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When I decided to get married, my father decided to share some wisdom. “Lori, it is just as easy to love a rich man as it is to love a poor man, “ he said. My boyfriend didn’t have much money, but I loved him. “What?” I cried. “ How can you say that? I want to marry for love, NOT for money.” “ But why not marry someone you love who has money?” he asked. “Rich men are materialistic(物质主义的). I’d rather marry a poor man who loves me,” I said and he gave in.
And as we went on, with my family growing, I learned why my father put such importance on money. We had to cover the rent, car, electricity, food, and medical bills. We were under lot of pressure. The worries over whether we would be asked to move out or if we had the money to wash our clothes at the Laundromat this week made me question if I did the right thing by marrying a “poor” man.
I realized that I had entered the ranks of the poor. Not that I’d ever been rich. Most of my life, I considered us in the lower middle-class rank. We had a house of our own, food on the table, cars, clothes, and money for college. But now, as I listened to an apartment neighbour talk about her monthly “Mother’s Day” gift, I realized she was talking about her welfare check(政府发放的救济金). And another young mother tried to “help” me out by connecting me with a friend who stole baby clothes from a department store. “ For a small cut,” she said, “ I could return my ‘purchase’(购买的东西)for cash.” It made me sick. How poor was I?
I had a college education but wasn’t using it. I insisted on not missing a minute of our children’s childhood and it came at a price. My husband was working as hard as he could and it wasn’t enough. But somehow we made it.
The kids grew. Today, we look back and see the great values gained by going through those hard years. My children are not materialistic. They never thought they were poor growing up because we always managed to give a little bit of food, money, or clothes to the “poor”. They were satisfied with the simple things in life that come free such as a beach day or a horse back ride from their dad.
We had our worries, but we still treasured our very favorite part of the day when we’d nest (栖息地)under the covers and talked about our future, the kids and how much we loved each other. Sure our financial(财政的) troubles caused a lot of fights, but we didn’t leave each other. We began to live a better life. We moved to a better community(社区)with good schools for the kids. And soon, we’ll face a new challenge with wealth. But we’ll never give up.
My father died three years ago. Before he died, he knew I made the right choice. I’m proud of my decision.
小题1:.The writer argued with her father because _________________.
A.she thought her father didn’t love her at all
B.her father thought her boyfriend was too materialistic
C.her father wanted her to marry a rich man while she didn’t
D.she thought her father loved her boyfriend’s money more than him.
小题2:.After getting married, the writer questioned if she had done the right thing to marry her husband because___________.
A.she was often scolded(责骂)by her father
B.she found her husband was irresponsible(不负责任的)
C.he didn’t think her husband loved her deeply
D.they lived a poor life with children to support
小题3:.After their children were born, the writer_______________.
A.often regretted not using her college education
B.worked very hard in order to make more money
C.had to steal baby clothes from a department store
D.looked after her children as a professional (职业的,专业的)housewife
小题4:. Why didn’t the writer’s children think they were poor growing up?
A.Because the writer always gave them whatever they wanted
B.Because the writer and her children often helped other people.
C.Because the writer didn’t let her children play with their rich neighbours
D.Because the writer let her children have a good life through receiving help from others.
小题5:.What do you think is the theme(主题)of the story?
A.Women should always make a decision by themselves
B.Listening to the old is important when people get married
C.Money doesn’t matter as much as love in marriage
D.Children don’t mind whether they have a poor family or not

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C
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试题分析:
小题1:C 推理题。根据第一段3,4行But why not marry someone you love who has money?” he asked.说明爸爸想要我嫁一个有钱人。故C正确。
小题2:.D 细节题。根据第二段前4行And as we went on, with my family growing, I learned why my father put such importance on money. We had to cover the rent, car, electricity, food, and medical bills. We were under lot of pressure. The worries over whether we would be asked to move out or if we had the money to wash our clothes at the Laundromat this week说明生活中的种种压力让我不堪重负,有了嫁给穷人正确与否的疑问。故D说法正确。
小题3:.D 推理题。根据第四段第二句I insisted on not missing a minute of our children’s childhood and it came at a price.说明我一直和孩子在一起,那么我放弃了工作做家庭主妇了。故D正确。
小题4:B 细节题。根据倒数第三段第2行because we always managed to give a little bit of food, money, or clothes to the “poor”.说明B正确。
小题5:.C 主旨大意题。文章通过我的故事告诉大家在婚姻中。钱不如爱重要,只要有了爱就什么都有了。故C正确。
点评:文章通过我的故事告诉大家在婚姻中。钱不如爱重要,只要有了爱就什么都有了。以推理题的考查为主,结合上下文提供的语境和信息进行简单的概括和判断再根据词义关系推断具体细节。
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Men can be beautiful too, right?
CHINA is going to host the 18th World University Student Beauty Contest in Guangzhou this December. This year for the first time the contest will include a male section. Students from over 130 countries will compete for Mr. and Miss Beauty. The contest is one of the most respected beauty contests in the world. It was copied by the United Nations University (an international university belonging to the United Nations) in 1986.
Stick to studying
LI Yining, an economics professor at Peking University, said that he would not encourage students to try their luck in the stock market (股市). “They should stress study,” Li said, in his speech at Beijing Foreign Studies University. When asked, the professor said he expected house prices in Beijing to continue to rise. Li thinks the government should provide more affordable houses for low-level income people.
Campus cinema
Students at over 100 universities will have a digital cinema on campus after the National Day holiday. The 21st Century Digital Film on Campus Project was launched at the end of September. The ticket will cost 3-8 yuan, rather than 30-40 yuan at cinemas in town. Students often download movies online or watch DVDs. Now they can enjoy original films in the digital cinema. The digital cinema will show a variety of films other than Hollywood blockbusters (好莱坞大片).
Getting practical
All 12,000 graduates from vocational school in Shanxi Province have landed a job, according to the provincial government. In the past five years, it is estimated that over 95 percent of the professional school graduates have found jobs. However, the number for university graduates is 70 percent. Some employers said that they prefer professional school graduates who learned something more practical in school and expected lower salaries than university students.
小题1: In the third part, the underlined word “launched” may mean ______.
A.startedB.endedC.toldD.mentioned
小题2: Where can the material be chosen from?
A.A novel.B.A newspaper.C.An advertisement.D.A fashion magazine.
小题3:. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.More than 130 countries will take part in the 18th World University Student Beauty Contest.
B.The ticket for digital film will cost 3-8 yuan.
C.In the past five years, over 95 percent of the university graduates have found jobs in Shanxi.
D.Over 100 universities took part in the 21st Century Digital Film on Campus Project.
小题4:. Professor Li thinks that ______.
A.the house prices in Beijing will keep going up.
B.the students should try their luck in the stock market.
C.the government can do nothing about housing problem.
D.the students should not only pay attention to study.
小题5:. What can we infer from the passage?
A. In Shanxi, the professional school graduates are less popular with employers than university graduates recently.
B.The digital cinema will only show Hollywood blockbusters.
C.The graduates from universities can put what they learned into practice more easily.
D.No men competed in the World University Students Beauty Contest before this year.

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My mother is a geneticist, and from her I learned that despite our differences in size, shape and color, we humans are 99.9 percent the same. It is in our   36   to see differences: skin, hair and eye color, height, language. But also in our nature, way down in the DNA that   37  us human, we are almost the   38 .
I believe there is more that unites us than   39  us.
My mother came to the US from India. She is   40  enough that she got her service  41  in a diner in 1960s Dallas. My father is a white boy from Indiana whose   42  came from Germany in the mid-1800s.
It seems   43  to admit now, but I never   44  that my parents were different colors. One day, I watched my parents walk   45  the street of our church together. They were   46  in the service that day, and as they walked, I saw their hands   47  together in unison(一致地). I noticed for the first time how dark my mother was, and how white my father was. I knew them as my parents   48  I realized their skin color. I"m sorry to say that now when I see a mixed-race    49  walking down the street, I see the "mixed race" first and the "couple" second.
When my parents married in 1966, there were   50  places in this country that had laws  51  mixed marriage.   52 , my white grandfather,   53  father had been a typical racist, was not against their marriage.
Some of us are men, some are women. Some are young, some old. Some of us are short and others   54 . Some right-handed, some left-handed. We have lots of differences; we are all  55 . But deep down inside us, down in our DNA, we are 99.9 percent the same. And I believe we need to remember that.
小题1:
A.featureB.characterC.natureD.quality
小题2:
A.getsB.letsC.hasD.makes
小题3:
A.sameB.differentC.familiarD.similar
小题4:
A.differsB.dividesC.departsD.splits
小题5:
A.yellowB.whiteC.darkD.brown
小题6:
A.turned out B.turned down C.turned overD.turned back
小题7:
A.ancestors B.parentsC.familyD.origin
小题8:
A.sillyB.wiseC.stupidD.foolish
小题9:
A.noticedB.lookedC.watchedD.observed
小题10:
A.inB.upC.outD.down
小题11:
A.enteringB.runningC.attendingD.participating
小题12:
A.rocking B.shakingC.swingingD.waving
小题13:
A.unlessB.afterC.beforeD.until
小题14:
A.marriageB.coupleC.doubleD.twins
小题15:
A.alwaysB.alsoC.almostD.still
小题16:
A.allowing B.preventing C.encouraging D.banning
小题17:
A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.ButD.Otherwise
小题18:
A.whichB.whoseC.thatD.what
小题19:
A.longB.highC.tallD.kind
小题20:
A.similarB.familiarC.uniqueD.same

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Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.
Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.
You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.
I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER
小题1: Simon Walker wrote the letter to ________
A.urge for the final solution to the problem with the unwanted books.
B.complain about getting books he didn’t want.
C.advise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books Ltd..
D.show his anger to Cosmo Books Ltd..
小题2: The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for ________
A.unlimited number of Cosmo Books.
B.fifteen pounds and fifty pence.
C.a set of 10 books of the works of Shakespeare.
D.a book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare.
小题3:Mr. Walker answered the advertisement because ________
A.he claimed that the books were being offered at a remarkable price.
B.he wanted a set of Shakespeare’s works which was a good bargain
C.he had ordered the set and had been waiting for them to come for some time.
D.the set he already had was not particularly attractive.
小题4: It can be inferred that _______
A.Cosmo Books have sent bills for books that they have not sent.
B.Several sets of books have been sent to Mr. Walker free of charge.
C.Mr. Walker hasn’t received the books that he ordered.
D.Mr. Walker took some action after receiving the books he did not order.
小题5:. The tone of the letter is that of _______
A.bitternessB.respectC.humorD.annoyance

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Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert(警报)system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years,particularly among young people.The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA,estimates(估计)more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.
The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act,a 2006 federal law that requires improvement to the nation"s emergency alert system.The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.
“The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings.and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public.has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during,disasters and other emergencies. ”FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.
Participation in the alert system by carriers—telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.
The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.
There would be three different types of messages,according to the rules.  
The first would be a national alert from the president,likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster.The second would involve “approaching threats,”which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction(绑架)emergencies,or so-called Amber Alerts.
The service could be in place by 2010.
小题1: What is the purpose of the approved plan?
A.To warn people of emergencies via messages.
B.To popularize the use of cell phones.
C.To estimate the monthly number of messages.
D.To promote the wireless industry.
小题2: The improvement to the present system is in the charge of ________.
A.CTIAB.the Warning Alert and Response Network
C.FCC D.federal regulators
小题3: The carriers" participation in the system is determined by ________.
A.the US federal governmentB.mobile phone users
C.the carriers themselves D.the law of the United States
小题4:. Which of the following is true of cell phone users?
A.They must accept the alert service.
B.They may enjoy the alert service for free.
C.They must send the alerts to others
D.They may choose the types of messages
小题5:. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A,Cell Phone Alerts Protecting Students
B.   Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry
C. Cell Phone Alefts of National Disasters
D. Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon
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There are two kinds of people in the world. Those of the first kind are born idlers (游手好闲者), taking interest in nothing. It seems what they live for is to pass time idly. They simply don’t know why they have to do so, nor will they bother to ask. The other kind are those who take things seriously and never wish to idle away their life. But only a part of the second group are eager enough to make success. All the others fail to make enough effort to make their dreams come true. 
Why do things so happen to them? What are the reasons?
I later find out that some people are determined. They are “igniters” that catch fire of their own, giving light and heat. But that’s not the case with others. They may be fuels but not igniters. As pieces of wood or coal, they need a match or a lighter to make them burn so that their energy can be released to give off light and heat.
The majority of people need some igniter to light them. Thus igniter becomes a must for those people to succeed. Unless a suitable igniter comes their way, they will always remain idle like cold unused firewood or coal.
Fortunately, such an igniter is not difficult to meet. One may find it in an instructive book, a film story, a few words of a close friend, some advice of a good teacher, a pleasant journey, or an unexpected love.
Any of these, coming at the right time, can serve as an igniter to start one’s enthusiasm for learning or for a better career, to turn him from a passive state of waiting to an active state of pursuing, to lend him strength to go ahead bravely. In that case, what he has prepared for years will be quickly turned into fruitful reality.
Such an igniter may turn up of itself, but most likely we have to find it ourselves. Never let a chance slide away, for it is the key to your success.
小题1: According to the text, “________” are the persons that can light many people so that their energy can be released to give off light and heat.
A.idlersB.ignitersC.fuelsD.serious people
小题2: According to the writer, what do most people definitely need to succeed? 
A.Storing a lot of energy.
B.Great interest in everything.
C.An igniter coming at the right time.
D.Wonderful dreams about a bright future.
小题3: The writer writes the article to _________.
A.describe two kinds of people
B.encourage people to find chances to succeed
C.praise those who work hard
D.make fun of idlers

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