【题文】A
Here are a few of our favorite entries so far in our \"Your Life: The Reader's Digest Version\" contest* After reading these, head over to Face book and sublimit your own story a-bout a special moment or lesson that shaped your life． \"There's Always a John\" By Darla Boyd
My first year of teaching, there was a kid named John in my class. John was difficult to control and he nearly drove me crazy. While talking about him one day, an old teacher put his hand on my shoulder and said, “There will always be a John. Your job is to learn to discover what makes him different and help him succeed.” The next year, there was indeed another John. But that advice taught me that there is something to appreciate in everyone.
“An Early Key Lesson” By Elaine West
Before I began my first teaching job, my mother, a teacher of 30 years, gave me a very special gift, five simple words that have had an effect on my entire life. “Make friends with the janitor (门卫).” Her wisdom taught me the respect for all types of characters and continues to enrich my life to this day. Just five little words but what an impact they can have when you take them to heart. “Raising Mommy” By Jan Davis
Being a mother can always present challenges and rewards. Someone told me early that children will teach you everything you need to know. Being a mother is being raised. Our children become our advisers. Their dreams become our professors, as we are taking notes carefully. The sounds of their laughter and smiles are a great reward to us. Their tears remind us that it is okey to fail, and that we should wipe the tears away and try again.
21．What dill t．he old teacher mean by saying \"There will lava’s be a John\" 9
A．There are always difficult students like John． B．John will always be an ordinary student．
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C．It is important to change John． D．John is a very common name．
22．What did Elaine West's mother advise her to do’s A．Don't treat succulents chi．fervently． B．Take care of janitors．
C．Respect people from different backgrounds． D．Don't judge people by appearance．
23．Which of the following would Jan Davis roust probably agree withal A．A mother should be given more care．
B．A mother improves herself greatly in parenting． C．Being a mother has more challenges than rewards． D．Children should realize the dreams of their parents. 24．The text is most probably a（n） A．notice inviting contributions B．introduction to a contest C．ad for three new books
D．poster about a lecture 参考答案21- 24 ACBA
【题文】B
My first day of high school was like any other first day: registering? finding new classmates, meeting new teachers, and seeking new friends．
During lunch, I ran into my first snag （因难） of the day． At the dining hall, as the checkout （付款处） lady asked for my money, I realized that I had forgotten my lunch money ．When I told her about it, I heard a voice behind me．I turned around and there stood a teacher telling her he would pay for my lunch．He told me his name, Mr．Pete Walker, and said, \"If you get a chance, you should take my history class．\" I recognized his name, and told him I was in his class later that day． Mr．Walker befriended me on the．very first clay of school at a very crucial time of the day--lunch !
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He always told us we should do more than we ever thought．he pushes us to clod all things better．He coached many sports, and sponsored many after-class activities．If we were interested in something, he would find a way to expose us to it by inviting speakers, taking us on field trips, or obtaining information for us． Two years later, my junior year in school was clicking along nicely when one day I was riding my motorcycle and I was hit by a car． I spent six days in hospital and was at home in bed for two weeks before returning to school．Mr．Walker stopped by the hospital each day with my work from my teachers． Once I was at home, he would bring my work too．
After high school, I attended the United States Army Airborne School in Fort I3enning, Georgia．I knew my parents woolly be there the day I graduates, but they brought an unexpected guest．They came across Mr．Walker at lunch several days before and told him I was about to graduate．His visit, however, was not a surprise to me．
25．At the dining hall,
A．the lady didn't want to charge the author for his lunch
B．the author knew Mr．Walker was right behind him C．Mr．Walker didn't know the author was his student D．the author decided to invite Mr Walker to lunch 26．The story in Paragraph 4 showed that Mr Walker was
A．caring
B．strict D．learned
C．skilled
27．What happened on the author's graduation day? A．His parents met Mr．Walker by chance． B．His family invited Mr．Walker to lunch． C．Mr．Walker brought an unexpected guest． D．His parents came together with Mr．Walker． 28．What can we infer from the last sentence?
A．The author had invited Mr．Walker to his graduation ceremony． B．The author's parents had informed him of Mr．Walker's visit． C．Mr．Walker had a very close relationship with his students．
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D．Mr．Walker went to visit the author frequently． 参考答案25--28CADC
【题文】C
Four schoolchildren from Belgrade, England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening． Unexpectedly, they saw an elderly man grasping for breath （喘息） in the street．They tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems．
Before the Polish man became unconscious, the children kept him calm while they flagged down （招停）a passing driver． The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured man's answers to the driver's questions．Gary, 10, and his six - year - old sister, Lily, stayed with the man while Thymus and Owen, both 11, led the ambulance to the spot where he lay． Soon the man was taken to hospital．
The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick - thinking and courage in an emergency situation． They are a credit not only to themselves, but to their families and their school．And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people．
What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help．This seeming indifference to an emergency situation is a well noted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as \"the bystander effect\"．Research suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency, people are likely to assume that somebody else will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders．
Perhaps the answer to this sort of things is to introduce a \" Good Samaritan\" law． This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergency situation to help out as long as they can do so．This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for offering assistance---everyone
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29．What can we learn about the elderly man?
A．He spoke Polish with the children． B．He fell from his bike and got injured． C．He was taken to hospital by the driver． D．He recovered consciousness in the street． 30．In Paragraph 3, the author mainly A．shows his great sympathy for the man B．gives high praise to the four children C．offers his special thanks to the driver D．expresses his anger at several adults
31．The underlined word \"intervene\" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A．be curious B．go on C．give up D．get involved
32．In France, if an emergency happens to someone, A．offering help to him is required by law B．people have the right to leave the scene C．others must get permission before helping him
D．the witnesses will be punished if the rescue fails 参考答案29—32、ABDA
【题文】D
A three-mile-long fishhook-shaped piece of land in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Island has always been a community set apart from the mainland．
These days, the island's 500-plus residents, who mostly use golf cars as transportation on the village's narrow roads and who don't allow the public consumption of alcohol, have managed to preserve their traditional culture． Probably the most striking example of their heritage is the islanders' unique way of speaking．
David L．Shores, a linguist （话言学家） who was born on Tangier Island, has
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found out the reason why the speech of Tangier Island strikes outsiders as strange． According to Shores, the islanders pronounce their vowels louder and longer, which causes common words to sound different when spoken by Tangier natives．
Some, scholars have said the natives of Tangier speak an old form of English that goes back to the time of Queen F．Elizabeth I．Shores doesn't buy into that theory． \"It's not Eliza- bethan English by any means,\" he says．\" I doubt if anyone could trace it to that, because the variety of English at that time were great．\"
Bruce Gordy, a Tangier native and a former teacher at the island's only school, has made a list of 350 strange expressions and words that he says are used and undertook only by the islanders．But Gordy clones’ think it's the strange vocabulary that puzzles outsiders most when hearing Tangier residents speak．
． \"I think what confuses t．hem is the fact that we are ' talking backwards a lot．,\" he say's．
He offers an example．\"If somebody's stupid, you know what I say?\" Gordy says．\" I'm saying he's smart, but the way I say it makes everyone know I’m emphasizing he's stupid
Both Gordy and Shores believe Tangier's isolation （孤立）has led to the islanders' unusual way of speaking．
． Now, the economy of Tangier Island is moving away from its tradition of crabbing and fishing as the number of crabs and oysters in the bay declines．More residents are finding work on tugboats（掩船）or looking for jobs on the mainland． \" Of course the sons and daughters went with their dad out crabbing． You don't go with your dad on the tugboat．That's not going to preserve Tangier culture, \"Gordy says．
33．According to the text, Tangier Island A．has been discovered recently B．is a fast developing x-pillage C．is a land of golf lovers D．has a small population
34．In Shores' opinion, the language the islanders speak
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A．can't be called English in fact B．is unique in its pronunciation system C．can never be understood by outsiders
D．shares some similarities with Elizabethan English
35．What's Gordy's attitude towards the preservation of Tangier culture'? A．Confident． B．Satisfied C．Concerned．
D．Angry．
参考答案33—35、DBC
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