My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 1 , but I always knew
he was 2 . He never criticized us, but used 3 to bring out our best. He"d say," If you pout water on
flowers, they flourish. If you don"t give them water, they die." I 4 as a child I said something 5 about
somebody, and my father said, " 6 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it"s a reflection
of you." He explained that if I looked for the best 7 people, I would get the best 8 . From then on I"ve
always tried to 9 the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad"s also always been very 10 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 11 a great deal of my time, and the
headmaster of my school gave me a 12 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, 13 any good father would. When he
realized I Had made up my mind, he said, "Richard, when I was 23, my dad 14 me to go into law. And I"ve
15 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 16 I didn"t pursue my 17 . You know what you want. Go fulfill it."
As 18 turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 19 for young people in the
U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I" d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 20
me. |
( )1. A. biologist
( )2. A. strict
( )3. A. praise
( )4. A. think
( )5. A. unnecessary
( )6. A. Another
( )7. A. on
( )8. A. in case
( )9. A. revise
( )10. A. understanding
( )11. A. taking up
( )12. A. suggestion
( )13. A. and
( )14. A. helped
( )15. A. always
( )16. A. rather
( )17. A. promise
( )18. A. this
( )19. A. newspaper
( )20. A. controlled | B. manager
B. honest
B. courage
B. imagine
B. unkind
B. Some
B. in
B. by turns
B. set
B. experienced
B. making up
B. decision
B. as
B. allowed
B. never
B. but
B. task
B. he
B. magazine
B. comforted | C. lawyer
C. special
C. power
C. remember
C. unimportant
C. Any
C. at
C. by chance
C. review
C. serious
C. picking up
C. notice
C. even if
C. persuaded
C. seldom
C. for
C. belief
C. it
C. program
C. reminded | D. gardener
D. learned
D. warmth
D. guess
D. unusual
D. Other
D. about
D. in return
D. follow
D. demanding
D. keeping up
D. choice
D. as if
D. suggested
D. almost
D. therefore
D. dream
D. that
D. project
D. raised |
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| 1-5: CCACB 6-10: CBDDA 11-15: ADBCA 16-20: BDCBD |
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| 阅读理解。 | I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1944, but I can remember my mother"s words
as if it were yesterday:" Kerrel, I don"t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very
careful when you are around him."
AIDS wasn"t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that
this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he
could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father"s other children lived far away,
so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn"t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no
money for school supplies and often couldn"t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely
lost, the teacher"s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage. I did not share my burden
(负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with
the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave
his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was
completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless. I called a woman at the nonprofit
National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to
find someone who cared. She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken
about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn"t want to call attention to AIDS. I do. |  | | 完形填空。 | "It was all his own idea," says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob Peters. Bob
had 1 made a "motherhood contract(合同)"-declaring that for 70 days this summer he would 2 the
care of their four children and all the housework. 3 he didn"t even know how to make coffee when he
sighed, he was very confident.
After40 of the 70 days, he was ready to 4 . " I was beaten down," admits Bob. "Not only is motherhood
a 5 task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being."
Bob and Pat were married in 1991. After the married, Pat 6 a secretary to help put him through
university. 7 Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids. 8 two years ago Pat went back
to work. " I had been 9 children so much," she 10 , "I couldn"t talk to a grown-up." She continued to run
the household, 11 - until Bob sighed the contract.
Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were 12 . For the last three weeks, the family
13 a lot-sometimes having MacDonald"s hamburgers for lunch and dinner. 14 housekeeping, a home
economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean 15 the bed is made. " I found 16 -I shut the
doors," he says. Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out. "When we went to 17 Pat at work, I made
them wear their shirts 18 side out so they would look clean."
Now that Bob has publicly 19 he was wrong, he is 20 the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. | ( )1. A. only
( )2. A. stick to
( )3. A. If
( )4. A. carry on
( )5. A. strange
( )6. A. sent
( )7. A. In time
( )8. A. Then
( )9. A. near
( )10. A. insists
( )11. A. besides
( )12. A. terrible
( )13. A. starved
( )14. A. Due to
( )15. A. until
( )16. A. an easier way
( )17. A. receive
( )18. A. good
( )19. A. admitted
( )20. A. operating | B. just
B. set about
B. As
B. give up
B. pleasant
B. employed
B. Before long
B. Thus
B. after
B. sighs
B. therefore
B. tasty
B. traveled
B. As for
B. before
B. a cheaper way
B. welcome
B. wrong
B. suggested
B. realizing | C. nearly
C. think about
C. Since
C. break down
C. difficult
C. learned from
C. Since then
C. So
C. about
C. jokes
C. however
C. expensive
C. worked out
C. Along with
C. if
C. a cleaner way
C. greet
C. right
C. agreed
C. sharing | D. ever
D. take over
D. Although
D. find out
D. serious
D. worked as
D. Later on
D. Still
D. around
D. apologizes
D. otherwise
D. special
D. ate out
D. Except for
D. unless
D. a harder way
D. fetch
D. opposite
D. explained
D. performing | | 阅读理解。 | That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home
at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With opening night only a week ago, I was still
learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at
the same time.
As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become
too much for me. As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began
running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers (抢劫犯). Very few people were
still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment (公寓房间), I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half
expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight.
Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building
and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn"t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I"d heard the noise.
Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck (垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk
next to me. When a voice called from the inside," Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was dreaming. How could
this man know my name? the door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in
his eye."Is this what you"re looking for?" he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 A.M. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn"t get much sleep that night, but I had gotten
my wallet back. I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn"t be a bad
place as long as people were welling to help each other. | |
| 1. How did the write feel when she was walking home after work? | A. Cold and sick
B. Fortunate and helpful
C. Satisfied and cheerful
D. Disappointed and helpless | | 2. From the first paragraph, we learn that the write was busy ______. | A. solving her problem at the bank
B. taking part in various city activities
C. learning acting in a n evening school
D. preparing for the first night show | | 3. On her way home the writer _______. | A. lost her wallet unknowingly
B. was stopped by a garbage truck driver
C. was robbed of her wallet by an armed man
D. found some homeless people following her | | 4. In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming? | A. Someone offered to take her back home.
B. A red-haired man came to see her.
C. She heard someone call her name
D. Her wallet was found in a garbage truck. | | 5. From the text, we can infer that the writer _______. | A. would stop working at night
B. would stay on in San Francisco
C. would make friends with cleaners
D. would give up her job at the bank. | | 阅读理解。 | It was an early September day, cool and bright and just right for running, and I was in the first few
miles of a 10-mile race over a course (路线) with a few high hills. Still, I felt energetic; despite the hills
it was going to be a fine run.
Just ahead of me was Peggy Mimno, a teacher from Mount Kiseo, New York. She too was running
easily, moving along at my speed. The pace (步速) felt comfortable, so I decided to stay where I was;
why pay attention to pace when she was setting such a nice one? I"d overtake (追上) her later on when
she tired.
So I ran behind her. The course headed north for miles, wandered west for a hilly mile, then turned
south again along a winding road. The race was getting harder. We had four miles left and already it was
beginning to be real work.
Peggy overtook a young runner. She seemed to known him, for they exchanged a few cheerful words
as she passed him. Their exchange worried me. You don"t chat during a race unless you feeling good, and
Peggy plainly was.
Still, I was close enough to overtake her if she tired, so I didn"t give up hope completely. We were
getting nearer to a long, punishing hill now and it would be the test. We were a mile from the finish line,
so whatever happened on the hill would almost determine who crossed it first.
As I moved up the hill, my attention wandered for a few minutes. When I looked up, Peggy was moving
away-first five yards, then ten, then more. Finally it was clear that there was no help of catching her. She
beat me soundly.
There is an important lesson in that race. Women are thought to be weaker, slower and not nearly as
skilled in sport. Yet as Peggy Mimno so clearly showed, the similarities between men and women runners
are more important than differences. I have run with a number of women, and I can say it is often hard
work.. | | 1. What did the writer think of the race in the beginning? | A. It would be hard work.
B. It would be an easy race.
C. It would be a test of his strength.
D. It would be a good learning experience. | | 2. What worried the writer when Peggy greeted the young runner? | A. Peggy overtook the young runner.
B. Peggy was running energetically.
C. Peggy was laughing as the writer.
D. Peggy paid no attention to the writer. | | 3. By saying "a long, punishing hill" (paragraph5), the writer implies that ______. | A. Peggy would fail to reach the hilltop
B. men are more skilled at climbing hills
C. overtaking Peggy would be easy
D. climbing the hill would be a demanding task | | 4. What lesson dose the writer learn from the race _____. | A. Women are as good as men in sport.
B. Women are better at climbing hills.
C. He should have more training in a cross-country race.
D. He should set a quicker pace at the beginning of a race. | | Reading comprehension. | For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals all night,
wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite
his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people"s lives. He had even
been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on
something she had swallowed.
"I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles
myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope (听诊器) and walked around one of the biggest hospital
in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and others doctors,
it"s easy to take people in," he said.
One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted.
When she came to in hospital, York was standing over her.
"He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of
injection," she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn"t think there
was anything wrong. "I would never have realized he was a fake if a policewoman hadn"t showed me his
photograph a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my cars."
Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was "shocked and horrified" that he got away with his deceiving
for so long, and then sentenced him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminal with mental disorders.
"I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity
to study the behaviour of the psychiatrists (精神科医生) who will look after you while you are there. If you
try to persuade people that you yourself are a psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you
are given a much longer sentence." Judge Adams warned York. | | 1. York was proud of the fact that _____. | A. a surgeon let him watch an operation
B. he could perform some duties of a doctor
C. he had cheated doctors for so long
D. people thought he could become a real doctor | | 2. York learned how to behave like a doctor by _____. | A. watching other doctors work
B. talking to doctors and nurses
C. getting some training and experience
D. observing doctors while he was a patient | | 3. Why was Laura Kennan in hospital? | A. She had swallowed something and almost died.
B. She had to have and emergency operation.
C. She had been injured in a road accident.
D. She had lost consciousness while driving. | | 4. The judge"s remark implied that York would be more severely punished if he _____. | A. pretended to be a psychiatrist
B. tried to get away from prison
C. was proud of what he had done
D. studied the behaviour of the psychiatrist | 最新试题
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