It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a
chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
小題1:From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________.
A．changed a lot in the pastB．had only a couple of tables
C．started its business 70 years ago.D．had only women shoppers.
小題2:What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?
A．miserable life
B．wonderful experience
C．long career
D．time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)
小題3: The writer implies all of the following except that _________.
A．the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life
B．the writer had more problems than the old lady
C．the old lady was very lonely and sad
D．the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life
小題4: Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?
A．She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer.
B．She considered the young man pitiable.
C．She was to be pitied for her old age.
D．People should not be allowed to live when they are too old.
小題5:Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A．To tell us the life of old people
B．To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit.
C．To show the difference between the old and the young.
D．To make the reader have a pity on the old people.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:B

試題分析：文章大意是作者見到一個佝僂著背的老人，一開始對她充滿了同情，認為她活在世上是不快樂的。但后來經(jīng)過觀察，作者發(fā)現(xiàn)老人其實比自己好過得有滋有味，年老并不意味著不幸。
小題1: C.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段第二句話They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years...說明這家店有七十年歷史了。
小題2:D語義題。前句作者說可憐的人，她在生活中還能得到什么呢？充滿了對老人是同情，所以接下來作者說上帝為什么讓人經(jīng)過那么長悲慘的生活呢？miserable悲慘的。
小題3: C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段，the two of them were trembling with laughter.說明C是錯誤的。再根據(jù)She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings.說明老人生活得很美滿。A是正確的。根據(jù)整個第五段的描述，可以推斷B、D是正確的。
小題4: A細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一句話that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
小題5: B主旨大意題。全文拿老人和作者比較，一個年輕，一個年老，但年輕的生活不怎么樣，年老的卻過得有滋有味。就是要表明年老并不意味著缺乏生活的精神。
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A．send a small boy to a boarding school
B．care too much about a student’s grades
C．pay no attention to the power of caring
D．miss the chance to say thanks to our fathers

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

完形填空（共15小題；每小題1分, 滿分15分）
Wings of Angel
I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not   37 . I had a severe spinal cord disorder (脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much   38  than others.
I hated going to school and I hated people   39  at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing straight and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the   40  and seeing an ugly hunchback (駝背).
My friends found me distant because I didn’t let others get   41  to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life   42  Angela appeared.
That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school — a spot where no one would   43  me. That’s when I first heard her voice.
“Hi. Can I sit down?”
I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.
“What are you looking at?” she asked.
“Ants.”
“What are they doing?”
“No idea.”
“I bet they’re playing games and making friends. Don’t you think so?”
That was how our   44  started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my situation — until it was sunset.
Then suddenly, she saw my   45 . She just stared.
My heart sank. What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would  46  me now.
She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know   47  your back is hunched.”
I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be sentenced(審判). I begged in my heart for
her to   48  , but she just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”
“No,” I answered weakly.
She bent and   49  my ears.
“Your back is hunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”  
I was    50   .I looked into her eyes and her kindness touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to   51   myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind-hearted friend.
小題1:
A．themB．itC．myselfD．me
小題2:
A．shorterB．tallerC．weakerD．slower
小題3:
A．lookingB．smilingC．a(chǎn)imingD．glaring
小題4:
A．streetB．sunC．mirrorD．corner
小題5:
A．closelyB．closeC．nearD．nearly
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．whileC．untilD．unless
小題7:
A．disturbB．seekC．comfortD．ignore
小題8:
A．games B．performanceC．conversation D．competition
小題9:
A．faceB．backC．eyesD．wings
小題10:
A．look up toB．catch up withC．look down uponD．put up with
小題11:
A．that B．whyC．whetherD．how
小題12:
A．relax B．stop C．leave D．forbid
小題13:
A．saidB．spokeC．whisperedD．shouted
小題14:
A．worriedB．a(chǎn)stonishedC．a(chǎn)shamedD．upset
小題15:
A．controlB．hate C．forgiveD．like

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