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阅读理解    Sarah came running in. "Look what I found."Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy long
object that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin that had been shed by one of our many garden snakes.
     "Isn"t it beautiful?" said my wideeyed sevenyearold daughter.
     I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really wasn"t that beautiful,but I have
learned never to appear uninterested with children. They see only good quality and excellence in the
world until educated otherwise.
     "Why does it do this?" Sarah asked.
     "Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves." I explained. "Why do they need to
renew themselves?" Sarah asked.
     I suddenly remembered an article on this page many years ago where the writer was expressing her
concept of renewal. She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves, and
said that by peeling away those layers one by one, we see the original beneath. "We often need to shed our
skins and those coatings that we cover ourselves with." I said to my now absorbed daughter. "We outgrow
some things and find other ones unwanted or unnecessary. Tills snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too crinkly (起皱的) for him, and he probably doesn"t think he looks as smart in it as he once did."
    Sarah was getting the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand, although slightly, that
renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and
creativity, and see what we need to keep and what we need to cast off. I was careful to point out that this
is a natural consequence of their growth.
     "I see, Dad." said Sarah and jumped off my lap and ran off.
     I hoped she would remember this. That often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of
community and culture with which we cover ourselves year after year, we need to start examining these
layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless or unnecessary; or at
best, store the ones thrown away as mementoes (念想) of our promotion to a better vitality or spirit.1．At the first sight of the snake skin, the author was________.A. scared
B. puzzled
C. uninterested
D. excited2．Sarah learned from her father that renewal is________.A. to recover the layers inside
B. to review what has been done
C. a natural part of getting mature
D. the process of finding the unwanted3．It can be inferred from the passage that the author________.A. dislikes the snake skin at all
B. shows concern for nature and culture
C. can grasp the chance to educate children
D. often encourages his daughter to raise questions4．The author mainly tells the reader that________.A. snakes cast off the layers to look smarter
B. we should renew ourselves to get improved
C. snakes shed their skins to renew themselves
D. we should explore our original nature underneath

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完形填空。     The town I live in is about to put cameras at all traffic lights to catch people who run red lights．
It    1     me of how many people I"ve seen who take the yellow light as a    2     to go faster．I also
can"t understand why people don"t move when the traffic light has  turned  green． Above all, there
are those   3       situations in which someone doesn"t even      4   that the light turns red, and just keeps
going．That is why so many   5  happen! All these situations make me   6     the purpose of traffic lights．
     7   , it"s even more frightening to imagine letting people make their own decisions at   __8   crossroads．Do the biggest cars get to go first? Who decides who goes next? So I guess I do like the idea of a
system to 9   traffic．And I"ll do my best to   10   the traffic rules: to go, to be cautious, and to stop
when I"m   11     to．
      It occurs to me that my   12      have done much the same for me    13    teaching me how to live．
They have given me many   14   lights: to get along well with others, to listen and talk to them, to help
others, and to   15    with joy and purpose．They have also given me some red lights   16   my life goes
astray(误入歧途): not to be greedy, to keep my temper, and to control my desires．And there    17
   have been some yellow caution lights: to watch how much I drink, to keep control of my behavior, and
to 18   school regularly and work hard．
      If I obey these rules, my life will be as   19   as it can be．Just as I"m wise to pay attention to the
traffic lights  when I"m walking across the street, I"m wise to pay attention to the"   20   signals" given to
me by my parents．(     )1.A．suggests
(     )2.A．sight
(     )3.A．instant
(     )4.A．notice
(     )5.A．events
(     )6.A．think of
(     )7.A．Besides
(     )8.A．noisy
(     )9.A．control
(     )10.A．learn
(     )11.A．supposed
(     )12.A．teachers
(     )13.A．in charge of
(     )14.A．safe
(     )15.A．live
(     )16.A．unless
(     )17.A．still
(     )18.A．start
(     )19.A．good
(     )20.A．traffic      B．informs
B．signal
B．exciting
B．sense
B．problems
B．wonder about
B．Anyway
B．narrow
B．direct
B．obey
B．used
B．friends
B．in face of
B．green
B．share
B．when
B．even
B．attend
B．colorful
B．light       C．reminds
C．message
C．dangerous
C．remember
C．situations
C．care for
C．Instead
C．crowded
C．improve
C．protect
C．devoted
C．leaders
C．in terms of
C．beneficial
C．work
C．before
C．only
C．leave
C．meaningful
C．life       D．warns
D．switch
D．cautious
D．feel
D．accidents
D．worry about
D．However
D．key
D．serve
D．carry
D．delighted
D．parents
D．in danger of
D．helpful
D．communicate
D．till
D．also
D．miss
D．healthy
D．confidence

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阅读理解。     Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.
     He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock(闹钟). He tried
to shave(刮脸)quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he
had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing(熨), so he ironed it. While he
was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter(表). He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had
to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn"t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began
to read the newspaper.
     In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry"s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the
blood on Harry"s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o"clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about
four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.1. Harry had       .A. a lucky day
B. an unlucky day
C. a busy day
D. a good day2. Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage.a. The man who read the electricity meter came.
b. Harry ironed his shirt.
c. Harry got blood all over his clean shirt.
d. There was a knock at the door.
e. Harry wore the shirt with blood on it.
A. a, b, c, d, e
B. b, a, d, c, e
C. b, a, c, d, e
D. c, b, d, a, e3. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?A. The iron had burnt a hole in his clean shirt.
B. The only other needed ironing.
C. He had only one shirt.
D. He cut himself and got blood all over his shirt.4. Harry was taken to the police station because       .A. his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there
B. there was blood on his shirt and he was in a taxi
C. a man killed a woman with a knife
D. the murderer(***人犯)was seen to run  away in a taxi5. His boss told him to go away and find another job because      .A. he had been kept by the police
B. there was blood on his shirt
C. he was late for work
D. he had killed a woman

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     Ten years ago, Pierre Omidyar, a software engineer working in California’s Silicon Valley, began
thinking about how to use the internet for a trading system in which buyers and sellers could establish
a genuine market price. Over a long holiday weekend he wrote the computer code. At first, a trickle
of users arrived at his website-including his girlfriend, who traded PEZ candy dispensers. By the end
of 1995, several thousand auctions had been completed and interest in eBay was growing. And it grew
and grew. From this modest beginning, eBay has become a global giant, with around 150m registered
users worldwide who are set to buy and sell goods worth more than $40 billion this year.
     The remarkable tale of eBay’s growth points to some important lessons for any business trying to
operate online-and today that includes, one way or another, most firms. The commercial opportunities
presented by an expanding global web seem almost limitless. But the pace of change is rapid, and so
is the ferocity（激烈）of competition. To succeed, firms need agility(灵活), an open mind and the
ability to reinvent themselves repeatedly. Most of all, they need to listen carefully to their customers,
paying close attention to what they do and don’t want.
     Such qualities, of course, would be valuable in any kind of business. Yet for online firms they are
not a luxury, but necessary for mere survival. This is true for a variety of reasons. The internet is not
only growing, but changing rapidly-which, in turn, changes the rules of the game for any business
relying on it. The barriers to entry are still low compared with those for most offline businesses,
which means that just keeping track of your existing rivals is not enough. These may not represent the
greatest competitive threat tomorrow or the next day. That could come from a number of
directions-a firm in a different type of online business; one that does not yet exist; or even from one
of your own customers. On top of all this, the behavior of many consumers is constantly changing
as well, as individuals discover new ways to shop and interact with each other via the web.
     All these factors make the internet a dangerous place to do business, as well as one full of
promise. eBay’s history demonstrates both of those things. It is probably safe to say that nothing
like eBay could have existed without the internet-or could have grown so fast. Even though there have
been signs of the firm’s blistering(快速的) pace slowing a bit in America, its most “mature” market,
there remain vast opportunities overseas, particularly, some argue, in China. Meg Whitman, eBay’s
chief executive, believes the company is still only at the beginning of what it could achieve.

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To introduce the founder of eBay and his girlfriend.
B. To demonstrate how clever the founder of eBay is.
C. To show how eBay started and has grown.
D. To introduce eBay to people.

2. Which of the following best summarizes Pierre Omidyar’s intention with regard to eBay?

A. To set up a global internet business.
B. To allow people to freely buy and sell on the internet at acceptable prices.
C. To set up a mechanism on the internet to allow people to trade at true market prices.
D. To se up a business mechanism for his girlfriend.

3. Which of these is it NOT necessary for a company selling on the internet to do?

A. Have the most competitive price for each of their online products.
B. Be able to change to suit the prevailing（流行的，优势的）market conditions.
C. Be prepared to consider all options and alternatives.
D. Have a good idea of what their customers do not want.

4. What does “barriers to entry are still low compared with those for most offline businesses”
in paragraph 3 mean?

A. It is easier to set up an internet business than a conventional one.
B. Internet trade is growing faster than traditional business sector.
C. It is cheaper to set up an internet business than a traditional one.
D. Companies generally prefer to do business online rather than offline.

5. Why does the article conclude that the internet “is a dangerous place to do business”?

A. Because companies that sell online may be unreliable.
B. Because there are no controls on doing business on the internet.
C. Because doing business online is unpredictable.
D. Because even companies like eBay have problems doing business online.

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     阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
     I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many  People   1    （假装）that they understand
modern art. They always tell you  what a picture is “about ” Of c   2    , many pictures are not “about ”
anything.They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the s   3    way  that we like pretty curtain
   4 （材料）. I think that young children   often appreciate modern pictures    5  than anyone
else.   They notice more. My sister is o 6     seven, but she always tells me  7     my pictures are
good or not. She came into my room yesterday.   “What are you doing?” she asked. “I"m 8    （挂）
this picture on   the wall, ” I answered. “It"s a new one. Do you like it? ” She looked at it critically for
a moment. “It"s all right,” she said, “but isn"t it upside    9   ?” I looked at it again. She was r  10   !
It was!

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完形填空。        Last year, I lost my best friend in high school. It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue
on in its 1 way, but mine couldn"t. I wasn"t sure how I was going to be able to face 2 and their gossip at
school. I was forced to   3  my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from
school 4  completely defeated. All I wanted to do was 5 into bed and wallow（沉迷于）in my own
self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and 6 a pile of cards left by my dad. Each card included
a（n）  7 that it was to be opened on a  8  night that week.
        I made it through that week   9  my father. Each card 10  to say just what I needed to hear.
Tuesday’s card said, “The past is painful to think about and the 11  is impossible to imagine. Don"t try. Just
take it one minute at a time.” On Wednesday my mood 12  when I read, “What you are feeling now is
  13  and normal. It still feels very bad, but it is part of the healing 14  .” Friday’s card contained a poem he
wrote. The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special 15  you face along life’s way,
may you 16  that you will find the best in every day.” I was instructed to open the last card 17 the party I
went to on Saturday night. In it he wisely reminded me to 18  . “The world isn"t so bad after a good laugh.
The more you laugh, the more you heal.” Each card was signed, “Love, Dad.”
        My world once collapsed but I 19  the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad , who made
his 20  known when he couldn"t be present.(     )1. A. pleasant
(     )2. A. everyone
(     )3. A. work out
(     )4. A. making
(     )5. A. crawl
(     )6. A. invented
(     )7. A. instruction
(     )8. A. regular
(     )9. A.in favor of
(     )10. A. seemed
(     )11. A.life
(     )12. A. fell
(     )13. A. false
(     )14. A. content
(     )15. A.destruction
(     )16. A. trust
(     )17. A. before
(     )18. A. cry
(     )19. A.got through
(     )20. A. schedule    B. strange
B. anyone
B. meet with
B. feeling
B. push
B. discovered
B. explanation
B. flexible
B. regardless of
B. happened
B. future
B. passed
B. honest
B. process
B. competition
B. guess
B. since
B. scream
B. looked through
B. concept        C. funny
C. someone
C. deal with
C. regarding
C. jump
C. created
C. presentation
C. particular
C. in search of
C. occurred
C. dream
C. flied
C natural
C. cure
C. challenges
C. predict
C. after
C. sing
C. broke through
C. soul       D. normal
D. nobody
D. come across
D. considering
D. draw
D. wrote
D. information
D. legal
D. because of
D. intended
D. result
D. lifted
D. innocent
D. progress
D. destination
D. succeed
D. till
D. laugh
D. put through
D. confidence

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