When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student. I believed
I could 1 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by
Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 2 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 3 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, for English was my best
subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 4 .
I decided to try harder, although I didn"t know what that means 5 school had always been easy for
me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 6 with Professor Jayne. Again, he
listened 7 but wouldn"t change his mind.
One more test before the final exam. One more 8 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts
and, for the first time, learned the meaning of the word " 9 ". But my 10 did no good and everything
went as before.
The last hurdle was the final. No matter what grade I got, it wouldn"t cancel three C-pluses. I might as
well kiss the 11 goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the
final, I even 12 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I"d have fun with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A I hurried into Professor Jayne"s office. He 13 to be
expecting me. "If I gave you the grade as you expected, you wouldn"t continue to work as hard."
I stared at him, 14 that his analysis and strategy were correct. I had worked my head off, as I had
never done before.
I was 15 when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received
my scholarship. I"ve always remembered Professor Jayne"s lesson: you alone must set your own standard
of excellence. |
( )1. A. take
( )2. A. sought
( )3. A. shocked
( )4. A. unchanged
( )5. A. when
( )6. A. quarreled
( )7. A. angrily
( )8. A. choice
( )9. A. tough
( )10. A. ambition
( )11. A. scholarship
( )12. A. helped
( )13. A. happened
( )14. A. remembering
( )15. A. anxious | B. discuss
B. presented
B. worried
B. unpleasant
B. because
B. reasoned
B. patiently
B. step
B. difficult
B. confidence
B. course
B. favored
B. proved
B. guessing
B. touched | C. cover
C. exchanged
C. scared
C. unfriendly
C. if
C. bargained
C. surprisedly
C. chance
C. final
C. effort
C. degree
C. treated
C. pretended
C. supposing
C. speechless | D. get
D. obtained
D. anxious
D. unmoved
D. though
D. chatted
D. naturally
D. measure
D. thorough
D. method
D. subject
D. relaxed
D. seemed
D. realizing
D. correct |
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| Reading comprehension. | My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons
in values that helped me grow into an adult.
For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a
Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my
baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt"s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged
me to confess to her. After all, I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path
between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window
from my pocket money if she would return my ball.
I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my
fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in
spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I"d hate to lose to someone else the small
dog my father carved from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids, and still
remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on the shoulder.
Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was
twelve, I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed to
Steve to come from the house to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and
stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, "Did it hurt you first, Mark?" I didn"t
know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, "The only time you should ever think of hurting a
living thing is if it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time." I really felt terrible then, but that
moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me. | | 1. What is the main subject of the passage? | | [ ] | A. The relationship between Mark and Steve.
B. The important lesson Mark learned in school.
C. Steve"s important role in Mark"s growing process.
D. Mark and Steve"s respect for living things. | | 2. In the story about the pen, which of the following lessons did Steve teach his brother? | | [ ] | A. Respect for personal property.
B. Respect for life.
C. Sympathy for people with problems.
D. The value of honesty. | | 3. According to the writer, which was the most important lesson Steve taught his young brother? | | [ ] | A. Respect for living things.
B. Responsibility for one"s actions.
C. The value of honesty.
D. Care for the property of others. | | 4. The underlined word "knocked" in the second paragraph means _____. | | [ ] | A. tapped
B. beat
C. struck
D. trembled | | 完形填空。 | I wouldn"t ask for a dressing room. My mom always asked for me.
The evening before I had 1 risen from my seat and piled on excess (过量) noodles. Then I licked (舔)
my bowl with the buttered garlic bread, 2 no evidence of the four servings I had eaten greedily. In the
morning I would be forced to lie on my bed and suck in my 3 just to button my jeans. I feared school 4 .
The sale rack, with its slender size markers, knew my number continued to grow.
I learned 5 to eat from my dad: fast and without thinking. In our house, the dinner table involved 6
with the children on defense. One 7 move and our dinner would be snatched off our plates without warning
and eaten up by our father 8 than we could blink. We soon learned to keep a hand up while 9 our chicken,
and if mom decided to cook that night we needed to hurry and get 10 before it was gone.
Only one pair of jeans I tried on fit. I 11 and told my mother I could button every pair but only needed the
jeans that lay 12 in my hands. We walked to the checkout.
I kept my head down as we passed a group of girls. They 13 . I glanced up only long enough to know my
place. Their 14 cut at me, hands cupped over their mouths in secrecy.
The shop was about to close and I 15 two girls in my third grade class out.
"I like your pants. Where did you get them?" Marcy asked Alicia. I nodded in agreement, 16 they had
removed their cupped hands and I could hear the 17 .
"Really? I like yours better," Alicia replied.
"We should trade. What 18 are you?" Marcy asked.
"I don"t know..." Alicia said, finding the tag in the back of her pants. "Seven."
"Me too," Marcy said.
I 19 in line as I held the jeans, tag folded in so 20 could see the number on it was 12. I am not a size seven. | ( )1.A. hurriedly
( )2.A. leaving
( )3.A. stomach
( )4.A. uniforms
( )5.A. what
( )6.A. battle
( )7.A. big
( )8.A. harder
( )9.A. swallowing
( )10.A. excuses
( )11.A. ordered
( )12.A. closed
( )13.A. laughed
( )14.A. mouths
( )15.A. led
( )16.A. thankful
( )17.A. interview
( )18.A. number
( )19.A. jumped
( )20.A. everybody | B. hungrily
B. offering
B. legs
B. meals
B. how
B. game
B. unusual
B. further
B. biting
B. seconds
B. lied
B. guided
B. murmured
B. hands
B. followed
B. afraid
B. conversation
B. size
B. waited
B. anybody | C. repeatedly
C. collecting
C. waist
C. holiday
C. why
C. strike
C. false
C. earlier
C. tasting
C. opportunities
C. paid
C. guarded
C. shouted
C. eyes
C. invited
C. anxious
C. question
C. color
C. cried
C. nobody | D. worriedly
D. examining
D. hands
D. shopping
D. when
D. debate
D. bold
D. faster
D. cooking
D. demands
D. promised
D. satisfied
D. whispered
D. ears
D. walked
D. I excited
D. report
D. weight
D. hid
D. somebody | | 阅读理解。 | It was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had changed overnight, when a backing wind
brought a pale sky and a muzzling rain with it, and although it was now only a little after two o"clock in
the afternoon the gray of a winter evening seemed to have closed upon the hills, surrounding them in mist.
It would be dark by four. The air was cold, and for all the tightly closed windows it influenced the inside
of the coach. The leather seats felt damp to the hands, and there must have been a small crack in the roof,
because now and again little drips of rain fell softly through, polluting the leather and leaving a dark-blue
stain like a spot of ink. The wind came in, at times shaking the coach as it traveled round the bend of the
road, and in the exposed places on the high ground it blew with such force that the whole body of the
coach trembled and swayed, rocking between the high wheels like a drunken man.
The driver, muffled (裹住) in a great coat to his ears, bent almost double in his seat in a faint endeavor
to gain shelter from his own shoulders. The few passengers pressed together for warmth, exclaiming all
together when the coach sank into a heavier rut (车辙) than usual, and one old fellow, who had kept up
a constant complaint ever since he had joined the coach at Truro, rose from his seat in anger; and, feeling
with the window-frame, let the window down with a crash, bringing a shower of rain upon himself and
his fellow-passengers. He thrust his head out and shouted up to the driver, scolding him in a angry voice
for a rogue and a murderer; that they would all be dead before they reached Bodmin if he persisted in
driving at dangerous speed; they had no breath left in their bodies as it was, and he would never travel by
coach again. | | 1. What is the main image the author gives in this description? | | [ ] | A. In terrible weather, a coach was running fast in mud with complaining passengers on it.
B. On a cold and rainy day the coach broke and the driver was repairing it on the road.
C. On a cold night the driver and the passengers felt very cold and struggled in the rain.
D. The bad condition of the road resulted in the bad mood of the passengers. | | 2. Which of the following is correct according to the text? | | [ ] | A. The windows were tightly closed, so the cold air was kept outside the coach.
B. The spot of ink stained leather, so the seats felt damp to the hands.
C. Most probably the roof of the coach was broken.
D. There was a drunken man swaying constantly on the coach. | | 3. The expression "muffled in a great coat to... his own shoulders" implies _____. | | [ ] | A. the driver felt very cold and tried to change his seat
B. the driver felt comfortable by doing in that way
C. The driver felt very cold and tried to gain warmth
D. The driver tried to protect his ears and shoulders | | 4. We can learn from the text that _____. | | [ ] | A. the coach was running slowly due to the bad weather
B. an old passenger who got on the coach at Truro was angry about the windows
C. one of the passengers on the coach was a murderer
D. the few passengers let out exclamations as the coach moved violently | | 完形填空。 | One night I was sitting in my kitchen half-listening as my 15-year-old son, Tommy quarreled with his 12-
year-old brother Kevin. I didn"t pay attention when Kevin 1 the stairs with the 2 on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin 3 inside the bathroom. I bit my tongue
to 4 myself saying, "Come on Kevin, don"t be such a 5 ." Instead, I knocked on the door and asked, "Hey,
Kevin, do you want a 6 ?" No answer. I 7 again, "Why don"t you come out of there?" No answer again.
So, joking around, I took hold of a pile of 8 and a pencil and wrote, "If you don"t want to talk, we can 9
notes to each other.
An hour later I was 10 sitting outside the bathroom with two piles of the cards in front of me. They are
cards from Kevin on which he had 11 all his unpleasant feelings into words for me. By this time I don"t 12
the rings of my telephone and popular TV show downstairs. One of Kevin"s notes said, " 13 in this family cares
about me. I am not the youngest, and I am not the 14 , and I am not the 15 . Tommy thinks that I am stupid
and Dad wishes he had 16 Kevin as a kid because he"s better at baseball. And you never 17 me."
18 came to my eyes. I wrote back, "You know, Kevin, I really do love you and I am sorry I don"t always
19 it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family." Since then I try my best to never only 20 my
family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. | ( )1.A. rushed down
( )2.A. injury
( )3.A. laughing
( )4.A. stop
( )5.A. man
( )6.A. dialogue
( )7.A. tried
( )8.A. papers
( )9.A. draw
( )10.A. still
( )11.A. put
( )12.A. pay attention
( )13.A. Nobody
( )14.A. tallest
( )15.A. biggest
( )16.A. one
( )17.A. notice
( )18.A. Smiles
( )19.A. know
( )20.A. half-notice | B. rushed up
B. wound
B. crying
B. keep
B. student
B. conversation
B. hesitated
B. books
B. write
B. even
B. spelled
B. look forward
B. Everybody
B. oldest
B. fastest
B. the same
B. believe
B. Tears
B. recognize
B. half-finish | C. rushed out
C. hurt
C. whispering
C. quit
C. baby
C. discussion
C. cried
C. cards
C. send
C. rather
C. wrote
C. care about
C. Neither
C. shortest
C. laziest
C. the other
C. trust
C. Appreciation
C. realize
C. half-empty | D. rushed into
D. harm
D. singing
D. persuade
D. pupil
D. talk
D. shouted
D. towels
D. share
D. already
D. translated
D. hear from
D. Either
D. favorite
D. smartest
D. other
D. hear
D. Happiness
D. show
D. half-fill | | 阅读理解。 | Tess, eight, always heard her parents talking about her brother, Andrew. He was very sick and they were
completely out of money. Only a very costly surgery could save him but no one would lend them money. She
heard Daddy said with desperation, "Only a miracle can save him."
Counting all her coins in her bedroom and carefully bringing the coins, Tess slipped out the door and made
her way six blocks to Drug Store. She waited patiently for the pharmacist (药剂师) to give her some attention
but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat
with the most disgusting sound she could produce. No good. Finally she took a coin and banged (发出砰声)
it on the counter. That did it! "And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked. "I"m talking to my brother from
Chicago whom I haven"t seen for ages," he said without waiting for a reply to his question. "Well, let"s talk
about my brother," Tess answered. "He"s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle."
""Pardon?" said the pharmacist, "Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says
only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?" "No miracle here." the pharmacist said.
"Please, just tell me how much it costs." Tess pleaded. The pharmacist"s brother bent down and asked, "What
kind of a miracle does your brother need?". "I don"t know," Tess replied. "Ijust know he"s really"sick and
Mommy says he needs an operation." "How much do you have?" asked the man from Chicago. "One dollar and
eleven cents." Tess answered shyly. "Well, what a coincidence (巧合)!" smiled the man, "That"s the exact price.
Take me to where you live. Let"s see if I have the kind of miracle you need."
That man was Mr. Carlton. The operation was completed without charge and soon Andrew was home again
"That surgery," her Mom whispered, "was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?" Tess
smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost. | | 1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? | [ ] | A. A miracle costs one point eleven dollars plus the faith of a little child.
B. Tess tried once to get the attention from the pharmacist but failed.
C. Tess"s brother, Andrew, didn"t survive the operation.
D. Tess is very brave to walk 5 blocks to the drug store to get help. | | 2. From the passage, you may see Mr. Carlton is _____. | [ ] | A. a pharmacist
B. a policeman
C. a teacher
D. a surgeon | | 3. What was the pharmacist"s attitude towards the girl when she tried to get his attention? | [ ] | A. delighted
B. impatient
C. nervous
D. anxious | | 4. Which of the following proverbs best describes what happened in the story? | [ ] | A. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
B. Two heads are better than one.
C. The early bird catches the worm.
D. Behind bad luck comes good luck. |
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