Roy wasn"t the only one to receive his call-up（入伍）papers．Stephen Napier"s call-u

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Roy wasn"t the only one to receive his call-up（入伍）papers．Stephen Napier"s call-up came at the beginning of February and he was pleased to find that he would be going into the Royal Air Force (RAF)．
His father was not so pleased and made his feelings known as he and Stephen were on their daily walk. It was the first step in his plans for Stephen to take over the estate（地产）when the time came, and although Stephen was well aware of this, he could think of no reason not to accompany him.
"Thought you"d forgotten that nonsense. Still, I dare say I could pull a few strings to get you to the Army..."
"No, Father! I have told you I want to learn to fly. What chance would I have to do that in the Army? I"d be better off in the Navy——at least they"ve got the Fleet Air Arm. But I have been put in the RAF and that"s where I want to be, so let"s leave it at that." His face went red. Sent to his father"s school and then to Cambridge, much to his satisfaction, he had never had to defend his own desires and his father was a hard man to oppose.
The father glared at Stephen, "No, I won"t leave it at that. I want to know what other ridiculous ideas are in your head. For a start, what"s all this about America?"
"America?"
"Yes. All those books I saw in your room the other day. Brochures about emigration（移民）．"
The big, silvered head lo

wered, like that of a bull about to charge．"Don"t trouble to deny it."
"I won"t, Father. Some men at Cambridge have been talking about it. They want people like us here, mathematicians and scientists, for all kinds of research——the sort of research I could do．It would be a worthwhile life for me."
The father responded exactly as his son had known he would．"You"ve got a worthwhile life here！You"ve got an estate to run！"
"No, Father. You"ve got an estate to run. I never asked for it. Why not ask Baden to do this stuff? He perhaps can make a good job of it, but I..."
"If he were here, I might think about this silly idea of yours——only think about it, mind you but..."
小题1:If Father wanted Stephen to take over the estate, the first thing he did would__________．

A．take a walk with Stephen as usual	B．wait till his son graduated from Cambridge
C．persuade Stephen not to go into RAF	D．send Stephen to the Army instead of RAF

小题2:Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Stephen preferred to go into the Navy rather than the Army.

B．Stephen also received his call-up papers as Roy.

C．The father didn"t like Stephen"s idea of going to America.

D．Stephen was eventually forced to stay to run the estate．

小题3:After reading this passage, we can infer that__________．

A．Stephen had never had to defend his desires before

B．Baden might be one of Stephen"s family members

C．Stephen wanted to fly in RAF and become a pilot in America

D．if somebody took over the estate, Stephen could realize his dream

小题4:What do we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．It looked as if the father was angry when mentioning the brochures.

B．The father was very angry and wanted to beat his son Stephen．

C．Stephen was annoyed when his father referred to the brochures.

D．A big red bull was about to charge at Stephen.

小题5:Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．RAF——a better choice than the Army	B．A talk between Father and Son
C．The dreams of a Cambridge student	D．Conflict between Father and Son

答案

小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:D

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Paula Radcliffe, chasing a third London marathon title, says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: "Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism"
"In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me."
She didn"t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
"Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn"t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I"m sure she would have contacted me."
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
"In New York I wasn"t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race."
Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday"s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not rule

d out in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
"I don"t think that ——although I can"t put a number on it," said. Radcliffe. "That changes from person to person."
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months lat

er.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed

course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
小题1:Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her___________.

A．develop respect for Liz	B．love people around her more
C．rest for five months	D．face criticism calmly

小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.

B．Radcliffe didn’t fully recover before the New York City marathon.

C．Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon.

D．Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.

小题3: By saying “I can’t put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure ___________.

A．if she has the ability to set a new world record

B．if she can win another race though she has won many times

C．how many times a marathon runner can set the world record

D．if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times

小题4: According to the text, Radcliffe has won ___________ London marathon title(s).

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

小题5:What can we learn from Radcliffe’s story?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．Well begun is half done.
C．Where there is a will, there is a way.	D．A friend in need is a fried indeed.

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Once upon a time a king, in the company of his ministers, went to the imperial garden for a walk. When he was walking around a pond, a strange idea 26 upon him and he asked, “How many buckets(桶) of water are there in the pond?” The ministers looked at each other, 27 to give an answer.
Rather 28 , the king ordered, “You have three days’ grace. Any one who offers an answer will be handsomely awarded. Those who fail will be 29 .”
The time limit was due in the twinkling（闪烁）of an eye, yet the ministers were still at their wit’s end. At this time a child appeared who declared that he knew the answer. The king told his 30 ministers to go with the child for the measurement. To their 31 , the child refused the suggestion with a smile, “It is very easy. No 32 to go to the pond.” This made the king laugh 33 , “Alright, let us know what it is.” The child winked (眨眼) and said, “That 34 on the size of the bucket. If it is as big as the pond, there is one bucket of water; if it is half as big, two buckets; if one third as big, three buckets; if...”“Stop! That’s it. You’ve got the 35 .” The king was satisfied and the child was duly rewarded.
Why did the ministers feel it so different to settle the problem? Because they fell in a pitfall (陷阱), following a wrong way of thinking. People’s thinking often goes a habitual way — the beaten track of straightforwardness. 36 is a static (静态的) way presupposing every object definite and certain, i.e. the size of the pond and the bucket should be clearly 37 . If one of them is unknown, it will be difficult to do the measurement, let alone 38 . Why not change your mode of thought — from static to dynamic（动态的）, from concrete to 39 ? If you adopt an indirect way and try to find out the proportional relation between the pond and the bucket, you’ll get an answer — flexible yet 40 to solve the problem.
Sometimes to get out of the difficulty one must change one’s way of thinking, or simply change one’s approach towards a problem.

小题1:

A．fixed

B．focused

C．came

D．looked

小题2:

A．struggling

B．thinking

C．falling

D．failing

小题3:

A．disappointed

B．excited

C．pleased

D．contented

小题4:

A．killed

B．punished

C．blamed

D．scolded

小题5:

A．exciting

B．amazing

C．surprising

D．trembling

小题6:

A．doubt

B．surprise

C．envy

D．delight

小题7:

A．good

B．use

C．need

D．wonder

小题8:

A．wonderfully

B．joyfully

C．cheerfully

D．doubtfully

小题9:

A．decides

B．depends

C．calls

D．looks

小题10:

A．award

B．reward

C．answer

D．number

小题11:

A．This

B．That

C．It

D．Such

小题12:

A．marked

B．measured

C．signed

D．known

小题13:

A．another

B．other

C．one

D．both

小题14:

A．detailed

B．easy

C．simple

D．abstract

小题15:

A．acceptable

B．available

C．adequate

D．proper

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Having said good-bye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home. Still ____36__, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alax ___37__ from time to time. The family were ___38__ their trip.
But about three hours later things began to ___39__. It was starting to snow. Alvin ___40__

up the car, hoping to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now. Because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to __41___down. The snow on the __42___ was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to __43___on it. Their car slipped of the way and got ___44__in the deep snow and the engine refused to start again. “The snow doesn’t seem to __45___. Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she __46___to walk. So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But __47__was to come. Soon they lost their way and had to walk ___48__on and on.
Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they __49___that poor Alax would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alax __50___ filled them with courage, warmth and strength. They ___51__ and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had ___52__falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their feet again.
One, two, three, … seven days passed. On the eighth day, help at last came from Alvin’s __53___, the police and local people. But the young __54___had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frostbites（冻伤）___55__, there was nothing serious wrong with little Alax!

1.	A. excited	B. sorry	C. worried	D. anxious
2.	A. cried	B. shouted	C. smiled	D. coughed
3.	A. taking	B. having	C. enjoying	D. starting
4.	A. take place	B. change	C. come	D. finish
5.	A. climbed	B. turned	C. took	D. sped
6.	A. get	B. slow	C. go	D. look
7.	A. land	B. highway	C. fields	D. car
8.	A. walk	B. depend	C. stay	D. wait
9.	A. stuck	B. moved	C. prepared	D. covered
10.	A. fall	B. end	C. continue	D. melt
11.	A. liked	B. preferred	C. decided	D. wished
12.	A. better	B. something	C. nothing	D. worse
13.	A. hopelessly	B. alone	C. aimlessly	D. pleasantly
14.	A. thought	B. feared	C. expected	D. were sure
15.	A. happy	B. silent	C. alive	D. dead
16.	A. slept	B. walked	C. watched	D. ate
17.	A. a few	B. several	C. terrible	D. countless
18.	A. friends	B. parents	C. neighbors	D. brothers
19.	A. husband	B. wife	C. couple	D. baby
20.	A. Therefore	B. Finally	C. Then	D. Fortunately

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Oh, boy! Time for a game now． oldest brother is the seeker so k have to hide extra good because he’s smart and will find me quickly．But where? Behind the garage won’t work. The barn is too easy. Wait, I know. The door leading under the porch is perfect. No one would look for me under there.
It smells unpleasant under this porch． Wish I had picked another place to hide． Smelly cats! Too late now, I can hear brother seeking everyone out. I’ll just sit here quiet as a mouse. Hah hah hah! I can hear you out by the barn! You’ll never find me over t

here!
It’s been a while and he hasn’t found me yet. What’s that I hear? Now all my brothers are looking for me. They’ve all been caught, but not me. They’ll never trick me into coming out to catch me. Wait, is that Dad I hear calling my name? Oh no, now I hear someone going to call Grandpa to help look for me. I’m not coming out now because I’m in really big trouble.
What to do? If I come out and say I heard them calling me, I’ll be in big trouble. Think, think! How do I get out of trouble? I know what to do! I’ll tell them I fell asleep while waiting. Is that Grandpa’s voice? Heh heh heh! Now’s my chance. I’ll crawl out slowly and rub my eyes. Now that I see Grandpa go towards me quickly, I say. “I feel asleep.”
“Oh! You had us all worried!” says Grandpa. “You little devil, I’m just glad you’re all right, but next time try not to fall asleep and scare us like that, okay?” says Dad. Whew! I pulled it off (成功). Now to keep my mo

uth shut. And I did, for over 42 years. Once in a while, a kid pulls the wool over people’s eyes. So that’s one of my little secrets I’ve never revealed before. Don’t tell anyone now!
小题1:The place where the boy was hiding smelt terrible because it .

A．was too wet there	B．was used as a barn
C．was dirtied by animals	D．was just under the garage

小题2:Which of the following correctly shows the boy’s emotional changes when he was under the porch?

A．Happy – excited – nervous.	B．Regretted – happy – anxious.
C．Excited – nervous – disappointed.	D．Happy – nervous – regretted.

小题3:By saying “a kid pulls the wool over people’s eyes”, what does the writer mean?

A．Chil

dren can win others’ trust more easily than adults.

B．Children can tell a lie that others believe to be true.

C．Children can be easily fooled by adults.

D．Children are good at telling lies.

小题4:The story is most probably written by .

A．a teenager	B．a naughty boy child
C．a young adult	D．a middle – aged man

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We were a very motley (混杂的) crowd of people who took the bus every day many years ago. During the early morning ride from the suburb, we sat drowsily (昏昏欲睡地) with our collars up to our ears.
A small grey man took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. Then one July morning he said good morning to the driver before he sat down. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent.
The next day, the old man boarded the bus energetically, smiled and said in a loud voice: "And a very good morning to you all!" Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured "Good morning!" in reply.
The following weeks we were more surprised. Our friend was now dressed in a nice old suit and a wide out-of-date tie. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.
One morning he had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked: "Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?" The man nodded shyly and said yes. Every morning after that Charlie always brought a flower.
The summer went by when one morning Charlie wasn"t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn"t there the new day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or – hopefully – on holiday somewhere, Later we were told one of his very close friends had died at the weekend. How silent we were the rest of the way to work. The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, a little bit more grey. Inside the bus was a silence similar to that in a church. Even though no one had talked about it, all those of us sat with our eyes filled with tears and a bunch of wild flowers in our hands.
小题1:From the first paragraph we can inter that the passengers ____.

A．had a cheerful trip every morning	B．didn"t know each other
C．seldom talked to each other	D．talked and laughed on the way

小题2: Why were some of the passengers amazed when the old man greeted them?

A．Because he looked energetic.	B．Because he spoke in a loud voice.
C．Because he was holding some flowers.	D．Because they hardly greeted each other.

小题3:How did the passengers feel when Charlie was not there the next day?

A．Concerned.

B．Pleased.

C．Surprised.

D．Disappointed.

小题4: The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph most probably refers to ____.

A．the reach for his not taking the bus	B．the death of one of his very close friends
C．the reach for his looking more grey	D．the silence on the bus

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