In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first 1 him eight years ago,
and we have a good time together. Last winter, Jim came to 2 . I usually wash the dishes after we"ve
finished our 3 , before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One night, Jim asked if he
might do the dishes. I said, " 4 , but if you wash the dishes you must know the 5 to wash them."
Jim replied, "Come on, you think I don"t know how to wash the dishes?" I 6 , "There are two ways
to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes 7 the second is to
wash the dishes to wash the dishes." Jim was delighted and said, "I 8 the second way - to wash the
dishes to wash the dishes." From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I 9 the "responsibility"
to him for an entire week.
While washing dishes, 10 we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus 11 to get the
dishes out of the way as if they were a(n) 12 , then we are not "washing the dishes to wash the dishes."
What"s more, we are not 13 during the time we are washing the dishes. 14 , we are completely
incapable of 15 the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can"t wash the dishes, the chances
are we won"t be 16 to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of
other things, barely 17 of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the 18 and we are
incapable of actually 19 one minute of life.
Try to wash the dishes the next time you wash the dishes, when your mind is 20 but on the dishes. |
( )1.A. met
( )2.A. play
( )3.A. meeting
( )4.A. Go ahead
( )5.A. limit
( )6.A. complained
( )7.A. so
( )8.A. hate
( )9.A. transferred
( )10. A. because
( )11. A. planning
( )12. A. annoyance
( )13. A. pleased
( )14. A. Otherwise
( )15. A. wondering
( )16. A. able
( )17. A. proud
( )18. A. future
( )19. A. sparing
( )20. A. somewhere | B. called
B. visit
B. travel
B. As usual
B. method
B. shouted
B. but
B. understand
B. showed
B. if
B. stopping
B. job
B. proud
B. In fact
B. receiving
B. likely
B. aware
B. time
B. achieving
B. something | C. admired
C. study
C. meal
C. No way
C. effect
C. whispered
C. and
C. remember
C. explained
C. although
C. forgetting
C. test
C. alive
C. However
C. admitting
C. sure
C. afraid
C. past
C. living
C. everythin | D. joined
D. settle
D. talk
D. By chance
D. importance
D. answered
D. as
D. choose
D. contacted
D. before
D. hurrying
D. help
D. ready
D. Even worse
D. realizing
D. willing
D. ashamed
D. distance
D. changing
D. everywhere |
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| 阅读理解 | What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen
too, but what I feel inside.
Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling. I woke up every Saturday to watch my
favorite "Superstars." As I grew older, I got a lot of flak for watching this "fake" sport. My peers would
laugh at me for following what was called a "man"s soap opera." So, I put my love for wrestling on the
shelf. Like everyone else, I wanted to be associated with the cool clique. I yearned to be invited to the
parties of the in-crowd and hang out with the popular kids. I became pretty successful. Although my
Friday evenings were busy with parties, I would still wake up early Saturdays to watch wrestling. It
wasn"t until freshman year that I realized I wasn"t being myself.
That year, I tried many new things and activities and made new friends. In my town, football was the
sport, so I decided to play football, thinking it might give me a head start in popularity. The team started
with 48 athletes. At the end, there were 14 of us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I
am not a quitter. That long season taught me a lesson: I wasn"t a football player. More importantly, it
taught me to be myself.
After that season, I went back to being a wrestling fan. I watched it religiously, no matter what insults
were thrown my way. I came across a quote: "Don"t Dream It, Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan
had the same idea I had.
"What if we build a wrestling ring?" we asked. We acquired the necessary wood and equipment for
its construction. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our dream in a pile in his
backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great establishment. By Sunday night, our
mission was complete. Our hard work (combined with a little creativity) had paid off. We had a real
ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to improve every aspect of our
wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. Our show had a start time of 9: 00 p.m. To our surprise, about
one hundred family, friends and fans showed up to support us. It was the most important night of my life
and a complete success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty
people turning out. We continue to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do. We are
now well known throughout school. When I walk down the halls, I am respected by my peers. Some are
the same peers who ridiculed me for watching wrestling when I was younger. When they approach me,
they often say, "Good match, Chris." I humbly say, "Thank you," knowing I did something I believed in.
As my senior year winds down, I"ll remember all of my high school memories. But what will stick out
most is the memory that I did something I loved, despite what everyone said or thought. I accomplished
my goal ... I lived my dream. | | 1. What makes the writer different from the others is __________. | A. the different sports he loves
B. the different clothes he wears and the different music he listens to
C. that he is younger than the others.
D. the different ideas he has | | 2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph mean? | A. I practiced wrestling secretly in my spare time.
B. I put the clothes for wrestling on the shelf.
C. I decided to quit practicing wrestling.
D. I began not to watch wrestling on TV. | | 3. When the writer was a freshman, he ___________. | A. knew he couldn"t be a football player.
B. realized he was being himself.
C. became very sociable.
D. built a wrestling ring. | | 4. The writer built the wrestling ring in order to ________. | A. play football there
B. make his dream realized
C. be a professional player
D. have parties there. | | 5. What is the writer"s attitude towards his experience in high school? | A. Optimistic
B. Pessimistic
C. Doubtful
D. Surprised | | 完形填空 | One day when my little boy was less than two years old, I had to see the doctor, so I left him to the
babysitter. On my way to the hospital, I 1 that the babysitter was driving around the town. 2 who was
taking care of my son, I went to her house to find a stranger there. 3 with the situation, I grabbed my
child and left without a word.
When I went to put my son in his car seat, I was 4 to find him taped(用胶带粘住)around his whole
body at the elbows and around his ankles. I couldn"t 5 the nightmare. Was it really true?
Later I also found my baby wearing three or four diapers(尿布), so there would be no 6 to change
him through the day. We soon 7 the police and with the help of several people, the 8 showed she had
done this every day over the course of five months. The babysitter was found guilty in the 9 and was
sentenced to seven years in prison.
Over the first several months, my husband and I had a hard time 10 our anger. We eventually started
taking it out on one another. 11 , at last we managed to let go of our anger.
About a year later, we 12 a parole(假释)hearing, but not for the reasons everyone there 13 . Of
course, others thought we wanted her to stay 14 . Imagine everyone"s surprise when we rose to say
that we forgave her and wanted her to be 15 . She had a 12-year-old daughter at home in need of
her mother.
When we 16 our forgiveness, you could see the weight of the world lift from her. She broke down
in tears and looked us in the eye with 17 .
Many people today are still shocked by our 18 . But I have to say it was the most 19 experience
of my life. I quickly realized that forgiveness is not so much for the receiver, 20 the giver is so richly
enriched in the process. | ( )1.A. felt
( )2.A. Wondering
( )3.A. Pleased
( )4.A. amused
( )5.A. imagine
( )6.A. need
( )7.A. urged
( )8.A. book
( )9.A. court
( )10. A. figuring out
( )11. A. Thankfully
( )12. A. canceled
( )13. A. admitted
( )14. A. clearer
( )15. A. fined
( )16. A. ended
( )17. A. appreciation
( )18. A. concept
( )19. A. demanding
( )20. A. though | B. noticed
B. Assuring
B. Impressed
B. shocked
B. realize
B. condition
B. reminded
B. investigation
B. school
B. dealing with
B. Surprisingly
B. missed
B. expected
B. calmer
B. released
B. recognized
B. relief
B. ideas
B. amusing
B. but | C. wished
C. Asking
C. Careful
C. puzzled
C. mind
C. time
C. contacted
C. meeting
C. market
C. putting off
C. Unfortunately
C. attended
C. explained
C. farther
C. guarded
C. expressed
C. suspicion
C. measures
C. rewarding
C. and | D. suggested
D. Forgetting
D. Uncomfortable
D. ashamed
D. believe
D. possibility
D. ordered
D. explanation
D. office
D. hearing from
D. Sadly
D. delayed
D. heard
D. longer
D. punished
D. observed
D. concern
D. actions
D. popular
D. instead | | 阅读理解 | "What are you doing asleep on a park bench in the middle of the day naked?"
"Well, you see, officer, it all started this morning. I woke up to the sound of the big master"s alarm
clock and jumped off my doggy bed. I wandered down into the kitchen and sat down to wait for
breakfast."
" Hang on! What do you mean by doggy bed?"
"Well, I am actually a dog. Let me finish my explanation. Anyway, when the big master came
downstairs I could tell that it would be a busy day, because he was rushing around. He fed me quickly
and ran out of the door, not even bothering to get some breakfast for himself. This was fairly normal-he
hardly ate in the morning. "
I finished my breakfast soon, and then I went upstairs to wake up the little master. After that, I had to
wake up the big mistress. Because I knew how much she hates it , I cautiously walked into the big room
and tried to wake her up gently. Unfortunately, as soon as my nose touched her side, she jumped straight
up and yelled at me to get out of her room. I did that straight away. I headed downstairs again. The little
master was already downstairs. After eating breakfast, he ran out. I followed him as usual and made sure
he got to school safely.
On my way home, a van stopped beside me. Then I was stuck in a net and thrown into the van. I
started struggling and barking. Immediately I was given a needle and calmed down. When I woke up, I
was lying on a bed. Looking around, I realized I was in a science lab. Strangely, I found I wasn"t a dog
anymore! I was human! I started yelling for help and an old man walked in. On seeing me, he shouted
excitedly, "It worked! It worked!" Then I was given another needle. The next thing I remember is that
you woke me up. So that"s why I ended up asleep here naked."
"Very funny son, now come with me. By the way, what"s your name?" | | 1. From what the man said we know that ________. | A. his big mistress seldom had breakfast
B. there were at least two bedrooms upstairs
C. he waited till his little master returned home
D. he woke up all his masters with his nose | | 2. What does the underlined word "it" in the fifth paragraph refer to? | A. Being woken up.
B. The dog entering the room.
C. Preparing breakfast.
D. The sound of the alarm clock. | | 3. What does the officer think of the man"s explanation? | A. Funny and believable.
B. Reasonable and acceptable.
C. Unbelievable but interesting.
D. Imaginary but out of date. | | 4. What most probably will the officer do next? | A. Help the man find his big master.
B. Pursue the old man immediately.
C. Take the man to the police station.
D. Warn dog owners to look after their dogs. | | 完形填空 | My wife and I had just finished the 150mile trip home from our daughter"s college.It was the first time
in our lives that we would __1__ for any length of time.We wondered how other people had __2__ it.
Later in bed, I __3__ the time I started college.My father had driven me, too.My mother had to stay
home to keep the __4__from getting into the crops.I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to
__5__ college.
The truck was slow, and I was glad.I didn"t want to get to the city __6__.I shook hands with my
father in the truck and he didn"t say a word.But I knew he was going to make a little __7__.He finally
said, "I never went to college and __8__of your brothers did.I can"t say don"t do this or that, because
everything is __9__and I don"t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __10__.When you
get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard." I knew that soon I would be __11__in the big town and
I would be __12__the life home.
Then my father__13__the Bible (圣经) tha t he had read so often.I knew that he would miss it but I
must__14__it.He just said, "This can help you __15__you will let it."
When I finished school I took the Bible __16__to my father.But he said he wanted me to __17__it.
Now, too late, I remember.It would have been so __18__ to give it to my daughter when she got out
of the car.But I didn"t.My father could give me only a Bible, but I don"t really believe now that I gave her
half as __19__as my father gave me.So the next morning I__20__up the book and sent it to her.I wrote
a note."This can help you." I said, "if you will let it." | ( )1. A. worry
( )2. A. left
( )3. A. wasted
( )4. A. policemen
( )5. A. graduate from
( )6. A. very late
( )7. A. speech
( )8. A. some
( )9. A. impossible
( )10. A. work out
( )11. A. happy
( )12. A. losing
( )13. A. brought about
( )14. A. refuse
( )15. A. if
( )16. A. down
( )17. A. keep
( )18. A. popular
( )19. A. much
( )20. A. set | B. separate
B. stood
B. spent
B. workers
B. go away to
B. far away
B. living
B. one
B. different
B. die out
B. alone
B. spending
B. brought out
B. mark
B. unless
B. up
B. return
B. strange
B. many
B. turned | C. stay
C. enjoyed
C. remembered
C. cattle
C. be dismissed from
C. too soon
C. promise
C. none
C. difficult
C. hold out
C. free
C. missing
C. brought up
C. follow
C. but
C. back
C. post
C. ready
C. far
C. gave | D. travel
D. tried
D. killed
D. soldiers
D. set up
D. once again
D. progress
D. all
D. favorite
D. break out
D. lost
D. living
D. brought down
D. take
D. though
D. away
D. sell
D. nice
D. good
D. wrapped | | 阅读理解 | During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night
dance and who I was taking.Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worri es.
When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth
grade and going onto college.For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, "Enjoy your four
years...They go by fast." I remember not believing him then, but looking back...He was right.Those four
years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.
However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when
someone spoke of college I brushed it off.I wasn"t ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my
closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like.Studying was something
I did only AFTER I nailed my halftime dance performance.I knew my parents wanted me to go to
college, so I told them I would go to community college (社区学院) and I didn"t worry about my SAT
(美国大学入学考试) scores.
When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own colleges, I started to
wish I had done the same.My friends were living away, meeting new people, and discovering new places, while I was living at home and driving to and from class every day.It seemed exactly like high school.I
hated it!I thought college was supposed to be different!Why didn"t I take more time to research colleges
and do the same?I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus (大学校
园) atmosphere instead of two.
My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into
all of your choices well ahead of time.Now I have graduated and I am working fulltime and I would do
anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance! | | 1. Why didn"t the author worry about his SAT scores? | A. He wanted to go to community college.
B. He had been admitted for his gift in dance.
C. He was well prepared for the exam.
D. He believed his brother would help him. | | 2. When in high school, the author________. | A. drove to and from class every day
B. buried himself in his study all the time
C. enjoyed talking about future college life
D. lived in the school except on holidays | | 3. What did the author"s brother mean by "Enjoy your four years...They go by fast."? | A. He wished the author to have more dance.
B. He advised the author to value the years.
C. He encour aged the author to leave his comfort zone.
D. He suggested the author aim at a community college. | | 4. Talking of his high school years, the author feels________. | A. regretful
B. lonely
C. angry
D. pleased |
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