As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious (反叛的) outside, 1 on the inside,
I wanted people to 2 me.
Once I left home to hitchhike (搭便车) to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn"t 3 , and
there were many times I didn"t feel safe. One situation in particular 4 me grateful to still be alive. When I
returned home, I was different, not so outwardly sure of myself.
I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was 5 with us, was wearing my clothes.
And my 6 seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be 7 if I weren"t there. I told my mom,
and she explained that 8 Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could 9 me. I pointed out, "She is more patient
and is neater than I have ever been." My mom said these were wonderful 10 , but I was the only person who
could fill my 11 . She made me realize that even with my 12 -and there were many-I was a loved member of
the family who couldn"t be replaced.
I became a searcher, wanting to 13 who I was and what made me unique. My 14 of myself was changing.
I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist pressure to 15 in ways that I didn"t like any more, and I
was 16 by who I really was. I came to feel much more 17 that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us 18 a unique place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may
think. So 19 about being replaced. You 20 be. |
( )1.A. and
( )2.A. leave
( )3.A. easy
( )4.A. succeeded
( )5.A. playing
( )6.A. family
( )7.A. loved
( )8.A. before
( )9.A. scold
( )10.A. qualities
( )11.A. character
( )12.A. faults
( )13.A. look for
( )14.A. picture
( )15.A. think
( )16.A. thankful
( )17.A. sure
( )18.A. carries
( )19.A. talk
( )20.A. mustn’t | B. but
B. respect
B. hard
B. kept
B. eating
B. friends
B. mentioned
B. after
B. compare
B. girls
B. role
B. advantages
B. look back
B. view
B. learn
B. delighted
B. doubtful
B. catches
B. forget
B. shouldn’t | C. as
C. admire
C. fun
C. managed
C. staying
C. relatives
C. cared
C. though
C. replace
C. people
C. task
C. manners
C. find out
C. sense
C. change
C. disappointed
C. happy
C. seizes
C. care
C. can’t | D. for
D. like
D. long
D. remained
D. running
D. class
D. missed
D. unless
D. match
D. times
D. job
D. pities
D. give up
D. drawing
D. act
D. hopeful
D. lonely
D. holds
D. argue
D. needn’t | | 完形填空。 | He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were 1 her, but nobody paid any attention
to him. After the party, he 2 her for coffee. She was 3 . In order not to appear rude, she went 4 .
As they sat in a nice 5 shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt 6 .
Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please give me some 7 ? I"d like to put it in my coffee."
They stared at him. He turned red; but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. 8 , she
asked. "Why salt with coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea, I liked playing
on the sea… I could 9 its salty taste, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I 10 my childhood
and my hometown. I miss 11 and my parents, who are still there."
She was 12 touched. A man who can admit that he"s homesick must love his home and care about
his family. He must be 13 .
So they dated, 14 and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she would put
in some salt, the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he 15 and left her a letter which said:
My dear, please 16 my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked
for salt 17 sugar.
Sweetheart, I don"t exactly like salty coffee. But as it mattered so 18 to you, I"ve 19 to enjoy it.
Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together
again, 20 it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life. | ( )1. A. before
( )2. A. invited
( )3. A. interested
( )4. A. away
( )5. A. coffee
( )6. A. comfortable
( )7. A. sugar
( )8. A. Angrily
( )9. A. feel
( )10. A. think over
( )11. A. this
( )12. A. highly
( )13. A. responsible
( )14. A. married
( )15. A. walked away
( )16. A. forget
( )17. A. instead
( )18. A. many
( )19. A. studied
( )20. A. however | B. beyond
B. paid
B. frightened
B. along
B. tea
B. different
B. pepper
B. Curiously
B. see
B. bring up
B. it
B. specially
B. reasonable
B. engaged
B. left away
B. forgive
B. instead of
B. more
B. learnt
B. as it | C. after
C. forced
C. moved
C. off
C. beer
C. uncomfortable
C. candy
C. Worriedly
C. notice
C. think of
C. him
C. hardly
C. sensible
C. separated
C. passed a way
C. imagine
C. in spite of
C. any
C. adapted
C. when | D. near
D. asked
D. surprised
D. down
D. wine
D. indifferent
D. salt
D. Happily
D. find
D. remind of
D. her
D. deeply
D. representative
D. split
D. got away
D. value
D. other than
D. much
D. used
D. even if | | 阅读理解。 | 1 . She described all the things she had to do－one was to make her bed－from the moment she woke
up until she flew out of the door for work. I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks.
She was shocked, probably thinking I"d been raised by wolves in a forest. 2 .
Two weeks later she went into my office beaming. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42
years－and nothing bad had happened. "And you know what?" she said. "I don"t dry my dishes anymore,
either."
3 . One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before. The other was
giving herself permission to be less that perfect. This story shows an important principle (原理) about
managing time: No one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs. The problem is,
many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses
and cars than they do of themselves. 4 .
So what is the solution? There"s an easy way. Decide what you want in your life, and put that first. On a
daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure,
friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life. 5 . The choice is yours: whatever makes you
feel good about yourself and your life.Take a nap (小憩). Take a walk.Take time to play the piano. Stop
bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers. Fill
more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos. | A. This woman had made two major breakthroughs (突破).
B. Above all, you needn"t do anything for yourself regularly.
C. They put everyone else"s needs ahead of their own.
D. However, she went along with my idea.
E. Most people do not take time to relax themselves.
F. The point is to do something for yourself every day.
G. A patient came to see me about the stress in her life. | | 阅读理解。 | A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found a brother who was thought to have been killed
twenty years before.
While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs
Bussman commented on the workman"s close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he
might be his brother. Franz poured scorn on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action
during the war. Though Mrs. Bussman was fully acquainted with this story, she thought that there was a
chance in a million that she might be right.
A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman, Needless
to say, the man"s name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franz"s long-lost brother. When the brothers
were re-united, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.
After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated
from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on
foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family
home, but the house had been bombed and no one in the neighborhood knew what had become of the
inhabitants. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air-raid (空袭), Hans settled down in a Village
fifty miles away where he had remained ever since. | | 1. Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage? | A. Living Not Far
B. A Chance in a Million
C. Coming Back to Life
D. Back after the War | | 2. Why did Franz laugh at his wife"s idea? | A. Because Franz believed that his brother had already been killed in the war.
B. Because Franz believed that many people looked closely like his brother.
C. Because Franz thought that his wife was just joking.
D. Because Franz believed there was a chance in a million that the workman was his brother. | 3. Which of the following orders is right?
a. He walked back to Western Germany.
b. He was wounded when the war was coming to the end.
c. The hospital was destroyed by bombs.
d. He came back to his family house.
e. He was sent to hospital. f. His unit of German didn"t exist any longer. | A. b,a,e,d,f,c
B. b,e,c,a,f,d
C. b,e,a,c,d,f
D.b,c,f,d,a,e | | 阅读理解。 | I"m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter
and you put things in their bags for them. And carried things to their cars. It was hard work.
While working, you wear a plate with your name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I
remembered his name and said, "Mr. Castle, how are you?" We talked about this and that. As he left, he said,
"It was nice talking to you, Brett." I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate.
Oh no. He didn"t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put "Irving" down on my name
plate. If he"d have said, "Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?" I"d have been ready for him. There"s nothing
personal here.
The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these
was:you couldn"t accept tips (小费). Okay, I"m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the
natural reaction (反应) is to take a quarter and give it me. I"d say, "I"m sorry, I can"t." They"d get angry. When
you give someone a tip, you"re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you
expect them to say, "Oh, thanks a lot." When you say, "I"m sorry, I can"t." they feel a little put down. They say,
"No one will know." And they put it in your pocket. You say, "I really can"t." It gets to a point where you almost
have to hurt a person physically (身体上) to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the
store"s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just could
n"t understand the strangeness of some people"s ideas. One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and
drove away. I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.
I had decided that one year was enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the
means and could afford to hate it and give it up. | | 1. What can be the best title for this text? | A. How Hard Life is for Box Boys
B. Getting along with Customers
C. Why I Gave up My Job
D. The Art of Taking Tips | | 2. From the second paragraph, we can infer that _____. | A. the writer didn"t like the impersonal part of his job
B. with a name plate, people can easily start talking
C. Mr. Castle mistook Irving for Brett
D. Irving was the writer"s real name | | 3. The box boy refused to accept tips because _____. | A. customers only gave small tips
B. some customers had strange ideas about tipping
C. the store didn"t allow the box boys to take tips
D. he didn"t want to fight with the customers | | 4. The underlined phrase "put down"in the third paragraph probably means _____. | A. misunderstood
B. defeated
C. hateful
D. hurt | 最新试题
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