I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
41.Why did the boy start his job young?
A.He wanted to be famous in the future
B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had high hopes for him.
D.The competition for the job was fierce.
42.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A.excited B.interested C.ashamed D.disappointed
43.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
A.She forced him to continue. B.She punished him.
C.She gave him some money. D.She changed her plan.
44.The phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph refers to .
A.the war between the boy’s parents
B.the arguing between the boy and his mother
C.the quarrel between the boy and his customers
D.the fight between the boy and his father
45.What is the text mainly about?
A.The early life of a journalist.
B.The early success of a journalist.
C.The happy childhood of the writer.
D.The important role of the writer in his family.
高一英语阅读理解简单题
I began working in journalism when I was eight.It was my mother's idea.She wanted me to “make something” of myself,and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue.The crowds were there.There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union.For several hours I made myself highly visible,making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.When it was supper time,I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked. “None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.” “What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.” “You just stood there? Didn't sell a single one? My God,Russell.”
Uncle Allen put in, “I've decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币).It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence,and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day,I told my mother I'd changed my mind.I didn't want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you'll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that,as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines.Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.My mother, dissatisfied with my father's plain workman's life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people.But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband's people for true life and love.
1.Why did the boy start his job young?
A.He wanted to be famous in the future. B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had great hope for him. D.The competition for the job was fierce.
2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother,we learn that the mother was .
A.excited B.interested
C.ashamed D.disappointed
3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
A.She forced him to continue.
B.She punished him.
C.She gave him some money.
D.She changed her plan.
4.The underlined phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph refers to .
A.the war between the boy's parents
B.the arguing between the boy and his mother
C.the quarrel between the boy and his customers
D.the fight between the boy and his father
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I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
1.Why did the boy start his job young?
A.He wanted to be famous in the future.
B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had high hopes for him.
D.The competition for the job was fierce.
2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A.excited
B.interested
C.ashamed
D.disappointed
3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
A.She forced him to continue.
B.She punished him.
C.She gave him some money.
D.She changed her plan.
4.What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?
A.The war between the boy’s parents.
B.The arguing between the boy and his mother.
C.The quarrel between the boy and his customers.
D.The fight between the boy and his father.
5.What is the text mainly about?
A.The early life of a journalist.
B.The early success of a journalist.
C.The happy childhood of the writer.
D.The important role of the writer in his family.
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I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
1.Why did the boy start his job young?
A.He wanted to be famous in the future B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had high hopes for him. D.The competition for the job was fierce.
2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A.excited B.interested C.ashamed D.disappointed
3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
A.She forced him to continue. B.She punished him.
C.She gave him some money. D.She changed her plan.
4.The phrase “this battle” in the last paragraph refers to________.
A.the war between the boy’s parents
B.the arguing between the boy and his mother
C.the quarrel between the boy and his customers
D.the fight between the boy and his father
5.What is the text mainly about?
A.The early life of a journalist.
B.The early success of a journalist.
C.The happy childhood of the writer.
D.The important role of the writer in his family.
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
41.Why did the boy start his job young?
A.He wanted to be famous in the future
B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had high hopes for him.
D.The competition for the job was fierce.
42.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A.excited B.interested C.ashamed D.disappointed
43.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?
A.She forced him to continue. B.She punished him.
C.She gave him some money. D.She changed her plan.
44.The phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph refers to .
A.the war between the boy’s parents
B.the arguing between the boy and his mother
C.the quarrel between the boy and his customers
D.the fight between the boy and his father
45.What is the text mainly about?
A.The early life of a journalist.
B.The early success of a journalist.
C.The happy childhood of the writer.
D.The important role of the writer in his family.
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
I began working in journalism (新闻业) when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition (竞争).
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself easily seen, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful reporter as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
1.Why did the boy start his job young?
A.He wanted to be famous in the future.
B.The job was quite easy for him.
C.His mother had high hopes for him.
D.The competition for the job was serious.
2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A. excited B. interested
C. ashamed D. disappointed
3.The phrase “this battle” in the last paragraph refers to .
A.the war between the boy’s parents
B.the arguing between the boy and his mother
C.the arguing between the boy and his customers(顾客)
D.the fight between the boy and his father
4.What is the text mainly about ?
A.The early life of a reporter.
B.The early success of a reporter.
C.The happy childhood of the writer.
D.The important role of the writer in his family.
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From that day on, when eight-year-old Jack with gray eyes began riding my school bus, he was a troublemaker. His father passed away and he did not live with his mother. If a fight_________, it must have Jack. If a girl was crying, _____were that Jack had pulled her hair. I practiced every bit of ________, talking to him again and again, but no use. No matter how I spoke to him,________or strictly, he would stare at me with those big gray eyes________a word.
Towards the end of the year, I received many small gifts from kids on my bus. A little girl sent me a star key chain. She had written, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.” On the last day of school I was_________because of talking to the headmaster. When I got on the bus I___________that the star key chain was gone. “Jack was the first one to get on the bus. Check his__________,” insisted the girl who had given me the gift.
I asked him to come forward. I________my hand into one pocket. Then I felt it – the_________shape of the key chain. Jack stared at me for a long time. There was no__________in those big gray eyes, and no plea(请求)for _____. He seemed to be waiting for what would happen. I was about to_________the key chain out of Jack’s pocket when I __________myself.” Let him keep it,” a_________seemed to whisper. “It must have fallen off before I got here,” I said to the kids.
Many years later, I was in a department store________someone said, “Polly?” I turned to see the big gray eyes. To my____________ , he hugged me and pulled________from his pocket ---the key chain that_________, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.”
“You were the only one who kept________,” he explained. We hugged again…
1.A. build up B. gave up C. broke out D. picked out
2.A. challenges B. changes C. choices D. chances
3.A. interest B. respect C. patience D. hope
4.A. slowly B. gently C. coldly D. rudely
5.A. without B. through C. after D. upon
6.A. observed B. delayed C. complained D. punished
7.A. wondered B. doubted C. admitted D. realized
8.A. seat B. hands C. pockets D. schoolbag
9.A. expanded B. raised C. hid D. reached
10.A. charming B. original C. familiar D. normal
11.A. pride B. regret C. pleasure D. anger
12.A. encouragement B. admission C. mercy D. escape
13.A. pick B. slide C. rid D. pull
14.A. stopped B. enjoyed C. helped D. prepared
15.A. sound B. voice C. tone D. noise
16.A. until B. when C. before D. while
17.A. delight B. fear C. surprise D. amusement
18.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
19.A. wrote B. repeated C. appeared D. said
20.A. asking B. persuading C. trying D. arguing
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One day, when I was working as a psychologist(心理学家) in England,a boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. “This boy has lost his family,” he wrote. “He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I'm
very worried about him. Can you help?”
I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.
The first two times we met, David didn't say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children's drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon -- in complete silence and without looking at me. It's not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?
"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.
"It’s your turn," he said.
After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one -- without any words -- can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.Ziyuanku.com
1.When he first met the author, David _________ .
A. felt a little excited B. walked energetically
C. looked a little nervous D. showed up with his teacher
2.Which statement about the passage is NOT TRUE?.
A. David enjoyed being with the author.
B. What David really needs is to play chess with someone.
C. David didn't say a word the first two times they met.
D. The author knows how to treat David's problem.
3.What can be inferred about David?
A. He recovered after months of treatment.
B. He liked biking before he lost his family.
C. He went into university soon after starting to talk.
D. He got friends in school before he met the author.
4.What made David change?
A. His teacher’s help.
B. The author’s friendship.
C. His exchange of letters with the author.
D. The author’s silent communication and company with him.
高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
My father began to work ______ a bus driver when he was 20 years old.
A. for B. to C. at D. as
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项﹙A、B、C和D﹚中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was only eight, my father decided to work far from home to earn a living for the whole family. He _________that he would come back home once a year. Thinking that he didn't love me, I had too much difficulty_________ the unexpected and sudden _________ at that time. No matter how many times mother explained it to me, l could not help _________ him for his leaving.
Whenever I saw other parents sending their children to school _________ while I only had my mother with me, I couldn't _________ asking myself, “Why can't I have the honor?” Whenever there was a sports meet, I felt that I was the only one _________ to get encouragement from a father. Obviously I didn't understand my father; _________ , I even blamed him for not being there for me. I _________ the only way to let him know my feelings was to _________ him the cold shoulder, so I never gave him any _________. He did not know how to _________ to my indifferent attitude, which gradually formed a great_________ between father and me.
However, one day things _________ . I was ill. While lying in bed, suddenly my phone rang, and it was my dad. When I answered the phone, to my _________ , I heard him crying. I never saw him cry. After a while he said, “You don't know how _________ I feel. If there is one-in-a-thousand chance that I could get back to you, I will not _________ . However, I cannot. Sometimes one must give something up to take his real_________ . You don't know how much I _________you. Every time I hear your voice, I cannot stop blaming myself for leaving you.” At that moment, I _________ him and knew that sometimes one has to stop trying something so as to be really responsible.
1.A. promoted B. promised C. proved D. persuaded
2.A. receiving B. adapting C. accepting D. controlling
3.A. decision B. idea C. feeling D. advice
4.A. punishing B. blaming C. forgiving D. teasing
5.A. gently B. strictly C. hurriedly D. happily
6.A. regret B. remember C. like D. stop
7.A. unwilling B. uncertain C. unable D. unfit
8.A. instead B. therefore C. otherwise D. however
9.A. thought B. searched C. hoped D. noticed
10.A. send B. give C. make D. bring
11.A. look B. money C. face D. call
12.A. respond B. contribute C. return D. attend
13.A. bridge B. opinion C. barrier D. connection
14.A. arose B. changed C. cleared D. adjusted
15.A. relief B. sorrow C. disappointment D. surprise
16.A. empty B. lucky C. guilty D. calm
17.A. hesitate B. accept C. avoid D. doubt
18.A. credit B. fame C. responsibility D. advice
19.A. value B. trust C. know D. love
20.A. admired B. understood C. supported D. respected
高一英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My second father
My father died when I was five. It was hard on us all. My brother, who is eight years older than me, began to __36____my mother and me. He made sure the trash was taken out and the yard mowed. He did this _37____ without being told to do so.
Because of my father’s death, my mother was __38___ to get a full time job. My brother, __39____ , would get me up for school and make me __40____ . On our way to school, he would play games with me. He made every__41___to make me happy and he succeeded __42____.
When we arrived home from school, we were__43____for about half an hour until mom was home from work. He would__44____something for supper, and have everything ready for mom __45___she could start cooking. After that, we would go outside and have some __46___. This was my brother’s time to be a(n)___47___ , enjoying himself in the games.
It was a Saturday in June a couple years later. My mother and I were at the store when I __48____ they had the Father’s Day cards out. Feeling __49___, I asked my mother why they hadn’t Brother’s Day cards. She smiled and said, “You’re right.___50___ your brother has been a father to you. Go and__51____ a card.”
So I did, and on Father’s Day, my mother and I _52__ my brother down and gave him the card.
As he read it, I saw the tears __53____ in his eyes. I heard my mom’s __54____ trembling as she said, “Son, your father is proud of you, seeing that he___55___ a good man. We love you, and thank you.”
1. A.look out B.watch over C.care about D.depend on
2. A.carefully B.smoothly C.quickly D.willingly
3. A.prepared B.allowed C.forced D.accepted
4. A.therefore B.though C.otherwise D.however
5. A.supper B.meal C.breakfast D.lunch
6. A.method B.effect C.way D.effort
7. A.as usual B.every time C.once again D.as well
8. A.independent B.asleep C.alone D.free
9. A.cut B.cook C.find D.wash
10. A.unless B.before C.when D.so
11. A.rest B.fun C.adventure D.practice
12. A.kid B.adult C.friend D.brother
13. A.heard B.noticed C.felt D.thought
14. A.interested B.excited C.disappointed D.hurt
15. A.No wonder B.In all C.Above all D.Without doubt
16. A.take out B.pick out C.ask for D.check out
17. A.led B.signed C.sat D.required
18. A.filling B.forming C.floating D.piling
19. A.hand B.laughter C.body D.voice
20. A.raised B.turned C.taught D.promised
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