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            Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budg

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            Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, fundingcuts, and many other administrative chores and started to dream of retirement.Sitting in trafficon a weekday morning, I would find my mind wandering.I would imagine spending time withmy grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books.Itold myself that I wouldn"t sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anythingrequiring 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 thesecond day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper …On the third day, ...This is retirement? Itried to tell myself that it was just the transition, that those golden moments were right roundthe corner, and that I would enjoy them soon enough.But something was missing.
A former colleague asked a favor.A group of students was going to Jamaica to work withchildren in the poorest neighbourhood.Would I interrupt my newfound "happiness" and returnto 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 thesense of responsibility of the young people on the trip.When I returned home, I offered to workone day a week with a local youth organization.The experience was so positive that I was soonvolunteering nearly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them intheir voluntary work.
Now,it seems, the tables have turned .Some days I am the teacher, other days I am thestudent.These young people have reawakened my commitment to social justice issues bychallenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poorand suffer because of greed, corruption and war.Most importantly, they have given me theopportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions.In return, I help them do theircharitable projects overseas.I"ve gone from running one school to helping oversee theconstruction of schools in twenty-one countries!
小题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.
小题2:Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?
A.He missed his students in that country.
B.He couldn"t reflise his colleague"s favor.
C.He was concerned about the people there.
D.He was not satisfied with his retired life.
小题3:The underlined part "the tables have turned" (Paragraph 5 ) means that thewriter  
A.improved the situation in his schoolB.felt happy to work with students again
C.became a learner rather than a teacherD.changed his attitude toward his retired life
小题4:What does the writer think of his retired life now?
A.Disappointing.B.Troublesome.
C.Promising.D.Meaningful.

答案
小题1:A小题1:D小题1:C小题1:D
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"But Ijust paid 1.69 for this bottle of wine last week.How is it that the price is 2.25?"
There are at least three things going on that have caused the price of wine to rise.All haveto do with the supply and demand factors of economics.
The first factor is that people are drinking more wine than ever before.This demand formore wine has increased wine sales in America at the rate of 15 percent a year.
The second factor is that the supply of wine has stayed relatively the same, which meansthat the same number of bottles is produced each year.Wine producers are trying to open upnew land to grow more grapes.But in at least three wine producing areas of the world-France,Germany, and California --- new vineyards(葡萄园)will not be useable in the near future.Wines are produced in other countries, such as Italy, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Argentine,Australia, Austria, and Chile.And these wines will be seen more often on the American market.But none of these countries will be able to fill the good wines.
The third factor is that costs of wine production are soaring.The workers who make wineare asking for more money, and the machinery needed to press the grapes is becoming moreexpensive.
When the demand for something is greater than the supply, prices go up.When productioncosts, meaning the price of labor and machinery rise, the producer adds this increase to theprice of the wine.For these reasons, that bottle of wine now costs 2.25 instead of 1.69.
小题1:What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Every year people drink more wine.
B.Countries won"t be able to fill the demand for good wines.
C.The prices of things go up when the demand for them is greater than the supply.
D.The supply of wine will always be less than demand.
小题2:This passage is written to      .
A.describe where wine is produced
B.persuade people drink more beer
C.explain why the price of wine is rising
D.describe why wine is a favorite drink to many Americans
小题3:Theunderlined word "soaring" means"___ .
A.adding quickly B.reducing fast
C.demanding badlyD.increasing fast

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age.
One fairly interesting event happened when I was eight. As a kid, I was always climbing trees, poles, and __31__ around upside down from the rafters (房梁) of our house. So, it __32__ to no surprise for my dad to __33__ me at the top of a 30-foot tree swinging back and forth. Without realizing the tree could break or I could get __34__, I just thought it was__35__ to be up so high.
My cousin, Tammy, was in the same tree. She was hanging on the first big __36__ about ten feet below me. Tammy’s mother also __37__ us at the exact time my dad did. About that time a huge gust of wind came over the tree and I could feel the tree begin to sway. I remembered my dad’s __38__ over the wind yelling, “Bart, __39__ on tightly.” So I did.
The next thing I know, I heard Tammy __40__ at the top of her lungs, __41__ flat on the ground. She had fallen out of the tree.
I came down the tree to __42__. My dad later told me why Tammy fell and I didn’t. __43__, when Tammy’s mother felt the wind, she yelled out, “Tammy, don’t __44__!” And Tammy did do that.
My dad then __45__ to me that the mind has a very __46__ time dealing with a negative image. In order to deal with the __47__ of not falling, Tammy’s brain had to first imagine falling, and then tell the brain not to do what it just imagined. However, my eight-year-old brain __48__ had an internal image of hanging on tightly.
This “Self-Talk” is especially useful when you are __49__ to break a habit or set a goal. You can’t imagine not doing something in your mind. The only way to accomplish it is to find a word for what you want to do.
I’m now a pretty good football player, because all my internal dialogue is __50__ and encourages me to win. All this I owe to my dad.
小题1:
A.walking B.hangingC.foolingD.playing
小题2:
A.gotB.turnedC.cameD.led
小题3:
A.meetB.admireC.forbidD.find
小题4:
A.trappedB.hurtC.teasedD.scolded
小题5:
A.funB.tenseC.scaringD.dizzy
小题6:
A.rootB.trunkC.branchD.tree
小题7:
A.warnedB.joinedC.watchedD.noticed
小题8:
A.soundB.voiceC.waveD.laughter
小题9:
A.holdB.comeC.goD.insist
小题10:
A.whisperingB.laughingC.screamingD.singing
小题11:
A.lyingB.sittingC.standingD.looking
小题12:
A.anxietyB.safetyC.thrillD.sympathy
小题13:
A.ApparentlyB.Unbearably C.VividlyD.Unbelievably
小题14:
A.moveB.jumpC.fallD.sway
小题15:
A.apologizedB.admittedC.referredD.explained
小题16:
A.difficultB.awesomeC.preciseD.special
小题17:
A.fearB.commandC.rewardD.possibility
小题18:
A.deliberatelyB.constantlyC.graduallyD.instantly
小题19:
A.failingB.attemptingC.managingD.hoping
小题20:
A.negativeB.subjectiveC.positiveD.vague

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I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __26__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __27__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __28__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __29__ with his homework or he was trying to __30__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __31__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __32__.”
The next day I called his teacher to __33__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __34__.
“Basically, most of the fathers had the __35__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __36__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __37__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __38__. It’s something all human beings __39__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __40__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __41__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __42__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”
I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.
小题1:
A.downB.awayC.outD.up
小题2:
A.AfterB.ForC.AtD.On
小题3:
A.glanceB.glareC.stareD.watch
小题4:
A.patienceB.timeC.helpD.paper
小题5:
A.reportB.prepareC.answerD.apologize
小题6:.
A.helpB.askC.tellD.make
小题7:.
A.thingB.experimentC.wordD.sentence
小题8:
A.search forB.searchC.find outD.find
小题9:
A.saidB.reactedC.doneD.explained
小题10:
A.sameB.differentC.usualD.ordinary
小题11:
A.allowedB.agreedC.suggestedD.planned
小题12:
A.pointB.ideaC.wayD.cause
小题13:
A.bodyB.healthC.lifeD.study
小题14:
A.haveB.knowC.takeD.require
小题15:
A.badB.goodC.lateD.early
小题16:
A.fitB.readyC.niceD.able
小题17:
A.easyB.muchC.oftenD.difficult
小题18:
A.a muchB.a fullC.an exactD.an extra
小题19:
A.beforeB.afterC.becauseD.if
小题20: A. answer            B. key                 C. reason              D experiment
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I grew up poor---living in the housing projects (住房) with six brothers, three sisters, a varying assortment (各式各样东西的混合) of foster kids (养子), my father, and a wonderful mother, Scarlette Hunley. We had little money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was  36  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still  37  a dream.
My dream was  38 . By the time I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, and hit anything that moved on the baseball field. I was also  39 : My high school coach Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me how to believe in myself. He  40  me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念). One particular incident with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend  41  me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—cash for dates with girls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the  42  of savings for a house for my mother. The prospect of a summer job was attractive and interesting, and I wanted to jump at the opportunity. Then I realized I would have to  43  summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was  44  as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your  45  days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his  46  to me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He demanded.
“3.5 dollars an hour.” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “Is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That question, the plainness of it, laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I delicated myself to sports that summer and with the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was  47  a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1998 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dreams.
小题1:.
A.happyB.politeC.shyD.honest
小题2:
A.liveB.affordC.makeD.need
小题3:
A.athleticsB.musicC.businessD.money
小题4:
A.rightB.popularC.luckyD.confident
小题5:
A.persuadedB.taughtC.broughtD.asked
小题6:
A.sentB.advisedC.gaveD.recommended
小题7:
A.aimB.ideaC.startD.purpose
小题8:
A.give inB.give upC.give awayD.give off
小题9:
A.disappointedB.madC.frightenedD.shameful
小题10:
A.livingB.playingC.workingD.learning
小题11:
A.sadnessB.regretC.hopelessnessD.disappointment
小题12:
A.paidB.gotC.offeredD.presented

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I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching (紧握) at one another’s hands for reassurance.
They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up huddled (聚在一起) round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (蚕茧) into a larger cocoon.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come — with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really counts.
小题1: In this passage, the author wants to tell _______.
A.readers to try to be popular with people around
B.teenagers to try to pursue their real selves
C.parents to try to control and guide their children
D.people to try to understand and respect each other
小题2:The author disapproves of rebelling teenagers _______.
A.growing away from their parentsB.turning to their friends for help
C.walking a new way on their ownD.following the popularity trend
小题3:The phrase “a larger cocoon” at the end of the second paragraph refers to _______.
A.the distractive and variable societyB.the popularity wave in the society
C.the parental care and loveD.the dazzling music world
小题4:What does the author think of advertisements?
A.Convincing.B.Instructive.C.Influential.D.Authoritative.
小题5:According to the author, what might happen when a teenager stands up against the popularity wave and follows his/her own path?
A.He/She gains valuable popularity.B.He/She loses good friends.
C.He/She faces all kinds of criticism.D.He/She falls behind the time.

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