I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had 36 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 37 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 38 afford a dream.
My dream was to be a 39 .When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball. I was also 40 : my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 41 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular 42 with him changed my life forever.
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 43 . This meant a chance for my first income—cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 45 at it.
Then I realized I would have to 46 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was 47 about this.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 48 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your 49 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head 50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 51 his disappointment in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.
“$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied.
“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?” he asked.
That 53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to 54 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the 55 of my dreams.
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| 小题3: | | A．only | B．ever | C．still | D．almost |
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| 小题4: | | A．teacher | B．coach | C．doctor | D．sportsman |
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| 小题5: | | A．lucky | B．satisfied | C．hopeful | D．surprised |
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| 小题6: | | A．taught | B．asked | C．told | D．trained |
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| 小题7: | | A．match | B．story | C．moment | D．incident |
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| 小题8: | | A．job | B．camp | C．holiday | D．course |
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| 小题9: | | A．cause | B．start | C．need | D．amount |
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| 小题10: | | A．stand | B．call | C．look | D．jump |
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| 小题11: | | A．take out | B．cut off | C．put on | D．give up |
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| 小题12: | | A．excited | B．curious | C．anxious | D．disappointed |
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| 小题13: | | A．mad | B．puzzled | C．regretful | D．discouraged |
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| 小题14: | | A．working | B．playing | C．learning | D．shining |
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| 小题15: | | A．shaking | B．hanging | C．holding | D．nodding |
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| 小题16: | | A．feeling | B．suffering | C．facing | D．expressing |
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| 小题17: | | A．dream | B．game | C．chance | D．life |
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| 小题18: | | A．offer | B．price | C．question | D．order |
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| 小题19: | | A．study | B．sports | C．homework | D．business |
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| 小题20: | | A．clothes | B．bike | C．house | D．goods |
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小题1:考查代词：根据第一句I grew up poor可知，他们家里很穷，所有是有很少的钱，C，一点钱也没有，不符合现实。选B
小题2:考查形容词：根据but plenty of love and attention可知，作者家里虽然很穷，但是充满了爱和父母对他们的关注，所以作者应当是很快乐的！Lovely可爱 angry 生气的 noisy 喧闹的，选A
小题3:考查副词：Still 仍然。Only只有 ever永远，曾经 almost几乎，因为作者感觉虽然很穷，但是有了父母对他们的爱，他感到很开心，所以他理解无论一个人多么穷，他仍然可以有梦想。选C
小题4:考查名词：根据I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball可知，作者很喜欢棒球，所以他本来要成为运动员 。选D
小题5:考查形容词：根据下文可知一个教练对我产生了深远的影响，所以他很幸运（有这样的教练）选A
小题6:考查动词：因为那个人是教练，所以是教会了他有梦想和有强烈信念之间的区别。选A
小题7:考查名词：根据下文可知是一次想放弃体育去打工赚钱的事件（incident）改变了他的一生。选D
小题8:考查名词：根据This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes可知，这是一份工作，可以给他钱买新单车和新衣服，也可以开始存钱给妈妈买房子。选A
小题9:考查动词：A. cause导致B. start开始C. need需要D. amount等于，开始存钱给妈妈买房子选B
小题10:考查词组。Jump at sth 意为欣然接受。选D
小题11:考查词组辨析。take out拿出 cut off切断 put on穿上，上演 give up放弃根据句意可知，我要想工作，必须放弃棒球。根据I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing也可以看出选D
小题12:考查形容词：因为他必须放弃棒球才能去工作，所以他对此感到很担心，很焦虑。选C
小题13:考查形容词：根据教练所说的话可知，他对作者的决定很生气（mad），因为他认为工作的时间以后多的是，而打棒球的时间是有限的，不能浪费了这段时间。选A
小题14:考查动词：A. working 工作B. playing玩C. learning学习D. shining闪耀，playing time是打球的时间，选B
小题15:考查动词，Shake摇 hang悬挂，垂下 hold 持有 nod点头，因为作者知道他的决定要教练失望了，所以他垂下了头。选D
小题16:考查动词：句意为我在想如何向他解释，我想给妈妈买房子和赚钱的梦想值得让我去面对他对我的失望。选C
小题17:考查上下文串联。根据上文可知，他有一个梦想，此处指的就是为了一个小时3.25美元而放弃自己的梦想这个问题选A
小题18:考查上下文串联。根据Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?可知，这是一个问题。选C
小题19:考查名词，根据后文可知作者在体育方面取得了成功，得到了一个两万美元的合同，还有170万美元的合约，选B
小题20:考查上下文串联，根据上文可知他想给他妈妈买个房子，所以此处指的是他实现了给母亲买房子的梦想。选C |
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Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a 16 in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often 17__ to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t afford to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went hungry. After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was 18 what to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offer ed to lend him ￡100 to start his own __19__ .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a 20 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and 21 plenty of money.
Jack 22 working hard. After one year he succeeded in repaying the ￡100.
By the  time Jack was 30 years old he had 23 his first million, and he wanted to 24 this achievement by doing something “grand”. 25 _ all his money it was possible to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the heart of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million, 26 Jack still can’t get used to 27 the good life. He can often _28_ drinking with the locals at the local pub.
“I remember being very 29 as a child, but never 30 as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”
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| 小题3: | | A．seeing | B．wondering | C．doubting | D．preparing |
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| 小题6: | | A．spent | B．borrowed | C．wasted | D．earned |
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| 小题8: | | A．given | B．made | C．taken | D．lost |
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| 小题14: | | A．rich | B．poor | C．healthy | D．well |
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A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so he began, “My name is Stone, and I’m even harder than stone, so do what I tell you or there’ll be trouble. Don’t try any tricks (诡计) with me, and then we’ll get on well together.”
Then he went to each soldier one after the other and asked him his name, “Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly,” he said, “and don’t forget to call me ‘sir’.”
Each soldier told him name, until he came to the last one. This man remained silent, and so Captain Stone shouted at him, “When I ask you a question, answer it! I’ll ask you again： What’s your name, soldier?”
The soldier was very unhappy, but at last he replied, “My name’s Stonebreaker, sir,” he said nervously.
小题1:The officer was strict______.| A．because the soldiers were new. | B．with any of his soldiers, new or old. | | C．because he was named Stone. | D．only when he was before soldiers. |
小题2: According to what the officer said,_______.| A．obeying his orders would sometimes bring no trouble. | | B．trouble would come if anybody made tricks. | | C．he always got on well with his soldiers. | | D．he often had trouble with his soldiers. |
小题3:The last soldier remained silent because_______| A．he didn’t like the way the officer spoke to them. | | B．he wanted to see what would happen if he disobeyed his order. | | C．the question was difficult for him to answer. | | D．he was afraid the officer would be angry when he heard his name. |
小题4:According to the officer, how to answer the question, “How old are you ?”| A．(sadly)Twenty, sir. | B．(clearly)Twenty. | | C．(loudly)Twenty, sir | D．(quickly)Ten years youn ger than you, sir |
小题5:Which is the best title for the passage?| A．A Clever Answer | B．A Terrible Answer | | C．A Sorry Answer | D．A Strange Answer |
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There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses.
Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local new spapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute ?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about? | A．Finding a job. | | B．College students’part-time jobs. | | C．Craigslist Web site. | | D．The relation between study and work. |
小题2:By logging on the Craigslist Web site, you can ______.| A．sell your old things | | B．do some shopping online | | C．create your own announcement board | | D．get useful information about 450 cities |
小题3:“What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to _____.| A．work on the airplane | B．buy a parachute | | C．publish a book | D．find a suitable job |
小题4: It can be learned from the passage that ______.| A．companies often put job information in local shops | | B．the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA | | C．Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers | | D．California Career Services mainly serves university students |
小题5:How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
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One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London"s big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
小题1:Who wrote the story?| A．Rupert"s teacher. | B．The neighbor"s teacher. | | C．A medical school teacher. | D．The teacher"s neighbor. |
小题2:Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?| A．He needed it for the summer term in London. | | B．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give. | | C．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research. | | D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching. |
小题3:What happened at the airport? | A．The skeleton went missing. | B．The skeleton was stolen. | | C．The teacher forgot his suitcase. | D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase. |
小题4:Which of the following best tells the teacher"s feeling about the incident?| A．He was angry. | B．He thinks it very funny. | | C．He feels helpless without Rupert. | D．He feels good without Rupert. |
小题5:Which of the following might have happened afterwards?| A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert. | B．The teach er got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert. | | C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase. | | D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert. |
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Five years ago, Wang Baoqiang was a nobody to most Chinese people. However, he is now a household film star in China.
Wang is the youngest child of a poor family in Hebei province . Dreaming of becoming an actor, he left home at the age of 8 to study kung fu at Shaolin Temple, since kung-fu actors seemed to appear most often on the big screen.
At 14, he moved to Beijing for his acting career for the first time, with little money in his pocket. He worked at a construction site（建筑工地）for 20 to 25 yuan per day, and spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio, eager to be chosen as temporary（临时的）actors.
This was the most difficult time for the boy. His opportunity finally came one day after he went for a role in the movie “Blind Shaft”. He was chosen to play a young coal miner. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan. But his success didn’t make any difference to his life.
That year, he went home for the Spring Festival. He gave his family his earnings from the movie, around US$250 and then returned to Beijing with 500 yuan, the same amount he had when he first set foot in the city. His life was as simple as before.
Thanks to his natural performance in “Blind Shaft,” he was invited by the famous director Feng Xiaogang to act in the film “A World Without Thieves” in 2004, which made him famous
immediately. People called him “Shagen,” the name of his character in the movie.
Wang’s latest work, “Soldiers’ Sortie” has made him the most popular actor on the Chinese mainland . For the actor, it’s a dream coming true.
“Dreams come true. I think my life is exactly a course of pursuing（追求）dreams. No matter how tough one thing is, I can make it as long as I put great effort into it,” he said.
小题1: Why does Wang Baoqiang leave for Shaolin Temple at his early age ? | A．To study kungfu to build up his strength . | | B．He has seen through the human society . | | C．To realize his childhood dream to be an actor . | | D．To make money in support of his family . |
小题2:Which of the following films made him win three prizes ? | A．A World Without Thieves | B．Soldiers’ Sortie . | | C．Plot Against | D．Blind Shaft |
小题3:What would be the best title for this passage ? | A．The Movies about Wang Baoqiang | B．Pursuing Dreams | | C．How to Become Famous | D．Overnight Well-known |
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