阅读理解。 An American went to a small town in South America for his holidays. Fe
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was far away from cities. One day he fell ill and wanted very much to see a doctor.
The American went to find out how he could find a fine doctor there. A man told him."That"s very easy. If
there"s a patient that a doctor can"t cure (治愈), the doctor has to put a balloon (气球) over his clinic (诊
所)."
The American thought, "If there are fewer balloons,the doctor will be better." He began to look for the best
doctor along the street. First he found a clinic wim 20 balloons. after a few minutes he found another one with
30 balloons. He thought they weren"t the best.
At last he found the third clinic. Only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in. "Wait a
minute,"said the doctor." I"m too busy,you know. This clinic opened yesterday." The American was very
surprised and said to himself,"Where can I find the best doctor?".
B. it was dangerous there
C. the service there was bad
B. to see if there were balloons over it
C. to find out how a doctor worked there
B. more
C. better
B. the best
C. better than the first one
B. For two days.
C. For a year
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you"re going with me to cut the grass in the garden."
The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and
excited. From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden. By the
end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his
business. I got $ 6 for my work that day.
One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside."Take away these leaves!" he said,
"and don"t make me have to tell you to do it again." The message was clear. Today I value (珍视) the
importance of doing a job well the first time. It will never fail to impress (给……留下印象) the person you
are working for.
After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by
ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the
same strong wish we had gained while working under our father.
Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn"t matter. It taught me that any
job was a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay."If
you"re only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don"t want to do any better than you are doing." I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I"ve learned much. I"ve learned something
that helps me in my next job.
If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
B. he could make much money
C. he could enjoy sunup and sundown
D. he could help his family
B. giving no excuse for your mistakes
C. doing a good job at the very beginning
D. missing things which can be found out
B. eighteen
C. twenty
D. twenty-two
B. Asking no money for work.
C. Finishing work as quickly as possible.
D. Keeping looking for different jobs.
B. helpful
C. careless
D. funny
Life is not easy, so I"d like to say," When anything happens, believe in yourself." When I was 14, I was
1 nervous to talk in public. My classmates often 2 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later 3
happened. It affected my life.
It was an English speech contest (比赛). My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an 4 idea! It
meant I had to 5 in front of all the teachers and students of my school! "Come on, boy. Believe in yourself.
You are sure to 6 ." Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic "Believe
in yourself". I tried my best to 7 all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. 8 my mother"s great help,
I did well in the contest. I could hardly (几乎不) believe my ears when the news came-I won the first place. I
heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those 9 looked down on (瞧不起)me before, but they now
all said 10 to me. My mother hugged (拥抱)me and cried excitedly.
Since then, everything changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be confident and I will
find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
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| Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna (维也纳). He was also a man full of humour (幽默). Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words. "Well," said Freud,"we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering." As a devoted (忠实的) son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria (奥地利). The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too. One day in the summer, a band (乐队) was playing a lively tune (曲子) when Freud"s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King"s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother,"Mama, the band is playing for your birthday." She believed him and had a wonderful day. | |||||||
| 1. Freud was a famous of ________. | |||||||
| A. doctor, Austria B. general, Vienna C. King, Austria D. doctor, Australia | |||||||
| 2. One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ________. | |||||||
| A. his 70th birthday B. the King Josef"s birthday C. his mother"s birthday D. his holiday | |||||||
| 3. Freud"s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because ________. | |||||||
| A. the King Josef himself came to celebrate (庆贺) her birthday B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday C. she believed that the band was playing for her birthday D. she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully | |||||||
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| On Christmas Eve, the Woods, an English couple, received a very unusual telephone call. Although it 1 only twenty seconds, it was from their fifteen-year-old daughter who disappeared six months before. "I"m phoning to 2 you a happy Christmas," she said."I love you." The Woods were so happy that they started a 3 telephone service called"Alive and Well". The service 4 parents to keep in touch with children who have run away from home. Young people can phone "Alive and Well" and leave a 5 for their parents. The 6 are answered by answering machines. 7 no one spoke to the child or make them 8 home. Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the 9 to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents 10 they are. Through"Alive and Well" they can telephone their parents without 11 about letting their parents know their address. The Woods and their helpers 12 the telephone messages which are recorded by the tape and get in touch with the 13 . Many of the 30,000 British children who have left home are 14 in London. For only two pence they can go into a telephone box and 15 their parents. They can dial 756－7556 and stop their parents" worry. Is he dead or alive?  | |||||||
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