I have only seen my father cry once. It was at the Alton train station, back when the trains still ran. I was
on my way to Philadelphia to 1 the train that would take me to Boston and college. I was eager (热切的) to
go. College, with its 2 and the promise of the better future had become more interesting. It 3 me to see
tears in my father"s eyes as he shook my hand and said goodbye.
For eighteen years, we had never had a(n) 4 to say goodbye like this. He was taller than me, 5 I was
not short. I was going somewhere, and he was seeing me off. He 6 me, but he had not needed to say before,
and now his tears were 7 it.
The tears in my father"s eyes told me that we would have less and less to do with each other. I had taken
my 8 from his, and now I was learning it. The train 9 and I boarded (登上) it. My father looked smaller
from the train. We 10 goodbye to each other through the window. I was wearing the heavy winter coat that
my father had bought for me to keep me from catching a cold in New England. |
( )1. A. return
( )2. A. habits
( )3. A. shocked
( )4. A. time
( )5. A. because
( )6. A. taught
( )7. A. saying
( )8. A. money
( )9. A. continued
( )10. A. reached | B. catch
B. license
B. supposed
B. luck
B. though
B. beat
B. knowing
B. time
B. broke
B. waved | C. design
C. courses
C. helped
C. chance
C. so
C. forgot
C. creating
C. present
C. arrived
C. talked | D. watch
D. advertisements
D. encouraged
D. interest
D. and
D. loved
D. describing
D. life
D. left
D. cheered | | 完型填空。 | When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn"t look like any 1 I 2 . He never
invited us to play in his yard,but he was a very 3 person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn"t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make
it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once
I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you 4 them, each baby tree would grow
weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and 5 the weaker trees early.
He talked about how watered trees grew shallow (浅的) roots, and how trees that weren"t watered had
to grow deep roots in search of water 6 the earth by themselves. 7 roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He"d planted an oak and, 8 watering it every morning, he"d beat it with
a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree"s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years 9 I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at
the trees 10 I watched him 11 about twenty-five years ago. They"re very big and strong now. I planted
some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of 12 too much,
whenever a cold wind blows in, they 13 a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy.
But lately I"ve been thinking that it"s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties.
There"s always a cold wind 14 somewhere, so 15 we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the
brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we can face it strongly and won"t be beaten down. | ( )1.A. doctor
( )2.A. know
( )3.A. healthy
( )4.A. developed
( )5.A. pick out
( )6.A. over
( )7.A. Thick
( )8.A. because of
( )9.A. when
( )10.A. that
( )11.A. stick
( )12.A. noticing
( )13.A. fall
( )14.A. annoying
( )15.A. long as | B. farmer
B. knew
B. weak
B. watered
B. clean out
B. on
B. Thin
B. rather than
B. after
B. who
B. plant
B. pulling
B. increase
B. continuing
B. far | C. planter
C. have known
C. kind
C. created
C. come out
C. towards
C. Short
C. instead of
C. before
C. where
C. weigh
C. caring
C. shook
C. blowing
C. that | D. adult
D. had known
D. bad
D. caught
D. give out
D. under
D. Deep
D. instead
D. so that
D. whose
D. beat
D. worrying
D. shake
D. dropping
D. what | | 完形填空。 | A sad little boy was in search of happiness and wanted to meet God (上帝). On his way, he saw an elderly
woman 1 in a park watching some birds. The boy sat down 2 her. He opened his bag to-take a drink,
when he noticed the lady looked 3 . So he offered her a piece of cake. She accepted it and smiled at him.
Her 4 was so wonderful that he wanted to see it again. Then he offered her a can of coke. Once again she
smiled at him. The boy was pleased!
They 5 there all afternoon, eating and smiling without saying a word. 6 it began to grow dark, the
boy got up to leave, but before he had gone no more than a few steps, he turned around, ran 7 to the old
woman and gave her a big hug (拥抱). She gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy arrived home, his mother was 8 by the look of joy on his face. She asked, "What has
made you so happy today?" He 9 , "I had lunch with God. She"s got the most beautiful smile in the world!"
And when the old woman returned to her home, she told her son that she had lunch with God.
Too often we overlook (忽视) the 10 of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, or the smallest act
of caring. However, all of these have the possible power to turn a life around. | ( )1. A. playing
( )2. A. in front of
( )3. A. thirsty
( )4. A. smile
( )5. A. talked
( )6. A. As
( )7. A. away
( )8. A. shocked
( )9. A. added
( )10. A. ability | B. sitting
B. away from
B. happy
B. performance
B. stood
B. Although
B. back
B. encouraged
B. cried
B. result | C. walking
C. behind
C hungry
C face
C. walked
C. Unless
C. down
C excited
C. replied
C. power | D. smiling
D. next to
D. angry
D. appearance
D. stayed
D. While
D. off
D. surprised
D. thought
D. purpose | | 阅读理解。 | Jamie stood looking at the map. He turned it around. He looked up from the map. He looked back at
the map.He took a few steps back along the path. He put his finger on the map,and looked up again. "It"s no
use!", he shouted. He threw the map away,and sat down on the ground.
I asked him what the matter was.
Jamie said. "We"re lost. We must have taken a wrong turning."
He didn"t know where we were."I"m sorry,I"m sorry."he said again and again.
I told him not to worry. "We"ll follow the fiver." I said. "The fiver flows into the sea, so it will take us
back to the coast." This seemed like a good plan. We set off down the hill. The river was a long way below
us. It was getting dark, and it was starting to rain. Jamie started to run."Come on!" he called."In an hour, it
will be dark and we won"t be able to see where we"re going" "Stop!" I shouted, because I saw there was a
fallen tree on the path."Don"t run. It"s dangerous!"
As soon as I saw him fall, I knew he was badly hurt. When I reached him, he said that his leg hurt. He
wasn"t able to stand up. Now, We were lost, we had a long way from home,and Jamie couldn"t walk. | | 1. Why did Jamie say "It"s no use!"? | A. He could find the fight way without the map.
B. The path was wrongly marked on the map.
C. The map was not big enough to see clearly.
D. He didn"t think the map helpful to them. | | 2. The writer and Jamie were lost because _______. | A. they took a wrong turning
B. they threw their map away
C. it was too dark to see the way
D. it was a long way from home | | 3. In order to return to the coast. they decided to ________. | A. follow the path
B. swim across the river
C. walk along the river
D. climb the hill | | 4. What happened to Jamie? | A. He couldn"t see anything.
B. He fell and hurt his leg.
C. He fell into the river.
D. He was hit by a stone. | | 5. This passage mainly tells us ________. | A. the writer and Jamie lost their way
B. the writer and Jamie climbed the hill
C. how to read a travel map
D. how to make a travel plan | | 阅读理解。 | "Is she still alive? Where is she? I want to see her at once!"
Jiang Dejia, a Junior 2 student in Shifang Yinghua Middle School in Deyang, said this when she was
rescued from the rubble (瓦砾) of a school building hit by the May 12 earthquake.
"She" is a Jmlior 3 girl from the same school,called Liao Li, who was also buried in the rubble.
Jiang and Liao didn"t know each other before the earthquake.But they encouraged each other to keep
going during the two scary days.
Later Liao was rescued too.
"We were on the edge of death but friendship got us through. I"ll never forget it as long as I live." said
Jiang.
Hundreds of thousands of students like Jiang and Liao were in the same situation on May l2. On that
day, the biggest earthquake in China for more than 30 years hit Wenehuan,Sichuan.Several thousand middle
school students and teachers ended up buried.Buildings went down and cities were leveled (夷平).
As from Friday the earthquake has killed about 23,000 people across the country.The number is very
likely to grow.
While people in those areas are facing death and disease,they know the whole nation is standing firmly
behind them.
Only two hours after the quake.Premier Wen Jiabao got on a plane to Chengdu,the capital of Sichuan
Province. Premier Wen has been in the worst-hit areas to lead rescue work.
Soldiers and policemen were not able to get into Wenchuan at first because of rainy weather and
blocked roads.About one day after the quake.the first army group reached the epicenter (震中) on foot.
Since then,soldiers have been digging with their fingers to try to find people alive.Helicopters (直升机) have
been called in to airdrop food,water and medicine for people in the quake-hit areas.Medical teams have been
sent in.People are racing against time to save lives.
People outside of Sichuan.including overseas Chinese and people in other countries, are offering money,
blood and materials (物资) to help. | | 1. The underlined word "rescued" here means "_________". | A.cared
B. found
C. saved
D. called | | 2. What made Jiang and Liao live through the two scary days? | A. Food.
B. Friendship.
C. Water.
D. Medicine. | | 3. Which of the following is true according to the passage? | A. Jiang and Liao were rescued at the same time.
B. Several hundred students were buried in the quake.
C. It took Premier Wen Jiabao two hours to get to Chengdu.
D. About one day after the quake, the soldiers got to the epicenter. | | 4. Soldiers and policemen were not able to get into Wenchuan at first because _________. | A. they didn"t know the way to Wenchuan
B. they walked there with lots of materials
C. the weather was bad and the roads were badly damaged
D. it was too far and they didn"t have enough vehicles | | 5. Where does this passage probably come from? | A. A newspaper.
B. A handbook.
C. An advertisement.
D. A notice. |
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