Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water a

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Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn"t covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn"t have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!
Having stopped, laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn"t sure what to do. After all, it"s just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That"s when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.
Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate"s sake （缘故）, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate"s safety seemed admirable. I couldn"t do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.
Since then, I"ve always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers facing me.
小题1:Why did the writer change his direction while walking down a path?

A．To get close to a butterfly.	B．To look over the bad situation.
C．To escape a sudden attack.	D．To avoid getting his shoes dirty.

小题2:What made the man feel funny?

A．Making the attacker pause.	B．Being attacked by a butterfly.
C．Being stepped on by his mate.	D．Discovering the energetic butterfly.

小题3:From this experience the man learned .

A．what he should do when faced with trouble

B．people should show sympathy to the weak

C．how he should deal with attacks

D．people should protect butterflies

小题4: Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?

A．Careless.

B．Amusing.

C．Courageous.

D．Aggressive.

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Wal-Mart is not just the world"s largest retailer （零售商）. It"s the world"s largest company, which sells in three months what number-two retailer Home Depot sells in a year.
Wal-Mart exercises its power for just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers. At Wal-Mart, that goal is never reached. The retailer has a clear policy for suppliers: On basic products that don"t change, the price Wal-Mart will pay, and will charge shoppers, must drop year after year. But what almost no one outside the world of Wal-Mart and none of its 21,000 suppliers know is the high cost of those low prices. To survive in the face of its pricing demands, makers of everything from bikes to jeans have had to close US plants in favor of obtaining products from abroad.
Indeed, the real story of Wal-Mart, the story that never gets told, is the story of the pressure the biggest retailer constantly applies to its suppliers in the name of bringing us "every day low prices".
The giant retailer" s low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart" s pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line? Of course, US companies have been moving jobs offshore for decades, long before Wal-Mart was a retailing power. But there is no question that the chain is helping accelerate the loss of American jobs to low-wage countries such as Thailand.
People ask, "How can it be bad for things to come into the US cheaply?" Sure, it"s great to have bargains. But you can" t buy anything if you" re not employed.
There is no question that Wal-Mart"s drive to squeeze out cost has benefited consumers. By now, it is accepted wisdom that Wal-Mart makes the companies it does business with more efficient and focused. Wal-Mart itself is known for continuous improvement in its ability to handle, move, and track goods. It is legendary （传奇） for forcing its suppliers to redesign everything from their packaging to their computer systems. It is also legendary for quite straightforwardly telling them what it will pay for their goods.
小题1: How do suppliers meet the requirements of Wal-Mart?

A．To sell even more goods in three months.

B．To cut down the employment rate sharply.

C．To charge shoppers at a much higher price.

D．To run the business in a well-organized way.

小题2: Wal-Mart"s low price policy results in ____.

A．more high-paying jobs

B．better designed packages

C．bigger profit of its partners

D．more jobless American workers

小题3: What can we infer from the passage?

A．Still more quality goods will be provided.

B．The food you get at Wal-Mart costs least.

C．The value of Mal-Mart is over assessed.

D．Wal-Mart is a very demanding company.

小题4:What"s the best title for the passage?

A．The Fortune Wal-Mart Makes

B．The Wal-Mart you don"t Know

C．The Biggest Retailer—Wal-Mart

D．The Money Saving Tip in Wal-Mart

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I often write about the bad state of television these days, but recently my mom told me about a story she saw on 60 Minutes that was inspiring, educational, and entertaining for the who

le family. I went to the show’s website to see for myself. My mom was right. At a time when even Barbara Walters says she’s really bored with celebrities interviews, this one will not disappoint.
It’s the story of Derek Paravicini, a 30-year-old who was born three months early, physically disabled (he can’t button his own shirt), blind, and severely autistic(自闭的).
Yet, through total luck and coincidence, his family discovered that Derek had a remarkable musical talent when he was three.
Derek can hear any musical composition one time and play it perfectly on the piano.
That’s right. He only has to hear it once.
Even more unbelievable, his brain, like a computer, can keep many songs that he can immediately repeat when asked. But

his talent isn’t limited to just learning things by heart. Derek is a true musical genius and artist who plays beautifully in a wide range of styles and can make his own music.
With his talent, Derek has raised millions of dollars putting on charity concerts. He also donates his time to senior centers where he acts as a human jukebox (自动唱机) machine, taking requests from senior citizens who haven’t heard their favorite songs for decades.
As it turns out, Derek loves people and his extraordinary talent has been the key to unlocking his personality and social development.
If you want to inspire your family, pop some popcorn and sit everyone down to watch this excellent piece of journalism. If your kids are like mine, it will cause a great family discussion about the definition of “disability” and the extraordinary ability of the human brain and spirit. It may even give you the perfect answer the next time your child says he or she “can’t” do something. Now that’s priceless.
Who says there’s nothing good on TV?
小题1: From the first paragraph, we know that 60 minutes is a TV program on .

A．interviewing celebrities

B．interviewing the disabled

C．the latest news round the world

D．stating the positive influence of TV

小题2: How does Derek help the elderly?

A．By buying them a jukebox machine.

B．By building senior centers for them.

C．By singing the old songs they ask for.

D．By playing the piano to raise money for them.

小题3: In the opinion of the author, Derek can .

A．attract the whole family to watch TV together

B．cause family members to help the disabled

C．help kids understand the ability of their brains

D．encourage kids to accept challenges in life

小题4:The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to .

A．prove that there is something good on TV

B．introduce a disabled but gifted musician

C．call on people to show more love to the disabled

D．express personal admiration for Derek Paravicini

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My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon t

owards evening near my parents’ tomb in the churchyard.
“Hold your noise!” came a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the tombs at the side of the church. “Keep still, you little dev

il(小鬼), or I’ll cut your throat!”
A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. He seized me by the chin(下巴).
“Tell us your name!” said the man. “Quick!”
“Pip, sir.”
“Show us where you live,” said the man. “Point out the place!”
I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church.
The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread.
“You young dog,” said the man, licking his lips, “what fat cheeks you ha’ got. Darn me if I couldn’t eat em, and if I han’t half a mind to’t!”
I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.
“Now then lookee here!” said the man. “Where’s your mother?”
“There, sir!” said I.
He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder.
“There, sir!” I timidly explained, pointed to the tombstone. “That’s my mother.”
“Oh!” said he, coming back. “And is that your father alonger your mother?”
“Yes, sir,” said I; “him too; late of thisparish(教区).”
小题1: The “voice” in the second paragraph came from______.

A．the church

B．the man

C．the bank

D．the boy

小题2:The boy probably lived _____.

A．in the parish

B．in the valley

C．in the city

D．in the country

小题3:We can infer from the passage _____.

A．the boy was very calm and smart

B．the man hit the boy in the face

C．the boy would forever remember the raw afternoon

D．the man was very kind and considerate

小题4:The passage is most probably adapted from________.

A．a news report

B．a science fiction

C．a novel

D．a review

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My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow 16 .
Helen was in her 30s and had extraordinary（非凡的） self-confidence, something I was really 17 . I looked up to Helen 18 she was doing what she loved— 19 people better. She always made everyone, customers（顾客） and co-workers（同事）, 20 and feel good.
Being a waitress changed my life. One of my 21 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet（炒蛋）, and when I saw him _22 , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.
Thanks to the newfound confidence I 23 __from Helen, I dreamed of having my own __24 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（贷款）, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”
The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “What’s 25 ? You’re not smiling today.” I 26__my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody 27 just have faith in （信任）me.”
Before long he handed me checks 28 __$50,000—along with a note that I have to this day. It reads, “The only collateral（抵押品）on this loan is my trust（信任） in your 29 as a person. Good people with a dream should have 30 __to make that dream come true.”
I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I 31 __working at the restaurant, making 32 for the restaurant I would open. My plans soured（被破灭）, though, and I lost the 33 .
Later I decided to apply for a job at Merill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was__34 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent（代理商，代理人）. 35 ， I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14-percent annual interest（利息）. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm（公司）.
小题1:.

A．friend

B．waitress

C．citizen

D．customer

小题2:.

A．losing

B．earning

C．sharing

D．lacking

小题3:..

A．while

B．though

C．because

D．unless

小题4:.

A．helping

B．respecting

C．serving

D．praising

小题5:..

A．work

B．eat

C．smile

D．speak

小题6:.

A．regular

B．favorite

C．respected

D．fresh

小题7:.

A．eating

B．greeting

C．smiling

D．coming

小题8:.

A．found out

B．picked up（学会）

C．got back

D．took away

小题9:..

A．restaurant

B．work

C．house

D．money

小题10:.

A．ahead

B．that

C．there

D．up

小题11:.

A．exchanged

B．discussed

C．shared

D．explained

小题12:..

A．should

B．would

C．might

D．must

小题13:.

A．counting

B．totaling（共计）

C．adding

D．valuing

小题14:.

A．ability

B．honesty

C．responsibility

D．identity

小题15:..

A．patience

B．confidence

C．choice

D．chance

小题16:.

A．loved

B．practiced

C．continued

D．enjoyed

小题17:.

A．tables

B．plans

C．decisions

D．suggestions

小题18:.

A．faith

B．honesty

C．money

D．friend

小题19:.

A．hired（雇佣）

B．rejected

C．encouraged

D．determined

小题20:..

A．Fortunately

B．Excitedly

C．Personally

D．Eventually

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小题1:1.

A．speak

B．ride

C．walk

D．drive

小题2:.

A．disappointed	B．satisfied
C．shamed	D．afraid

小题3:

A．both	B．the other
C．other	D．another

小题4:.

A．sighed	B．regretted
C．admitted	D．whispered

小题5:.

A．wished	B．thought
C．realized	D．decided

小题6:.

A．experience	B．divorce
C．memory	D．mistake

小题7:.

A．luck	B．surprise
C．risks	D．results

小题8:

A．could	B．should
C．would	D．must

小题9:.

A．determined	B．frightened
C．comforted	D．encouraged

小题10:.

A．destination

B．sense

C．strength

D．courage

小题11:.

A．shyness

B．fear

C．difficulty

D．disadvantage

小题12:.

A．told

B．said

C．asked

D．reminded

小题13:.

A．but

B．then

C．and

D．so

小题14:.

A．referred to

B．set side

C．gave away

D．picked out

小题15:.

A．trust

B．love

C．help

D．accept

小题16:.

A．glasses

B．habit

C．heart

D．power

小题17:.

A．nervous

B．quiet

C．sad

D．serious

小题18:.

A．for

B．of

C．with

D．by

小题19:.

A．agreed	B．pretended
C．continued	D．stopped

小题20:.

A．interesting	B．curious
C．careful	D．right

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