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Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing,

he would reply, “If I were any better, I’d be twins!” He was a natural motivator.
One day I went up to Michael and asked him, “I don’t get it. You can’t be positive all the time. How do you do it?”
Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself ‘Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or a bad mood.’ I choose the first. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.” Michael continued, “Life is all about choices. The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live life.”
Several years later, Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower. I saw him about six months after the accident. I asked him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
He said, “I first thought of my soon-to-born daughter and then remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live. I knew I needed to take action. So when a nurse kept shouting questions at me asking if I was allergic to anything, I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Gravity’. Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I’m choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.”
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
小题1:Which of the following statements is true?

A．Michael is a person whom people don’t like very much.

B．Michael knows how to learn from bad things in life.

C．Doctors thought Michael was dead.

D．The author didn’t think Michael was a happy person.

小题2:According to Michael, when someone complains to you, you should ____________.

A．share your own experiences with him

B．just listen to what the person says and feel sorry for him

C．tell the person to look at the happy side of life instead of just listening

D．discuss with the person and tell him to reflect on the complaints

小题3:The author quotes Michael’s words “If I were any better, I’d be twins!” to tell us ____________.

A．Michael wants to have a twin brother

B．Michael is not satisfied with his present life

C．Michael is always optimi

stic

D．Michael likes to change his mood

小题4:Which of the following best summarizes the main idea?

A．Accidents will happen.

B．When God shuts a door, he opens another.

C．Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

D．Attitude is everything.

答案

小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:D

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Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London. Both his father and mother were entertainers and although not of big names, they were doing very well. While the family was by no means rich, the music hall provided the Chaplins with a comfortable living. Unfortunately happy life didn’t last long. Father’s alcoholism was slowly, but surely destroying his marriage. Finally it ended in divorce. His mother managed to keep Charlie and his brother Syney clean and warm, clothed and fed. She would sit at the window watching the passers-by and guess at their characters from the way they looked and behaved, making up tales to delight Charlie and Syney. Charlie took in her skills and went on using them all his life.
Charlie had always believed, even in the worst times, that he had something special locked away inside him. He took his courage and went to one of the top theater agents. With no experience at all, he was offered a plum part (意外得到的好角色) in a new production of “Sherlock Holmes”, which opened on July 27, 1903 at the famous “Pavilion Theatre”. Charlie seemed to change overnight. It was as if he had found the thing he was meant to do. By 1910, Charlie had become “one of the best pantomime (哑剧) artists ever seen ”.
Cinema was born in the same year as Charlie thought people still believed it was a passing fashion, and would never replace live shows. But after using several weeks to watch and to learn, he was determined to master this new medium. It offered him the chance of money and success—and it would set him free from the unpredictability of live audience.
Charlie’s first film, released in February 1914, was called “Making a living”. After that he made another ten. The public loved him and producers were demanding more and more Chaplin films. In an incredibly short time, Charlie had become a very important man in motion picture.
小题1:Which of the following is NOT true about Charlie Chaplin?

A．Mother had much influence on Charlie Chaplin’s career.

B．“Sherlo

ck Holmes” made Charlie rise to fame overnight.

C．Charlie had been famous when the cinema became a fashion.

D．Charlie’s work in both the theater and the cinema was welcomed.

小题2:What can you infer from the passage?

A．Charlie Chaplin’s belief in his potential led to his success.

B．Charlie Chaplin got his first role in a film at 14.

C．Cinema was a form of art showing live performance.

D．Motion picture was a passing fashion lasting a short time.

小题3:The underlined word “unpredictability” in Paragraph 3 means____________.

A．low spirits	B．opposing attitude
C．successful performance	D．changing state

小题4:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Charlie Chaplin made the cinema industry popular.

B．Charlie Chaplin’s early success in his career.

C．Charlie Chaplin was a best pantomime artist.

D．Charlie Chaplin’s determination to do what he liked.

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I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was     36   , below the elbow (肘). Then he gave her some     37   , “Don’t treat her any     38    from the other girls. Demand more.” And she     39   !
My mother had to work to     40    my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to     41   . Once when I was about seven, I came out of the     42   , “Mom, I can’t peel (削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”
“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n)     43    for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes — with my good hand, while holding them down with my __44    arm. There was always a     45   , and Mom knew it. “If you try hard    46   ,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (攀爬架). When it was my turn, I     47    my head. Some kids     48   . I went home crying.
After work the next afternoon, Mom     49    me back to the school playground.
“Now,     50    up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by     51    I practiced, and she     52    me when I made progress.
I’ll never forget the     53    time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I     54    I can’t handle (处理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to     55    anything. And she taught me I could, too.

小题1:

A．missing

B．broken

C．cut

D．short

小题2:

A．warning

B．medicine

C．help

D．advice

小题3:

A．badly

B．differently

C．well

D．normally

小题4:

A．did

B．refused

C．cried

D．had

小题5:

A．care

B．help

C．support

D．live

小题6:

A．find out

B．work out

C．carry out

D．help out

小题7:

A．kitchen

B．bedroom

C．house

D．school

小题8:

A．idea

B．change

C．excuse

D．tool

小题9:

A．lost

B．other

C．next

D．longer

小题10:

A．chance

B．way

C．time

D．success

小题11:

A．enough

B．too

C．again

D．often

小题12:

A．hurt

B．nodded

C．shook

D．turned

小题13:

A．cheered

B．whispered

C．joked

D．laughed

小题14:

A．drove

B．took

C．sent

D．carried

小题15:

A．pull

B．jump

C．stand

D．rise

小题16:

A．before

B．as

C．after

D．until

小题17:

A．helped

B．raised

C．praised

D．protected

小题18:

A．first

B．last

C．wonderful

D．next

小题19:

A．admit

B．fear

C．find

D．realize

小题20:

A．face

B．teach

C．learn

D．solve

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When Tom finished his studies at the university (大学), he began to look around for a job. He did not know what he would like to do, but one of his uncles had worked for the government for thirty years, and he advised Tom to try to get a job of the same kind, so he went for an exam one day. He was successful, and his first job was in a large government office in London.
When Tom had been working there for a few weeks, his uncle came to visit the family one Saturday evening. He was pleased that his nephew (侄子) had got a job working for the government, and he asked him a lot of questions about it.
One of the questions he asked was, “How many people work in your department (部门), Tom?”
The young man thought for a few moments and then answered, “About half of them, Uncle Jim.”
小题1:When he graduated (毕业) from university, Tom was not ________.

A．interested in getting any information from the government

B．looking for a good-paying job with excellent hours

C．good at making decisions

D．very good at science

小题2:What did Tom think of his uncle’s advice?

A．He did not like it.	B．He thought it was good
C．He refused to take it.	D．He was unable to follow it.

小题3:The uncle wanted to find out ________.

A．what his nephew was doing

B．how his nephew was getting on with his job

C．whether his nephew could understand him or not

D．what his nephew had expected

小题4:In fact Tom’s answer means that __________.

A．the people working in the government office were in many groups and they worked in turn

B．most of the government workers were not working hard

C．only half of the government workers went to work on time

D．the government office had more people than needed

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I don’t often lose things and I’m always careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have dropped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unluckily, there were several people sitting at the table at that time, so I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the head of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I told him what had happened. He asked me to report the missing wallet to the police. I told him I didn’t want to do so; I was in a hurry because I had to reach my waiting room before two o’clock, where some people were waiting to see me. I also told him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay for the meal. He told me not to worry about that. He asked me to write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill (帐单).
小题1:When the writer couldn’t find his wallet, his first thought was that________

A．it had been given to the taxi-driver

B．he had dropped it in the taxi

C．he had lost his wallet again

D．it might be left at home

小题2:The writer thought he must have the wallet with him because___________.

A．he had paid the taxi-driver

B．he had paid the bill of the meal

C．the waiter had seen it on the table

D．the waiter was looking for it on the floor

小题3:Why do you think the writer turned and walked back to the table?

A．He would phone the police about the missing of his wallet.

B．He wondered if he had dropped his wallet while eating.

C．The head of the restaurant wanted to know what was wrong.

D．Several people were sitting at the table at that time.

小题4: The writer of the story is probably a _________.

A．doctor

B．cook

C．school teacher

D．newspaper reporter

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One day, I happened to talk to a stranger (陌生人) on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的) to think like that, for from all the millions of people in Chicago, I could not possibly know his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a very big city. He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.
He told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player and that he even had his own tennis court (网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next-door neighbor. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next-door went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my turn to laugh.
小题1: Which of the following is true?

A．The story happened in Chicago.

B．The writer’s brother lived in Sacramento.

C．Both the writer and the stranger lived in Chicago.

D．Both the writer and his brother lived in California.

小题2: The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _____________.

A．it was possible for him to happen to know the stranger’s friend

B．he didn’t want to look for the stranger’s friend

C．he didn’t know the stranger’s friend

D．it was impossible to find the stranger’s friend

小题3: How many persons does the story involve (涉及)?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

小题4:Which is the best title of the story?

A．On a bus	B．Two tennis players
C．One in a million	D．Chicago is a large city

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