阅读理解。     "Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced dis

阅读理解。     "Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced dis

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阅读理解。     "Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on,
one day something good will happen. And you"ll realize that it wouldn"t have happened if not for that
previous disappointment."
      Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932, I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn"t risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that"ll give you a chance," she said. I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
     While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn"t hired. My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best." Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.
      As I left his office, my frustration (挫折) boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can"t get a job in a radio station?" I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding (在前的) autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday"s game! On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother"s words: "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn"t have happened if not for that previous disappointment."
      I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I"d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.1. The writer shows his _____ by saying ""… if I"d not gotten the job at Montgomery Ward".A. regret    
B. happiness    
C. gratefulness    
D. disappointment   2. The underlined phrase "out in the sticks" probably means _____?    A. in radio stations     
B. in the country     
C. in big cities         
D. in Dixon, Illinois 3. Why did the writer mention his mother"s words over and again? Because _____.     A. it was his mother"s words that encouraged him     
B. his mother was a person who talked a lot    
C. nothing good has happened to him up to now     
D. he got turned down every time he tried 4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?    A. There was a small radio station in Dixon, Illinois.     
B. Peter MacArthur was a program director in Scotland.    
C. WOC Radio in Davenport broadcast imaginary games.     
D. Montgomery Ward had a store with a sports department. 5. When did the writer decide to take a radio-announcing job?     A. When he hitchhiked to Chicago.    
B. After he graduated from college.     
C. Before he graduated from college. 
D. As soon as he was turned down.
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完形填空。     A poor boy Howard Kelly was trying to make some money for school by selling goods. He found
that he had only one coin left. He was so  _1    that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his courage(勇气) when a lovely young    2 __    opened the door. Instead of asking
for a meal, he asked for a drink of  ___3__ . She smiled understandingly and brought him a  __4__glass
of milk. He drank it slowly and then asked, “How much is it?”
     “You need pay nothing.” she replied. “Mother has __5__me never to accept pay for a __6__.” As
Howard __7_  that house, he not only felt stronger __8__ , but it also made him believe in God and the
human beings more. He was about to give up before this. 
     __9_ later, the young woman became very ill. She was sent to the big city,  Dr Howard Kelly, now
famous, was called in for the treatment(治疗). __10__When he heard the name of the __11__she
came from,
a _12__light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
He __13__her at once. From that day on, he gave   __14_ attention to her case and __15__  to do his
best to saveher life.
     After a long time, she recovered. The bill was sent to her room. She was ___16__to open it because
she
knew it would  ___17__ the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked at the bill and saw these
words on ne side of it,
     “Paid in full with __18__ .”
                    Dr Howard Kelly
     Tears of __19__  ran out of her eyes as she cried, “Thank you, _20___. Your love has got around
through human hearts and hands.”
(     )1.A. worried
(     )2.A. lady         
(     )3.A. water        
(     )4.A. hot          
(     )5.A. said to      
(     )6.A. happiness    
(     )7.A. went in      
(     )8.A. in body      
(     )9.A. Days         
(     )10.A. when         
(     )11.A. city         
(     )12A. quick        
(     )13. treated      
(     )14.A. special      
(     )15.A. wished       
(     )16.A. afraid       
(     )17.A. need         
(     )18.A. all her money
(     )19.A. comfort      
(     )20.A. Doctor        B. milk
B. gentleman  
B. milk       
B. cold       
B. ordered    
B. kindness   
B. stayed in  
B. in mind    
B. Weeks      
B. where      
B. room       
B. happy      
B. realized   
B. much       
B. decided    
B. excited    
B. spend      
B. my pay    
B. joy        
B . Mother    


C. soup
C. doctor       
C. soup         
C. large        
C. allowed      
C. food         
C. left         
C. in courage   
C. Months       
C   . then      
C. town         
C. familiar     
C. recognized   
C. little       
C. hoped        
C. unable       
C. take         
C. love         
C. surprise     
C. Boy        


D. wine
D. mother           
D. wine             
D. small            
D. taught           
D. milk             
D. ran from         
D. in health        
D. Years            
D. that             
D. house            
D. strange          
D. saved            
D. large            
D. ordered          
D. certain          
D. cost             
D. a glass of milk  
D. sadness          
D. God            
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阅读理解。     Lovely animals are always kept as pets,especially those which look pretty and there’ s always a lot
of fun keeping them. Here’s a story about it.
     The children begged for a hamster (仓鼠), and after a long time and promises that they alone would
care for it, they got one. Of course, they loved this special friend. They named it Danny, made “a house”
for it, and played happily with it. Two months later, when Mom found herself doing the cleaning and
feeding the hamster, she decided to send it away and found a future new home for it. The children took
the news of Danny’s immediate departure quite well, though one of them said, “He’s been around here
a long time. We’ll miss him.”
     “Yes,” Mom replied. “But he’s too much work for one person, and since I’m that person, I say he
goes.”
     Another child offered, “Well, maybe if he wouldn’t eat so much and wouldn’t make things in bad
order, we would keep him.”
     But Mom didn’t change her mind. “It’s time to take Danny to his new home now,” she insisted. “Go
and get his cage(笼子).”
     With one voice and in tearful anger the children shouted, “Danny? We thought you said Daddy!”
1. Mom wanted to send Danny away because_______.  A. she had to do too much more work
B. the children didn’t help her
C. she found a new home for Danny  
D. Danny didn’t want to stay here any more
2. The underlined word “departure” probably means _______.A. staying        
B. leaving      
C. playing        
D. eating3. It can be inferred from the text that Daddy _______.A. often did housework      
B. often ate a lot and did much
C. often kept everything clean and in good order
D. often ate much and made everything in bad order
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完形填空。     When I was in junior high, the eighth-grade bully (欺凌弱小者) struck me in the stomach. Not only
did it   1  , but the shame and embarrassment were almost impossible to bear. I wanted   2   to even the
score (摆平)! I   3  to meet him by the bike racks the next day and let him have it.
For some reason, I told my plan to Nana, my grandmother-big   4  . She gave me one of her hour-long   5 . It was a total    6  , but among other things, I vaguely    7   her telling me that I didn"t need to worry about him. She said, "Good deeds beget (产生) good results,   8   evil deeds beget bad results." I told her,
in a nice way, that I thought she was right. I told her that I did good things all the time, and all I got  9 
was a strike in the stomach. She stuck to her opinions,  10  .
It   11   me 30 years to understand the   12   of her words. Nana was living in a board-and-care home in
Laguna Hills, California. Each Tuesday, I   13   and took her out to dinner. We drove to a nearby simple
little restaurant. I   14   pot roast for Nana and a hamburger for myself. The food arrived and as I dug in,
I noticed that Nana wasn"t eating. She was just staring at the food on her plate. 15   my plate aside, I took Nana"s and cut her meat into small pieces. I then placed the plate back. 16  she very weakly, and with
great difficulty, forked the meat into her mouth, I was struck with a(n)   17   that brought instant tears to
my eyes. Forty years  18  , as a little boy sitting at the table, Nana had always done the same to me.
     It had taken 40 years, but the good deed had been   19  . Nana was right. We harvest exactly  20 
we sow. "Every good deed you do will someday come back to you."What about the eighth-grade bully?
He ran into the ninth-grade bully.(     )1. A. harm          
(     )2. A. eventually    
(     )3. A. organized    
(     )4. A. trouble    
(     )5. A. lectures      
(     )6. A push            
(     )7. A. remind      
(     )8. A. as          
(     )19. A. in time  
(     )10. A. therefore    
(     )11. A. needed    
(     )12. A. wisdom    
(     )13. A. came off    
(     )14. A prepared      
(     )15. A. Taking    
(     )16. A If            
(     )17. A. mind       
(     )18. A once          
(     )19. A returned      
(     )20. A. which     B. injure    
B. immediately
B. planned    
B. prize      
B. stories    
B encouragement
B. remember    
B. but      
B. in turn    
B. however    
B. spent    
B. intelligence
B. came back  
B booked      
B. Removing    
B As          
B. idea    
B ever        
B reacted      
B. what     C. hurt     
C. directly    
C. designed    
C. time        
C. instructions
C success      
C. recognize    
C. so      
C. in order    
C. though  
C. cost    
C. knowledge    
C. came by    
C purchased    
C. Moving    
C Since        
C. thinking    
C since        
C regained      
C. when       D. wound        
D. desperately
D. wished        
D. mistake      
D. scolding    
D. drag          
D. recall        
D. and          
D. in return  
D. nevertheless  
D. took          
D. belief        
D. came across  
D. ordered      
D. Making        
D. After        
D. memory        
D. previously    
D. replaced      
D. how          
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阅读理解。     Parents divorced, little Buddy was in the care of his mother"s large Alabama family. Over the
years, Buddy seldom saw either of his parents. But he was happy where he was and he had many
kindly relatives, among whom Miss Sook was by far his best friend. Before Christmas, Buddy"s
father had managed to get legal custody(法定监护) of him for this Christmas. So, he had a new
suit, with a card pinned with his name and address and made the trip alone, by bus, to New
Orleans.
     Several things occurred that kept me awake the whole night. First, the footfalls, the noise of my father
running up and down the stairs, breathing heavily, I had to see what he was up to. So I hid and watched.
There was a Christmas tree and the fireplace downstairs. Moreover, I could see my father. He was
crawling around under the tree arranging a pyramid of packages. I felt dizzy, for what I saw forced me to
reconsider everything. If these were presents intended for me, then obviously they had not been ordered
by the Lord and delivered by Santa Claus; no, they were gifts bought and wrapped by my father. Which
meant that my rotten little cousin Billy Bob and other rotten kids like him weren"t lying when they laughed
at me and told me there was no Santa Claus. The worst thought was: Had Sook known the truth, and lied
to me? No, Sook would never lie to me. She believed. It was just that-well, though she was
sixty-something, in some ways she was at least as much of a child as I was.
     I waited until I was sure he was in bed and sound asleep. Then I crept downstairs and examined the
tags attached to each of the packages. They all said: "For Buddy." I decided to open the packages: It
was Christmas morning. I was awake, so why not? I won"t bother to describe what was inside them: just
shirts and sweaters and dull stuff like that. The only thing I appreciated was a toy gun. Somehow I got the
idea it would be fun to waken my father by firing it. So I did. Bang. Bang. Bang. He raced out of his room, wild-eyed, Bang. Bang. Bang. "Buddy-what the hell do you think you"re doing? Bang. Bang. Bang. "Stop
that!" I laughed. " Look, Daddy. Look at all wonderful things Santa Claus brought me."
     Calm now, he walked into the room and hugged me. "You like what Santa Claus brought you?"
     I smiled at him. He smiled at me. There was a tender lingering (逗留不去的) moment, damaged
when I said: "Yes. But what are you going to give me, Daddy?" His smile evaporated. His eyes narrowed
suspiciously-you could see that he thought I was pulling some kind of trick. But then he blushed, as
though he was ashamed to be thinking what he was thinking. He patted my head, and coughed and said: "Well, I thought I"d wait and let you pick out something you wanted. Is there anything particular you
want?"
     I reminded him of the airplane we had seen in the toy store on Canal Street. His face sagged. Oh,
yes, he remembered the airplane and how expensive it was. Nevertheless, the next day I was sitting in
that airplane dreaming I was zooming toward heaven while my father wrote out a check for a happy
salesman, who promised to help ship the plane on the bus. 
     But I wasn"t free of New Orleans yet. The problem was a large bottle of wine; maybe it was because
of my departure, but anyway my father had been drinking it all day, and on the way to the bus station, he
scared me by grabbing my wrist and harshly whispering: "I"m not going to let you go. I can"t let you go
back to that crazy family in that crazy old house. Just look at what they"ve done to you. A boy six, almost
seven, talking about Santa Claus! It"s all their fault, all those sour old spinsters with their Bibles and their
knitting needles, those drunken uncles. Listen to me, Buddy. There is no God! There is no Santa Claus."
He was squeezing my wrist so hard that it ached. "Kiss me. Please. Please. Kiss me. Tell your daddy
that you love him." But I couldn"t speak. I was terrified I was going to miss my bus. And I was worried
about my plane, which was strapped to the top of the taxi. "Say it: "I love you." Say it. Please. Buddy. Say
it."
     It was lucky for me that our taxi-driver was a good-hearted man. Because if it hadn"t been for his help, and the help of some efficient porters and a friendly policeman, I don"t know what would have happened
when we reached the station. My father was so drunk he could hardly walk, but the policeman talked to
him, quieted him down, helped him to stand straight, and the taxi-man promised to take him safely home.
But my father would not leave until he had seen the porters put me on the bus.
     Once I was on the bus, I crouched in a seat and shut my eyes. I felt the strangest pain. A crushing pain
that hurt everywhere. I thought if I took off my heavy city shoes, those crucifying monsters, the agony
would ease. I took them off, but the mysterious pain did not leave me. In a way it never has; never will.
     Twelve hours later I was home in bed. The room was dark. Sook was sitting beside me, rocking in a
rocking chair, a sound as soothing (令人舒畅的) as ocean waves. I had tried to tell her everything that
had happened, and only stopped when I was hoarse (嘶哑的) as a howling dog. She stroked her fingers
through my hair, and said: "Of course there is a Santa Clause. It"s just that no single somebody could do
all he has to do. So the Lord has spread the task among us all. That"s why everybody is Santa Claus. I
am. You are. Even you cousin Billy Bob. Now go to sleep. Count stars. Think of the quietest thing. Like
snow. I"m sorry you didn"t get to see any. But now snow is falling through the stars-" Stars sparkled,
snow whirled inside my head; the last thing I remembered was the peaceful voice of the Lord telling me
something I must do. And the next day I did it. I went with Sook to the post office and bought a penny
postcard. That same postcard exists today. It was found in my father"s safety deposit box when he died
last year. Here is what I had written him: Hello pop hope you are well I am and I am turning to
pedal my plane so fast I will soon be in the sky so keep your eyes open and yes I love you Buddy.
1.When Buddy asked his Daddy for Christmas presents, his father"s reaction suggested that  _______.A. He felt sorry he forgot to prepare presents for his son.
B. He thought his son should have known all the presents were sent by him, not Santa Claus.
C. It was difficult for him to accept that his son is so greedy.
D. He was ashamed of not knowing what his son liked.2. Once Buddy was on the bus, he felt the strangest pain . The reason probably is _____________.A. His father squeezed him so hard that it ached.
B. His father was very drunk and had difficulty returning home.
C. He didn"t say "I love you" to his father.
D. He had an argument with his father at home.3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Buddy didn"t tell his Daddy "I love you" until his death.
B. Buddy"s father and Miss Sook were people of different personalities.
C. Buddy still held the belief that there was Santa Claus.
D. Buddy finally mailed a postcard to his father.4. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A. Cousin Billy Bob had a good relationship with Buddy.
B. Miss had no idea of Santa Clause, and lied to Buddy.
C. Father loved Buddy very much and prepared a lot of gifts for him.
D. Buddy was afraid of his father for they had been separated long time.5. The following words can describe Miss Sook except _______.A. old            
B. clever          
C. naughty          
D. trusted6. Which of the following can be the best title of passage?A. Is There a Santa Clause in the World?
B. A Christmas Memory
C. How to Celebrate Christmas in a Meaningful Way?
D. A Christmas of a Divorced Family
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完形填空。     In my dual (双重的) profession   1    an educator and health care provider, I have worked with many
children infected with HIV. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that
great   2     can be found in the smallest individuals. Let me tell you about Tyler.
     Tyler was   3   infected with HIV; his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life,
he was dependent on medications to   4    him to survive. When he was five, he had a tube inserted in a
vein (静脉) in his chest. At times, he also needed extra oxygen to support his   5  .
     Tyler wasn"t    6    to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not
   7   to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicineloaded backpack and  
  8    his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon (小手推车). All of us who knew Tyler were
impressed by his pure   9    in being alive and the energy it gave him. Tyler"s mom often    10    him by
telling him that he moved so    11   she needed to dress him in red. That way,when she peered through
the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly   12   him.
     This deadly disease eventually    13   down Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately,    14   did his
HIVinfected mother. When it became    15   that he wasn"t going to survive, Tyler"s mom talked to him
about   16  . She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him
soon in heaven.
     A few days before his death, Tyler   17   to me to come to his hospital bed and    18  ,"I might die
soon. I"m not    19   . When I die, please dress me in   20  . Mom promised she"s coming to heaven,
too. I"ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."(     )1. A. in        
(     )2. A. pleasure  
(     )3. A. seriously  
(     )4. A. cause    
(     )5. A. breathing  
(     )6. A. happy    
(     )7. A. common    
(     )8. A. dragging  
(     )9. A. character  
(     )10. A. comforted
(     )11. A. slowly  
(     )12. A. know    
(     )13. A. tore    
(     )14. A. neither  
(     )15. A. apparent  
(     )16. A. life     
(     )17. A. waved    
(     )18. A. whispered
(     )19. A. excited  
(     )20. A. red      B. for        
B. pain      
B. born      
B. enable    
B. living    
B. willing    
B. unusual    
B. carrying  
B. joy        
B. scolded    
B. happily    
B. spot      
B. broke      
B. so        
B. hopeless  
B. dream      
B. said      
B. shouted    
B. surprised  
B. white      C. as       
C. sorrow  
C. unlucky  
C. make    
C. running  
C. daring  
C. surprised
C. pushing  
C. moment  
C. teased  
C. quickly  
C. stop    
C. wore     
C. such     
C. sure    
C. future  
C. signed   
C. cried    
C. scared  
C. bright   D. on              
D. courage        
D. disappointingly
D. lead            
D. walking        
D. discouraged    
D. ordinary        
D. taking          
D. excitement      
D. praised        
D. fast            
D. observe        
D. kicked          
D. nor            
D. terrible        
D. death          
D. explained      
D. spoke          
D. happy          
D. beauty          
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