I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune（不幸）. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge  1 and hardly any income.  2 , I stopped giving and became very bitter（痛苦）.
Several years later, things started to 3 . I became 4  enough to have a home, and 5  a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 6 , “ Will work for food. ” I  7. My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in  8 . I replied, “ Honey, they just use that money for 9 or other bad things. ” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was 10 to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside 11 me to help him. So I stopped my car , and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “ God bless you, I only need 77 cents. ” I 12  into my ashtray and  13 enough, there was three quarters and two pennies.
Greatly shocked by this 14 , I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He 15 with joy and tears in his eyes, “ You just made it 16 for me to see my mom for Christmas ! The bus offering this great sale is 17 right away ! ” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best 18  in life giving. It also 19 me that nothing is a coincidence（巧合）, 20 everything has meaning.
小題1:
A．debtB．dutyC．incomeD．pressure
小題2:
A．In factB．In a wordC．As a resultD．All in all
小題3:
A．developB．worsenC．showD．change
小題4:
A．unfortunateB．richC．generousD．unsuccessful
小題5:
A．evenB．stillC．yetD．only
小題6:
A．wordB．expressionC．signD．letter
小題7:
A．got toB．walked toC．passed inD．passed by
小題8:
A．emergencyB．dangerC．needD．panic
小題9:
A．foodB．alcohol（酒）C．medicineD．music
小題10:
A．drivingB．jogging（慢跑C．wanderingD．cycling
小題11:
A．preventedB．challengedC．permittedD．drove
小題12:
A．reachedB．turnedC．brokeD．searched
小題13:
A．jokinglyB．strangelyC．happilyD．naturally
小題14:
A．accidentB．conditionC．stateD．coincidence
小題15:
A．put outB．turned outC．broke outD．burst out（大聲喊）
小題16:
A．necessaryB．difficultC．possibleD．suitable
小題17:
A．liningB．leavingC．gettingD．operating
小題18:
A．giftB．timeC．favorD．honor
小題19:
A．thinksB．informsC．persuadesD．reminds
小題20:
A．orB．andC．soD．however

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:A
小題13:B
小題14:D
小題15:D
小題16:C
小題17:B
小題18:A
小題19:D
小題20:B
本文告訴我們要有一顆善良的心，我們做的每一件事情都有意義。
小題1:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文I became a single mom with no home,和下文hardly any income和I started to pull myself out of debt.得知我負債了。
小題2:考查介詞短語。根據(jù)邏輯常識，我沒有錢并且負債了，結果是我不在幫助他人了。
小題3:上下文串聯(lián)，根據(jù)下文的。。。enough to have a home說明情況發(fā)生了變化。
小題4:考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知我再次變得富有了。
小題5:考查副詞。根據(jù)上下文可知這里的遞進關系，不僅僅有了房子，甚至還有一個院子。
小題6:考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可知一個無家可歸的人舉著一個牌子，牌子上寫著：。。。
小題7:動詞短語辨析。通過后面可知我沒有施舍可知我是從這個人身邊經(jīng)過。
小題8:考查介詞短語辨析。in emergency在緊急情況下；in danger處于危險中 in need需要幫助
in panic驚慌的；根據(jù)文章的意思可知：這是一個需要幫助的人。
小題9:考查上下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)后文other bad things可知這里應該也是bad things。比較四選項，B合適。
小題10:考查上下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)后文停車可知我是開車接女兒。
小題11:考查動詞辨析。drive sb to do sth驅使某人做某事；prevent阻止，預防；challenge挑戰(zhàn)；permit允許
小題12:動詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可知我是伸手到盒子里拿錢。
小題13:形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知那個人向我要77美分，我的盒子里恰好有77美分，所以說是很奇怪的事情。
小題14:名詞辨析。Coincidence巧合的事情。根據(jù)前文可知這的確是一件巧合的事情。
小題15:動詞短語辨析。put out撲滅；turned out結果是，原來是；break out爆發(fā)；根據(jù)下文可知他是開心的大叫。
小題16:形容詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可知我給他車費，讓圣誕回家看媽媽變成可能的事情。
小題17:動詞辨析。根據(jù)下文回家看媽媽的那輛車馬上就要離開。
小題18:名詞辨析。根據(jù)文章可知我認為這是他收到的最珍貴的禮物。
小題19:動詞辨析。這樣的事情讓我想起。。。
小題20:考查連詞。根據(jù)前文的nothing is a coincidence，可知是并列關系。
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It goes to show that doing the right thing always comes with great rewards.
小題1:Why was the writer unwilling to have a long trip？
A．Because gas was hardly available.B．Because the writer was short of money.
C．Because the writer didn’t like driving.D．Because the road was difficult to drive on.
小題2:The underlined word “pondered” in Para. 4 means ________.
A．thought aboutB．tried on
C．depended onD．got through
小題3:From the passage, we can infer that ________.
A．the writer loves his/her stepmom very much
B．the gift the writer bought was loved by his/her father very much
C．the writer spent all his/her savings buying the gift for his/her stepmom
D．the gift the writer bought was the most expensive one in the shop
小題4:Why did the writer’s father shake hands with the writer in secret?
A．Because he wanted to ask the writer for something special.
B．Because he wanted to give the writer some money.
C．Because he knew the writer had been struggling financially.
D．Because he didn’t want others to copy their handshake.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


I suppose that having been brought up in the countryside and close  to animals，it wasn’t remarkable(不平常的)when I decided  to become a vet(獸醫(yī))．Luckily I was also good at all the necessary science subjects. So after the college entrance examination I found myself at a veterinary college，training to look after animals in all kinds of situations. I hoped that I would be able to work in the research field so that I could find cures for animal diseases.
Much to my surprise，I found public health care was a very important aspect of my course. This is an area of animal medicine where a vet’s work has many things in common with the work of a doctor of human diseases. I particularly liked it because I recognized that the study of animal diseases can help human medicine. As we know，many infectious diseases come from animals—including SARS and bird flu.
Some of the infections have only been understood after carefully analytical work in labs by animal doctors. They helped identify the animal source for diseases such as SARS. They were also the first to identify various kinds of viruses. Sometimes vets are also able to suggest a cure for human illnesses. When I found this out I was determined to make public health medicine my chosen career.
After graduation，I applied for a job in public health. Soon I found myself concerned with the problem of bird flu. This is  an illness that attacks birds，but humans can catch the disease  if they are in close contact with infected birds. Though the job  is dangerous，it makes me proud that vets and other animal  disease researchers are in the front line helping to fight these  unknown human diseases

小題1:The writer wanted to become a vet mainly because______.
A．he did well in all necessary subjects
B．he wanted to help animals
C．he was close to animals in his early life
D．he wanted to find cures for human diseases
小題2:What made the writer particularly like the course of public health care was that________.
A．it was both important and interesting
B．it could help him connect many human diseases with animals
C．it made a vet’s work very much like a doctor’s
D．it could help human medicine by studying animal diseases
小題3:What can be followed if this passage continues?
A．The writer’s happy family life.
B．How the writer did research work in studying bird flu.
C．How the writer dealt with the relationship with other workmates.
D．What difficulty the writer met in the research work.
小題4:Which of the following is implied in the passage?
A．Animals with infectious diseases should be killed.
B．Keeping animals is dangerous to humans.
C．Dangerous as a vet’s job is，it is significant to the human race.
D．Animal researchers work in the same way as human doctors.
小題5:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Being a vet is helpful to both animals and humans.
B．Vets can cure both animals and humans.
C．Vets helped identify animal resources for SARS.
D．Both SARS and bird flu are infectious diseases coming from animals.

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