Literacy Volunteer Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer (扫盲志愿者). The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading. My first student Jane was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by their labels. As a result, if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted. As we worked together, learning how to read built Jane's self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue in her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself, too. I found that helping Jane to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before. As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Jane did. Jane could not recognize items by their labels.()
第1题:
--- Where did you go in China?
--- __________.
A. I went there by train
B. Last year
C. I went to Xi’an and Guilin
第2题:
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,
A
How I Turned to Be Optimistic
I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
56. How did the author get to know America?
A.Fromherrelatives.B.Fromhermother.
C.Frombooksandpictures.D.Fromradioprograms.
第3题:
I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier(收银台)in her general store. 71 I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thnak you.”
At first I was paid in candy. 72 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bannk account. 73
By the time I was 12, My grandmother thought I had done such a good job that the promoted me to selling cosmetics(化妆品). I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “ What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup(化妆)ideas. 74
The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a Rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener. _____expect they are NO longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.
A. Later I received 50 cents an hour.
B. Before long, she let me sir there by myself.
C. I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics.
D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.
E. My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility.
F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.
G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.
__________
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第5题:
Let ______ the real fact of the accident.
A.I tell you
B.me to tell you
C.I to tell you
D.me tell you
第6题:
What are you going to do in the 2022 Winter Olympics?().
A. Yes, I have been there.
B. I'm going to be a volunteer.
C. I am traveling abroad.
第7题:
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题:每小题1.5分,满分30分) 请阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
Introduction to letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my (36) ,Sam,was born , my heart was filled with joy . I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then ,and I have been (37) ill many times . So I wondered if I would have the
(38) to tell Sam what I had (39) .
For years I have been hosting a program on the 40 and writing articles for a magazine . Being (41) to move freely , I have learned to sit still and keep my heart (42) , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and (43) . So when Sam was born .I
(44) to tell him about school and fridship , romance and work , love and everything else . That how I started to write these (45) , I hope that Sam would 46 them sooner or later .
However , that expectation (47) when Sam showed aigns of autism (自闭症) at the age of two , He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs . He (48) to communicate with others , even the family members . That was (49) for me but didn’t stop me writing on . I realized that I even 50 now to tell him . I wanted him to (51) what it means to be “diffenet” from others , and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll (52)
as I myself .. his grandfather ,did ,I just (53) if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life .
Now . (54) the book has been pubhshed . I have been given the chance , Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life .and all about what it means to be a (55) .
Daniel Gottlied
第36题:
A.son B. nephew C.brother D.grandson
第8题:
根据下列材料请回答 66~75 题:
After I finished the school this year, I began to 56. _________
look for work. Now several month later, I still hadn' t 57. _________
found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday morning 58. _________
I received a phone call from a man calling him Mr. Smith. 59. _________
He said to me on the phone, “I hear you do very well 60. _________
in your studies. I may provide a job for you.” I entered 61. _________
his office with a beaten heart. How I hoped that I 62. _________
will go through the job-hunting talk today and he would 63. _________
take me on as a lab assistant. But to my surprised, 64. _________
what he said disappointing. He only needed a model. 65. _________
第 66 题 请在(56)处填上最佳答案。
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