2013陕西省长安一中5月模拟考试英语试题答案(4)

C．By inviting more guests．      D．By playing hide-and-seek．
C
The young boy saw me, or rather, he saw the car and quickly ran up to me ,eager to sell his bunches of bananas and bags of peanuts．Though he appeared to be about twelve, he seemed to have already known he bitterness of life．"Bananas 300 naira．Peanuts 200 naira．"He said in a low voice．I bargained him down to 200 that for the fruit and nuts, When he agreed, I handed him a 500 naira bill．He didn't have change．So I told him not to worry．He said thanks and smiled a row of perfect teeth．
When, two weeks later, I saw the boy again, I was more aware of my position in a society where it's not that uncommon to see a little boy who should be in school standing on the corner selling fruit in the burning sun．My parents bad raised me to be aware of the advantage we had been afforded and the responsibility it brought to us．I pulled over and rolled down my window, He had a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts ready．I waved them away．"What's up?" I asked him．"I…I don't have money to buy books for school．"I reached into my pocket and handed him two fresh 500 naira bills．"Will this help?" I asked．He looked around nervously before taking the money．One thousand naira was a lot of money to someone whose family probably made about 5,000 naira or less each year．"Thank you, sir．" he said．
“ Thank you very much!"
When driving home．I wondered if my little friend actually used the money for schoolbooks．What if he's a swindler? And then I wondered why I did it．Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him? Later, I realized that I wondered why I did it, Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him, nor did I think to ask．
Over the next six months, I was busy working in a news agency in northern Nigeria．Sometime after I returned, I went out For a drive．When I was about to pull over, the boy suddenly appeared by my window with a big smile ready on his face．
"Oh, gosh! Long time．"
"Are you in school now ?" I asked．He nodded．"That's good," I said．A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I realized what he wanted．"Here," I held out a 500 naira bill．"Take this．"He shook his head and stepped back as if hurt．"What's wrong?"  I asked．"It's a gift．"He shook his head again and brought his had form behind his back．His face shone with sweat．He dropped a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts in the front seat before he said," I've been waiting to give these to you ．"
54．What was the author's first impression of the boy?
A．He seemed to be poor and greedy．
B．He seemed to have suffered a lot．
C．He seemed younger than his age．
D．He seemed good at bargaining．
55．The second time the author met the boy, the boy ____．
A．told him his purpose of selling fruit and nuts
B．wanted to express his thanks
C．asked him for money for his schoolbooks
D．tried to take advantage of him
56．What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 3 ?
A．student B．worker C．merchant D．liar
57．Which of the following best describes the boy?
A．Brave and polite． B．Kind and smart．
C．Honest and thankful． D．Shy and nervous．
D
  Hill was born in Pound, Virginia, in 1883．After losing his mother at a young age, he started acting out．Soon, as a young reporter, he interviewed some famous people．He was inspired to summarize a principle for personal success based on interviews with some big people of the time: not only Thomas Edison but also Henry Ford．Alexander Graham Bell．and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom he advised from 1933 to 1936．He,, published the book In 1928 as The Law of Success．
One of the most inspiring stories in Hill's life "as his own son's．Blair was born without outside ears; doctors feared that he would be deaf and mule （哑的） for his entire life．Hill, of course, refused to accept this．Through a positive menial altitude and a burning desire that his child hear, and speak．At la-it, having gained limited hearing with the help of a teacher, Blair found an electronic device Him allowed him to hear—and decided to make it his life's work to help other deaf people．"For the first time in his life," Napoleon Hill wrote, "he heard practically as well as any person with normal hearing．"
In 1937, Hill published his best-selling work．Think and Grow Rich, which remains one of the leading hooks on personal motivation and self-help to this day．Hill's focus was not simply wealth, however; he provided tips and ideas for achieving any goal through self-confidence, cooperation and tolerance．
Helping others was a key element for him; in Think and Grow Rich, Hill wrote, “ I hate envy, jealousy and selfishness because I know that a negative toward others can never bring me success．”
58．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Napoleon Hill was a best-selling writer．
B．Napoleon Hill interviewed Henry Ford．
C．Napoleon Hill was once an advisor to a president．
D．Napoleon Hill inspired Alexander Graham Bell．
59．From the passage we can learn that Blair          ．
A．heard like a person with normal hearing at last
B．was convinced he would be mute all his life
C．had to admit he would deaf all his life
D．was born with deafness and blindness
60．Which of the following is the right order of the events related to Hill according to the passage?
a．He started acting our．
b．He gave advice to President Roosevelt．
c．He published the book The Low of Success．
d．He published the book Think and Grow Rich．