I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was       and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be         but a failure.”
After five years of         jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best        that could have happened to me. I        I wanted to do something positive (積極地) with my life because I wanted to prove to       that what people said about me was       . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s         it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my        and went to college. My first novel        while I was at college.
After college I taught during the         in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a         in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of        that job to write full time         I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel         of myself — here was a working-class boy who’d         school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career (職業(yè)) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and       , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.         what does it mean? I         wish all the people that have put me down had       : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
小題1:
A．brightB．simple C．uselessD．hopeful
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everything D．nothing
小題3:
A．low B．poorC．good D．useful
小題4:
A．support B．happinessC．surprise D．thing
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)greedB．decidedC．planned D．told
小題6:
A．me B．themC．herD．it
小題7:
A．wrongB．right C．stupidD．faulty
小題8:
A．seeB．knowC．faceD．understand
小題9:
A．experimentB．practiceC．writingD．composition
小題10:
A．came onB．came inC．came outD．came back
小題11:
A．dayB．nightC．monthD．year
小題12:
A．graduationB．passC．degreeD．success
小題13:
A．giving inB．giving backC．giving outD．giving up
小題14:
A．whileB．if C．whenD．or
小題15:
A．shyB．proud C．happyD．surprised
小題16:
A．leftB．a(chǎn)ttendedC．changedD．graduated
小題17:
A．tiredB．calmC．nervousD．famous
小題18:
A．AndB．ButC．HoweverD．Well
小題19:
A．justB．exactlyC．soD．very
小題20:
A．praisedB．saidC．a(chǎn)nsweredD．a(chǎn)dvised

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:C
小題9:C
小題10:C
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:C
小題15:B
小題16:A
小題17:D
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:B

試題分析：文章講述了“我”起初時(shí)，學(xué)業(yè)很差，處處失敗，周圍的人瞧不起我，認(rèn)為我將是一個(gè)一事無(wú)成的人，在經(jīng)歷了幾年的失敗之后，我愛上了一個(gè)女孩兒，我要證明給這個(gè)女孩兒，尤其是她的母親看，周圍的人對(duì)我的看法是錯(cuò)誤的。我靠著寫作上了大學(xué)，并且又拿到學(xué)位，現(xiàn)在作了一個(gè)專職的作家，“我”已經(jīng)很富有，也很有名氣。
小題1:考查形容詞詞義。句意為：在學(xué)校里面，我做得很差。校長(zhǎng)認(rèn)為，我是一個(gè)無(wú)用的人。由做得差，可知應(yīng)是一個(gè)無(wú)用的人。bright adj 明亮的，聰明的；simple adj 簡(jiǎn)單的；useless adj無(wú)用的； hopeful adj 有希望的。故答案應(yīng)為C
小題2:考查代詞的用法。句意為：當(dāng)我14歲的時(shí)候他說，你將一事無(wú)成，只能是一個(gè)失敗者。此處為做不成任何事情。anything 任何事情，與前面的never相連用；something 一些事情；nothing 沒有任何事情，與never為雙重否定；everything 一切事情。故答案為A。
小題3:考查形容詞詞義。句意為：在五年的糟糕的工作之后，我愛上了一個(gè)女孩兒。low adj低的；poor adj 差的，弱的，貧窮的；good adj好的，優(yōu)秀的；useful adj 有用的。由前面的學(xué)業(yè)很差，周圍的人都認(rèn)我是一個(gè)失敗者可知，所有的事情是很糟糕的，故應(yīng)為B。
小題4:考查名詞詞義。句意為：我愛上了一個(gè)女孩兒，這對(duì)我來(lái)說，幸福的事情可能就要到來(lái)了。A. supportn 支持，維持；  B. happiness n幸福；C. surprise n 吃驚，驚訝； D. thing n 事情，情況，故答案應(yīng)為D
小題5:考查動(dòng)詞詞義。 句意為：我決定，我要去做一些積極的事情以證明---。agreed vi 同意；decided vt 決定；planned vt 計(jì)劃；told vt 告訴。由句意可知應(yīng)為B。
小題6:考查代詞詞義。句意為：我要做一些積極的事情以證明給她和她的母親看。由后面的especially her mother可知，是女孩兒和也的母親，故答案應(yīng)為C。
小題7:考查形容詞的含義。句意：我要做一些積極的事情以證明周圍的人對(duì)我的看法是錯(cuò)誤的。wrong adj 錯(cuò)誤的；right adj 正確的；stupid adj愚蠢的; faulty 有缺點(diǎn)的。周圍的人總認(rèn)為我是一事無(wú)成的，所以我要證明給他們看是錯(cuò)誤的，故答案應(yīng)為A。
小題8:考查動(dòng)詞的意思。句意為：她的母親對(duì)我說過，讓我們正視這一點(diǎn)吧（別人對(duì)我的看法）也就是說去面對(duì)別人對(duì)我的這種貶低。see vt 看見；know vt 知道；face vt面對(duì)。understand vt 理解；所以答案應(yīng)為C。
小題9:考查名詞的詞義。句意為：因此我努力的去寫作上了大學(xué)。由下文的，我的第一部小說發(fā)表可知，此處為寫作。experiment n 實(shí)驗(yàn)；practice n 實(shí)踐，練習(xí)；writing n 寫作，作品；composition n 作文。故答案為C。
小題10:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)的含義。句意為：當(dāng)我還在大學(xué)的時(shí)候，我的第一部小說發(fā)表了。came on加油，快點(diǎn)；came in 進(jìn)來(lái)；came out 出版，發(fā)行；came back 回來(lái)。故答案為C。
小題11:考查名詞詞義。句意為：大學(xué)畢業(yè)之后，白天我在高中教書，晚上上了倫敦大學(xué)的夜校。由后面參加evening class可知與其相對(duì)應(yīng)的是白天的時(shí)間。day n 白天；night n 晚上； month n 月；year n 年。故答案應(yīng)為A．
小題12:考查名詞的詞義。句意為：在倫敦大學(xué)，我取得了歷史學(xué)的學(xué)位。graduation n 畢業(yè) pass n 及格，經(jīng)過；degree n 學(xué)位；success n 成功。故答案為C。
小題13:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)的含義。句意為：我在大學(xué)成了講時(shí)，同時(shí)我也正在考慮放棄這份工作去全職的寫作。giving in 屈服，讓步；giving back 歸還；giving out 分發(fā)，公布；giving up 放棄。由后面的full time去寫作可知應(yīng)是放棄這份工作。故答案應(yīng)為D。
小題14:考查連詞詞義。句意為：當(dāng)我在一所大學(xué)得到一份兼職工作的時(shí)候，我要放棄做講師的工作。while 用于兩個(gè)動(dòng)作的同時(shí)進(jìn)行；when 用于兩個(gè)動(dòng)作的先后發(fā)生；if 如果，果否；or或者，否則。故答案應(yīng)為C。
小題15:考查代詞的用法。A. shy害羞，B. proud驕傲，C. happy快樂，D. surprised驚訝，根據(jù)下文句意：這就是一個(gè)早早的離開學(xué)校的男孩子，現(xiàn)在在大學(xué)教學(xué)�？芍髡邔�(duì)自己很自豪，故答案為B。
小題16:考查動(dòng)詞的詞義。句意為：早早的離開學(xué)校，靠寫作上了大學(xué)，故此處為leave school.離校，退學(xué)。left vt 離開；attended vt參加；changed vt 改變，改換；graduated vt 畢業(yè)。故答案應(yīng)為A。
小題17:考查形容詞詞義。句意為：當(dāng)我找到自己的寫作風(fēng)格的時(shí)候，我的寫作生涯開始飛黃騰達(dá)了，現(xiàn)在我很富有也很出名了。. tired adj 累的，疲倦的；calm adj 沉著的，平靜的；nervous 緊張不安的，焦慮的.；famous adj 著名的。與rich相對(duì)的應(yīng)是famous。故答案是D。
小題18:考查連詞的詞義。句意為：現(xiàn)在我很出名，也認(rèn)識(shí)很多的電影明星，但是這又能意味著什么呢？是主人公對(duì)名利和金錢的淡薄。故答案應(yīng)為B。
小題19:考查副詞詞義。句意為：我的這些努力，只是希望讓所有那些貶低我的人說---。just adv 僅僅，只是；exactly adv 完全地，準(zhǔn)確地；so adv如此，這么；very adv 非常。故答案應(yīng)為A。
小題20:考查動(dòng)詞詞義。句意：我只是希望所有貶低我的人能夠說，我相信你，你會(huì)成功的。praised vt 稱贊，贊揚(yáng)；said vt 說，講；answered vt 回答；advised vt 建議。故答案為B。
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Once I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, on one evening, three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit alarmed, for it was laid out as a studio. In front of each easy chair there was a microphone at head height, with wires leading to a tape-recorder in the middle of the floor. I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.
I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn seriously counted from one to twenty in their best accent. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks, and for the rest of the evening there was general cheerful conversation—interrupted only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room, which unfortunately lasted some time.
Or at least that was how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one, which was turning happily away in the kitchen. The participants, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.
I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the event was over, and gave them the choice of destroying the tape. None of them wanted to—though for some years afterwards it always seemed to be my round when it came to the buying of drinks. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.
小題1:The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _______. 
A．he wanted to record the numbers for his research
B．he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working
C．he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started
D．he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record
小題2:The writer went into another room to ________.
A．get a natural recording of his friends’ conversation
B．stay away from too much drinking with his friends
C．bring a telephone into the front room
D．a(chǎn)nswer a long distance phone call
小題3:The writer turned off the tape-recorder because _______.
A．he had to answer a phone call
B．he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinks
C．he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friends
D．he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recording
小題4:Which one is true according to the passage?
A．The writer destroyed the tape.
B．The writer’s friends destroyed the tape.
C．The writer did tell his friends what had happened.
D．The writer’s friends like to drink.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

After a terrible electrical accident，which caused him to become both blind and deaf，the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family，especially his wife，did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.
One hot summer afternoon，he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet，but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree. He was trembling badly，but when he opened his eyes，he could hardly believe what he saw——a plough and a wall. When Mrs Edwards came running up to him，shouting to their neighbors to call for help，he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.
The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread，and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However，none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that，since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of sudden shock，perhaps，the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.
小題1:The reason for Robert's attempts to kill himself was that________.
A．a(chǎn) terrible traffic accident happened to him
B．he had to live in a dark and silent world
C．he was struck by the lightning once more
D．nobody in the world cared about him
小題2:What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning?
A．Sheltering for the rain under a tree.
B．Driving a car.
C．Taking a walk with a stick.
D．Lying on the ground.
小題3:What did Robert see first when he regained his sight after the shock?
A．His wife.B．His neighbours.C．A plough and a wall.D．Many doctors.
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Robert had been deaf and blind for nearly ten years.
B．Robert hid himself under the tree for 20 minutes.
C．Robert could hear his wife's shouting for help when he woke up.
D．The family's love helped Robert regain confidence to live.
小題5:We can infer from the text that________.
A．there was no accurate explanation for Robert's recovery
B．many doctors came because Robert was badly injured
C．Robert's wife sent for doctors immediately after the shock
D．a(chǎn) sudden injury in the head led to Robert's recovery

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised, so as not to appear rude, she went along.
As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, “Could you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."
They stared at him. He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. Curious, she asked, "Why salt with coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea.I could feel it salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are still there."
She was deeply moved. A man who can admit that he's homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be responsible. She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the start to their love story.
They continued to date. She found that he met all her requirements. He was tolerant, kind, warm and careful. And to think she would have missed the catch if not for the salty coffee! So they married and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said:
My dearest, please forgive my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked for salt instead of sugar. It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that we would hit it off. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would ruin everything.
Sweetheart, I don't exactly like salty coffee. But as it mattered so much to you, I've learnt to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.
小題1:Why the man asked for some salt?                
A．Because he missed his hometown and his family.
B．Because he want to catch the attention of the lady.
C．Because he was nervous.
D．Because he liked the taste of salty coffee.
小題2:What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The man liked to drink a cup of salty coffee.
B．The man was good at making a lie.
C．The man missed his family very much.
D．The man loved the lady very much.
小題3:The best title for the passage might be _____.
A．a(chǎn) life-long lieB．salty coffee
C．a(chǎn) mistake for loveD．a(chǎn) homesick man

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain’s wealthiest woman entrepreneur（企業(yè)家）, because he says he doesn’t like being rich and is ‘not in the habit’ of spending lots of money.
The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a £1.5million house in Surrey.
Li, who is now worth $1.2billion (£700million) according to Forbes, quickly settled into a life which included sipping a £900 bottle of wine on a luxurious yacht.
However, Mr Hawken says he felt more comfortable getting lunch in his local Wetherspoon’s.
Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops, and shunned dear clothes.
In an interview with The Times, he said: ‘I think it made me uncomfortable because I’m not in the habit, I don’t like spending lots of money — I’ve been brought up that way.
‘Until recently I was never a wealthy person. I’ve been moderately comfortable because I have been careful with my money.’
Now the couple have decided to part, Mr Hawken will walk away with just £1million, but says it will be enough for him.
He added: ‘I have got a settlement which is not great, but it’s enough for me because I don’t have an extravagant lifestyle. I won’t have to work if I’m careful.’
On a recent trip to China, Mr Hawken said his wife took him on a yacht and treated him to a £900 bottle of wine, but he prefers his local Wetherspoon pub.
‘I’m getting a little pay when you consider her potential wealth, but I don’t really want to fight it.’
Mr Hawken met Li on a blind date while he was still a teacher and she was studying English.
The couple married, but as Li’s business took off the couple spent more and more time apart. Mr Hawken says the couple have spent most of the relationship apart.
Far from driving them apart, Mr Hawken believes the distance kept them together, and says they would have divorced a long time ago if they were under the same roof.
Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner, but he didn’t push for it over fears it would affect the couple’s teenage son William, now 17.
Mr Hawken no longer teaches full-time, but instead gives free tuition to under-privileged children. 
小題1:Tony Hawken is divorcing his wife Xiu Li because________.
A．he doesn’t affect his son.
B．they spent less and less time together.
C．he is no longer a teacher.
D．he isn’t used to spending a lot of money.
小題2:what does the underlined word “shunned”mean in the fourth paragraph？
A．enjoyB．preferC．a(chǎn)voidD．expect
小題3:From the passage， we inferred that ________.
A．Tony Hawken gave up teaching, because of his sudden wealth.
B．Tony Hawken wanted to divorce sooner.
C．Tony Hawken lived a rich life.
D．Tony Hawken didn’t care about his son.
小題4:From the passage，we know that Xiu Li________.
A．doesn’t like Mr Hawken.
B．is richest woman in China.
C．is wealthiest woman entrepreneur in Britain.
D．is studying English now.
小題5:which of the following statements is true according to the passage？
A．Mr Hawken wants to get a lot of money by divorcing
B．When Mr Hawken dated Xiu Li，she was an English teacher.
C．Mr Hawken believes it was the distance that kept them apart.
D．As many passed, Mr Hawken still kept his own lifestyle.

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