1、” she asked her granddaughter.1. What was wrong with the young woman?A. She is poor in cook. B. She found life too difficult for her.C. She could not solve a problem. D. She had a fight with her husband.2. What can we infer from the passage?A. The granddaughter loved the coffee most.B. The grandmoth
2、er asked her granddaughter to take an egg.C. The granddaughter chose to be someone like the coffee beans.D. One is the man who decides what kind of person he will be.3. The underlined word “adversity” in paragraph 5 most probably means .A. situation B. misfortune C. adventure D. advantage4. What is
3、the best title of the passage?A. Life Is Hard B. Change the WorldC. Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee beans D. To Be Yourself助读词汇pot n. 锅burner n. 炉子sip vt. 啜;小口喝react vi. 反应persevering adj. 不屈不挠的fragile adj. 易碎的interior n. 内部;本质unique adj. 独特的pop up 不然出现ground coffee beans 新磨的咖啡豆fish sth. out 捞出spoon up舀起pu
4、ll off the shell 剥去外壳be subjected to 遭受;经受(二)One summer, when I was young, my dad built me a lemonade stand. On sunny days I would set up outside the local car wash with a cooler and my little black safe. I didnt get many customers but I always had fun, whether I was reading a book or adding puff pa
5、int decorations to the safe and signs.One customer I did have was an elderly gentleman who lived across the street from the car wash. He would come every day that I set up and buy a glass of lemonade for his wife. Even though I only charged 25 cents, he always paid me with a $1 Sacagawea coin. I bui
6、lt up quite a collection by the end of the summer!Now, as a college student, I make a point of stopping at as many lemonade stands as I can, always paying more than the kids charge me. This has been going on for almost three years now but this week, I didnt have any money with me when I stopped at a
7、 little girls stand. I dug around in my car thoroughly and eventually opened up one of my moving boxes revealing a black safe covered in puff painted rainbows and hearts. I opened it up and sure enough, there were my Sacagawea coins. I almost shut the lid again because they mean so much to me, but t
8、hen I realized that this is exactly why I had to pay with the coin. When I gave that little girl the shiny gold coin, I said “You hang on to this one; they dont make them any more!” And her face lit up. As I drove away, I saw her running to her sister to show her the gold coin and I knew that I had
9、made her just as happy as I was when I was a little girl.1. What did the gentleman pay the author for the lemonade? A. 25 cents every time. B. A collection of gold coins.C. A one-dollar gold coin each time. D. A little black safe with many gold coins.2. Why did the author pay the little girl with a
10、gold coin?A. To show her wealth. B. To pass the kindness.C. To help the poor girl. D. To make the girl happy.3. What did the author feel when she gave the girl the coin?A. unwilling and hesitant. B. excited and willing.C. serious and pleased. D. peaceful and pleased.4. What can be a suitable title f
11、or the passage?A. A Shiny Gold Coin B. A Kind Young LadyC. A Wealthy Gentleman D. A Happy Lemonade Standstand n. 货摊;售货亭 shiny adj. 闪耀的customer n. 顾客 decoration n. 装饰charge vt. 要价 thoroughly adv. 完全地 eventually adv. 最后地 safe n. 保险箱reveal vt. 露出 puff paint 粉扑油漆set up 开业 built up 逐渐积累(资金等)light up 露出笑容
12、 make a point of 重视;特别注意 sure enough 果然 hang on to 保存(三)Im sitting in class and Miss White says, “Get a “My hero is” book, everyone.” Thats when I start thinking about my hero and how she has overcome so many difficulties like they were never happened.My mom lived in North Carolina and a couple of m
13、onths before she found out she was pregnant with me, she moved to Utah. She said she didnt know what to do because she was a single mother with hope of giving her daughter a better future. She didnt know who she could leave me with and they could look after me when she worked, either.I still remembe
14、r walking in whatever weather with my mom to Burger King and I sat in one of tables waiting for her to get out of work. She tried to keep an eye on me from whatever station she was in and came out once in a while to bring me some food. I would just have to wait, then we walked back home and went to
15、sleep, which was everyday routine.One day we were eating lunch and one of the workers came up to her and said, “Youre a beautiful strong woman”. He brought me a toy and told me I was cute. Since then he drove mom to work every day and we no longer had to walk in the snowy, rainy, or hot weather. On
16、July 24, 2012, they got married. I was very happy that my mom finally found her happiness.My mom was strong enough to overcome everything that tried to stop her from becoming who she is now. I thank my mom so much for loving me and always taking care of me. I also thank my step dad for accepting my
17、mom for who she was and making her happy. Mom is a warrior for jumping through so many obstacles and for being as strong as a rock.Then I snap back to reality. That book makes me see how many heroes there are in this world and how special each one of them is. One day we will find all the heroes who
18、make us become better persons.1. Who does “my hero” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. Miss White. B. The author.C. The authors mom. D. The authors step dad.2. What can we learn about the authors mother from the passage?A. She never gets married again because of me.B. She is such a young mother that she lac
19、ks responsibility.C. She always leaves me alone in Burger King while working.D. She has overcome many difficulties while bringing me up.3. What did the author think of her mother?A. Kind and diligent. B. Strong and great.C. Strong and friendly. D. Special and beautiful.4. What is the main idea of th
20、is passage?A. It is a story of a young single mother.B. It is about the authors unhappy childhood.C. It is about the difficulties the authors mother met.D. It is about the hero in authors heart her mother.pregnant adj. 怀孕的routine n. 程序;例行公事warrior n. 战士;勇士obstacle n. 挫折step dad 继父keep an eye on 照看on
21、ce in a while 偶尔jump through 度过;熬过snap back to reality 猛然回到现实(四)Samuel Wilder was born in 1906 in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. His birthplace is now part of Poland. His mother had enjoyed spending several years in the United States when she was young. So she called him Billy because she thoug
22、ht it sounded American.Billy Wilder started law school in Vienna, Austria. Then he decided not to become a lawyer. Instead, he began reporting for a Vienna newspaper. By the 1920s, he was writing movies in Germany.However, the Nazis had risen to power in the nation. Wilder was Jewish, and he recogni
23、zed that he had no future in Nazi Germany. In 1933, he went to Paris. There he directed a movie for the first time. It was called The Bad Seed.Billy Wilder arrived to settle in the United States in 1934. He decided to live in the center of American movie making, Hollywood, California. There he forme
24、d a writing team with Charles Brackett. The two writers created many films together.In 1944, Billy Wilder made a film called Double Indemnity. Some critics said this movie established him as one of the greatest Hollywood directors.In 1950, Wilder made Sunset Boulevard. This movie told of an aging ac
25、tress in silent movies. She plans to return to movies. Gloria Swanson played this star. More than 50 years later, movie-lovers can still repeat some of her lines.In 1954, Billy Wilder became an independent producer. He left Paramount Pictures, the motion picture company he had worked with for many years. The next year, Wilders first movie as an independent filmmaker was a huge success. It was The Seven Year Itch.Billy Wilder continued to make interesting movie
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