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Everybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life．This time, which took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened．
On an afternoon several years ago, my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister"s dress and picked out a beautiful skirt．"Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago．She never wore it．She was saving it for a special occasion．" he said．I guess this was the occasion: it was the funeral (葬礼) of my sister, after her unexpected death．
He took the shirt and put it on bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the funeral．Then he closed the drawer and turned to me, "Don"t ever save anything for a special occasion．Every day you"re alive is a special occasion．"
I"m thinking about his words, and they"ve changed the way I live my life．I"m spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings．Whenever possible, life should be a kind of experience to enjoy, not to suffer．"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their importance on my vocabulary．If it"s worth seeing or hearing or doing,I want to see and hear and do it now．
Ever since that day, I have been trying very hard not to put off, hold hack or save anything that would add laughter and color to our lives．Every morning when I open my eyes．I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift．So cherish every day and find the true meaning of your life．
小题1:Why did Jan buy the beautiful skirt but didn"t wear it?
A．She waited for a special occasion to wear it on．
B．She wanted to keep it for someone else．
C．She saved it till she grew up．
D．She would give it to herself as a gift some day．
小题2:What does the underlined word "cherish" mean?
A．Treasure．B．Waste．C．Own．D．Save．
小题3:From his experience, the author learns that _______．
A．everybody can have a happy life through efforts
B．every day in our lives is worth cherishing
C．enjoying ourselves is the most important thing in our lives
D．everybody will have some things left to do after his death
小题4:What does the author write this passage for?
A．To show how to make good use of every day in life．
B．To explain the true meaning of his brother-in-law"s words．
C．To tell people to cherish every day and find the meaning of life．
D．To encourage people to waste time and enjoy themselves in life．
小题5:What"s the best title for this passage?
A．Every Day Is a Gift
B．My Sister Jan
C．What Is the Meaningful Life Like
D．The Most Important Time in Your Life

答案

小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析
作者写这篇文章正是为了告诉人们要珍惜每一天，找到生活的真正意义。
小题1:A 细节题。根据文章第二段3,4行She never wore it．She was saving it for a special occasion．可知A正确。
小题2:A 猜测词义题。根据文章最后一段最后两行I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift．So cherish every day and find the true meaning of your life．可知每一天每一分钟都很重要，所以要珍惜它们，故Ａ正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据文章第三段最后一句Every day you"re alive is a special occasion可知我们生活中的每一天都很重要，都值得我们珍惜。故B正确。
小题4:C 主旨大意题。作者写这篇文章正是为了告诉人们要珍惜每一天，找到生活的真正意义。
小题5:A 主旨大意题。作者写这篇文章正是为了告诉人们要珍惜每一天，找到生活的真正意义。故A正确。
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It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘You should open a sandwich shop.’”
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.
But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’” And they did—in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” DeLuca says.
And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” DeLuca adds.
DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
小题1:DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ____.
A．support his family
B．pay for his college education
C．help his partner expand business
D．do some research
小题2:Which of the following is true of Buck?
A．He put money into the sandwich business.
B．He was a professor of business administration.
C．He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D．He rented a storefront for DeLuca.
小题3:What can we learn about their first shop?
A．It stood at an unfavorable place.
B．It lowered the prices to promote sales.
C．It made no profits due to poor management
D．It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches
小题4:They decided to open a second store because they ___.
A．had enough money to do it.
B．had succeeded in their business
C．wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D．wanted to make believe that they were successful
小题5:What contribute most to their success according to the author?
A．Learning by trial and error.
B．Making friends with suppliers.
C．Finding a good partner.
D．Opening chain stores.

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When I was eight, I saw a movie about an island that had an erupting volcano and jungles filled with wild animals．The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire Goddess of the Volcano．It was a low budget movie, but to me, it represented the perfect life．But through the years, Tondalaya was forgotten．
The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end．My house, furniture and everything I"d owned was sold to pay debts that I didn"t even know existed．In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce in the family．
I"d lost everything except my four teenage children．I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii．Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run off to an island and survive．I was afraid they were right．
I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day．One night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange lava（火山岩） pouring out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance．It was time to live my imagination!
The next day, I quit my job, bought some art supplies and began doing what I loved．I hadn"t painted a picture in 15 years．I wondered if 1 could still paint．My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush．But after an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas（画布） in front of me．And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too．The first painting sold for $ 1500．
The past six years have been filled with adventures．My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim （火山口边缘） of the volcano．We wake up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us．
The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality．I"m living freely and happily ever after．
小题1:Why did the writer go to Hawaii?
A．To make a living．
B．To spend her holiday．
C．To free herself from trouble．
D．To realize her childhood dream．
小题2:Which of the following is the writer"s dream?
A．Get close to wildlife．
B．Live a free and happy life．
C．Live in nature with animals.
D．Become a successful painter．
小题3:We can infer from the passage that _____．
A．the writer had never done painting before
B．the writer"s parents encouraged her to divorce
C．the writer"s husband took away most of her money
D．the writer wasn"t sure whether she could survive in Hawaii at first

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Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge crack (裂缝) spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and __31__ screaming down the hall.
Had a new world war started? Pale­faced, our young science teacher quickly__32__us for a fire drill. We huddled (卷缩) in little groups on the beach side of the school grounds and__33__the spreading cloud darken the bright spring sky.
Rumors flew every which way，__34__two hours would pass before we got the full story. One rumor we heard was that the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant had__35__； children whose parents__36__there began to cry.
I__37__—that was where my father was working that day.
The school bell called us back inside, and we were dismissed (解散) to__38__our way home the best way we could. I"d walked a quarter of the three­mile trip to my home__39__a car horn frightened me to__40__. My Uncle Barney__41__alongside me in his old Ford. The instant I saw him, I knew my father__42__. Otherwise, Papa would have__43__for me himself.
As if in slow motion from a great distance, Uncle Barney motioned for me to__44__. Numb with grief, I crawled into the back__45__. I barely took notice of the man sitting there, and didn"t recognize him until he__46__me. When Papa put his strong arms around me, I forgot for a moment that Cherokees aren"t supposed to__47__.
Many of my fellow students lost their__48__in the explosion. Tragedy would one day come to our__49__， as it inevitably (不可避免地) comes to all, but one day Texas City blew up, it miraculously (奇迹般地) passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning, as he explained, my father lived for__50__32 years—we were to have a second lifetime forever.
小题1:
A．headmasterB．studentsC．workersD．books
小题2:
A．organizedB．orderedC．madeD．asked
小题3:
A．heardB．smelledC．watchedD．felt
小题4:
A．whenB．asC．as ifD．although
小题5:
A．blown upB．been closedC．been openedD．been on fire
小题6:
A．livedB．workedC．studiedD．visited
小题7:
A．smiledB．frightenedC．frozeD．worried
小题8:
A．makeB．feelC．pushD．find
小题9:
A．whenB．whileC．asD．for
小题10:
A．decisionB．attentionC．feelingD．expression
小题11:
A．pulled upB．pulled outC．pulled inD．pulled off
小题12:
A．was thereB．was hereC．was goneD．was alone
小题13:
A．goneB．comeC．leftD．stopped
小题14:
A．get offB．get overC．get throughD．get in
小题15:
A．seatB．chairC．stoolD．bag
小题16:
A．looked atB．helpedC．reached forD．called on
小题17:
A．cryB．laughC．exciteD．shout
小题18:
A．teachersB．relativesC．friendsD．parents
小题19:
A．classB．familyC．schoolD．house
小题20:
A．otherB．othersC．anotherD．the other

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College was the best of times and the worst of times for me. I met the best friends of my life, had    21   experiences, but I also folded under more   22   than I ever had to deal with before.     23   bad grades, I ended up being asked to take a semester off at the end of the first semester of my senior year.
So I went back home to   24  with my father and stepmother. To their credit, they understood me and were very cool about my coming back. I felt their    25   from the moment I walked in the door. They   26   to let me feel like a failure.
One morning not long after I had come home, my father woke me up saying that my stepmother   27  on the kitchen floor. I went downstairs trying to perform CPR on her   28   it was too late. She was already dead of a massive heart attack.
I’ll never   29  the look on my father’s face when he was given the official news of her passing. I knew at that moment that I had to be   30  because he needed someone to lean on. It was as if our roles had    31  and I was being the protective parent while he took the time to   32   .
I guess the lesson I took from it is that even in our   33   moments we can still be of help to someone who is   34   something much harder. It’s so easy to close ourselves off to the things going on around us, and   35  feel that we are the only ones   36  . Helping someone else could actually help us   37  ourselves.
Needlessly to say I went back to college the next semester, and I studied harder and got my    38    . My father and I developed a bond that was    39   closer than it already was, and I have a much better ability to keep   40  times in perspective.（适当地）
小题1:
A．hopefulB．carefulC．difficultD．enjoyable
小题2:
A．chanceB．stressC．doubtD．pleasure
小题3:
A．Because ofB．In spite ofC．Instead ofD．For fear of
小题4:
A．talkB．shareC．liveD．help
小题5:
A．despairB．panicC．supportD．hope
小题6:
A．expectedB．attemptedC．pretendedD．refused
小题7:
A．fell overB．passed outC．turned overD．broke out
小题8:
A．forB．soC．butD．and
小题9:
A．forgetB．repeatC．imagineD．recognize
小题10:
A．selflessB．wealthyC．healthyD．strong
小题11:
A．shakenB．exchangedC．begunD．strengthened
小题12:
A．reactB．relieveC．changeD．improve
小题13:
A．specialB．lastC．darkestD．busiest
小题14:
A．going throughB．searching forC．looking throughD．preparing for
小题15:
A．probablyB．eagerlyC．strangelyD．naturally
小题16:
A．fallingB．hurtingC．workingD．thinking
小题17:
A．teachB．enjoyC．foolD．heal
小题18:
A．degreeB．lessonC．jobD．prize
小题19:
A．enoughB．everC．evenD．still
小题20:
A．badB．freeC．poorD．modern

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Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, made his first public appearance since going on medical leave six weeks ago, taking the stage at a San Francisco media event to introduce the iPad 2, the second generation of the company’s tablet computer.
Thin but energetic, Mr. Jobs showed off a thinner iPad. “ We’ve been working on this product for a while and I just didn’t want to miss this day,” he said.
His absence has concerned investors, especially since the group has given no details of his condition. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and had a liver transplant during almost six moths of medical leave in 2009. People close to him said last month his health had been changing.
Apple’s stock rose more than 2 percent in the minutes after Mr. Jobs began speaking, then gave up some of its gain as he detailed the iPad 2.
The iPad 2 will go on sale in black and white versions in the US on March 11 and in 26 other countries, including the UK and Germany, on March 25. The table is Apple’s biggest product launch since the iPhone three years ago, and is comparable to the iPhone as the most expected in Apple’s history.
Most of the improvements in the latest version had been expected, including front and rear-facing video, which allows video conferencing between iPads, Mac computers and the most recent iPhones and iPods, a larger speaker, a faster processor and other upgrades. The iPad 2 is one-third thinner than the original tablet and slightly lighter, with a 9.7-inch touchscreen. It can run movies, books, games and a complete range of applications. In the US it will work with AT&T and Verizon, the top two mobile carriers. The pricing will be the same to the 2010 iPad at its introduction, ranging from $499 to $829 in six models. But Apple dropped prices on the older iPad on Wednesday by $100 across the board.
Apple has made the most of its year-long head start in tablets, selling 15,000,000 units of the older iPad last year and taking about 85 percent of the market. Forrester predicted that the iPad 2 would clain 80 percent of the US market this year, or 20,000,000 out of 24,000,000 total shipped. This prediction was based on both the technical improvements to the iPad 2, and the distribution difficulties and higher prices for Apple’s rivals.
Motorola, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, Samsung and others have brought out competing tablets, many based on Google’s Android software.
Mr. Jobs said the rest of the field was still catching up with the first iPad and their markets for applications designed for tablets had, at best, 100 small programs. This compares with 65,000 on Apple’s applications store.
小题1:Why are the investors of Apple worried according to the text?
A．Apple’s stock price changes a lot
B．Steve Jobs’ health condition is not stable
C．The iPad 2 has some technical drawbacks
D．Apple faces strong competition from other companies.
小题2:In what respect are the iPad 2 and the 2010 iPad exactly alike?
A．the weightB．the speaker
C．the thicknessD．the pricing at the introduction
小题3:How many tablet computers were sold in the market last year?
A．about 15,000,000B．about 17,000,000
C．about 20,000,000D．about 24,000,000
小题4:What makes Apple’s tablets superior to the competing tablets of other companies?
A．the low price
B．the Android software
C．the full kinds of models
D．the tens of thousands of applications
小题5:What is the best title for the text?
A．Jobs on Stage to Introduce iPad 2
B．iPad 2 Better than the Original
C．Best Applications for iPad 2
D．iPad 2 vs. Competitors

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