阅读理解。      Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of

      阅读理解。      Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of

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      阅读理解。
      Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meeting, funding cuts, and
many other administrative chores (杂务). I started to dream of retirement. Sitting in traffic on a weekday
morning, I would find my mind wandering, I would imagine spending time with my grandchildren, quiet
evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books. I told myself that I wouldn"t sign
myself up for any committees, any classes, or anything requiring a schedule.
     My first day of retirement came at last! I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me, leisurely read
the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friends. On the second day, I cooked
breakfast, read the paper. On the third day, … This is retirement? I tried to tell myself that it was just the
transition (过渡), that those golden moments were right round the corner, and that I would enjoy them
soon enough. But something was missing. A former colleague asked a favor. A group of students were
going to Jamaica to work with children in the poorest neighborhoods. Would I interrupt my newfound
"happiness" and return to the students, just this once? One trip. That"s all, my bags were packed and by
the door. The trip was very inspiring. I was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by the sense
of responsibility of the young people on the trip. When I returned home, I offered to work one day a week
with a local youth organization. The experience was so positive that I was soon volunteering nearly
full-time, working with students across North America to assist them in their voluntary work.
     Now, it seems, the tables have turned. Some days I am the teacher, other days I am the student. These
young people have reawakened my commitment (责任感) to social justice issues by challenging me to
learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poor and suffer because of greed,
corruption and war, Most important, they have given me the opportunity to continue to participate in helping
to find solutions. In return, I help them do their charitable projects overseas. I"ve gone from running one
school to helping oversee the construction of schools in twenty-one countries! 1. What did the writer expect to do after he retired? A. To stay away from busy schedules.
B. To write some great books.
C. To do some voluntary work
D. To plan for his future.2. Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?A. He missed his students in that country.
B. He couldn"t refuse his colleague"s favor.
C. He was concerned about the people there.
D. He was not satisfied with his retired life. 3. The underlined part "the tables have turned" (Paragraph 5) means that the writer _____. A. improved the situation in his school
B. felt happy to work with students again
C. became a learner rather than a teacher
D. changed his attitude toward his retired life 4. What does the writer think of his retired life now? A. Disappointing
B. Troublesome
C. Promising
D. Meaningful
答案
1-4: ADCD
举一反三
完形填空 。     Another person"s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person
was my stepmother.
      I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father   1   me to her with these
words: "I would like you to meet the fellow who is   2   for being the worst boy in this county and will
probably start throwing rocks at you no   3   than tomorrow morning."
     My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly   4   , and looked me right in the eye. Then she
looked at my father and   5  , "You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all,   6   the smartest one who
hasn"t yet found an outlet (释放的途径) for his enthusiasm."
     That statement began a(n)   7   between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors
had built me up in my   8   as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
      She changed many things. She   9   my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with
honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father"s career could be more  10  and my
brothers and I could be better educated.
     When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand  11  and told me that she believed that I could
become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I  12   it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I
accepted her  13   and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of  14   that great day
I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life"s work later. I wasn"t the 
 15   beneficiary (受益者). My father became the   16   man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became
a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
      What power   17  has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one"s purpose and is  18  
strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible (不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can
never   19  .   
     You can communicate that power to   20  who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do
with your enthusiasm.
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(     )1.  A. rushed      
(     )2.  A. distinguished  
(     )3.  A. sooner      
(     )4.  A. backward     
(     )5.  A. talked       
(     )6.  A. but         
(     )7.  A. agreement     
(     )8.  A. opinion      
(     )9.  A. begged         
(     )10. A. successful   
(     )11. A. camera         
(     )12. A. considered   
(     )13. A. belief      
(     )14. A. teaching     
(     )15. A. next        
(     )16. A. cleverest     
(     )17. A. enthusiasm   
(     )18. A. deliberately  
(     )19. A. win          
(     )20. A. everyone       
B. sent       
B. favored     
B. later      
B. forward     
B. replied      
B. so           
B. friendship   
B. image       
B. persuaded    
B. meaningful   
B. radio        
B. suspected   
B. request    
B. writing      
B. same         
B. wealthiest   
B. sympathy    
B. happily    
B. match     
B. someone    
C. carried     
C. mistaken      
C. longer     
C. upward        
C. cried         
C. and           
C. gap         
C. expectation   
C. ordered       
C. helpful     
C. bicycle       
C. ignored      
C. criticism     
C. studying     
C. only       
C. strongest     
C. fortune       
C. traditionally 
C. reach       
C. anyone       
D. introduced    
D. rewarded      
D. earlier          
D. downward        
D. answered        
D. or          
D. relationship   
D. mind            
D. invited         
D. useful        
D. typewriter     
D. appreciated      
D. description     
D. reading       
D. real             
D. healthiest      
D. confidence     
D. constantly      
D. doubt           
D. nobody        
完型填空。
     For long, a little boy was wondering why his deskmate could rank 1st in the class whenever he wanted to,
while he himself failed to: he only ranked 21st.
     At home, he asked his Mom, "Mom, am I more   1   than others? I feel I am obedient and as careful as him,
but   2   I always fall behind?" Hearing the words, Mom was aware that her son began to   3   the sense of self-
respect, which was now being injured by the ranking system.   4   at him, she went wordless, not knowing   5  
 to explain.
     In another test, the son ranked 17th, while his deskmate remained 1st. Back home he   6   the same question.
Mom really wanted to inform his son that   7   differs, which means that students ranking 1st are supposed to
be cleverer than normal ones.   8  , was this discouraging answer the one that her son was constantly   9   about?
Thank goodness she did not open her mouth.
     How to answer her son"s question? There were times when she felt an urge to say, "You are too lazy. You
are not as hard-working as others…" but she stopped  10  imagining her son suffering from the pains of
unsatisfied grades and rankings. She thought it  11  to put any additional burden on his son and was trying to
find out a perfect answer.
     Time passing swiftly, the son  12  primary school. Despite studying harder and better, he was still unable to
keep up with his deskmate. To show her pride of him, mom decided to  13  him to the sea. During the trip, she
managed to give an answer.
     Now, the son no longer worries about his  14 , and there are no boring guys who would inquire his grades
in primary school, because,  15  the 1st ranking, he is admitted to Tsinghua University. Back home in winter
vacation, he was invited to  16  the students and parents in his high school, In the speech, he mentioned a valuable
experience in his childhood,"…When my mother and I were lying on the  17 , she pointed to the front and said,
"Do you see the seabirds struggling for food over there? When the waves come near, little birds can rise 18  
while awkward seagulls would take more time to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that
finally fly  19  the endless ocean are none other than the awkward seagulls?" The speech  20  many mothers
present to tears, including his mother.
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(     )1. A. considerate  
(     )2. A. what if       
(     )3. A. lose       
(     )4. A. Shouting     
(     )5. A. which       
(     )6. A. raised     
(     )7. A. intelligence 
(     )8. A. Therefore    
(     )9. A. enthusiastic
(     )10. A. if          
(     )11. A. cruel      
(     )12. A. attended
(     )13. A. guide      
(     )14. A. homework              
(     )15. A. in          
(     )16. A. teach       
(     )17. A. floor       
(     )18. A. quickly     
(     )19. A. into      
(     )20. A. made        

B. careless  
B. how come    
B. have          
B. Glaring       
B. why         
B. met               
B. right       
B. Still         
B. curious    
B. before           
B. important    
B. started      
B. take      
B. belongings             
B. by          
B. deliver        
B. road        
B. suddenly     
B. through     
B. moved       

C. stupid        
C. how about             
C. win                  
C. Staring            
C. when                   
C. answered                 
C. knowledge           
C. Thus                    
C. crazy                 
C. unless                    
C. disappointed          
C. finished             
C. bring                
C. health                 
C. with                  
C. address                
C. bank                
C. slowly                
C. across             
C. impressed           

D. clever  
D. what for     
D. beat          
D. Pointing        
D. how             
D. got               
D. strength        
D. However         
D. clear          
D. when       
D. necessary                 
D. entered        
D. push          
D. rankings           
D. on                
D. face          
D. beach             
D. sharply         
D. throughout    
D. inspired         
阅读理解。
     Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag. The bag
contained a book.
     This chance discovery ended a 12-day search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical
treasure--a 120-page diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan, "a woman who knew everybody in her
day," James Green, the librarian told the magazine American Libraries.
      Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes a description of British
soldiers burning Washington D.C. in the war of 1812. She describes President James Madison on horseback
as "perfectly shaking with fear" during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for
the wife of a French man, and praised her excellent English. The adventure of the lost book began
September 4 when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor to the Library
Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary.
     Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his possession "about five minutes" when Luxmoore
took it back because he had promised to show it to one other person. On returning to his hotel after showing
the precious book to Green, Luxmoore was shocked to realize that he had left it in the taxi.
     Without any delay, Green began calling every taxi company in the city, with no luck, "I"ve felt sick
since then," Luxmoore told reporters. According to Green, no one has yet learned how the diary came to
the office building. Tom Brennan received a reward of 1,000, Philadelphia gained another treasure for its
history, and Luxmoore told reporters, "It"s wonderful news. I"m on high".
1. This article mainly tells about the story of _____.
A. a lost diary
B. Deborah Logan
C. Cory Luxmoore
D. the Library Company
2. From the text, we learn that the diary is now owned by _____.
A. Tom Brennan
B. an unknown person
C. a Philadelphia magazine
D. the Library Company of Philadelphia
3. Philadelphia is thought to be the best home for the diary because ______.
A. it was written in Philadelphia
B. it tells stories about Philadelphia
C. people in the city are interested in old things
D. the British and the Americans once fought in Philadelphia
4. What did Cory Luxmoore mean when he said "I"m on high"?
A. I"m rich
B. I"m famous
C. I"m excited
D. I"m lucky.
完形填空。
                                                               The Newspaper Boy
     Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a part-time   1   which gets him up every morning
at five o"clock. He is a   2   boy.
     Each morning, Billy   3   the house at 5:15 to go to the corner   4   the newspapers are. The newspapers
were   5   to the corner   6   truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to carry them.
     In the winter it is still   7    when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is light. Billy must deliver the
newspapers to the   8   of people on his route in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch
(门廊) where it will be protected   9   wind and rain or snow. His  10  think he does a good job. Sometimes
they give him tips.
     Billy  11  about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to  12 . He  13  the rest on records
and clothes. Once a month, he has to  14  money from his customers. Since many of them work during the day,
Billy has to collect the money at  15 . Sometimes, when Billy is  16 , his older brother has to deliver the
newspapers. Once, Billy"s father had to help.
     Billy has seventy  17  now, but he hopes to get  18  soon. Someday, if he gets many more customers, Billy
might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a  19  to Europe, but he will be  20 
 if the wins a new bicycle.
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(     )1. A. work        
(     )2. A. milk        
(     )3. A. reaches     
(     )4. A. what        
(     )5. A. delivered   
(     )6. A. by          
(     )7. A. warm        
(     )8. A. farms       
(     )9. A. for         
(     )10. A. friends    
(     )11. A. borrows    
(     )12. A. college    
(     )13. A. pays       
(     )14. A. borrow     
(     )15. A. once       
(     )16. A. happy      
(     )17. A. classmates 
(     )18. A. more       
(     )19. A. plan       
(     )20. A. enough     
B. job            
B. mail           
B. gets          
B. where           
B. put          
B. in             
B. dark           
B. cars          
B. with            
B. classmates   
B. earns          
B. hospital     
B. costs         
B. save          
B. times         
B. sick            
B. workers     
B. many           
B. trip         
B. full       
C. school        
C. newspaper     
C. leaves      
C. how            
C. got         
C. on           
C. cold          
C. rooms         
C. in           
C. customers    
C. lends          
C. work        
C. spends        
C. spend         
C. night         
C. glad          
C. customers       
C. much        
C. prize        
C. angry      
D. home         
D. cow            
D. arrives    
D. when            
D. gave       
D. from         
D. bright       
D. houses        
D. form          
D. teachers                
D. gives         
D. place        
D. takes         
D. collect      
D. school        
D. nice          
D. people        
D. most        
D. game          
D. happy     
阅读理解。
     Mrs. Allen"s husband died ten years ago when her son and daughter were still in high school. Mr. Allen
had left some money, and since Mrs. Allen had managed a bookstore before she was married, she took the
money and bought a shop in town. Later she moved the shop out to the shopping center.
     She was a pleasant woman; she worked hard and was well-informed about books, and so the bookstore
prospered (生意兴隆) and she was able to hire a friend to help her.
     Laura Barnes, Mrs. Allen"s friend and assistant, was also a widow. She had some free time and the need
for a little extra-money, and so she took the job in the bookstore. She was too clever and friendly, and the
two women were well-known in the neighbourhood as "Mrs. A" and "Mrs. B".
1. How many people in all were there in the two women"s families? _____.
A. At least 8
B. At least 7
C. At least 6
D. At least 4
2. The bookstore prospered _____.
A. after Mrs. Allen lost control of it
B. before Mrs. A got to know Mrs.
B C. because the two women had little housework to do
D. because Mrs. A became expert at management and threw herself into it
3. Why did Mrs. A hire Mrs. B? _____.
A. Mrs. B asked for very little pay
B. She believed that Mrs.
B was the very person to help her to improve management
C. Mrs. B was a friend of hers D. she was also that kind of woman like her
4. Which of the following is true? _____.
A. Mrs. A set up her bookshop in the shopping center
B. Mr. Allen was dead but Mr. Barnes alive
C. Mrs. A managed to set another bookstore with Mrs. B
D. The two children of Mrs. A were of the same age