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Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord. She did it her way.
I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception.
My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land and loved to work in the garden among her flowers and vegetables. The place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.
In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk. She loved to tell how my playpen（婴儿圈栏）sat in the kitchen next to the radio and there was one song I particularly loved called "Ivory Tower".
As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit

every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle（喧闹）of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.
Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me.
My heart skipped a beat. "Moon River" was playing on the radio. I sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.
Then the radio announcer of this oldie station came on. "Here"s one we haven"t heard in a while," and an unfamiliar song began. I began to cry harder as I heard the words sung over the airwaves. "Come down, come down from your Ivory Tower...."
小题1: The writer didn’t like staying in the farm for the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.

A．it was too cold and quiet

B．she could only sing one song in the small farm

C．there was nothing more that could make her excited

D．The place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat

小题2: From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.

A．passed away four years ago

B．left the small farm with Lord

C．left for Lord to live her own way

D．preferred to be with Lord

小题3:The underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.

A．recalled

B．comforted

C．shouted

D．sighed

小题4: Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage _______.

A．The writer was able to sing before she could speak.

B．The writer preferred to live a busy life in the city.

C．The writer was still quite familiar with the song "Ivory Tower".

D．The writer treasured all her childhood memories in the small farmhouse.

小题5: Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? _______

A．Cherish life	B．My happy childhood
C．Our small farmhouse	D．Mom’s music

答案

小题1:B小题1:A小题1:A小题1:C小题1:D

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完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Laughter and tears are part of living．But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not
asking if you __21__ lots of good times．__22__ we should laugh during the happy times．But do you also laugh during the__23__times?
Erma Bombeek is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that __24__ a more serious topic：__25__ in children．Erma talks with many children with cancer and learns __26__
life lessons from them．She learns, for instance, that cancer survivors know how to__27__.
She __28__ the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlinton．Jessica’s leg was cut
off at the knee because of cancer．She was learning to __29__ a prosthesis(假肢)．Jessica tells
about playing __30__．She kicked the ball __31__ and it flew off in one __32__ while her artificial leg flew into another．She fell on the __33__ and laughed．
Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer，but she laughed about handling the__34__
of it．And her laughter helped her a deal．
There is the story of 17-year-old Betsy．She __35__her way to the radiation room for her regular radiation therapy(化疗)．As __36__，she dropped her hospital gown and，wearing only her birthday suit，__37__ onto the table and waited．The extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought，but__38__painters giving an estimate on painting! Betsy laughed heartily about the incident．And like Jessica, her __39__ to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult things a young person can endure — cancer．
Do you find plenty of__40__ for laughter?

You can…if you also find reasons to laugh during the especially difficult times．
Survivors know how to laugh．If you can laugh even when the going is rough，you’ll make
it．And you’ll smile

at the end．

小题1:

A．lose

B．miss

C．experience

D．laugh

小题2:

A．Of course

B．In addition

C．At first

D．First of all

小题3:

A．ordinary

B．difficult

C．pleasant

D．usual

小题4:

A．connected

B．reported

C．referred

D．covered

小题5:

A．cancer

B．disability

C．illness

D．laughter

小题6:

A．serious

B．important

C．careful

D．thoughtful

小题7:

A．cry

B．shout

C．laugh

D．face

小题8:

A．describes

B．learns

C．keeps

D．imagines

小题9:

A．put

B．have

C．wear

D．make

小题10:

A．basketball

B．badminton

C．volleyball

D．soccer

小题11:

A．gently

B．hard

C．slightly

D．straightly

小题12:

A．way

B．method

C．direction

D．point[

小题13:

A．floor

B．table

C．chair

D．bed

小题14:

A．causes

B．results

C．process

D．ends

小题15:

A．fought

B．took

C．made

D．pushed

小题16:

A．common

B．often

C．before

D．usual

小题17:

A．climbed

B．lay

C．jumped

D．sat

小题18:

A．also

B．rather

C．already

D．almost

小题19:

A．strength

B．willingness

C．ability

D．confidence

小题20:

A．times

B．places

C．days

D．moments

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The trend in everyday conversation is to use grandiose(夸大的)words．“Outstanding” is the
new “good,” “amazing” is the new “OK, ” and “huge” is the new “big.”
I was in a restaurant in Washington D．C．last weekend and every question I asked was answered with exaggeration．
Me：How is the salmon?
Sever：Fantastic!
Me：Does it come with rice?
Sever：Absolutely!
Would a “good” and a “yes” have been enough? Of course!
My father is an average-sized man．He hasn’t gained weight or height for the past 30 years. Therefore, his size remains the same．However，in the same amount of time，his T-shirt size has gone from small to medium to large to extra large．
The reason for the exaggerated word is clear：we are bored with our lives. We want the next
—next thing now．Immediately!
And we also want others to think that we still care，that we can still be delighted，that we know that everything is just great．Even when deep inside we know it can’t be．Everything can’t be great．
I’m not a scientist，so many methods of proof leave little to be desired，or a lot to be desired，or an immensity(无限)．
Listen to the voices around you．Listen to your own voices．There is nothing on the radio that is good or bad，weather is either beautiful or horrible．
Listen，the next time when someone asks you something and you agree，because when you
could simply say “yes”, instead you will say “absolutely’’ or “without doubt ” or “Oh，yeah，unquestionably ---- absolutely without doubt."
Have people forgotten what it is like to be OK? Simply OK with what they have and who they are? If everything is outstanding，if everything is the most amazing thing ever，is anything ever amazing at all?
小题1:By telling his experience in the restaurant，the author intends to ________．

A．show his interest in exaggerated words

B．prove that exaggerated words are widely used

C．blame the restaurant for using exaggerated words

D．tell us the food in the restaurant is extremely good

小题2:What do we know about the author’s father?

A．He has gained height and is now a tall man．

B．He likes following the fashion in clothing．

C．His weight is getting greater and greater．

D．The size of his T-shirt is described in exaggerated words．

小题3:．So many people like using exaggerated words because_________．

A．they are not satisfied with being normal

B．they don’t want to be looked down upon by others

C．they want to be different from others

D．they are brave in telling their true feelings

小题4:According to the passage，if you approve of something，you’d better say “________”．

A．fantastic

B．perfect

C．OK

D．absolutely

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完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I’ll never forget the summer day in 1965 when my mother suddenly died of an unexplained illness at the age of 36. Later that afternoon, a police officer came to ask for my father’s 36 for the hospital to 37 Mother’s valve (心脏瓣膜). I was shocked. I ran into the house 38 . At 14 I just 39 understand why anyone would take apart a person I loved. 40 my father told the police officer, “Yes .” “How can you let them do that to her?” I 41 him.
“Linda,” he said quietly, 42 his arms around me, “the greatest 43 you can give is a 44 of yourself. Your mother and I decided 45 that if we can 46 a difference in just one person’s life after we die, our death will have 47 .”
The 48 my father taught me that day became one of the most 49 in my life.
Years passed. I married and had a family of my own. In 1986, my father became seriously ill. He 50 told me that when he died, he wanted to donate 51 was in good condition, especially his eyes.
My father died and we donated his eyes 52 he had wanted. Three days later, my daughter said, “Mum, I’m so 53 of what you did for Grandpa. At that moment I realized that my father gave much more than his 54 . What he 55 behind sparkled in my daughter’s eyes — pride.

小题1:

A．advice

B．permission

C．suggestion

D．speech

小题2:

A．repair

B．operate

C．treat

D．use

小题3:

A．in tears

B．in silence

C．in a hurry

D．in surprise

小题4:

A．couldn’t

B．mustn’t

C．might not

D．shouldn’t

小题5:

A．So

B．And

C．But

D．For

小题6:

A．said to

B．replied to

C．explained to

D．cried at

小题7:

A．carrying

B．putting

C．raising

D．pushing

小题8:

A．gift

B．wish

C．talk

D．regret

小题9:

A．health

B．body

C．part

D．value

小题10:

A．then

B．later

C．soon

D．long ago

小题11:

A．have

B．make

C．keep

D．tell

小题12:

A．pleasure

B．right

C．fun

D．meaning

小题13:

A．lesson

B．subject

C．thought

D．experience

小题14:

A．ordinary

B．important

C．useless

D．hard

小题15:

A．carefully

B．sadly

C．cruelly

D．cheerfully

小题16:

A．who

B．whatever

C．that

D．which

小题17:

A．as

B．when

C．while

D．where

小题18:.

A．fond

B．tired

C．proud

D．afraid

小题19:

A．words

B．life

C．eyes

D．lessons

小题20:

A．taught

B．left

C．sent

D．gave

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From a young age, it was my dream to go to Africa and work with animals. Everybody laughed at me, but my mother, Vanne, told me never to give up, and that I could always find a way.
So, when I was 23, after saving up my earnings from working as a waitress, I went to wild, untamed (野性的) Africa and began my work. In 1960 I went to the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve. At that time, we knew nothing of the behavior or social structure of chimps (黑猩猩), and I was to go there and see what I could find out. Usually, when you wake up, you leave your dreams behind you, but I found myself waking up to my dream.
As the British government wouldn’t let me go without older women’s company, my amazing mother came with me and stayed for four months. We shared a second-hand army tent, and we used the stream for fresh water and washing. We could swim in the lake, although there were crocodiles.
It was beautiful there, although both my mother and I nearly died of malaria (疟疾). I was scared I wouldn’t be able to do what I had set out to, because, at first, the chimps ran away from me in fear. I spent my days watching, listening, tracking and in the evenings writing up my notes.
For my mother, who stayed back at the camp, it must have been terrifying, and very lonely. There were snakes and spiders, as well as an old leopard who would come by. But she had an amazing way with people, and would hand out medicines to the fishermen, who saw her as a witch doctor.
In my fifth month there, I finally saw one of the chimps, which I called David Greybeard, stripping (剥光) straw to “fish” for termites (白蚁). It proved that man wasn’t the only toolmaker, and that everything had to be redefined.
小题1:What does the author mean by saying “I found myself waking up to my dream” in the second paragraph?

A．She lacked sleep due to busy work.

B．She found her dream was hard to realize.

C．She had more new dreams about her work.

D．She tried to realize her dream every day.

小题2:The author was afraid at the Reserve in the beginning because _____.

A．there were crocodiles in the lake	B．she could not get close to the chimps
C．it was hard to get clean water	D．the chimps attacked her sometimes

小题3:The author’s mother was thought of by the local people as _____.

A．helpful and warm-hearted	B．funny and selfish
C．romantic and talkative	D．honest and hardworking

小题4: Which of the following is the author’s important discovery?

A．She found a new kind of termite.

B．Chimps can communicate with each other.

C．Some other animals can also make tools.

D．Chimps can find medicines to cure themselves.

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Step to Discovering Your Passion
By Julie Jordan Scott
Even before the first tip, you simply must get out a notebook, journal, piece of paper, napkin … SOMETHING to write on to save your discoveries! These tips will only help if you pursue them, so please either take a moment to find writing tools NOW or print this out and promise yourself to complete this exercise later. It may take you some thinking time to get it done . . . and now . . . here are your tips . . . . .
1. Find Your Joy Factor
Look at the whole of your life history. When did you experience the most sustained period of Joy? What were you doing then? Where were you? Who were you with? How did it feel?
2. What Are Your 3 Most Favorite things to do?
If you had a free day with NO commitments, where would you be found? What would you be doing with whom?
3. In what area do you excel? (NO MODESTY ALLOWED HERE!)
Truly, what are you complimented on a lot? This could be ANYTHING.
4. What do you most want to be remembered for?
If you were designing your epitaph(墓者铭), what would you want it to say? (NOT what your Mom wants, or your SPOUSE(配偶的一方) wants or your third cousin twice removed, but what do YOU want your headstone to say?)
5. If you had a magic wand(魔杖), what would you change about your life TODAY?
How would it look compared to how it looks now? which aspects of your life ARE changeable, both short term and long term?
6. How does your Joy factor overlap with your favorite things and the areas in which you excel? Do the areas in which you excel bring YOU joy, or are they really for someone else . . . . . do you see which are obvious matches, and which do not fit? Those that overlap, that bring YOU the most Joy, are most likely the things that would bring you into Passionate Living.
7. What is the first even teeny tiny step you can take to living out your Passion as you have defined in #6?
Take some time to really think this one through . . . . . . concentrate and focus, and then you will be able to start the the next step . . . BUILDING YOUR ROAD MAP.
小题1:The purpose of the first paragraph is .

A．to arouse the readers’ interest and show them what to do
B．to find the piece of paper that is useful for the tips	C．to print the tips out and show them to others
D．to copy the tips and read them

小题2:The underlined word “commitment” has the closest meaning to .

A．time

B．exercise

C．work

D．joy

小题3: The underlined word “compliment” means .

A．scold

B．praise

C．criticize

D．question

小题4:Of the following, would probably give the correct evaluation of you.

A．You Mom

B．Your spouse

C．Your children

D．You yourself

小题5: are most likely

to brin

g into passionate living.

A．Your favorite things	B．The areas in which you excel
C．Your joy factor	D．The things that overlap

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