I had to knock on the taxi to get his attention. Finally, the driver, a man about 60, looked up from behind the wheel and apologized, “I’m sorry, but I was reading a letter.” He sounded as if he had a cold or a cough.
Since I was in no hurry, I told him to finish his letter. He shook his head, explaining that he had already read it several times and almost knew it by heart. Curious, I asked whether it was from a child or maybe a grandchild. “This isn’t family,” he replied. “though he might just as well have been a regular member of the family. Old Ed and I grew up together.”
They were always friends. But since he moved away from the neighborhood 30 years ago, it’d generally just been postcards at Christmas time between them. A couple of weeks ago, Ed died. “I should have kept in touch.” He repeated this, more to himself than to me. To comfort him, I said sometimes we just didn’t seem to find the time. “But we used to find the time,” he said. “Take a look.” He handed the letter over to me.
The first sentence “I’ve been meaning to write for some time, but I’ve always delayed it.” reminded me of myself. It went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together. When I read the part where it said “Your friendship really means a lot to me, more than I can say because I’m not good at saying things like that”, I found myself nodding in agreement.
We had gone several kilometers and were almost at my hotel, so I read the last paragraph: “So I thought you’d like to know that I was thinking of you.” And it was ended with “Your Old Friend, Tom.”
“I thought your friend’s name was Ed,” I said.
“I’m Tom,” he explained. “It’s a letter I wrote to Ed before I knew he’d died. I never put it in the mailbox. I guess I should have written it sooner.” His face was pale as he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.
When I got to my hotel room I didn’t unpack right away. I had to write a letter and post it.
1. From Paragraph 4, we learn that the author of the passage _______.
A. often fails to write to his friends
B. doesn’t want to write to his friends
C. had many great moments with his friends
D. was good at expressing his feelings to friends
2. Who wrote the letter?
A. Old Ed B. The driver’s grandchild
C. The author D. Tom
3. What message does the passage probably try to convey?
A. Comfort your friends when they are feeling down.
B. Life is unpredictable so live each day as if it were your last.
C. Always make time to value and experience your lasting friendships.
D. Remember to always mail your letters after expressing your words.
發散思維新課堂系列答案科目：高中英語 來源：2016-2017學年廣西桂林市高二上期段考英語卷（解析版） 題型：七選五
閱讀下列短文，從所給的七個選項（A、B、C、D、E、F、G）中選出每空最佳選項。
Question: Why is it so hard for some people to apologize after they’ve done something wrong? I have made efforts to persuade my uncle to be nice to people that he’s hurt. 1. How I wish things would be better if he’d just say he’s sorry and ask them to forgive him.
Answer: 2. It’s just easier for him to pretend nothing happened than to face the embarrassment (尷尬) of admitting he was wrong. You’ve probably done the same thing yourself at some time. In fact, most of us have. Furthermore, what if others won’t forgive him even if he apologizes?
3. Pride blinds us to our mistakes or faults. Or at least it makes us pay less attention to their seriousness.
Pride also makes us unwilling to admit to others that we were wrong. Perhaps we’re afraid they will look down on us if we admit it. 4.
But others see through our pride. And things would be far better if we admitted our faults and asked for forgiveness. 5.
Now you know why your uncle refuses to apologize, talk to him again. Help him to learn how to apologize and ask for forgiveness from others.
A. But a deeper reason is pride.
B. But he just refuses to do that.
C. We may even hope that somehow they will overlook it.
D. As a result, you would offend others and hurt their feelings.
E. There are a variety of reasons for your uncle’s refusal to apologize.
F. Otherwise our pride would only hurt us and cause conflict with others.
G. One reason your uncle finds it hard to apologize could be embarrassment.
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We must take measures to prevent a possible ______ between the two sides.
A. accomplish B. conflict
C. construct D. contact
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_______ the foreign students to the end of the road and you will see a splendid world.
A. Follow B. When follow
C. Following D. If you follow
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閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（不多于3個詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式.
This Christmas, maybe different from previous years, a strong desire drives me to make my own Christmas gifts. 1. (honest) speaking, I’ve promised myself this more than once. As 2. crafter (工匠), I’ve frequently thought I am 3. (suppose) to turn it into action. However, this year I really plan to stick 4. it. It’s partly because I am short 5. money. More importantly, recently I 6. (return) from an inspiring trip around Britain, collecting some information about crafting for BBC’s Newsnight.
I was really struck by people’s increasing 7. (enthusiastic) for making things. When I asked some people 8. they could sew(縫紉), only a few raised their hands. 9. when I asked who wanted to learn, nearly everyone responded positively, 10. (hope) to learn something practical.
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根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
Fitting in fitness
Do you find excuses not to exercise? 1. Here are a few ways to get you going.
Do what you love.
The easiest way to fall into the habit of doing exercise is to choose an activity you enjoy — one that doesn't feel like exercise, even though it is. 2. If you play to your strengths, you’ll find fitness activities you can enjoy for years.
Choose your hour.
Studies have shown that people who work out in the morning are most likely to stick with a routine. By doing exercise before the day starts, they can avoid the last-minute scheduling conflicts. But if you’ re not a morning person, choose whatever time works best for you. 3.
Call it by another name.
4. If it's something you have to do anyway — like washing the car or planting some bushes in the yard — you’ll achieve two goals at once.
Partner up.
Exercise is more fun when you do it with others. 5. On days when your motivation is low, you’ re more likely to stick with the programme to avoid disappointing your exercise partners. You can also train with an expert. A personal trainer will help you set goals, design a personalized fitness programme, and vary your routine to keep it challenging.
A. Ask yourself: what am I good at?
B. Make fitness part of your social routine.
C. For example, you can join a running, walking, hiking, biking or tennis club.
D. If you’re in top form from noon to 1 pm, aim for a lunchtime workout.
E. Would you rather do anything else — even sort your socks or clean the fridge?
F. If a damp T-shirt is not your idea of a good time, try gentler forms of exercise.
G. Substitute some challenging household activity for the standard exercise routine.
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閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（1個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。
One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about __1. (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, __2._ some of them looked very anxious and __3.__ (disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next __4._ the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike __5.__ (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused __6._ (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept __7.__ (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, “__8.__ anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It’ s _9.__ (I)”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers _10._ (sudden) became friendly to one another.
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科目：高中英語 來源：【百強校]2016-2017學年福建省高一上期中考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search suggests plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex （復雜的）and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we’ll become more intelligent.
The idea got across to the public, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.
I’ll leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.
1.What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A. Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.
B. Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.
C. There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music.
D. There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect.
2.The underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggests that ________.
A. the idea was accepted by many people
B. people were strongly against the idea
C. Mozart played an important part in people’s life
D. the US government helped promote the idea
3.What is the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect?
A. Favorable.B. Objective.C. Positive.D. Doubtful.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Listening to Mozart, necessary?
B. What music is beneficial?
C. What is the Mozart effect?
D. To accept Mozart or not to?
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Although the evidence _______ Tom，he was still worried about whether he would win in the case．
A．favored B．benefited
C．supported D．appreciate
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