I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. "What is it?" I 1 . I turned it over. There, in faded (已褪色的) ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled back many years. I was nine years old, 3 down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of 4 on my shoulder. On my 5 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always 6 me there to ask his workers whether they 7 any magazines. Shaking off the 8 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader"s office. After a quick glance he 9 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the hole in the top of my 10 , he said, "Come with me!", pulling me into his pick-up truck. We pulled to a stop before a shoe shop. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever 12 . I felt about 10 feet tall when I 13 in them. "We"d like a air of new 14 , too." Mr. Rader said. Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." He said affectionately (深情地), "Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you." I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 a flicker (闪烁) of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and 19 and that would always make a 20 . |
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完型填空 | It was a holiday weekend. The police officers were sitting in a hot room __1__ instructions from their captain. One of these officers __2_ Ed Williams. He and ten other officers were on special __3__because they knew that over the weekend two weeks __4__over 400 people had died from accidents __5__by drivers. Over 4,000 people had received serious injuries, all caused by drunken drivers. The __6__ would try their best to prevent __7__accidents before they happened. Joe Forest was __8__himself at a family party. It was getting late and Joe told his sister that he was __9__. Joe"s sister asked him to stay and wait a few hours __10__he drove. "Don"t worry. I"m going to be fine. I"m going to drive slowly. I only had a few __11__,"Joe said. Officer Williams was at his post __12_ the passing cars. A green car was coming, __13_ from left to right. Officer Williams stopped __14_ and told Joe to get out. He asked Joe to walk __15_ the white line. Joe took the test. Officer Williams told Joe that he must appear in court the next week and he __16_ drive his car home. Joe called his sister to come and drive him __17_ . That was Joe"s first offense (违法). He appeared in court and received a $400 fine. He was not __18_ to drive for sixty days. Other drivers were __19_ , for Joe hadn"t killed them. But what about the future, was Joe going to stop __20_ ? | ( )1. A. giving ( )2. A. knew ( )3. A. duty ( )4. A. passed ( )5. A. met ( )6. A. captains ( )7. A. these ( )8. A. enjoying ( )9. A. tired ( )10. A. before ( )11. A. glasses ( )12. A. watching ( )13. A. weaving ( )14. A. the man ( )15. A. beside ( )16. A. had to ( )17. A. out ( )18. A. allowed ( )19. A. glad ( )20. A. enjoying himself | B. receiving B. saw B. advice B. were enough B. caused B. drivers B. such B. helping B. drunken B. when B. minutes B. waiting B. looking B. the car B. in B. mustn"t B. away B. promised B. unlucky B. breaking the law | C. accepting C. were C. visit C. later C. killed C. passengers C. above C. drinking C. leaving C. unless C. drinks C. serving C. broken C. driving C. onto C. must C. at once C. able C. lucky C. drinking and driving | D. learning D. was D. time D. earlier D. discovered D. officers D. more D. eating D. back D. while D. miles D. searching D. driven D. working D. along D. didn"t have to D. home D. willing D. astonished D. drinking at his sister"s | 完形填空。 | Red roses were her favorites, her names was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were still 1 to her door. Each year he sent her roses, and the 2 would always say, "I love you even more this year, than last year on this day." My love for you will always 3 , with every passing year. "She knew this was the last time 4 the rose would appear. Her loving husband did not know that he would 5 . he always liked to do things early. Then, if he got too busy, 6 would work out fine." A year went by, and it was 7 to live without her mate. Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before, the doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door. She brought the roses 8 , calling the florist shop. The owner answered, and she asked him , if he would explain, why would someone do this to her, 9 her such pain? "I know your husband passed away, more than a year ago," The owner said, "I knew you"d 10 , and you would want to know. " " The flowers you received today, were 11 in advance." "You husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance." She thanked him and 12 the phone, her tears now flowing hard. Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to 13 the card. Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note. This is what he wrote: "Hello my love, I know it"s been a year 14 I"ve been gone, I hope it hasn"t been too hard for you to overcome." "I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very 15 . for if it was the other way, I know how I would feel. The love we shared 16 everything so beautiful in life. I loved you more than words can say." "You were my friend and lover, I know it"s only been a year, 17 please try not to grieve. I want you to be happy, 18 when you shed your tears. That is why the roses will be sent to you for years." "When you get these 19 , think of all the 20 that we had together, and how both of us were blessed. I have always loved you and I know I always will. My love, you must go on, you have some living still." | ( )1. A. passed ( )2. A. note ( )3. A. disappear ( )4. A. that ( )5. A. pass by ( )6. A. everything ( )7. A. happy ( )8. A. in ( )9. A. curing ( )10. A. ask ( )11. A. purchased ( )12. A. picked up ( )13. A. buy ( )14. A. when ( )15. strong ( )16. A made ( )17. A. so ( )18. A. even ( )19. A. roses ( )20. A. sadness | B. shown B. message B. decrease B. / B. pass away B. something B. meaningful B. out B. healing B. wonder B. grown B. turned up B. get B. that B. weak B. bad B. but B. only B. belongings B. disappointment | C. presented C. line C. grow C. which C. pass down C. nothing C. hard C. along C. causing C. doubt C. planted C. held up C. read C. before C. true C. let C. though C. merely C. congratulations C. happiness | D. delivered D. information D. keep D. what D. pass on D. anything D. impossible D. up D. killing D. telephone D. designed D. hung up D. write D. since D. real D. left D. still D. just D. remarks D. sufferings | 阅读理解。 | I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility (责任) of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace, I washed dishes and cooked from 4: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn"t long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive (懂事) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call - Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I"ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer. | 1. Why was the writer once known as the singing cook? | A. Because he was a cook at a country-music club. B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook. C. Because he often sang while cooking. D. Because he liked singing better than cooking. | 2. Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful? | A. Wamer Brothers. B. His manager. C. His father. D. A businesswoman. | 3. What made the writer proud of himself? | A. His ability to live independently. B. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did. C. His courage in the face of rejections. D. His hard work in his early days. | 完形填空 | It was a cold winter"s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 1 . I worked in a 2 doctor"s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 3 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 4 home and my husband, being the 5 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 6 I hurried, I could still make it home. I was heading inside to 7 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 8 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 9 a few minutes ago. The young man at the counter was trying to be 10 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 11 . One of them was 12 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 13 ?" A look of 14 crossed the woman"s face. "I"m going right by there," I said, which wasn"t a(an) 15 since I had just made up my mind to do 16 that. I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 17 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 18 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone. Later, as I arrived home, my husband 19 , "So you aren"t ever late any more." I said, "Sometimes it"s 20 to be late." | ( )1. A. break ( )2. A. foreign ( )3. A. earlier ( )4. A. getting ( )5. A. tough ( )6. A. as ( )7. A. pay ( )8. A. opinions ( )9. A. reached ( )10. A. skilled ( )11. A. comments ( )12. A. only ( )13. A. station ( )14. A. panic ( )15. A. duty ( )16. A. partly ( )17. A. across ( )18. A. go up ( )19. A. teased ( )20. A. possible | B. fever B. common B. later B. cooking B. punctual B. since B. change B. trouble B. visited B. helpful B. promises B. still B. office B. relief B. fact B. properly B. before B. die down B. shouted B. special | C. cold C. busy C. easier C. calling C. generous C. while C. wait C. directions C. called C. experienced C. jokes C. even C. hospital C. sadness C. reason C. exactly C. beside C. speed up C. burst C. good | D. headache D. noisy D. simpler D. working D. careful D. if D. search D. money D. left D. active D. offers D. ever D. hotel D. peace D. lie D. perfectly D. behind D. turn down D. laughed D. safe | 阅读理解 | He"s an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: "I haven"t time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street; he"ll fix them for you right away. " But I"d had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman (手艺人). "No," I replied, "The other fellow can"t do it well." "The other fellow" was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys "while-U-wait" -without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带) ,you might as well just throw away the pair. My man saw I wouldn"t give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron (围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, "Come back in a week." I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boot off a shelf. "See what I can do " he said with pride. "Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work." When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, an old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his pride in his craft. These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it "pays", when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption (消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period,it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done. | 1. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler? | A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools. B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais. C. He was proud of his skills. D. He was a native Parisian. | 2. The sentence "He was something out of an ancient legend." ( paragraph 7 ) implies that _____. | A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him B.it was difficult to communicate with this man C. the man was very strange D. the man was too old | 3. According to the author, many people work just to_____ . | A. realize their abilities B. gain happiness C. make money D. gain respect | 4. This story wants to tell us that_____ . | A. craftsmen make a lot of money B. whatever you do, do it well C. craftsmen need self-respect D. people are born equal |
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