2014东营二模英语试题答案(4)

A．The author played a joke on Lena．
B．Lena treated the author as a friend．
C．The author got to know who Lena was．
D．Lena mistook the author for her grandmother．
54. This passage is mainly organized in the pattern of       ．
A．time and events B．contrast and conclusion
C．cause and effect D．questions and answers
55. We can infer that when writing the story, the author felt       .
A．happy          B. worried C．confused          D．anxious
D
There is a story about a man who lost his legs and left arm in an accident. After the accident, only a finger and thumb on his right hand remained.
He was a brilliant, creative, and educated man. He had gained a lot of experience while traveling around the world, so he became very depressed after his accident. He was afraid that he would spend the rest of his life suffering and would no longer be able to spend his life in a meaningful way. Then, he realized that he still had partial function of his right hand and could still write even though it was very difficult. An idea occurred to him. "Why not write to other people who need encouragement?"
He wrote to the prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied, "Writing to the prisoners is acceptable, but your letters will not be answered."
    Filled with excitement, the man knew he could write his letters. He began sending one-way messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words and shared his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.
    It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of a reply. One day he received a letter from the prison ministry. It was a short note from the officer who monitored and checked the prison mail.
    The letter said, "Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell to cell until they literally fall to pieces!"
No matter what circumstances life may present, we all have unique experiences, abilities, and God-given talents. We can discover ways to reach others who desperately need messages of encouragement and strength. 
56. Before the man had the accident, he       .
A. had toured around the world
B. had visited local prisons
C. had tried doing exercise to recover himself
D. had been friends with the prison minister
57. In order to live in a meaningful way, the man began to       .
A. receive the school education
B. write to other people who need encouragement
C. meet the people who are depressed
D. help other people who lost arms and legs 
58. According to the prison minister,      .
    A. the man was not allowed to write to the prisoners
    B. the man couldn’t go to see the prisoners himself
    C. the prisoners were not allowed to answer the letters
    D. he was not sure if the prisoners liked receiving the letters
59. From the officer’s short note we are told that       .
    A. the man would be offered free paper to write letters on
    B. some of the prisoners were not satisfied with his letters
    C. the prisoners eagerly wanted to write back to the man
    D. his letters were very popular among the prisoners
60. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Stories about a humorous Person
B. Popularity of Special Letters
C. Special letters of Encouragement
D. Relationship between writers and prisoners
E
For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
As Amy Paul choked on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide(一氧化碳), their cat clawed at the wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.
No one could explain their timely heroics.
Both pets were rescued by their owners in infancy — Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a dustbin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with a special tool.
As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple’s 14-year-old son was already unconscious. "Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound," Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.
Amy Paul’s husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. "Normally I peel(削皮) them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that’s what caused me to choke," she recalled. "I couldn’t breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life."
Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards lunch.
61．Why did Amy Paul choke on a piece of apple?
  A. She had a big bite.
    B. The apple was too hard.
C. She was too young to care for herself.
D. She didn’t peel the skin as usual.  
62．Winnie saved the lives of its owner’s whole family in an accident by       .