As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments. Maybe it was the strange 1 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 2 me so much. There was never total 3 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 4 clothes hung over a chair take on the 5 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 6 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 7 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 8 would run wild,and my heart would beat fast. I would 9 very still so that the "enemy" would not discover me. Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 10 on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home -that was no 11 . After school 12 , when all the buses were 13 up along the street, I was afraid that I"d get on the wrong one and be taken to some 14 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn"t 15 the leaders out of my sight. Perhaps one of the worst fears 16 all I had a child was that of not being liked or 17 by others. Being popular was so important to me 18 , and the fear of not being liked was a 19 one. One of the processes (过程) of growing up is being able to 20 and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life. |
( )1. A.way ( )2. A.wounded ( )3. A.quietness ( )4. A.got ( )5. A.spirit ( )6. A.eye ( )7. A.breath ( )8. A.belief ( )9. A.lay ( )10. A.especially ( )11. A.discussion ( )12. A.though ( )13. A.called ( )14. A.old ( )15. A.leave ( )16. A.above ( )17. A.protected ( )18. A.then ( )19. A.strict ( )20. A.realize | B. time B. destroyed B. darkness B. forced B. height B. window B. wind B. feeling B. hide B. simply B. problem B. yet B. backed B. crowded B. let B. in B. guided B. there B. powerful B. remember | C. place C. surprised C. emptiness C. made C. body C. mouth C. air C. imagination C. rest C. probably C. joke C. although C. lined C. poor C. order C. of C. believed C. once C. heavy C. recognize | D. reason D. frightened D. lonelinese D. caused D. shape D. door D. sound D. doubt D. lie D. directly D. matter D. still D. packed D. unfamiliar D. send D. at D. accepted D. anyway D. right D. recover | 阅读理解。 | What am I doing with my daughter at home? Rather than read aloud from books, we go go dinner and have a very a good time. This is usually when her Mom isn"t around, and this is when my little girl and I relate better. They"re alone together so much. We"re seldom alone. When we"re alone together, she and I somehow behave differently. We learn about each other.She learns that I"m her father.I learn that she"s my daughter. It"s a strange feeling, but any parent knows what I"m talking about when I say that I often look at my daughter and wonder just whose kid she is. Where"d she suddenly come from? And why on earth did she pick Laura and me for parents? When my daughter and I are along she"ll hold my hand and say, "I just love you so much, Daddy!" She"s so used to my leaving that when I tell her she and I are going to hang out all night, she gets this great look on her face and says, "We"ve got so much to do, Dad!" There"s nothing like it in the world. I want my relationship with my daughter to keep growing, so I"ve been giving my wife a couple of hundred dollars each week and making her go to the shopping center with her girlfriends,or something-anything! But this closeness is not without its problems. When I"m sitting there playing with her Barbie doll (巴比娃娃), washing her hair, a voice in me suddenly says, "I"ve got to get a drink and get out of here." Right in the middle of all this pleasantness,the voice goes, "Look at yourself! You"re washing dolls!" | 1. Why does the husband give his wife so much money each week? | A. He wants her to buy more things for the family B. She can do whatever she likes with the money C. He can spend more time with his daughter D. She can spend more time with her friends | 2. Which of the following statements is true? | A. The father spends more time with the daughter than the mother does. B. The daughter is happy when the father tells her he will be away. C. The father is happy, hearing "We"ve got so much to do, Dad!" D. The father is sure that the daughter is not his own. | 3. What does the last paragraph tell us about the father? | A. He doesn"t enjoy being with his daughter. B. He doesn"t like washing his daughter"s hair. C. He likes to enjoy himself by going out for a drink. D. He has mixed feelings when he is with his daughter. | Cloze. | The 28-year-old had spent six years working nights while she gained her university degree during the day. When she finally graduated, she had her eye on a teaching 1 at a nearby primary school. With the help of her friends, she had an interview with the Head. "I noticed a tiny hole in one of my stockings earlier," she 2 . "I thought about changing them, but I knew I"d be late if I did. And by the time I got to the interview, 3 enormous. I walked in apologizing for not 4 ." The would be teacher didn"t get the job. In fact one of her friends told her that the 5 only comment was:"If someone doesn"t take the time to present her best 6 at an interview, what kind of 7 is she going to be?" First impressions are 8 ones. In other words, if you"re viewed positively within the critical (关键的) first four minutes, the person you"ve met will 9 assume everything you do is positive. Leave the interviewer a bad impression, and often he will assume you have a lot of other unsatisfactory characters. Worse, he or she may not take the time to give you a second 10 . Most employers believe that those who look as if they care about themselves will care more about their jobs. | ( )1.A. profession ( )2.A. repeats ( )3.A. I was ( )4.A. looking at all ( )5.A. Head’s ( )6.A. figure ( )7.A. person ( )8.A. lasting ( )9.A. rarely ( )10.A. job | B. position B. reminds B. he was B. looking at him B. student’s B. image B. worker B. remaining B. occasionally B. thought | C. career C. recalls C. it was C. looking round C. friend’s C. aspect C. graduate C. continuing C. probably C. chance | D. occupation D. responds D. they were D. looking my best D. would-be teacher’s D. shape D. teacher D. persisting D. certainly D. question | Reading comprehension. | One evening after dinner, Mr and Mrs. Tisich called a family meeting. "We"ve had to make a difficult decision," Mr. Tisich announced. "You see, your mother has been offered a post as co-director of a television station in Chicago Unfortunately, the station is not here. After thinking long and hard about it,we"ve concluded that the right decision is to move to Chicago." Marc looked shocked,while his sister Rachel breathlessly started asking when they"d be moving. "It"s surprising,but exciting!" She said. Marc simply said, "We can"t go-I can"t leave all my friends.I"d rather stay here and live with Tommy Lyons!" The Tisichs hoped that by the time they moved in August, Marc would grow more accustomed to the idea of leaving. However, he showed no signs of accepting the news, refusing to pack his belongings. When the morning of the move arrived, Marc was nowhere to be found. His parents called Tommy Lyons"s house, but Mrs. Lyons said she hadn"t seen Marc. Mrs. Tisich became increasingly concerned, while her husband felt angry with their son for behaving so irresponsibly. What they didn"t know was that Marc had started walking over to Tommy"s house,with a faint idea of hiding in the Lyons"s attic (阁楼) for a few days. But something happened on the way as Marc walked past all the familiar landscape of the neighborhood: the fence that he and his mother painted, the tree that he and his sister used to climb, the park where he and his father often took evening walks together. How much would these mean without his family, who make them special in the first place? Marc didn"t take the time to answer that question but instead hurried back to his house, wondering if there were any moving cartons (纸板箱) the right size to hold his record collection. | 1. The conflict in this story was caused by _____. | A. Marc and Rachel"s different tempers B. a quarrel between Tommy Lyons and Marc C. Marc"s disagreement with his parents about their move D. Mr.and Mrs. Tisich"s remark of Marc"s irresponsibility | 2. Marc and Rachel"s reactions to the move were similar in the way that both were _____. | A. surprised B. angry and upset C. anxious for more details D. worried about packing | 3. The reason for Marc"s going home was that _____. | A. he did not want to be left behind B. he realized his family was essential to him C. he hoped to reach an agreement with his parents D. he wished to be a more responsible person | 4. What would most likely happen next? | A. Marc would bring his records over to the Lyons"s house. B. Mr. and Mrs. Tisich would call the police. C. Marc would join his family for house moving. D. Mr.and Mrs. Tisich would start searching for Marc. |
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