长沙理工大学自考英语考试资料(一)(12)

A、entertain readers with aggressive behaviors

B、show how aggression affects relationships

C、inform readers about two types of aggression

D、warn readers against frustrating others plans

Passage Nine

There was a strange girl in my high school whom we all called the Bird. We called her that

because of her nervous, birdlike movements. Her skin looked as if it had never felt the sun, and

there was usually a red spot in the middle of her forehead. She had thin black hair on her arms long

enough to comb, and she wore clothes that had been out of fashion since Shirley Temple's time. She

was so often laughed at that it shames me to this day to think that I was part of it. Oh, I never

laughed at her in her face; I wasn't that brave. I'd wait until she hurried by and join the other guys.

And it's important when you're a teenager to join in the laughter so that the laughter will not turn on

you.

I remember one day when the Bird was surrounded by three or four rude guys who had

stopped her in the hall between classes. They were moving their arms up and down like birds and

shouting in her ear. She was terrified and there was fright in her eyes. A couple of her books fell to

the floor. Then this girl came out of nowhere. I'd never seen such anger in a girl before. She went

up to the leader of the guys and shouted angrily, “Stop it! Can't you see what you're doing?” The

guys backed off, astonished. Then the girl went over to the Bird and put her arm around her

shoulders and walked her to class.

I thought about the Bird when I read about Nathan Faris, the little boy who shot a classmate

and killed himself after being laughed at by the kids in his school. I thought of how I had been part

of her misery, how more than twenty years later it still bothered me. But I also thought of what I

had learned that day about respect and bravery, about being a human being, from a girl whose name

I don't even know. And I wonder whether that one act of kindness might have saved another girl's

life.

1、The girl was called the Bird mainly because of her ________.

A、outdated dress B、color of her hair

C、birdlike actions D、physical appearance

2、The author joined other teenagers in laughing at the Bird because he ________.

A、feared that they would laugh at him

C、shared their opinion of her nervous actions B、did not dare to laugh at her in her face D、was ashamed of her peculiar movements

3、When the kind girl came to the Bird's help, the teenagers were ________.

A、shocked B、afraid C、angry D、ashamed

4、The story of Nathan Faris reminded the author that ________.

A、he should have asked the girl s name B、a kind act may change a person s life

C、the girl had saved the life of the Bird D、boys were not as brave as girls in school

5、What the author learns from the kind girl is ________.

A、shame and misery B、shame and kindness

C、respect and courage

四、Word Form将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白处

1、It is __________ ( legal ) to sell tobacco to children under the age of 16.

2、We need to investigate all __________ ( possible ) for helping these children.

D、respect and love