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It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat with my friend Katie and the dog when the phone call came, the call that made that bright, beautiful day a cold, dark, gloomy one.
I had just put on my suit, shorts, and tank top, and packed my bag with sunscreen and everything else I would need for the day. I ran into my parents" room to find Dad. When I saw him on the phone, he was crying. I"d never seen my dad cry before. My heart sank. What possibly could have happened?
"Max, I"m so sorry," I heard him say. That"s when it hit me. I knew that Suzie had died.Max has been my dad"s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a rare disease that mainly affected her body. Her brain was OK. She knew what was going on; she knew that shehad problems and was different from other kids. Once she told her dad that she wished she could die and be born in a different body. Yet although she couldn"t live a normal life ,she was still happy.
When Suzie and I were little, we spent quite a bit of time together. As we grew up, we grew apart. She lived in New York, and I lived in the Midwest. When Suzie was ten she had to live ina hospital in Virginia. About eight months before she died, Max gave us her number at the hospital and we talked at least twice a week until the end. Suzie was always so excited to talk to us and wanted to know every detail about my life. She wanted to know everything I did and every thing I ate. In a way, she lived through me.
After we found out about her death, we made our plans to go to New York for the funeral. When she was alive, I sent her a Beanie Baby and she sent one back to me. I had bought her another one but never had the chance to send it to her, so I took it to put in her casket(棺材).
Her funeral was very different from any funeral I"d ever been to. After they lowered her casket, each one of us put a shovelful of dirt over her. I remember crying so hard, I felt weak. My cheeks burned from the tears. My whole body was shaking as I picked up the shovel, but I"m glad I did it.
When Suzie and I first started calling one another, I thought it would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong. I learned so much from her. She gave me more than I could ever give to her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never take anything for granted especially my health and the gift of life.
小题1:The author"s family cancelled their ride because______.
A.Katie couldn"t join them for the ride
B.the weather was too terrible for a ride
C.they couldn"t find their dog
D.Max"s daughter passed away
小题2:What does the underlined part In a wav, she lived through me.” mean?
A.Suzie got to know what life outside hospital was like by sharing my experience.
B.Suzie was financially dependent of me.
C.Suzie managed to pull through her illness with the help of my family.
D.Suzie was too weak to live her own life.
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A.Suzie was the only person helping the author with difficulties.
B.The author feared that she might also get the same disease as Suzie.
C.The author benefited a lot from talking on the phone with Suzie.
D.The author didn"t understand Suzie was her true friend until Suzie"s death.
小题4:What is the most important lesson the author learned from Suzie"s death?
A.Never let go of a friend even if you are apart.
B.Be thankful for what we have in our life.
C.Talking with a friend can cure your illness.
D.We can learn more from our friends than they do from us.

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小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:B
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My chance came at last. Our school was going to hold a sports meet. I knew what it   21  to me so I got up very early to prepare for it. I  22  running and jumping. When I was   23 , I reminded myself of my promise and went on.
  24  the time came nearer, I felt quite   25 . On the first day I came fourth in the 1500m   26  but I was far from   27  because what I wanted most was the highlight of the sports meeting—250x8 relay race. I would run the last leg for my team.
With a shot, the race began. All the students were   28  for their team. The competition was so   29  that I began to feel nervous. Before my turn came, my team was   30  the others. Even worse, I almost dropped the stick when I was trying to   31  it.
  32 after that, there was nothing in my mind except to run as fast as possible. Just when I was approaching the finish line, my legs   33 . Then my promise came to mind again and   34  me to go on. To my surprise, I was the first to   35 the finish line!
  36  , I had proved to myself and those who had often laughed at me that I am not   37  at all! My classmates greeted me warmly and I hugged them tightly. I had won the prize as well as their   38 .
From the sports meeting, I learnt that sometimes things are not so difficult as they   39  to be. Just try your best without fear and you might be surprised at the   40 .
小题1:
A.matteredB.held C.meantD.brought
小题2:
A.exercisedB.practicedC.choseD.tried
小题3:
A.tiredB.upsetC.lazy D.happy
小题4:
A.For B.ByC.WithD.As
小题5:
A.confidentB.worriedC.proudD.nervous
小题6:
A.run B.jump C.race D.match
小题7:
A.happyB.sadC.excitedD.pleased
小题8:
A.heading B.racingC.cheering D.shouting
小题9:
A.difficultB.closeC.heatedD.near
小题10:
A.running beforeB.leadingC.falling behindD.catching up with
小题11:
A.fetchB.hold C.pass D.take
小题12:
A.ThenB.ButC.Thus D.Even
小题13:
A.gave in B.gave out C.gave upD.gave away
小题14:
A.had B.made C.letD.got
小题15:
A.drawB.cutC.crossD.catch
小题16:
A.At last B.After allC.Above allD.As a result
小题17:
A.bad B.weak C.slow D.strong
小题18:
A.congratulations B.respectC.supportD.pride
小题19:
A.seemB.hopeC.look D.expect
小题20:
A.beginningB.placeC.resultD.time

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One afternoon, my son A dam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I"ll explain, 36_ you can just wait until we make a quick 37_ at th grocery store. I have something 38 to show you. ”
At the grocery store, we 39 some apples — red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 40_ your question.” I put one apple of each 41__on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 42 look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all 43_colors, shapes and sizes. On the 44,some of the apples
may not 45 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 46 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled (削皮)them, 47 them back on the table, but 48_ a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which”
He said, “I 49_ tell. They all look same now. ” Take a bite of 50_. See if that helps you 51_ which one is which"
He took a 52 . and then a huge smile came across his face.. ’’People are 53_ likeapples!They arealldifferent, but once you 54_ the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
He totally 55_ it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
小题1:
A.althoughB.soC.becauseD.if
小题2:
A.stopB.startC.turnD.stay
小题3:
A.expressiveB.encouragingC.informativeD.interesting
小题4:
A.boughtB.countedC.sawD.collected
小题5:
A.checkB.mentionC.answerD.improve
小题6:
A.sizeB.typeC.shapeD.class
小题7:
A.worriedB.satisfiedC.proudD.curious
小题8:
A.ordinaryB.normalC.differentD.regular
小题9:
A.outsideB.wholeC.tableD.inside
小题10:
A.stillB.evenC.onlyD.ever
小题11:
A.examiningB.measuringC.drawingD.packing
小题12:
A.keepingB.placingC.pullingD.giving
小题13:
A.onB.towardC.forD.in
小题14:
A.mustn’tB.can’tC.shouldn’tD.needn’t
小题15:
A.each oneB.each otherC.the otherD.one another
小题16:
A.admitB.considerC.decideD.believe
小题17:
A.big biteB.deep breathC.firm holdD.close look
小题18:
A.justB.alwaysC.merelyD.seldom
小题19:
A.put awayB.get downC.hand outD.take off
小题20:
A.madeB.tookC.gotD.did

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I’ve spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that    1   is an occupational disease. But one year, my    2   gave me the cure for my homesickness.
It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet--- a stuffed penguin (企鹅) that   3   about five inches tall. Attached to its left wing    4   a little sign with the hand-painted declaration “ I Love My Dad!”. I immediately  5   the penguin on my table.
On my next trip, I put the   6   in my suitcase. That night when I called home, my daughter Jeanine was    7   because the penguin had disappeared. “Honey, he’s here with me,” I explained, “ I brought him    8 ”.
   9  , the penguin came with me --- as necessary as my briefcase. And we     10   along the way. In Albuquerque, I checked into a    11  , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting. When I returned, the maid had    12   the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow.
One night, I discovered the penguin    13  , and after a mad phone call, I learned I’d    14   it in my previous hotel room,    15   it had been rescued by a maid. I       16     a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk. In the hotel lobby (大厅), other tired business travelers were    17     at the reunion of my penguin and me --- I think with a touch of    18  .
Jeanine is in college now, and I don’t travel    19  . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion. All those years on    20  , it was the one thing I never left home without.
小题1:
A.coldB.hungerC.lonelinessD.fever
小题2:
A.boyB.daughterC.friendD.mother
小题3:
A.stoodB.layC.jumpedD.climbed
小题4:
A.wroteB.turnedC.wasD.had
小题5:
A.threw B.lostC.gaveD.placed
小题6:
A.bearB.penguinC.dogD.rabbit
小题7:
A.upsetB.happyC.gladD.excited
小题8:
A.upB.offC.alongD.down
小题9:
A.From now onB.In the futureC.In future D.From then on
小题10:
A.had friendsB.had friendC.made friendsD.made friend
小题11:
A.schoolB.hotelC.shopD.supermarket
小题12:
A.givenB.turnedC.madeD.carried
小题13:
A.sleepingB.goingC.livingD.missing
小题14:
A.forgetB.leftC.orderedD.sent
小题15:
A.thereB.whenC.whereD.how
小题16:
A.ranB.walkedC.hurriedD.drove
小题17:
A.surprisedB.frightenedC.lookedD.laughed
小题18:
A.angerB.envyC.sadness D.illness
小题19:
A.as manyB.as seldomC.so littleD.as much
小题20:
A.the hotelB.the meetingC.the roadD.the house

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I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”
“ Son, hold on,” he said.
“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”
“ Wait, let me tell you…”
“ Would you like me to throw it away from you?” I asked.
“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”
When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
小题1:Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?
A.Because it smelt terrible.
B.Because it was mixed with something else.
C.Because his father drank too much that night.
D.Because it had been kept for years.
小题2:What the author’s father said __________.
A.made the author puzzled when he was a little child.
B.was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author.
C.threw the author into deep thought then.
D.was an excuse to drink the wine.
小题3: In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.
A.do it betterB.save much time
C.graduate from college more quicklyD.miss something useful to us in life
小题4: Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?
A.Well begun is half done.B.More haste(匆忙), less speed.
C.Failure is the mother of success.D.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

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I want to let you know about an event that changed my life many years ago. We were living in College Station, Texas and my wife and I were on our way home from Houston, Texas one Sunday morning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get something to eat since we had enough time.
When we finished, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a homeless man standing in front of the building. His clothes were worn and it looked as if he didn’t have any money. It was cold and I was sure he wanted something to drink. However, it was not this that moved(感动) me.
  A dog was also walking up to the front of the building. Being a dog lover, I noticed that the dog was a mother and that she had just had some puppies(小狗). She was hungry and weak and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her puppies would not live on.
  People walking by didn’t even notice her. She might not have been as pretty and clean as most, but she still deserved(值得) better. But we still did not do anything, someone else did. The homeless man, who I thought could not afford anything to eat, went back into a store and bought dog food with all the money he had.
小题1: From the passage we can know that______.
A.the author didn’t like dogs
B.the dog was not pretty enough to be loved
C.the author wanted to help the dog but he was unable to
D.the dog and her puppies were in danger of dying of hunger
小题2:Which of the following moved the author?
A.Most people walking by the dog didn’t notice her
B.The homeless man wore worn clothes on the cold day
C.The homeless man bought food for the dog with all of his money
D.The homeless man had not any money to buy any food for himself
小题3: The author did the following except that he_______.
A.had pity on the dog that was in danger
B.bought dog food with all the money he had
C.was a person who treasured dogs very much
D.went home from Houston one Sunday morning
小题4:According to the passage, we know that the homeless man was _______.
A.kind and helpful B.brave and kind
C.clever and helpful D.clever and brave
小题5:. The best title for this passage would be_______.
A.My Memory  B.My wife and I
C.Animals Are Parents TooD.A Mother Dog and Her Puppies

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