科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學(xué)年浙江省溫州市十校聯(lián)合體高三期中聯(lián)考英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
I try not to be biased(偏見)but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social worker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat, with the smooth facial features and thick-togued speech of Down’s Syndrome(唐氏綜合癥). I thought most of my customers would be uncomfortable around Stevie, so I closely watched him for the first few weeks.
I shouldn’t have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his stubby little finger, and within a month my regular trucker customers had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot. After that, I really didn't care what the rest of the customers thought of him. He was like a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread crumb or coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table. Our only problem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished.
Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.
That's why the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a heart surgery. His social worker said that people with Downs Syndrome often had heart problems at an early age and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.
A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in recovery, and doing fine. Frannie, my head waitress, did a little dance when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at her and asked, “Okay, Frannie, what was that all about?”
"We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay."
"I was wondering where he was. I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?"
Frannie quickly told Belle Ringer and the other two drivers sitting at his booth about Stevie's surgery, then sighed: "Yeah, I'm glad he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don't know how he and his Mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, they're barely getting by as it is."
Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables.
After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in her hand.
"What's up?" I asked.
“I cleared off that table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting after they left, and I found this. This was folded and tucked under a coffee cup."
She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed "Something For Stevie".
That was three months ago. Today is New Year’s day , the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His placement worker said he had been counting the days until the doctor said he could work, I arranged to have his mother bring him to work, met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back. I took him and his mother by their arms. “To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you and your mother is on me.”
I led them toward a large corner booth. I could feel and hear truck customers and the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. We stopped in front of the big table. Its surface was covered with coffee cups and dinner plates, all sitting slightly on dozens of folded paper napkins.
"First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up this mess," I said.
Stevie looked at me, and then pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at all the napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed on it.
I turned to his mother. “There's more than $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving!”
While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table.
【小題1】Why did the author have doubts about hiring Stevie?
A.Stevie was not that reliable. | B.Stevie was mentally disabled |
C.Stevie was too short and fat. | D.Stevie was bad-tempered |
A.That he made customers uncomfortable. | B.That he couldn’t pay attention to his duties. |
C.That he often spilled cups of coffee. | D.That he usually cleaned the table too early. |
A.could help Stevie out of the trouble | B.could send Stevie to a group home |
C.couldn’t thoroughly solve Stevie’s problem | D.could make a great difference to Stevie’s life |
A.Stevie could pick up the money that was given to him. |
B.The table was so dirty that it needed cleaning. |
C.It was Stevie’s duty to clean the table. |
D.She wanted to congratulate Stevie on his coming back. |
A.His special appearance. | B.His hard work and optimism. |
C.His funny speeches and actions. | D.His kind-hearted behaviour. |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012屆陜西省長安一中高三開學(xué)第一次考試英語試卷 題型:填空題
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加:在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線( ),并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意:1.每處錯誤及修改均僅限一詞;
2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。
Last weekend I went to the Summer Palace as usually. At about noon, I was enjoying my reading near a lake while suddenly I hear someone crying for help. I went up to see what was happening. I was shocking to find a little child struggling in the water in the distance while many peoples were standing by without doing anything. Without any hesitation, I had pushed through the crowd as I took off my coat, but jumped into the water quickly. I managed to reach him and carried him back to safety. To his great relief, the kid was saved.
I was proud what I had done. I hope everyone can give hand when someone else is in need.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆遼寧省盤錦市第二高級中學(xué)高三9月期初考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:填空題
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(﹨)劃掉。
修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意:1、每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞。
2. 只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。
Last Saturday I went to the library as usually. At about noon, I was enjoying my reading near a lake while suddenly I hear someone crying for help. I went up to see what was happened I was shocking to find a little child struggling in the water in the distance while many peoples were standing by without doing anything. Without any hesitation, I had pushed through the crowd as I took off my coat, but jumped into the water quickly. I managed to reach him and carried him back to safety. To his great relief, the kid was saved.
I was proud what I had done. I hope everyone can give a hand when someone else is in need.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆浙江省高考模擬沖刺(提優(yōu))測試一英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:填空題
下面短文中有10處語言錯誤。請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。
增加:在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧),并在其下面寫上該加的詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改:在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。
注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞。2.只允許修改10處,多者(從第11除起)不計分。
This morning I was riding a bicycle on my way to school while suddenly a shower of heavy rain began to pour down. The wind is blowing hard and the road became very slippery. Just then I saw an elderly woman walking with difficult in the street. She was on her way back to home after shopping, carried a large basket full of vegetables. Suddenly she fell down in the mud. And she was very worn out that she couldn’t get up. Seeing this, I immediate rode over to her and tried my best to support her up. Then I helped picking up the vegetables, and put them into her baskets. After that, I took off my raincoat, put on her and took her home.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2015屆四川成都南片區(qū)六校聯(lián)考高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
This is a true story of how my car got stuck in water and how a stranger helped me during the worst rain storm.
Last Sunday, the sky was grey when I woke up. The weather report said rain was coming, but I couldn’t stay home just because of rain.
Around 8:00 am I had a doctor’s appointment. It wasn’t raining then. At 9:00 I left the doctor’s office to drive to work, and it was raining hard. I just had to go about 5-6 miles down one main road to get to a nearby school, where I could stay until the rain ended. Unfortunately, the road in front of the school was flooded, and my car stopped in the middle.
“Who is going to save me?” I wondered. I shut off the engine and turned on my flashers (車燈). I called 911. They were not helpful. I called my husband, even though he couldn’t come and help me. I was also very close to a police station. But I never saw even one police car. I decided to get out of the car, since it was still pouring.
My best decision of the day had been to wear rain boots. I took my umbrella and quickly got out and ran across the street to a shelter.
Before long, a tow truck(拖車) happened to pass by the street. The driver kindly offered to help me. At that moment, I really needed car pulled out quickly, so I trusted the stranger. He pulled my car and drove me home. After he had dropped my car off, he also helped me check the engine. He said the engine was most likely flooded, but fortunately there was no water inside the car.
Although many years have passed, I still remember that stormy day and the warm-hearted stranger clearly.
1.How was the weather when the author got up?
A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Windy. D. Sunny.
2.Which of the following is the correct order about the things that the author did?
① Drove to work. ② Drove to the doctor’s office.
③ Ran to a shelter. ④ Called 911 for help.
A. ②①④③ B. ②③①④ C. ①②④③ D. ①③②④
3.What did the author do after her car had got stuck in the water?
A. She turned off her flashers.
B. She tried to restart the engine.
C. She went to the police station nearby.
D. She got out of her car.
4.How did the stranger help the author?
A. He lent his car to her.
B. He pulled her car out of the water.
C. He drove her to school.
D. He helped her fix her engine.
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