My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their
beds. But they thought 21 . My complaints, even self-justified shouting, were always landing on 22_
ears. Very often a whole hour"s scolding would end with their 23 into tears, I felt very frustrated
(沮丧的).I realized I needed to 24 my method of "mothering".
One day when they were at school, I spent some time 25 their rooms. On their desks, in plain _26 ,
I left the cards: "网 Bill (the other card was 27 to Sarah), your room was messy this morning
and I"m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy." 28 arriving back, the children were __29
excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure
enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy ___30 for them, thanking them for their nice "gift"
of a clean room and 31 asking them to play a certain violin 32 . Each day, thank--you notes would
be written differently to keep the ideas 33 .
Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little 34 : "If you can finish your homework and __35
your lessons before dinner, I" d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight." Sometimes
some colored markers or other little items would be left in 36 of well done jobs the day ___37 .
38 I can"t remember how long "the Room Fairy" continued leaving her love notes. When they were
age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its(贴条). The bathroom mirror became the 39
centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans
could be posted.
We all benefited from and 40 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I
believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication. |
( ) 1. A. differently
( ) 2. A. side
( ) 3. A. crying
( ) 4. A. adjust
( ) 5. A. clearing
( ) 6. A. distance
( ) 7. A. sent
( ) 8. A. As
( ) 9. A. more than
( )10. A. asking
( )11. A. politely
( )12. A. music
( )13. A. respectable
( )14. A. challenge
( )15. A. go with
( )16. A. response
( )17. A. ahead
( )18. A. Actually
( )19. A. life
( )20. A. learned | B. gratefully
B. deaf
B. breaking
B. adopt
B. tidying
B. words
B. read
B. At
B. rather than
B. waiting
B. happily
B. song
B. uninteresting
B. question
B. look up
B. answer
B. before
B. Even so
B. main
B. appreciated | C. doubtfully
C. neither
C. bursting
C. access
C. emptying
C. speech
C. delivered
C. In
C. no more than
C. praying
C. gently
C. piece
C. incredible
C. suggestion
C. go over
C. praise
C. over
C. Even if
C. memory
C. shared | D. otherwise
D. either
D. bumping
D. addict
D. searching
D. sight
D. addressed
D. Upon
D. other than
D. expecting
D. toughly
D. tone
D. fresh
D. advice
D. look into
D. honor
D. ago
D. Though
D. reminder
D. thanked |
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| 完形填空 | The books in David"s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was
to play basketball with Eric, 1 his mother told him he would have to return his sister"s books to the
library first.
He had 2 set foot in a library and he wasn"t about to do so today. He would just 3 the books in
the outside return box. But there was a 4 : it was locked.
He went into the building, only a few minutes 5 closing time. He put the books into the return box.
And after a brief 6 in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to 7 Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in 8 - the library lights were off. The place was 9 .
The doors had been shut. They 10 be opened from the inside, he was trapped(被困) - in a library!
He tried to 11 a telephone call, but was unable to 12 . What"s more, the pay phones were on the
outside of the building. 13 the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.
14 he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: " 15 ! I"m TRAPPED inside!" and stuck it to the
glass door. 16 , someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant 17 . Rows and rows of shelves
held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled
into a chair and started to 18 .
He knew he had to 19 , but now, that didn"t seem to be such a 20 thing. | ( )1. A. but
( )2. A. ever
( )3. A. pass
( )4. A. problem
( )5. A. during
( )6. A. rest
( )7. A. visit
( )8. A. delight
( )9. A. lonely
( )10. A. wouldn"t
( )11. A. make
( )12. A. get on
( )13. A. If
( )14. A. On time
( )15. A. Come
( )16. A. Surely
( )17. A. at most
( )18. A. watch
( )19. A. wait
( )20. A. bad | B. because
B. nearly
B. drop
B. mistake
B. after
B. break
B. meet
B. anger
B. empty
B. shouldn"t
B. fix
B. get up
B. As
B. Now and then
B. Help
B. Thankfully
B. after all
B. play
B. stand
B. cool
| C. or
C. never
C. carry
C. case
C. over
C. walk
C. catch
C. surprise
C. noisy
C. couldn"t
C. use
C. get through
C. Though
C. By the way
C. Hello
C. Truly
C. in short
C. read
C. sleep
C. strange | D. since
D. often
D. take
D. question
D. before
D. stop
D. greet
D. eagerness
D. crowded
D. needn"t
D. pick
D. get in
D. Until
D. At last
D. Sorry
D. Gradually
D. as usual
D. write
D. work
D. nice | | 阅读理解 | The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not
very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take
drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at
the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting
styles(风格). It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about
artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?
First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人) and their strange way of painting faces and
then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not
interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange
long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no
clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn"t see what was so great about art.
On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary.
In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother" s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn"t stop looking at this painting ! I wanted
to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a
painter who could interest me so much.
1. The aim of the mother" s plan was to _________.
A. take them to visit the museum
B. introduce them to the world of art
C. ask them to read about artists
D. show them different painting styles
2. What was the writer" s experience in the museum before the last visit?
A. She came to feel her mother" s love.
B. She liked many paintings.
C. She hardly enjoyed herself.
D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.
3. What made the writer go through a change that summer?
A. One of Mary"s paintings.
B. A strange way of painting.
C. Artists in the Middle Ages.
D. Her mother" s instruction.
4. From the text, we can see _________.
A. the importance of curiosity
B. the effect of art
C. the value of learning
D. the power of family education | | 阅读理解 | A guitarist was pleasantly surprised to hear from New York City police that his valuable guitar had
been found.It disappeared almost a year ago when he got out of a taxi and forgot to take the guitar with
him.Laurence Lennon,44,said he was running late that day.He was talking to his manager on his
cellphone when he rushed out of the taxi.He said that he gave the driver ＄60 and told him to keep the
change.He walked through the front doors of the concert hall,still talking on the phone to his manager.
Upon discovering his loss,Lennon used his cellphone to call the police.The policewoman asked him
for the name of the taxi company,the number of the taxi,and the name of the driver.He said that she must
have been joking.
She told Lennon that he could apply for a missing item report online. Lennon asked for address.
It was www.nypd.gov/toprotectandtoserve/haveaniceday.She told him that finding the guitar might
take a couple of years for finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers and marijuana(大麻)
smokers.Then she told him to have a nice day.
"This year has been depressing,"said Lennon."I had to put off the recording of two new CDs.I"ve
been using borrowed guitars.And I was losing hope of ever recovering my guitar."
Lennon was reunited with his ＄100,000 guitar yesterday.The guitar had been discovered in the
corner of a coffeehouse only two blocks from where Lennon had lost it.Lennon had offered a ＄10,000
reward for its return.He said he would give the reward to the coffeehouse owner,who had informed the
police.
1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Careless guitarist surprised
B. Valuable guitar found
C. Coffeehouse owner rewarded
D. Taxi driver still unknown
2. By saying "she must have been joking" in Para 2,the guitarist probably means .
A. it was impossible for him to answer her questions
B. there must have been something she felt funny
C. she didn"t believe at all that he had lost his guitar
D. she must have felt that his behavior was funny
3. In the policewoman"s opinion,finding the lost guitar .
A. was not important at all
B. wouldn"t be done online
C. could be a long time hunting
D. only depended on the driver
4. Which of the following NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Why the guitarist was in a hurry
B. What the police advised the guitarist to do
C. How the lost guitar affected its owner
D. How the guitar was moved to the coffeehouse | | 完形填空 | When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can"t 1 what it
was about, but I have never forgotten the 2 I learned that day.
I was 3 that I was right and he was wrong and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The 4 decided to teach us very important lessons. She 5 both of us up to the 6 of the class and 7 him
on one side of her desk and me on 8 . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could 9
see that it was black. She asked the boy what 10 the objects was. "White", he answered.
I couldn"t believe he said the object was white, 11 it was obviously black !Another 12 stared
between my classmates and me, this 13 abut the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where
I had been. We changed 14 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I 15 answer,
"White". It was an object with two 16 colored sides, and from his side it was white. 17 from my side
was the color black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must 18 in the other person"s shoes and
look at the 19 through their eyes in order to 20 understand their view. | ( )1. A. think
( )2. A. lesson
( )3. A. told
( )4. A. officer
( )5. A. told
( )6. A. back
( )7. A. planted
( )8. A. the other
( )9. A. happily
( )10. A. width
( )11. A. when
( )12. A. fight
( )13. A. time
( )14. A. places
( )15. A. needed to
( )16. A .similarly
( )17. A. Still
( )18. A. seat
( )19. A. situation
( )20. A. unexpectedly | B. suppose
B. lecture
B. wished
B. teacher
B. came
B. front
B. placed
B. another
B. fortunately
B. shape
B. unless
B. argument
B .year
B. seats
B. was able to
B. differently
B. Since
B. stand
B. movement
B. suddenly | C. remind
C. class
C. convinced
C. doctor
C. brought
C. middle
C. had
C. other
C. clearly
C. color
C. until
C. conversation
C. month
C. attitudes
C. hoped to
C. beautifully
C Only
C. lie
C. condition
C. quietly | D. remember
D. text
D. allowed
D. parent
D. woke
D. side
D. fixed
D. others
D. nearly
D. size
D. if
D. game
D. day
D. glasses
D. had to
D. surprisingly
D. Also
D. put
D. behavior
D. truly | | 阅读理解 | Part of David"s heart muscle grew thick and stiff ,keeping the flow of blood. The disease David had
lived with for 17 years was slowly keeping his heart from beating.
The night Flora bent forward in front of her computer, everybody else was asleep. For the price, or
keeping her husband a live. To do that, she needed to search for the information: a place and someone to
fix David"s damaged heart. And she needed to be lucky.
Finally, she found what she needed on a magazine"s website. When David came into the study early
the following morning, she said "I"ve found it" and handed him the papers.
David wondered if there was any other way. Then he thought about his wife and kids. He stared at
the papers. Only he could make the choice: Should he have the same surgery(外科手术) that had killed
his father,Or the one that no one works? This experiment treatment might be his best hope.
The operation theatre was kept freezing cold. David wasn"t frightened, just nervous.
He felt a burning pain, a burning knife cutting through his heart.
On the EKG screen, the tiny valley in the middle of each peak(高峰)-showing a sign of David"s disease-smoothed out. For the first time in years, he had a normal arterial(动脉) pressure.
"That"s the most unusual thing, "said Flora, excited by the results.
Three days later, David and Flora drove home after the fight from Houston. Their kids ran out to meet
them. 1. Decide which is closest in meaning to the underlined word "stiff" in the text.
A. Unable to bend
B. Dry, loose and smaller
C. Not easy to turn or move
D. Less straight as well as narrow
2. "And she needed to be lucky ."What did this sentences suggest?
A. God would bring luck to her.
B. Good luck was sure to reach her.
C. She needed to try hard to be lucky.
D. There was a chance that her efforts would end in failure.
3. From the text, we learn that Houston was probably the name of ________.
A. the operation room
B. the most unusual surgery
C. a city where the hospital lay
D. the head doctor in charge of the operation
4. From the text, we can tell that________.
A. the Davids got along well with each other
B. David accepted Flora"s advice without any hesitation
C. David"s father died from a sudden attack of heart trouble
D. David became a normal person soon after the medical operation | 最新试题
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