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King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.
The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.
Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.
Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him.  ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘ Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘ give me back my daughter.”  ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.
小题1: The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____
A.she hoped to make the king the richest in the world.B.She loved gold too.
C.She wanted to teach the king a lesson.
D.She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold gold.
小题2: When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____
A. excited  B. hungry  C. worried   D  happy
小题3: Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A.The king died in the river.
B.The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.
C.All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.
D.Both B and C
小题4:What do you think the story tries to tell us?
A.Gold makes people unhappy.
B.More gold , more happiness.
C.Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.
D.People feel happy if they have not gold.

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小题1:C小题1:C小题1:D小题1:C
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About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to mine. I never heard any noise from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.
We often met in the hallway when we were coming or going. I always spoke, but the only answer I got was a hello from the four-year-old girl.
One afternoon when I returned, they were just coming out of their apartment and the little girl was holding the door open for the others. I remained in the car doing unnecessary things. But when I looked up I saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for me. I hurried as much as I could and thanked her.
I was really touched by her act of kindness. That afternoon I was at the K-Mart and I bought a white Teddy bear for her. The next day, there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her father. She was very proud of the bear and thanked me like I had never been thanked before.
Now when we meet in the hall, we all speak in a friendly manner. As time passes, I don’t hear that yelling as often as before.
Last night we had about four inches of snow. I looked out at my car and wondered how I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment. I went out to remove the snow. But when I opened my front door, I found my car was there with all the snow removed. You couldn’t imagine how I felt at that moment. I thanked that family in my heart.
Isn’t it amazing how a small kind act of a four-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? My guardian angel says that good things come from small acts.
小题1: Who did the writer think removed the snow on his car?
A.That family next door.B.Someone sent by his doctor.
C.Some strangers.D.The gate keeper.
小题2:Which of the following is CORRECT according to the passage?
A.The children were very naughty and often made their parents angry.
B.Life must be very hard for the parents next door as they had a large family to support.
C.The writer put off the appointment with his doctor because of the heavy snow.
D.The little girl’s kind act changed the relationship between the writer and her family.
小题3: The right time order of these events in the passage may be         .
① I bought a white Teddy bear for the four-year-old little girl.
② A new family moved into the building next to my door.
③ The four-year-old little girl held the door for me.
④ The father came with the little girl and thanked me.
⑤We speak to each other now in a friendly manner.
A.②-③-①-④-⑤B.②-④-①-③-⑤C.③-②-④-⑤-①D.③-④-②-⑤-①

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The Worst Part
Mom is usually home on Sunday but this week she was going to a big golf game and I was all alone in the house. I was mad at Mom for divorcing Dad.
I kept looking at the telephone until I couldn’t stand it any longer. I picked up the receiver and dialed Dad’s number over in Bakersfield. I even remembered to dial 1 first because it was long distance. “You promised to phone me this week but you didn’t,” I said, feeling I had to talk to him.
“Take it easy, kid,” he said. “I just didn’t get around to it. I was going to call this evening. The week isn’t over yet.”
I thought about that.
“Something on your mind?” he asked.
“I hoped you would call, so I waited and waited.” Then I was sorry I said it.
“There was heavy snow in the morning,” he said, “I had to chain up on highway 80 and lost time.”
I know putting chains on eight big wheels in the snow is no fun. I felt a little better, as long as we were talking. “How is Bandit?” I asked.
There was a funny silence. For a minute I thought the line was dead. Then I knew something must have happened to my dog.
“Well, kid—”, he began. “My name is Leigh!” I almost yelled. “I’m not just some kid you met on the street!”
Keep your shirt on, Leigh,” he said. “When I had to stop along with some other truck drivers to put on chains, I left Bandit out of the cab, I thought he would get back … I have sent out a call to CB radio, but I didn’t get an answer yet.” I was about to say I understood when there came the bad part, the really bad part. I heard a boy’s voice say, “Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when we’re going out to get the pizza?”
小题1:We can conclude from the passage that              .
A.Leigh’s mother often went to golf gamesB.Leigh was a deserted boy
C.Leigh’s dad never had a rest on SundaysD.Leigh’s father lived in another city
小题2:Which is true about Bandit?
A.It was killed by a truckB.It was let out of the cab and got lost
C.It was frozen to death.D.It ran off Highway 80 and into the mountain.
小题3:The underlined sentence “Keep your shirt on”(last para) probably means “       ”.
A.Cool downB.Stop talkingC.Be quietD.Keep warm
小题4:The worst part in Leigh’s eyes may be that           .
A.he forgot to go to get the pizzaB.his parents got divorced
C.his dad got remarriedD.his dad didn’t love him

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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,掌握其大意,然后从所给的 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 will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be   36  Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d   37 ?” Just when I started to   38  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women   39  at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll, I felt such a sense of   40  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t   41 . Somebody had thought   42  of me to bring me a gift. 
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my   43    Christmas there special and memorable, I   44  remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of   45  for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I   46  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school suppliers,   47  with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were   48 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   49  them that they couldn’t open their presents   50  every child had come forward. Finally the   51  they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles   52  up the room. The   53  in the room was obvious, and   54    wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew   55  that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 
小题1:
A.sendingB.receivingC.makingD.exchanging
小题2:
A.foundB.preparedC.gotD.expected
小题3:
A.doubtB.hopeC.suggestD.accept
小题4:
A.broke inB.settled downC.turned upD.showed off
小题5:
A.reliefB.lossC.achievementD.justice
小题6:
A.blamedB.lovedC.forgottenD.affected
小题7:
A.highlyB.littleC.poorlyD.enough
小题8:
A.presentB.firstC.recentD.previous
小题9:
A.hardlyB.instantlyC.regularlyD.occasionally
小题10:
A.strengthB.independenceC.importanceD.safety
小题11:
A.kept up withB.caught up withC.came up withD.put up with
小题12:
A.noneB.fewC.someD.each
小题13:
A.fineB.specialC.helpfulD.normal
小题14:
A.remindedB.guaranteedC.convincedD.promised
小题15:
A.afterB.untilC.whenD.since
小题16:
A.chanceB.giftC.momentD.reward
小题17:
A.litB.tookC.burnedD.cheered
小题18:
A.atmosphereB.sympathyC.calmnessD.joy
小题19:
A.itB.suchC.somethingD.everybody
小题20:
A.byB.tillC.forD.from

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My father came to the United States as a Ukrainian immigrant (移民) when he was 14 years old. Unable to speak English but willing to do anything to succeed, he learned the language, became a barber, and opened up his own business in a small town. He put my sister and me through college during a time when most people thought that women didn’t need an education and that they should be satisfied with getting married and having children. He gave us values and ambition. But this story didn’t really start until my father was 60 years old.
I was preparing to get married and my father was attempting to practice the polke, a must at any Ukrainian wedding. But he just couldn’t do it! He had lost mobility in his leg and was diagnosed with a brain tumor (肿瘤). After surgery, this energetic, hard-working man was forced to retire as a result of significant paralysis (瘫痪) in his right arm and leg. My dad had always worked two jobs and spent his spare time working around the house. Now that kind of life came to a sudden stop. Yet never once did he complain. He bought rubber balls and spent his days trying to regain his hand mobility by squeezing those balls over and over.
After his last operation, he chatted with me pleasantly in the hospital room until a nurse flew into the room, waving her finger at me, and yelling, “You’d better tell your father to stay in bed. He is paralyzed and will never walk again. He needs to stop trying to get out of bed and accept the fact that he can’t walk now or ever. I am sick of picking him up and you’d better warn him to stay put!” My father smiled. He spent a great deal of time on the floor that year, but he eventually got up and walked.
My father lived nineteen more years after that operation. He bought himself a motor scooter (小型摩托车) and spent years zipping around the streets of Philadelphia. He was proud, free, and always smiling.
小题1: In what way was the author’s father different from most other people in his times?
A.He succeeded in migrating to the U.S.
B.He learned the new language easily and quickly.
C.He achieved his life goal by working as a barber.
D.He had his daughters educated.
小题2: The underlined word “polke” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to        .
A.a songB.a danceC.a musical instrumentD.a tool for painting
小题3:The author’s father used the rubber balls to         .
A.kill his too much spare timeB.relieve himself from work pressure
C.get his hand’s function backD.recover from his operation
小题4: Which of the following can be used to describe the author’s father?
A.Perfect.B.Strong-minded.C.Creative.D.Impractical.
小题5: What can we learn from the text?
A.Love can do wonders.B.Failure is the mother of success.
C.A father’s love is most valuable.D.Never give up on your life.

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Many parents who welcome the idea of turning off the TV and spending more time with the family are still worried that without TV they would constantly be on call as entertainers for their children. They remember thinking up all sorts of things to do when they were kids. But their own kids seem different, less resourceful, somehow. When there’s nothing to do, these parents observe regretfully, their kids seem unable to come up with anything to do besides turning on the TV.
One father, for example, says, “When I was a kid, we were always thinking up things to do, projects and games. We certainly never complained in an annoying way to our parents. ‘I have nothing to do’.” He compares this with his own children today: “They’re simply lazy. If someone doesn’t entertain them, they’ll happily sit there watching TV all day.”
There is one word for this father’s disappointment: unfair. It is as if he were disappointed in them for not reading Greek though they have never studied the language. He deplores (哀叹) his children’s lack of inventiveness, as if the ability to play were something born that his children are missing. In fact, while the tendency to play is built into the human species, the actual ability to play – to imagine, to invent, to elaborate on reality in a playful way –and the ability to gain fulfillment from it, these are skills that have to be learned and developed.
Such disappointment, however, is not only unjust, it is also destructive. Sensing their parents’ disappointment, children come to believe that they are, indeed, lacking something, and that this makes them less worthy of admiration and respect. Giving children the opportunity to develop new resources, to enlarge their horizons and discover the pleasure of doing things on their own is, on the other hand, a way to help children develop a confident feeling about themselves as capable and interesting people.
小题1: According to many parents, if there’s nothing to do, the children would        .
A.turn on the TVB.complain to their parents
C.ask their parents to play with themD.do all of the above
小题2: Many parents think that, instead of watching a lot of TV their children should       .
A.sit silently studying GreekB.think up things to entertain themselves
C.find chances to talk with parentsD.enjoy themselves outdoors
小题3:The father often blames their children for not being able to entertain themselves. This is unfair because        .
A.the children are not really lazy, but there’s nothing for them to do
B.they do not lack the ability to play
C.they have to learn and develop their playing ability gradually
D.the father have done nothing to help the children
小题4: When parents show constant disappointment in their children, the children will         .
A.lose their confidence and respectability
B.be much more disappointed
C.refuse to learn new things
D.discover the pleasures of doing things on their own
小题5:What is the author’s main idea?
A.Today’s children are becoming less capable and independent than before.
B.Parents should give children more help on how to be creative.
C.Turning off the TV will help us solve a lot of family problems.
D.It’s not just for parents and children to complain each other.

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