1、每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AFor 52 years my father got up at 5:30 am every morning, went to work, and returned home at 5:30 pm. I never saw my father stayed home from work ill, nor did I ever see my father lay down to take a nap. He had no hobbies, other_than taking care of his f
2、amily. All he asked from me, his daughter, was to help him while he was repairing something, so we could have some time to talk.For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me at 9:00 am every Sunday. Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight
3、hours a day for three days painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea. Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swing set for my daughter. On the morning of January 16, 1996, my sister telephoned m
4、e: my father was in the hospital with an aneurysm (动脉瘤) in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way I realized that I hadnt communicated with him as much as Id always wanted to. I vowed (发誓) that when I arrived, I would have a long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, onl
5、y to find that my father, at the age of 76, had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.1From the first paragraph we can infer (推断) that the authors father _Awas a good driverBhad many hobbiesCsometimes fell ill Dwas in good health2The underl
6、ined phrase “other than” in the first paragraph has the same meaning as “_”Awithout BincludingCexcept Ddue to3According to the last paragraph, we can know that the authors father was born in _A1920 B1918C1916 D19224The author wrote the article in order to _Apraise her fatherBremember her fatherCshow
7、 her father was healthyDlet her father be knownBJaime Alfonso Escalante was born in 1930 in La Paz,Bolivia. Both his parents were teachers. He taught math and science in his home country for twelve years.In the 1960s, Jaime Escalante and his wife Fabiola came to the United States. During the next se
8、veral years, he learned to speak English and repeated his college education and teacher training. In 1974, Mr. Escalante was hired at Garfield High School to teach mathematics.Mr. Escalantes students were mostly MexicanAmericans from a Spanishspeaking area of the city. Many were the worst students a
9、t the school and thought to be “unteachable.” But Mr. Escalante pushed the group to work hard. He told them basic math was too easy and that they had the ability to do harder work. He told his students that he believed in them ,but they must have the desire to be successful. Jaime Escalante started
10、an advanced math program with a small group of students. Advanced Placement is a program of collegelevel classes and tests. In 1982, eighteen of his students took the Advanced Placement test in calculus. They all passed.Officials at the testing company suspected the students of cheating. Mr. Escalan
11、te protested. He said the students were being rejected because they were Hispanic and from a poor school. He urged his students to take the test again.Twelve of the students repeated the test. And again, all of them passed. Five earned top scores. Mr. Escalantes students went on to become engineers,
12、 scientists and university professors. The advanced math program at Garfield became extremely successful over the next several years.Jaime Escalante received many teaching awards including the Presidential Medal of Excellence in Education. A movie about his success, “Stand and Deliver,” was released
13、 in 1988. It influenced other teachers to use his methods.Jaime Escalante retired from teaching in 1998 and later moved back to Bolivia with his wife. He died earlier this year. He was seventynine years old.5Why did Mr. Escalante strongly advise his students to take the test again?ATo show his stude
14、nts were skillful in math study.BTo prove his students were honest in the math test.CTo guarantee his students could pass the math test.DTo inspire his students to work harder than before.6Choose the correct order of the events given in the passage.aFabiola got married with Jaime Alfonso Escalante.b
15、The film “Stand and Deliver” was released. cMr. Escalantes 18 students took the test in calculus.dMr. Escalante began to teach math at Garfield High School.eMr. Escalante retired and moved back to his home country.Aa, d, e, b, c Ba, d, c, b, eCa, d, c, e, b Dc, b, e, a, d7What can we conclude from the passage?AMr. Escalante was regarded as one of the best teachers in the USA.BAll the “unteachable” students can become engineers, scientists and professors.CJaimes wifes devotion to education influenced his passion for leachin
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