1.When her five daughters were young,Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结).To show this,she held up one chopstick, representing one person.Then she easily broke it into two pieces.Next,she tied several chopsticks together,representing a family.She showed the girls
it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However,when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in1975, they didn’t have much money.They moved their family to San Francisco.There they joined Danny’s mother,Diana,who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards,Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant.The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young.However,Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work
for themselves,but one by one,the daughters returned to work in the family business.They opened new r
estaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked together to make the business successful.Daughter Elisabeth explains,“Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity,and to have unity we must have peace.Without the strength of the family,there is no business.”
Their expanding business became a large corporation in1996,with three generations of Ans working together.Now the Ans’corporation makes more than $20million each year.Although they began with a small restaurant,they had big dreams,and they worked together.Now they are a big success.
1.Helene tied several chopsticks together to show_____.
A.the strength of family unity
B.the difficulty of growing up
C.the advantage of chopsticks
D.the best way of giving a lesson
2.We can learn from Paragraph2that the An family_____.
A.started a business in1975
B.left Vietnam without much money
C.bought a restaurant in San Francisco
D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
3.What can we infer about the An daughters?
A.They did not finish their college education.
B.They could not bear to work in the family business.
C.They were influenced by what Helene taught them.
D.They were troubled by disagreement among family members.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Run a Corporation
B.Strength Comes from Peace
C.How to Achieve a Big Dream
D.Family Unity Builds Success
2.I was9years old when I found out my father was ill.It was1994but
I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday:“Kerrel,I don’t want you to take food from your father,because he has AIDS.Be very careful when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up.From then on,I knew that this would be a family secret.My parents were
not together any more,and my dad lived alone.For a while he could take care of himself.But when I was12,his condition worsened.My father's other children lived far away,so it fell to me to look after him.We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him,and because Dad was unable to work,I had no
school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner.I would sit in class feeling completely lost.The teacher’s words muffled(低沉)as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden with anyone.I had seen how people reacted to AIDS.Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease.And even adults could be cruel.When my father was moved to the hospital,the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die.But after so many years of keeping his condition a secret,I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days.Sad and hopeless,I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day,she kept me on the phone for hours.I was so lucky to find someone who cared.She saved my life.
I was15when my father died.He took his secret away with him,having never spoken about AIDS to anyone,even me.He did not want to call attention to AIDS.I do.
1.What does Kerrel tell us about her father?
A.He stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.
B.He depended on the nurses in his final days.
C.He worked hard to pay for his medication.
D.He told no one about his disease.
2.What can we learn from the underlined sentences?
A.Kerrel couldn't understand her teacher.
B.Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.
C.Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.
D.Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher's words.
3.Why did Kerrel write the passage?
A.To tell people about the sufferings of her father.
B.To show how little people knew about AIDS.
C.To draw people’s attention to AIDS.
D.To remember her father.
3.When I was in fourth grade,I worked part-time as a paperboy.Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers.She’d watch me coming down her street,and by the time I’d biked up to her doorstep,there’d be a cold drink waiting.I’d sit and drink while she talked.Mrs.Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband,“Mr.Stanley and I went shopping this morning,”she’d say.The
first time she said that,soda went up my nose.
I told my father how Mrs.Stanley talked as if Mr.Stanley were still alive.Dad said she was probably lonely,and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile,and maybe she’d work it out of her system.So that’s
what I did,and it turned out Dad was right.After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).
I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn’t see Mrs.Stanley for several years.Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser.She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy.Four years before,she’d had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with.Now she had friends.Her husband was gone,but life went on.
I live in the city now,and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids.She asks me how I’m doing.When I don’t say“fine,”she sticks around to hear my problems.She’s lived in the city most of her life,but she knows about community.Community isn’t so much a place as it is a state of mind.You find it whenever people ask how you’re doing because they care,and not because they’re getting paid to do so.Sometimes it’s good to just smile,nod your head and listen.
1.Why did soda go up the author’s nose one time?
A.He was talking fast.
B.He was shocked.
C.He was in a hurry.
D.He was absent-minded.
2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs.Stanley?
A.He enjoyed the drink.
B.He wanted to be helpful.
C.He took the chance to rest.
D.He tried to please his dad.
3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase“work it out of her system”in Paragraph2?
A.Recover from her sadness.
B.Move out of the neighborhood.
C.Turn to her old friends.
D.Speak out about her past.
4.What does the author think people in a community should do?
A.Open up to others.
B.Depend on each other.
C.Pay for others’help.
高中英语文章D.Care about one another.
4.When I was three years old,I couldn't speak.It was a strange reality that none of the doctors I visited could understand.
One day,I was shadowing my mother.She found herself looking in a mirror, and through it our eyes met.She began to speak to me through the reflection, and I slowly began to mimic(模仿)her mouth's movements until I formed a word.
It turned out I'm deaf in my left ear,and have a slight problem in my right.Being hard of hearing has been difficult,but I've never lived in a
state of self-hating sorrow.Imagine being able to shut out all sound as you lay your head down to sleep by simply rolling over onto one side.That's my reality when I sleep on my"good ear",and it makes me feel like a superhero sometimes.
People call my deaf side my"bad ear",but when I wear my hearing aid,I have access to a range of features that some other deaf people don't.In cinemas,for example,with one click of a button I can enjoy a whole film as though it were whispered to me from the mouths of the actors.
Owning a hearing aid hasn't always felt good,however.On the first day I got my aid,when I was eight,I took it to school for show-and-tell.As I explained how it worked to my classmates,a boy yelled out,"Aren't those for old men?"At that moment,I felt different.It took a long time for me to get over that sense of being so unlike my peers.
But it's not just school kids who can make us deaf and hard-of-hearing people feel like burdens.Every video on social media that lacks subtitles(字幕),for example,means an entire community of deaf people is unable to enjoy it.Completely deaf people are excluded from enjoying many movies too,as subtitles in cinemas are almost impossible to find.
And with hearing aids costing around$2,500each,it can be hard for many people to afford to be able to listen to the things that others take for granted.As for me,I can listen to music,enjoy films,and catch conversations -I'm lucky.I'm deaf,but I can still hear everything.I've been blessed with wonderful life experiences,and I am human.And when it comes to sleeping,I'm even superhuman.
1.How does the author view his hearing difficulty?
A.It's a disaster and causes him a lot of trouble.
B.It helped him to live in his own world without being interrupted.
C.It made him feel embarrassed in front of his classmates.
D.It gave him a chance to experience something special.
2.What can be inferred from the passage about the author?
A.He was born deaf.
B.The hearing aid brings much convenience to his daily life.
C.His family and classmates have supported him a lot.
D.He is optimistic and helpful.
3.What is the author's attitude toward his life?
B.anxious.
D.disappointed.
4.What is the author's main purpose in writing the article?
A.To share his experience of treating a disadvantage with gratitude.
B.To show how difficult life is for disabled people.
C.To give advice on life to disabled people.
D.To show the convenience a hearing aid could bring.
5.As a child growing up in southern California in the mid-1950s,one of my greatest dreams was to go to the newly opened Disneyland.Unfortunately,
neither of my parents drove,and Disneyland was located out in the orange groves(小树林)of Anaheim.Even if we found the rides,the cost was more than my family could afford.
In June1956,my sister graduated from high school.As a gift,one of her girlfriends’parents took them to Disneyland.I was happy for my sister but upset that I wouldn’t be going.After all,no sister wants her little brother tagging along(紧跟).
After I had spent a few days moping around,my sister told my parents that I could go with her and her friend if I had the money for admission and ride tickets.I don’t know where my parents found the money,but I soon had enough for admission and one“A to E”ride ticket book.That week,I counted down the hours until the day that I would go to the home of Mickey,Donald,and my favorite Goofy.
My day at Disneyland was a joyful blur of rides and attractions–and one moment I’ll never forget.As I exited the adventurous Jungle Boat ride,I noticed a long line of kids waiting for something.I soon discovered that several of the Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeers were signing autographs(签名). When I looked to see who was there,my heart almost stopped.It was my first true love,Annette Funicello!I waited for what seemed like forever until it was finally my turn to approach the table where the Mouseketeers were sitting.
I still remember Annette smiling at me,asking for my name and then signing a picture for me.
As I was exiting the Mouseketeer area,a big man stopped me and asked who my favorite Disney character was.I told him,and he quickly sketched(素描)a drawing of Goofy and signed it for me.That man was Roy Williams,a cartoonist who appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club.
Over the years,I lost my autographed photo of Annette,but I still have my drawing of Goofy.I take it out
occasionally to remember that wonderful day of my childhood.My wife recently had the sketch framed(装框)for my65th birthday.It is now prominently(显眼地)displayed in our home.Friends often ask if the drawing has any value.I always tell them that it’s priceless.
1.What had made it impossible for the author to go to Disneyland?
A.Disneyland was too expensive for his family.
B.His parents couldn't afford the time off to travel.
C.Disneyland was too far away from his home.
D.His sister didn't want to take him.
2.When the author“moped around”,he was probably______.
A.unhappy
C.eager
D.astonished
3.What is the author’s unforgettable moment at Disneyland?
A.The adventurous Jungle Boat ride.
B.Varieties of rides and attractions.
C.Getting autographs from Annette Funicello.
D.Receiving a signed sketch from Roy Williams.
4.Why does the author always tell friends that the drawing’s priceless?
A.Because he had the drawing valuated.
B.Because it carries the best memory of his childhood.
C.Because it reminds him how much his family loved him.
D.Because Roy Williams's drawing and signature is no longer available.
6.A lawyer and a young lady were sitting next to each other on a long
flight.The lawyer asked if she would like to play a fun game.The lady just wanted to take a nap,so she politely refused.
The lawyer explained that the game was actually very easy.He explained“I ask you a question,and if you don’t know the answer,you pay me,and vice versa(反之亦然).”Again,the lady politely refused and tried to get some sleep.
The lawyer added eagerly,“Okay,if you don’t know the answer,you pay me $5,and if I don’t know the answer,I will pay you$50!”Considering that there would be no end to this suffering unless she played,the lady agreed.
The lawyer asked the first question,“What is the distance from the earth to the moon?”The young lady didn’t say a word,pulled out five dollars from her purse and handed it to the lawyer.
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