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阅读理解。     My father quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old. So my brother and I grew up in a household without a car. In 1951,when my brother turned 16, my parents bought a used 1950 Chevrolet from a friend. Since my parents didn"t drive, it more or less became my brother"s car.
     Having a car but not being able to drive didn"t bother my father, but it didn"t make sense to my mother. So in 1952, when she was 43 years old, she learned to drive. For the next 45 years or so, until she was 90, my mother was the driver in the family.
     After my father retired when he was 70, he almost always accompanied my mother whenever she drove anywhere, even if he had no reason to go along. One day my father said to me, "Do you want to know the secret of a long life?"
     "I guess so," I said, knowing it probably would be something bizarre (稀奇古怪的).
     "No left turns. " he said.
     "What?" I asked.  
     "No left turns," he repeated. "Think about it. Three rights are the same as a left and that"s a lot safer. Several years ago, your mother and I read an article that said most accidents that old people are in happen when they turn left in front of oncoming traffic. As you get older, your eyesight worsens. So your mother and I decided never again to make a left turn. "
     "You"re kidding!" I said, and I turned to my mother for support. "No." she said. "Your father is right. We make three rights. It works. " But then she added: "Except when your father loses count."
     "Loses count?" I asked.
     "Yes," my father admitted, "that sometimes happens. But it"s not a problem. You just make seven rights, and you"re okay again. "
     I couldn"t resist. "Do you ever go for 11 ?" I asked.
     "No," he said "If we miss it at seven, we just come home and call it a bad day.
     Besides, nothing in life is so important it can"t be put off another day or another week. "
     My mother was never in an accident all through her life. 1. When did the parents have their first son according to the passage?A. In 1952.      
B. In 1951.        
C. In 1935.      
D. In 1927. 2. The mother decided to learn to drive because ____. A. she didn"t believe in her sons
B. she wanted to drive her own car
C. her sons refused to drive for her
D. she had to drive her husband to work3. What"s the message the father wanted to leave to his son?A. Owning a car was too expensive for a family.
B. One could never be too careful when driving.
C. One is never too old to learn a new skill.
D. Old people should never be allowed to drive alone. 4. What does the underlined part "loses count" probably mean?A. Failing to count correctly.        
B. Losing their sense of direction.
C. Making less turns than they should.
D. Forgetting to count turns.
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完形填空     When I was six years old, my sister, Sally Kay, was a submissive three-year-old girl. For some
reasons, I thought we needed to    1   some money. So I decided we should "hire out" as maids. We
visited the neighbors,    2   to clean houses for them for $1.    3   our offer was reasonable, there were
no takers. One neighbor even    4   my mom to tell her what we were doing.
     Mother had just hung up the phone    5   we came into the house. "Girls," mother asked, "why were
you two    6   the neighborhood telling people you would clean their houses?" We both denied. That her
dear little girls could be such "boldfaced (厚颜无耻的) liars" made her feel shocked and terribly    7   .
Mom then told us that Mrs. Jones had just called and told her everything.
     Faced with the truth, we    8   what we had done. Mom tried to explain how much a fib (小谎) hurt
    9   she didn"t feel that we really understood. Then Mom cheerfully asked, "Would you two like to go
to see the movie The Matinee this afternoon?"
      "Oh, wonderful!" After lunch, we got bathed and all    10   up.  It was like getting ready for a birthday party. We   11  outside the apartment, not wanting to miss the    12  that would take us downtown. At
the bus station, Mom stunned (使震惊) us by saying, "Girls, we are not going to the    13   today."
     "What?" we objected    14   . "What do you mean? Aren"t we going to The Matinee?" She explained
this was how much a fib could hurt. "It is important that what we say is    15   ," Mom said. "I fibbed to
you just now and I felt   16   . I don"t want to fib again and I"m    17  you don"t want to fib again either.
People  must be    18   to others."
     That was    19   my sister and I learned to be truthful. It was a(n)   20  that we would never forget.
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(     )1. A. produce      
(     )2. A. offering      
(     )3. A. Although      
(     )4. A. met          
(     )5. A. until         
(     )6. A. going around  
(     )7. A. encouraged    
(     )8. A. recognized    
(     )9. A. after         
(     )10. A. looked      
(     )11. A. talked      
(     )12. A. ticket      
(     )13. A. cinema      
(     )14. A. sadly        
(     )15. A. humorous    
(     )16. A. happy        
(     )17. A. afraid      
(     )18. A. enthusiastic
(     )19. A. how          
(     )20. A. lesson      
B. earn        
B. telling      
B. Since        
B. found        
B. when        
B. searching for
B. challenged  
B. admitted    
B. but          
B. stood        
B. laughed      
B. bus          
B. house        
B. quietly      
B. valuable    
B. awful        
B. pleased      
B. sympathetic  
B. why          
B. topic        
C. steal      
C. asking      
C. So          
C. persuaded  
C. before      
C. shouting at  
C. hurt        
C. scolded    
C. or          
C. stayed      
C. hurried    
C. film        
C. neighbor"s
C. patiently  
C. true        
C. proud       
C. sure        
C. good        
C. whether    
C. subject    
D. loan            
D. giving          
D. If              
D. telephoned      
D. where            
D. heading for      
D. excited          
D. discussed        
D. as              
D. dressed          
D. reminded        
D. call            
D. barber"s        
D. weakly          
D. worth            
D. funny            
D. curious          
D. honest          
D. there            
D. idea            
阅读理解
     When Meggy finished her double master"s degrees, I can remember watching her get her diploma.
As her line moved forward to the side of the platform, she seemed to have more energy than she could
handle.
     Meggy was in the Shriner"s Hospital for months when she was three, and went back for another
series of operations when she was four. When the doctors told her parents that she would never walk,
nobody told baby Meggy. She willingly did the foot exercises each day. Her face reflected much
concentration as she moved across the room, but when she reached her destination, she smiled.
     Her mother, with the same strong determination, would read The Little Engine That Could to
Meggy. I can still hear them repeat the words of the children"s story, "I think I can! I think I can! I think
I can!" When the engine made it over the enormous hill with the toys for the children, Meggy would laugh
as she and her mother sang, "I thought I could! I thought I could! I thought I could!" With that same faith
and hope, Meggy learned to run, skip, play games, and ride a bike.
     The social and academic requirements of colleges and graduate schools were difficult for Meggy. As
she studied far into the night, she kept her eye on her goals, on the people she would help. She graduated
first in her class and continued her preparation for teaching in graduate school.
     As I heard her name being called to receive her master"s diploma, I watched her walk
with grace and purpose toward the Dean. As she went down the stairs of the platform,
a bright smile broke forth, and I could just hear her thinking, "I thought I could!"

1. Meggy can be best described as a girl with       .
A. courage
B. humor
C. patience
D. determination

2. Her mother read The Little Engine That Could to Meggy to        .
A. inspire her
B. make her laugh
C. kill time with her
D. teach her to sing

3. The biggest challenge for Meggy was probably to       .
A. teach others
B. speak before many people
C. learn how to walk
D. find her goals in life

4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Hope in life        
B. I thought I could
C. Learn to develop yourself
D. Follow what you desire
完形填空
     Do some animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not? Of course they have
instincts(本能),    but  __1__  this,    I am sure that they can feel  __2__  things which we humans
cannot.A personal experience __3__ this to me.
     Some years ago,    I had a dog named Howard.From the time that he was a baby dog,    he was
timid,    so we named him "Howard" to  __4__   with "coward"(胆小鬼) ! He was especially afraid
of  __5__. At the first hint of them,    he would run crying into the house and hide under a table.What
a hero!
     I often went for walks with Howard. __6__,    as we were walking along a road,    it began to rain.
I quickly ran to a bus stop for  __7__.The bus stop had a roof supported by metal poles.Soon after I
had got there,    Howard caught my   __8__  in his teeth and tried to pull me away.  __9__,    I was
puzzled and a little angry at his    10   .
    However,    I decided to humour him and walked away from the shelter into the rain and   11   for
home.
       12     I was about two hundred metres away from the shelter,    there came a blinding flash of
lightning and    13  ,    there was a crash of thunder which nearly     14   me. Howard stopped walking
and began crying. Knowing that he was afraid,    I    15     to pick him up.
     As I straightened up,    I   16   the bus shelter which we had just left.I was shocked to see that two
of the    17     were bent and the roof was lying on the ground,     18   .The shelter had been struck by
the lightning.I gave Howard a big hug to express my heartfelt    19   . He had just saved my life.He was
truly my     20  !
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(     )1. A. for           
(     )2. A. certain        
(     )3. A. expressed      
(     )4. A. rhyme        
(     )5. A. people        
(     )6. A. However      
(     )7. A. peace        
(     )8. A. collar        
(     )9. A. At first        
(     )10. A. teeth        
(     )11. A. looked      
(     )12. A. Because        
(     )13. A. long after  
(     )14. A. deafened    
(     )15. A. went        
(     )16. A. glared at    
(     )17. A. buses        
(     )18. A. broken      
(     )19. A. happiness    
(     )20. A. dog          
B. besides        
B. few            
B. conveyed        
B. meet            
B. buses          
B. Once            
B. relief          
B. sleeve          
B. At last        
B. behaviour      
B. dreamt          
B. Since          
B. minutes later  
B. struck          
B. bent            
B. stared at      
B. trees          
B. unharmed        
B. thanks          
B. son            
C. with             
C. several           
C. proved            
C. fight              
C. cats              
C. Unfortunately      
C. shelter          
C. hat              
C. At once          
C. courage          
C. headed            
C. When              
C. at the same time  
C.  killed          
C. rushed            
C. glanced at        
C. walls            
C. dangerous        
C. luck              
C. hero              
D. except              
D. great              
D. applied            
D. compete            
D. thunderstorms      
D. Suddenly            
D. comfort            
D. trousers            
D. At present          
D. idea                
D. asked              
D. Before              
D. soon after          
D. defeated            
D. turned              
D. aimed at            
D. poles              
D. dead                
D. wish                
D. friend              
阅读理解
     For years I wanted a flower garden. I"d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that
would look nice together.
     But then we had Matthew. And Marvin. And the twins,    Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five
children. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.
     Money was tight,  as well as time. Often when my children were little,    one of them would want
something that cost too much,    and I"d have to say,    "Do you see a money tree outside?Money
doesn"t grow on trees,    you know."
     Finally,   all five got through high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking
again about having a garden.
     I wasn"t sure,  though. I mean,   gardens do cost money,    and after all these years I was used to
living on a pretty lean,   nofrills budget.
     Then,  one spring morning,    on Mother"s Day,  I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly,  I realized
that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by. I looked out of the window and there was a new
tree,   planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow,    because I saw things blowing
around on all its branches. Then I put my glasses on-and I couldn"t believe what I saw. There was a
money tree in my yard!
     I went outside to look. It was true!There were dollar bills,    one hundred of them,    taped all over
that tree. Think of all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note
attached:"IOU eight hours of digging time. Love,    Marvin."
     Marvin kept his promise,  too. He dug up a nice tenbyfifteen foot bed for me. And my other children
bought me tools,    ornaments,  a trellis(棚架),  a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books.
     That was three years ago. My garden"s now very pretty,  just like I wanted. When I go out and
weed or tend my flowers,    I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they
are right there with me.
     I live up in Michigan"s Upper Peninsula,  where winters are long and cold,  and summers are too
short. But every year now,    when winter sets in,  I look out of my window and think of the flowers I"ll
see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me,    and I get tears in my eyes
every time.
     I"m still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does!

1. By saying "Do you see a money tree outside…"the mother actually means "________".
A. Observation is the best teacher
B. Seeing is believing
C. The outsider sees the most of the game
D. It is not easy to gain money

2. The best title for the passage would probably be "________".
A. My flower garden
B. Marvin helps to realize my dream
C. Love in Michigan
D. Money grows on trees

3. The underlined word "nofrills"in the fifth paragraph is similar in meaning to "________".
A. wasteful  
B. tight
C. absurd  
D. helpful

4. From the last three paragraphs we can infer that the mother is________.
A. divorced when she was young
B. not caring for her kids any longer
C. alone but not at all lonely
D. prouder with her garden than with her kids
完形填空
     In a land far away,  once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困),   and only the rich could
manage without great__1_. Three of those rich men and their servants were__2_together on a road
when they came to a very__3_village.
     The first could not stand seeing the poverty,  __4__he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons
(四轮载重马车) and shared__5_out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck,   and
he left.
    The second rich man,   seeing the__16__situation,   stopped for a short time and gave__7_all his
food and drink,   since he__8_see that money would be of little__9_to them. He made sure that they
each  10    their fair share and would have enough food to  11   for some time. Then,   he left.
     The third rich man,   on seeing such poverty,    12  and went straight through the   13  without
stopping.The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other   14    the
third rich man lacked sympathy. It was  15    that they themselves had been there to offer help.
     However,   three days later,   they   16  the third rich man,   who was coming in the opposite
direction. He was   17   travelling quickly,   but his wagons,    18    the gold and valuables they had
been  19   ,   were now full of farming tools and bags of  20  . He was rushing back to help them out
of poverty.
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(     )1. A. loss      
(     )2. A. standing      
(     )3. A. faraway      
(     )4. A. unless        
(     )5. A. them          
(     )6. A. curious      
(     )7. A. the villagers
(     )8. A. could    
(     )9. A. interest  
(     )10. A. returned
(     )11. A. remain  
(     )12. A. turned back
(     )13. A. village  
(     )14. A. whether  
(     )15. A. good    
(     )16. A. welcomed  
(     )17. A. still    
(     )18. A. except for
(     )19. A. loading  
(     )20. A. food    
B. expectations    
B. travelling        
B. poor              
B. because          
B. anything          
B. worrying          
B. his servants    
B. might          
B. concern          
B. gained          
B. last            
B. set out          
B. land            
B. how              
B. certain          
B. met              
B. already          
B. instead of        
B. treasuring      
B. jewels          
C. success      
C. gathering      
C. different      
C. so            
C. nothing        
C. dangerous      
C. the others    
C. should      
C. use          
C. offered      
C. supply       
C. showed off    
C. field        
C. where        
C. true         
C. accepted      
C. always        
C. apart from    
C. carrying      
C. money         
D. problems          
D. running          
D. ancient          
D. if                
D. those            
D. puzzling          
D. the rest          
D. must              
D. attraction        
D. received          
D. share            
D. speeded up        
D. road              
D. when              
D. strange          
D. persuaded        
D. indeed            
D. along with        
D. earning          
D. seeds