I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the 1
society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the
consumer society, I 3 hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. 3 the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson
was selling me the bicycle, he said, "This is the best thing you 4 have done. Life has become hopelessly 5 . A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you 6 things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise." I agreed.
Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I 7 at the other
end of the town. I was 8 that this simple vehicle could let me 9 long distances in a fairly short time.
But how 10 did I really go?
Since I hated to be 11 , I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to 12 an odometer (里程表)
on my bicycle. He agreed, but 13 , "An odometer without a speedometer (速度计) is like a 14
without a knife." I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (装置) were 15 to the
handlebars of my bicycle. "What about a horn?" he then asked. "Look, this horn is no larger than a
matchbox and has many 16 ." Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
"You can"t leave the back part 17 ," noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons 18 the
seat, and said, "Is there anything better than this oven when you feel 19 on your way? I can give you a
special discount." I was not strong enough to 20 the offer.
"I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done," said Mr. Johnson in the end. |
( )1.A. adult
( )2.A. eventually
( )3.A. Although
( )4.A. would
( )5.A. boring
( )6.A. natural
( )7.A. gave up
( )8.A. amazed
( )9.A. march
( )10.A. far
( )11.A. unreliable
( )12.A. fix
( )13.A. swore
( )14.A. pencil
( )15.A. distributed
( )16.A. shapes
( )17.A. loose
( )18.A. beside
( )19.A. sick
( )20.A. consider | B. human
B. immediately
B. Because
B. should
B. complicated
B. mysterious
B. broke down
B. amused
B. drive
B. long
B. impractical
B. check
B. added
B. fork
B. converted
B. sizes
B. blank
B. before
B. hungry
B. withdraw | C. consumer
C. reluctantly
C. As
C. must
C. stressful
C. complex
C. calmed down
C. confused
C. cover
C. fast
C. unprepared
C. repair
C. replied
C. box
C. applied
C. functions
C. bare
C. below
C. hot
C. make | D. bachelor
D. gratefully
D. Unless
D. could
D. tough
D. unique
D. ended up
D. concerned
D. measure
D. deep
D. inaccurate
D. lay
D. concluded
D. cake
D. attached
D. models
D. incomplete
D. behind
D. thirsty
D. resist | | 完形填空。 | "Welcome, Mary," I said. She raised her head and looked into my eyes. The smile on my face 1 .
Dear God, I thought, what 2 has entered the life of this little girl?
After settling Mary into her new desk and 3 her, I went to the headmaster. She said, "Sit down and
I"ll 4 you in. Mary"s mother who loved her very much was shot and killed in her 5 one night at their
house. Mary, screaming, escaped to a neighbor"s. Then the child went into 6 . She hadn"t cried or 7
her mother since."
I returned only to discover that the children were already avoiding this " 8 " child. "Mary"s been hurt
badly, but we can do a lot to help her," I explained gently. Bless all children. How loving they can be 9
they understand.
In spite of our 10 , we seemed to be getting no closer to Mary and even my faith was wearing 11 .
My heart ached so badly, wanting this child to come alive, to be aware of the beau ty, the wonder, the fun,
and even the 12 of living.
Spring approaching, children 13 to make flower baskets for room decoration. During the lunch time,
a girl came hurrying to me. "Come to see Mary"s basket," she said 14 . "You"ll never believe it!" I 15
my breath at its beauty, for it couldn"t have been the work from a child that 16 .
"Mary," I said. "This is beautiful. How did you ever 17 ?" She looked at me with the shining eyes of
any 18 little girl, saying, "My mother loved flowers."
Thank you, God, You"ve 19 us the miracle . I knelt and put my arms around the child. Then the tears
came, slowly at first, but soon she was 20 her heart out against my shoulder. The other children had
tears in their eyes, too, but theirs-like mine-were tears of joy. | ( )1. A. formed
( )2. A. wonder
( )3. A. introducing
( )4. A. come
( )5. A. home
( )6. A. shock
( )7. A. missed
( )8. A. sweet
( )9. A. before
( )10. A. lessons
( )11. A. strong
( )12. A. cost
( )13. A. decided
( )14. A. worriedly
( )15. A. caught
( )16. A. old
( )17. A. arrange
( )18. A. unusual
( )19. A. told
( )20. A. crying | B. broadened
B. problem
B. comforting
B. fill
B. presence
B. anger
B. mentioned
B. sad
B. though
B. talks
B. thick
B. pain
B. waited
B. excitedly
B. stopped
B. weak
B. prepare
B. careful
B. taught
B. shouting | C. spread
C. horror
C. praising
C. push
C. company
C. hunger
C. seen
C. lonely
C. once
C. words
C. thin
C. course
C. preferred
C. softly
C. counted
C. young
C. handle
C. normal
C. paid
C. drawing | D. froze
D. amazement
D. touching
D. let
D. eyes
D. action
D. heard
D. different
D. unless
D. efforts
D. heavy
D. pleasure
D. wished
D. secretly
D. took
D. clever
D. manage
D. friendly
D. given
D. knocking | | 阅读理解。 | I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother"s idea. She wanted me to "make
something" of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with
the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were
two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible,
making sure  everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY
EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.
" How many did you sell, my boy?" my mother asked.
" None."
" Where did you go?"
" The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues."
" What did you do?"
" Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post."
" You just stood there?"
" Didn"t sell a single one."
" My God, Russell!"
Uncle Allen put in, " Well, I"ve decided to take the Post." I handed him a copy and he paid me a
ni ckel. It was the first nickel I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address
adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford
to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I"d changed my mind. I didn"t want to make a success in the magazine
business.
" If you think you can change your mind like this," she replied, " you"ll become a good-for-nothing."
She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines.
Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied
with my father"s plain workman"s l ife, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But
never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her
husband"s people for true life and love. | | 1. Why did the boy start his job young? | A. He wanted to be famous in the future.
B. The job was quite easy for him.
C. His mother had high hopes for him.
D. The competition for the job was fierce. | | 2. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______. | A. excited
B. interested
C. ashamed
D. disappointed | | 3. What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up? | A. She forced him to continue.
B. She punished him.
C. She gave him some money.
D. She changed her plan. | | 4. What does the underlined phrase "this battle"(last paragraph) refer to? | A. The war between the boy"s parents.
B. The arguing between the boy and his mother.
C. The quarrel between the boy and his customers.
D. The fight between the boy and his father. | | 5. What is the text mainly about? | A. The early life of a journalist.
B. The early success of a journalist.
C. The happy childhood of the writer.
D. The important role of the writer in his family. | |
| 完形填空。 | One evening I heard a loud crash in our quiet neighborhood. 1 that evening, my wife had asked me to
go to the store to get some soft drinks.It was a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her 2 , so I sent her to the store in my truck.At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my 3 .I en joyed
having it, but I said: "Guy, my heart is not set on that truck.I like it but it is 4 metal and won" t last
forever." After hearing the loud noise, the whole 5 ran outside.My son shouted: "Dad, Dad, Holly
crashed your truck."
My heart sank and my mind was 6 with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was
involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my 7 saying: "Here is a chance to show Holly what
you really 8 .She" 11 never forget it."
The accident had occurred in my own driveway.Holly had crashed my truck into our other car. Holly
was not 9 physically but when I reached her, she was crying and saying: " Oh, Dad, I"m sorry.I know
how much you love this truck." I held her in my arms as she cried.
Later that week a friend 10 by and asked what had happened to my truck.I told her the whole 11 .
Her eyes moistened(润湿) and she said: "That happened to me when I was a girl.I 12 my dad" s car and
ran into a log that had fallen 13 the road.I ruined the car.When I got home my Dad knocked me to the
ground and began to kick me.
Over 40 years later, she still felt the 14 of the night.It was a deep wound on her 15 .
I remember how 16 Holly was on the night she crashed our truck, and how I 17 her.One day,
when Holly thinks 18 in the future, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than
anything else.
I repaired the car, but the dent(凹陷)in my truck is 19 there today.Every day it reminds me of what
really 20 in my li fe. | ( )1. A. After
( )2. A. studying
( )3. A. truck
( )4. A. still
( )5. A. brothers
( )6. A. filled
( )7. A. heart
( )8. A. hate
( )9. A. beaten
( )10. A. stood
( )11. A. accident
( )12. A. gave
( )13. A. across
( )14. A. accident
( )15. A. body
( )16. A. angry
( )17. A. blamed
( )18. A. back
( )19. A. already
( )20. A. works | B. Before
B. cooking
B. family
B. just
B. friends
B. satisfied
B. house
B. love
B. wounded
B. ran
B. story
B. bought
B. through
B. pain
B. head
B. surprised
B. scolded
B. forward
B. still
B. needs | C. Later
C. driving
C. neighbor
C. also
C. neighbors
C. surrounded
C. neighborhood
C. refuse
C. hurt
C. stopped
C. adventure
C. rode
C. against
C. car
C. face
C. disappointed
C. comforted
C. up
C. never
C. matters | D. Earlier
D. operating
D. house
D. always
D. family
D. confused
D. truck
D. worry
D. worried
D. drove
D. experience
D. borrowed
D. over
D. sorry
D. soul
D. sad
D. beat
D. of
D. no longer
D. values | | 阅读理解。 | Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have given $500,000 to help the town of Joplin -a town near the
Mississippi River, where Pitt"s mother went to school recover from a huge tornado (龙卷风)that struck
on May 22, 2011.
The couple made the  donation through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation on Thursday to help rebuild the town
of Joplin after about 30% of the buildings were destroyed by the tornado. Over 150 people were killed.
"The Joplin community faces great challenges ahead," said Brad. "Having spent most of my childhood
there, I know these people to be hardworking, humble and especially resilient.
"The locally based Community Foundation of the Ozarks will be working shoulder to shoulder with
these Joplin citizens for long to rebuild their lives. We, too, hope to further help with these rebuilding
efforts."
"Last year 42 million people worldwide were hurt by natural disasters," added Angelina. "So often,
these disasters seem far away; but now, the need is right here at home for thousands of people. Our
hearts go out to the families in Joplin who have lost so much."
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks was founded in 1973 and has since grown to include 43
branch community foundations. The Foundation"s task is to improve the quality of life in the Missouri
Ozarks area through resource development, community grant making, working together, and public
leadership.
"We had a call in the first day or two afterward from an organization representing them," said Brian
Fogle, president of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. "They made several calls afterwards, but
we learned that they made a donation. | | 1. Where did the disaster most probably happen? | A. in Britain
B. in the USA
C. in Australia
D. in China | | 2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated $500,000 after the disaster_______. | A. by post
B. in the flesh
C. through a foundation
D. through the local Red Cross | | 3. The best title for the passage is______. | A. A disaster by a huge tornado in Joplin
B. Rebuilding efforts after the disaster
C. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks
D. A donation from the Pitts | 最新试题
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