I knew a wman wh always fund an excuse t give lve. I met her wrking at the mst difficult jb f my life — as a helper in an after-schl daycare centre. I was cmpletely unprepared fr the wrk; I had n training and my character seemed t be particularly unsuited t the psitin.
I reminded myself that I was hired t watch the children, play with them and teach arts and crafts — nt fix all f their prblems. And my nly help was Mrs Tucker, a 73-year-ld retired scial wrker wh wrked with me.
“Sme children just need mre lve,” she always said. A case in pint was Timmy. Timmy was develpmentally delayed. He ften fught with ther children and was a hair-puller. I culd never get clse t Timmy — he did nt trust anyne. Anyne, that is, except Mrs Tucker. He respnded t her.
One day a fight brke ut between Timmy and ne f the ther children. After separating them, Mrs Tucker directed Timmy t sit in a chair. He screamed, “I HATE YOU! Yu're a mean ld lady!”
“I knw yu hate me right nw, Timmy,” she said firmly, “but I'm sure nt ging t let yu pull the ther children's hair. ”
After a while Timmy had calmed dwn and Mrs Tucker called him ver. I culd nt hear their cnversatin, but I saw Timmy put his arms arund her neck. When I walked by I heard him say, “I'm srry I called yu a mean ld lady.” I knew he meant it.
On anther ccasin I heard Timmy's mther say, “Yu wrk magic with him, Mrs Tucker. He desn't respnd t anybdy as he des t yu.”
Maybe s, but smetimes “magic” is just anther wrd fr “l(fā)ve”.
1.The writer thught ________.
A.she made n preparatin fr the wman's lve
B.her character didn't match that f the wman
C.she wasn't asked t slve all f the kids' prblems
D.her wrk was t teach music t the students
2.What's the prblem f Timmy?
A.He didn't allw thers t stand clse t him.
B.He ften pulled the hair f ther students.
C.He didn't believe in any teachers at schl.
D.He gt alng with ther children well except ne.
3.In what way did Mrs Tucker deal with Timmy?
A.She asked his mther t help her.
B.She angrily asked the by t stand utside.
C.She screamed at the by's fight with thers.
D.She made him calm dwn and talked With him.
4.What might be the mst suitable title fr the passage?
A.Anther wrd fr lve B.The value f teaching
C.The pwer f trust D.The magic f patience
B
Welcme t yur future life. It's 2035. Yu have a jb,a family and yu're abut 40 years ld.
Getting ready fr wrk, yu stand in frnt f the mirrr,“Turn red,” yu say. Yur shirt changes frm sky blue t deep red. Tiny preprgrammed electrnics are rearranged (重新設(shè)置) in yur shirt t change its clur. Lking int the mirrr, yu find it hard t believe that yu are 40. Yu lk much yunger. With amazing advances in medicine, peple in yur generatin may live t be 150 years ld. Yu're nt even middle-aged.
As yu g int the kitchen and prepare t pur yur breakfast cereal (谷類) int a bwl, yu hear, “T lse weight,yu shuldn't eat that,” frm yur shes. They read the tiny electrnic cde n the cereal bx t find ut the nutritin details. Yu decide t listen t yur shes. “Kitchen, what can I have fr breakfast?” A list f pssible fds appears n the cunter as kitchen checks its fd supplies.
“Ready fr yur trip t space?”yu ask yur sn and daughter. In 2005 nly specially trained astrnauts went int space — and very few f them. Tday anyne can g t space fr day trips r lnger vacatins. Yur best friend even wrks in space. Handing yur children three strawberries each, yu add, “The dctr said yu need these fr space travel.” Thanks t medical advances, vaccinatin shts (疫苗注射) are a thing f the past. Ordinary fds cntain specific vaccines. With the berries in their muths, the kids head fr the frnt dr.
It's time fr yu t g t wrk. Yur car checks yur fingerprints and unlcks the drs. “My ffice. Autpilt (自動(dòng)駕駛),” yu cmmand. Yur car drives itself dwn the rad and mves smthly int traffic n the highway. Yu sit back and unrll yur e-newspaper. The latest news dwnlads and fills the viewer. Lking thrugh the pages, yu watch the news as vide film rather than read it.
5.What changes the clur f yur shirt?
A.The mirrr. B.The shirt itself.
C.The cunter. D.The medicine.
6.The strawberries the children eat serve as ________.
A.breakfast B.lunch
C.vaccines D.nutritin
7.Hw is the text rganized?
A.In rder f time. B.In rder f character.
C.In rder f preference. D.In rder f imprtance.
8.Yur car will pen the drs fr yu by checking yur ________.
A.face B.hands
C.ftprints D.fingerprints
Ⅱ.七選五
It's difficult t find true friends these days. __1__ Hw? Here are sme tips n hw t make yur friendship last frever.
Call fr n reasn. Call just t say “Hi” r just t ask “What's up?”. If yu can't call, just send an e-mail. __2__
Knw when t say “I'm srry” and “Thank yu”. __3__ Shw appreciatin fr the things, big r little that yur friend des fr yu. Say thank yu. It's s easy.
__4__ If yu have nthing gd t say, dn't talk at all. Dn't risk hurting yur friend's feelings by saying hurtful wrds that yu dn't really mean mst f the time.
Be hnest. Dn't lie t friends. Trust is the fundatin f true friendship. Write them a nte frm time t time. Als, try t be thughtful. Give simple gifts that will make their day.
Never be mean with yur time. Spare sme time t see yur friends hwever busy yu are. Yu can always spare an hur r tw after schl r wrk t visit them. __5__
If yu are the type f persn wh knws hw t take care f friendship, yu are definitely a keeper!
A.Avid hurtful wrds.
B.Actin speaks luder than wrds.
C.Sme are never there when yu need them mst.
D.Dn't let pride get in the way, especially when yu're at fault.
E.Weekends are a great time, t, t bnd and hang ut with yur friends.
F.This wuld send a message that yu remember yur friends at a randm (任意的) time f the day.
G.Once yu find a friend wh is wrth keeping, make sure t take care f what yu have with that persn.
Ⅲ.語(yǔ)法填空
I wuld like t share my experience tday. I 1.________ (lck) ut f my car far frm hme and was truly stuck. I std by my car 2.________ (wnder) what I can d. My phne was in the car t, 3.________ I wasn't able t call anyne.
At that mment, a man 4.________ (walk) by. I asked 5.________ I culd brrw his phne. I fund ut his name is Ygi. He was s friendly and said, “Of curse, certainly. Oh there's a bench, and let's sit dwn. Yes, please text yur husband and I d nt mind 6.________ (wait) fr him t call back.” He was just wnderful!
Because f his 7.________ (kind), my husband was able t get t me n time s that I culd get t my dctr's appintment. I gt Ygi's number 8.________ my husband's phne and planned 9.________ (send) him a thank-yu nte tmrrw.
Thank yu Ygi. Yu are such a 10.________ (help) persn that I feel grateful t yu fr helping me.
1.答案與解析:C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的“ fix all f their prblems”可知,作者認(rèn)為自己并不需要解決孩子們的所有問(wèn)題,所以選C。
2.答案與解析:B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的“He ften fught with ther children and was a hair-puller.”和第五段的“but I'm sure nt ging t let yu pull the ther children's hair.”可知,他在學(xué)校里總是打架并且拽別人的頭發(fā)。
3.答案與解析:D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的“Mrs Tucker directed Timmy t sit in a chair”以及第六段的“After a while Timmy had calmed dwn and Mrs Tucker called him ver. I culd nt hear their cnversatin...”可知答案為D。