My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make
their beds. But they thought 1 . My complaints, even self-justified(自有道理) 2 , were always
landing on 3 ears. Very often a whole hour"s scolding would end with their 4 into tears. I felt
very frustrated. I realized I needed to 5 my method of "mothering".
One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in
plain 6 , I left the cards: "Dear Bill(the other card was 7 to Sarah), your room was messy
this morning and I"m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy." 8 arriving back, the children
were 9 excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were
fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy 10 for them, thanking them
for their nice "gift" of a clean room and 11 asking them to play a certain violin 12 . Each day,
thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas 13 .
Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little 14 : "If you can finish your homework and
go over your lessons before dinner, I"d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight."
Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in 15 of well-done jobs the
day 16
17 I can"t remember how long "the Room Fairy" continued leaving her love notes. When they
were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its (贴条). The bathroom mirror became
the 18 centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and
changes in plans could be 19 .
all benefited from and 20 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes.
I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable
communication. |
( ) 1. A. different
( ) 2. A. crying
( ) 3. A. side
( ) 4. A. crying
( ) 5. A. adjust
( ) 6. A. sentence
( ) 7. A. sent
( ) 8. A. As
( ) 9. A. more than
( )10. A. asking
( )11. A. politely
( )12. A. music
( )13. A. respectable
( )14. A. challenge
( )15. A. response
( )16. A. ahead
( )17. A. Actually
( )18. A. life
( )19. A. sent
( )20. A. learned | B. not
B. shouting
B. deaf
B. bringing
B. adopt
B. words
B. read
B. At
B. rather than
B. waiting
B. friendly
B. song
B. uninteresting
B. question
B. answer
B. before
B. Even so
B. main
B. struck
B. appreciated | C. negative
C. persuading
C. neither
C. bursting
C. access
C. speech
C. delivered
C. In
C. no more than
C. praying
C. gently
C. piece
C. incredible
C. suggestion
C. praise
C. over
C. Even if
C. memory
C. posted
C. shared | D. same
D. beating
D. either
D. dropping
D. addict
D. sight
D. addressed
D. Upon
D. other than
D. expecting
D. toughly
D. tone
D. fresh
D. advice
D. honor
D. ago
D. Though
D. reminder
D. hanged
D. thanked |
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| 完形填空。 | Bill Trew worked on the night shift(夜班) in an old coal mine called Park Deep. Day and night
180 miners worked underground there, more than 6,00 feet 1 .They all took their 2 of night
work, but Bill always worked at night. he said he 3 it.
One day he came home as usual at half past seven in the morning. He had his "Supper", 4 he
called it, and went to bed. An 5 dream troubled his sleep. 6 , the only thing he remembered
about it was- a throbbing(跳动) blue light.
Bill got up in the afternoon as usual. It was a 7 getting up-because he could still see the blue
light in front of his eyes. As the evening 8 darker, the light grew stronger. Bill got ready for the
night shift. But by 8 o"clock the blue light was so bright that he could 9 see anything else. He and
his wife were very puzzled. Bill had never been 10 before.
"Don"t go to work,"Mrs.Trew said. "If it isn"t better 11 tomorrow, I"ll have to send for the
doctor."
Bill didn"t go to work. He sat in an armchair, 12 but with closed eyes. 13 then the blueness was
like a living thing. It surrounded him, silent, throbbing. The family went to bed but Bill wasn"t 14 : he
stayed in his armchair.
At 11 o"clock a long, loud explosion(爆炸) 15 the ground. Bill opened his eyes and 16 to his
feet. The blue light was 17 ! He rushed outside. Someone shouted, "Gas! gas in Park Deep! Oh pity
the night shift!"
The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep. The mine was destroyed 18 .Bill Trew has
never 19 wondering. The blue light: why did it make him the only man 20 for work that night? | ( ) 1.A. down
( ) 2.A. order
( ) 3.A. decided
( ) 4.A. what
( ) 5.A. uneasy
( ) 6.A. Afterwards
( ) 7.A. regular
( ) 8.A. turned
( ) 9.A. possibly
( )10.A. fearful
( )11.A. for
( )12.A. awake
( )13.A. Just
( )14.A. serious
( )15.A. shook
( )16.A. struggled
( )17.A. gone
( )18.A. at last
( )19.A. stood
( )20.A. unfair | B. around
B. time
B. preferred
B. because
B. unusual
B. However
B. fresh
B. developed
B. hardly
B. calm
B. within
B. frightened
B. Till
B. tired
B. destroyed
B. rose
B. left
B. at all
B. stopped
B. unreasonable | C. off
C. share
C. suited
C. when
C. extra
C. Therefore
C. late
C. grew
C. probably
C. safe
C. by
C. clear
C. From
C. free
C. attacked
C. jumped
C. frozen
C. for ever
C. kept
C. unfit | D. away
D. list
D. needed
D. as
D. ordinary
D. Meanwhile
D. strange
D. fell
D. immediately
D. sick
D. on
D. relaxed
D. Even
D. troubled
D. broke
D. bent
D. lost
D. for all
D. delayed
D. unacceptable | | 阅读理解。 | I was working as a swimming coach when I met Anita for the first time. Seeing I was swimming,
Anita coming to me and asked me if I could help her to swim as her personal trainer was not available.
I have been a swimming coach for a club and there was no reason to deny her request.
In few minutes we became good friends and I was told she suffers from back problem. Her doctor
advised her to swim as it might be helpful to her. I took it easy as I have been sailing in the same boat
and swimming was a good option.
With my experience, I appreciated the thought and recommended her to swim on daily basis.
Without any hesitation she said, "I suffer from spinal arthritis(脊椎炎), a bigger problem than yours."
As we discussed types of oral medications for back problem, she came closer to me and whispered,
"I can make you feel better. My problem is more severe and requires a spinal injection on weekly
basis rather than oral medication". Her acceptance to her reality gave me strength to bear my pain.
I was glad we met. Undoubtedly, she made me feel better.
Arthritis has made my life difficult, one problem leading to another. It has made me treasure the
people in my life. The days are getting harder and Anita is an inspiration for me. Anita is working for
an architectural firm, irrespective of all her medical problems. Meeting Anita helped me to understand
that there are three angles to every problem - my angle, your angle and the right angle. Right angle is
the reality that you do not want to accept. I accepted the right angle in my life that my problem is big
but others might have a bigger problem. If they can live with courage and determination, why cannot
I?
We always focus on "my angle" and neglect the "right angle". Life is easier and better once we
understand the "right angle". | | 1. Why did the author accept Anita"s request? | A. Because her personal coach wasn"t there.
B. Because they had became good friends.
C. Because the author was a swimming coach.
D. Because Anita was a person hard to refuse. | | 2. What does the unlined phrase "sailing in the same boat" mean here? | A. Doing the same thing together.
B. Suffering from the same disease.
C. Swimming in the same swimming pool.
D. Taking the same boat out for swimming. | | 3. For the author, Anita was . | A.an encouragement
B.an eager trainee
C. a happy patient
D.an daily swimmer | | 4. What is the "right angle" according to the author? | A. courage
B. determination
C. acceptance
D. truth | | 完形填空。 | A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could
ride on his horse and 1 as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had
covered. 2  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and 3 as fast as possible to
cover as much land area as he could. He 4 riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as
possible. Even when he was 5 or tired, he did not stop 6 he wanted to cover as much area
as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was 7 .
Then he asked himself, "Why did I 8 myself so hard to cover so much land ar ea? Now I am dying
and I only 9 a very small area to 10 myself."
The above story is 10 to the journey of our 12 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make
more 13 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽,忘记) our 14 , time with our family and
to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding 15 and th e things we love to do. One day 16 we look back,
we will 17 that we don"t really need that much, 18 then we cannot turn back time for what we have
19 .
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only 20 to
keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. | ( )1. A. use
( )2. A. Good
( )3. A. rode
( )4. A. kept on
( )5. A. sad
( )6. A. but
( )7. A. sleeping
( )8. A. push
( )9. A. need
( )10. A. live
( )11. A. useful
( )12. A. future
( )13. A. friends
( )14. A. health
( )15. A. things
( )16. A. before
( )17. A. realize
( )18. A. or
( )19. A. saved
( )20. A. possible | B. cover
B. Strange
B. ran
B. asked for
B. excited
B. so
B. arguing
B. make
B. have
B. bury
B. certain
B. past
B. progress
B. career
B. condition
B. when
B. regret
B. until
B. missed
B. probable | C. work
C. Sure
C. expanded
C. gave up
C. confused
C. because
C. dying
C. destroy
C. find
C. support
C. similar
C. history
C. discoveries
C. honor
C. people
C. unless
C. apologize
C. however
C. reduced
C. necessary | D. get
D. Interesting
D. struggled
D. succeeded in
D. hungry
D. if
D. smiling
D. prove
D. show
D. sleep
D. special
D. life
D. money
D. freedom
D. beauty
D. since
D. explain
D. but
D. won
D. suitable | | 请用下列单词或短语的适当形式填空.(有多余选项) | | satisfy, supply, lead, would rather , struggle, whatever, confuse, work, rid, sunburn, prefer to, certain | There was an old goat that grew a lot of cabbages. He gathered in all his cabbages with the
help of two rabbits. Then he gave each of them ten cabbages to express his thanks. But the goat
got 1 when he found that one of them was very happy while the other was not that happy. So the
goat asked him, "You are not 2 with this?"
"No, no. Thank you very much for the cabbages. But if I have a choice I would 3 choose
something else," said the rabbit.
"Ok, you can choose 4 you like from what I have."
"I wonder if you can teach me to grow cabbages," the rabbit said. "I often can"t get enough food
to eat. If I want to 5 a good life, I must grow something of my own. So, I 6 learn to work the
land from you than just accept your cabbages."
" 7 the land is not that easy. In spring, you must 8 the land of grass; in summer, your skin will
be 9 working in the field and in autumn, you must 10 against bad weather to get in your crops.
Did you really decide to do so?" the goat asked.
"Yes. I"ve made up my mind."
"Ok!"
With the help of the goat, one year later, the rabbit got a lot of cabbages of his own. | | 完形填空。 | One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my
daughter.For several weeks she had been __1__ me to play chess(棋)with her,so I suggested a
game and she eagerly __2__.It was a school night,however,and at nine o"clock my daughter asked
if I could __3__ my moves,because she __4__ to go to bed；she had to get up at six in the morning.
I __5__ she had strict sleeping habits,__6__ I thought she ought to be able to __7__ some of this
strictness.I said to her,"__8__,you can stay up late for once.We"re having __9__." We played on for
another fifteen minutes,during which time she looked __10__.Finally she said, "Please,Daddy,do it
quickly." "No," I replied. "If you"re going to play it __11__,you"re going to play it slowly." And so we
__12__ for another ten minutes,until __13__ my daughter burst into tears,and __14__ that she was
beaten.
Clearly,I had made __15__.I had started the evening wanting to have a __16__ time with my
daughter but had __17__ my desire to win to become more __18__ than my relationship with my
daughter.When I was a child,my desire to win __19__ me well.As a parent,I __20__ that it got in
my way.So I had to change. | ( )1．A.guiding
( )2．A.followed
( )3．A.change
( )4．A.agreed
( )5．A.knew
( )6．A.so
( )7．A.put up
( )8．A.As usual
( )9．A.patience
( )10．A.excited
( )11．A.well
( )12．A.discussed
( )13．A.nervously
( )14．A.promised
( )15．A.a mistake
( )16．A.free
( )17．A.managed
( )18．A.important
( )19．A.offered
( )20．A.realized | B．asking
B．expected
B．repeat
B．needed
B．learned
B．for
B．take up
B．Go ahead
B．luck
B．proud
B．again
B．continued
B．immediately
B．admitted
B．a decision
B．different
B．recognized
B．attractive
B．served
B．apologized | C．training
C．replied
C．hurry
C．begged
C．guessed
C．but
C．pick up
C．By the way
C．fun
C．anxious
C．fairly
C．counted
C．strangely
C．wondered
C．an attempt
C．full
C．allowed
C．practical
C．controlled
C．imagined | D．advising
D．accepted
D．pass
D．hated
D．heard
D．or
D．give up
D．Come on
D．success
D．angry
D．regularly
D．argued
D．suddenly
D．discovered
D．an effort
D．happy
D．reduced
D．interesting
D．taught
D．explained |
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