represent(代表), in fact, what I call 1 and love.
I don"t remember my father ever getting into swimming pool. But he 2 the water. Any kind of
3 ride seemed to give him pleasure. 4 he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being 5 the water,
moving through it, 6 it all around me. I was not a strong 7 , or one who learned to swim early,
for I had my 8 . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father"s office and 9 those
summer days with my father, who 10 come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My
father would stand there in his suit, the 11 person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go 12 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk,
where he let me 13 anything I found in his top desk drawer(抽屉). Sometimes, if I was left alone at
his desk 14 he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I
shouldn"t be playing with his 15 . But my father always 16 and said easily, " Oh, no, it"s 17 ."
Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get 18 an ice cream…
A poet once said, "We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is 19 ." And I think it is not only what
we "look at once, in childhood" that determines our memories, but 20 , in that childhood, looks at us.
| ( ) 1. A. desire ( ) 2. A. avoided ( ) 3. A. boat ( ) 4. A. But ( ) 5. A. on ( ) 6. A. having ( ) 7. A. swimmer ( ) 8. A. hopes ( ) 9. A. spending ( )10. A. should ( )11. A. next ( )12. A. away from ( )13. A. put up ( )14. A. the moment ( )15. A. fishing net ( )16. A. stood to ( )17. A. fine ( )18. A. the student ( )19. A. memory ( )20. A. which | B. joy B. refused B. bus B. Then B. off B. leaving B. rider B. faiths B. saving B. would B. only B. out of B. break down B. the first time B. office things B. set out B. strange B. the assistant B. wealth B. who | C. anger C. praised C. train C. And C. by C. making C. walker C. rights C. wasting C. had to C. other C. by C. play with C. while C. wooden chair C. showed up C. terrible C. myself C. experience C. what | D. worry D. loved D. bike D. Still D. in D. getting D. runner D. fears D. ruining D. ought to D. last D. inside D. work out D. before D. lab equipment D. turned out D. funny D. himself D. practice D. whose |
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here. In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn"t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to say, "I am fine" when people say "How are you?" But in the US, I found that people say, "I am good" or "I"m tired". One day, someone greeted me with "What"s up?" It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn"t know what to say. Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures. To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or "whiter". I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that"s it. But here, a "good" student gets good grades, does a lot of work for the public and plays sports or music. The kids here are so talented, and I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports. | |||
| 1. According to the writer, textbook English is ________ everyday English. | |||
| A. quite different from B. the same as C. more difficult than D. easier than | |||
| 2. A good US student spends his / her time __________ . | |||
A. only in doing homework | |||
| 3. Which of the following is NOT true? | |||
| A. The writer is now in US. B. American girls love to have white skin. C. US students are talented and hard working. D. The writer regrets(后悔) that he gave up playing the piano. | |||
| 4. Which is the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. My Own Travel in the US B. My Studying in the US C. My Opinion about the US D. My Friends in the US | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Few of us act alone in the real world. Most things are done with the help or ideas of other people. Group projects are great practice for high school, college, and real life, when you will probably have a job that requires working with others. Right now, group projects can be fun and they often allow you to do a bigger, more interesting project than you could alone. With group work, you can actually learn more in less time. Group projects also give you a chance to get to know kids you might not otherwise know or talk with. Group projects are also a great way to practice skills you"re not so sure of. For example: working on a deadline, staying organized, or being patient. And if you"re a little nervous talking in front of a group, a joint project can help you become more comfortable with it. Maybe your group will pick you to tell the whole class about your project. If so, you"ll know your whole group is rooting for you! One of the most important things about group work is talking and meeting together. It"s a good idea to continually check with everybody on their progress to see if anyone needs help. You might think the first step is to figure out who will do what, but actually it"s getting to know another a little. Take a few minutes to chat. Even if you know each other well, it can help to take a minute to think about your skills and share your strengths and weaknesses. The second step is to go over ground rules from your teacher and any that you want to create together as a group. | |||
| 1. Group projects can give you a chance to do the following EXCEPT ________. | |||
| A. get to know more friends B. learn more than you do alone C. work in an organized way D. get rid of shyness forever | |||
| 2. The underlined phrase "root for" in the second paragraph means _______. | |||
| A. like B. support C. offer D. prevent | |||
| 3. What"s the purpose in checking others" progress? | |||
| A. To learn what they will do next. B. To find good topics to talk with them about. C. To help them when they need help. D. To make sure that their work is finished on time. | |||
| 4. According to the passage, we can infer that _______. | |||
| A. group members should be your close friends B. talking with group members should be the first step of group work C. knowing persons is more important than your projects D. rules from teachers are more important than working among group members | |||
| 阅读理解。 请阅读下面一篇文章,并按照要求匹配信息. 注意:E=AB F=AC G=AD | |||
1 One of the best things you can possibly do is to start your own club. It"s great fun especially | |||
I credit my typing skill to so many hours of chatting online. Unfortunately, as my typing speed | |||
| 1. The underlined phrase "went out of the window" in Paragraph 1 probably means . | |||
| A. increased B. occurred C. disappeared D. changed | |||
| 2. Which of the following is true according to the passage? | |||
| A. Grammar and correct spelling are very important while chatting online. B. There are enough smileys and icons to express yourselves while chatting on line. C. The writer is skilled at typing and once was addicted to online games. D. It is impolite to leave out some unimportant words or letters while chatting online. | |||
| 3. The writer believes that instant messaging is . | |||
| A. full of fun but time-consuming B. widespread but unnecessary C. quick but difficult to do D. common, used and cheap | |||
| 4. Which might be the main idea of the passage? | |||
| A. Who can escape QQ and cell phone text messaging? B. Why is instant messaging so popular? C. Chatting online is good for your typing skill. D. Chatting on QQ is natural for people. | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the opportunities are in 1 work. The pay is usually poor, but most people work 2 for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always 3 in hotels and restaurants. But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. Unless you speak the language of the country well, there will be very 4 openings. For example, when you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will 5 you to speak French. British students only have a language 6 for jobs in the USA and Australia. Not every one 7 the experience. Sarah James was once responsible for forty American children in Europe. During the 8 , one child lost his passport; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the 9 they made. Sarah says, "It really was a 24-hour-a-day job since the kids never 10 ! And the pay was awful. It wasn"t worth it." The trouble is that 11 expect to have an easy time of it. After all, they see it as a 12 . In practice, though, they have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work, and jobs are 13 only when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. But students have few employment 14 . As soon as the holiday season finishes, companies will get rid of them. And if their employer doesn"t like them, they"ll be 15 , too. | |||