school. I chose to go to the University of Arizona in Tucson and 1 there. Upon landing in early June, I
was shocked by the lack of 2 and the burning desert heat. After less than two days in that 3 , I
called my parents to question whether I had made the 4 choice and to announce that I was 5
considering coming home. My father, in a calm and 6 voice, indicated that I always had a 7. I could
always come home and be welcome there. But in fact, we both 8 I wouldn"t come home at the time.
Needless to say, I chose to 9 .
Many years have passed. My father"s 10 words remain with me. Knowing that I can always
11 , I"ve been able to 12 several challenging situations-unemployment, divorce and even the 13 of
my only son. I have also used these words in many cases where others need to know that someone
14 and that they do have a choice.
Whether 15 is earthly, spiritual, or some sense of calm, knowing that we can come home will be
just enough to 16 us on our way.
It 17 me, in a way, of the prodigal son(回头的浪子)who found 18 and love upon returning
home. While we don"t have to be like him and hit bottom in life, it is good to know that we can wander
and experience pains and 19 in life but we still have a home where love, support and comfort 20 .
( )1. A. flew ( )2. A. blue ( )3. A. university ( )4. A. new ( )5. A. naturally ( )6. A. gentle ( )7. A. choice ( )8. A. pretended ( )9. A. graduate ( )10.A. surprising ( )11.A. wander outside ( )12.A. face up to ( )13.A. return ( )14.A. worries ( )15.A. health ( )16.A, help ( )17.A. informs ( )18.A. comfort ( )19.A. regrets ( )20.A. survive | B. drove B. yellow B. school B. right B. fortunately B. weak B. dream B. expected B. regret B. encouraging B. hang around B. get away with B. growth B. cares B. marriage B. stop B. reminds B. interest B. complaints B. exist | C. walked C. brown C. environment C. last C. obviously C. supportive C. friend C. knew C. return C. interesting C. come home C. make sure of C. arrival C. leaves C. church C. protect C. warns C. food C. sufferings C. fall | D. cycled D. green D. desert D. difficult D. seriously D. pleasant D. request D. forgot D. continue D. moving D. move away D. look out for D. loss D. stays D. home D. teach D. rids D. money D. pleasures D. disappear | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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An 8 -year-0ld girl was dragged about 900 feet by a school bus today in Livingston County. According to State Police, the incident occurred about 2:40 p. m. on State Route 436 in the town of Ossian after three sisters were dropped off the bus. As the last sister was leaving the bus, driver John Coley, 62, of Wayland, Steuben County, told police that he was not paying attention when he closed the door and trapped her backpack inside. Coley then continued 900 feet before he realized the girl was being dragged, State Police said. The girl was hurt and was transported to Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville, Livingston County, by Dansville Ambulance. Another 8-year-old child on the bus said he hit his head on the seat in front of him when the bus came to a sudden stop, causing an earache. Conservation staff in New Zealand have put down 33 stranded(搁浅)whales after several attempts to refloat them failed. The whales shot Thursday were the last of 99 that stranded themselves Monday on Farewell Spit on the South Island. Department of Conservation area manager John Mason says staff and hundreds of volunteers had tried all week to get the whales refloated. He says they thought they were successful Wednesday when they got the whales into deep water-but were saddened Thursday to find that they had swum back ashore. He says the condition of the whales had significantly become worse. As well as the 33 whales that were shot, 36 had died naturally since Monday and 17 were successfully refloated. Thirteen remain unknown. 1. The last sister was dragged by the bus because_______. A. she stood too close to the bus when getting off B. the bus driver stopped the bus suddenly C. something was wrong with the bus door D. her backpack was stuck in the closed door 2. It can be inferred from the first news that_________. A. three sisters were dragged about 900 feet by a school bus B. the driver stopped the bus immediately he realized his mistake C. two children were hurt and sent to hospital D. a boy was hurt when the bus started suddenly 3. How many whales were trapped ashore in total? A. 33 B. 36 C. 99 D. 13 4. The 33 refloated whales returned ashore on_________ A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I"m often told how I have a dream job, that I work for a great company, getting to deal with the leaders in social media every day, and especially that I get to work from my home. Usually the people who tell me that working from home is wonderful have never worked from home. They spend most of their career working from an office and hate it. In fact, I love being able to work from home and make my own hours. I truly appreciate being able to drop what I"m doing to attend kids or go shopping, but there"s a side to it we don"t often talk about, the hard side. No one wants to believe people like me, working from home, have anything to complain about. Really, I"m not going to complain, but I do want to share a few things about telecommuting(远程办公)that few home -based people want to tell you, because working from home doesn"t look so wonderful. One of the reasons I love my job is the flexibility. I know that I can volunteer for school projects, meet friends for lunch and work out for an hour as long as I get my work done. But did you know telecommuters have to make up the time if they wish to pepper their days with fun distractions?So while my husband and kids are watching a movie, I"m working until midnight. Besides, when you work from home, you"re held to your phone and Skype(网络电话)in case someone wants to talk to you during business hours. So it"s not so easy to be flexible! 1. We learn from the passage that the writer_____________. A. is quite satisfied with her present work B. can balance her work and family life well C. complains about the disadvantages of working from office D. presents some unknown facts of working from home 2. The last paragraph mainly tells us that__________. A. you"re not as flexible as you think you are B. you"re usually a slave to yourself C. the writer can always make full use of the freedom D. the writer is always busy with her work 3. The writer probably agrees that__________. A. east or west, home working is the best B. freedom should always come before work C. get work done, or you"ll have no freedom D. all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 4. Who is the passage mainly intended for? A. Telecommuters. B. Office workers. C. Job hunters. D. Researchers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big 1 , and a lot of houses down below Anna"s were washed away. Anna"s house was 2 enough to escape the flood, so when the water had 3 and the other houses were standing there 4 no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right. Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, 5 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 6 in the flood and she 7 her home with them until it was 8 for them to rebuild their house. Anna"s friends were 9 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 10 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 11 . "Well," Anna 12 her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very 13 , because her husband had been killed in the 14 and she had a lot of children, 15 I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, "We won"t be able to have much for 16 this year, so I"m going to make only one present to all of us. Now I"ll go and get it." She came back with a 17 who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. "Here"s our 18 ," she said to her children. The children were 19 and happy to get such a present. They 20 the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. Such was that Christmas present." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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