Moving can bring out the best and the worst in people, I’m finding. And I’ve discovered where a very generous spirit lives: Defiance, Ohio.
After suffering through many months of unemployment, my wife and I had to move this week from Colorado to Ohio, where she would work as a sales assistant. Not knowing a person there, we were pretty concerned about all the work, including how we’d get all the things unloaded without killing ourselves.
We decided to pay a couple of college students to help with all the heavy lifting once we got there. But one neighbor after another stopped by and joined in. “What? Have we moved to some other country? Maybe we’ve died and gone to heaven!” I thought.
Unloading actually became fun as we connected with so many wonderful new friends as we worked. The more people that helped, the easier the work became. A job we were afraid might take days for the two of us alone was done in just a few hours. Many total strangers would either walk by or drive by to ask us if we were moving in. Many were delighted that this fine old house that had sat empty for so long was coming to life again. We were invited to an outdoor meal yesterday by neighbors on the same street.
All the while, my brain was on this new sense of hope that people could be outgoing and kind to strangers. Among all the conversations were lots of offers to be of help to one another in a variety of ways. It’s wonderful to live in such a kind little town. I feel so grateful to be here, and wish the rest of the world could see how an entire society can be a model for what it’s like to look out for one another. I used to stay away from friendships with strangers, but now I live in Defiance!
小題1:The author and his wife moved to Defiance because ________.
A．they thought moving often brought out the best
B．a(chǎn) couple of students had promised to help them
C．they liked this little town
D．his wife had found a job
小題2:When offered help, the author at first felt________.
A．grateful B．surprised C．embarrassed D．excited
小題3:The neighbors did all of the following EXCEPT________.
A．help them unload B．invite them to a dinner
C．offer to drive them around D．welcome their coming
小題4:What can we know about the author’s past life?
A．He hated to live in a little town.
B．He liked to make friends with strangers.
C．He usually offered some help to others.
D．He refused to make friends with strangers.
小題5:The author mainly wants to tell us ________.
A．we don’t know what is good until we have lost it
B．kindness is the sunshine of social life
C．where there is a will, there is a way
D．there is no place like home

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：文章講述了作者及妻子因?yàn)楣ぷ鲉栴}而搬到一個新的小鎮(zhèn)，得到左鄰右舍的熱情幫助。作者通過這個故事告訴讀者：友愛就像生活中的陽光一樣，給人們帶去溫暖和希望。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段After suffering through many months of unemployment，my wife and I had to move this week from Colorado to Ohio，where she would work as a sales assistant.可知作者的妻子找到了新的工作，所以搬家D 項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段What？Have we moved to some other country？Maybe we’ve died and gone to heaven！可知，得到鄰居的熱情幫助時，作者很吃驚。選B
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第四段Unloading actually became fun as we connected with so many wonderful new friends as we worked.提到A；We were invited to an outdoor meal last night by neighbors on the same street.提到B；Many total strangers would either walk by or drive by to ask us if we were moving in.提到 D。C 項(xiàng)沒有提到。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段I used to stay away from friendships with strangers，but now I live in Defiance！可知作者過去拒絕和陌生人交朋友，D 項(xiàng)正確。
小題5:作者意圖題。通讀全文，特別是最后一段可知，作者通過這個故事告訴讀者：友愛就像生活中的陽光一樣，給人們帶去溫暖和希望。選B
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I have been very lucky to have won the Nobel Prize twice. It is, of course, very exciting to have such an important recognition of my work, but the real pleasure was in the work itself. Scientific research is like an exploration of a voyage of discovery. You are continually trying out new things that have not been done before. Many of them will lead nowhere and you have to try something different, but sometimes an experiment does work and tells you something new and that is really exciting. However small the new finding may be, it is great to think “ I am the only person who knows this” and then you will have the fun of thinking what this finding will lead to and deciding what will be the next experiment. One of the best things about scientific research is that you are always doing something different and it is never boring. There are good times when things go well and bad times when they don’t. Some people get discouraged at the difficult times but when I have a failure, my policy has always been not to worry but to start planning the next experiment, which is always fun.
It is very exciting to make a new discovery. Some people will do the strangest things for this excitement, such as going round the world in a balloon or walking to the North Pole. There are not many new places to explore but there is a lot of new information to be discovered in science and a journey into this unknown area can be much more worthwhile and just as exciting.
I am sometimes asked, “What do you have to do to win a Nobel Prize?” My answer is: “I don’t know. I have never tried.” But I know of one way not to win one. There are some people whose main reason for doing science is to win prizes and they are always thinking about how to do it. Such people don’t succeed. To do good science you must be interested in it and enjoy doing experiments and thinking out problems. And, of course, you must be prepared to work hard and not to be too discouraged by failure.
小題1:In the writer’s eyes his greatest pleasure in all his lifetime is _______.
A．to win the Nobel Prize for the first time
B．to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the second time.
C．in the work itself
D．to have a much more important recognition of his work.
小題2:Why did the writer think scientific research to be one of the best things?
A．You will be able to win the Nobel Prize through the scientific research
B．You can make as much money as possible by doing the scientific research.
C．You may continue doing with something different and exciting, so you can never be tired of doing the scientific research.
D．You can get much more chances of promotion by making the scientific research.
小題3:What would the writer do when he had a failure?
A．He would forget this failure and start the next experiment.
B．He used to be worried about it for several days and never forget it.
C．He always gave up his study as the result of the failure.
D．He used to think out the reasons and then continue to do it again.
小題4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．The writer could still keep calm when he heard the news that he had won the Nobel Prize.
B．The writer always gave up his courage when he met with some difficulties in the course of his scientific research.
C．In the field of science there are still many new things which need to be studied further.
D．There are still many exciting places to explore in the world.

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