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I woke up one morning last week to read a story about an athlete who had seemed to have
everything.
US track star Marion Jones owned a trophy (奖杯) case filled with medals. She had worldwide
fame. She held the high honor of being the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at an
Olympics- the 2000 Sydney Games.
But last Friday, the 31-year-old track star tearfully confessed that she had lied to fans, sports
official and US federal agents about taking steroids.
The five Olympic medals in her trophy case? Gone. Meaningless. The worldwide fame? Exchanged
for infamy. The honor of being the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at an
Olympics? Forgotten, wiped off the record books.
"It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your
trust." Jones confessed.
She"d posed for pictures with fans. She"d attended parties and talked about her accomplishments.
But for years she"d slept - or tried to sleep - knowing that much of what she had done was built on a lie.
Now, finally, she"d decided to tell the truth.
"If she had trusted her own natural gifts and allied them to self-sacrifice and hard work, I sincerely
believe that she could have been an honest champion at the Sydney Games." IAAF President Lamine
Diack said over the weekend. "Instead, Mario Jones will be remembered as one of the biggest frauds
in sporting history."
Sadly, she won"t be the last. There are still others lurking(潜伏) behind their trophies. They too
appear to have everything. They"re superstars, the envy of every young person who has played a
sport. But for how long? And at what cost? Every time they look at their trophies and medals they
remember that the awards really belong to someone else.
B. Marion Jones
C. IAAF president
D. US federal agents
B. Marion Jones may be remembered as a fraud in sporting history
C. IAAF president will not forgive Marion Jones
D. cheating is still widely existing in sports competition
B. the honesty and hard work in sports competition
C. trophies, medals and champions
D. the spirit of Olympic Games
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others around me. I participated in(参加) various transformation workshops, however, it made no
difference. I remained stuck in my life. As a result, I became separated from my family and reached rock
bottom in my life. Having reached there, I resisted transforming myself.
After some time, I thought to myself, start believing in yourself and it will make a difference in your life.
I first started loving myself and then all those around me. I started respecting myself and then others
around me. My selfworth increased.
Sangeeta is my workmate. She"s transparent, honest and respectful. She"s very poor and has a large
family to support. In addition, her husband doesn"t hold a regular job. In short, she"s struggling in life.
On a cold winter morning, when she came to work, I found her shaking. I asked whether she had a
pullover (毛线套衫). She didn"t reply. I had my answer. The next day when she came to work again, I
gave her the money to buy a pullover for herself. The expression of thankfulness in her eyes was
something that will remain with me for a long time.
A few weeks ago, she was ill and didn"t come to work. Instead, she sent her friend to do her work.
The moment I realized Sangeeta was sick, I gave her friend the money to buy medicines for her
treatment. It took Sangeeta some time to recover from her illness. The first thing I cared about was
whether she needed any more help of any kind. And she said, "Sir, you"ve done enough for me. I"m
grateful to you."
That was the moment when I realized that I"m walking my path. Sometimes, I still fall down, but I get
up and start walking again even though I may have hurt myself in the process.
B. changed the author"s attitude
C. had little effect on the author
D. helped the author get along well with others
B. He knew Sangeeta was too proud to admit her poverty.
C. He knew Sangeeta was in danger at that time.
D. He had the chance to change Sangeeta"s attitude towards him.
B. helped Sangeeta do her work
C. bought her medicines for treatment
D. met with refusal when offering help
B. changes which happen to the author
C. a woman who changed the author"s life
D. the relationship between Sangeeta and the author
implement(实施) in my own family. Basically, each year after Thanksgiving dinner, all of the people sit
around in the living room and each person takes a few minutes and talks about the thing they are most
thankful about over the last year. Everyone in the family takes the question seriously and answers it
honestly, giving thanks for what really matters and adds value to their life.
This is something I"ve actually thought about a lot in the last year, and I really came up with two things, one obvious and one not so much.
The first one, obviously, is the conception and birth and healthiness of my daughter. She"s a healthy,
happy twomonthold baby who smiles a lot and very much enjoys sitting on her dad"s lap. I am so thankful
for having this wonderful baby in my life, and thankful that she has the gift of good health.
The second one isn"t my financial turnaround (as some of you might have expected-that was what I
was most thankful for last year). Instead, I am thankful for the discovery of the value of writing in my life.
A year ago, The Simple Dollar was only a few weeks old and was far from popular yet-according to my
data, on Thanksgiving Day last year I had about 60 subscribers. The process of writing was bringing me
enjoyment. This past year showed me otherwise, and I am deeply thankful for it. After thinking about it
for a while, I began to realize that it is a very powerful and wonderfully positive exercise. You spend time
reflecting deeply on the positives in your life, and you often realize that even when things are bad, you do
have lots to be thankful for because there is a lot of good in your life, and it can shine a bright light even
in a dark spot in your life. I hope to repeat this each year on Thanksgiving, because it brought forth a
pretty strong joy in my life today.
B. Enjoying the warm family atmosphere together.
C. Talking about the things they appreciate most.
D. Talking about their attitude towards future life.
B. her daughter likes playing with her dad
C. her daughter makes her dull life full of fun
D. her daughter is losing weight
B. the author once suffered financial difficulty
C. the author will not go on writing until she discovers the value of writing
D. writing has made the author known nationwide
B. People should find a suitable career.
C. People should reflect on their mistakes.
D. People should hold a positive attitude.
one could laugh. As a teenager knowing little about life, I wanted a father who could 1 the mysteries
of the human journey. In college, when friends called home for 2 , I would become 3 for what I
didn’t have.
Then one night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was
some trouble. Later, he 4 the problem with me. Obviously my knowledge of law helped him a lot.
I talked through the problem with him, 5 the motives of the people involved and offering several
negotiation strategies.
He 6 patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I’m a 7 man.”
My father is a 8 scientist who has a good knowledge of the building blocks of nature. 9 , human
nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized he was simply not skilled at 10 people. It’s not in his
11 to understand human desires.
It was no one’s 12 that my father showed no interest in human emotions while I placed great
importance on them. We are sometimes born more sensitive, and dreamy than our 13 and become
more curious, and idealistic than them. 14 I, who knew my father as an intelligent man, had never
understood his intelligence didn’t cover all of my 15 feelings.
I believe that coming home has 16 me years of questions and confusion. I nowadays consider my
parents as people who have other relationships than just being my parents, relationships that 17 and
define them.
Best of all, I nowadays regard my parents as 18 : people who ask me for advice; people who need
my 19 and understanding. And I’ve come to see my past in a 20 view. Knowing them makes me feel
safe in where I come from and where I’m going.
| ( ) 1. A. think ( ) 2. A. money ( ) 3. A. unhappy ( ) 4. A. exchanged ( ) 5. A. proving ( ) 6. A. replied ( ) 7. A. simple ( ) 8. A. special ( ) 9. A. Therefore ( )10. A. meeting with ( )11. A. nature ( )12. A. relief ( )13. A. relatives ( )14. A. Besides ( )15. A. strong ( )16. A. told ( )17. A. raise ( )18. A. friends ( )19. A. visit ( )20. A. richer | B. produce B. advice B. unhelpful B. solved B. recording B. learned B. weak B. lively B. However B. dealing with B. plan B. secret B. classmates B. And B. strange B. gave B. protect B. teachers B. support B. harder | C. explain C. love C. unknown C. found C. analyzing C. chatted C. lazy C. brilliant C. Indeed C. talking with C. wish C. pity C. parents C. However C. different C. added C. shape C. travelers C. wisdom C. rougher | D. explore D. agreement D. unpopular D. shared D. guessing D. listened D. blind D. humorous D. Anyhow D. fighting with D. major D. fault D. families D. For D. unique D. saved D. enjoy D. leaders D. knowledge D. clearer |
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| I was wondering when it would happen. As everyone who lives in London and other cities around Britain will know, urban foxes are now commonplace. I recently saw one in the middle of the day, wandering along a street in Pimlico. Twenty years ago, that sight would have stopped the traffic. Now, it is barely worth a remark. Foxes are large animals, as big as many dogs. Of course, as in the terrifying incident at Homerton, one would attack a baby sooner or later. Actually, this has already happened. In 2002, at Dartford in Kent, a fox bit a 14-week-old boy in the living room of the family home while his mother was sleeping. The last government preferred to ignore the incident; it was, after all trying to ban foxhunting at the time. It could see that some folk love urban foxes, perhaps having the same affection for wildlife as the people I have seen in London parks feeding rats along with squirrels and ducks. The foxites even include animal scientists, who would seem to have persuaded Bristol City Council (whose advisory Living with Urban Foxes has been adopted by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) that foxes never attack humans. But then they also deny that country foxes target lambs, when every hill farmer I know would tell them differently. A lamb is much the same size as a baby. It is no more difficult to get into a house than into a hen cage. According to Living with Urban Foxes, “the fox population is stable”, and has not significantly increased. Is this true? When I first lived in London in the late 1970s, urban foxes had an almost mythical status. They were like yetis. You never saw one; you weren’t sure they really existed. Now, they are part of the scene. I wouldn’t be surprised to find one. Friends in the suburbs are plagued（困扰）with them. A study in Bristol showed that an astonishing 8 percent of pets caged in gardens are killed by foxes each year. Surely, if foxes are now harming babies, it is time for something to be done about them, yet this is not as straightforward as it might seem. While country residents refer to foxes as harmful animals, that is not how they are officially classified; this means that local authorities do not have a statutory obligation（法定的义务）to control them. It would be an easy thing for this government to change the legislation. | |||
| 1.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage? | |||
| A. To urge the government to control urban foxes. B. To show how to provide food for urban foxes. C. To protect urban foxes from traffic accidents. D. To prove urban foxes are not dangerous as expected. | |||
| 2.The underlined word “foxites” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to those who ______. | |||
| A. hate urban foxes B. love urban foxes C. support foxhunting D. oppose foxhunting | |||
| 3.What is the author’s attitude toward Living with Urban Foxes? | |||
| A. Support. B. Praise. C. Disbelief. D. Tolerance. | |||
| 4.What kind of people is the author worried about most? | |||
| A. Farmers. B. Students. C. Drivers. D. Babies. |