One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked 36 better than driving our truck, 37 this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(賒賬) at the store.

    Sixteen is a 38 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly 39 of racial discrimination was 40 a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner 41 whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were 42 like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.

    My family was 43 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner 44 us ?

    At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded 45 I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my 46 to the cash desk, I said 47 , “I need to put this on credit.”

    The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful 48 . But Buck’s face didn’t change.   “Sure,” he said 49 . “Your daddy is 50 good for it.” He  51 to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”

    The farmer nodded in a neighborly 52 . I was filled with pride. James William’s son.  Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

    That day I discovered that the good name my parents had  53  brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to 54 from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself 55 much to do wrong.

36. A. something                 B. nothing           C. anything                  D. everything

37. A. and                    B. so                    C. but                   D. for

38. A. prideful             B. wonderful                C. respectful                D. colorful

39. A. intention            B. shadow            C. habit                D. faith

40. A. thus                   B. just                  C. still                  D. ever

41. A. guessed              B. suspected         C. questioned        D. figured

42. A. watched            B. caught              C. dismissed          D. accused

43. A. generous           B. honest              C. friendly           D. modest

44. A. blame                B. excuse              C. charge             D. trust

45. A. until                  B. as                    C. once                 D. since

46. A. purchases          B. sales                 C. orders             D. favorites

47. A. casually             B. confidently       C. cheerfully         D. carefully

48. A. look                         B. stare                 C. response          D. comment

49. A. patiently            B. eagerly             C. easily               D. proudly

50. A generally             B. never               C. sometimes        D. always

51. A. pointed              B. replied             C. turned              D introduced

52. A. sense                        B. way                        C. degree              D. mood

53. A. earned               B. deserved          C. given               D. used

54. A. receive               B. expect              C. collect              D. require

55. A. very                         B. so                   C. how                 D. Too

36.B  37.C  38.A  39.B  40.C  41.C  42.A  43.B  44.D  45.B 

46.A  47.D  48.A  49.C  50.D  51.C  52.B  53.A  54.B  55.D


解析:

36.解析:nothing意為“(什么也)沒有,沒有什么東西”,構(gòu)成否定句。比較級用于否定句表示最高級的意思。I like nothing better than driving our truck表示“最喜歡開我們的卡車”。something意為“某物,某事”。everything意為“每件事”。anything意為“任何事”。

37.解析:but意為“但是”,表示上下兩個(gè)句子是轉(zhuǎn)折對比關(guān)系。最高興開自己的卡車和不高興形成轉(zhuǎn)折和對比。and表示并列關(guān)系。so意為“因此”。for表示原因。

38.解析:prideful意為“驕傲的;得意的,自傲的”。常指正當(dāng)?shù)刈晕覞M足、暗自得意,有時(shí)也指頑固地自以為是或過高地評價(jià)自己的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。下文中的when a young man wants respect, not charity表明這是一個(gè)自尊、自強(qiáng)的年齡。wonderful意為“令人驚奇的,可驚嘆的,奇異的,〔口語〕極好的,精彩的”。respectful意為“尊重人的,表示敬意的;謙恭的,有禮貌的,殷勤的”。colorful意為“多彩的”。

39.解析:shadow意為“(陰)影”,shadow of racial discrimination意為“種族歧視的陰影”。intention意為“意向;意圖,目的;打算”。habit意為“習(xí)慣”。faith意為“信仰,信心;信條”。

40.解析:still意為“還,仍,尚,現(xiàn)在還,至今還”,表示在當(dāng)時(shí)種族歧視的陰影仍然是一個(gè)生活事實(shí)。thus意為“如此,這樣,像這樣”。just意為“僅僅,剛剛”。ever意為“曾經(jīng)”。

41.解析:question意為“詢問;探問;探究”,常指正式地發(fā)問,多含有質(zhì)疑的色彩,懷疑的意味較重。由于當(dāng)時(shí)種族歧視的陰影仍然是一個(gè)生活事實(shí),所以在黑人賒賬時(shí),就受了店主的詢問。guess意為“猜測”。suspect意為“懷疑”。figure意為“推測,判斷,認(rèn)為”。

42.解析:watch意為“注視”,指全神貫注地觀看、觀察或注視事物的活動(dòng)、變化或發(fā)展。這里指當(dāng)黑人進(jìn)入商店時(shí),售貨員就像注視小偷那樣注視著他們。catch意為“抓住”。dismiss意為“使退去,讓……走開,打發(fā)走”。succeed意為“繼……之后,繼續(xù);接著……發(fā)生”。

43.解析:honest意為“誠實(shí)的;正直的,耿直的;坦率的,坦白的,正派的,公正的”。指言行一致、表里如一,忠誠可靠,強(qiáng)調(diào)真實(shí)性。根據(jù)下文所提供的情景可判斷出作者的家庭是誠實(shí)守信的,賒賬后在收獲后馬上就償還。generous意為“慷慨大方的”。friendly意為“友好的”。modest意為“謙遜的”。

44.解析:trust意為“信任”,表示盡管這樣,店主會(huì)信任嗎?blame意為“責(zé)備”。excuse意為“原諒”。charge意為“責(zé)備;告誡”。

45.解析:as意為“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”,as強(qiáng)調(diào)兩個(gè)動(dòng)作同時(shí)發(fā)生,一般時(shí)間不長。until意為“一直……”,表示動(dòng)作一直延續(xù)的until中的謂語動(dòng)詞的動(dòng)作發(fā)生。once意為“一旦”。since引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句,表示“自從……”,其主句常為現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。

46.解析:purchase意為“購買的東西”。表示作者把所要購買的東西拿到收銀臺(tái)。sale意為“賣,出賣,出售”。order意為“訂貨單”。favorite意為“喜愛的東西”。

47.解析:carefully意為“小心翼翼地”,因?yàn)樽髡咧灰d賬,而黑人又受到歧視,所以小心翼翼地提出自己要賒賬的要求。casually意為“不在意地”。confidently意為“有信心地,自信地”。cheerfully意為“高高興興地”。都不符合當(dāng)時(shí)的情況。

48.解析:look意為“表情,臉色”,表示那個(gè)農(nóng)民的臉上露出了感到有趣的、不信任的表情。stare意為“凝視”。response意為“反應(yīng)”。comment意為“評論”。

49.解析:easily意為“容易地,不費(fèi)力地”,表示店主Buck對作者一家非常信任,當(dāng)作者提出要賒賬時(shí),店主非常爽快地答應(yīng)了。

50.解析:always意為“總是”,表示作者的父親借了賬后總是及時(shí)償還。generally意為“廣泛地,普遍地”。never意為“決不,永不;從來沒有,一點(diǎn)也不”。sometimes意為“有時(shí)”。

51.解析:turn意為“轉(zhuǎn)向”,表示把臉轉(zhuǎn)向那個(gè)農(nóng)民。point意為“指向”。reply意為“回答”。introduce意為“介紹”。

52.解析:way意為“方式”,表示那位農(nóng)民聽了店主的話后向作者像鄰居似地點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭。sense意為“感覺”。degree意為“程度”。mood意為“情緒”。

53.解析:earn意為“獲得”,常指經(jīng)過艱苦努力,憑借勞力或功勞而賺得或獲得工資、報(bào)酬、生計(jì)、榮譽(yù)、贊賞。表示作者的父母所獲得的好的名聲。deserve意為“應(yīng)受,該得,值得,當(dāng)”,表示應(yīng)該得到的好名聲。give意為“給”。use意為“使用”。

54.解析:expect意為“期望”,指期待得到某種東西或發(fā)生某種情況。表示人們知道從作者一家可以期待得到什么。receive意為“接到,收到”。collect意為“收集”。require意為“需要,要求;請求,命令”。

55.解析:too … to …意為“太……以至于不能……”,表示作者的父母那么的信守諾言和自尊以至于不會(huì)做錯(cuò)事。very意為“非!保瑂o意為“那么”,how意為“如何”,都不與to do sth構(gòu)成短語。所以不能作為答案。

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15.               A.a(chǎn) stone         B.a(chǎn) stick          C.a(chǎn) knife    D.the telephone

 

16.               A.the neighbour   B.his friend       C.the police  D.the thief

 

17.               A.by            B.onto           C.through   D.to

 

18.               A.had hoped      B.had thought     C.had wished     D.had noticed

 

19.               A.1eft           B.a(chǎn)rrived         C.reached   D.spoke

 

20.               A.himself         B.the police       C.the thief   D.the house

 

 

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科目:高中英語 來源:2010-2011學(xué)年吉林省高三第六次月考英語試卷 題型:閱讀理解

  Where do most writers get their ideas? For Yoshiko Uchida, it all began with Brownie, a five-month-old puppy. So excited was Yoshiko by Brownie’s arrival that she started keeping a journal, writing about all the wonderful things Brownie did and the progress he made.

Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too, like the day her family got their first refrigerator. She also began writing stories, thanks to one of her teachers. Yoshiko wrote stories about animal characters such as Jimmy Chipmunk and Willie the Squirrel. She kept on writing, sharing the kitchen table with her mother, who wrote poems on scraps of paper and the backs of envelopes.

Yoshiko grew up in the 1930s in Berkeley, California. Her parents, both of whom had been born in Japan, provided a loving and happy home for Yoshiko and her sister. They also provided a stream of visitors to their home who later found their way into Yoshiko’s stories. One visitor who later appeared in several of Yoshiko’s stories was the bad-tempered Mr. Toga, who lived above the church that her family attended. Mr. Toga would scold anyone who displeased him. The children all feared him and loved to tell stories about how mean he was and how his false teeth rattled (咯咯響) when he talked.

Yoshiko also included in her stories some of the places she visited and the experiences she had. One of her favorite places was a farm her parents took her to one summer. The owners of the farm, showed Yoshiko and her sister how to pump water from the well and how to gather eggs in the henhouse. They fed the mules that later pulled a wagon loaded with hay while Yoshiko and the others rode in the back, staring up at the stars shining in the night sky. Yoshiko, who lived in the city, had never seen such a sight. As Yoshiko gazed up at the stars, she was filled with hope and excitement about her life. The images of that hayride stayed with her long after the summer visit ended, and she used them in several of her stories.

The experiences Yoshiko had and the parade of people who marched through her young life became a part of the world she created in over twenty books for young people, such as The Best Bad Thing and A Jar of Dreams. Because of such books, we can all share just a little bit of the world and the times in which this great writer grew up.

1. The author tells about Mr. Toga’s false teeth in Paragraph 3 in order to ____________.

A. show health care was not good enough in Berkeley during the 1930s

B. provide an interesting detail in Yoshiko’s life and stories

C. show Yoshiko’s young life was difficult and frightening

D. tell about a beloved relative who helped Yoshiko learn how to write

2.In Paragraph 4 “the stars” probably refer to ____________.

A. family relationships                  B. terrors in the night

C. limitless possibilities                   D. sacrifices to benefit others

3. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?

A. Yoshiko loved to write about parades.

B. Yoshiko met many interesting people.

C. Yoshiko liked to go for long walks with others.

D. Yoshiko preferred to talk to her pets instead of to people.

4.What is the main idea of this story?

A. People who live in the city should spend as much time as they can in the country.

B. Writers like Yoshiko Uchida must communicate with as many writers as possible.

C. Those who move to the United States often miss their homelands for many years.

D. Writers like Yoshiko Uchida look to the richness of their lives for material.

 

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