one by one.“There is my grandmother’s house,”I say,____ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise,my granddaughter,seeking roots for her,retracing (追溯) ____ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children,____ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of ____,and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ____ for 200 years.
We soon ____ by the house and I tell her what it was like here,the memories ____ back,swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly,I long to walk again in the ____ where I was once so gloriously a child.It still ____ a member of the family,but has not been lived in for a while.We cannot go into the house,but I can still walk ____ the rooms in memory.Here,my mother ____ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary.I can still see the enthusiastic family ____ into and out of the house.I could never have enough of being ___ them.However,that was long after those childhood days.Lise ___ attentively as I talk and then says,“So this is where I ____; where I belong.”
She has ____ her roots.To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ____.To be rooted is“to have an origin”.We need ____ origin.Looking backward,we discover what is unique in us; learn the ____ of“I”.We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
1.A.appearing B.moving
C.exposing D.expanding
2.A.referring B.travelling
C.pointing D.coming
3.A.shared B.short
C.fresh D.treasured
4.A.passed B.raised
C.moved D.sent
5.A.home B.duty
C.reality D.relief
6.A.built B.lived
C.remained D.explored
7.A.catch up B.pull up
C.step down D.come down
8.A.falling B.turning
C.rushing D.bringing
9.A.yard B.village
C.room D.house
10.A.adapts to B.appeals to
C.belongs to D.occurs to
11.A.across B.through
C.along D.past
12.A.lay B.played
C.stood D.sat
13.A.marching B.looking
C.breaking D.pouring
14.A.between B.with
C.near D.behind
15.A.wonders B.listens
C.reacts D.agrees
16.A.began B.grew
C.studied D.stayed
17.A.deepened B.recognized
C.accepted D.found
18.A.heart B.rights
C.interest D.behaviors
19.A.one B.its
C.that D.every
20.A.meaning B.expression
C.connection D.background
(2013·高考重庆卷,A)When Joe was about to start school,all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite___.The fourth grade even found him at the___of the class.Joe struggled day and night,but it did not____-until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon,____the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts,dark clouds covered the sky,and the storm set in.Hard though she tried to make the kids____,the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one____the concepts.Except for Joe.He understood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back,and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it.____by his newfound success,Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for____.All children naturally drew____pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.
Since then,Joe started____.Though he never made it to the top,his math teacher was always____and curious about the change:Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduated,he presented the teacher with his most____possession-the picture of a bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written:This is the day I____my brightness.
1.A.unfair B.boring
C.disappointing D.dangerous
2.A.center B.top
C.beginning D.bottom
3.A.happen B.work
C.finish D.last
4.A.until B.since
C.because D.as
5.A.concentrate B.change
C.hide D.sit
6.A.challenged B.grasped
C.doubted D.admitted
7.A.Relieved B.Surprised
C.Encouraged D.Puzzled
8.A.class B.sports
C.art D.tea
9.A.great B.dark
C.different D.strange
10.A.improving B.painting
C.recovering D.studying
11.A.worried B.amazed
C.friendly D.cautious
12.A.familiar B.expensive
C.admirable D.precious
13.A.woke up to B.put up with
C.got on with D.looked down upon
(2013·高考北京卷)Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy.But Lola Walter,a 13yearold gymnast,is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills,Lola____for four hours a day,five days a week.At the state championships in March,she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive,____she is legally blind,born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动)constantly.She often sees double and can’t____how far away things are.
When she was little,her mom____that even though she couldn’t see____,she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the____right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more____for her than for some of her teammates,she has never quit.She doesn’t let her____stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest____is the balance beam.Because she has double vision,she often sees to beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to____your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,”says Lola.
To be a toplevel gymnast,one must be brave.The beam is probably the most____for anyone because it’s four inches wide.At the state competition,Lola didn’t fall____the beam.In fact,she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be____differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions,the judges don’t know about her vision____.She doesn’t tell them,because she doesn’t think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her____attitude.
Lola never thinks about____.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her____is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids____she grows up.
Lola is____of all her hard work and success.She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too.Her____for others is “just believe in yourself.”
1.A.runsB.teaches
C.trains D.dances
2.A.since B.unless
C.after D.though
3.A.tell B.guess
C.assume D.predict
4.A.suspected B remembered
C.imaginedD.noticed
5.A.deeply B.well
C.aheadD.closely
6.A.task B.sport
C.eventD.show
7.A.boringB.enjoyable
C.difficult D.satisfactory
8.A.talentB. quality
C.nature D.condition
9.A.doubt B.advantage
C.challenge D.progress
10..A.examine B.express
C.openD.trust
11.A.fearful B.harmful
C.unfair D.inconvenient
12.A.toB.on
C.off D.against
13..A.greetedB.treated
C.served D.paid
14.A.pains B.stresses
C.injuriesD.problems
15.A.positive B.friendly
C.flexibleD.cautious
16.A.defendingB.quitting
C.winningD.bargaining
17.A.standardB.range
C.viewD.goal
18.A.untilB.as
C.when D.before
19.A.proudB.tired
C.ashamed D.confident
20.A.planB.advice
C.reward D.responsibility
(2013·高考新课标全国卷Ⅱ)Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker.He is not famous in sports or the arts.But people in the streets___him,especially those who are____.
For those people,he is “Gloves” Greenberg.How did he get that____?He looks like any other businessman,wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱).But he’s____.His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter,Mr.Greenberg does not____like other New Yorkers,who look at the sidewalk and ____the street.He looks around at____.He stops when he____someone with no gloves.He gives them a pair and then he____,looking for more people with cold____.
On winter days,Mr.Greenberg____gloves.During the rest of the year,he____gloves.People who have heard about him____him gloves,and he has many in his apartment.
Mr.Greenberg ___ doing this 21 years ago.Now,many poor New Yorkers know him and___his behavior.But people who don’t know him are sometimes____ him.They don’t realize that he just wants to make them____.
It runs in the____.Michael’s father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier.Michael Greenberg feels the____.A pair of gloves may be a____thing,but it can make a big difference in winter.
1.A.know about B.learn from
C.cheer for D.look after
2.A.old B.busy
C.kind D.poor
3.A.job B.name
C.chance D.message
4.A.calm B.different
C.crazy D.curious
5.A.act B.sound
C.feel D.dress
6.A.cross over B.drive along
C.hurry down D.keep off
7.A.cars B.people
C.street numbers D.traffic lights
8.A.helps B.chooses
C.greets D.sees
9.A.holds up B.hangs out
C.moves on D.turns around
10.A.hands B.ears
C.faces D.eyes
11.A.searches for B.stores up
C.gives away D.puts on
12.A.borrows B.sells
C.returns D.buys
13.A.call B.send
C.lend D.show
14.A.delayed B.remembered
C.began D.enjoyed
15.A.understand B.dislike
C.study D.excuse
16.A.sorry for B.satisfied with
C.proud of D.surprised by
17.A.smart B.rich
C.special D.happy
18.A.city B.family
C.neighborhood D.company
19.A.honor B.pain
C.same D.cold
20.A.small B.useful
C.delightful D.comforting
(2013·高考陕西卷,D)About 30 years ago,I left Cuba for the United States with my son.After getting settled finally in Brunswick,New Jersey,I enrolled(注册) my son in kindergarten.Several weeks later,my son’s teacher asked me to meet him at his office.
In the teacher’s office,and exchange of greetings was followed by his questions:“Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)?Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability?”
Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? NO,no,it can’t be.What a helpless,lonely moment!I told him that Scola was a quiet,sweet little boy,instead.I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.
My son could not follow the teacher’s directions,he told me,and thus,Scola was disrupting the class,Didn’t he know my son did not speak English yet?
He was angry;“Why hasn’t your son been taught to speak English? Don’t you speak English at home?”
No,I didn’t speak English at home,I replied.I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months,and I didn’t want him to forget his native language.Well,wrong answer!What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all times? “Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country,never wanting to be a part of this society?”
Needless to say,I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people”.Then he told me the meeting was over,and I left.
As I had expected,my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over.He went on to graduate from college and got a job,earning close to six figures.He travels widely and leads a welladjusted,contented life.And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)。
Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others;it teaches people about other cultures and other places—something very basic and obviously lacking in the“educator”I met in New Jersey.
1.The teacher asked the author to his office________.
A.to discuss Scola’s inclass performance
B.to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten
C.to find a language partner for Scola
D.to work out a study plan for Scola
2.What does the underlined word“disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Breaking B.Following
C.Attending D.Disturbing
3.The author’s attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as________.
A.critical B.casual
C.positive D passive
4.This text is likely to be selected from a book of________.
A.medicine B.education
C.geography D history