Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete's grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete's. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop. Pete himself stood behind the counter. His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. “Please,” she began, “would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?” Pete took the string of blue beads from the window. The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see.
“They are just right,” said the child as though she were alone with the beads. “Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? I've been looking for a really wonderful Christmas present for my sister.”
“How much money do you have?” asked Pete.
She put a handful of pennies on the counter. “This is all I have,” she explained simply. “I've been saving the money for my sister's present.”
Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful. Then he carefully closed his hand over the price mark on the necklace so that she could not see it. How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound.
“Just a minute,” he said and went to the back of the shop. “What's your name?” he called out. He was very busy about something.
“Jean Grace,” answered the child.
When Pete returned to the front of the shop, he held a package in his hand. It was wrapped in pretty Christmas paper.
“There you are,” he said. “Don't lose it on the way home.”
She smiled happily at him as she ran out of the door. Through the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.
Something about Jean Grace and her string of beads had made him feel once more the pain of his old grief. The child's hair was as yellow as the sunlight; her eyes were as blue as the sea. Once upon a time, Pete had loved a girl with hair of that same yellow and with eyes just as blue. And the necklace of blue stones had been meant for her.
But one rainy night, a car had gone off the road and struck the girl. After she died, Pete felt that he had nothing left in the world except his grief. The blue eyes of Jean Grace brought him out of that world of self-pity and made him remember again all that he had lost. The pain of remembering was so great that Pete wanted to run away from the happy Christmas shoppers who came to look at his beautiful old things during the next ten days.
When the last shopper had gone, late on Christmas Eve, the door opened and a young woman came in. Pete could not understand it, but he felt that he had seen her before. Her hair was sunlight yellow and her eyes were sea-blue. Without speaking, she put on the counter a package wrapped in pretty Christmas paper. When Pete opened the package, the string of blue beads lay again before him.
“Did this come from your shop?” she asked.
Pete looked at her with eyes no longer cold. “Yes, it did,” he said.
“Are the stones real?”
“Yes. They aren't the best turquoise(绿松石), but they are real.”
“Can you remember to whom you sold them?”
“She was a small girl. Her name was Jean. She wanted them for her sister's Christmas present.”
“How much were they?”
“I can't tell you that,” he said. “The seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays.”
“But Jean has never had more than a few pennies. How could she pay for them?”
“She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” he said.
For a moment there was no sound in the little shop. Then somewhere in the city, church bells began to ring. It was midnight and the beginning of another Christmas Day.
“But why did you do it?” the girl asked.
Pete put the package into her hands.
“There is no one else to whom I can give a Christmas present,” he said. “It is already Christmas morning. Will you let me take you to your home? I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas at your door.”
And so, to the sound of many bells, Pete Richards and a girl whose name he had not yet learned walked out into the hope and happiness of a new Christmas Day.
1.When Pete saw Jean Grace, he was ______.
A. very enthusiastic, hoping for some business to be done
B. cold but he still served the young customer
C. cold, unwilling to serve the young customer
D. very warm to the young customer though he did not want to sell anything to her
2.Pete did not say the price of the necklace because ______.
A. the seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays
B. he priced the necklace too high
C. he knew it would disappoint the girl
D. he didn't want to sell the necklace
3.The eyes of Jean Grace brought Pete out of his world of self-pity and he ______.
A. tried to forget the memory of his sweetheart
B. began to look at the world optimistically
C. remembered his lost love
D. no longer felt the pain in him
4.A young woman came into the shop because ______.
A. she was afraid that there might be some mistake
B. she thought that the stones she had bought were not real
C. she was not sure if she could get more stones like those
D. she did not like what she had once bought
5.By saying “She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” Pete meant that Jean Grace________.
A. gave the most money for the necklace
B. gave all she had with her for the necklace
C. appreciated the value of the necklace
D. wanted to have the best thing in the shop
6. At the end of the story we see that Pete _____.
A. found another girl that he could trust
B. met someone who truly loved him
C. found a place to go at last
D. regained his ability to love
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete's grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete's. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop. Pete himself stood behind the counter. His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. “Please,” she began, “would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?” Pete took the string of blue beads from the window. The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see.
“They are just right,” said the child as though she were alone with the beads. “Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? I've been looking for a really wonderful Christmas present for my sister.”
“How much money do you have?” asked Pete.
She put a handful of pennies on the counter. “This is all I have,” she explained simply. “I've been saving the money for my sister's present.”
Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful. Then he carefully closed his hand over the price mark on the necklace so that she could not see it. How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound.
“Just a minute,” he said and went to the back of the shop. “What's your name?” he called out. He was very busy about something.
“Jean Grace,” answered the child.
When Pete returned to the front of the shop, he held a package in his hand. It was wrapped in pretty Christmas paper.
“There you are,” he said. “Don't lose it on the way home.”
She smiled happily at him as she ran out of the door. Through the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.
Something about Jean Grace and her string of beads had made him feel once more the pain of his old grief. The child's hair was as yellow as the sunlight; her eyes were as blue as the sea. Once upon a time, Pete had loved a girl with hair of that same yellow and with eyes just as blue. And the necklace of blue stones had been meant for her.
But one rainy night, a car had gone off the road and struck the girl. After she died, Pete felt that he had nothing left in the world except his grief. The blue eyes of Jean Grace brought him out of that world of self-pity and made him remember again all that he had lost. The pain of remembering was so great that Pete wanted to run away from the happy Christmas shoppers who came to look at his beautiful old things during the next ten days.
When the last shopper had gone, late on Christmas Eve, the door opened and a young woman came in. Pete could not understand it, but he felt that he had seen her before. Her hair was sunlight yellow and her eyes were sea-blue. Without speaking, she put on the counter a package wrapped in pretty Christmas paper. When Pete opened the package, the string of blue beads lay again before him.
“Did this come from your shop?” she asked.
Pete looked at her with eyes no longer cold. “Yes, it did,” he said.
“Are the stones real?”
“Yes. They aren't the best turquoise(绿松石), but they are real.”
“Can you remember to whom you sold them?”
“She was a small girl. Her name was Jean. She wanted them for her sister's Christmas present.”
“How much were they?”
“I can't tell you that,” he said. “The seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays.”
“But Jean has never had more than a few pennies. How could she pay for them?”
“She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” he said.
For a moment there was no sound in the little shop. Then somewhere in the city, church bells began to ring. It was midnight and the beginning of another Christmas Day.
“But why did you do it?” the girl asked.
Pete put the package into her hands.
“There is no one else to whom I can give a Christmas present,” he said. “It is already Christmas morning. Will you let me take you to your home? I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas at your door.”
And so, to the sound of many bells, Pete Richards and a girl whose name he had not yet learned walked out into the hope and happiness of a new Christmas Day.
1.When Pete saw Jean Grace, he was ______.
A. very enthusiastic, hoping for some business to be done
B. cold but he still served the young customer
C. cold, unwilling to serve the young customer
D. very warm to the young customer though he did not want to sell anything to her
2.Pete did not say the price of the necklace because ______.
A. the seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays
B. he priced the necklace too high
C. he knew it would disappoint the girl
D. he didn't want to sell the necklace
3.The eyes of Jean Grace brought Pete out of his world of self-pity and he ______.
A. tried to forget the memory of his sweetheart
B. began to look at the world optimistically
C. remembered his lost love
D. no longer felt the pain in him
4.A young woman came into the shop because ______.
A. she was afraid that there might be some mistake
B. she thought that the stones she had bought were not real
C. she was not sure if she could get more stones like those
D. she did not like what she had once bought
5.By saying “She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” Pete meant that Jean Grace________.
A. gave the most money for the necklace
B. gave all she had with her for the necklace
C. appreciated the value of the necklace
D. wanted to have the best thing in the shop
6. At the end of the story we see that Pete _____.
A. found another girl that he could trust
B. met someone who truly loved him
C. found a place to go at last
D. regained his ability to love
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered.and they all admired his heart for it was 41 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 42 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 43 . It was full of scars, it had places 44 pieces had been removed and other pieces 45 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 46 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 47 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 48 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 49 represents a person 50 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 51 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 52 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 53 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 54 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 55 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 56 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 57 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 58 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 59 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 60 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
1.A.ugly B.perfect C.beautiful D.hurt
2.A.mine B.his C.theirs D.ours
3.A.coat B.appearance C.face D.heart
4.A.that B.which C.where D.whose
5.A.cut B.set C.put D.brought
6.A.smooth B.rough C.broken D.pretty
7.A.Comparing B.Compared C.Compare D.Compares
8.A.looks B.seems C.is D.fits
9.A.one B.heart C.piece D.scar
10.A.on whom B.in whom C.with whom D.to whom
11.A.take B.give C.lend D.pass
12.A.empty B.full C.original D.first
13.A.had B.gave C.shared D.owned
14.A.in B.away C.off D.up
15.A.lot B.sheet C.piece D.pile
16.A.making B.taking C.keeping D.bringing
17.A.keep B.cut C.come D.stay
18.A.carried away B.reached into C.took out D.brought up
19.A.offered B.took C.passed D.served
20.A.fit B.hit C.beat D.set
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One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a 1man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he looked very 2indeed. But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to3 , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said “good day” to him, he would clear his throat and 4 : “Goood dayyy to youuuuuu..... toooooo!”
Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a normal 5 word out of him. As no one knew how he made his living — he lived quite6 , always wearing the same old second-hand suit — they often had no ___7__for him and sometimes even made fun of him.
William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when one day a rumor (谣言) spread that William had received a role in a very important 8in the nation’s capital, that there had been posters everywhere advertising the event, and that it had been a great9. And to everyone’s surprise, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking with good10, and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day on, William gave up11at all hours. Now he sang only during his stage appearances. People wouldn’t have thought him 12if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large13, with a hand-carved message on it.
The message said, “Practice every second, for you never know when your 14 will come.” Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the 15 had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.
1. A. tall B. sensitive C. handsome D. strange
2. A. common B. concerned C. wealthy D. confident
3. A. appear B. practice C. communicate D. debate
4. A. whisper B. respond C. repeat D. tease
5. A. advised B. printed C. written D. spoken
6. A. simply B. naturally C. calmly D. fortunately
7. A. mercy B. respect C. trust D. money
8. A. concert B. documentary C. opera D. film
9. A. experience B. benefit C. discovery D. success
10. A. movements B. manners C. efforts D. signs
11. A. pretendingB. recording C. singing D. wandering
12. A. mad B. skillful C. artificial D. desperate
13. A. knife B. stone C. medal D. diamond
14. A. solution B. inspiration C. performance D. chance
15. A. neighbor B. visitor C. director D. Teacher
高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 36 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 37 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 38 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main 44 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he 45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was a doctor in California. He 48 that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he 49 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 54 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
1.A. brother B. teacher C. friend D. neighbour
2.A. happened B. managed C. tried D. wanted
3.A. expecting B. lying C. talking D. joking
4.A. funny B. serious C. careful D. disappointed
5.A. find B. think C. realize D. see
6.A. indeed B. actually C. exactly D. instead
7.A. famous B. interesting C. big D. noisy
8.A. began B. stopped C. refused D. failed
9.A. problem B. choice C. interest D. work
10.A. just B. ever C. even D. surely
11.A. suit B. habit C. river D. pools
12.A. people B. players C strangers D. friends
13.A. advised B. admitted C. argued D. announced
14.A. recognized B. realized C. visited D. found
15.A. how B. whether C. where D. when
16.A. if B. because C. then D. though
17.A. doctor B. friend C. neighbour D. player
18.A.visited B. hired C. designed D. sold
19.A. smiled B. laughed C. cried D.nodded
20.A. chance B. pleasure C. turn D. time
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-boat in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn’t too strong for the two-hour . I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost of her, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbor. A dozen passengers were their way there. I was about to join them --- when a man’s face at the light-house window.
This was strange, because the light-house had been empty, unused and for thirty years. It was stranger still --- because I’d seen that before. I couldn’t place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and across. “I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”
I him to open his if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass motionless (静止). Seeing him more clearly now, I knew he was not looking at me. He seemed to be looking upwards, the clouds. How well I’d known that face, sometime, somewhere!
I again. “We met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950s? I used to live in Plaka.”
He didn’t reply nor give any that he’d heard. I went back further, to I was in the navy. “Perhaps we met at sea during the war,” and that thought at once him to mind. Commander Leftis! He was Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I’d saved his life once. But surely he …
The motor-boat her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling . Laughing, I called, “Now I’ve missed her, and it’s your , Commander!”
As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. minute it was there. Looking up, I could see the whites of the eyes. The minute it was gone.
Well, I didn’t rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or 1964. But there’s one other thing I ought to tell you: the motor-boat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.
1.A. reached B. arrived C. went D. came
2.A. voyage B. crossing C. travel D. boating
3.A. sight B. way C. patience D. chances
4.A. searching B. finding C. making D. hurrying
5.A. placed B. existed C. occurred D. appeared
6.A. locked B. opened C. rebuilt D. chained
7.A. man B. face C. window D. light-house
8.A. jumped B. ran C. shouted D. screamed
9.A. expected B. hoped C. believed D. asked
10.A. became B. remained C. seemed D. grew
11.A. through B. after C. for D. at
12.A. persuaded B. repeated C. tried D. continued
13.A. suggestion B. answer C. sign D. action
14.A. when B. which C. where D. how
15.A. kept B. brought C. caused D. changed
16.A. beat B. rang C. turned on D. put on
17.A. up B. down C. in D. out
18.A. problem B. question C. duty D. fault
19.A. Each B. Every C. One D. Some
20.A. next B. rest C. other D. last
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One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a_______ guy with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he looked very _______indeed. But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to_______ he did it by singing opera. It didn’t matter to William whether it was simply a matter of answering a brief greeting, like “good day”. He would ________“Goood dayyy to youuuuuu..... toooooo!”
No one could get a normal,________word out of him. And, as no one knew how he made his living and he lived quite simply, always wearing the same old second-hand suit — they often ________ him.
They _______his singing, calling him “crazy”. William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, a rumor(谣言) _________round the town: William had ________ a role in a very important opera in the nation’s capital, and there were posters everywhere ________ the event was a great ________. And to everyone’s surprise in Cheekyville---when William was being _______by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking ________singing. And he did it with good____________ and with a clear and pleasant voice.
From that day, William gave up singing _________. Now he did only during his stage appearances and world tours. Some people suspected ________he had changed, but others still had no idea, and continued believing him to be somewhat mad. They wouldn’t have thought so_________ they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone with a hand-carved message on it. It said “Practice every second, for you never know when your _______will come.”
Little did people know that rather _______he got the role in the opera because the________had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.
1.A. strange B. handsome C. funny D. sensitive
2.A. strong B. special C. common D. anxious
3.A. debate B. practice C. sing D. communicate
4.A. shout B. respond C. repeat D. tease
5.A. singing B. spoken C. written D. printed
6.A. disrespected B. loved C. appreciated D. disturbed
7.A. made fun of B. got addicted to C. took pride in D. made sense of
8.A. developed B. reflected C. spread D. expressed
9.A. refused B. ruined C. created D. got
10.A. confirming B. advertising C. approving D. assessing
11.A. benefit B. discovery C. success D. experience
12.A. opposed B. blamed C. interviewed D. welcomed
13.A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than
14.A. service B. remarks C. signs D. manners
15.A. at all hours B. at all points C. at certain time D. at times
16.A. how B. why C. that D. where
17.A. while B. because C. if D. since
18.A. chance B. money C. inspiration D. wisdom
19.A. carefully B. quickly C. naturally D. accidentally
20.A. director B. writer C. actress D. teacher
高三英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
Pete took his seat this day on his usual bench in Union Square.Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years Pete had taken this same seat exactly at one o'clock, and each time the same pleasant thing had happened.But this time Pete had come here more from habit than from hunger.Certainly today Pete was not hungry.Two rich old ladies gave him a Thanksgiving dinner of everything he could eat.
Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move.The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst.The November breeze and the first light fall of snow felt cool and pleasant to his face.He happened to look to the left and there in the distance he saw the old Gentleman coming toward him.He wanted to get up and run, but he was so full of food he stayed right there.Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, the Old Gentleman had come there, found Pete on this same bench, and then taken him to a restaurant and bought him a Thanksgiving dinner.It was a kind of tradition which the Old Gentleman, who had no family and lived alone, had tried to continue.
"How do you do' "said the Old Gentleman." Glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through this beautiful world."
Each time the Old Gentleman had said exactly this same thin? It was part of the tradition.Pete, too, began to feel as though he himself was now a part of the tradition, and he therefore did not have the courage to tell the old man that he had already eaten.This dinner seemed to mean so much to the Old Gentleman.
"Thank you, sir, " said Pete at last. “I’ll go with you gladly. I’m very hungry, sir.” Together the Old Gentleman and Pete walked south to the same restaurant where each year Pete had his Thanksgiving dinner. The Old Gentleman seemed pleased and happy. When the waiter brought dish after dish of food to Pete, the Old Gentlenman sat quietly and smiled.Under the circumstances, Pete had to eat.It was part of the tradition, and so he ate like a hero, although when he entered the restaurant even the smell of food almost made him sick.At last Pete leaned back with the battle won.
" Thank you, sir, " he said, with some effort, " for a fine dinner."
They parted as they did each year at the door, the Old Gentlemen going south, Pete north.
Around the corner, Pete stopped for a moment, felt a terrible pain in his stomach, and then fell to the sidewalk unconscious.A little time later an ambulance came.In the hospital they discovered that he had had an attack of indigestion (消化不良).
An hour later, another ambulance brought the Old Gentleman to the same hospital.At first they thought it was also indigestion but later one of the nurses said, "That nice old gentleman over there—you wouldn't think that it was a case of hunger."
1.Where did Pete and the Old Gentleman meet every Thanksgiving Day?
A.In the restaurant.
B.In Union Square.
C.At the Old Gentleman's house.
D.At the hospital.
2.Which of the following sentences in the passage doesn't show Pete was full?
A.Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move.
B.The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst.
C.Glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through this beautiful world.
D.When he entered the restaurant even the smell of food almost made him sick.
3.The underlined sentence "I'm very hungry, sir." in Paragraph 5 implies that ________.
A.Pete didn't have the heart to refuse the offer
B.Pete was so greedy that he wanted to have another dinner
C.Pete was suffering from hunger
D.Pete enjoyed having the Thanksgiving dinner for free
4.Which of the following words can best describe the Old Gentleman?
A.Self-centred. B.Mosdest.
C.Stubborn. D.Generous
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In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entire French Scrabble Dictionary in just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards’ impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works—real AI. Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.
The potential applications for AI are extremely exciting. Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks—provided the task is in one field with a lot of data—it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.
But not every job will be replaced by AI. In fact, four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the complex, strategic jobs—executives, diplomats, economists — go well beyond the AI limitation of single-field and Big Data. Then there are the as-yet-unknown jobs that will be created by AI.
Are you worried that these three types of jobs won’t employ as many people as AI will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require compassion, trust and sympathy—which AI does not have. And even if AI tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.
So there will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. This must be the responsibility not just of the government, which can provide funds, but also of corporations and those who benefit most.
1.What is the main purpose of paragraph 1?
A. To introduce the topic.
B. To mention Nigel’s feat.
C. To stress the importance of good memory.
D. To suggest humans go beyond AI in memory.
2.Which of the following best explains “outperform” underlined in paragraph 2?
A. Be superior to B. Be equal to
C. Be similar to D. Be related to
3.Which of the following jobs is the most likely to be replaced?
A. The writer. B. The shop assistant.
C. The babysitter. D. The psychologist.
4.What does the text suggest people do about job replacement of AI?
A. Limit the application of AI to a certain degree.
B. Get more support from the government.
C. Apply for the donation from companies.
D. Upgrade themselves all the time.
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I walked into a bank in town a couple of days ago and waited in the queue. I was the second______and I couldn’t help overhearing the_______in front of me. The bank clerk must have been having a(an) _______ day and after asking how the_______was and so on, he began to complain about our government, _______them for not doing enough to_______the coast from storms and floods as this had been much on the news at the time.
He was in_____spirits and you could tell that he was really_______about a lot of things going on in the world.
My heart went out to him. I was _______ next and all I could do was_______. 1didn’t have any words. Afterwards, it _______to me something that had been running under my own thoughts.
So I left the bank, found a_______and on it I wrote: Sometimes the bad parts of the world seem so_______. There are so many sad things going on in the news. They make it hard to see _______going on around us. But that doesn’t_______life right now can’t be beautiful. All you have to do is open your eyes. It’s in the gaps(缝隙) that beauty is_______.
I_______the postcard back into the bank, wandered around and_______ it on a table, ______that the bank clerk would find it. Whether he did or not, I never found out, but it_______would do someone some good, which I’m certain of.
1.A. in sight B. in the way C. in line D. in time
2.A. story B. noise C. quarrel D. conversation
3.A. perfect B. bad C. nervous D. unfortunate
4.A. customer B. farmer C. thinker D. officer
5.A. praising B. blaming C. doubting D. punishing
6.A. prevent B. remove C. separate D. protect
7.A. low B. high C. good D. strange
8.A. excited B. trouble C. cautious D. curious
9.A. served B. paid C. refused D. invited
10.A. comfort B. smile C. scream D. criticize
11.A. seemed B. happened C. came D. looked
12.A. pen B. desk C. postcard D. book
13.A. disappointing B. encouraging C. delightful D. interesting
14.A. fight B. pollution C. luckiness D. beauty
15.A. tell B. feel C. mean D. teach
16.A. found B. built C. missed D. neglected
17.A. passed B. mailed C. took D. lost
18.A. wrote B. hid C. announced D. left
19.A. advising B. hoping C. watching D. guessing
20.A. surely B. suddenly C. hardly D. lately
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It was a rainy day. I was riding on a bus downtown to go to . I was sitting next to a man in a business suit and didn’t much attention until we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same to get a morning paper.
The man running the stand was having a bad day. He was and unsmiling as we purchased our papers, which served to only more gloom(抑郁) to my day. The businessman caught my eye and . He then continued to smile and thanked the newsstand owner for the and for being open on such a morning to make sure we were able to get our papers. , he expressed his appreciation for something most of us would take for granted.
The newsman only with a cold expression. The businessman then pleasantly wished him a pleasant day. As we , I asked this man why he had to be pleasant to the newsman when he obviously didn’t care about and didn’t respond to his expression of and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said, “Why would I let someone else what I say and what I feel or what kind of day I’m going to have?”
We then to go to our respective work places. To this day, I don’t know anything about that business man. But I’ve never the words he said or the way his smile seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day. That was a good deed 25 years ago, but the this had on my life has lasted. I never had a to thank him personally, but the way in which I choose to look at life as a result of those words is his legacy (遗赠) to me and my thanks to him.
We cannot control people and situations that come to us, but we can always control our response to them. And in such decisions lie our control and personal power to make a positive difference. And it’s something anyone and everyone can do.
1.A. school B. church C. work D. hospital
2.A. draw B. pay C. make D. attract
3.A. market B. stand C. office D. library
4.A. curiously B. gradually C. eventually D. obviously
5.A. rude B. modest C. angry D. kind
6.A. add B. refer C. devote D. apply
7.A. shouted B. waved C. confirmed D. smiled
8.A. quickly B. luckily C. brightly D. loudly
9.A. book B. present C. paper D. food
10.A. In short B. After all C. On average D. As usual
11.A. responded B. objected C. appealed D. disagreed
12.A. ran out B. left behind C. turned away D. put aside
13.A. attempted B. continued C. intended D. expected
14.A. excitement B. gratitude C. impression D. assessment
15.A. ignore B. manage C. control D. enjoy
16.A. travelled B. disappeared C. separated D. drove
17.A. forgiven B. shared C. evaluated D. forgotten
18.A. effort B. lesson C. effect D. pain
19.A. wish B. chance C. right D. power
20.A. positive B. proper C. fortunate D. nervous
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