When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me．I never had a father, though in my neighborhood that"s not 31 ．I know some kids just like me．You have to 32 yourself．
There are fights and killings all the time．I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant．1 could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark and my mom 33 let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work．My grades rose．In fact, I did so well that in sixth grade, I entered the 34 class, and Mr．Clark was the teacher．I felt so 35 to have him for a second year!
He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera．Before the show, he 36 us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full．We didn"t want to let him 37 , so we listened to him attentively.
38 of us were surprised when Mr．Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year．When he learned he"d won, he said he would 39 three names out of a hat; he would go to Los Angeles to get the 40 with those students．But 41 it came time to draw names, Mr．Clark said, "You"re all going."
He got 42 to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton．People were 43 , but Mr．Clark really cared about us．There"s no way I can 44 most teachers doing that．No way．But he saw something in us that nobody else saw.
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears．We didn"t want his class to 45 ．In my new school year, we were all happy when Mr．Clark 46 in our class once again．He"s been a 47 in our lives.
In 2003, Mr．Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to 48 school supplies and visit orphanages．It was the most amazing 49 of my life．It"s now my 50 to one day start a group of women"s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
| 小题1: | | A．common | B．normal | C．real | D．unusual |
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| 小题2: | | A．comfort | B．encourage | C．watch | D．tolerate |
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| 小题3: | | A．couldn’t | B．wouldn’t | C．shouldn’t | D．mustn’t |
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| 小题4: | | A．local | B．general | C．gifted | D．scared |
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| 小题5: | | A．sudden | B．lucky | C．annoyed | D．anxious |
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| 小题6: | | A．treated | B．directed | C．showed | D．swapped |
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| 小题9: | | A．give | B．enter | C．draw | D．register |
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| 小题10: | | A．reward | B．bonus | C．diploma | D．award |
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| 小题11: | | A．after | B．when | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题12: | | A．donations | B．suggestions | C．requests | D．messages |
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| 小题13: | | A．excited | B．satisfied | C．ashamed | D．amazed |
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| 小题14: | | A．suggest | B．advocate | C．imagine | D．complain |
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| 小题15: | | A．end | B．start | C．continue | D．last |
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| 小题16: | | A．picked up | B．showed up | C．rang up | D．packed up |
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| 小题17: | | A．colleague | B．sponsor | C．success | D．constant |
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| 小题18: | | A．deliver | B．collect | C．display | D．recommend |
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| 小题19: | | A．adventure | B．experience | C．vacation | D．interview |
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| 小题20: | | A．dream | B．conclusion | C．turn | D．demand |
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小题3:B
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小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:D
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小题1:从下句I know some kids just like me可知：像我这样没有父亲的(现象)，在我们街区是很普遍的。common普通的；normal正常的；real真正的；unusual不寻常的。
小题2:从下句There are fights and killings a11 the time可知：你必须要小心点。watch yourself小心，保重。
小题3:Mr. Clark 和我妈妈不会让这样的事情发生了。
小题4:从前面的I did so well that in sixth grade可推知：因我功课学得好，所以我上了才能班。gifted有才能的。
小题5:联系上下文可知：多亏有了克拉克先生，所以说我是幸运的。sudden突然的；lucky幸运的；annoyed烦恼的；anxious焦急的。
小题6:从at a restaurant可知：他请我们吃饭。treat sb to dinner请某人吃饭。
小题7:从so we listened to him attentively可知：我们不想让他失望。let sb down使……失望。
小题8:当克拉克先生被评为“年度教师”时。没有人感到惊讶。
小题9:联系下文．．．it came time to draw names可知答案。
小题10:他要去洛杉矶领奖。reward报酬；bonus红利，津贴；diploma毕业文凭；award奖金，奖品。
小题11:但是当到了抽名字的时候，他说：”你们都去吧。“when当……时。
小题12:他得到了赞助，我们37名学生乘飞机到了加州的Disney1and。 donation赞助；suggestion建议；request要求；message信息。
小题13:从上句可知：看到我们这么多学生，人们都很惊奇。excited激动的；satisfied满意的；ashamed羞愧的；amazed吃惊的，惊奇的。
小题14:联系上句可知，我能想象出大多数老师不会这样做。而我们的老师能这样做。suggest建议；advocate提倡；imagine想象；complain抱怨。
小题15:联系文章内容可知，我们对老师恋恋不舍，不希望他的课程结束。end结束。
小题16:新学年开始，当克拉克老师又出现在我们教室时，我们都非常高兴。pick up捡起；show up出现；ring up打电话；pack up打包，收拾。
小题17:他一直跟随着我们。colleague同事；sponsor赞助者；success成功的人；constant不变的事物，常量，这里指老师一直跟我们在一起。
小题18:从orphanages可知，老师是带我们去南非分发生活用品的。deliver分发，递送；collect收集；display展出；recommend推荐。
小题19:这是我生命中最有意思的经历。adventure冒险；experience经历；vacation假期；interview采访。
小题20:现在我的梦想就是开办妇女俱乐部，帮助各个阶层的人们。turn轮次；conclusion结论；dream梦想；demand要求。 |
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Once there was a young woman who didn’t like her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband how terrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss. “Leave that job,” her husband told her.
“Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. I have too many friends there for me to leave.” And so she remained unhappy at work until the years became decades and her children had children. “Leave that job,” her grandchildren told her. “Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. There are only seven more years until I reach thirty years of service and can retire. So I can’t just yet.”
I know this woman. And her story reminds me of an old dog half asleep on the porch of a general store, moaning and groaning in the sun. “Why is your dog acting that way?” a customer asked the store owner. “Oh,” answered the man. “He’s lying on a nail.” “Well, why doesn’t he move?” “Because it’s not hurting him bad enough.”
That’s true for people, too. We convince ourselves the pain is not bad enough to leave the workplace we know. But we’re wrong. Prolonged work pain is continuing. Some work pain damages our self-esteem, kills our passion or destroys our dreams.
Wilbur Wright once commented, “We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. I know that exhilarating feeling of being so passionate about something I was working on that I couldn’t wait to get back to work. And people who are winning at working know that kind of passion, too.”
They get excited about work. They offer their unique gifts and talents eagerly. And when things don’t change as they sometimes will, they refuse to let environment hijack(劫持) their self-esteem, passion or dreams.
小题1:The woman complained to her husband every day because .| A．she didn’t have enough money to support her family | | B．her boss criticized her for what she had done | | C．she was not satisfied with her job at all | | D．her work was difficult and her boss was cruel |
小题2:From the second paragraph we can know that the woman .| A．liked making friends with others | | B．loved all of her children very much | | C．left her tiring job at last | | D．did exactly the same job all along |
小题3:The underlined word “Prolonged” (in Paragraph 4) means .| A．lasting | B．slight | C．serious | D．hard |
小题4:People who are getting along well with their work .| A．have to get up early every day | | B．are not willing to go to work | | C．need more unique gifts and talents | | D．are likely to change with the situation |
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I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of 36 .
I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking 37 I might do and found I didn’t have much to 38 . I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career. I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first, but the 39 began when I agreed to 40 , so that I would be there if my 41 had to go out for business in the evening. We 42 that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me off the next. But 43 , it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely 44and fed up, because I had too many 45 nights and early mornings with the children.
46 Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my 47 . She suggested that I should take a (n) 48 and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I did not think I would be 49 because I didn’t take many exams in school. She 50 me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience 51 for a lot and I got a part-time course. I had to 52 my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. Now I’ve got a full-time job there, I shall always be 53 to Megan. I wish I had known 54 that you could have a career, 55 you aren’t top of the class at school.
| 小题1: | | A．challenge | B．career | C．course | D．award |
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| 小题3: | | A．learn | B．teach | C．share | D．offer |
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| 小题4: | | A．problems | B．questions | C．work | D．career |
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| 小题5: | | A．stay up | B．play with | C．look after | D．live in |
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| 小题6: | | A．friend | B．boss | C．classmate | D．parent |
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| 小题7: | | A．agreed | B．thought | C．hoped | D．believed |
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| 小题8: | | A．particularly | B．clearly | C．unfortunately | D．specially |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．tired | C．surprised | D．disappointed |
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| 小题10: | | A．early | B．late | C．long | D．hard |
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| 小题11: | | A．Another | B．That | C．This | D．One |
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| 小题12: | | A．condition | B．work | C．children | D．situation |
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| 小题13: | | A．course | B．exam | C．college | D．duty |
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| 小题14: | | A．hired | B．recognized | C．accepted | D．known |
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| 小题15: | | A．promised | B．persuaded | C．allowed | D．made |
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| 小题16: | | A．explained | B．showed | C．counted | D．meant |
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| 小题18: | | A．warm | B．kind | C．thankful | D．friendly |
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| 小题19: | | A．later | B．earlier | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题20: | | A．even if | B．only if | C．since | D．as |
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Australia is the smallest continent in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is on the Southern Hemisphere of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition. There we saw large numbers of wild flowers on show, most of which we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. Every year in spring Perth has a wild flower exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves very much. When we heard bells ringing at the top of the hills, we looked up, but what we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to our car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us along the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos（袋鼠）. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself among the white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere you can see sheep.
小题1:Which country is the writer most possibly from?| A．Japan | B．Canada | C．China | D．America |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that _________. | A．Australia is the smallest country in the world | | B．Australia is the same size of Shanghai. | | C．Australia is in the northern part of the earth. | | D．The people in Australia are as many as those in Shanghai. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Australia has enough laws to fight against pollution. | | B．Perth is the biggest city in Australia. | | C．The wild flowers in Perth must be different from what the author sees in his/her country. | | D．The author enjoyed his/her visit in the country. |
小题4:The underlined word “exhibition” in the third paragraph means _________.| A．a public show for people to visit | | B．a market where you can buy all kinds of flowers | | C．a place where all kinds of flowers are grown | | D．a field where there are flowers and animal |
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It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful： blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.
My father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I’m so glad I did.
On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all， it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.
On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t believe it ——there aren’t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.
The little baby whale——actually as big as our boat——was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves. ”She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side, ”my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe——and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.
In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day, Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.
小题1:The author says “I’m so glad I did ” (in Para. 2)because ______. | A．he witnessed the whole process of fishing | | B．he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea | | C．he experienced the rescue of the whales | | D．he spent the weekend with his family |
小题2:The harbour survived the storm owing to____________. | A．the shape of the harbour | B．the arms of the bay | | C．the still water in the channel | D．the long coast line |
小题3:The mother whale failed to help her baby because__________. | A．she had stayed in the polluted water for too long | | B．the whirlpools she had made were not big enough | | C．she had no other whales around to turn to for help | | D．the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction |
小题4:what is the theme of the story? | A．Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness | | B．Fishing provides excitement for children | | C．It’s necessary to live in harmony with animals | | D．It’s vital to protect the environment |
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In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald (秃的) head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. But the third grader’s cheery dressing didn’t mask her pain and weary eyes.
Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.
Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone. “Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣, 唱) birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.
That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.
The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.
“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”
Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.
小题1:Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ______.| A．most of her hair had fallen out | | B．she was receiving treatment for cancer | | C．she felt depressed and quit from school | | D．she was suffering from a pain in her back |
小题2:What do we know about Anita Kruse’s project?| A．It helps young patients record songs. | | B．It is supported by singers and patients. | | C．It aims to replace the medical treatment. | | D．It offers patients chances to realize their dreams. |
小题3:What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?| A．Most children are naturally fond of music. | | B．He was brave enough to put up performance. | | C．The project has positive effect on young patients. | | D．Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses. |
小题4:What is probably the best title for the passage?| A．Purple Songs Can Fly | | B．Singing Can Improve Health | | C．A Shining Moment in Life | | D．A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse |
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