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       Now we can see a man and his wife at the breakfast table. They are not speaking to each other. They
haven"t spoken to each other at the breakfast table for years. The husband is reading his newspaper. We
can’t see his face. The wife looks very worried as she gets a cup of tea ready for him. Today she is using a new kind of tea for the first time. The husband picks up his cup. He isn"t interested. He tastes his tea.
Suddenly he puts down his newspaper. Something is different! Can it be the tea? He takes another taste.
It"s wonderful. He smiles. He looks at his wife and says in surprise, "Doris, when did you cut your hair?"
Doris is pleased. She answers, "Two months ago." Doris asks, " Herbie , when did your hair begin to
become white?" He answers, "A long time ago." Doris says, "We have been together for many years, but we never cared about each other." Now they aren"t worried any longer. Breakfast is different. Has a new
kind of tea changed their lives?
1. This story happens_______.
A. before breakfast
B. after breakfast
C. at home
D. in a teahouse 2. In the passage, we can see ______ .
A. Doris is drinking tea
B. Herbie likes the new kind of tea
C. Doris is reading a newspaper
D. Herbie is very young and good-looking 3. Herbie and Doris lived ______ before this day.
A. a wonderful
B. an unhappy
C. an enjoyable
D. a friendly 4. Which of the following statements is true?A. They are good friends.
B. They have just got married.
C. They like to talk about their hair.
D. They are no longer young.

答案

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      "Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I was disappointed. "Don"t worry. One
day your luck will change."
      I didn"t pay attention to her words. After finishing my college education, I decided to look for a job
in a radio station. I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of
every station. But I got turned down every time.
     In one station, a kind lady said to me that I hadn’t got enough experience. "Get to a small station and
work for some time," she said.
     When I went back home, my dad told me that a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn"t get the job.
     I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mum said to me. Later, I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone to work for him. As I left his office, I
asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer (播音员) if he can"t get a job in a radio station?"
     I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call, "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He let me sit in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my
opinion on a football game, and finally I succeeded.
     On my way home, Mum"s words came back to me, "One day your luck will change, Son." 1. What was the writer"s ideal（理想的）job? A. A sportsman.
B. A shop assistant.
C. A sports announcer.
D. A businessman.2. Why didn"t the writer get the job in Chicago?  A. Because he was too young.
B. Because he didn"t get a college education.
C. Because he was not a good-looking person.
D. Because he hadn"t got enough experience.3. The sentence "I got turned down every time" means "           ".A. I was refused every time
B. I was successful every time
C. I lost my way every time
D. The door of every station was closed4. The writer got a job             in the end.    A. in Chicago
B. in his home town
C. in a college
D. in Iowa

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     He drove after drinking alcohol, having a severe accident and had to get his arms removed．Since
then, he has had to __1__ on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never leaving him alone for
years. Except for writing with his toes, he was totally unable to do __2__ else. As the two brothers grew
up together, they had their own problems and would often __3__. Finally, his younger brother went away
and lived __4__, leaving him heartbroken and at a loss what to do.
     __5__, a misfortune befell（降临）a girl. One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene light
on the stove was overturned, __6__ in a fire which took her hands away. Having decidedly __7__ her
sister"s willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly __8__. At school, she always studied
hard．Most of all she learned to be self-reliant. "I am lucky. Though my __9__ are broken, my heart can
still fly." she wrote in her blog.
     One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a（n）__10__  programme. The boy told
the television hostess about his __11__ future, whereas the girl was full of __12__ for her life. They were
both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their __13__. The boy: My younger brother"s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, flying heart.
     They had both gone through the same ordeal（痛苦经历）, but their different __14__ determined the
nature of their lives. As seems the case, __15__ disasters can strike our life at any time. How you handle
the __16__ when faced with it is the true __17__ of your character. If you choose to __18__ or escape
from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the __19__ will turn out to be a fortune on which new __20__will arise.

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完形填空。     It was an early August night. The heat was stifling(令人窒息) even with 1 on as I tried to
sleep. I awoke early, wiped the 2 from my forehead, and took my dog out for his morning
walk. The maple tree in my backyard kept a quiet watch on the rising 3 . As I walked over to
it I was 4 to see the first red leaf of the year below it.
     I 5 picked up the red leaf and smiled. In hot summer it 6 the coming fall. It was leading the
way to a(n) 7 that would soon take place. I could feel the cool wind. I could see the trees 8 with
thousands of red and yellow leaves. I could see the forests and mountains here 9 by Heaven"s own
hand. I could feel the joy of a beautiful autumn 10 in my soul.
     I took the11 into my home so I could see it every day. It reminds me that there is a red leaf in
all of us just 12 to come out. It reminds me that on the hottest summer day and 13 winter night we
can still share our 14  and joy with others. It reminds me that our purpose is to add 15  to the
sometimes grey world around us. I only wish that I were the first leaf of fall instead of such a 16
changer myself.
     Whether you change early or late isn"t important, 17 . What is important is that you shine today.
What 18 is that you make this world a better place. Show your smile and give a hug. Feed the 19
and visit the lonely. Care for the hurting and 20 the crying. Show others just how much you love
them. Then your soul will glow(发光) like the leaves of Heaven.

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1. A. light
2. A. water
3. A. fog
4. A. surprised
5. A. secretly
6. A. signaled
7. A. advance
8. A. equipped
9. A. ruined
10.A. awakening
11.A. dog
12.A. struggling
13.A. darkest
14.A. sorrow
15.A. colors
16.A. quick
17.A. otherwise
18.A. works
19.A. old
20.A. comfort

B. TV
B. sweat
B. moon
B. disappointed
B. gently
B. showed
B. reform
B. fixed
B. created
B. dying
B. leaf
B. competing
B. loneliest
B. love
B. lights
B. late
B. besides
B. matters
B. thirsty
B. beat

C. fan
C. dirt
C. star
C. confused
C. hurriedly
C. represented
C. success
C. covered
C. controlled
C. gathering
C. flower
C. waiting
C. saddest
C. interests
C. flavors
C. hard
C. however
C. helps
C. weak
C. save

D. radio
D. rain
D. sun
D. embarrassed
D. suddenly
D. equaled
D. change
D. filled
D. painted
D. disappearing
D. creature
D. hesitating
D. coldest
D. troubles
D. sounds
D. strange
D. anyway
D. exists
D. hungry
D. instruct

阅读理解.

     I always avoid going on field investigations with the toxics (毒物)team, unless it"s absolutely
necessary. It"s not that I mind the hard work, or am afraid of coming into contact with toxic
substances. What I fear is quickly losing hope about the work I do.
     However, doing field research with the toxics team, all I see and feel is filth-nothing else. Even
if I close my eyes, I can smell the smell of food processing, rotting organic waste from paper mills
and chemicals from clothing manufacturers.
     One morning, I went to investigate a discharged pipe to document and collect samples of
pollutants secretly being emitted by a textile mill. I had to work with the utmost secrecy in order
to avoid being discovered by the textile mill.
    I dipped a long measuring pole into the large polluting pipe to measure the volume of polluted
water being emitted. But the surface of the water, covered in oil and filth, made me feel as if to vomit.
     All of a sudden, I felt someone hit me on my back. It frightened me so much that I almost fell
into the water. I grasped the pole and looked behind me to see an old man standing there. He
asked: "Can you catch fish here?" I realized that he thought I was holding a fishing pole, so I kept
calm and said: "Yes, I heard that there"s a kind of small fish living in this water, and it has medicinal
benefits."
     The old man grew quite curious and replied: "That may be. If a fish can survive in water as dirty
as this, it must have a lot of resistance. So it wouldn"t be too strange if such fish had medicinal benefits."
    It was clear he was just passing by, so I answered: "Yeah, survival of the fittest. Fish that adapt
can survive, just like us humans."
      He kept talking to me and didn"t want to leave. He wanted to see whether or not I would catch
the small fish with medicinal benefits.

1. The text is mainly about .

A. a research report about pollution
B. an exciting experience of fishing
C. an experience of doing research on pollution
D. an unforgettable talk with an old man

2. What is the writer of the text most probably?

A. A newspaper reporter.
B. A researcher about pollution.
C. A fisherman.
D. A worker of the textile mill.

3. Why did the writer tell the old man he was fishing?

A. Because he wanted to satisfy the old man"s curiosity
B. Because the old man was interested in fishing too
C. Because he did the research secretly
D. Because the old man wanted to buy the fish

4. We can infer from the last paragraph that .

A. the old man had found out the secret
B. the old man wanted to catch the fish by himself
C. the writer would have to tell the old man the fact
D. the old man was sent to watch over the writer

完形填空。

     Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents.They are very busy working to _1
the family.They don"t act in the _2_ ways that I read in books or I see on TV._3_ flowers to each other
on Valentine"s Day is even more _4_.
     One day,my mother was sewing a quilt (床罩).I _5_ sat down beside her and looked at her."Mom,is
there love between you and Dad?" I asked her in a _6_ voice.
     My mother stopped and raised her head with _7_ in her eyes.She didn"t answer immediately.Then she
_8_ her head and continued to sew the quilt.At last my mother said:
     "Susan," she said,"Look at this thread.Sometimes it appears,but most of it _9_ in the quilt.The thread
really makes the quilt strong and _10_.If life is a quilt,then love should be a _11_.It can hardly be seen
anywhere or anytime,but it"s really there.Love is _12_."
     The next spring,my father suddenly got sick seriously.When they returned from the hospital,mother
looked rather pale and it seemed _13_ of them had had a serious illness.Every day in the morning and
dusk,my mother helped my father _14 slowly on the country road.My father had never been so _15_.
Along the country road,there were many beautiful flowers,green grass and trees.The sun gently glistened
through the leaves.All of these _16_ the most beautiful picture in the world.
     "Dad,how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day.
He said gently."_17_,I just like walking with your mom.I like this kind of life." _18_ his eyes,I know he
loves my mother deeply.
     _19_ I thought love meant flowers,gifts and sweet kisses.But from this _20_,I understand that love is
just a thread in the quilt of our life.Love is inside,making life strong and warm.

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