河北省学位英语考试课文第一课

My Box of Memories 记忆的盒子
One day, an older woman was sitting on her bed, packing some things, in boxes, to put in her closet. She rubbed her forehead with her hand and thought of her terrible migraine headache, brought on by all this packing.
有一天，老妇人坐在她的床上，正要把一些东西放在盒子里，然后放到壁橱里。

她用手揉了揉额头，想起了自己那恼人的偏头痛，由于整理东西又发作了
As she sat there, she looked at an empty box in front of her. Next, she looked around, wondering what she might pack in that box. Then, she said to herself, "If I get rid of some of these memories, that have been in my head all these years, maybe my head would not hurt as bad."
她坐在那里，看着前面的空盒子。

接着，向四周看了看，困惑她想把什么放到盒子里。

然后，她对自己说：“要是我能忘掉一些在脑海里停留多年的记忆，或许我的头就不会痛得那么厉害了。

”
She put the tip of her finger between her lips. Then, her mind started wondering back, back, and back into her younger years.
她把她的手指放在嘴里，然后，她的思绪开始倒退，倒退，倒退到她年轻的时候。

She remembered her first puppy love Boy, was he handsome and strong for his age of 11. He looked even bigger in his elementary football uniform. "Guess, I will keep that memory," she said. So, she quickly put that in the box.
她想起了她的第一个喜欢的男孩，男孩11岁英俊强壮。

穿着小学足球队的队服，看上比实际年纪大。

“猜，我将保持那份记忆。

：她说，于是，她很快将这份记忆放入盒子里。

Then, she began to think a little bit harder, now. "Oh, Yes, I surely remembered my first kiss. He was such a good kisser, too." She, quickly, put her hand over her heart and could feel it beating faster and faster. She opened her eyes and said, "If I keep having memories like this, I will need something to take for high blood pressure." She gasped, then put that memory, definitely, into the box.
然后现在她开始想的有点困难了，“哦。

是的，我想我记起了我的初吻。

他吻技也很好。

”她迅速地把她的手放在心上，觉得心跳的越来越快。

她睁开眼睛说：“如果我保留这份记快，我将需要一些治疗高血压的药。

”她喘着气说，然后把那份记忆确切的放入到盒子中。

Then, she remembered the last spanking she got from her dad. As she remembered this, she rubbed her bottom. It was as if she, still, felt the burning.5 She would keep that memory, as it taught her to be nice to others.
她想起爸爸最后一次打她屁股(的情形)。

她一边回忆，一边不由自主地揉了揉屁股，似乎依然能感觉到那种火辣辣的疼痛。

她将保留这份记忆，因为这教会了她对他人友好。

Her memory took her forward to her high school prom6. She remembered the beautiful pink dress that her father had bought her. At the prom, she recognised a boy that she really liked. However, her sister had the same feelings. When her sister saw her looking at that boy, she walked over and (accidentally) spilled chocolate ice cream all over the front of her dress. She grabbed that memory and threw it in the trash.
她的记忆带她前行到了高中的班级舞会。

她记得她的父亲为她买了漂亮的粉色礼服。

在舞会上，她认识了一个她真正喜欢的男孩。

然而，她的妹妹也有相同的感觉。

当她的姐姐看到她看向那个男孩时，她走过来装作不经意的将巧克力冰淇淋撒落在她的礼服的整个前身上。

她抓住那个记忆把记忆扔进了垃圾里。

Though her memory started moving through the years, it stopped at meeting her husband. One night, she had gone out with her girlfriends and, upon returning home, there was an insurance
salesman there. Her parents introduced them and, when she looked into his eyes, she knew she was in real love. Three months later, they were married.
然后她的记忆开始放这些年的电影，停在了遇见她的丈夫的那一刻。

一天晚上，她和她的女友一起出去，当回到家里时，家里有一个保险推销员。

她的父母将他们进行互相介，然后她看到了他的眼睛，她知道她的真的恋爱了。

三个月以后，他们结婚了。

She went out at night with him, to go to several appointments. She soon realised that most of the late night meetings were with young women. She threw that memory in the trash, too.
她晚上和他一起出去，约会了几次。

很快她就知道了大多数晚上较晚的约会对年轻女子意味着什么。

她也把这份记快扔进了垃圾里。

About a month later, she told her husband that he needed to stay home and find another job. He did. He became a CPA. Little did she know that her husband and her puppy love were best of friends.
大约一个月以后，她告诉她的丈夫他需得呆在家里再找个工作。

他这样作了。

他成加拿大太平洋航空公司的职员。

她对他丈夫的知道的不多，她的初恋成了他最好的朋友。

She, then, began to think of their first child, then becoming a grandmother. She remembered her first diaper change, too. (Poop.) She still remembered the stink, held her nose shut, and put that thought in the trash, too. (She had to remember to take the trash out, when this was over.)
然后，她开始想她的第一个孩子，后来她当了祖母。

她也记得第一次给她换上的棉布衣服。

（哦哟）。

她还记得那臭味，捏着鼻子，也把这份记忆扔进垃圾。

（她得记得清理完了，把垃圾扔出去。

）
When she realised that the box was full, she took some tape and tape the lid shut. She took the box into the dining area and sat the box in a chair. Then, she went into the kitchen to fix supper for her husband.
她意识到盒子装满了，她拿出一些带子然后把盒子封好。

把盒子带进餐厅，把盒子放到椅子上。

然后，她走进厨房准备她和丈夫的晚餐。

As she was preparing supper, the doorbell rang. There stood her puppy love. She could not turn him away, as they were friends now.
当她准备晚餐时，门铃响了。

那站着她的初恋，她不能不让他进来，因为现在他们是朋友。

He walked into the dining area and looked at the box in the chair. He picked it up and shook it. He asked her, "What's in the box?"
他走进餐厅，看着椅子上的盒子。

拣起来晃了晃。

问她：“盒子里是什么？”
"My box of memories," she answered.
“我的记忆盒子。

”她回答。

"Can I look in it?" he asked.
他问：“我能看看吗？”
"Sure, but don't spill anything."
“可以，不要撒出啊。

”
He opened the box and it was empty. Either I am blind or she is going insane. He looked at her and said, "There is nothing in here."
他打开盒子，里面是空的。

除非我失明了或是她疯了。

他看着她说：“盒子里什么也没有。

”She turned toward him, with her hands on her hips, and said, "Well, does that tell you something? It means that you were not in my thoughts long enough to be in my memories."
她转向他，把他的双手放到唇上，说：“哦，你想告诉我什么？意思是你在我心里没有久到能留在我记忆里。

”
单选题
1.This kind of medicine has the power to poison.
a)splash(溅，泼) b)resist（抵抗，对抗）c)adopt（采用，通过，批准）d)occupy（占领，占有）
答案b) 这种药具有抗毒的作用。

2.He is easily so I do not like to talk with him.
a)defended（保护）b)afforded（担负得起）c)created（创造）d)offended（触怒，得罪，冒犯）
答案d) 他很容易动怒，所以我不喜欢跟他交谈。

3.I am to believe that he won't come back to see his wife again.
a)inclined（倾向，倾斜）b)puzzled（困惑）c)accompanied（陪同）d)performed （执行; 履行）
答案a) 我倾向于相信他不会再来见他的妻子。

4.Before you mail this letter,you shoule check again whether you have it or not.
a)sunk（使沉没）b)sighed（叹息）c)sought（寻找; 探寻）d)sealed（密封的）答案d) 在你邮寄这封信之前，你应该再检查一下是否把它密封好了。

5.After talking for nearly ten hours,he to the government's pressure at last.
a)expressde（表达, 表示）b)yielded（使屈服）c)decreased（缩小的）d)approved（经过检验的）
答案b) 在讲了近10个小时之后，他最后屈服于了政府的压力。

6.My hands and feet were with cold as I waite for the bus.
a)cliff（悬崖）b)still（静止的）c)stiff（不易弯曲的, 硬的）d)stick（粘贴, 张贴）答案c) 在我等公交车的时候，我的手和脚冻得僵硬。

7.This problem is beyond his ability and he can not it.
a)slip（滑）b)pack（包裹）c)gain（获得）d)solve（解决; 解答）
答案d) 这个问题超出了他的能力范围，他解决不了它。

8.When you buy the spare parts for your car,try to get the ones from the authorized dealer.
a)genuine（真的）b)generous（慷慨的）c)genius（天才, 天赋）d)gentle（温和的）答案a) 当你买你骑车的备用零件时，设法去真正的授权经销商。

9.If you use ,you can get a higher quality picture.
a)wax（蜡）b)shame（耻辱）c)goose（鹅）d)slides（幻灯片）
答案d) 如果你使用幻灯片，你能得到高质量的图。

10.Who this country,the people or the president?This question is not easy to answer.
a)frightens（使惊吓）b)differs（不同）c)displays（显示器）d)governs（统治，管理）
答案d) 谁管理这个国家，人民还是总统？这个问题不是那么容易回答的。

11.I decided to pay a visit to my former teacher as soon as I .
a)finish what I did b)finished what I did c)would finish what I was doing d)finished what I was doing
答案d) 我决定一做完我正在做的事，就去看望我以前的老师。

12.We see the lightning it happens,but we hear the thunder later.
a)the moment b)for the moment c)at the moment d)in a moment
答案a) 我们在看到闪电发生的那一刻，听到的却是雷声。

(一打闪我们马上就能看到，但
是过一会儿才能听到雷声)
13.Girl ,she is much naughtier than a boy.
a)although she was b)though she is c)though was she d)although was she
答案b) 尽管她是个女孩，但是她比一个男孩子还要淘气。

14.--- in this street?
---I think Mr.black is the richest man.
a)Whom do you think is the richest man b)Who do you think is the richest man.
c)Do you think who is the richest man. d)Do you think whom is the richest man.
答案b) --你认为这条街上最富的人是谁？--我认为Black 先生是最富有的人。

15. computers are of great benefit to the development of science and technology.
a)The fact is what b)That the fact is c)What the fact is that d)The fact is that
答案d) 事实上，计算机对于科学技术的发展有很大的好处。

16.Living things are dying out quickly.Let's ask destroying them in the past years.
a)what part people have been playing b)people have playde in
c)what part people have been played in d)people have been playing what part
答案c) 生物正在讯速的消亡。

我们想知道在过去几年中人类在其中的作用（或扮演了什么角色）。

17.No matter how fast we worked, .
a)we couldn't catch up with them b)and we couldn't catch up with them
c)so we couldn't catch up with them d)but we couldn't catch up with them
答案a) 不管我们工作有多快，我们都无法赶上他们。

18.The reason why I gave in is if I didn't.
a)because she would be disappointed b)that she would be disappointed
c)because she would be have adisappointment d)for she would be disappointed
答案b）我之所以让步，是因为如果我不让步的话，她会失望。

主语是reason时,表语从句用that 引导
19.The workers were making so much noise in the workshop,and the boss hurriedly went to see 。

a)what the matter was b)what was the wrong
c)what wrong was d)what was the matter
答案d）工人们在车间里的制造了很大的噪音，老板慌忙去看发生了什么事儿。

what is/was the matter的语序在任何情况下都不变化,因为what在句中作主语。

20. method you choose,so long as you finish the job on time.
a)It isn't matter to me what b)What doesn't matter is that
c)It doesn't matter to me which d)No matter which
答案c) 只要你能按时完成任务，选择哪种方法，都是无所谓的。

matter作动词时, 意为“要紧,有关系”, 常用于否定或疑问句中。

Reading Comprehension 一
The ballad(民谣)and the folk song have long been recognized as important keys to the thoughts and feelings of a people，but the dime novel(通俗小说)，though sought by the collector and deferred to in a general way by the social historian，is dismissed with a smile of amusement by almost everyone else．
民谣与民歌始终被公认为是抒发人类思想和感受的途径。

尽管收藏家和社会历史学家寻找通俗小说并认为其是了解早期人类思想的主要途径。

但被几乎所有的人嗤之以鼻。

Neither folk songs nor dime novels were actually created by the plain people of America．
But in their devotion to these modes of expression，the people made them their own．The dime novel,intended as it was for the great masses and designed to fill the pockets of both author and．publisher,quite naturally sought the lowest common denominator：themes that were foundt to be popular and attitudes that met with the most general approval became stereotyped．
无论是小说还是民歌实际上都不是最普通的美国人创作的。

但在他们热衷的表达方式里，人们固守陈归。

小说贴近于大众的目的是尽量的填满作者和出版社的口袋，便相当自然地寻找最普通低级的题材做为主题，这些千篇一律的主题被社会大众欢迎与认可。

Moreover,the dime novel，reflecting a much wider range of attitudes and ideas than the ballad and the folk song，is the nearest thing we have had in thi s county to a true'proletarian’ literature，that is a literature written for the great masses of people and actually read by them．
此外，通俗小说比民谣和民歌在思想意识上的反应的内容更为广阔，它是我们国家的无产阶级文学的雏形，它是为广大人民群众创作的文学，他们才是真正的读者。

Although a study of our dime novels alone cannot enable anyone to determine what are the
essential characteristics of the American tradition，it can contribute materially to that end．SoOner or later,the industrious researchers who have mined so many obscure lodes of American literary expression will almost certainly turn their attention to these novels and all their kinds．Let nO One think，however,that the salmon covered paperbacks once so eagerly devoured by soldiers，lumberjacks，trainmen，hired girls，and adolescent boys now make exciting or agreeable reading even for the historian，much as the social and historical implications may interest him．As for the crowds today who get their sensational thrills from the movies and the tabloids，I fear that they would find these hair-raisers of an earlier age deadly dull．
尽管单独研究我们的通俗小说不容易让人理解，判断什么是美国传统的本质特征，但它能在实质上使那些结束。

提前或者稍晚。

勤劳的探索者将所有的注意力用尽各种方法去开采着美国文学宝藏。

不受任何人左右，无论如何，束缚在这条大鱼上面绳索终于被士兵们，伐木工们，保姆们，司机们，和小男生们撕碎，现在可以让人或兴奋愉快的阅读历史上的故事。

许多与社会和历史有关的故事牵动着人们的兴趣。

至于今天给大家提供火爆刺激地电影和画报的人，我担心他们了解了他们早期的前辈会惭愧自己的愚钝。

1．According（根据）to the passage，it is common to consider （思考）that an important indication（表示）of a society's culture is the（）
A)dime novel B) ballad and folk song
C)popular songs D)music
2．Which of the following（下列）is true，according（根据）to the passage（段落）?
根据短文意思，下列哪个是正确的？（）
A)Folk songs were created by the plain people of America．
B)The dime novel was created by the plain people of America．
C)Both folk songs and dime novels were created by the plain people of America．
民歌和民谣都是普通的美国人创作的。

D)Both folk songs and dime novels weren’t created by the common Americans．
民歌和民谣都不是普通的美国人创作的。

3．Which of the following belongs（属于）to one of “these modes of expression（表达）”
下列哪项是他们表达方式的一种？（第二段，第三行）（）
A)Popular songs．(流行音乐) B)Dancing．（舞蹈）C)Dime novels．（通俗小说）D)Jazz．（爵士乐）
4．The principal（主要的）purpose （目的）of the author（作者）of a dime novel was to （）通俗小说作者最主要的目的是什么？
A) explore（探索）a segment（部分）of American society（社会）（探索美国社会）
B) make money（赚钱）
C)raise（升起）the level of intelligence（理解力）of the great mass（众多）of people （提升多数人的理解水平）
D)promote （促进）the American political（政治）philosophy（哲学）（促进美国政治与哲学的进步）
5．According（根据）to the author, the study of our dime novels（）．
根据作者，我们通俗小说的研究
A)is a waste of time （浪费时间）
B)would be amusing（有趣的）but unimportant（有趣的但不重要的。

）
C)would be a valuable（宝贵的）contribution （贡献）in determining（决定的）the essential （本质的）characteristics（特征）of the American tradition（传统的）
（将是确定美国传统本质特征的宝贵贡献）
D)would be sufficient（充分的）in itself to determine（决定）the essential characteristics of the American tradition
（它本身足以确定美国传统的本质特征）
Reading Comprehension 二
Baekeland and Hartmann report that the “short sleepers” had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens. But at about age 15 or so, the men voluntarily began cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their nightly periods of unconsciousness as bothersome interruptions in their daily routines.
贝克尔和哈特曼报道说，“睡眠少的人”在未进入少年期之前，其正常睡眠时间大致与所需要的时间差不多。

但到了15岁左右，由于学校、工作或其它活动的地压力，他们就故意地减少了夜间睡眠的时间。

这些人持有这样的观点：夜间睡眠是一件令人讨厌的事情，打断了日常事务。

In general, these “short sleeps”appeared ambitious, active, energetic, cheerful, conformist(不动摇) in their opinions, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or workers full-or part-time while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear “normal” or “acceptable” to their friends and associates.
总的说来，这些“睡眠少的人”表现得雄心勃勃、积极活跃、精力充沛、无意识乐观豁达、立场坚定，对自己职业的选择胸有成竹。

他们往往同时从事几项工作，或者一边上学读书，一边从事专职或兼职工作。

其中许多人有强烈愿望，想在朋友和熟人面前表现得“正常”或“合群”。

When asked to recall their dreams, the “short sleepers”did poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope
that the trouble would go away.
当让他们回忆梦境时，“睡眠少的人”回忆不起什么来。

更有甚者，他们似乎情愿什么都记不住。

类似的情况是他们通常处理心理问题的方式：不承认问题的存在，希望只要忙忙碌碌，麻烦总会过去的
The sleep patterns of the “short sleepers”were similar to, but less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental patients categorized as manic(疯人).
“睡眠少的人”的睡眠模式与被划入疯子之类精神病患者的睡眠模式十分相似，只不过没有那么严重而已。

The “long sleepers”were quite different indeed. Baekeland and Hartmann report that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were quite concerned when they were occasionally deprived of their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their dreams much better than did the “short sleepers.”
“睡眠多的人”情形则大不相同。

贝克尔和哈特曼报道说，这些年轻人从小的，有抱负的睡眠就一直很长。

他们好像注重睡眠，不让睡眠受打搅。

偶尔没有所需的9个小时夜间卧床休息，他们便会十分不安。

他们比“睡眠少的人”要更能回忆得起梦的内容。

Many of the “long sleepers”were shy, anxious, introverted (内向), inhibited (压抑), passive, mildly depressed, and unsure of themselves (particularly in social situations). Several openly states that sleep was an escape from their daily problems.
许多“睡眠多的人”腼腆、焦躁、内向、压抑、消极和稍微有点儿沮丧，尤其在社交场合缺乏自信。

好几个人坦言，睡眠是摆脱每天烦恼的一种方式。

1. According to the report,______.
A) many short sleepers need less sleep by nature
B) many short sleepers are obliged to reduce their nightly sleep time because they are busy with their work
C) long sleepers sleep a longer period of time during the day
D) many long sleepers preserve their sleeping habit formed during their childhood
2. Many “short sleepers”are likely to hold the view that _____.
A) sleep is a withdrawal from the reality
B) sleep interferes with their sound judgement
C) sleep is the least expensive item on their routine program
D) sleep is the best way to deal with psychological troubles
3. It is stated in the third paragraph that short sleepers _____.
A) are ideally vigorous even under the pressures of life
B) often neglect the consequences of inadequate sleep
C) do not know how to relax properly
D) are more unlikely to run into mental problems
4. When sometimes they cannot enjoy adequate sleep, the long sleepers might ____.
A) appear disturbed
B) become energetic
C) feel dissatisfied
D) be extremely depressed
5. Which of the following is Not included in the passage?
A) If one sleeps inadequately, his performance suffers and his memory is weakened
B) The sleep patterns of short sleepers are exactly the sane as those shown by many mental patients
C) Long and short sleepers differ in their attitudes towards sleep
D) Short sleepers would be better off with more rest
答案dcbab
1、根据报告：
A、短睡眠的人天生需要少睡觉
B、许多睡眠少的人迫不得己的减少睡眠时间，因为工作忙
C、长睡眠的人在一天的时间里睡很长时
D、许多长睡眠的人自从幼年时便保持着睡眠习惯。

2、许多短睡眠的人喜欢持有的观点是：
A、睡觉是现实的倒退
B、睡觉影响正确的判断
C、睡觉是日常事务中最不需要做的程序
D、睡觉是解决心理问题的最好办法
3、第三自然段阐述睡眠短的人：
A、在人生的压力下也能保持旺盛的精力
B、经常忽略不正常睡觉的后果
C、不知道如何正确的休息
D、不容易得心理疾病
4、有些时候不能满足需要的睡眠，长睡眠的人可能：
A、出现不安
B、变的精力旺盛
C、感到不高兴
D、非常沮丧
5、下列哪一项不属于短文内容:
A、如果一个人睡不好，表现为记忆力减退
B、短睡眠人的睡眠模式与精神病患者所表现的几乎一样
C、长短睡眠的人对睡觉的态度表现不同
D、睡眠少的人必须更好更多的休息。