Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The story happened in my childhood when I was living with my stepmother. She worked all day so I was _1_ looking after my younger half brother. During that time in our life, my dad wasn"t present much, but I didn"t 2 , because my stepmother took good care of my little brother and me. I loved her and always 3 she could spend more time with us but she worked Monday through Saturday. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he 4 her so much all the time. One day, he cried, saying he wanted his "Mummy". So I locked the house and carried him on my back to find his mummy. My stepmother worked very far away. After about an hour"s 5 , my little brother got tired and fell asleep. Then I 6 and saw he"d lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him from my back and put him down. I knew we had to find that shoe because my stepmom wouldn"t be able to 7 new shoes for him, but it would take too 8 to do it while carrying my brother. So I told him to stay where he was and I would run and find the shoe and come back. A man overheard me and stopped me right 9 I walked off. He asked me, "You"re leaving your brother here to go to find the shoe? What if he isn"t here when you 10 ?" I didn"t know how to answer that question. So he said, "People are always more 11 than things. It"s okay if you can"t find the shoe, but it isn"t okay to lose your brother over a shoe." He asked where we were headed and I told him the fact. I remember him looking at me and smiling when I told him what I was doing. He took both my brother and me and put us in a taxi and sent us to our 12 . |
( )1. A. nervous about ( )2. A. mind ( )3. A. believed ( )4. A. loved ( )5. A. ride ( )6. A. looked up ( )7. A. seek ( )8. A. long ( )9. A. until ( )10. A. leave ( )11. A. wonderful ( )12. A. destination | B. good at B. worry B. appreciated B. missed B. drive B. looked around B. afford B. much B. when B. return B. intelligent B. home | C. responsible for C. complain C. ensured C. demanded C. run C. looked down C. repair C. far C. before C. search C. essential C. factory | D. bored with D. regret D. wished D. thought D. walk D. looked out D. make D. late D. though D. wander D. important D. shelter | 完形填空 | One day I was mailing a package in the office when I saw a woman approach the postal clerk. "I found this lying on the floor by my box, " she said, "and I"d like to hand it in." The postal clerk laughed and said, "I"ve _1_ had anyone hand in money before, but I"ll put it in an envelope. Please write your name and telephone number on the front. If no one 2 the money, we"ll call you." The lady explained, "I"ve lost money before and it was never turned in. I remember how I 3 . I don"t want to make someone else feel that way." The postal clerk responded with her own 4 of having dropped some money while shopping and not knowing it 5 she was preparing to pay for her purchases. I admit that I"d slowed down on my preparations as I was busy listening to their 6 . The lady who handed in the money left the post office. At almost the same time a very young woman 7 . She approached the postal clerk and asked, "Has anyone turned in any money recently?" She told the clerk the 8 , and the clerk laughed again. "As a matter of fact, yes!" she responded. "It was turned in just several 9 ago." Then a young man ran in and said, "It"s not on the ground!" She turned to him and said, "Someone turned the money in!" The look of 10 on both of these young people"s faces is a memory I"ll have for a long time. The young lady told how she thought the money was 11 in her coat pocket when she walked in to check her mailbox. Only when she arrived home did she 12 that it was no longer there. Yes, I finally finished preparing the package to be mailed, but I was the one who had a very special surprise in the post office. | ( )1. A. often ( )2. A. claims ( )3. A. behaved ( )4. A. way ( )5. A. until ( )6. A. debate ( )7. A. drove in ( )8. A. event ( )9. A. minutes ( )10. A. surprise ( )11. A. generally ( )12. A. believe
| B. always B. requires B. felt B. intention B. when B. quarrel B. rushed in B. time B. hours B. relief B. merely B. doubt
| C. never C. accepts C. reacted C. memory C. after C. lecture C. cut in C. story C. days C. pression C. dly C. realize
| D. occasionally D. seeks D. imagined D. risk D. though D. conversation D. broke in D. amount D. weeks D. excitement D. securely D. prove | 阅读理解 | It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the 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 | 5. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________. | A. how much money you have made B. what attitude you have had towards life C. the way you help others D. your social relationship | 完型填空 | It was at a concert that I happened to find David. He was holding his head at a strange angle as if he were staring down at something. Then the truth struck me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers __1__ was his daughter being born. Then the world went __2__. Bad luck is no stranger to this 44yearold man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to __3__ 11yearold David to the care of the state. Things seemed always to go from bad to worse. Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the __4__ of a truck. David was not hurt. The dog was killed. But David does not feel sorry for himself. "These are just little obstacles you have to __5__ in your life," he said. He has to make a daily twohour trip to his working place-the Xray department of an emergency room. It was a hard job to __6__. Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the Lighthouse, an organization __7__ to help blind people. He wanted a job of developing Xray film, something everyone, not just he, must do in the dark, including people with __8__ eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with no result, __9__ they offered to pay his first three months" salary. David works alone in a dark room that smells of chemicals. He cannot wear gloves. __10__, he could not feel. Since this is an emergency room, lives can be put at risk or out of danger. His directress says she trusts him 100 percent. He makes $20,000 a year. But his motivation goes beyond money. "By working, I can actualize my own __11__. That"s the most important!" he said. What a shining example for us to __12__! | ( )1. A.doing ( )2. A.blank ( )3. A.bring up ( )4. A.bottom ( )5. A.seek ( )6. A.deal with ( )7. A.intended ( )8. A.common ( )9. A.because ( )10. A.However ( )11. A.blindness ( )12. A.set | B. feeling B. colorful B. bring in B. path B. overcome B. get through B. attended B. poor B. if B. Unfortunately B. income B. take | C. seeing C. empty C. give up C. wheel C. surround C. take up C. offered C. normal C. in case C. Otherwise C. value C. hold | D. hearing D. silent D. give in D. search D. search D. come by D. devoted D. actual D. even though D. Besides D. experiences D. follow | 阅读理解。 | I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have 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. | 5.What"s the main idea of the passage? | A.The kind mother. B.The meanest mother C.The failure mother D.The successful mother |
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