I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was 36 the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final 37 . During the test，the girl 38 next to me whispered something，but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me 39 I had an extra pen. She showed me that 40 was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one，so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk．
Later, after the test papers had been 41 the teacher asked me to 42 in the room when all the other students 43 . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about 44 it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand 45 your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __46 _and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest，they really 47 themselves．She made me promise that I would think 48 about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could 49 . I walked out of the room wondering 40 she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．
Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked 51 I was copying answers 52 the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t 53 anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. 54 I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor 55 letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．
| 小题2: | | A．lesson | B．test | C．class | D．papers |
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| 小题3: | | A．seat | B．seating | C．sitting | D．sit |
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| 小题4: | | A．whether | B．why | C．where | D．that |
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| 小题6: | | A．handed | B．turned in | C．given out | D．marked |
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| 小题7: | | A．work | B．read | C．stay | D．study |
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| 小题8: | | A．gone out | B．were studying | C．were there | D．were dismissed |
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| 小题11: | | A．honesty | B．faith | C．confidence | D．reliability |
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| 小题12: | | A．improve | B．punish | C．cheat | D．help |
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| 小题13: | | A．well | B．highly | C．honestly | D．seriously |
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| 小题14: | | A．leave | B．go on | C．sit down | D．refuse |
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| 小题16: | | A．like | B．as though | C．as | D．that |
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| 小题18: | | A．mentioned | B．asked | C．answered | D．realized |
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| 小题19: | | A．Long before | B．As long as | C．Just as | D．Even though |
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试题分析：作者通过讲述自己给那个女生一个帮助，让她用我的笔，却被老师误认为是作弊，说明有时候帮某些人会带来很多麻烦。
小题1:考查介词：in the eighth grade 在八年级，选C
小题2:考查名词;having a final test进行期末考试。选B
小题3:考查现在分词做定语，sit和the girl是主动关系，用现在分词做定语，seat和the girl是被动关系，用过去分词。选C
小题4:考查宾语从句，句意：她想问我是否有多余的笔。选A
小题5:考查代词：hers代指her pen，选D
小题6:考查词组：turned in 上交，given out 分发，指交卷以后，选B
小题7:考查动词：根据上下文语境可知，考试结束后老师让我留（stay）在教室里，选C
小题8:考查动词的被动：be dismissed被解散。选D
小题9:考查宾语从句：what 引导的从句作 talk about 的宾语，并在从句中作 meant 的宾语。选C
小题10:考查介词：stand on one"s own legs/bottom/feet 意为“自立”。选B
小题11:考查名词：根据后文可知，老师是误认为我考试作弊，所以给我讲诚实（honesty）的重要性和作弊的害处。选A
小题12:考查动词：A．improve提高B．punish惩罚C．cheat欺骗D．help帮助，cheat oneself自欺欺人。选C
小题13:考查副词：句意：老师让作者认真考虑她说的话。选D
小题14:考查动词：从后面的I walked out of the room 可知老师让作者离开（leave）。选A
小题15:考查疑问词;句意：我一直在想老师为什么要和我说这些话。选C
小题16:考查句型：it looks as if/though….看起来好像…,选B
小题17:考查介词：copy answers from sb抄某人的答案。选C
小题18:考查动词：A．mentioned提到B．asked问到C．answered回答D．realized意识到，句意：她感到奇怪那天我怎么没有提到钢笔。选 A
小题19:考查连词：即使我尽量的解释我只是在帮那个女孩的忙，她还是认为我作弊了。选D
小题20:考查介词：by doig sth通过做…,选B
点评：文章并不难，要求考生在抓住主旨的同时关注一些词的用法，包括形容词，名词，动词，情态动词，也要注意上下文的关联。 |
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Honesty comes in many forms. First there’s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I’m not. I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA(personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it. “Always be a first-class version(版本) of yourself, instead of a second-class version of somebody else. ” Then there’s honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you’ve ever been dishonest, I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you feel. Remember, you can’t do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that
In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn’t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I’d write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off. At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn’t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn’t do that any more, because I wasn’t really helping them. They weren’t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn’t helping me.
It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit(储蓄) into your PBA and will build strength.
小题1:The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors” in the FIRST paragraph means________.| A．to be unreal | B．to be honest | | C．to become clear | D．to come from an imagined world |
小题2:Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland’s words? | A．Don’t copy others or you can’t be the first class. | | B．Be your true self rather than follow others. | | C．Make efforts to be the first instead of the second. | | D．Don’t learn from others unless they’re excellent. |
小题3:What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story? | A．Honesty can be of great help. | | B．A bad thing can be turned into a good one. | | C．One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds. | | D．Helping others cheat can do good to nobody. |
小题4:In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express________.| A．one must be brave to be honest | | B．it’s difficult to be honest when others are not | | C．one should be honest when making a deposit | | D．honesty in one’s actions can help him in the future |
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My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living．Dad worked in Plant C．Lying beside lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall．Sometimes my mother would take my siblings （兄弟姐妹） and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula． she"d gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky．
"Wave to daddy!" she"d shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air．I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery （手术） on his shoulder and hand．At 48, he had his first heart attack．He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college．But the damage was done．A few years later, the next heart attack killed him．
I saw my dad in Plant C only once, when I took dinner to him．That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason．
Recently my father" s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there．I knew my father never wanted me to see it．At every station, he described the job and the danger．It was like listening to a foreign language．I walked past many DANGER signs．Toby put his hand on my shoulder．"look," he said, "you need to understand something．Your dad was a maintenance mechanic．He worked the most dangerous job．If something broke, he fixed it．"
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college．I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this notes: " Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots．"
小题1:How many siblings does the author most probably have? ____．
A．Three siblings B．Two siblings C．One sibling D: Four siblings
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author"s father? ____
A．He didn"t suffer a heart attack until he retired．
B．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all．
C．He was hardly angry in his daily life．
D．He did physical work in Plant C.
小题3:When Toby Workman described the author" s father" s job, the author ____．| A．felt familiar with the job | B．didn’t quite understand | | C．wanted to learn a foreign language | D．decided to do the same work |
小题4:The author gave her daughter the hat, hoping that her daughter could ____．| A．remember her grandfather | B．overcome all difficulties by wearing it | | C．get encouraged by her grandfather | D．follow her grandfather" s work |
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Are you an optimist? Do you look at your glass and see it as half full? Do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining and that generally things turn out for the best? Do you believe that if something is meant to be, it will be? If you reply “yes” to all of these questions, then you are an optimist. You probably are enthusiastic, cheerful and outgoing. You may well be successful atwork and in love.
But you may be misguided because things don’t turn out for the best. You may believe that when one door closes another one opens (for example，you may fail to obtain a new job，another chance will come around soon), Wrong. When one door closes, another door slams in your face. That"s bitter reality.
Now a book has been published which confirms what we pessimists(悲观者）have suspected all along. It"s called The Positive Power of Defensive Pessimism. Its author argues that defensive pessimism can lead to positive results. Defensive pessimism is a strategy used to manage fear, anxiety and worry. Defensive pessimists prepare for things by setting low outcomes for themselves. They carefully consider everything that may go wrong and plan for ways to handle these problems. And this gives them a sense of control. Lawrence Sanno, a psychology professor, says, “What’s interesting about defensive pessimists is that they tend to be very successful people, so their low opinion of the situation’s outcomes is not realistic. They use it to motivate themselves to perform better. ”
So far, so good. This is not rocket science. Defensive pessimists prepare carefully and consider what might go wrong, whether at work, on a date or even in a sports game. It makes sense to have a back-up plan. There are many sayings in English urging caution. For example, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” and “ Don’t count your chickens until they hatch. “ To have a confident and optimistic approach to life’s problems is good. But listen to what Woody Alien，the American comedian says, ”Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”
There are pros and cons to being an optimist and a pessimist. Don’t feel bad if you see the glass half empty. You are a realist. But lighten up and hook up with someone who sees the same glass half full.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．A book that has recently been published. | | B．The dangers of being too optimistic. | | C．How to become successful in life. | | D．The benefits of defensive pessimism. |
小题2:The underlined sentence “This is not rocket science” in paragraph 4 means .| A．it is quite simple to understand | B．there is no real proof | | C．it’s not a dangerous thing to do | D．the cost is not so high |
小题3:The writer would probably describe himself as .| A．an optimist | B．a defeatist | C．a realist | D．a scientist |
小题4:Which of the following English expressions would a defensive pessimist believe? | A．“Every cloud has a silver lining.” | B．“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” | | C．“Whatever will be, will be.” | D．“The glass is half full not half empty.” |
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Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 31 you are a 32 person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question 33 you are tested in real life. Some people 34 they are brave but when they come face to face with real 35 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like 36 .
Lenny had always thought of himself as a 37 person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. 38 , on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the 39 water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very 40 and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41 to the woman, and kept her head 42 the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thank to Lenny, it was not 43 .
When you are in a very 44 situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(肾上腺素). 45 adrenalin in the blood system, you will feel stronger and stronger and are 46 to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this 47 , the muscles become very hard and you find you 48 move at all. You are then paralyzed(使瘫痪，使麻痹) with fear. This is 49 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”, which means “stone”. We are very frightened 50 we become stonelike.
| 小题1: | | A．how | B．neither | C．whether | D．either |
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| 小题2: | | A．brave | B．real | C．hard | D．certain |
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| 小题3: | | A．when | B．until | C．after | D．once |
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| 小题4: | | A．realize | B．find | C．think | D．agree |
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| 小题5: | | A．life | B．question | C．mouse | D．danger |
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| 小题6: | | A．soldiers | B．mice | C．heroes | D．cowards |
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| 小题7: | | A．useful | B．brave | C．nervous | D．terrible |
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| 小题8: | | A．So | B．Therefore | C．Then | D．Actually |
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| 小题9: | | A．fresh | B．poisonous | C．warm | D．ice-cold |
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| 小题10: | | A．nervous | B．calm | C．frightened | D．excited |
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| 小题11: | | A．went | B．helped | C．spoke | D．swam |
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| 小题13: | | A．an accident | B．a mistake | C．seventy-eight | D．seventy-nine |
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| 小题14: | | A．dangerous | B．comfortable | C．different | D．favorable |
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| 小题15: | | A．With | B．Without | C．For | D．Like |
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| 小题16: | | A．afraid | B．unable | C．ready | D．anxious |
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| 小题17: | | A．gets | B．disappears | C．happens | D．goes |
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| 小题18: | | A．needn’t | B．can’t | C．mustn’t | D．shouldn’t |
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| 小题19: | | A．where | B．how | C．because | D．why |
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The type of things we remember are different. Although we tend to remember good things in our lives, bad things have a way of sneaking up (悄悄接近) on us. One such thing I remember happened when I was 10 years old.
I decided to ride my bicycle over a near-by stream. I carefully planned the adventure, and asked my friends to go there and have a watch. This was going to be my moment! I started riding down the hill, picking up speed and then pulled up on the handlebars (自行车把手) at the precise moment and landed face-first into the muddy stream! That painful moment is one that I will never forget. As long as I live, I will remember the pain and embarrassment at that moment. When we do something stupid or thoughtless, it has a way of sticking with us. Fortunately, good momories have a way of over-riding the bad ones. I have memories that I gladly remember, like what happened today.
I had my first conversation with my son today. It was not anything profound. It was a simple connection between father and son. It was one of those bonding moments that you can’t plan or force. They just happen on their own. I was walking into the living room where my son sat in bed watching television attentively. Then he looked up at me and pointed to the television and babbled (含糊的说) something. I asked him if he was watching SpongeBob (海绵宝宝) and he nodded his head and said,“Yes”. It was at that moment that his eyes lit up and it was as if we both realized we had communicated. And how happy I was! Sure, at eighteen months, he probably did not realize what communication was like, but his joy at that moment was evident. It was a moment I will remember all my life.
Good or bad, memories can last a lifetime. As for an unpleasant memory, though we can’t forget it we can get lessons from it and it is like a mirror that will warn us against making such mistakes again. As for a good memory, we should try our best to enjoy it during our lifetime. Such moments are the treasures that we store up forever.
小题1:The author will always remember what happened when he was ten because he .| A．drew up a careful plan before taking a ride | | B．made a fool of himself in face of his friends | | C．hurt himself seriously while riding down the hill | | D．succeeded in taking a big adventure over a stream |
小题2:The underlined word “profound” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ” .| A．needing much thought | | B．simple and easy to solve | | C．very funny or interesting | | D．that often takes place |
小题3:Why was the author so happy when hearing his son’s answer “YES”?| A．Because his son respected the author and was very understanding. | | B．Because it was the fist time he communicated with his little son. | | C．Because his little son didn’t make trouble and behaved quite well. | | D．Because his son could understand the meaning of SpongeBob. |
小题4:The author mainly tells us in the last paragraph that .| A．one’s memories can last all one’s lifetime. | | B．we should forget the unpleasant memories. | | C．good memories are the treasures of our life. | | D．how we should deal with our memories. |
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