完形填空。      I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper

完形填空。      I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper

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完形填空。      I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has   1   me with plenty of
opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest   2  , my mother is telling me, "Don"t watch the   3   
when you say "I"m sorry". Hold your head up and look the person in the   4  , so he"ll know you   5   it."
     My mother thus made the key point of a(n)   6   apology: it must be direct. You must never   7   to
be doing something else. You do not   8   a pile of letters while apologizing to a person   9   in position
after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your  10 . You do not apologize to a hostess,
whose guest of honor you treat  11 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad  12 .
     One of the important things you should do for an  13  apology is readiness to  14  the responsibility
for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no  15  for the other person to
  16  us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling  17  about
themselves. That, after all, is the  18  of every apology. It  19  little whether the apologizer is wholly or
only partly at fault: answering for one"s  20  encourages others to take their share of the blame.
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(     )1.A.provided  
(     )2.A.dreams    
(     )3.A.side      
(     )4.A.mind      
(     )5.A.imagine   
(     )6.A.useful    
(     )7.A.pretend   
(     )8.A.hold on   
(     )9.A.poorer    
(     )10.A.fault     
(     )11.A.cruelly   
(     )12.A.manners   
(     )13.A.active    
(     )14.A.raise     
(     )15.A.situation 
(     )16.A.advise    
(     )17.A.wiser     
(     )18.A.purpose   
(     )19.A.cares     
(     )20.A.facts     
B.mixed      
B.courses    
B.ground     
B.soul       
B.enjoy      
B.successful     
B.forget     
B.put away   
B.weaker     
B.reason     
B.freely     
B.excuses    
B.effective  
B.perform    
B.need       
B.forgive    
B.warmer     
B.method     
B.matters    
B.states     
C.compared       
C.memories    
C.wall           
C.face           
C.mean          
C.equal          
C.refuse         
C.look through    
C.worse        
C.result         
C.roughly      
C.efforts        
C.extra       
C.admit         
C.sign          
C.warn         
C.better       
C.end            
C.depends        
C.rights       
D.treated        
D.ideas         
D.bottom       
D.eye           
D.regret        
D.basic          
D.expect        
D.pick up               
D.lower        
D.duty         
D.foolishly      
D.roles        
D.easy          
D.bear         
D.room         
D.blame         
D.cleverer     
D.advantage  
D.remains         
D.actions    
1-5 ACBDC  6-10 BACDA     11-15 CABDD     16-20 BCABD
阅读理解。
Hi, Antonio,
     I read your blog and guess what? Now I have a summer job with my neighbor moving their lawn and
doing work around their house and I am getting paid. I do the same work at my house but the pay is better
at the neighbor"s. Have a great summer, man! 
                                                                                                                                  Posted by: Jack 
Dear Antonio,
     My son is 15 and he has been begging for a summer job. Do you know of any place that hires children
of that age? 
                                                                                                                                Posted by: Vallery
Hi, Antonio,
     I am 13 years old and trying to earn money to take a trip with my chorus to Hawaii. I am willing to do any
work at any hour during the summer.                                                                   Posted by Ashley Jordan
Hi, Antonio,
     I am 19 years old, a college student and I am looking for a summer job. Does anyone know somewhere that
is hiring? I have been looking for two weeks now.
                                                                                                                              Posted by: Erica Allen
Dear Antonio,
     My daughter is working in the file room at the law firm I work for and I am very happy that we were able
to get her on. My concern is that she wouldn"t have got the summer job if I had not "known" people. What
about kids whose parents do not know someone?
                                                                                                                                   Posted by: Tracy
Hi, Antonio,
     I found my summer job on my own and my parents are so proud of me because I did it on my own. That
is why the world needs teens who can take responsibility for themselves and grow into mature and wise adults.
Can"t wait for your next blog. I enjoy your writing. You have a great point of view. 
                                                                                                                                     Posted by: Jeff
1. What may be the topic of Antonio"s blog this time?
[     ]
A. Spending a great summer.
B. Getting a summer job.
C. Having an ideal career.
D. Entering a profession.
2. From the above posts we learn that _____.
[     ]
A. Jack gets paid for cutting and moving the lawn for his own family
B. Valley has been begging in streets over the summer
C. Erica is quite experienced in finding part-time jobs
D. Ashley is willing to do any part-time job during his trip to Hawaii
3. From the above posts we learn that _____.
[     ]
A. Jack gets paid for cutting and moving the lawn for his own family
B. Valley has been begging in streets over the summer
C. Erica is quite experienced in finding part-time jobs
D. Ashley is willing to do any part-time job during his trip to Hawaii
4. Where can we find the text most probably?
[     ]
A.In a book.
B. In a report
C. In a bulletin (公告).
D. On the Internet.
阅读理解。
     If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about rate, or speed,
of reading:
     1. Knowing why you are reading-what you are reading to find out-will often help you to know whether
to read rapidly or slowly.
     2. Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something,
arithmetic problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such
things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important idea.
     3. Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news,
and letters from friends, items, or bits of news from local, or hometown, paper, telling what is happening to
friends and neighbors.
     4. In some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow to fast, as you go along. You
need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful readings when you come to
important ideas which must be remembered.
1. According to the passage, your reading speed depends on _____.
[     ]
A. whether the reading material is easy or difficult
B. what you are reading
C. what your purpose in reading something is
D. both B and C 
2. If one wants to be relaxed by reading, one should take up _____.
[     ]
A. a story book
B. a book on science and technology
C. news, letters from friends
D. some material full of information 
3. Which of the following readings should you read slowly and carefully?
[     ]
A. Fairy tales.
B. Aesop"s Fables.
C. Directions for use of a machine
D. An evening paper. 
4. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?
[     ]
A. How to decide your reading speed.
B. How to raise your reading speed.
C. How to improve your reading skills.
D. How to choose your reading materials.
阅读理解。
     August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher
assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.
     You might think that I don"t want to spend my summer reading, but that"s not the problem: I love reading.
On the first day of my summer holidays this year, I went to the library and got "A Gathering of Old Men" by
African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents
subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper. So why do I hate summer reading
for school? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting. Teachers and
librarians don"t understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational. They choose books
that a friend of my mother"s calls "spinach books": good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer,
I read them, hate them and get bitter about the experience.
     This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As preparation, my English
teacher told me to read "The Age of Innocence" by American author Edith Wharton. I"m sure there are many
people who enjoyed "The Age of Innocence"-some might even say it"s their favorite book.
     But I don"t think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.
     "The Age of Innocence" is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only
experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldn"t imagine being in love, much less being in love
in 1900. "The Age of Innocence" was totally different to my life.
     Most of my required summer reading has been like that-books written in a style that plays up the adjectives
and plays down the verbs. I guess teachers don"t think exciting plots make for "good literature". To me, though,
a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.
     If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" by George V.
Higgins, "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe, and "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have
literary value but, just as important, can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun
in the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.
1. The author thinks he will have a difficult August because _____.
[     ]
A. he doesn"t like reading in summer vacation
B. he hates the English teacher assigning homework
C. he is to read the books boring and not right for kids
D. he hates August
2. What can make students interested in August reading ought to be _____.
[     ]
A. romantic
B. out of date
C. pure
D. entertaining and educational
3. The author listed such books as "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" because he thinks _____.
[     ]
A. they can change his opinion
B. he can learn a lot more from them
C. they are of literary value, and enjoyable
D. he has to do as teachers tell him to
4. In the opinion of the author of this passage, a good writer should be one who _____.
[     ]
A. uses a way of describing that makes the reader wish to know what to happen next
B. describes events and characters in different ways
C. is learned
D. is full of imagination
5. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?
[     ]
A. I Don"t Like Reading on the Vacation
B. Why Can"t Teachers Set Us Fun Books?
C. Teachers, Don"t Set Us Any Reading Assignments
D. Teachers, Set Us Free
完形填空。
     I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents   1   the necessities of
life   2   they couldn"t give much more. If I asked my father   3   a pair of jeans, he would say, "If you want
them, make the money and buy them   4  ." He wasn"t being mean; he just couldn"t   5   them. From age 12
on, I did part-time jobs after school.
     When I   6   from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp (新兵训练营) at Parris Island,
S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily   7  . These could be anything from
cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully   8   discipline,
team-work and responsibility. It didn"t   9   whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together
for the  10  of the company.
     I went  11  to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of
my job I  12  most was the counseling (咨询) meetings I  13  with the family members of the men and women
in my  14 , trying to help them deal with the long periods of  15 . These proved popular and word of them
spread.  16  I was being asked to give encouraging  17  to business groups, educators and kids across the
country.
     But I consider the boot camp my first real  18 , and my life is still guided by the  19  lessons I learned there.
It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to  20  it.
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(     )5. A. afford    
(     )6. A. came     
(     )7. A. drills    
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(     )10. A. boss     
(     )11. A. out       
(     )12. A. took     
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(     )14. A. charge    
(     )15. A. lessons    
(     )16. A. Before long  
(     )17. A. performances  
(     )18. A. vacation   
(     )19. A. important   
(     )20. A. gain     
B. provided 
B. so      
B. with    
B. ourselves  
B. find     
B. returned  
B. tasks    
B. asked      
B. mean    
B. good    
B. off      
B. hated    
B. held    
B. situation  
B. separation
B. Long before 
B. descriptions       
B. job      
B. bitter   
B. show     
C. made     
C. but      
C. about    
C. myself      
C. produce   
C. graduated 
C. exercises   
C. met         
C. exist     
C. rest    
C. away     
C. enjoyed     
C. continued  
C. position    
C. training   
C. As usual    
C. speeches        
C. place      
C. normal    
C. achieve  
D. bought       
D. or             
D. of             
D. yourself        
D. pay         
D. escaped     
D. reports         
D. required        
D. work            
D. right        
D. on                             
D. did              
D. began          
D. choice         
D. meetings       
D. Once again     
D. gifts         
D. travel           
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阅读理解。
     Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing
into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,"
William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the everchanging 21st century, even the word "habit"
carries a negative meaning.
     So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain
researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and
even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.
     Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own
change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we
become.
     But don"t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they"re
there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can
bypass those old roads.
     "The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder," says Dawna Markova, author of The
Open Mind. "But we are taught instead to "decide", just as our president calls himself "the Decider"." She
adds, however, that "to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always
exploring the many other possibilities."
     "All of us work through problems in ways of which we"re unaware," she says. Researchers in the late
1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways:
analytically, procedurally, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however,
the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most
valuable during the first decade or so of life.
     The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of
us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought. "This breaks the major rule in the American belief
system-that anyone can do anything," explains M.J.Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will... and
Ms. Markova"s business partner. "That"s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters commonness. Knowing
what you"re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence. This is where developing new habits
comes in.
1. Brain researchers have discovered that _____.
[     ]
A. the forming of new habits can be guided
B. the development of habits can be predicted
C. the regulation of old habits can be transformed
D. the track of new habits can be created unconsciously
2. The underlined word "ruts" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____.
[     ]
A. zones
B. connections
C. situations
D. tracks
3. Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova"s view?
[     ]
A. Decision makes no sense in choices.
B. Curiosity makes creative minds active.
C. Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.
D. Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.
4. The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us _____.
[     ]
A. to give up our traditional habits deliberately
B. to create and develop new habits consciously
C. to resist the application of standardized testing
D. to believe that old habits conflict with new habits