速测(一) 完形填空+阅读理解A+任务型阅读+词语运用
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn't a(n) 1 student, I talked too much, I was too 2 , always feeling superior to(胜过) others, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. 3 , I became very angry. I ran to my father with 4 in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn't you ever wonder what you're really like? Well, you now have that girl's 5 . Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are 6 . Pay no attention to the other things she said. ”
I did as he told me. To my great 7 , I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I went to a fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He 8 to take it. “That's just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to 9 , not just close your ears in anger, feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you'll find it of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don't 10 your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do. ”
Daddy's advice has always reminded me at many important moments. In my life, I've never had a better piece of advice.
( )1.A.bad B.good
C.common D.outgoing
( )2.A.silly B.friendly
C.dull D.proud
( )3.A.In other words B.Above all
C.As a result D.At last
( )4.A.promises B.happiness
C.tears D.sadness
( )5.A.excuse B.advice
C.talk D.opinion
( )6.A.wrong B.correct
C.big D.true
( )7.A.joy B.excitement
C.surprise D.anger
( )8.A.promised B.refused
C.expected D.agreed
( )9.A.listen B.stand
C.speak D.share
( )10.A.open B.keep
C.shut D.turn
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
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Josh: Do you know about “pay it forward coffee” at Flora Café?
Eric: You mean volunteers pay for a cup of coffee for someone poor to have it later?
Josh: Yeah. A cup of coffee is not much, but on cold winter days like today, it might warm them up a little. And maybe their hearts too.
Eric: But will Flora Café really give this cup of coffee to someone later?
Josh: Come on. I've known the shopkeeper well. He's an honest man. He's got a blackboard in the shop that says how many cups are paid for and how many have been given out.
Eric: But how will they know who to give? Anyone can ask for it, even if they're not poor.
Josh: True, but then I guess they'll just have to believe in people.
Eric: Perhaps. But will poor people go and ask for a free coffee? Won't they worry about losing face?
Josh: Why do you always say things like that?
Eric: Well, it may happen.
Josh: Yeah, I know, but I still think it's a good thing to do, and it gets people to care about others.
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