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1、英語閱讀試題匯總 英語閱讀試題 英語閱讀：TheDifferenceaTeachercanMake Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U.S.education system.Remarkably, he could read, yet, in spite of his reading skills, Steve was failing.He had been failing since first grade, as he was pa

2、ssed on from grade to grade.Steve was a big boy, looking more like a teenager than a twelve year old, yet, Steve went unnoticed...until Miss White.　　Miss White was a smiling, young, beautiful redhead, and Steve was in love! For the first time in his young life, he couldn’t take his eyes off his teac

3、her; yet, still he failed.He never did his homework, and he was always in trouble with Miss White.His heart would break under her sharp words, and when he was punished for failing to turn in his homework, he felt just miserable! Still, he did not study.　　In the middle of the first semester of school

4、, the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills.Steve hurried through his tests, and continued to dream of other things, as the day wore on.His heart was not in school, but in the woods, where he often escaped alone, trying to shut out the sights, sounds and smells of his alcoholic home.No on

5、e checked on him to see if he was safe.No one knew he was gone, because no one was sober enough to care.Oddly, Steve never missed a day of school.　　One day, Miss White’s impatient voice broke into his daydreams.　　“Steve!!” Startled, he turned to look at her.　　“Pay attention!” Steve locked his gaze

6、on Miss White with adolescent adoration, as she began to go over the test results for the seventh grade.　　“You all did pretty well,” she told the class, “e____cept for one boy, and it breaks my heart to tell you this, but...” She hesitated, pinning Steve to his seat with a sharp stare, her eyes sear

7、ching his face.　　“...The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!” She just stared at Steve, as the class spun around for a good look.Steve dropped his eyes and carefully e____amined his fingertips.　　After that, it was war!! Steve still wouldn’t do his homework.Even as the punishments

8、 became more severe, he remained stubborn.　　“Just try it! ONE WEEK!” He was unmoved.　　“You’re smart enough! You’ll see a change!” Nothing fazed him.　　“Give yourself a chance! Don’t give up on your life!” Nothing.　　“Steve! Please! I care about you!” Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it!! Someone cared about

9、him? Someone, totally unattainable and perfect, CARED ABOUT HIM??!! Steve went home from school, thoughtful, that afternoon.Walking into the house, he took one look around.Both parents were passed out, in various stages of undress, and the stench was overpowering! He, quickly, gathered up his cing

10、gear, a jar of peanut butter, a loaf of bread, a bottle of water, and this time...his schoolbooks.Grim faced and determined, he headed for the woods.　　AnEmptyBo____ Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the familys only roll of e____pensive gold wrapping paper.Money

11、was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebo____ to put under the Christmas tree.　　Nevertheless, the ne____t morning the little girl, filled with e____citement, brought the gift bo____ to her father and sai

12、d, “This is for you, Daddy!” As he opened the bo____, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.　　But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared.“Dont you know, young lady, ” he said harshly, “when you give someone a present theres supposed to be something insi

13、de the package!” The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: “Daddy, its not empty.I blew kisses into it until it was all full.” The father was crushed.He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl.He begged her to forgive him for his unneces

14、sary anger.　　An accident took the life of the child only a short time later.It is told that the father kept that little gold bo____ by his bed for all the years of his life.Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the bo____, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the

15、love of this beautiful child who had put it there.　　In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden bo____ filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.　　There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.　　HappinessEqu

16、ateswithFun? I live in Hollywood.You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others.If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.　　Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun.The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing

17、in mon.Fun is what we e____perience during an act.Happiness is what we e____perience after an act.It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.　　Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us rela____, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even l

18、augh.But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.　　I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun.These rich, beautiful inpiduals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy

19、cars, e____pensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”.　　But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, profound loneliness.　　The way people cling to the belief that a fun

20、-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness.If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness.But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some

21、pain.　　As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious mitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.　　TodayisaGift Two men, both

22、 seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.His bed was ne____t to the room‘s only window.The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.The men talked for hours on end.　　They spo

23、ke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the win

24、dow.The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.　　The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats.Youn

25、g lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow.Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.As the man by the window described all this in e____quisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his ey

26、es and imagine the picturesque scene.　　One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by.Although the other man couldn‘t hear the band - he could see it in his mind‘s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.　　Days and weeks passed.One morning, the

27、day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.　　As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved ne____

28、t to the window.The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was fortable, she left him alone.Slowly and painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside.Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.He strained to slowly turn to

29、 look out the window beside the bed.It faced a blank wall.　　The man asked the nurse what could have pelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to

30、 encourage you.” IsPackingImportanttoYou? A young man was getting ready to graduate from college.For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.　　As Graduation Day approached, the young ma

31、n awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study.His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him.He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift bo____.Curious, bu

32、t somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the bo____ and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young mans name embossed in gold.　　Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.　　Many yea

33、rs passed and the young man was very successful in business.He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him.He had not seen him since that graduation day.Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram te

34、lling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son.He needed to e home immediately and take care of things.　　When he arrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.He began to search through his fathers important papers and saw the still new

35、Bible, just as he had left it years ago.　　With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible.It had a tag with the dealers name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired.On the tag was the date of his graduation, a

36、nd the words… “PAID IN FULL”.　　How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we e____pected? I trust you enjoyed this.Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.Sometimes we dont re

37、alize the good fortune we have or we could have because we e____pect “the packaging” to be different.What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.　　TheBabyEagle Once upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff overlooking a beau

38、tiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals, scurrying about enjoying their lives.　　The baby eagle liked the nest.It was the only world he had ever known.It was warm and fortable, had a great view, and even better, he had all the food and love and attention that a grea

39、t mother eagle could provide.Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food.She was like a god to him, he had no idea where she came from or how she worked her magic.　　The baby eagle was hungry all the time, but the

40、 mother eagle would always e just in time with the food and love and attention he craved.The baby eagle grew strong.His vision grew very sharp.He felt good all the time.　　Until one day, the mother stopped ing to the nest.　　The baby eagle was hungry.“Im sure to die,” said the baby eagle, all the time

41、.　　“Very soon, death is ing,” he cried, with tears streaming down his face.Over and over.But there was no one there to hear him.　　Then one day the mother eagle appeared at the top of the mountain cliff, with a big bowl of delicious food and she looked down at her baby.The baby looked up at the mothe

42、r and cried “Why did you abandon me? Im going to die any minute.How could you do this to me?” The mother said, “Here is some very tasty and nourishing food, all you have to do is e get it.” “e get it!” said the baby, with much anger.“How?” The mother flew away.　　The baby cried and cried and cried

43、.　　A few days later, “Im going to end it all,” he said.“I give up.It is time for me to die.” He didnt know his mother was nearby.She swooped down to the nest with his last meal.　　“Eat this, its your last meal,” she said.　　The baby cried, but he ate and whined and whined about what a bad mother she

44、was.　　“Youre a terrible mother,” he said.Then she pushed him out of the nest.　　He fell.　　Head first.　　Picked up speed.　　Faster and faster.　　He screamed.“Im dying Im dying,” he cried.He picked up more speed.　　He looked up at his mother.“How could you do this to me?” He looked down.　　The ground rushe

45、d closer, faster and faster.He could visualize his own death so clearly, ing so soon, and cried and whined and plained.“This isnt fair!” he screamed.　　Something strange happens.　　The air caught behind his arms and they snapped away from his body, with a feeling unlike anything he had ever e____perie

46、nced.He looked down and saw the sky.He wasnt moving towards the ground anymore, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.　　“Huh?” he said.“What is going on here!” “Youre flying,” his mother said.　　“This is fun!” laughed the baby eagle, as he soared and ped and swooped.　　“Yes it is!” said the mother. 第 14 頁 共 14 頁