周末大自习·话题集训 第七周 演练话题——人物传记
卷(一) 话题阅读提速练(限时35分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Most people have never heard of Tim Berners Lee. He is not nearly as rich or famous as Mare Andreessen, who is the founder of Netscape, or Bill Gates, whose name has become a well known world.
Berners Lee, who works in a small office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the creator of the World Wide Web. The creation of the Web is so important that some people compare Berners Lee to Johann Gutenberg, who invented printing by movable type (活字) in the fifteenth century.
Berners Lee was born in England in 1955. His parents, who helped design the world's first commercially (商业地) available computer, gave him a great love of mathematics and learning.
In 1980, Berners Lee went to work at CERN, a physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, where he had a lot of material to learn quickly. He had a poor memory for facts and wanted to find a way to help him keep track of things he couldn't remember. He invented a software program that allowed him to create a document that had links to other documents. He continued to develop his idea through the 1980s. He wanted to find a way to connect the knowledge and creativity of people all over the world.
In 1991, his project became known as the World Wide Web. The number of Internet users started to grow quickly. However, Berners Lee is not completely happy with the way the Web has developed. He thinks it has become a passive tool for so many people, not the tool for creativity that he had imagined.
In 1999, Berners Lee published a book called Weaving the Web, in which he answers questions he is often asked. What were you thinking when you invented the Web What do you think of it now Where is the Web going to take us in the future
1．From Paragraph 1 we can see ________.
A．Tim Berners Lee has never heard of Netscape
B．Berners Lee is as famous as Mare Andreessen
C．Berners Lee is as well known as Bill Gates
D．we know little about Tim Berners Lee
2．Who invented the World Wide Web
A．Johann Gutenberg. B．Berners Lee.
C．Bill Gates. D．Mare Andreessen.
3．Which of the following is TRUE
A．In 1955, Berners Lee's parents gave him a great love of music.
B．In 1980, Berners Lee wanted to find a way to connect the knowledge and creativity.
C．In 1991, Berners Lee finished the World Wide Web.
D．In 1999, Berners Lee made a play called Weaving the Web.
4．What does the underlined word “published” mean
A．Print and send out.
B．Buy and offer to others.
C．Invent and sell.
D．Write and exchange.
B
Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and could not read until he was seven His parents and teachers worried about his mental ability.
Beethoven's music teacher said about him, “As a composer (作曲家) he is hopeless.” What if this young boy had believed it
When Thomas Edison was a young boy, his teachers said he was so stupid that he could never learn anything. He once said, “I remember I used to never be able to get along at school. I was always at the foot of my class ... My father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided that I was a stupid person.” What if young Thomas had believed what they said about him
When the sculptor (雕刻家) Auguste Rodin was young, he had difficulty learning to read and write. Today, we may say he had a learning disability (残疾). His father said of him, “I have an idiot (白痴) for a son.” His uncle agreed. “He's_uneducable，” he said. What if Rodin had doubted his ability
Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no “good ideas”. Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, “You can't sing. You have no voice at all.” And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that would have popular appeal.
What if these people had listened and become discouraged Where would our world be without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney As Oscar Levant once said, “It's not what you are but what you don't become that hurts.”
You have great potential. When you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth.
5．How many successful people are mentioned as examples in the passage
A．Six. B．Seven.
C．Eight. D．Nine.
6．Which of the following statements is RIGHT
A．When he was young, Thomas Edison always got good grades at school.
B．Levant thought Louisa May Alcott couldn't write any popular works.
C．Only Auguste Rodin's uncle regarded him a boy of learning ability.
D．Both Enrico Caruso and Beethoven achieved their dreams in music.
7．What's the meaning of the underlined sentence “He's uneducable”？
A．He can't be taught. B．He is very clever.
C．He is different. D．He is a late success.
8．What is the best title for the passage
A．Working Hard for Success
B．Having Dreams
C．Believing in Yourself
D．Self challenging
Ⅱ.完形填空
In 1991, Davenport played in her first professional tennis match when she was 15 years old.Over the next 20 years, Davenport would __9__ to have one of the greatest tennis careers (职业生涯) in recent history. She __10__ three different Grand Slam titles. She got the 1996 Olympic gold__11__. She was ranked (排名) the Number 1 woman __12__ player in the world eight different times. The __13__ prize money Davenport earned is over $22 million throughout her career.
I had the chance to __14__ Davenport at the 2012 US Open. __15__ that night, she answered some questions from our group and I asked her, “Ms Davenport, __16__ can teach people a lot of lessons. What lessons did you __17__during your time as a professional tennis player that you didn't learn __18__ an amateur (业余运动员)？” To be honest, I had a __19__ reason for asking this question. I played baseball in college, but not __20__. So I wanted to know what I missed.
Davenport's first __21__was to talk about how she had to grow up __22__. She mentioned the power of the media and learning to live her life in front of a(n) __23__. But then she changed the __24__ and talked about improving her skill and the lessons of competition, hard work, and perseverance.Those things, she said, were learned long __25__ she became a professional. In other words, to learn about what it's like to __26__ as a professional athlete, you need to be a professional athlete. But to learn the lessons of playing sports, you just need to __27__ your sport.
Take note: you don't need to be the best in order to be __28__ or satisfied, but all that matters is that you play the game.
9．A.put on B．go on
C．turn on D．have on
10．A.won B．praised
C．chose D．discovered
11．A.watch B．coin
C．pen D．medal
12．A.tennis B．golf
C．basketball D．baseball
13．A.basic B．total
C．certain D．common
14．A.consider B．describe
C．disturb D．meet
15．A.Later B．Again
C．Maybe D．Once
16．A.books B．sports
C．jobs D．music
17．A.teach B．prepare
C．offer D．learn
18．A.as B．like
C．with D．for
19．A.polite B．popular
C．personal D．possible
20．A.specially B．wonderfully
C．happily D．professionally
21．A.answer B．task
C．result D．question
22．A.slow B．fast
C．soon D．together
23．A.crowd B．leader
C．athlete D．family
24．A.aim B．time
C．way D．subject
25．A.after B．since
C．before D．when
26．A.live B．appear
C．depend D．suffer
27．A.compare B．control
C．play D．develop
28．A.upset B．happy
C．different D．direct
卷(二) 短板题型强化练(限时45分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A
How to Keep Your Self confidence
We all have ups and downs, and waves that we ride in life. However, when things are going wrong, it's difficult to keep your self confidence.__1__
Put yourself in positive situations. Mind power can do a lot to maintain confidence.__2__ What makes it easier is that when you put yourself in positive situations, you'll develop more happiness in your life. So, do things that make you feel good and do things that make you laugh and enjoy life more.
__3__ Work can be really good for your confidence, but too much can cause stress, which will hurt your confidence. So, you should have an equal amount of work and joy into your life to avoid stress effectively and preserve your mental confidence.
Take mental breaks.__4__ Taking mental breaks will breathe new and fresh air into your life. That provides confidence for yourself. These breaks can be very simple things, such as reading a book or listening to music.
__5__ I know this is hard; no one likes to hear negative feedback (反馈) about themselves. But what one says about you doesn't make up who you are. What makes up who you are is how you carry yourself in life. You have got to set a high level of self integrity and set the bar of what is good enough for you.
A．Don't overlook your mental confidence.
B．The following tips tell you how to manage it.
C．Learn to adjust to criticism and hateful remarks.
D．Don't put too much stress and work into your life.
E．When you feel pleased, you think less about your problems.
F．When things go wrong, you need to rely on that power to keep your confidence.
G．This requires not really just removing yourself from stress, but taking breaks in general.
B
A little bit of kindness
There are times in our life when we don't take action because we feel the act of kindness is too little and that it won't make a difference. However, sometimes the smallest gesture can make a huge impact on someone's life.__6__
__7__ Some people might think that they do not have a chance to show another person a small measure of kindness but these opportunities are everywhere. For example, if you ride on a bus, have you ever said good morning to the bus driver or do you just ignore him or her and go to your seat？__8__ And it is even an acknowledgement that can help to brighten a day.
When you go to the supermarket or grocery store, do you hold the door open for a young woman pushing her baby in a stroller __9__ When you are at school, do you say good morning to your classmates Do you just go about your study without acknowledging their presence Or, how about those people you meet on the street that ask for money or who are selling various goods
__10__ A good morning, a door being held open, a kind word ... the list can go on and on.
A．Acts of kindness can be found everywhere.
B．Do you just go ahead through the door without stopping
C．Do you have opportunities to give small acts of kindness
D．There are many different ways we can show kindness to others.
E．A simple good morning tells the person that you acknowledge him/her.
F．Acts of kindness, whether small or big, have a good effect on people's lives.
G．In a word, small acts of kindness make a difference in ways you may not realize.
Ⅱ.语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Oseola McCarty spent more than 75 years __1__ (wash) and ironing other people's clothes. As a laundry woman, she __2__ (pay) only a few dollars each time. Certainly nobody would consider her rich, so they were all amazed when Miss McCarty decided to donate $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi.
The money __3__ (be) in fact her life savings. She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very simple life. She never learned to drive, and when she wanted to go somewhere, she just walked. She never flew to anywhere till she donated the money, and in 50 years she had been out of the South only once. The house __4__ she lived was also a rather modest one __5__ (leave) to her by her uncle. Only after she became known in America did she begin to travel all over the country. Since then, she had been the subject of many __6__ (interview) and articles and was even invited to the White House by the president.
Her donation was for students who __7__ (clear) needed financial help __8__ (receive) education. She herself left school in the sixth grade and had never married __9__ had children. She said to the reporters that the idea __10__ helping somebody's child go to college gave her much pleasure.
Ⅲ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
How to make true friends are very important to everybody. To make friends, you must be friend to others. You should do you best to make a stranger to feel at home, no matter where he happens to be. Think as you are in your position and not judge a stranger only by his appearance. Try to remember other's names, that will make them feel that they have made an impression on you. If you don't agree with others on certain matters, don't argue and discuss with them. Finally, don't believe those leave their friends when they are in trouble because “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”周末大自习·话题集训 第七周 演练话题——人物传记
卷(一) 话题阅读提速练(限时35分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Most people have never heard of Tim Berners Lee. He is not nearly as rich or famous as Mare Andreessen, who is the founder of Netscape, or Bill Gates, whose name has become a well known world.
Berners Lee, who works in a small office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the creator of the World Wide Web. The creation of the Web is so important that some people compare Berners Lee to Johann Gutenberg, who invented printing by movable type (活字) in the fifteenth century.
Berners Lee was born in England in 1955. His parents, who helped design the world's first commercially (商业地) available computer, gave him a great love of mathematics and learning.
In 1980, Berners Lee went to work at CERN, a physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, where he had a lot of material to learn quickly. He had a poor memory for facts and wanted to find a way to help him keep track of things he couldn't remember. He invented a software program that allowed him to create a document that had links to other documents. He continued to develop his idea through the 1980s. He wanted to find a way to connect the knowledge and creativity of people all over the world.
In 1991, his project became known as the World Wide Web. The number of Internet users started to grow quickly. However, Berners Lee is not completely happy with the way the Web has developed. He thinks it has become a passive tool for so many people, not the tool for creativity that he had imagined.
In 1999, Berners Lee published a book called Weaving the Web, in which he answers questions he is often asked. What were you thinking when you invented the Web What do you think of it now Where is the Web going to take us in the future
语篇解读：本文是一篇人物传记。绝大多数人没有听说过Tim Berners Lee，他是万维网的发明者。
1．From Paragraph 1 we can see ________.
A．Tim Berners Lee has never heard of Netscape
B．Berners Lee is as famous as Mare Andreessen
C．Berners Lee is as well known as Bill Gates
D．we know little about Tim Berners Lee
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第一段可知，绝大多数人从未听说过Tim Berners Lee。他不像Mare Andreessen和Bill Gates那样富有、出名。
2．Who invented the World Wide Web
A．Johann Gutenberg. B．Berners Lee.
C．Bill Gates. D．Mare Andreessen.
解析：选B 细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知，Berners Lee是万维网的发明者。
3．Which of the following is TRUE
A．In 1955, Berners Lee's parents gave him a great love of music.
B．In 1980, Berners Lee wanted to find a way to connect the knowledge and creativity.
C．In 1991, Berners Lee finished the World Wide Web.
D．In 1999, Berners Lee made a play called Weaving the Web.
解析：选C 细节理解题。由倒数第二段第一句可知，1991年，Berners Lee完成了万维网的制作。
4．What does the underlined word “published” mean
A．Print and send out.
B．Buy and offer to others.
C．Invent and sell.
D．Write and exchange.
解析：选A 词义猜测题。根据关键词“a book called Weaving the Web”和后面的问题可知，他在1999年出版了一本叫《万维网》的书。
B
Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and could not read until he was seven His parents and teachers worried about his mental ability.
Beethoven's music teacher said about him, “As a composer (作曲家) he is hopeless.” What if this young boy had believed it
When Thomas Edison was a young boy, his teachers said he was so stupid that he could never learn anything. He once said, “I remember I used to never be able to get along at school. I was always at the foot of my class ... My father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided that I was a stupid person.” What if young Thomas had believed what they said about him
When the sculptor (雕刻家) Auguste Rodin was young, he had difficulty learning to read and write. Today, we may say he had a learning disability (残疾). His father said of him, “I have an idiot (白痴) for a son.” His uncle agreed. “He's_uneducable，” he said. What if Rodin had doubted his ability
Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no “good ideas”. Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, “You can't sing. You have no voice at all.” And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that would have popular appeal.
What if these people had listened and become discouraged Where would our world be without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney As Oscar Levant once said, “It's not what you are but what you don't become that hurts.”
You have great potential. When you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth.
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。文章列举了爱因斯坦、贝多芬、爱迪生等七个名人成功的故事，他们都曾得到别人较低的评价，但最终成功实现了自己的梦想。“相信自己”是他们成功的关键。
5．How many successful people are mentioned as examples in the passage
A．Six. B．Seven.
C．Eight. D．Nine.
解析：选B 细节理解题。文章第一段列举了爱因斯坦的故事，第二段讲述了贝多芬的故事，第三段提到了爱迪生的故事，第四段讲述了奥古斯特·罗丹的故事，第五段提到了沃特·迪士尼、恩里科·卡鲁索、路易莎·梅·阿尔科特的故事，共列举了七个著名人物，故B项正确。
6．Which of the following statements is RIGHT
A．When he was young, Thomas Edison always got good grades at school.
B．Levant thought Louisa May Alcott couldn't write any popular works.
C．Only Auguste Rodin's uncle regarded him a boy of learning ability.
D．Both Enrico Caruso and Beethoven achieved their dreams in music.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据文章内容和常识可推知，贝多芬和恩里科·卡鲁索都实现了他们的音乐梦想，故D项正确。
7．What's the meaning of the underlined sentence “He's uneducable”？
A．He can't be taught. B．He is very clever.
C．He is different. D．He is a late success.
解析：选A 句意猜测题。根据第四段他的父亲和他的叔叔对他的评价“I have an idiot (白痴) for a son”和“His uncle agreed”可知，他们都认为他是白痴，据此可以推断，该句意为“他是教不会的”，故A项正确。
8．What is the best title for the passage
A．Working Hard for Success
B．Having Dreams
C．Believing in Yourself
D．Self challenging
解析：选C 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文前五段列举了七个名人，他们的共同点是都曾得到别人较低的评价，后来却成功实现了自己的梦想；本文的最后一句“When you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth.”为本文的主题句，据此可以判断，C项“相信自己”最适合做本文标题。
Ⅱ.完形填空
In 1991, Davenport played in her first professional tennis match when she was 15 years old.Over the next 20 years, Davenport would __9__ to have one of the greatest tennis careers (职业生涯) in recent history. She __10__ three different Grand Slam titles. She got the 1996 Olympic gold__11__. She was ranked (排名) the Number 1 woman __12__ player in the world eight different times. The __13__ prize money Davenport earned is over $22 million throughout her career.
I had the chance to __14__ Davenport at the 2012 US Open. __15__ that night, she answered some questions from our group and I asked her, “Ms Davenport, __16__ can teach people a lot of lessons. What lessons did you __17__during your time as a professional tennis player that you didn't learn __18__ an amateur (业余运动员)？” To be honest, I had a __19__ reason for asking this question. I played baseball in college, but not __20__. So I wanted to know what I missed.
Davenport's first __21__was to talk about how she had to grow up __22__. She mentioned the power of the media and learning to live her life in front of a(n) __23__. But then she changed the __24__ and talked about improving her skill and the lessons of competition, hard work, and perseverance.Those things, she said, were learned long __25__ she became a professional. In other words, to learn about what it's like to __26__ as a professional athlete, you need to be a professional athlete. But to learn the lessons of playing sports, you just need to __27__ your sport.
Take note: you don't need to be the best in order to be __28__ or satisfied, but all that matters is that you play the game.
语篇解读：著名的职业网球运动员Davenport通过自己的亲身经历告诉我们：如果想了解体育运动带给你什么，你需要参与到体育运动当中来。同样的道理，生活得幸福或者充实并不需要你做得最好，但是你必须参与其中。
9．A.put on B．go on
C．turn on D．have on
解析：选B 根据前面的“Davenport 15 岁开始了人生中第一场职业网球比赛”和时间状语“在接下来的20年里”可判断出go on“继续进行”符合语境，表示“从1991年开始她进行了二十年的职业网球比赛”。put on“穿上；上演”；turn on“打开”；have on“穿着；戴着”。
10．A.won B．praised
C．chose D．discovered
解析：选A 作为一个职业网球运动员，她通过比赛赢得荣誉，所以win符合语境。句意为“她总共获得了三个不同的头衔”。
11．A.watch B．coin
C．pen D．medal
解析：选D 参加奥运会获得的应该是金牌。
12．A.tennis B．golf
C．basketball D．baseball
解析：选A 根据上文可知，Davenport 是一个职业网球运动员。句意为“她八次登上世界女子网球排名的头把交椅”。
13．A.basic B．total
C．certain D．common
解析：选B 本段主要是对Davenport 作为一个职业网球运动员的比赛成果的一个总结，所以total“总的；全部的”符合语境 。句意为“在她的职业生涯中，Davenport 总共获得了22 000 000美元的奖金”。
14．A.consider B．describe
C．disturb D．meet
解析：选D 根据下文中的“she answered some questions”可知，在2012年美国网球公开赛期间，“我”有幸遇见了Davenport。consider“考虑”；describe“描述”；disturb“扰乱；妨碍”。
15．A.Later B．Again
C．Maybe D．Once
解析：选A 这里表示我采访她的时间。后来那天晚上，她回答我们小组的提问。
16．A.books B．sports
C．jobs D．music
解析：选B 根据语境可知，此问题应该与她的职业——体育相关。句意为“人们可以从体育运动中学到很多”。
17．A.teach B．prepare
C．offer D．learn
解析：选D 结合上一句可知，这里问的是她成为职业网球运动员后得到的经验教训。
18．A.as B．like
C．with D．for
解析：选A 哪些是你在成为职业网球运动员后学到的，而作为业余运动员是学不到的。前面“as a professional tennis player”是提示。
19．A.polite B．popular
C．personal D．possible
解析：选C 根据后面的内容可知，“我”问这个问题有个人原因。
20．A.specially B．wonderfully
C．happily D．professionally
解析：选D 作者是一名记者，而不是一名职业的运动员。
21．A.answer B．task
C．result D．question
解析：选A 根据上文可知这里表示对作者问题的回答。
22．A.slow B．fast
C．soon D．together
解析：选B 根据后面的“She mentioned the power of the media ...”可知，作为一个著名的运动员她必须尽快成长、成熟，以适应在公众面前的生活。
23．A.crowd B．leader
C．athlete D．family
解析：选A 她提到了媒体的力量，这些促使她学会在公众面前生活。
24．A.aim B．time
C．way D．subject
解析：选D 根据上下文可知，她改变了谈论的话题。
25．A.after B．since
C．before D．when
解析：选C 根据关键词long并结合语境可知，要用before。句意为“她说这些都是在她成为职业球员之前就已经学会了”。
26．A.live B．appear
C．depend D．suffer
解析：选A 换句话说，想了解一个职业运动员的生活是什么样子，那你必须成为一个职业运动员。
27．A.compare B．control
C．play D．develop
解析：选C 根据前面的“playing sports”可得出答案。句意为“如果想了解体育运动带给你的人生哲理，你只要参加体育运动就可以了”。
28．A.upset B．happy
C．different D．direct
解析：选B 根据“in order to”可知，这里表示目的。句意为“生活得幸福或者充实，并不需要你做得最好，但是你必须参与其中”。
卷(二) 短板题型强化练(限时45分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A
How to Keep Your Self confidence
We all have ups and downs, and waves that we ride in life. However, when things are going wrong, it's difficult to keep your self confidence.__1__
Put yourself in positive situations. Mind power can do a lot to maintain confidence.__2__ What makes it easier is that when you put yourself in positive situations, you'll develop more happiness in your life. So, do things that make you feel good and do things that make you laugh and enjoy life more.
__3__ Work can be really good for your confidence, but too much can cause stress, which will hurt your confidence. So, you should have an equal amount of work and joy into your life to avoid stress effectively and preserve your mental confidence.
Take mental breaks.__4__ Taking mental breaks will breathe new and fresh air into your life. That provides confidence for yourself. These breaks can be very simple things, such as reading a book or listening to music.
__5__ I know this is hard; no one likes to hear negative feedback (反馈) about themselves. But what one says about you doesn't make up who you are. What makes up who you are is how you carry yourself in life. You have got to set a high level of self integrity and set the bar of what is good enough for you.
A．Don't overlook your mental confidence.
B．The following tips tell you how to manage it.
C．Learn to adjust to criticism and hateful remarks.
D．Don't put too much stress and work into your life.
E．When you feel pleased, you think less about your problems.
F．When things go wrong, you need to rely on that power to keep your confidence.
G．This requires not really just removing yourself from stress, but taking breaks in general.
1．选B 上文说到保持自信很难，下文提出了几条建议，由此可知，本空起承上启下的作用，故选B项。
2．选F F项中的“that power”“keep your confidence”与本段中的“Mind power”“maintain confidence”相对应，故F项符合语境。
3．选D 根据下文的“Work can be really good for your confidence, but too much can cause stress”“have an equal amount of work and joy into your life to avoid stress”可知，D项能概括本段内容。
4．选G 本段的小标题是“Take mental breaks”，G项中的关键词“taking breaks”与之呼应，故G项符合语境。
5．选C 根据下文中的“no one likes to hear negative feedback (反馈) about themselves”可知，这里主要说的是如何应对别人对你的负面评价，故选C项。
B
A little bit of kindness
There are times in our life when we don't take action because we feel the act of kindness is too little and that it won't make a difference. However, sometimes the smallest gesture can make a huge impact on someone's life.__6__
__7__ Some people might think that they do not have a chance to show another person a small measure of kindness but these opportunities are everywhere. For example, if you ride on a bus, have you ever said good morning to the bus driver or do you just ignore him or her and go to your seat？__8__ And it is even an acknowledgement that can help to brighten a day.
When you go to the supermarket or grocery store, do you hold the door open for a young woman pushing her baby in a stroller __9__ When you are at school, do you say good morning to your classmates Do you just go about your study without acknowledging their presence Or, how about those people you meet on the street that ask for money or who are selling various goods
__10__ A good morning, a door being held open, a kind word ... the list can go on and on.
A．Acts of kindness can be found everywhere.
B．Do you just go ahead through the door without stopping
C．Do you have opportunities to give small acts of kindness
D．There are many different ways we can show kindness to others.
E．A simple good morning tells the person that you acknowledge him/her.
F．Acts of kindness, whether small or big, have a good effect on people's lives.
G．In a word, small acts of kindness make a difference in ways you may not realize.
语篇解读：本文讲的是小小的善举随时随地可施行，意在告知人们善举虽小但作用和影响巨大。
6．选D 前面说“sometimes the smallest gesture can make a huge impact on someone's life”，下文讲了可以施行善举的环境，故空处在此起承上启下的作用，只有D项符合语境。
7．选C C项中的“opportunities”与下文的“chance”“opportunities”相对应，故C项符合语境。
8．选E 由空后的“an acknowledgement”可知E项符合此处的语境。
9．选B 根据空前的“do you hold the door open for a young woman pushing her baby in a stroller”可知B项符合语境。
10．选G 根据后面列举的“A good morning, a door being held open, a kind word”可知此处是对前文的一个总结和升华，因此G项“总之，小小的善举会以你可能意识不到的方式发挥着作用”符合语境。
Ⅱ.语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Oseola McCarty spent more than 75 years __1__ (wash) and ironing other people's clothes. As a laundry woman, she __2__ (pay) only a few dollars each time. Certainly nobody would consider her rich, so they were all amazed when Miss McCarty decided to donate $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi.
The money __3__ (be) in fact her life savings. She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very simple life. She never learned to drive, and when she wanted to go somewhere, she just walked. She never flew to anywhere till she donated the money, and in 50 years she had been out of the South only once. The house __4__ she lived was also a rather modest one __5__ (leave) to her by her uncle. Only after she became known in America did she begin to travel all over the country. Since then, she had been the subject of many __6__ (interview) and articles and was even invited to the White House by the president.
Her donation was for students who __7__ (clear) needed financial help __8__ (receive) education. She herself left school in the sixth grade and had never married __9__ had children. She said to the reporters that the idea __10__ helping somebody's child go to college gave her much pleasure.
语篇解读：奥莎拉·麦卡蒂是一个平凡的洗衣女工，但是她给南密西西比大学捐款15万美元，这一举动让世人惊讶。
1．washing 句意：奥莎拉·麦卡蒂有75年以上的时间在给别人洗衣服、熨衣服。spend some time doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“花费时间做某事”。
2．was paid 句意：作为一个洗衣女工，她每次只赚几美元。主语she和pay之间是被动关系，根据上文可知用一般过去时。故用一般过去时的被动语态。
3．was 句意：这些钱实际上是她一生的积蓄。money为不可数名词，作主语，谓语动词用单数，全文时态为过去时，因此用一般过去时。
4．where 句意：她居住的房子也相当小，是她的叔叔留给她的。主句是The house was a rather modest one，设空处引导定语从句修饰the house，关系词在从句中充当地点状语。故用where引导该从句。
5．left 见上题解析。设空处应填非谓语动词，充当定语修饰a rather modest one (house)，根据空后的by可知，两者存在逻辑上的被动关系，故用过去分词。
6．interviews 句意：自从那时起，她成了很多专访和文章的话题，甚至受总统邀请去白宫。此处interview是可数名词，被many修饰，故填复数形式。
7．clearly 设空处修饰动词，应用副词。故填clearly，修饰needed。
8．to receive 句意：她的捐赠是给真正需要经济帮助的学生来接受教育。根据句意，设空处在句中充当目的状语，故用动词不定式。
9．or 句意：她自己六年级的时候辍学，没有成家，也没有孩子。had married与had children之间为并列关系，否定句中表示并列需用连词or。
10．of 句意：她对记者们说帮助别人的孩子上大学的想法让她很开心。表示“……的想法”用the idea of ...。
Ⅲ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
How to make true friends are very important to everybody. To make friends, you must be friend to others. You should do you best to make a stranger to feel at home, no matter where he happens to be. Think as you are in your position and not judge a stranger only by his appearance. Try to remember other's names, that will make them feel that they have made an impression on you. If you don't agree with others on certain matters, don't argue and discuss with them. Finally, don't believe those leave their friends when they are in trouble because “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
答案：第一句：are→is
第二句：friend→friendly
第三句：第二个you→your; 去掉第二个to
第四句：your→his; not→don't
第五句：other's→others'; that→which
第六句：and→but
第七句：those 后加who
