B
(An excerpt from Shoes Were for Sunday by Molly Weir)
One of the phrases which greatly puzzled(使……困惑) me was “entertaining angels(天使) unaware”. How could anybody be unaware of entertaining an angel? I’ve never thought that angelic qualities could hide under very ordinary(平凡的) voices and in everyday bodies.
My angel, as it turned out, hid inside the little body of my school teacher, Miss McKenzie. To me she was always a little old lady, with her grey hair framing a round rosy face and caught up in an old-fashioned bun(发髻) on top of her head.
Although I enjoyed Miss McKenzie’s approval(赞同), I never really felt very close to her. I had never asked her advice as to what I should do when I left school. Surely there was only one thing to do: Get a job and make money as quickly as possible. But Miss McKenzie had other ideas. We in our house knew nothing of scholarships for fatherless children. The idea of a child from a working-class family going to college was the very thing of storybooks.
Unknown to us, she forced the headmaster to put my name forward for a special scholarship open to children who showed a gift, and who would receive further education. He agreed, although he was a bit worried about the cost of keeping me at college for a whole year. No earnings from me, and costs and clothes to be covered, for, of course, only the fees(学费) would be paid if I won.
Miss McKenzie brushed all argument(争论) aside. To this day I remember my complete surprise when, on being asked if she felt I had any special qualities, this elderly teacher banged the desk with her hand, and declared(断言) in an American saying I never thought she knew, “I’d stake(以……打赌) my bottom dollar on this girl!”
I shook at the passion(激情) in her voice, and at her trust in me. “What if I fail her?” I thought to myself. “What if she has to pay all the money back if I let her down?” I had a sense of responsibility(责任感) and I shouldn’t let her down.
The time at college went by quickly. At the end of my year at college I was able to lay before her the college gold medal as the year’s top student and a whole pile of awards.
And suddenly as I looked at her, and saw her eyes shining with pride behind the gold-rimmed glasses, I realized how widely she had thrown open the door of chance for me. And I knew for the first time what the phrase “entertaining angels unaware” meant. For there, standing before me in class, was my very own angel, Miss McKenzie.
(
A. explain why she always kept a safe distance from Miss McKenzie
B. compare(对比) the inner qualities of McKenzie with her ordinary appearance
C. point out that she and Miss McKenzie both came from an ordinary family
D. show the influence of the strong trust Miss McKenzie had in her
(
A. highly impossible B. of no use C. quite common D. of great importance
(
A. surprised and encouraged B. ashamed and unwilling
C. uncertain and stressed D. worried and purposeful
(
A. think back on her schooldays and her past achievements
B. express her thankfulness to one of her school teachers
C. stress the importance of equal chance of education
D. encourage readers to find the angels around them
(An excerpt from Shoes Were for Sunday by Molly Weir)
One of the phrases which greatly puzzled(使……困惑) me was “entertaining angels(天使) unaware”. How could anybody be unaware of entertaining an angel? I’ve never thought that angelic qualities could hide under very ordinary(平凡的) voices and in everyday bodies.
My angel, as it turned out, hid inside the little body of my school teacher, Miss McKenzie. To me she was always a little old lady, with her grey hair framing a round rosy face and caught up in an old-fashioned bun(发髻) on top of her head.
Although I enjoyed Miss McKenzie’s approval(赞同), I never really felt very close to her. I had never asked her advice as to what I should do when I left school. Surely there was only one thing to do: Get a job and make money as quickly as possible. But Miss McKenzie had other ideas. We in our house knew nothing of scholarships for fatherless children. The idea of a child from a working-class family going to college was the very thing of storybooks.
Unknown to us, she forced the headmaster to put my name forward for a special scholarship open to children who showed a gift, and who would receive further education. He agreed, although he was a bit worried about the cost of keeping me at college for a whole year. No earnings from me, and costs and clothes to be covered, for, of course, only the fees(学费) would be paid if I won.
Miss McKenzie brushed all argument(争论) aside. To this day I remember my complete surprise when, on being asked if she felt I had any special qualities, this elderly teacher banged the desk with her hand, and declared(断言) in an American saying I never thought she knew, “I’d stake(以……打赌) my bottom dollar on this girl!”
I shook at the passion(激情) in her voice, and at her trust in me. “What if I fail her?” I thought to myself. “What if she has to pay all the money back if I let her down?” I had a sense of responsibility(责任感) and I shouldn’t let her down.
The time at college went by quickly. At the end of my year at college I was able to lay before her the college gold medal as the year’s top student and a whole pile of awards.
And suddenly as I looked at her, and saw her eyes shining with pride behind the gold-rimmed glasses, I realized how widely she had thrown open the door of chance for me. And I knew for the first time what the phrase “entertaining angels unaware” meant. For there, standing before me in class, was my very own angel, Miss McKenzie.
(
B
) 5. The writer writes Paragraphs 2-5 in order to ______.A. explain why she always kept a safe distance from Miss McKenzie
B. compare(对比) the inner qualities of McKenzie with her ordinary appearance
C. point out that she and Miss McKenzie both came from an ordinary family
D. show the influence of the strong trust Miss McKenzie had in her
(
A
) 6. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 shows that it was ______ for a child from a working-class family to go to college.A. highly impossible B. of no use C. quite common D. of great importance
(
A
) 7. In Paragraph 6, the writer felt ______ when she heard Miss McKenzie’s passionate voice.A. surprised and encouraged B. ashamed and unwilling
C. uncertain and stressed D. worried and purposeful
(
B
) 8. The writer’s main purpose of writing this passage is to ______.A. think back on her schooldays and her past achievements
B. express her thankfulness to one of her school teachers
C. stress the importance of equal chance of education
D. encourage readers to find the angels around them
答案：5—8 BAAB
解析：
翻译:
B
（节选自莫莉·韦尔的《鞋子是为周日准备的》）
有一个短语让我非常困惑，那就是“不知不觉中接待了天使”。怎么会有人在接待天使时却浑然不觉呢？我从未想过天使般的品质会隐藏在非常平凡的声音和日常的身躯之下。
事实证明，我的天使就藏在我的学校老师麦肯齐小姐那小小的身躯里。在我看来，她一直是一位小老太太，灰白的头发衬托着一张圆润红润的脸，头发在头顶挽成一个老式的发髻。
虽然我很喜欢麦肯齐小姐的赞同，但我从来没有真正觉得和她很亲近。我从来没有问过她我离开学校后该做什么的建议。当然，只有一件事可做：找份工作，尽快赚钱。但麦肯齐小姐有别的想法。我们家根本不知道有针对无父儿童的奖学金。一个工人阶级家庭的孩子上大学，这在我们看来就像是故事书里才会有的事情。
我们都不知道，她迫使校长把我的名字报上去申请一项特殊奖学金，这项奖学金面向有天赋且会接受进一步教育的孩子。校长同意了，尽管他有点担心供我上一整年大学的费用。我没有收入，还要支付费用和买衣服，因为如果我获奖了，当然只有学费会被支付。
麦肯齐小姐对所有的争论都置之不理。直到今天，我还记得当被问到她是否觉得我有什么特殊品质时，这位年长的老师用手拍着桌子，用一句我从没想过她会知道的美国谚语断言：“我把我所有的钱都押在这个女孩身上！”
我被她声音里的激情和她对我的信任所震撼。“如果我让她失望了怎么办？”我心里想。“如果我让她失望了，她是不是得把所有的钱都还回去？”我有一种责任感，我不能让她失望。
大学时光过得很快。在大学一年结束的时候，我能够把大学金牌——年度最佳学生奖，以及一大堆奖项放在她面前。
突然，当我看着她，看到她戴着金边眼镜的眼睛里闪烁着自豪的光芒时，我意识到她为我打开了多么广阔的机会之门。我也第一次明白了“不知不觉中接待了天使”这句话的意思。因为站在我面前的课堂上的，就是我自己的天使，麦肯齐小姐。
5. 作者写第2-5段是为了______。
A. 解释她为什么总是和麦肯齐小姐保持安全距离
B. 对比麦肯齐的内在品质和她平凡的外表
C. 指出她和麦肯齐小姐都来自普通家庭
D. 展示麦肯齐小姐对她的强烈信任的影响
6. 第3段中划线的句子表明，一个工人阶级家庭的孩子上大学是______。
A. 几乎不可能的
B. 没用的
C. 很常见的
D. 非常重要的
7. 在第6段中，当作者听到麦肯齐小姐充满激情的声音时，她感到______。
A. 惊讶且受到鼓舞
B. 羞愧且不情愿
C. 不确定且有压力
D. 担心且有决心
8. 作者写这篇文章的主要目的是______。
A. 回忆她的学生时代和过去的成就
B. 表达她对她的一位学校老师的感激之情
C. 强调平等教育机会的重要性
D. 鼓励读者找到他们身边的天使
B
（节选自莫莉·韦尔的《鞋子是为周日准备的》）
有一个短语让我非常困惑，那就是“不知不觉中接待了天使”。怎么会有人在接待天使时却浑然不觉呢？我从未想过天使般的品质会隐藏在非常平凡的声音和日常的身躯之下。
事实证明，我的天使就藏在我的学校老师麦肯齐小姐那小小的身躯里。在我看来，她一直是一位小老太太，灰白的头发衬托着一张圆润红润的脸，头发在头顶挽成一个老式的发髻。
虽然我很喜欢麦肯齐小姐的赞同，但我从来没有真正觉得和她很亲近。我从来没有问过她我离开学校后该做什么的建议。当然，只有一件事可做：找份工作，尽快赚钱。但麦肯齐小姐有别的想法。我们家根本不知道有针对无父儿童的奖学金。一个工人阶级家庭的孩子上大学，这在我们看来就像是故事书里才会有的事情。
我们都不知道，她迫使校长把我的名字报上去申请一项特殊奖学金，这项奖学金面向有天赋且会接受进一步教育的孩子。校长同意了，尽管他有点担心供我上一整年大学的费用。我没有收入，还要支付费用和买衣服，因为如果我获奖了，当然只有学费会被支付。
麦肯齐小姐对所有的争论都置之不理。直到今天，我还记得当被问到她是否觉得我有什么特殊品质时，这位年长的老师用手拍着桌子，用一句我从没想过她会知道的美国谚语断言：“我把我所有的钱都押在这个女孩身上！”
我被她声音里的激情和她对我的信任所震撼。“如果我让她失望了怎么办？”我心里想。“如果我让她失望了，她是不是得把所有的钱都还回去？”我有一种责任感，我不能让她失望。
大学时光过得很快。在大学一年结束的时候，我能够把大学金牌——年度最佳学生奖，以及一大堆奖项放在她面前。
突然，当我看着她，看到她戴着金边眼镜的眼睛里闪烁着自豪的光芒时，我意识到她为我打开了多么广阔的机会之门。我也第一次明白了“不知不觉中接待了天使”这句话的意思。因为站在我面前的课堂上的，就是我自己的天使，麦肯齐小姐。
5. 作者写第2-5段是为了______。
A. 解释她为什么总是和麦肯齐小姐保持安全距离
B. 对比麦肯齐的内在品质和她平凡的外表
C. 指出她和麦肯齐小姐都来自普通家庭
D. 展示麦肯齐小姐对她的强烈信任的影响
6. 第3段中划线的句子表明，一个工人阶级家庭的孩子上大学是______。
A. 几乎不可能的
B. 没用的
C. 很常见的
D. 非常重要的
7. 在第6段中，当作者听到麦肯齐小姐充满激情的声音时，她感到______。
A. 惊讶且受到鼓舞
B. 羞愧且不情愿
C. 不确定且有压力
D. 担心且有决心
8. 作者写这篇文章的主要目的是______。
A. 回忆她的学生时代和过去的成就
B. 表达她对她的一位学校老师的感激之情
C. 强调平等教育机会的重要性
D. 鼓励读者找到他们身边的天使