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阅读理解。      It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming
up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to
work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of
labor, he returned to find his bike gone.
      The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour
weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries (食品杂货), saving us from
having to walk along long distances from where we live.
     I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story.
Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then
called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an
honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
      People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are
even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in
humanity (人性) as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with
others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can
be everlasting. 1. Why was the bike so important to the couple? [     ]
A. They used it for work and daily life.
B. It was their only possession (财产).
C. It was a nice Kona 18 speed.
D. The man"s job was bike racing. 2. We can infer from the passage that _____. [     ]
A. the couple worked 60 hours a week
B. people were busy before Christmas
C. the stranger brought over the bike
D. life was hard for the young family 3. What do the couple learn from their experience?[     ]
A. Strangers are usually of little help.
B. One should take care of their bike.
C. News reports make people famous.
D. An act of kindness can mean a lot. 4. From this story,we can see humanity is _____. [     ]
A. selfish
B. commercial
C. kind
D. cold-hearted

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完形填空。      I was going hunting along the motorway the other day when there was a sudden bang and I almost fell
off my motorbike. It had a hole in the front tyre and it"s not easy to   1 a bike without any air in the tyre.
      I   2   stop without falling off luckily, but I still had the problem of what to do with the hole. A motorbike
isn"t like a car; you can"t just change a wheel and go on your way. Now, you have to take the wheel off, find
the hole, cover it with a piece of rubber, and then put the wheel back together again. Usually it costs you a lot
of time and you get very dirty. As I didn"t have any   3  , I set to work. It didn"t   4   long to get the wheel off
and it wasn"t hard to   5   the tyre from the wheel. The fun really began when I had to put the wheel back on
the bike. You have no   6   how easy it is to   7   small pieces of motorbike in the dark.
     In the   8   the bike was all together again but then I realized I hadn"t got a pump, so how was I going to
blow up the tyre? Fortunately, a   9   motorist saw me and pulled up. He lent me his pump and I was soon
ready to start off again. Next time I am in the motorbike shop I really must remember to buy myself a small
pump though I don"t know  10  I am going to carry it on the motorbike.

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(     )1. A. drive
(     )2. A. tried to
(     )3. A. time
(     )4. A. spend
(     )5. A. remove
(     )6. A. idea
(     )7. A. look for
(     )8. A .last
(     )9. A. passing
(     )10. A. what

B. start
B. managed to
B. choice
B. need
B. repaired
B. wonder
B. find
B. meantime
B. past
B. where

C. carry
C. did
C. chance
C. take
C. change
C. fun
C. put together
C. same time
C. passed
C. that

D. ride
D. made an effort to
D. tool
D. have
D. check
D. sense
D. lose
D. end
D. pass
D. why

阅读理解。

      Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near
my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned
lessons from his experiences. He always told me, "You should have goals like climbing the mountain." Without
the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed,we couldn"t have enough time to spend together because my
father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and
to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).
      Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old.
During the first few hours of climbing. I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds" singing, but as time
passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but my
father said to me, "You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can"t see it before
you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life."
      At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence.
I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _____ for Father and Son.

[ ]

A. hard
B. enjoyable
C. painful
D. comfortable

2. The word "quit" in the passage means "_____".

[ ]

A. carry on
B. put off
C. give up
D. pick up

3. Which of the following is the closest (最接近的) in meaning to the father"s words in the second paragraph?

[ ]

A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.
B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.
C. You can find life is full of nice things.
D. Never give up half-way.

4. We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that _____.

[ ]

A. the writer was very successful in his life.
B. the writer reached the top of the mountain.
C. thought the writer was young, he could understand his father.
D. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain.

5. The best title (题目) for the passage is "_____".

[ ]

A. Reaching the Top of the Mountain
B. Standing at the Top of the Mountain
C. Conversations between Father and Son
D. How to Get to the Top of the Mountain

语法填空：根据短文内容，在空格中填上合适的单词。

      A little old lady went into a pet shop and saw a lovely-looking parrot. "I would like to buy that handsome
bird, please," she said to the owner.
      "Oh you don"t want 1______," the man replied. "He uses some pretty terrible 2______. Why don"t you
get a puppy or a cat?"
      "I want that parrot!" the woman insisted, and proceeded to put her money 3______ the counter. The
owner shrugged his shoulders and made the sale.
      When the woman returned home, she started playing with her new friend. She was petting him and
poking at his feathers when all of a sudden he 4______ (start) swearing a blue streak. The woman was so
shocked 5______ she grabbed the parrot and stuck him in the refrigerator. When she took the shivering bird
out 6______ (late), she warned him that every time he used bad language he"d be put back 7______ it was
cold.
       The parrot"s behavior was pretty good for 8______ couple of days, but then one morning while the cat
was putting her paw through his cage, he got 9______ (real) mad and started cursing again. This time the
woman grabbed the 10______ and stuck him in the freezer. As he sat there shivering and looking around,
he saw a frozen turkey right next to him. "Egad!" squawked the parrot. "What did you say?"

完形填空。

      Once upon a time, there were two men. One was hard-working and had a lot of   1   and perseverance
(坚定不移), while the other was   2   and never did any work. One night, they decided to have a competition
between them. The contest was simple: the   3   person to see daylight would be the winner, and the winner
would   4   a prize. Both men agree to do it, and the competition started.
      The hard-working man immediately   5   and ran towards the west after the sun, while the lazy man just
sat there and   6  . The hard-working man, looking at the competitor,   7   at his foolishness and kept going
at his quick pace. Running through the jungles, swimming   8   the rivers and seas, and he kept running and
running,   9   that he would reach his goal sooner or later. Meanwhile, the lazy man was still sleeping.
      The hard-working man had been  10  for 6 hours already, and he was surprised that he still had not  11
daylight. Thinking it would be just around the corner, he  12  on running until he finally came back to where
he started, 24 hours  13 . Upon arriving, he saw the lazy man seated there, smiling and waiting for him,
holding the  14   he earned.
     The hard-working man was  15  how this lazy man could earn it-he hadn"t done anything at all! Then the
lazy man said, "You are  16  a persevering and patient man, but you were running towards the  17 , running
after the sun that kept moving away from your  18  whereas I just waited for the sun to come to me. You
were lucky. If I had decided to  19  you and not to tell you, you would be continuing this pursuit till your
death." The hard-working man knew in his heart that the lazy man was right.
      Sometimes, perseverance can  20  you from the truth that what you are doing is wrong.

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阅读理解。
I will never forget what my old headmaster taught me. Normally when you are only 15 years of age you do not remember most of the things that are taught by your teachers. But this particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I get reminded of this story. It was a normal Monday morning, and he was making a speech to the students on important things in life and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years. His house was dirty, and a stench (恶臭) came out of the house and it smelled horrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they asked the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years. The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house to tell the good news to him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire. He said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and continued to beg. Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything important for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.
1. The headmaster told the story to the students to ______.
[ ]
A. make the students relaxed in the lesson B. remind the students to think deeply C. show how poor the old man was D. encourage the students to become rich
2. After hearing what the officer said, the old man ______.
[ ]
A. believed the officer was playing a joke on him. B. didn"t know many people respected him a lot. C. was very angry to find his house broken into. D. was not so excited as the officer had expected.
3. What did the author learn from the story?
[ ]
A. One should devote himself to his dream. B. The old man was foolish not to stop begging. C. What the headmaster taught was very important. D. People must have a plan before taking action.
4. Which word can best describe the author"s attitude towards the old man?
[ ]
A. Pity. B. Disappointment. C. Respect. D. Anger.
5. We know from the passage that ______.
[ ]
A. the author had a big dream at the age of 15. B. the headmaster was popular with the students. B. the old man begged every day without stopping. D. the neighbors took great pity on the old man.