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阅读理解。     An old woman had two large pots (罐), one on each end of a pole (扁担). She carried the pole with
the pots across her neck.
     One of the pots had a crack (裂缝) in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered (递
送) a full pot of water. At the end of the long walk from the well to the house, the crackedpot arrived
only half-full.
     For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection.
     One day, the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the well: "I am ashamed of myself because this
crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."
     The old woman smiled: "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the
other pot"s side? That"s because I have always known about your crack, so I planted flower seeds on
your side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you water them."
     "For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate (装饰) the table. Without
you being just the way you are, I would not have this beauty."
     Each of us has our own cracks. But it"s these cracks that make our lives together so interesting and
meaningful.

1. How did the cracked pot feel about itself at first?A. Proud.
B. Happy.
C. Excited.
D. Ashamed.2. Where were the flowers growing? A. On both sides of the path.
B. In the woman"s house.
C. On the perfect pot"s side.
D. On the cracked pot"s side.3. Which is the correct order of the following events?
   ① The woman picked the flowers and decorated the table.
   ② The woman told the truth to the cracked pot.
   ③ The cracked pot talked to the woman about its crack.
   ④ The woman found a crack on one pot.
   ⑤ The woman planted some flower seeds.A. ④⑤①③②
B. ⑤④③②①
C. ④③①②⑤
D. ④⑤③①②4. What does the passage mainly want to tell us?A. Never laugh at old women.
B. Try your best to be perfect in life.
C. Imperfection makes life meaningful.
D. Don"t use a cracked pot to carry water.

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阅读理解。     Driving to a friend"s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just
above my friend"s rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was
that most city people, myself included, usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives
indoors.
     My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him
then. It had touched much of his life.
     I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of
northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot
water. Our group had campfires(篝火) outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside.
The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever
known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
     Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones,
pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.
     Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought:
before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk
in the mountains. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and
measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch
the moon.1. The best title for the passage would be______.A. Touched by the moon
B. The pleasures of modern life
C. A bottomless well of silence
D. Break away from modern life  2. The writer felt sorry for himself because________.A. there was too much pollution
B. he seldom enjoyed the fullest moon outsides
C. he didn"t adapt to modern inventions
D. there were too many accidents on the road 3. What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?A. No modern equipment
B. Complete silence.
C. The nice moonlight
D. The high mountains4. Modern things (Paragraph 4) are mentioned mainly to______.A. show that the writer likes city life very much
B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life
C. explain that people have fewer chances to enjoy nature
D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them

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完形填空。     A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  1 his studies.
There he wrote down his  2  for a course in English, but after the first 3 , he didn’t go to it
any more.
     The English lecturer 4_this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  5_
to another course, so he was  6 when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted
to take the English 7at the end of this year.
     The lecturer had 8 a difficult paper, which followed his  9  closely, and he was eager
(热切的) to see  10  this student would answer the questions. He  11__the boy’s answers
would be very bad, but when they  12 him and he examined them 13  , he was able to find
only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  14  the paper repeatedly
but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he  15  for the student to question him about it.
     When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  16  you came to my first lecture
and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your 17 carefully and I’ve found
only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your 18 .”
“I’m very 19 about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 20 what I
should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first
lecture.”  (     )1.A. value
(     )2.A. questions
(     )3.A. week
(     )4.A. astonished
(     )5.A. led
(     )6.A. surprised
(     )7.A. test
(     )8.A. discovered
(     )9.A. ideas
(     )10.A. when
(     )11.A. hoped
(     )12.A. showed
(     )13.A. carelessly
(     )14.A. enjoyed
(     )15.A. cared
(     )16.A. promise
(     )17A. lessons
(     )18.A. wisdom
(     )19.A. glad
(     )20.A. realized   B. continue
B. advice
B. lecture
B. regretted
B. devoted
B. angry
B. subject
B. prepared
B. senses
B. what
B. proved
B. gave
B. carefully
B. kept
B. called
B. know
B. paper
B. experience
B. proud
B. understood     C. improve
C. problems
C. meet
C. noticed
C. gone
C. pleased
C. note
C. invented
C. lectures
C. why
C. expected
C. handed
C. slowly
C. did
C. sent
C. advise
C. notebook
C. method
C. content
C. remembered

D. begin
D. name
D. sight
D. believed
D. changed
D. unhappy
D. course
D. found
D. texts
D. how
D. wished
D. reached
D. happily
D. examined
D. looked
D. guess
D. exercises
D. explanation
D. sorry
D. suffered

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阅读理解。     Trait was an experienced safecracker who never used force -either against people or safes
(保险箱). He was a real artist of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most
difficult safe he had ever encountered. In about 10 years, helped by his brother Stefan and two
friends, he took about $330,000 -from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his last job, early
in 1999, he left the safe door open and $80,000 behind. With the money was a note, "We don’t
need all that much."
     A witness (目击者) recognized his car and Strait was caught by the police. Then he was
sent to Austria’s Stein Prison to serve a six-year sentence. He boasted (吹嘘) at his trial that
he would continue breaking the law, "I am a thief and I shall use every opportunity." Despite
the warning, prison officials moved Strait to the prison’s blacksmith (铁匠) shop. One day during
the week before Christmas, Strait disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well locked.
Strait had managed to make a set of keys and let himself out.
     Not to freedom, though. After crossing into Bavaria, Strait attracted the suspicion (怀疑) of
German customs police on purpose and got himself arrested. "I want to be in a German prison,
"he explained to the surprised police. "As German courts give much milder (温和的) sentences
for crimes like mine and will reduce the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison."
     In prison, Strait persuaded his keepers to let him make a Christmas Eve telephone call to his
former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. "I’m sorry if I caused trouble. I didn’t want to
embarrass anybody by escaping. Conditions weren’t that bad. In fact the food was better than
it is here."1. The underlined word "safecracker" in the first paragraph means "_________".A. prisoner
B. criminal
C. stealer
D. Robber2. What’s the correct order of the following events?______
a. Strait was caught by German customs police.
b. Strait left a note in the bank.
c. Strait was sent to Stein Prison.
d. Strait worked in a blacksmith shop.
e. Strait escaped from prison.A. d-b-a-c-e
B. b-a-c-d-e
C. b-c-d-e-a
D. d-b-c-e-a3. What helped Strait escape from prison? ______  A. His living alone in prison.
B. His good relations with the prison officials.
C. His cooperation with other prisoners.
D. His working in the blacksmith shop.4. Strait was finally caught because _______.    A. his car was recognized by someone
B. he left a note in the bank safe
C. he was recognized by customs police
D. he made a phone call to his former keeper5. Strait preferred to serve his time in Germany because _______.A. he hated working in the blacksmith shop in the Austrian prison
B. the life of prisoners in Germany was better than those in Austria’s
C. he wouldn’t have to stay that long in a German prison
D. he could escape more easily from a German prison

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阅读理解。     A Scotsman and an Englishman lived next door to each other. The Scotsman owned a hen
and each morning he would look in his garden and pick up his hen’s egg for breakfast. One
morning he looked into his garden and saw that the hen had laid an egg in the Englishman’s garden.
     He was about to go next door when he saw the English-man pick up the egg. The Scotsman
ran up to the English-man and told him that the egg belonged to him because he owned the hen.
The Englishman disagreed because the egg was on his property(财产).
     They argued for a while until finally the Scotsman said, "In my family we normally settle disputes
by the following actions: We kick each other and we compare the time how long it takes us to
get back up. Whoever gets up quicker wins the egg."
     The Englishman agreed to this, so the Scotsman found his heaviest pair of boots and put
them on. He took a few steps back, then ran toward the Englishman and kicked as hard as he
could in his stomach.
     The Englishman fell to the floor, holding his stomach and howling in pain for 10 minutes.
Eventually the English-man stood up and said, "Now it’s my turn to kick you." At this time,
the Scotsman said, "Aye Lad, maybe you should just keep the egg."1. What do we know about the hen?_____A. It belonged to the two men equally.
B. It laid an egg every other day.
C. Its eggs were usually cooked by the Scotsman as breakfast.
D. It usually laid eggs in the Englishman’s garden. 2. The underlined word "disputes" in Paragraph 3 means "_______". A. arguments
B. wars
C. plans
D. Debts3. What’s the real purpose of the Scotsman’s proposal (提议)?_____A. He wanted to get his egg back from the Englishman.
B. He wanted to solve their dispute.
C. He wanted to teach the Englishman a lesson.
D. He wanted to find out who was the stronger of them.

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阅读理解。    Diving around Halaveli Island was a really unforgettable experience. I participated in a day
diving trip that had lunch on the boat. We went to Maalhoss Thila first. The current (水流) can
be very strong here but we were lucky and had a mild one. We enjoyed all the different colors
of coral and fish. The maximum depth of this dive was 30m, and we stayed for about 40 minutes.
The water was reasonably warm, so I was not cold only wearing a short-sleeved wetsuit.
     I was a bit worried about having lunch on the boat, as sometimes my stomach feels bad, but it
was perfectly fine this time -perhaps because the boat had not stopped and was moving toward
the other dive place, or because the size of the boat was reasonably large.
     Our next diving place was called Manta. And as expect-ed, the huge Manta was soon around
us. It is one of the most exciting moments I have had in my life. We only dove to 14m this time,
which allowed us to stay a bit longer -almost 50 minutes.
     On the way back all the women took strategic position on the deck, sunbathing and relaxing,
while the men were getting bored and ate the leftovers from lunch. No matter how different we
were, we all enjoyed our trip.
     Another dive I would like to recommend(推荐)is called Maaya Thila, and it is the best night
dive I have ever had. We saw a huge turtle sleeping in a cave, and sharks playfully chasing each
other. They did not look friendly at all, but fortunately they did not decided to have us for dinner.
But anyway what happened that night under water will remain a fond memory to be retold on
special occasions by all the participants. It will be told with a smile on our faces.1. What information can we get from the passage?_____A. The author enjoyed different colors of fish in Manta.
B. Diving in Maaya Thila is one of the most unforgettable experience for the author.
C. The author dove into Maaya Thila and stayed there for 50 minutes.
D. There were no dangerous sharks in Maaya Thila.2. The author was worried about having lunch on the boat because ______A. the boat was not stopped
B. it was moving toward the other dive place
C. the boat was not big enough
D. he / she felt sick when eating on boats3. How many diving places are mentioned in the passage?A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.4. We learn from the last paragraph that ________. A. Maaya Thila was only suitable for a night dive
B. many people had been killed at Maaya Thila
C. Maaya Thila is popular among all the participants
D. few people have the courage to dive at Maaya Thila
5. The author wrote this passage to ________.   A. share some wonderful experiences of diving with readers
B. make an attractive advertisement for a famous park
C. give you some tips when you go out for a dive
D. tell the readers how to spend a weekend or a long holiday

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