When was the last time someone unexpectedly did something nice for you ? Not someone you knew, but a total stranger? It’s happened to me a few times, but two instances really stand out.
A few years ago, I was dining in a restaurant with a friend who kept talking about himself, completely not aware of the fact that I was sitting there in misery. It wasn’t my friend’s talks that made me suffer. I was recovering from a broken heart, and just sitting down to dinner reminded me of my last relationship. I could have burst into tears right there at the table.
When we picked up the check, the waitress said, “ Your meal was already paid for .” My friend and I didn’t have a clue how it happened. Then I remembered a man I saw out of the corner of my eye. He was dressed in mostly white, sat down at the bar, had a beer, and stayed for maybe ten minutes. The waitress said, “Yes, the gentleman in white paid for you .” It felt like an angel was saying “I see you, honey. It’s going to be okay.”
Just last year, I was running a half-marathon. With just 1 mile to go, I was out of gas. Runners call it “hitting the wall”. I thought I couldn’t move another inch. Out of nowhere, a stranger came up to me and said, “What’s your name, sweetie? Jennifer? Okay, Jennifer, let’s go! Come on! It’s just around the corner! You can do it!” And he ran with me until I picked up my pace. I found him at the finish line to thank him for the encouragement only to learn he wasn’t even supposed to be in the race that day.
I still shake my head when I think of these momentary angels that came to me at my point of need. Do you have any experiences like these?
小題1:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．The kindness of strangers.B．Valuable friendship .
C．Two special experiences .D．Helping others is worthwhile
小題2:Why did the author suffer when dining out with a friend?
A．Because she didn’t like the dishes.
B．Because she quarreled with her friend
C．Because her friend only talked about himself.
D．Because she was sad for her last relationship.
小題3:The underlined expression in the passage means “______”.
A．being hurt by the wallB．winning the game
C．taking a deep breathD．running out of energy

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:D

試題分析：文章大意：作者通過她在飯店吃飯時(shí)的一次經(jīng)歷及跑馬拉松的一次經(jīng)歷，告訴我們，陌生人對(duì)她的幫助和鼓勵(lì)，能驅(qū)散她心中的陰霾，令她精神振奮。在她需要幫助的時(shí)候，陌生人對(duì)她伸出了援手，這令她感覺那些陌生人就是天使。
小題1:主旨大意題。文章的開頭以兩個(gè)問句來開啟讀者的思維，同時(shí)告知讀者，她下文將要談的內(nèi)容，是她所經(jīng)歷的兩件事，兩件陌生人給她以幫助和鼓勵(lì)的事例。這兩個(gè)事例是作者用來佐證她兩個(gè)問句中想要表達(dá)的內(nèi)容的，即陌生人出乎意料地為你做了善事。由此可知答案選A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段“I was recovering from a broken heart, and just sitting down to dinner reminded me of my last relationship.”從broken heart 破碎的心；my last relationship可以猜到她的上一段感情結(jié)束了，她很傷心。
小題3:詞義猜測(cè)題。從前面一句：I was out of gas.及后面一句：I thought I couldn’t move another inch.可以推知。作者當(dāng)時(shí)是跑馬拉松的，她說她out of gas應(yīng)該是指她如同一輛汽車沒油了，而后面一句說她一步也跑不動(dòng)了，可以確認(rèn)此處是說她沒有精力再跑下去了。因此選D。
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A．teacherB．officerC．doctorD．boss
小題2:
A．orderedB．a(chǎn)cquiredC．watchedD．prepared
小題3:
A．nothingB．somethingC．a(chǎn)nythingD．everything
小題4:
A．workerB．playerC．waiterD．student
小題5:
A．costB．earnedC．savedD．spent
小題6:
A．provedB．chargedC．namedD．called
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．soC．orD．but
小題8:
A．jokingB．quarrelingC．bargainingD．talking
小題9:
A．toB．forC．byD．on
小題10:
A．negativeB．confidentC．a(chǎn)fraidD．curious
小題11:
A．mendedB．paintedC．coveredD．designed
小題12:
A．secretB．problemC．puzzleD．game
小題13:
A．cut outB．cut offC．cut upD．cut in
小題14:
A．workedB．studiedC．playedD．shared
小題15:
A．tookB．madeC．drewD．imagined
小題16:
A．picturesB．desksC．windowsD．books
小題17:
A．brought outB．brought upC．brought inD．brought down
小題18:
A．chancesB．jobsC．itemsD．gifts
小題19:
A．uniqueB．challengingC．genuineD．excellent
小題20:
A．behindB．forwardC．a(chǎn)headD．upside

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


Brief  Introduction

Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941)
(Adeline) Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Reading （A litter writen by her）
My dear，
'Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer.
I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been
　　　　　　                      ...........................from the last letter of virginia woolf　
Background  of  litter
During this period, Virginia Woolf wrote his masterpiece, it can be said that this period of her creation of the harvest season. But this does not relieve her illness, her symptoms of schizophrenia is more and more serious, especially in the second world wars, the German Air Force bombing the UK for some time. Wolf created a printing factory was destroyed, then he lived in London for the villa was blown out. These two events left not resolve the shadow in the heart of Woolf, shorten（縮短） her embrace death. In March 28, 1941, she came to the ouse River, in the clothing pocket filled with stones, step by step toward the middle of the river walk, over his short life, has left us with a large number of magnificent; ornate; fascinating（美輪美奐的） works of art.
小題1:According to the first paragraph we can infer that            
A．During the interwar period，virginia woolf was important for London people.
B．She has been living for 55 years
C．Her first the novels Mrs Dalloway in 1925
D．She regarded as one of the foremost romanticism literary figures of the twentieth century
小題2:What is form of The main body？
A．Letter of resignationB．Letter of condolence
C．Letter of suicideD．Letters of apologies
小題3:Where can we see this article？
A．newspaperB．testbookC．German LiteratureD．television
小題4:According to the reading, which of the following is not the reason of her Dutch act（自殺）？
A．She can't go on spoiling your life any longer.
B．She feels certain she is going mad again.
C．She cannot bear her husband's interference.
D．The approach of war makes her psychological problems aggravated.
小題5:What can we know about virginia woolf’s character？
A．OptimisticB．ComplexC．OrdinaryD．Lonely

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