1、In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal.
2、Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.（ ） 1. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was tobe A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor（ ） 2. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?A
3、. She wanted to study by herself.B. She fell in love and got married.C. She suffered from a serious illness.D. She decided to look after her grandma. （ ） 3. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.B. She ignored her guilty feeling for
4、 her sons.C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.（ ） 4. What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Failure is the mother of success. B、Little by little, one goes far.C. Every coin has two sides. D、Well begun, half done
5、.（ ） 5.Which of the following can best describe the author?A. Caring and determine. B、Honest and responsible.C、Ambitious and sensitive. D、Innocent and single-minded.【文章大意】记叙文。文章介绍了作者取得本科学位的过程中做的事情。1.C细节理解题。根据文章第一段的aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.，可
6、知答案为C。2.D细节理解题。根据文章I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.可知答案。3.A 推理判断题，由You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. 作者需要养育4个儿女，同时还要坚持学
7、习的梦想， joyous可见作者在感到家庭是忙碌而幸福的。4.B推理判断题。根据Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.可以看出作者的学习是在循序渐进，千里之行始于足下，最终才取得学位的。Little by little ,one goes far.与之符合。5.A推理判断题。通过全文作者照顾祖母和照顾家庭，可以看出作者Caring；通过作者坚持不懈的学习，最终拿到学位，可以看出作者的决心determine
8、，选A。【四川省凉山州2014第二次诊断性测试】阅读下面五篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Rockwatch一The Best Club on Earth If you are a young person and interested in geology（地质学），then Rockwatch is the club foryou. When you join new memberships receive a Rockwatch Rox file each. This has the informationand top tips you will
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10、 around the world, and articles on everything from diamonds todinosaurs, earthquakes to erosion. Rockwatch Events: With each magazine you will receive a Rockwatch events calendar. Rockyactivities suitable for families are listed and include road shows and guided walks The Rockwatch Rock Artist:、re y
11、ou an artist, or a photographer? This is your chance tobecome Rockwatch Rock Artist of the year and win amazing prizes in our annual competition. Special Offer: Rockwatch members can have specially discounted Wildlife Watch membership.Watch is the big gest environmental action club for young people,
12、 with 100 groups across the country. You can join both clubs together by filling in the boxes in the membership form.39. Rockwatch is a magazine telling about things related to A. geology B. agriculture C. politics D. economics40. What activities are specially arranged for Rockwatch member intereste
13、d in photography? A. Guided walks. B. Rocky activities. C. Yearly competitions. D. Academic workshops.41When applying for Wildlife Watch membership, a Rockwatch member can enjoy A. free memhership B. a special discount C. a Rock Artist prize D. guided road shows42. You may join both Rockwatch and Wi
14、ldlife Watch clubs by A. calling the two clubs B. applying separately C. providing references D. filling in one form 【参考答案】3940、AC 4142、BD 【重庆市南开中学2014高考英语二诊考试】 请阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things，from puns （双关语） to pratfalls? Why a
15、re some things funny to some people and not to others? How is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure，a sick one can cause serious harm? Over the centuries，various scholars have attempted to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humorPlato and Aristotle introduced the superiority（优越感）
16、theory，the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of othersTheir theory seems to explain teasing，but it doesnt work well for knock-knock jokesSigmund Freud argued for his relief theory，the concept that humor is a way for people to release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desi
17、resHis theory works well for dirty jokes，less well for most puns The majority of humor expels today agree with the incongruity theory，the idea that humor arises when theres a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happensIncongruity has a lot going for it jokes with unexpected fu
18、nny lines，for example，fit wellBut scientists have found that in comedy，unexpectedness is overvalued With the goal of developing a new，more satisfactory explanation，I produced “the gentle violation（违背）theory”，the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening，but is actually OK or s
19、afeA dirty joke，for example，trades on moral or social violations，but its only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk aboutSimilarly，puns can be seen as linguistic violations that still make grammatical sense And while most humor theories have s
20、truggled to account for tickling （挠痒痒），or just avoided the phenomenon altogether，my theory accounts for even this kind of laughterTickling involves violating someones physical space in a gentle wayPeople cant tickle themselves because it isnt a violation52What is the authors attitude towards Plato a
21、nd Aristotles theory? ACritical BApproving Cuncaring DUnclear53 According to Sigmund Freuds theory，we can infer that _ . Apeople will laugh when they see others suffer Btelling dirty jokes is a relief of ones nervous feelings Cunexpectedness can explain how humor works Dtickling doesnt involve psych
22、ological tension54According to the author，why are some things funny to some people but not to others? ABecause the sense of humor varies greatly from person to person BBecause people have different expectations for the same thing CBecause some people lack the sense of safety deep in their heart DBec
23、ause peoples understanding of violation is different55What is the authors main purpose of writing this passage? ATo draw peoples attention to the research of humor BTo criticize peoples misconceptions about humor CTo explain what exactly causes people to laugh DTo prove the sense of humor can be dev
24、eloped【参考答案】5255、ABDC阅读下面五篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。【重庆市名校联盟2014联合模拟】A I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court. After the accident，my roommate cal
25、led a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, Id have to
26、 have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him. But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop
27、 treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply wait
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