The drug store was closing for the night. Young Alfred Higgins, the shop-assistant, was ready to go home. Mr. Carr, the boss, stared at him and said: “Hold on, Alfred. Maybe you'd be good enough to take the things out of your pockets and leave them here before you go.”Alfred's face got red. After a little hesitation, he took out what he had stolen. Mr. Carr said, “Maybe I should call your mother and let her know I'm going to have to put you in prison.”
Alfred thought his mother would come rushing in, eyes burning with anger. But, to his surprise, she arrived wearing a smile. “Hello, I'm Alfred's mother. Is he in trouble?”she said. Mr. Carr was surprised, too. He had expected Alfred's mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear, asking with wet eyes for a mercy for her son. But no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant and was making Mr. Carr feel guilty…. Soon Mr. Carr was shaking his head in agreement with what she was saying. “Of course”, he said, “I don't want to be cruel. You are right. Sometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at certain times in his life and it often takes the youths long time to get sense into their heads.”And he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins's hand.
Back home, without even looking at Alfred, she said, “You are a bad luck. It is one thing after another, always has been. Why do you stand there so stupidly? Go to bed.”In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. There was no shame in him, just pride in his mother's strength. He felt he must tell her how great she was. As he got to the kitchen, he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea. He was shocked by what he saw. His mother's face was a frightened, broken one. It was not the same cool, bright face he saw earlier in the drug store. As she lifted the tea cup, her hand shook. And some of the tea splashed on the table. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. He watched his mother without making a sound. The picture of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth coming to an end. He saw all the troubles he brought his mother in her shaking hand and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother.
小題1:The reason why Mr. Carr felt guilty was that ________.
A．he found Alfred was in fact innocent
B．he should have called a policeman in first
C．Alfred's mother appeared polite and gentle
D．he thought he was partly responsible for it
小題2:Which of the following is probably said by Mrs. Higgins while talking to Mr. Carr?
A．“Please, for God's sake, you know, he is just a kid.”
B．“I can't believe it! You are treating my son like that!”
C．“You know, it takes time for a youth to truly grow up.”
D．“Punishment makes sense because it teaches about the law.”
小題3:What does the underlined phrase "his mother's strength"(Para. 3) refer to?
A．Mrs. Higgins's calmness and communicating skills.
B．Mrs. Higgins's attitude towards parental sufferings.
C．Mrs. Higgins's love and care for her son Alfred.
D．Mrs. Higgins's greatness as a woman.
小題4:After the incident, young Alfred would probably ________.
A．feel ashamed of her mother
B．change his attitudes towards life
C．learn to live an independent life
D．hate Mr. Carr for hurting her mother

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：文章講述Alfred在商店偷了東西后，媽媽的反應(yīng)和做法，以及回家后媽媽的態(tài)度，這些都足以讓Alfred改變，重現(xiàn)做人。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：But no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant and was making Mr. Carr feel guilty….可知答案是C
小題2:推理題：從第二段Mr. Carr 說(shuō)的話it often takes the youths long time to get sense into their heads.可知答案是C
小題3:推理題：結(jié)合第二段的內(nèi)容she was most calm, quiet and pleasant可知是因?yàn)閶寢尩睦潇o和交流能力。選A
小題4:推理題：從最后一段的句子：He felt his youth coming to an end.可知他以后會(huì)改變的。選B
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇文章考查推理題較多，題目要我們理解有些重點(diǎn)的句子。集中考查了句意理解題，要求考生有較強(qiáng)的細(xì)節(jié)理解能力。
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A．defeatedB．caughtC．damagedD．struck

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I was shopping at my local supermarket, as I normally have for years. One particular day, I had done about 2 weeks worth of shopping and  31  toward the register to pay for what I bought. After the cashier had scanned my items and I had bagged them up, she stated that the  32  was $150.
I   33  into my back right pocket to take the money to pay and noticed that there was no money there.  I started to get  34 .  I knew my purse was in the car and I was sure I had put the  35  in my back right pocket. I looked at the cashier with wet eyes and a  36 look not knowing what to do.  There were people behind me on the line. She told me to speak with the courtesy counter (愛(ài)心柜臺(tái)).  I  37  and said, “Really? It's  38 , no one would hand that in!”  But she  39  me to. “You never know…” she said.
I decided that there was no  40  in checking so I walked up to a woman behind the counter and said “I have to ask, did anyone  41  cash by any chance?” She asked “How much?” My face then  42 .  “$200 in the form of one hundred dollar bills.” I replied.  She said, “ 43 , yes, someone did!” I was so  44 ! “Who? I want to thank her.”  She pointed to a young girl about 10 years old and said, “She did.”
I walked over to the mom and hugged her. She said, “It wasn't me, it was my    45 ” .  I said “I know, I wanted to thank you both,  46  she found it ... it's because of you that I got this back.” I was so happy. I was almost in tears. 
The next day at work, a person in another department  47  me tickets to the circus.  He handed me 5 tickets. Almost  48  that young girl’s face popped (突然出現(xiàn)) in my head.  After work I went back to the supermarket and stopped at the courtesy counter and asked if she had any idea who that woman was. She smiled and said, “Yes, She is a friend of mine”.  Then I asked her to do me a favor and pass along these 5 tickets to her.
She told me that the family of the little girl who found my money were not rich so they would really  49  this.  She also said that they had 3 children, so five was the   50  number of tickets!  
小題1:
A．showedB．retiredC．hesitatedD．headed
小題2:
A．percentageB．productC．totalD．luggage
小題3:
A．reachedB．searchedC．checkedD．looked
小題4:
A．particularB．curiousC．nervousD．serious
小題5:
A．cardB．moneyC．purseD．goods
小題6:
A．shockedB．movedC．inspiredD．confused
小題7:
A．laughedB．screamedC．shoutedD．blamed
小題8:
A．realityB．evidenceC．cashD．truth
小題9:
A．forcedB．encouragedC．discouragedD．promised
小題10:
A．doubtB．needC．expenseD．harm
小題11:
A．work outB．hand inC．send forD．take away
小題12:
A．broke upB．burst outC．send offD．lit up
小題13:
A．Eventually B．ActuallyC．FinallyD．Unfortunately
小題14:
A．interestedB．worriedC．surprisedD．a(chǎn)bsorbed
小題15:
A．daughterB．husbandC．motherD．friend
小題16:
A．becauseB．a(chǎn)lthoughC．howeverD．besides
小題17:
A．lentB．borrowedC．producedD．offered
小題18:
A．simplyB．constantlyC．immediatelyD．previously
小題19:
A．rejectB．buyC．ignoreD．a(chǎn)ppreciate
小題20:
A．uniqueB．perfectC．officialD．typical

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