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阅读理解。                                                     When milk arrived on the doorstep
     When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our
doorstep. His name was Mr. Basil. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I
couldn"t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and
gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
     Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change
our order, my mother would pen a note-"Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery"-and place it in the
box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
     All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and
their milkmen. Mr. Basil even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we
put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn"t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basil from time to time taking
a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
     There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus
making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have
been practical to have a delivery service.
     Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home
and planted it on the back porch (门廊). Every so often my son"s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling
stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk. 1. Mr. Basil gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ____. A. to show his magical power.
B. to pay for the delivery
C. to satisfy his curiosity.
D. to please his mother. 2. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy"s house? A. He wanted to have tea there.
B. He was a respectable person.
C. He was treated as a family member.
D. He was fully trusted by the family. 3. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist? A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now.
B. It has been driven out of the market.
C. Its service is getting poor.
D. It is forbidden by law. 4. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box? A. He missed the good old days.
B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C. He missed it for his milk bottles.
D. He planted flowers in it.

1-4: C D B A

完形填空。     Although I love my life, it hasn"t been a lot of fun as I"ve been ill for 28 years.
     Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my   1   was more manageable, I 2   ten
years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.   3   that was years ago and times
have changed.   4   I live with mother on a country farm.
     Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to   5   my disability pension
(残疾抚恤金).   6   I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my   7 . I decided that I would consider
  8   to singing in restaurants.
    My family are all musicians, so I was   9   when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted
to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn"t have
a lot of  10  to get started. And  11  you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can  12  use.
     When I told the owner of the shop about my  13 ; he gave me a long thoughtful  14 . "This means a lot to
you, doesn"t it?" he said. "Come with me."
     He led me  15  the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his
large hand  16  on his treasure and said, "I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your  17  and I"ll record
them for you. That should get you started."
    I  18 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose  19  that I could sing. I
have come full circle with his help.
     His  20  still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

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(     )1. A. loneliness
(     )2. A. set
(     )3. A. Gladly
(     )4. A. Now
(     )5. A. add up to
(     )6. A. If
(     )7. A. movement
(     )8. A. reaching out
(     )9. A. recognized
(     )10. A. money
(     )11. A. thus
(     )12. A. actually
(     )13. A. job
(     )14. A. face
(     )15. A. over
(     )16. A. unhappily
(     )17. A. pick
(     )18. A. had to cry
(     )19. A. more
(     )20. A. courage

B. sadness
B. enjoyed
B. Eventually
B. Then
B. make up for
B. As
B. condition
B. living up
B. interviewed
B. time
B. once
B. hardly
B. family
B. view
B. along
B. lovingly
B. turn
B. ought to cry
B. the ones
B. devotion

C. tiredness
C. kept
C. Unfortunately
C. Sometime
C. get rid of
C. Though
C. choices
C. getting on
C. found
C. energy
C. seldom
C. nearly
C. idea
C. look
C. towards
C. pitifully
C. role
C. should have cried
C. few
C. kindness

D. sickness
D. shared
D. Surprisingly
D. Meanwhile
D. take advantage of
D. Before
D. positions
D. going back
D. invited
D. knowledge
D. often
D. formerly
D. offer
D. sight
D. through
D. gratefully
D. step
D. could have cried
D. the rest
D. trust

阅读理解。

     It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for "Six days shall you labor and all your work" was taken
seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own
houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.
     Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother
caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string (线). It seemed there was no limit to
the heights to which kites would fly today.
     My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a
look toward the window. "Come on, girls! Let"s take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute."
     On the way we met Mrs. Patric, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her
girls.
     There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys" kites and they
went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then
we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to
earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.
    Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls.
I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday
fights and little jealousies. "Perhaps it"s like this in the kingdom of heaven," I thought confusedly.
    It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the housed. I suppose we had some sort of
supper. I suppose there must have been surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly
enough. The strange thing was, we didn"t mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none
of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep "the
things that cannot be and yet they are."
     The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some
work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to "go park, see duck."
     "I can"t go!" I said. "I have this and this to do, and when I"m through I"ll be too tired to walk that far."
     My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. "It"s a wonderful day," she
offered,"really warm, yet there"s a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?"
     I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories.
"Come on," I told my little girl. "You"re right, it"s too good a day to miss."
     Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波) of a great war. All evening we had been asking
our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely,
but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of-what dark and horrible things?
     "Say!" A smile sipped out from his lips. "Do you remember-no, of course you wouldn"t. It probably didn"t
make the impression on you as it did on me."
    I hardly dared speak. "Remember what?"
    "I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (战俘营), when things weren"t too good. Do you remember
the day we flew the kites?"

1. Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought _____.

A. she was too old to fly kites
B. her husband would make fun of her
C. she should have been doing her how
D. supposed to the don"t game

2. By "we were all beside ourselves" writer means that they all _____.

A. felt confused
B. went wild with joy
C. looked on
D. forgot their fights

3. What did they think after the kite-flying?

A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.
B. They should have finished their work before playing.
C. Her parents should spend more time with them.
D. All the others must have forgotten that day.

4. Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?

A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.
B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.
C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.
D. She thought it was a great day to play outside.

5. The youngest Patrick boy is mentioned to show that _____.

A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories
B. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life
C. childhood friendship means so much to the writer
D. people like him really changed a lot after the war

完形填空。

     My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go
sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at   1 . As for me, I   2   both before twelve because
of living close to Lake Ontario.
     The last time Dad and I set sail together is really   3 . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from
university. I came home and   4   Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the   5   lake. Dad hadn"t sailed for
years, but everything   6   well with the tiller (舵柄) in his hands.
     When we were in the middle of the lake, a   7   wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit   8 . Dad
was always at his best in any   9 , but at this moment he  10 .
    "John!  11 !" he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
     In my memory he could fix any  12 . He was the one I always  13  for strength and security. Before I
could respond, a  14  of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller  15  it was too late. Another huge wall
of water  16  the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At
that moment, I felt fiercely  17  of him.
     I swam to Dad  18  and assisted him in climbing onto the hull (船壳) of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull,
Dad was a little awkward about his flash of  19 . "It"s all right, Dad. We are safe now," I comforted him.
     That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it
was my turn to start  20  for my father.

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(     )1. A. boating
(     )2. A. enjoyed
(     )3. A. unforgivable
(     )4. A. sent
(     )5. A. calm
(     )6. A. finished
(     )7. A. strong
(     )8. A. repeatedly
(     )9. A. danger
(     )10. A. suffered
(     )11. A. look
(     )12. A. problem
(     )13. A. turned to
(     )14. A. fountain
(     )15. A. if
(     )16. A. got through
(     )17. A. ashamed
(     )18. A. hopelessly
(     )19. A. pain
(     )20. A. making up

B. running
B. desired
B. unforgettable
B. ordered
B. icy
B. went
B. gentle
B. lightly
B. place
B. fell
B. Help
B. relationship
B. lived with
B. stream
B. for
B. poured into
B. protective
B. quickly
B. anger
B. getting ready

C. swimming
C. hated
C. cheerful
C. invited
C. stormy
C. seemed
C. cold
C. hardly
C. sport
C. froze
C. Run
C. machine
C. argued with
C. shower
C. after
C. turned over
C. tired
C. slowly
C. fear
C. paying off

D. teaching
D. learned
D. regretful
D. allowed
D. thundery
D. sounded
D. hot
D. violently
D. job
D. withdrew
D. Jump
D. boat
D. objected to
D. wave
D. but
D. lifted up
D. afraid
D. helplessly
D. shame
D. looking out

阅读理解。

     There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two
buckers. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one. Which had seen
many years of service, but was now past its best?
     Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path,
one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket
of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before
it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
     Sometimes the new bucket would say, "See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me
to water the flowers every day! I don"t know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of apace you are!"
     And all that the old bucket could say was. "I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best. I am
happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least."
     One day, the gardener heard that kind or conversation. After was ring the flowers as usual, he said, "You
both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along
the path."
     Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was
carried, there was just bare (光秃秃的) earth; one the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was
a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.

1. What does the underlined word "dilapidated" probably mean?

A. Dirty
B. Dark
C. Worn-out
D. Plain-looking

2. What was the old bucket ashamed of?

A. His past.
B. His aging.
C. His manner.
D. His leaking.

3. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to _____.

A. laugh at the old one
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener"s kindness

4. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?

A. Because it was used to keep a balance
B. Because it stayed in its best condition
C. Because it was taken as a treasure
D. Because it had its own function

完形填空。

     I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all
  1   of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they   2   that Black Wednesday were going to
perform at our local theatre, they all bought   3   for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the
friends couldn"t go, so my brother   4   me the ticket. I was really   5  !
     I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our   6 . After a few
minutes, the lights went down and everybody became   7  . I could barely make out the stage in the   8  .
We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band   9
the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn"t  10  what he was saying.
The first song was already starting and the music was as  11  a jet engine. I could  12  the drum beats and
bass notes in my stomach.
     I can"t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just  13  that I really enjoyed the show and didn"t
want it to  14 . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the  15  and walked
unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just  16  from a long sleep. My ears were
still  17  with the beat of the last song.
     After the  18 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of
music. Once in a while,  19 , I listen to one of their songs and  20  I"m back at that first show.

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