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four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.
Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and
sisters how fortunate we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities.They influenced us
with the concepts of family, faith and nationalism.
I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad injured his back working in a cardboardbox factory
and was retrained as a hairstylist.He rented space in a little shopping mall and gave his shop the fancy
name of Mr Ben"s Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three
nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a. m..To pick up rubbish, Dad used a little machine that
looked like a lawn mower.Mom and I emptied garbage cans and picked up litter by hand.It took two
to three hours to clean the lot.I"d sleep in the car on the way home.
I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime.I acquired discipline and a
strong work ethic (道德), and learned at an early age the importance of balancing life"s competing
interests-in my case, school, homework and a job.This really helped during my senior year of a high
school, when I worked 40 hours a week flipping burgers at a fastfood joint while taking a full load of
college preparation courses.
The hard work paid off.I attended the US Military Academy and went on to receive graduate
degrees in law and business from Harvard.Later, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected
to the California State Assembly (州议会). In these jobs and in everything else I"ve done, I have never
forgotten those nights in the parking lot.The experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that
if people are working to provide for themselves and their families that is something we should honor.
1. Before my father got injured, we________.
A. didn"t like living in the USA
B. lived a poor but happy life
C. were lucky to move to the USA
D. had many ways to make money
2. When he recovered, to make a living my father________.
A. ran a small shopping mall
B. did a parttime job
C. worked as a barber
D. became a street cleaner
3. Working in the parking lot for two years had taught me________.
A. how to obey school discipline
B. how to do two things well at a time
C. that discipline and work were of equal value
D. that I must do as many things as possible at a time
4. The author tells us in the last paragraph that we should be proud of those who________.
A. have done all kinds of jobs
B. are cleaning the parking lot
C. have achieved a lot in their lives
D. are bearing their responsibilities
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the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Last__1__, Jim Forest came to__2__. I usually wash the dishes
__3__we"ve finished the evening meal, before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One
night, Jim asked if he might__4__the dishes. Then I said, "__5__, but if you wash the dishes you must
know the__6__to wash them." Jim replied, "Come on, you think I don"t know how to wash the
dishes?" I answered, "There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in__7__
to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes to wash the dishes." Jim was delighted and
said, "I__8__the second way-to wash the dishes to wash the dishes." From then on, Jim__9__how
to wash the dishes. I transferred the "responsibility" to him for a whole week with heavy snow outside.
If while washing dishes, we only__10__the cup of tea that__11__us, as a result, we__12__to get
the dishes out of the way as if they were a(n)__13__, then we are not "washing the dishes to wash the
dishes". __14__, all of us are not__15__during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact, we are
completely incapable of__16__the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can"t wash the dishes,
the chances are that we won"t be__17__to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will
only be thinking of other things, barely__18__of the cup in our__19__. Thus we are sucked away into
the future and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.
Do you__20__wash the dishes to wash the dishes or to have clean dishes?
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| He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many boys were after her, but nobody paid any 1 to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised. In order not to 2 rude, she went along. 3 they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too 4 to say anything. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please 5 me some salt? I"d like to put it in my coffee." The girl stared at him. He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. 6 , she asked,"Why salt with coffee?" he 7 ,"When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the sea... I could 8 its taste salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my 9 and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are still there." She was deeply 10 . A man who can 11 that he"s homesick must love his home and 12 about his family. He must be 13 . She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood and her 14 . That was the start to their love story. They continued to date each other. She found that he met all her 15 . He was kind, warm, and careful. 16 to think she would have missed the 17 if not for the salty coffee. So they married and lived happily together. Every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the 18 he liked it. After 40 years, he 19 away and left her a letter which said, "My dearest, please forgive my lifelong lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of sugar. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, 20 it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life." | ||||||||||||||
| ( )1. A.money ( )2. A.show ( )3. A.As ( )4. A.eager ( )5. A.lift ( )6. A.Mysterious ( )7. A.explained ( )8. A.taste ( )9. A.boat ( )10. A.touched ( )11. A.afford ( )12. A.mind ( )13. A.smart ( )14. A.family ( )15. A.friends ( )16. A.And ( )17. A.sight ( )18. A.method ( )19. A.moved ( )20. A.as if | B. attention B. look B. Because B. proud B. take B. Moved B. argued B. feel B. friend B. hurt B. realize B. care B. intelligent B. school B. requirements B. When B. train B. style B. passed B. now that | C. visit C. seem C. Since C. nervous C. carry C. Curious C. stated C. smell C. playmate C. pressed C. recognize C. know C. responsible C. relatives C. needs C. Or C. catch C. manner C. died C. even if | D. respect D. appear D. Though D. anxious D. bring D. Excited D. claimed D. sense D. childhood D. interested D. admit D. attend D. flexible D. house D. standards D. But D. home D. way D. walked D. so that | |||||||||||
| We all remember bosses we"ve had over the years. But some bosses, for one reason or another, stand out above the rest. Christy Bulkeley was one of those bosses. Christy was the young publisher at the small Upstate New York newspaper where I worked 35 years ago, one of the first female publishers in the USA.I was green as a reporter. A feminist of the first order, she believed women were equal to men, that newspapers could be run by women. More than a few old newspapermen didn"t believe what Christy believed, and I"ll make it clear that we didn"t always get along. The maddest I ever saw her was when I wrote a profile of Helen Hayes, referring to the famous actress as Miss Hayes. She went angry. The title "Miss" was forbidden at the newspaper. Christy was a Ms and would remain one, even after marrying. She stood out in a crowd, which perhaps was what made her seem awkward in social settings. She had short red hair, smoked cigarettes that swung from her very long fingers, and dressed in a style all her own. She also had the habit of crossing her fingers if you were talking to her. Obviously it reminded her to ask a certain question once you were done talking. It seemed to work for her. But she was always fair, she praised good work, was happy when the staff put out an extra effort. She_was_a_good_sport, too. Every Halloween I had a party. One year I dressed as Christy. I wore a red wig (假发). I smoked a cigarette. I found a pair of kneehigh boots and a flowered blouse and I walked around with crossed fingers. It was an annual event where many arrived uninvited. I never knew who would show up. It was a night of surprises, and what a surprise it was when Christy appeared at my door. I stared at her. She stared at me, then broke the silence. "The blouse is all wrong," she said. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. Why does the author remember Christy Bulkeley? | ||||||||||||||
| A. She once helped the author a lot. B. She was the author"s one and only boss. C. She was an extraordinary boss in many ways. D. She was the first female publisher in America. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. What can we learn about the Upstate New York newspaper at that time? | ||||||||||||||
| A. It often introduced famous actors and actresses. B. It reflected the equality of men and women. C. It was very popular with older people. D. It showed many people"s different ideas. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. By saying "She was a good sport", the author means that Christy was________. | ||||||||||||||
| A. generous and humorous B. a sports lover C. fashionable and active D. a funny joker | ||||||||||||||
| 4. The author"s purpose in writing the passage is to________. | ||||||||||||||
| A. tell us how to be a good boss B. ask us to get along well with our boss C. advise us how to be a good boss D. share the story of his boss with us | ||||||||||||||
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| I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this beach a__1__of three or four miles, whenever I"m feeling down. At that time she was__2__something. Looking__3__, she said, "Hello. " I nodded, not wanting to__4__with a small child. "I"m Wendy and I"m building something, " she said. "I see. But what is it? " I asked, not__5__. "I don"t know. I just like the__6__of sand. " A sandpiper (矶鹞鸟) flew by. "That"s a__7__. Mum says sandpipers come to bring us joy. " "Goodbye, joy, " I thought to myself, "hello, __8__. " and walked away. My life then seemed completely out of__9__. "Come again, " she called, "and have another__10__day. " But the days and weeks that followed__11__to other people:naughty boys and a__12__mother. One morning I suddenly realized I needed my__13__and headed for the beach. The breeze was cool, but I walked along, trying to recapture (捕捉) the inner peace I needed. I had almost__14__the child so I was surprised when she appeared. "__15__do you live? " I asked. She pointed toward a summer cottage. Then one day, I rushed to my beach in great pain, even in no__16__to greet the girl. "If you don"t mind, " I said coldly, "I"d rather be__17__today. " She seemed unusually__18__ and out of breath. "Why? " she asked. "My mother died!" "Did it hurt when she died? " "Of course it hurt!" I shouted, misunderstanding her. When I next went to the beach, she wasn"t there. Feeling__19__, and admitting I__20__her, I went up to the cottage. A woman answered the door. "Wendy, my daughter, died last week. She had leukemia (白血病). Maybe she didn"t tell you. " | ||||||||||||||
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