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When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s,we had a milkman delivering milk to
our doorstep.His name was Mr.Basille.He wore a white cap and drove a white truck.As a 5yearold
boy,I couldn"t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt.He noticed this one day during a
delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course,he delivered more than milk.There was cheese,eggs and so on.If we needed to change
our order,my mother would pen a note-"Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery" -and place
it in the box along with the empty bottles.And then,the buttermilk would magically(魔术般)appear.
All of this was about more than convenience.There existed a close relationship between families
and their milkmen.Mr.Basille even had a key to our house,for those times when it was so cold outside
that we put the box indoors,so that the milk wouldn"t freeze.And I remember Mr.Basille from time to
time taking a break at our kitchen table,having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today.Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk,
thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete(竞争)．Besides,milk is for sale everywhere,and it may
just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories.I took it
home and planted it on the back porch(门廊)．Every so often my son"s friends will ask what it is.So
I start telling stories of my boyhood,and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
B．to pay for the delivery
C．to satisfy his curiosity
D．to please his mother
B．He was a respectable person.
C．He was treated as a family member.
D．He was fully trusted by the family.
B．It has been driven out of the market.
C．Its service is getting poor.
D．It is forbidden by law
B．He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C．He needed it for his milk bottles.
D．He planted flowers in it.
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out. Thomas Macaulay
Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette
O"Neill gave an arithmetic__1__to our class. When the papers were__2__,she discovered that
twelve boys had made the same mistakes throughout the test.
"There is really nothing new about__3__in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O"Neill
__4__even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to__5__after class. I was one
of the twelve.Mrs O"Neill asked__6__questions, and she didn"t__7__us either." She wrote on
the blackboard the__8__words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to__9__these words
into our exercisebooks one hundred times.
I don"t__10__about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important
single__11__of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay"s words, they__12__seem to
me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give me a__13__to measure myself rather than others.
__14__of us are asked to make__15__decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle.
But all of us are called__16__daily to make a great many personal decisions.__17__the wallet, found
in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the__18__change received
at the store be forgotten or__19__? Nobody will know except__20__. But you have to live with
yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.
( )2.A. examined
( )3.A. lying
( )4.A. didn"t
( )5.A. come
( )6.A. no
( )7.A. excuse
( )8.A. above
( )9.A. repeat
( )10.A.worry
( )11.A. chance
( )12.A. even
( )13.A. way
( )14.A. All
( )15.A. quick
( )16.A. out
( )17.A. Should
( )18.A. extra
( )19.A. paid
( )20.A. me
B. completed
B. cheating
B. did
B. leave
B. certain
B. reject
B. common
B. get
B. know
B. incident
B. still
B. sentence
B. Few
B. wise
B. for
B. Must
B. small
B. remembered
B. you
C．marked
C. guessing
C．would
C. remain
C. many
C. help
C．following
C．put
C. hear
C. lesson
C. always
C．choice
C．Some
C. great
C．up
C. Would
C．some
C. shared
C. us
D. answered
D．discussing
D. wouldn"t
D. apologize
D. more
D. scold
D. unusual
D. copy
D. talk
D. memory
D. almost
D. reason
D．None
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D．upon
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an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and
he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his
liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and forgot anything except
gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife
told him not to do it but he didn"t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were
punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her
very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year"s Day. Mr Lang didn"t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again.
He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his
fiveyearold son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time
and thought the police would not come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came
a few policemen.
"I saw there weren"t any policemen outside, Daddy," said the boy, "so I went to the crossing and
asked some to come."
B．he worked in a factory
C．he had a lot of work to do
D．he had worked there for a long time
B．she thought her husband was tired
C．her husband spent all the time in gambling
D．she wouldn"t stop her husband gambling
B．Mr Lang was late for work
C．Mr Lang didn"t help his wife at home
D．Mr Lang wasn"t polite to the police
B．he wouldn"t stop gambling
C．he had been put into lockup
D．he was hardly sent away by the factory
B．The boy thought his father needed some policemen.
C．The boy wished his father to stop gambling soon.
D．The boy wished his mother to come back.
fate saved Clive of India for his mission in history is a matter of record.Downhearted, ill, and
depressed, Clive, then a young clerk, placed a revolver(左轮枪手) to his head and snapped
the trigger time after time.It refused to fire and he realised that suicide was not to be his lot.A
subordinate (下属) took the same pistol from Clive"s hand and fired it six times in succession
(连续)．
A somewhat different but disturbing fate laid in store for Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son
of the Civil War President.Young Lincoln had received orders to report to Washington.In White
House he was told that his parents had gone to Fords Theatre and they had requested that he
join them there.Robert Todd Lincoln went to the theatre and, just as he entered the building, he
was stretched back by a crowd of excited people, among whom were the stretcher bearerscarrying
the dying President.
During the administration of President Garfield, Robert Todd Lincoln became Secretary of War.
He was a close personal friend of President Garfield and, when the President prepared to leave for
a visit to the seashore at Elberton, New Jersey, Secretary Lincoln accepted an invitation to go along
.As Secretary Lincoln reached the railway station, he encountered the stretcher bearers carrying out
the fatally wounded President Garfield, victim of an assassin"s(刺客) bullet.
Twenty years later, as Robert Todd Lincoln entered the Temple of Music in Buffalo to greet
President McKinley, the President was carried past him by stretcher bearers.Garfield, Lincoln, and
McKinley were the presidents to be assassinated (暗***), and Robert Todd Lincoln was the only
man who was on the scene immediately after all the shootings.
B．remained a clerk all his life
C．became famous later in life
D．was a man who liked to play jokes
B．He tried to kill himself but failed.
C．He didn"t know how to use a revolver.
D．He was not pleased with his position.
B．He was lucky enough to hold important positions in the government of three presidents.
C．He was the only man who saw the deaths of three presidents.
D．He was the only man who arrived immediately after the three presidents were shot.
B．Clive.
C．Robert Todd Lincoln.
D．McKinley.
B．Different Fates for Different People
C．The Shootings of Three Presidents
D．The Sad Life of Robert Todd Lincoln
and cultural differences. Ignoring these __1__, I got there in July 2010.__2__ I arrived, I realized the
importance of getting a job __3__ my living expenses. Determined to do this __4__, I spent several
weeks going doortodoor for a job, but found __5__ response(回应).
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask __6__there were any job opportunities(机会). The
people there advised me not to continue my job search in that __7__. As I was about to __8__, a man
who had been listening approached me and asked me to wait outside __9__. Nearly ten minutes later,
he __10__.He asked me about my plans and encouraged me to stay __11__. Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to __12__a job.
I was a little surprised, but had a __13__feeling about him. Along the way, I realized that I had
__14__resumes(简历). Seeing this, the man __15__at his business partner"s office to make me fifteen
__16__copies. He also gave me some __17__on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resumes and
went home feeling very __18__. The following day, I received a __19__from a store in Royal Oak
offering me a job.
It seems that the world always __20__to you when you need it.And this time, it was a complete
stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.
| ( )1. A. doubts ( )2. A. Even if ( )3. A. of ( )4. A. on my own ( )5. A. any ( )6. A. why ( )7. A. direction ( )8. A. answer ( )9. A. for ever ( )10. A. returned ( )11. A. silent ( )12. A. pick out ( )13. A. dull ( )14. A. made use of ( )15. A. stopped ( )16. A. right ( )17. A. pressures ( )18. A. lonely ( )19. A. call ( )20. A. turns off | B. concerns B. Every time B. at B. on my way B. much B. wherever B. attitude B. work B. at any time B. hesitated B. busy B. search for B. good B. taken care of B. knocked B. more B. agreements B. funny B. tip B. goes over | C. instructions C. Now that C. for C. by any chance C. some C. whether C. language C. leave C. as usual C. passed C. positive C. take on C. guilty C. run out of C. glanced C. former C. impressions C. disappointed C. present C. gives back | D. reasons D. Soon after D. with D. by the day D. little D. whenever D. manner D. refuse D. for a while D. regretted D. comfortable D. give up D. general D. become tired of D. appeared D. different D. suggestions D. satisfied D. report D. looks up |
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| Mr Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he__1__up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his__2__expensive "school" fee. He always owes his success to it. At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before__3__, he bought a Rolex watch with the __4__made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be __5__ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the __6__goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying__7__ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless__8__. When he was__9__of his "smarts", immediately, __10__ the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which__11__ nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen"s words. Glen was amazed.__12__ he understood why, he was taken to the office to be__13__ strictly. For many times of entry exit __14__he knew that only those people in the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special treatment. The officers looked out everything carefully in the box, and warned him __15__ time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if __16__ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy(劣质的)goods, he would be charged according to law！Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after__17__ the plane for long. After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep__18__ on him, because the additional high "school" fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of __19__, which he would__20__as the secret of his success forever. | |||