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was far more heartbreaking than I"d expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After
he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed
endless. I was lonely. I hated the silence of the apartment.
But one evening the silence was broken:I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on
the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep.
The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been given up by his owner
who"d moved out. So the little cat was there all alone, just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment,
I tried to figure out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last
thing I needed. But as soon as I opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arrns.
It was clear from that moment he had no intention of going anywhere. I started calling him willis, in honor
of my father"s best friend.
From then on, things grew easier. With willis in my lap, time seemed to pass much more quickly. When
the time finally came for me to return home I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely
no way l would leave without him.
It"s now been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on how
nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home
but he gave me something greater.
1. When the allthor first saw the cat, she ___ .
A. was very happy
B. felt pity for him
C. didn"t know what to do
D. was angry at his crying
2. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph suggests that the author __ .
A. needed something to fill the empty apartment
B. loved to stay alone in the apartment
C. was too busy an
d tired to keep a catD. needed something to take care of to kill time
3. The cat rescued the author by ___ .
A. making her feel better in her hard times
B. giving her courage to go on with he
r lifeC. helping her tidy the apartment
D. telling her what life is
4. We can learn from the passage that __ .
A. Willis was named after his foiTner owner
B. Willis didn"t like staying in the apartment
C. the author and Willis were both homeless
D. time passed quickly after the author kept Willis
5. What"s the main idea of the passage?
A. A little lonely cat.
B. A painful experience.
C. How to take care of animals.
D. What I got from a little cat.
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tent with my wife and two kids. "Things haven"t worked out. "I said to myself. But, like so many other
things I complain before my morning coffee, this one was extremely off-key. Things weren"t bad; they
were good.
A hundred yards away was Summit Lake. It was beautiful. We fired up the camp stove and boiled up
a cup of coffee. Half an hour later, my 6-year-old daughter and I were in the parking lot of the Lassen
Peak Trail, getting ready to hike. We wouldn"t make it all the way-young legs get pretty tired on a steep
mountain path-but it didn"t matter. We would see great views spread out below us, the volcanic(火山的)
ash t
hat layered on the earth turnin
g the melting snow a mysterious pink as the sun struck it. Later, duringthe hike, I felt stupid about my morning complaints. Everything had been worthwhile. It gave me great
satisfaction to see my daughter so excited about the view from the mountain.
Yes, camping is uncomfortable. But there"s also something wonderful about being so close to nature.
Just as importantly, there"s something about getting young children out of their increasingly
technology-filled comfort zones and forcing them to experience the non-cyber(没有网络的)world
around them. It"s a good thing to reconnect every so often with the Great Outd
oors. 1. How did the author first feel about camping in Yosemite?
A. Uncomlbrtable.
B. Shocked.
C. Excited.
D. Wonderful.
2. By saying"this one was extremely off-key"in the first paragraph. the author means that____.
A. he had lost his key
B. this was meaningless
C. this was quite unusual
D. this was far from the truth
3. Which of the following is true according to the article?
A. The author seldom complains in
the early morning. B. The author walked all the way to the Lassen Peak Trail.
C. The view from the mountain impressed
the author"s daugh
ter. D. The author hiked to the top of the mountain to get a better view.
4. With the article, the writer tries to send the message that ___ .
A. it"s great to walk outdoors and get close to nature
B. it"s advisable to be well prepared before going camping
C. technology causes much harm to human society
D. we should not break the balance of nature
5. What is the proper title of the passage?
A. The Beautiful Park
B. The Open Air
C. My Daughter and I
D. Uncomfortable Camping
This is an act of kindness that happened to me one Sunday morning.
It was at two o"clock in the morning. We just came out of a club and were trying to find our 1 back
to our city. As we were trying to 2 the bus stop, a man came to us and said he would show us 3 it
was. Although we were a little 4 , we had no choice but follow him. He told us he was a homeless man
and that his name was Lawrence.
When we passed some city workers 5 the streets, they sprayed (喷溅) the homeless man.
Lawrence told us that they always sprayed the 6 if they were "in the way". I didn"t know why they
would do that. They were human beings, 7 , not cattle or objects.
This man had just gotten 8 in the middle of a cold night, but 9 shouting at the workers, he asked
them, "How would you 10 if your father or grandfather were treated like this?" He then told us, "It"s
11 use shouting at them, because they just get angry. You"re better off saying something from the 12 ."
It is 13 ! The world could be so different if only we put our anger 14 , lowered our voices and
tried to speak from our hearts.
He took us safely to the stop and on the way talked about everything. We 15 him and told him
that we 16 have never found the place on our own. He said, "I have a son of your age, and I hope that
if he were 17 , someone would help him."
Not only did Lawrence clear out all the fear and distrust in our hearts, he helped us find our way, in
more than one ways. 18 , this man taught us kindness. There was 19 we could really do to repay him. The only thing I hope to do is to 20 other people out.
| ( )1. A. way ( )2. A. get to ( )3. A. how ( )4. A. interested ( )5. A. wondering ( )6. A. blacks ( )7. A. above all ( )8. A. wet ( )9. A. except for ( )10. A. think ( )11. A. no use ( )12. A. corners ( )13. A. good ( )14. A. aside ( )15. A. left ( )16. A. should ( )17. A. waited for ( )18. A. On the contrary ( )19. A. something ( )20. A. help | B. car B. find B. what B. annoyed B. washing B. whites B. in all B. angry B. shortly after B. feel B. no point B. eyes B. beautiful B. off B. thanked B. could B. taken in B. On the other hand B. anything B. work | C. friend C. search for C. which C. worried C. painting for C. strangers C. after all C. sad C. instead of C. tell C. no need C. bottom C. true C. down C. paid C. must C. lost C. What"s up C. everything C. pay | D. road D. arrive D. where D. disappointed D. decorating D. homeless D. not at all D. cold D. owing to D. say D. no fun D. heart D. funny D. up D. brought D. need D. missed D. What"s more D. nothing D. check | |
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| Obama still smokes in secret US President Barack Obama may have just made life more difficult for cigarette smokers, but he still smokes every now and then in secret. Obama, who has publicly struggled to quit smoking, said he still hasn"t completely kicked the habit even after signing a law this week that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry. "As a former smoker I constantly struggle with it. Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No," Obama said at a news conference. "I don"t do it in front of my kids, I don"t do it in front of my family. I would say that I am 95 percent cured, but there are times where I mess up," he said. The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products. At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said he was among the nearly 90 percent of smokers who took up the habit before their 18th birthday. "Once you go down this path it"s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law we signed is so important because what we don"t want is kids going down that path in the first place," he said at the news conference. Nearly 20 percent of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases. 1. According to the passage, Obama _________. A. has no plan to give up smoking B. still smokes as usual C. no longer smokes D. hasn"t completely given up smoking 2. What does the underlined sentence mean in the third paragraph? A. Have I dropped from the wagon? B. Have I stopped smoking completely? C. Do I still smoke sometimes? D. Do I still smoke as much as before? 3. Which of the following is Not TRUE? A. Nearly 90 percent of the population of America smoke. B. Nearly 90 percent of the smokers of America began to smoke before they turned 18. C. Nearly one-fifth of Americans smoke. D. Smoking kills about 440,000 people a year in the USA. 4. The new law first looks at _________ health. A. adults" B. middle-aged people"s C. women"s D. children"s | ||||
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| A group of graduates, successful in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups-porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking and cheap, some exquisite and expensive-telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you cons  ciously went for the best cups. . And then you began eyeing each other"s cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. " God brews the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee! "The happiest people don"t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. " Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God. 1. Why did the professor offer his students coffee with varieties of cups? A. To give his students many more choices. B. To teach his students how to enjoy coffee. C. To show the students his collection of cups. D. To tell his students the right attitude to life 2. According to the professor, the happiest people are the ones who _____. A. get the best type of coffee cups B. make the best of what they have C. have a w  ide range of coffee cups D. care about social status and wealth 3. The best title for the passage would be _____. A. God"s Coffee B. The Pressure of Life C. The Happiest People D. Professor"s Coffee Cups | ||||
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| A Man Named Lawrence This is an act of kindness that happened to me one Sunday morning. It was at two o"clock in the morning. We just came out of a club and were trying to find our 1 back to our city. As we were trying to 2 the bus stop, a man came to us and said he would show us 3 it was. Although we were a little 4 , we had no choice but follow him. He told us he was a homeless man and that his name was Lawrence. When we passed some city workers 5 the streets, they sprayed (喷溅) the homeless man. Lawrence told us that they always sprayed the 6 if they were "in the way". I didn"t know why they would do that. They were human beings, 7 , not cattle or objects. This man had just gotten 8 in the middle of a cold night, but 9 shouting at the workers, he asked them, "How would you 10 if your father or grandfather were treated like this?" He then told us, "It"s 11 use shouting at them, because they just get angry. You"re better off saying something from the 12 ." It is 13 ! The world could be so different if only we put our anger 14 , lowered our voices and tried to speak from our hearts. He took us safely to the stop and on the way talked about everything. We 15 him and told him that we 16 have never found the place on our own. He said, "I have a son of your age, and I hope that if he were 17 , someone would help him." Not only did Lawrence clear out all the fear and distrust in our hearts, he helped us find our way, in more than one ways. 18 , this man taught us kindness. There was 19 we could really do to repay him. The only thing I hope to do is to 20 other people out. | ||||
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