for the holiday. Grandma and Uncle Henry lived on a farm some 15 miles out of town. They
had no electricity or running water and 1 what I considered the "good things" in life. They
2 made no plans for Christmas. When Christmas Eve arrived, Mom told me in her best
"I-mean-it" voice to 3 0 all the decorations from our tree. She packed those up 4 all
the trimmings(材料) for a complete turkey dinner.
Christmas morning dawned perfectly with the sun shining brightly across a fresh blanket of
snow. 5 I sulked(生气) silently in the backseat of the car as we made our 6 to grandma"s.
This was going to be the 7 Christmas ever! Grandma was 8 to see us as we walked up
to her door. "What on earth are you doing here?" she stammered(结巴)." We weren"t expecting
9 . It"s Christmas, and I don"t even have a turkey to cook for you." "I knew 10 ." Mom said
as we set boxes of goodies on the kitchen table. "That"s 11
12 we brought all with us." "We have a tree," Mom insisted. " Otherwise(否则), what will we
do with all these decorations?" Uncle Henry quickly caught Mom"s spirit. He called me to join him,
and we found a perfect Christmas tree in the woods. Soon the house smelled fresh and piney as
we decorated the tree, and the day take on a festive air. The turkey dinner was very good, too.
I was actually beginning to enjoy this unusual Christmas day!
Dessert was forgotten 13 Mom came out with the final surprise-a flaming pudding! "Merry
Christmas, mother," Mom said. "Dear me!" Grandma gasped(喘息). "I haven"t seen a flaming
pudding since I left England before I was married." Tears of 14 filled her eyes. I could not
hold the tears back, 15 . I knew then that Mom had also given me the best Christmas present
ever-she had taught me what a beautiful thing it is to give.
( ) 1. A. prepared ( ) 2. A. also ( ) 3. A. replace ( ) 4. A. instead of ( ) 5. A. But ( ) 6. A. decision ( ) 7. A. last ( ) 8. A. expected ( ) 9. A. anyone ( )10. A. you ( )11. A. how ( )12. A. can ( )13. A. until ( )14. A. sadness ( )15. A. too | B. lacked B. still B. collect B. by the side of B. So B. way B. busiest B. eager B. others B. them B. why B. must B. after B. joy B. also | C. refused C. never C. remove C. along with C. And C. wish C. best C. surprised C. someone C. that C. where C. may C. because C. regret C. neither | D. wanted D. hardly D. show D. in spite of D. Then D. plan D. worst D. ready D. no one D. this D. what D. might D. unless D. worry D. either |
1-5: BACCA 6-10: BDCAC 11-15: BBABD | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were! "Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste (浆 糊) that helps you hang in there when the things get tough. It is the inner voice that tells you, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can"t!" It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn"t stop working on her experiments. We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is the childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing the cello (大提琴). As the music flowed through his fingers, his shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As writer and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle (起皱纹) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." Enthusiastic people also love what they do, not considering money or title or power. Patricia Mellratl, a retired director in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, "My father, long ago, told me, "I never made any money until I stopped working for it."" We can"t afford to waste tears on "might-have-been". We need to turn the tears into sweat (汗水)as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses finding pleasure in the sweet of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow. | |||
1. What is the passage mainly talking about? | |||
A. Enthusiasm is more important than experience. B. Enthusiasm can give people more success and fame C. Enthusiastic people will never get old D. Enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life. | |||
2. We can infer that enthusiasm is more important for a person especially when __________. | |||
A. he is in trouble B. he is getting old C. he can do what he love D. he has succeeded | |||
3. The author mentions Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ______. | |||
A. enthusiasm can make people feel young B. music can arouse people"s enthusiasm C. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy | |||
4. How many examples are referred in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm? | |||
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six | |||
5. Which proverb may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph? | |||
A. A good beginning makes a good ending B. Don"t cry over the spoiled milk C. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy D. Love me, love my dog | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) landed on their window. The father asked his son, "What is that?" The son replied, "That is a crow." After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, "What is this?" The son said, "Father, I told you just now. It"s a crow." After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, "What is this?" This time, the son said to his father in a low and cold tone, "It"s a crow, a crow." After a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, "What is this?" This time his son shouted at his father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, "IT IS A CROW". Are you not able to understand this?" A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn"t at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son. If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the best way no matter how they behave." | |||
1. The writer mainly intends to ______. | |||
A. tell us the function of a diary B. call on us to love our parents C. teach us what a crow is D. introduce a pair of son and father | |||
2. The underlined word "affection" probably means______. | |||
A. puzzlement B. hatred(恨) C. worry D. love | |||
3. We can infer that the father wrote that piece of diary at the age of ______. | |||
A. eighty B. three C. thirty-eight D. forty-five | |||
4. The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because ______. | |||
A. he forgot what had happened B. he would like his son to read it C. it could remind himself of the past D. he wanted to find what a crow was | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
A Gift of God | |||
1. When did Mr. Earnshaw return home from Liverpool? | |||
A. By supper time. B. An hour after the meal time. C. When it was getting dark. D. Not until it was nearly midnight. | |||
2. Mr. Earnshaw brought the gipsy child back home for the following reasons except that ______ . | |||
A. he couldn"t find the parents of the starving child. B. he found that the starving child was a dumb boy. C. he couldn"t afford to stay longer to look for the child"s parents. D. he couldn"t leave the starving child without anyone caring for it. | |||
3. It can be inferred from the passage that . | |||
A. The title "A Gift of God" refers to something he bought in Liverpool. B. Cathy was very disappointed and she turned her anger at her father. C. Mrs. Earnshaw agreed to keep the gipsy child in spite of everything. D. Hindley was good-humoured even if he didn"t get his present. | |||
完形填空。 | |||
Three years ago, I had a job in a retail store (零售店). I 1 to talk to everybody and know what was going on in their 2 . I remember a girl who started 3 there a few months after me. We seldom talked but we always 4 each other and smiled. She always smiled in a really happy way 5 one day when we got to work in the 6 department. She smiled as if she was the 7 girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, "What"s wrong with you?" She answered, "Why?" I said, "I could feel you"re very 8 , but you"re always trying to 9 it." Her mouth just dropped as if I had 10 her deepest secret, so we started talking. She told me 11 she was feeling unhappy and why she was trying to 12 that nothing was wrong. Time went by and we became good friends. She"d always tell me I had 13 her life in so many ways. Today that girl is one of my best 14 . I really don"t know what I would do 15 her. She has been there for me in every 16 way a friend could be. What I"m trying to say is that you never know 17 you"re helping yourself. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a __18 _ friend. So the next time you see a 19 and he needs someone who will 20 to him, wait and let him say what he wants to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself. | |||
( )1. A. managed ( )2. A. lives ( )3. A. shopping ( )4. A. assisted ( )5. A. though ( )6. A. similar ( )7. A. quietest ( )8. A. sad ( )9. A. keep ( )10. A. caught ( )11. A. when ( )12. A. pretend ( )13. A. protected ( )14. A. customers ( )15. A. without ( )16. A. simple ( )17. A. before ( )18. A. truthful ( )19. A. stranger ( )20. A. belong | B. intended B. jobs B. talking B. looked at B. since B. nearby B. happiest B. angry B. stop B. discovered B. how B. become B. recovered B. friends B. for B. possible B. since B. useful B. worker B. refer | C. remembered C. studies C. going C. realized C. until C. same C. busiest C. happy C. hide C. controlled C. why C. make C. supported C. neighbors C. upon C. strange C. because C. hopeful C. passenger C. listen | D. liked D. marriages D. working D. stared at D. unless D. different D. luckiest D. surprised D. show D. checked D. what D. admit D. changed D. classmates D. with D. perfect D. when D. careful D. visitor D. turn |
阅读理解。 | |||
I took my dog, Phil, to the vet"s (兽医诊所) yesterday. When the doctor came into the room, he was limping (跛行). "What"s wrong?" I said. "Oh, it"s my knee. They want me to really appreciate the operation I"m about to have, so they delayed it another month, so I would suffer more," he replied. It was then for the first time I actually showed my scar to someone. "Look, I had an operation on my arm." My wife has been telling me that it really didn"t look bad. It healed very nicely. When I showed it to the doctor and his assistant, they said, "That"s terrible!" That"s when I discovered something. "Doctor, when I was a kid, I fell. I remember showing the scar to all my friends because I thought it was "cool". Having a scar at that age was like having a battle injury." "Then I went into the young adulthood and vanity (虚荣心) took over. I was in a band and never wanted anything to scar my beautiful face. Now, at 59, I just joined that group of older folks who are proud to compare operations, aches and pains," I said struggling to get it out without laughing. The winner is the one who is in the worst shape, I guess. Then there are those at any age, who use their scars as an excuse. The kind of excuse holds them back, limits them and provides a crutch for why they aren"t happy. "Too short"... "too fat"... "my family"... "ever since we had children" and so on. All scars never heal because we keep picking at (扯拉) them. I promised I"d never do that, yet today I didn"t even hesitate to show the doctor my scar. It"s okay. I see it as returning to my childhood. What scars do you have? | |||
1. The doctor would limp for another month because _____. | |||
A. he wanted to show it to the author B. his operation was put off C. he was proud to suffer from it D. he was too busy to receive the operation | |||
2. The author felt bad about his scars when he was _____. | |||
A. a baby B. a teenager C. a young adult D. a middle-aged man | |||
3. As a child, the author _____. | |||
A. often compared aches with others B. was proud to wear a scar C. often fought with other kids D. had an operation on his forehead | |||
4. The underlined word "crutch" in the passage most probably means "_____". | |||
A. support B. injury C. experience D. chance | |||
5.The passage suggests that we should _____. | |||
A. avoid showing our scars B. fight against our scars C. be optimistic about our scars D. show off our scars to others |