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阅读理解     One day the employees of a large company in St Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break
and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said:"Yesterday the person who has been
hindering (阻碍) your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral(葬礼) in
the room that has been prepared in the gym."
     At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started
getting curious about who this person might be.
The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone
wondered: "Who is this person that was hindering my progress? Well, at least he"s no longer here."
     One by one the employees got closer to the coffin(棺材) and when they looked inside it they
became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the
deepest part of their soul.
     There was a mirror inside the coffin:Everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was
also a sign next to the mirror that said. "There is only one person who can set limits to your growth:it is
YOU."
     You are the only person who can revolutionize(彻底改变) your life. You are the only person who
can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help
yourself.
     Your life does not change when your family changes, when your friends change, when your boss
changes, and when your company changes.
     Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize
that you are the only one responsible for your life. 1. The writer"s purpose in writing the article is to tell us that __________. A. the harder we work, the more successful we will become
B. our work and life are closely connected with others
C. changing our lives is down to us
D. we will have a better future if people do not hinder our development2. People were speechless when they looked inside the coffin because __________. A. there was nothing but a mirror inside
B. they could see their own souls inside
C. their closest colleague lay inside
D. what was inside told a great truth3. Who probably wrote the sign on the front door?A. The company boss.
B. A worker who liked to make fun of others.
C. The director in charge of production.
D. A worker who wanted to teach others a lesson. 4. What can we conclude from the article?A. The employees went to the gym to join the funeral.
B. The lesson the employees learned would influence them greatly.
C. The employees" lives depended on the attitude of their boss.
D. The employees got angry after the funeral.

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阅读理解     I believe that it is important to be brought up with a firm belief in the good. I was fortunate in this
respect. My parents not only gave me a happy home, but they had me study half a dozen foreign
languages and made it possible for me to travel in other countries. This made me more tolerant and
helped me to conquer many difficulties in later life.
     Soon after I got married, my husband and I left our native Czechoslovakia and went to live in
Shanghai, China. Here was a really international city. People of all races and beliefs lived and worked
together.
     In Shanghai, in 1941, when I was only twenty years old, the doctors discovered that I had diabetes.
It was a terrible shock, because diabetes is incurable. But it can be controlled by insulin (胰岛素).
Although this drug was not manufactured in China, there were enough stocks of imported insulin
available. This enabled me to continue a normal, happy life.
     Then bombs fell on Pearl Harbor and the Japanese occupied Shanghai. The import of insulin was
cut off. Before long, there was not enough for the diabetics. I was on a starvation diet to keep my insulin
requirements as low as possible. Many diabetics had already died, and the situation became desperate.
In spite of all this, I never stopped believing that with the help of my husband"s love and care, I would
survive.
     I continued to teach in Chinese schools. My faith and my husband"s never-ending efforts to get the
manufacture of insulin started gave me courage. In his small laboratory the production of insulin was
attempted. I served as the human guinea pig(实验对象)on which it was tested. I"ll never forget the day
when my husband gave me the first injection of the new insulin, which had worked on rabbits. It
helped! Can you imagine our happiness and reli1ef?
     I received the greatest strength from the deep love and complete understanding between my
husband and me. And next to that was the kindness and help of many, many friends of many
nationalities. To me, the experience of living in Shanghai during the special times was unforgettable.
     After the Second World War, my husband and I sailed to the United States, which is also known
as the melting pot. Wherever we live, I believe, with faith and love, love between families and friends
from different nationalities, we can make it our cherished home. 1. What can we know about the author?A. She visited China and has lived in Shanghai since then.
B. She was given an unhappy home.
C. She got married in Czechoslovakia.
D. She could hardly tolerate her parents. 2. As a diabetic, the author could still live normally in 1941 because __________. A. she was able to buy enough insulin
B. she received good medical treatment
C. she was looked after by her husband
D. she was helped by people of different races3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 5 refers to __________. A. a small rabbit
B. an everlasting effort
C. the new insulin
D. the human guinea pig4. How does the author feel about her stay in China?A. Unbearable.
B. Unbelievable.
C. Unfortunate.
D. Unforgettable. 5. We can infer from the text that the author"s husband was __________. A. a doctor
B. a researcher
C. a teacher
D. a sailor

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完形填空。     Once two brothers,John and Tony,asked a sage(智者) to tell them about their future.The sage __1__
them,"It may not be good for you to know your future.__2__,your future can change later even if I tell you
now!"They __3__ knowing their future.The sage said,"John will become a king in a year while Tony will __
4__ in a murder."
     John was __5__ and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in
spiritual activities and used his time to __6__ everyone and soon came out of his __7__.
     Eleven months passed.One day,the brothers discovered a half－buried pot.They __8__ it and found it
full of gold.John shouted,"This __9__ is just for me to set up my palace!"Just then,a robber jumped out
and gave a __10__ on John"s head and tried to take the pot away.Tony jumped at the robber to __11__
John.But the robber attacked him with a knife.During the __12__ the robber dropped the pot and ran
away.John was very __13__ to his injured brother and offered him half the gold.Tony politely __14__
saying he was not going to live much longer in any case.John,with his new treasure,started eating and
drinking.One year passed.There was no __15__ of any crown(王冠)in sight.Tony was also enjoying good __16__.They decided to visit the sage again."How did your predictions go __17__?"John asked.The sage
explained,"I told you,your destiny(命运)can be changed.The crown you were to get was __18__ to a pot
of gold.But,Tony"s __19__ life changed his destiny too.Death in the murderer"s hand was reduced to only
being __20__."
     How life meets us is called destiny；how we meet life is called self effort!(     )1．A.informed
(     )2．A.Instead
(     )3．A.insisted on
(     )4．A.recover
(     )5．A.worried
(     )6．A.serve
(     )7．A.work
(     )8．A.bought
(     )9．A.experience
(     )10．A.blow
(     )11．A.calm
(     )12．A.performance
(     )13．A.polite
(     )14．A.refused
(     )15．A.symbol
(     )16．A.chance
(     )17．A.short
(     )18．A.reduced
(     )19．A.comfortable
(     )20．A.disturbed  B．advised
B．Therefore
B．depended on
B．appear
B．pleased
B．receive
B．debt
B．wrapped
B．treasure
B．gift
B．stop
B．investigation
B．cruel
B．accepted
B．sign
B．position
B．bad
B．connected
B．spiritual
B．forgotten     C．ordered
C．Besides
C．gave up
C．hurt
C．shocked
C．observe
C．depression
C．sold
C．award
C．tap
C．protect
C．action
C．grateful
C．demanded
C．mention
C．work
C．wrong
C．devoted
C．difficult
C．locked  D．encouraged
D．Otherwise
D．took up
D．die
D．disappointed
D．guide
D．anger
D．dug
D．success
D．touch
D．inspire
D．struggle
D．loyal
D．answered
D．comment
D．health
D．well
D．exposed
D．hopeless
D．wounded

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完形填空.

     One day，a ragged(衣衫褴褛的)man with an old wallet in his hand was asking at every
door along the street for a few cents to buy something to eat.As he was complaining about his
bad fortune，he kept __1__ why those folks who had so much money were never __2__
and were always wanting more.
     “As for me，if I had only enough to __3__ and to wear，I wouldn’t want anything
more，”said the beggar.
     Just at that moment Fortune(命运女神)came down the __4__.She saw the beggar and
said to him，“Listen！I’ve long wished to __5__ you.Now，hold your __6__ and I’ll
pour this gold into it.But I’ll pour only on this __7__：All that falls into the wallet will be
pure gold；but every piece falling upon the __8__ shall become dust.Do you understand？”
   “Yes，I understand，”said the beggar.“Then have a __9__.Your wallet is __10__，

so don’t load it too heavily.”said Fortune.The beggar was so glad that he could hardly

__11__.He quickly opened his wallet，and a __12__ of yellow coins was poured into it.
The wallet soon began to grow heavy.
“Is that enough？”asked Fortune.“Not yet.”“Isn’t it cracking？”“Never __13__.”
The wallet was filled with so many coins that the beggar’s hands began to __14__.“Ah，
if only the golden stream would __15__ forever！I’m the richest man in the world now！
Just a little more.”said the beggar.“__16__ just a handful or two.”“There！It’s full.The
wallet will __17__.”“But it will __18__ a little more，just a little more！”
Another piece was added and the wallet split(裂开)．The __19__ fell upon the ground
and was turned to dust.The beggar had now __20__ but his broken wallet.

(     )1．A.wondering
(     )2．A.relaxed
(     )3．A.play
(     )4．A.yard
(     )5．A.praise
(     )6．A.wallet
(     )7．A.day
(     )8．A.hands
(     )9．A.drink
(     )10．A.small
(     )11．A.stand
(     )12．A.pair
(     )13．A.stop
(     )14．A.lift
(     )15．A.pour
(     )16．A.Add
(     )17．A.fly
(     )18．A.attract
(     )19．A.treasure
(     )20．A.something

B ．explaining
B ．worried
B ．watch
B ．bridge
B ．help
B ．pocket
B ．condition
B ．feet
B ．care
B ．empty
B ．sleep
B ．stream
B ．fear
B ．close
B ．end
B ．Take
B ．disappear
B ．need
B ．food
B ．anything

C．proving
C．satisfied
C．learn
C．street
C．forgive
C．box
C．evening
C．table
C．look
C．old
C．breathe
C．piece
C．speak
C．tremble
C．dry
C．Lend
C．burst
C．include
C．gift
C．everything

D．showing
D．depressed
D．eat
D．forest
D．appreciate
D．coat
D．island
D．ground
D．rest
D．full
D．wait
D．variety
D．go
D．open
D．melt
D．Send
D．change
D．hold
D．metal
D．nothing

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     In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he
discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened wheat formed a circle
about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles
were in a formation like five dots. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange
circles in their fields more and more often.
     The circles are called "crop circles" because they appear in the fields of grain-usually wheat or corn.
The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but is never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can
later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form
at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
     At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as
a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people
tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmers had found. They couldn"t do it. They couldn"t
enter a field of grain without leaving tracks, and they couldn"t flatten the grain without breaking it.
     Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circles to communicate with us
from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.
     Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that
a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles-the same downward rush of air that
sometimes causes an airplane to crash. Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles
to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations:crop circles often appear in
formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those. 1. In the summer of 1978, an English farmer discovered in his field that ________. A. some of his wheat had been damaged
B. some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground
C. his grain was growing up in circles
D. his grain was moved into several circles2. The underlined word "hoax" in Paragraph 3 is probably ________. A. an attempt made to fool people
B. a special way to plant crops
C. an experiment for the protection of crops
D. a research on the force of winds3. Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man?A. The farmers couldn"t step out of the field.
B. The farmers couldn"t make the circles round.
C. The farmers couldn"t leave without footprints.
D. The farmers couldn"t keep the wheat straight up. 4. One explanation given by scientists for the crop circles is that they are made by ________. A. airplane crashes
B. air movement
C. unknown flying objects
D. new farming techniques

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     I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospital ward, where I worked as a volunteer. Her
husband,Bill,stood nervously nearby.Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight against cancer,she
was cheerful.We got her settled in.As we became acquainted,she told me that how frustrating it was to be
married 32 years to a man who often called her "a silly woman"．
    "Oh,I know Bill loves me,"she said,"but he has never been one to say he loves me,or send cards to me."
Bill visited Connie every day.When she began sleeping more,he paced up and down the hallway outside
her room.Soon,when she no longer watched television and had fewer waking moments,I began spending
more of my volunteer time with Bill.He said he could not express his feelings about the fact that his wife
was dying.
     One day,I got him on the subject of women and how we need romance in our lives；how we love to
get sentimental cards and love letters.
     "Do you tell Connie you love her?" I asked(knowing his answer),and he looked at me as if I was crazy.
     "I don"t have to,"he said."She knows I do!"
     "I"m sure she knows,"I said,"but she needs to hear what she has meant to you all these years.Please
think about it."
     Two days later I walked down the hospital ward at noon.There stood Bill,leaning up against the wall in
the hallway,staring at the floor.I already knew from the head nurse that Connie had died at 11 a.m..
     When Bill saw me,he allowed himself to come into my arms for a long time.His face was wet with tears
and he was trembling."I have to say something."he said."I have to say how good I feel about telling her."
     I went into the room to say my own goodbye to Connie. There, on the bedside table, was a large
Valentine card saying,"To my wonderful wife... I love you."1．The author asked Bill whether he had told Connie he loved her in order to __________.A．give Connie a big surprise in her final stages
B．find out whether Bill knew Connie loved him
C．remind him of what to do in Connie"s last stage
D．make it clear she would support him2．The tone of the story seems to be a little bit __________.A．romantic
B．moving
C．crazy
D．friendly3．We can learn from the text that the author __________.A．worked hardest in the hospital
B．liked things full of romance
C．was a woman volunteer in the hospital
D．sent Connie a sentimental card for Bill

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