My daughter Alisa was born blind in her right eye and was bullied (欺侮) pretty severely in school. So I quitted my job as a babysitter and then schooled my daughter heart and soul at home.
A year ago a boy of 14 befriended my daughter on Facebook after reading something Alisa wrote about bullying. Today he messaged her and asked if she would like six tickets to a Colorado Rockies baseball game. They have never met in person but she said, “Sure! That would be great.”
Then I received a call from his mother explaining why her son had chosen my daughter. She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she does in the community. Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled.
What she said is true. Now my daughter Alisa continues to teach groups of girls in trouble in our community how to look within themselves for the positive and how to be their own person.
Everything taken into consideration, we decided to meet the mother and the boy at a local bike shop. After meeting, the boy approached my car and my daughter gave him a hug and thanked him for his generosity. She told him that she had never been to a baseball game and that she was going to take her entire family, including myself, her dad, little sister, her cousin and an aunt who has brain cancer.
We all thanked one another, got in our car, and went our way. As we drove home my daughter opened the envelope. Inside it were the tickets and ＄100 each to buy hot dogs, pay for parking and not have any worries but a great time.
My daughter has always been the giver and now she and our family are the receivers and I can not tell you how incredibly honored we feel to be on the other end. What an incredible young man to have such a kind idea.
小題1:What did the author once do according to the passage?
A．She was a ticket seller.B．She was a school teacher.
C．She was a babysitter.D．She was a social worker.
小題2:How did the boy get to know my daughter?
A．They met when buying tickets to a baseball game.
B．They got in touch via the Internet.
C．They became familiar when talking face to face.
D．They went to the same school and met each other.
小題3:Why did the boy want to offer free tickets to Alisa?
A．Because Alisa is a disabled girl.
B．Because he has a lot money to share.
C．Because Alisa often helps those in trouble.
D．Because he has a similar situation with Alisa.
小題4:What can we learn about the boy?
A．He is afraid of meeting strangers.
B．He always bullies smaller children.
C．He is addicted to the internet.
D．He receives education at home.
小題5:Which of the following best describes the passage?
A．Good is rewarded with good.
B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C．Two heads are better than one.
D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析：文章講述了作者女兒因天生右眼殘疾在學(xué)�？偸芷圬�(fù)，在家接受教育。她總是在Facebook寫一些反對惡霸行為的文章，并幫助社區(qū)中陷入困境的女孩如何重拾信心和如何成為自己想要成為的人。她的善意舉動使一個從未見面卻有相似經(jīng)歷的男孩給她送來六張科羅拉多落基山脈的棒球比賽的門票，作者女兒很高興也很感激他，作者認(rèn)為這是對做好事的一種獎賞。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第一段第二句“So I quitted my job as a babysitter ”我辭掉了保姆工作。故選C。
小題2:推理題，根據(jù)第二段中“They have never met in person ”他們從未見過彼此，由此可知只能是通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)認(rèn)識。故選B。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)第三段中“ She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she does in the community. .”她說她兒子認(rèn)為這是我女兒應(yīng)得的，因為她在社區(qū)里做的所有好事。由此可知作者女兒經(jīng)常做好事幫助別人。故選C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第三段最后一句“Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled.”她解釋說她兒子有相似的經(jīng)歷，也在家接受教育。故選D。
小題5:主旨題，通過閱讀全文可知作者女兒因為經(jīng)常在社區(qū)里做好事，一個在網(wǎng)上認(rèn)識卻從未見面的男孩送給她六張科羅拉多落基山脈的棒球比賽的門票。故選A。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood. The happy childhood is hardly worth your while. "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood. And worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book Angela's Ashes, released in 1996.
This Irish American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Angela's Ashes that recorded his poor upbringing, died of cancer on Sunday, The New York Times reported. He was 78.
Born in New York City, he was the eldest of the seven children born to Irish immigrant parents. Angela's Ashes was a memoir(回憶錄)that captured an irresponsible, drunkard(酒鬼)father with a gift for story-telling. When not drunk, his father was absent, turning his back on a family so poor, McCourt wrote, that they were reduced to burning the furniture in their rented hut to keep warm. His mother struggled to raise her many children after his father left the family.
In Angela's Ashes, he wrote of hunger, a home flooded with rainwater and the unbearable humiliation(恥辱)of seeking handouts from charities in the Irish city. But he told the story in a way that is expressive, warm and light-hearted.
Frank McCourt left Ireland at the age of 19 to return to New York City where he was born. He earned a degree in English education and taught creative writing for nearly thirty years. After retiring in 1987, he decided to write about his childhood. "Angela's Ashes" became a huge success and brought McCourt a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors. Millions of copies of the book were sold worldwide and it was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle.
小題1:In the first paragraph, by saying "The happy childhood is hardly worth your while", the writer really means that ________.
A．a(chǎn) lot of readers don't deserve happy childhood
B．his childhood is not worth of others' sympathy
C．his childhood is mixed with happiness and misery
D．smooth childhood surely will not draw readers' attention
小題2:From the passage, we know Frank McCourt's father is ________.
A．humorous and trustworthy
B．a(chǎn)lcohol-addicted but loves his family
C．poor but warm-hearted
D．irresponsible but gifted in telling stories
小題3:Which of the statements about the book “Angela’s Ashes” is right?
A．This book is intended to show respect to McCourt’s father.
B．The author wrote the book in a sad and serious tone(語調(diào)).
C．The book enjoyed great popularity after it came out.
D．The author got two awards because of the book.
小題4: What's the text mainly about?
A．A brief introduction to Frank McCourt and one of his works.
B．A literary review(評論) on Frank McCourt's book.
C．An account of Frank McCourt's miserable childhood.
D．A comment on Frank McCourt's life experience.

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