I used to watch her from my kitchen window．She seemed so small as she struggled

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I used to watch her from my kitchen window．She seemed so small as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground．The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break．I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball．I watched in wonder as she ra

n circles a- round the other kids．She

managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net．The boys always tried to stop her but no one could．I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone．
One day I asked her why she practiced so much．Without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college．The only way I can go is to get a scholarship to save money for our family．I am going to play college basketball．I want to be the best．My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count．" Well, I had to give it to her ?she was determined．I watched her through those junior high years and into high school．Every week, she led her school team to victory．
One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms．I walked up and sat down in the cool grass beside her．Quietly I asked what was wrong． "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply, "I am just too short．" The coach told her that she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team ?much less offered a scholarship —so she should stop dreaming about college．She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment．I asked her if she had talked to Father about it yet．She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong．They just did not understand the power of a dream．He told her that if she truly wanted a scholar-ship, nothing could stop her except one thing —her own attitude．
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and joined the college team．She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of．
小题1:.
The author was probably the girl"s___ _．

A．neighbor

B．friend

C．teacher

D．mother

小题2:.
．Why was the girl"s heart broken?

A．She was considered too short to be a top player．

B．Her coach stopped her training because of her height．

C．She couldn"t be on a college basketball team．

D．She wouldn"t be admitted by her basketball friends．

小题3:.
We can learn from the passage that ___ _．

A．her family wouldn"t like to pay her college fee

B．her father forced her to play basketball in collage

C．being a top basketball player can win a scholarship for college

D．she wouldn"t like to turn to his father for help when in difficulty

小题4:.
．Which proverb best matches the story?

A．Practice makes perfect．

B．Rome was not built in a day．

C．Where there is a will, there is a way．

D．Pride comes before a fall．

答案

小题1:.D
小题1:.A
小题1:.C
小题1:.C

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Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you 36 find in most any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played 37 so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.
One evening, Brownie’s family 38 that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no 39 .Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and, despite their 40 to find him, by the next week he was still missing.
Curiously, Spotty 41 at Brownie’s house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored(不理睬)the 42 little neighbor dog.
Finally, one morning Spotty 43 to take “no” for an answer. Spotty followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say “ 44 me! It’s urgent!”
Finally, Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a 45 spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie 46 , one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier requirement 47 .Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.
Spotty had done more than simply 48 Brownie’s human owner to his trapped frie

nd. In a circle around the 49 dog. Ted found some dog food---which was later 50 as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that 516 !
Spotty had been visiting Brownie 52 , in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering

his own comfort. Spotty had obviously stayed with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling(依偎) with him at night to keep him 53 and touching him gently with its nose to keep his spirits up.
Brownie’s leg was treated by a veterinarian and he re-covered. For many years afterward, the two 54 watched the faithful friends frolicking(嬉戏)

55 chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.
( ) 小题1:..

A．must

B．should

C．can

D．need

( ) 小题2:.

A．together

B．wildly

C．separately

D．happily

( ) 小题3:.

A．watched

B．heard

C．feared

D．noticed

( ) 小题4:.

A．hope

B．success

C．failure

D．information

( ) 小题5:.

A．wishes

B．demands

C．efforts

D．worries

( ) 小题6:.

A．showed up

B．showed off

C．turned out

D．turned off

( ) 小题7:.

A．nervous

B．eager

C．angry

D．clever

( ) 小题8:.

A．decided

B．refused

C．wanted

D．pretended

( )小题9:..

A．Love

B．Hit

C．Forgive

D．Follow

( ) 小题10:..

A．beautiful

B．distant

C．wild

D．clean

( ) 小题11:.

A．alive

B．dead

C．brave

D．sleepy

( ) 小题12:.

A．immediately

B．seriously

C．directly

D．honestly

( ) 小题13:.

A．asked

B．ordered

C．informed

D．led

( ) 小题14:.

A．injured

B．defeated

C．fightened

D．worried

( )小题15:..

A．regarded

B．determined

C．recognized

D．showed

( )小题16:..

A．month

B．day

C．evening

D．week

( ) 小题17:.

A．particularly

B．regularly

C．usually

D．especially

( )小题18:.

A．fearless

B．well

C．warm

D．hopeful

( )小题19:.

A．families

B．parents

C．neighbours

D．friends

( )小题20:.

A．but

B．or

C．so

D．and

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Not too long after I had begun to drive as a teenager, someone pulled out of a parking lot onto the road in front of m

e. I reacted 36 and pulled up very close behind her--- just to show my irritation(怒气) and let her know she didn"t "just 37 with that!" We"ve all been there with 38 incidents and reactions. My mother was with me, and told me to turn into the 39 parking lot. Safely there, she asked me why I 40 that lady had pulled out in front of me purposely. 41 rude, power play--- I guessed. Mom said that maybe she had just had some bad 42 , maybe she was late picking up her child and was distracted(分心). Think of all the 43 of why someone does something like that. It"s usually not on purpose--- but what I do as a reaction is on purpose. She always said that I 44 to think about the other side before I 45 . Usually the reaction causes more of a 46 .
I am in my fifties now, and to this day, that has always 47 my head whenever those

48 happen. I"ve 49 my children the same thing. We often see and hear about "road rage." No matter to what 50 that "rage" is taken, my children will say something like, "They need Grandma"s words!" As adults, I don"t see them react as most of us do 51 their first reaction is always anger and irritation --- they 52 it and 53 what the other person"s pro

blem might be. Even if the other driver really might be 54 or doing a "power play," no more 55 reactions will occur because of their irritation.

小题1:..

A．calmly　

B．quickly

C．angrily

D．carefully

小题2:.

A．get up 　

B．get away

C．get down 　

D．get along

小题3:.

A．similar 　

B．terrible

C．rude 　　　

D．familiar

小题4:.

A．first

B．farthest

C．last

D．nearest

小题5:.

A．suggested

B．complained

C．thought

D．concluded

小题6:.

A．Always

B．Just

C．Almost

D．Still

小题7:.

A．impression

B．grades

C．skill

D．news

小题8:.

A．lessons

B．purposes

C．possibilities

D．reasons

小题9:.

A．used

B．needed

C．preferred

D．reminded

小题10:.

A．decide

B．drive

C．react

D．do

小题11:.

A．problem

B．threat

C．mess

D．result

小题12:.

A．happened to

B．came across

C．passed by

D．flashed through

小题13:.

A．accidents

B．incidents

C．affairs

D．quarrels

小题14:.

A．noticed

B．given

C．taught

D．passed

小题15:.

A．degree

B．measure

C．step

D．action

小题16:.

A．as soon as

B．in case

C．as though

D．even though

小题17:.

A．get

B．set

C．make

D．catch

小题18:.

A．question

B．wonder

C．forget

D．know

小题19:..

A．troublesome

B．polite

C．rude

D．warm

小题20:.

A．casual

B．dangerous

C．amazing

D．cautious

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Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous, talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall , good looking young man with big , happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
小题1: Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _________.

A．rich

B．young

C．lonely

D．a bad student

小题2: Jean thought “David” was special because he _________.

A．made her quite happy on QQ	B．was from San Francisco
C．was tall and good-looking	D．was rich

小题3: What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily

B．People don’t use their real names on QQ so often

C．Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ

D．Don’t spend much time on QQ

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Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his ___21___ one night when I was ready to ___22___ a political campaign I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.
Tired, feeling the months of ___23___ in vain, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer ___24___ I turned up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was proud of: Andrea Cuomo Italian-American Groceries --- Fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he ___25___ with difficult situations. A lot of pictures ___26___ into my mind, but one scene came sharply into ___27___.
We had just moved to Holliswood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even trees. One, ___28___, was a great blue spruce (云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.
Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible storm. We came home from the store that night to find the spruce pulled almost ___29___ from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our hearts ___30___. But not Dad’s.
The rain was falling. Then he ___31___ , “Ok, we’re going to push him up!” “ What are you talking about, Dad? The ___32___ are out of the ground!” “ Shut up, we’re going to push him up, he’s going to grow again.” We couldn’t say ___33___ to him. So we ___34___ him into the house and got what rope ___35___ was and tied it around the top of the tree that lay on the street, and then he stood up by the house, ___36___

me pulling on the rope, and Frankie in the street in the rain, ___37___ to push up the great blue spruce. In no ___38___ at all, we had him standing up straight again! Dad ___39___ the stakes (桩) in the ground, tied the rope from the trunk to the stakes, and said, “ Don’t worry. He’s going to grow again…”
I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I ___40 ___ wait to get back into the campaign.
小题1:.
.

A．ideas

B．lessons

C．talks

D．conversations

小题2:.

A．bury

B．attempt

C．trap

D．quit

小题3:.

A．struggle

B．operation

C．performance

D．application

小题4:.

A．as

B．before

C．while

D．when

小题5:.
.

A．did

B．occupied

C．settled

D．dealt

小题6:.

A．appeared

B．bumped

C．leapt

D．burst

小题7:.

A．spot

B．view

C．scene

D．site

小题8:.
.

A．in relief

B．in need

C．in particular

D．in all

小题9:.

A．absolutely

B．accidentally

C．totally

D．automatically

小题10:.

A．suffered

B．carved

C．sank

D．infected

小题11:.

A．announced

B．challenged

C．barked

D．distributed

小题12:.

A．trunks

B．roots

C．branches

D．leaves

小题13:.

A．anything

B．no

C．nothing

D．something

小题14:.
.

A．accompanied

B．hiked

C．joined

D．followed

小题15:.

A．it

B．that

C．there

D．this

小题16:.

A．along

B．via

C．by

D．with

小题17:.

A．to help

B．helped

C．helping

D．help

小题18:.
.

A．problem

B．time

C．way

D．means

小题19:.

A．drove

B．removed

C．delivered

D．dragged

小题20:.

A．needn’t

B．wouldn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．couldn’t

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It was on a warm day last summer. I was walking by the sea. The waves came and went. But I didn’t see them. I was lost in my thoughts.
A row of small holes soon caught my eyes. They lay in the sandy earth by the side of a road. In a minute I would have stepped on them.
What are these holes? I wondered. It had an answer soon. A fat, hairy insect crawled up from the earth. It had a wide tail. It was using the tail to dig in the ground.
The insect moved round and round in one spot(地点). Soon it had made another hole. When it was finished, the insect hid at the bottom. It covered its head with sand.
By now my thoughts of the early morning had gone. This new hole and the insect were all my world. So I sat quite still by the side of the road. And I waited.
As I watched, a small ant crossed the road. It passed my foot, a

nd then it crossed the sandy earth. In a little while it reached the edge of the hole. I saw it start to fall in. The ant tried to turn back. But it couldn’t.
And then I knew. I knew why the holes were there. For just then the fat insect came up out of the hole. It ate the ant who was trapped there.
Later I learned the insect’s name. It’s called ant lion. It digs holes to catch ants.
I’ll never forget that day. The holes looked so small to me. But to the ant and the ant lion they were the whole world.
I took my walks by the sea that summer. But I never aga

in learned as much as I did on the one.
小题1: What did the ant lion use to dig holes?

A．Its tail

B．Its feet.

C．Its head

D．Its whole body

小题2: Why did the ant lion hide in the hole?

A．To keep the sun away	B．So no one would catch it.
C．So the ant wouldn’t see it	D．To keep warm.

小题3: Why did “I” sit down by the side of the road?

A．To think	B．To eat her lunch
C．To watch the little holes	D．To catch ants.

小题4:Why did the ant lion dig the holes?

A．To play a game	B．To catch its food
C．To hide its eggs	D．To hide from its enemy

小题5:Why did “I” never forget that day?

A．Learned something	B．Had a nice time
C．Saw the ant lion whenever she took a walk
D．Felt sorry for the ant.

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