Rising above the names
I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.
"Mom, come here! There's this lady here my size!"
The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told her, "It's okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I'm Darryl Kramer. How are you ?"
He studied me from head to toe, and asked, "Are you a little mommy?"
"Yes, I have a son," I answered.
"Why are you so little? " he asked.
"It's the way I was born," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger. " After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy's hand and left.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I 1ook different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an a chondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names. Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality.
I'm 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I've grown older. People are amazed when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, "Look what else I have -- a great family, nice friends. "
It's the children's questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers ( a person of the same age, class, position, etc. ), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.
46. Why did the mother apologize to the author?
A. Because the boy ran into the author.
B. Because the boy laughed at the author.
C. Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.
D. Because the mother thought the boy's words had hurt the author.
47. When did the author realize that she was too short?
A. When she grew up.
B. When she was 47 years old.
C. When she began to go to school.
D. When she met the boy in the supermarket.
48.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word"diminished" ?
A. dismissed B. increased C. decreased D. discriminated
49. How does the author feel about people's stares?
A. Angry. B. Calm. C. Painful. D. Discouraged.
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:054
閱讀下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從1-25各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中, 選出一個(gè)最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海軍) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻擊)?"
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C. will leave |
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A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
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A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
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A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
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A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
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B. very |
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A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
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B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
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A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
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C. as small as |
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A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:054
完形填空:
Mr Parker was living in the country , and he wanted to go to an office in the city one day . He 1 the address on a letter, got 2 his car and 3 to the city . He drove straight to the office without any 4 and stopped his car 5 the office. He locked his car and 6 to go into his office, but suddenly he turned around and went back to his car . He remembered that he 7 his keys in it ! He telephoned his wife and said, “ 8 , I ’ve locked my keys in my car . Please 9 me your keys .”
Mrs Parker got into their 10 car and drove twenty miles to 11 her husband. But 12 Mr Parker was waiting for his wife, he walked 13 his car and tried the other 14 . It was not locked ! Mr Parker locked it 15 before his wife arrived.
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:054
完形填空
Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(護(hù)照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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C.saving |
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B.tried |
C.saw |
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C.passed |
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B.bag |
C.jpise |
D.wall |
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B.got |
C.wasted |
D.spent |
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B.surprised |
C.moved |
D.frigtened |
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B.everything |
C.the bag |
D.the money |
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B.country |
C.city |
D.family |
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源: 題型:054
In the middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the 1 !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2 dream.
“Stop that noise, ” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to 3 again, but his wife still cried out, “On, help! help! I’m sure I’m 4 . ”
Peter got out of bed and started 5 , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt? ” he asked. His wife was 6 ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my 7 stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes 8 , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 9
that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait 10 morning, can’t you? ”
“No, I can’t. Go, go, go, ”his wife shouted, “ 11 you will find me dead 12
the morning. ”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters 13 he heard his wife calling him again.
“I’m 14 again now, and I shall not want the doctor, ” she said, softly.
Hearing this, he started running as 15 as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake 16 around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who’s there? ”
“Oh, Doctor, ”P(pán)eter called up to him, “I’ve very 17 news for you. My wife 18
ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to 20 now, and sleep well!”
1. A. driver B. nurse
C. doctor D. child
2. A. terrible B. interesting
C. surprising D. wonderful
3. A. bed B. sleep
C. dream D. hospital
4. A. walking B. dying
C. aching D. sleeping
5. A. dressing B. wearing
C. raising D. working
6. A. very B. so
C. too D. quite
7. A. good B. bad
C. wrong D. poor
8. A. down B. off
C. on D. up
9. A. surprised B. afraid
C. certain D. worried
10. A. before B. for
C. to D. until
11. A. and B. but
C. so D. or
12. A. after B. in
C. before D. until
13. A. after B. when
C. before D. while
14. A. good B. wrong
C. all right D. right
15. A. fast B. slowly
C. hurriedly D. happily
16. A. everyone B. someone
C. no one D. doctors
17. A. good B. bad
C. necessary D. ill
18. A. fell B. stayed
C. grew D. failed
19. A. gone off B. missed
C. pleased D. left
20. A. your home B. your bedroom
C. your dream D. bed
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I walked into the grocery store, not really wanting to buy anything. I just wanted to stay there quietly — the pain of losing my 11 was still too great. And this supermarket held so many sweet 12 . He often came with me, and always bought me yellow roses.
Standing 13 the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak 14 my husband used to love it. 15 a woman came up beside me. I watched as she picked up a large pack of T-bone steaks, dropped them in her basket, 16 , and then put them back. She turned to go and once again 17 for the pack of steaks. She saw me 18 her and she smiled. “My husband loves T-bone steaks, but they are so expensive.”
“My husband 19 away eight days ago,” I told her, and 20 to control the sadness in my voice, “Buy him the T-bone steaks. And 21 every moment you have together.”
22 by my words, she placed the steaks in her basket and walked away 23 . But several minutes later she came towards me again, 24 a package in her arms. She was 25 the brightest smile I had ever seen.
As she 26 , I saw what she held. “These are for you,” she placed three beautiful yellow roses in my hands. I wanted to tell her what the roses 27 for me, but, unable to speak, only watching her walking away.
Looking down at the roses, I wondered 28 she knew it. Suddenly the answer seemed so 29 . I wasn’t alone. There were 30 many people caring for me and willing to help me. Just be thankful for what you have and who you are.
11. A. father B. brother C. husband D. son
12. A. groceries B. memories C. flowers D. dreams
13. A. by B. for C. beyond D. against
14. A. even if B. in case C. until D. since
15. A. Actually B. Suddenly C. Instantly D. Hopefully
16. A. missed B. suffered C. doubted D. hesitated
17. A. reached B. searched C. sent D. paid
18. A. following B. helping C. watching D. stopping
19. A. broke B. cleared C. moved D. passed
20. A. decided B. fought C. offered D. pretended
21. A. forget B. recover C. treasure D. imagine
22. A. Surprised B. Embarrassed C. Panicked D. Frightened
23. A. softly B. violently C. silently D. wildly
24. A. fastening B. carrying C. picking D. opening
25. A. covering B. rolling C. spreading D. wearing
26. A. approached B. turned C. continued D. bent
27. A. smelled B. tasted C. collected D. meant
28. A. what B. how C. whether D. when
29. A. accidental B. strange C. obvious D. funny
30. A. still B. just C. even D. also
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