When I was six years old, my sister, Sally Kay, was a submissive three-year-old girl. For some reasons, I thought we needed to 1 some money. So I decided we should "hire out" as maids. We visited the neighbors, 2 to clean houses for them for $1. 3 our offer was reasonable, there were no takers. One neighbor even 4 my mom to tell her what we were doing. Mother had just hung up the phone 5 we came into the house. "Girls," mother asked, "why were you two 6 the neighborhood telling people you would clean their houses?" We both denied. That her dear little girls could be such "boldfaced (厚颜无耻的) liars" made her feel shocked and terribly 7 . Mom then told us that Mrs. Jones had just called and told her everything. Faced with the truth, we 8 what we had done. Mom tried to explain how much a fib (小谎) hurt 9 she didn"t feel that we really understood. Then Mom cheerfully asked, "Would you two like to go to see the movie The Matinee this afternoon?" "Oh, wonderful!" After lunch, we got bathed and all 10 up. It was like getting ready for a birthday party. We 11 outside the apartment, not wanting to miss the 12 that would take us downtown. At the bus station, Mom stunned (使震惊) us by saying, "Girls, we are not going to the 13 today." "What?" we objected 14 . "What do you mean? Aren"t we going to The Matinee?" She explained this was how much a fib could hurt. "It is important that what we say is 15 ," Mom said. "I fibbed to you just now and I felt 16 . I don"t want to fib again and I"m 17 you don"t want to fib again either. People must be 18 to others." That was 19 my sister and I learned to be truthful. It was a(n) 20 that we would never forget. |
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阅读理解 | When Meggy finished her double master"s degrees, I can remember watching her get her diploma. As her line moved forward to the side of the platform, she seemed to have more energy than she could handle. Meggy was in the Shriner"s Hospital for months when she was three, and went back for another series of operations when she was four. When the doctors told her parents that she would never walk, nobody told baby Meggy. She willingly did the foot exercises each day. Her face reflected much concentration as she moved across the room, but when she reached her destination, she smiled. Her mother, with the same strong determination, would read The Little Engine That Could to Meggy. I can still hear them repeat the words of the children"s story, "I think I can! I think I can! I think I can!" When the engine made it over the enormous hill with the toys for the children, Meggy would laugh as she and her mother sang, "I thought I could! I thought I could! I thought I could!" With that same faith and hope, Meggy learned to run, skip, play games, and ride a bike. The social and academic requirements of colleges and graduate schools were difficult for Meggy. As she studied far into the night, she kept her eye on her goals, on the people she would help. She graduated first in her class and continued her preparation for teaching in graduate school. As I heard her name being called to receive her master"s diploma, I watched her walk with grace and purpose toward the Dean. As she went down the stairs of the platform, a bright smile broke forth, and I could just hear her thinking, "I thought I could!"
1. Meggy can be best described as a girl with . A. courage B. humor C. patience D. determination
2. Her mother read The Little Engine That Could to Meggy to . A. inspire her B. make her laugh C. kill time with her D. teach her to sing
3. The biggest challenge for Meggy was probably to . A. teach others B. speak before many people C. learn how to walk D. find her goals in life
4. What can be the best title for the text? A. Hope in life B. I thought I could C. Learn to develop yourself D. Follow what you desire | 完形填空 | Do some animals have certain mental powers which human beings do not? Of course they have instincts(本能), but __1__ this, I am sure that they can feel __2__ things which we humans cannot.A personal experience __3__ this to me. Some years ago, I had a dog named Howard.From the time that he was a baby dog, he was timid, so we named him "Howard" to __4__ with "coward"(胆小鬼) ! He was especially afraid of __5__. At the first hint of them, he would run crying into the house and hide under a table.What a hero! I often went for walks with Howard. __6__, as we were walking along a road, it began to rain. I quickly ran to a bus stop for __7__.The bus stop had a roof supported by metal poles.Soon after I had got there, Howard caught my __8__ in his teeth and tried to pull me away. __9__, I was puzzled and a little angry at his 10 . However, I decided to humour him and walked away from the shelter into the rain and 11 for home. 12 I was about two hundred metres away from the shelter, there came a blinding flash of lightning and 13 , there was a crash of thunder which nearly 14 me. Howard stopped walking and began crying. Knowing that he was afraid, I 15 to pick him up. As I straightened up, I 16 the bus shelter which we had just left.I was shocked to see that two of the 17 were bent and the roof was lying on the ground, 18 .The shelter had been struck by the lightning.I gave Howard a big hug to express my heartfelt 19 . He had just saved my life.He was truly my 20 ! | ( )1. A. for ( )2. A. certain ( )3. A. expressed ( )4. A. rhyme ( )5. A. people ( )6. A. However ( )7. A. peace ( )8. A. collar ( )9. A. At first ( )10. A. teeth ( )11. A. looked ( )12. A. Because ( )13. A. long after ( )14. A. deafened ( )15. A. went ( )16. A. glared at ( )17. A. buses ( )18. A. broken ( )19. A. happiness ( )20. A. dog | B. besides B. few B. conveyed B. meet B. buses B. Once B. relief B. sleeve B. At last B. behaviour B. dreamt B. Since B. minutes later B. struck B. bent B. stared at B. trees B. unharmed B. thanks B. son | C. with C. several C. proved C. fight C. cats C. Unfortunately C. shelter C. hat C. At once C. courage C. headed C. When C. at the same time C. killed C. rushed C. glanced at C. walls C. dangerous C. luck C. hero | D. except D. great D. applied D. compete D. thunderstorms D. Suddenly D. comfort D. trousers D. At present D. idea D. asked D. Before D. soon after D. defeated D. turned D. aimed at D. poles D. dead D. wish D. friend | 阅读理解 | For years I wanted a flower garden. I"d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together. But then we had Matthew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five children. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden. Money was tight, as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I"d have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside?Money doesn"t grow on trees, you know." Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a garden. I wasn"t sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to living on a pretty lean, nofrills budget. Then, one spring morning, on Mother"s Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing around on all its branches. Then I put my glasses on-and I couldn"t believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my yard! I went outside to look. It was true!There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree. Think of all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached:"IOU eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin." Marvin kept his promise, too. He dug up a nice tenbyfifteen foot bed for me. And my other children bought me tools, ornaments, a trellis(棚架), a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books. That was three years ago. My garden"s now very pretty, just like I wanted. When I go out and weed or tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they are right there with me. I live up in Michigan"s Upper Peninsula, where winters are long and cold, and summers are too short. But every year now, when winter sets in, I look out of my window and think of the flowers I"ll see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes every time. I"m still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does!
1. By saying "Do you see a money tree outside…"the mother actually means "________". A. Observation is the best teacher B. Seeing is believing C. The outsider sees the most of the game D. It is not easy to gain money
2. The best title for the passage would probably be "________". A. My flower garden B. Marvin helps to realize my dream C. Love in Michigan D. Money grows on trees
3. The underlined word "nofrills"in the fifth paragraph is similar in meaning to "________". A. wasteful B. tight C. absurd D. helpful
4. From the last three paragraphs we can infer that the mother is________. A. divorced when she was young B. not caring for her kids any longer C. alone but not at all lonely D. prouder with her garden than with her kids | 完形填空 | In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困), and only the rich could manage without great__1_. Three of those rich men and their servants were__2_together on a road when they came to a very__3_village. The first could not stand seeing the poverty, __4__he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared__5_out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left. The second rich man, seeing the__16__situation, stopped for a short time and gave__7_all his food and drink, since he__8_see that money would be of little__9_to them. He made sure that they each 10 their fair share and would have enough food to 11 for some time. Then, he left. The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, 12 and went straight through the 13 without stopping.The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other 14 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was 15 that they themselves had been there to offer help. However, three days later, they 16 the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite direction. He was 17 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 18 the gold and valuables they had been 19 , were now full of farming tools and bags of 20 . He was rushing back to help them out of poverty. | ( )1. A. loss ( )2. A. standing ( )3. A. faraway ( )4. A. unless ( )5. A. them ( )6. A. curious ( )7. A. the villagers ( )8. A. could ( )9. A. interest ( )10. A. returned ( )11. A. remain ( )12. A. turned back ( )13. A. village ( )14. A. whether ( )15. A. good ( )16. A. welcomed ( )17. A. still ( )18. A. except for ( )19. A. loading ( )20. A. food | B. expectations B. travelling B. poor B. because B. anything B. worrying B. his servants B. might B. concern B. gained B. last B. set out B. land B. how B. certain B. met B. already B. instead of B. treasuring B. jewels | C. success C. gathering C. different C. so C. nothing C. dangerous C. the others C. should C. use C. offered C. supply C. showed off C. field C. where C. true C. accepted C. always C. apart from C. carrying C. money | D. problems D. running D. ancient D. if D. those D. puzzling D. the rest D. must D. attraction D. received D. share D. speeded up D. road D. when D. strange D. persuaded D. indeed D. along with D. earning D. seeds | 完形填空 | Last weekend, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car. My 10yearold daughter came up with the idea of __1 _ other people"s cars as well. It was pretty __2__ outside and I had no plans to __3__ being in the bright sun. She __4__ wanted to give lemonade(柠檬汽水)to passersby for free. I had seen little kids __5__ and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free. Although I felt __6__, I decided to help her. __7__ she asked me, "What if we __8__ this a smile car wash?" I couldn"t hold back my tears and 9 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 10 ideas. While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n) 11 with beautiful images of smiles. They had "Free Car Wash" written on it and the 12 of their exercise was "smile". It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 13 to do something for others. All that seemed 14 and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to 15 to them: their playtime, the heat outside-they just wanted to 16 others and do something nice in the community! I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 17 to help clean cars. Passersby were 18 and one even shouted back to them saying "God Bless You, my kids…" One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. A pretty heartwarming 19 ! I feel blessed by being 20 by such wonderful and loving souls. | ( )1. A. drying ( )2. A. quiet ( )3. A. suggest ( )4. A. further ( )5. A. choose ( )6. A. worried ( )7. A. Finally ( )8. A. show ( )9. A. challenged ( )10. A. creative ( )11. A. board ( )12. A. purpose ( )13. A. need ( )14. A. important ( )15. A. matter ( )16. A. relax ( )17. A. food ( )18. A. interested ( )19. A. scene ( )20. A. supported | B. repairing B. hot B. avoid B. therefore B. enjoy B. popular B. Simply B. leave B. expected B. ready B. picture B. trouble B. duty B. disappointing B. mean B. try B. rags B. amazed B. scenery B. understood
| C. washing C. different C. continue C. already C. buy C. confused C. Then C. make C. invited C. changed C. idea C. secret C. imagination C. hopeful C. belong C. help C. money C. bored C. story C. refused | D. decorating D. dirty D. practise D. hardly D. serve D. difficult D. Luckily D. order D. encouraged D. familiar D. car D. theme D. sense D. natural D. refer D. smile D. fruit D. frightened D. view D. surrounded |
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