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doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top
step.
"Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little
sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow.
"Come in and I"ll make you a cup of hot cocoa."
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served
them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started
cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking
at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, "Lady, are you rich?"
"Am I rich? Pity, no!"
I looked at my wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and
said, "Your cups match your saucers." They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They
had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over
our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals
were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how
rich I am.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Lady, are you rich?
B. A story of Thanksgiving Day
C. Don"t forget how rich you are
D. Does cups and saucers match well?
2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.
A. she wanted to sell old papers to them
B. she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party
C. she showed great pity and care on them
D. she had the same experience as them in the past
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.
B. The writer had thought she wasn"t rich because her supplies were not expensive.
C. If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.
D. After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.
4. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.
A. show that she was a kindhearted lady
B. remind her that she shouldn"t forget how rich she was
C. leave room for readers to think about what being rich is
D. prove that she had understood what meant being rich
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she keeps under lock and key. Her mother cannot help worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which
is too early for a girl of her age.After all she is reaching the "dangerous stage".These thoughts have caused
trouble in the mother"s mind.
One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate
and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed, and she couldn"t help worrying because
her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine and her uneasiness got the
upper hand over her. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that moment the noise of a car
pulling up drew her to the window and-there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart
missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending nothing had happened. "Mum I"m back." "Yeah." "Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?" "Yes, Oh, that…Who"s that boy?" The
daughter was stunned for a moment. "Ah. It"s my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum,
I"m going to bed." "All right. Go to sleep early."
Next morning when the mother went to the daughter"s room to do some tidying, she found her diary left at her pillow. After a few minutes" hesitation she eventually opened it to the entry of the night before. It read: Mum, it"s love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn"t.
Holding the diary, the mother fell into thought.
a. She took a lift back in her monitor"s car.
b. She went to see a film with her classmate.
c. She wrote in her diary to her mother.
d. Her mother pretended to watch TV.
e. Her mother worried about her daughter"s returning late.
B．e, b, a, d, c
C．b, a, e, d, c
D．b, e, a, c, d
B．What the daughter did recently had worried her mother.
C．The mother was eager to read her daughter"s diary the next day.
D．The girl"s diary was always unlocked.
B．not give much freedom to their children
C．talk with their children about their early love
D．keep silent about their children"s privacy(隐私)
B．Early Love Between Students
C．To Ask or Not To Ask
D．Dangerous Age
Walking over to the offender, I asked for the__1__.Frozen, she refused to give it to me.I waited, all
attention in the classroom on the quiet__2__between teacher and student.When she finally__3__it over
she whispered, "Okay, but I didn"t draw it."
It was a handdrawn__4__of me, teeth blackened and the words "I"m stupid" coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly.My mind,__5__, was working angrily as I struggled not to__6__.I figured
I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture.It would do them some__7__to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself__8__.
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture.They were all silent as I
told them how__9__this was for me.I told them there must be a reason__10__and now was their chance
to write down anything they needed to tell me.Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of
the classroom.
As I__11__the notes later, many of them said something like, "I"ve got nothing against you," or "I"m
sorry you were hurt." Some kids said, "We"re__12__of you." But two notes, from the girls who I__13__
were behind the picture, had a list of issues.I was too__14__, too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of__15_my students, I had begun commanding them to__16__.Where I thought I was driving them to success I was__17__driving them
away.
I had some apologizing to do.But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me
a card.The one__18__by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke.The one from the girls
asked for__19__.
This was a lesson for both the kids and me.Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge
the__20__.
would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s,with great interest.
My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to accompany my parents to
Europe,where my father was to attend a meeting.We planned to travel to Belgium,Netherlands and
West Germany.
I have vivid memories even today of going to Mumbai airport at night all excited about finally going
abroad.I had heard several great things about Lufthansa till then but now I finally got to experience them
first hand,during the flight to Frankfurt.We flew business class and even today I can remember the
excellent service by the Lufthansa crew.The flight was really smooth and thoroughly enjoyable,even for
someone like me,who is otherwise scared of flying.
After spending almost two weeks in Europe,we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf
to Frankfurt airport,for our return flight.What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河),it was
simply an unforgettable experience.I was in a sombre mood on the flight back to Mumbai as it marked
the end of a wonderful vacation,but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most
enjoyable experience yet again,with the quality of their service.
Being the first airline to take me overseas,Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart.Even
today,I continue to enjoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline.
Flying,in general,for me,has always been an ordeal (terrible and painful experience). Flying on Lufthansa,
however,is something I always have and always will look forward to.
1. Which country does the author live in now?
A. India.
B. Canada.
C. Belgium.
D. Germany.
2. What made the author so interested in traveling abroad?
A. Growing up in India.
B. Once staying in Canada.
C. Once traveling to Canada with his father.
D. His father"s stories about his traveling experiences.
3. Which of the following is TRUE about the author"s trip to Europe in 1998?
A. The author traveled with one of his parents.
B. Both their going and return are by air.
C. They traveled in spring that year.
D. They stayed in Europe for nearly two months.
cereal (谷类食物), eggs or toast. While others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a
sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from other kids" too. But_at_least_I_wasn"t_
alone_in_my_sufferings. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends
were and where we were going. She insisted if we said we"d be gone an hour, then we be gone one
hour or less-not one hour and one minute. And she always insisted upon us telling the truth. Now you
can see how mean she was.
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning.
We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook. We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath,
while the other kids always wore their clothes for days. I believe she laid awake at night thinking up
mean things to do to us.
Through the years, things didn"t improve a bit. We could not lie in bed, "sick" like our friends did,
and miss school. Our marks in school had to be up to par(达到正常水平). Our friends" report cards
had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, being as different as she was,
would settle for nothing less than ugly black marks.
As the years rolled by, we were one by one put to shame. We were graduated from high school.
With our mother behind us, talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the pleasure
of being a dropout.
My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Out of four children, a couple of us attained some
higher education. And whom do we have to blame for the terrible way we turned out? You"re right,
our mean mother. She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults.
Now I am trying to raise my three children. I am filled with pride when my children call me mean.
Because, you see, I had the meanest mother in the world.
1. What does the sentence "But at least I wasn"t alone in my sufferings." mean?
A. The author"s mother was only mean to her.
B. The author"s mother suffered her.
C. The author"s mother was mean to her sister, brothers and her.
D. The author wasn"t alone because of suffering.
2. According to the passage, the author"s mother will ask her children to do all the following
EXCEPT ________.
A. learn to cook
B. wear clean clothes
C. go to bed and get up at fixed time
D. drink as much Cokes as they want
3. Why was the author"s mother mean to her children?
A. Because she wanted her children to be top students in school.
B. Because she wanted her children to bring home colored report cards like her friends did.
C. Because she wanted her children to drop out.
D. Because she wanted her children to do their best at school and be educated and respected citizens.
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Some of the children weren"t able to go to college because of their mean mother.
B. Mother didn"t let the author tell lies.
C. Mother asked the author to wear clean clothes.
D. The author could not miss school even if she was ill.
son looked up at me and said, "I__1_you." I did not__2__what to say, and I just stood there, looking
__3__at him. My first__4 _was that he__5__need help with his homework. Then I asked, "What was
that all__6__?"
"Nothing," he said, "My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and__7__what they
say."
The next day I called his teacher to__8__more about what my son said and how the other parents had
reacted( 反应). "Most of the fathers had the__9__response as you did," the teacher said, "When I first
__10__that we try this, I asked the children__11__they thought their parents__12 _say. Some of them
thought their parents would have heart trouble."
Then the teacher__13__, " I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of
__14 __. I"m trying to tell them it"s too bad that we don"t express our feelings. A boy__15__tell his
father or mother he loves him or her." The teacher understands that sometimes it is__16__for some of
us to say something that is good for us to say.
That evening when my son__17__to me, I took him in my arms and held on for an__18__moment,
saying, "Hey, I love you,__19__." I don"t know if saying that made__20 _of us healthier, but it did feel
pretty good.