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She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Comwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way,not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. "We"re moving house. ""No space for her any more with the baby coming. " "We never really wanted her,but what could we have done? She was a present. " People
find all soris of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever
seen.
I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy,it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner"s. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side,whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.
That"s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one" day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home,when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn"t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔)
the four puppies(幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. "We didn"t know what had happened
to her," said the woman at the door. "I took her for a walk one day,soon after the puppies were born,and
she just disappeared. " "She must have tried to come back to them and got lost," added a boy from behind her.
I must admit I do miss Goldie,but I"ve got Nugget now,and she looks just like her mother. And I"ve
leamt a good lesson: not to judge people.
B. Sympathetic.
C. Annoyed.
D. Upset.
B. was angry
C. ate a little
D. sat by the fire
B. heard familiar barking
C. wanted to leave the author
D. found her way to her old home
B. effectiveness
C. importance
D. complexity
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举一反三
My earliest memories are of my mother crooning lullabies(催眠曲) in a gentle low voice as she rocked each infant in tum. She said she " didn"t have a singing voice," but her low,wavering alto will always mean
comfort to me. Every
time I have sat through the night with a feverish body or held a pre-schooler through a nightmare,the
melodies returned, words appearing and disappearing like fragments of a dream but held together by the
hum(低声吟唱) of love.
Today,young mothers are routinely presented with lullaby tapes at the baby shower. When baby cries,
the idea goes,they will be able to switch on the high-tech audio system and the little one will drift off with
the voices of strangers in his ears,perfectly on pitch. If I had my way,new parents would learn the songs
themselves,throw out their stereos,and give their child the gift of their own sleepy voices through the
midnight hours.
These days,when we go on a trip,my daughters take along tiny personal stereos and headphones.
They are lost in their private worlds,and I can"t help wishing that at least here,in the car,my girls would be
forced to listen to their mother"s voice raised in lost-the-words again,sure I"m out-of-tune songs that they
might then pass down to another generation. Those sophisticated earphones have robbed them of
something I think every kid should carry from childhood car trips into adulthood.
I drove away from that party humming,and all the way home the good old songs kept tumbling out.
Dammit(该死) ,I thought,why did I ever stop singing in the car and start tuming on the radio instead?
Why don"t I sign anymore while I"m doing the dishes? I"m going to yank those stereo wires right out of
the wall when I get home. We"re going to sing grace before meals,sing coals around the piano,sing in the
shower instead of switching on that waterproof radio that stole away our voices and our souls.
B. children are learning pop songs from tapes
C. children have lost touch with good old songs
D. high-tech systems do not record the voices of aged people
B. the high-tech system will play on and on
C. the low voice will delight the baby
D. the baby will slowly go to sleep
B. lack the motherly love the baby need
C. work better to stop the baby"s cry
D. surely sound more pleasant
B. take off their well-designed earphones
C. listen and learn the old songs from her
D. remember their childhood car trips
the sun for eighteen and a half weeks. Stefania was in a research program,and the scientists in the
program were studying body rhythms (节奏) . In this experiment Stefania had spent 130 days in a cave,
30 feet in depth.
During her time in the cave,Stefania had been completely alone except for two white mice. Her living
place had been very comfortable,but there had been nothing to tell her the time. She"d had no clock or
watches,no television or radio. There had been no natural light and the temperature had always been
kept at 21℃.
The results were very interesting. Stefania had been in the cave for over four months,but she thought
she had been there for only two. Her body clock had changed. She hadn"t kept to a 24-hour day. She
had stayed awake for 20-25 hours and then had slept for 10 hours. She had eaten fewer meals and had
lost 17 lbs in weight as a result ! She had also become rather depressed (抑郁) .
How had she spent her time in the cave? As part of the experiment she"d done some physical and
mental tests.She"d recorded her daily activities and the results of the tests on a computer. This computer
had been specially programmed for the project. Whenever she was free, she"d played cards,read books
and listened to music. She"d also learned French from tapes.
The experiment showed that our body clocks are affected by light and temperature,for example,the
pattem of day and night makes us wake up and go to sleep. However,people are affected in different
ways. Some people wake up naturally at 5:00 am,but others don"t start to wake up till 9:00 0r 10:00 am. This affects the whole daily rhythm. As a result,the early risers are at their best in the late moming.
The late risers,on the other hand,are tired during the day and only come to life in the aftemoon or evening !
B. she wanted to experience loneliness
C. she was the subject of a study
D. she needed to record her life
B. Having more hours of sleep.
C. Lacking physical exercise.
D. Getting no natural light.
B. A news story.
C. A pet magazine.
D. A travel guide.
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项。
I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier(收银台)in her general store.
1.____ I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying "thank you. "
At first I was paid in candy. 2.____ I worked every day after school,and during the summer and
on weekends and holidays from 8 am to 7 pm. My father helped me set up a bank account. 3.____
By the time I was 12,my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to
selling cosmetics(化妆品) . I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though
I was just a kid,women would ask me such things as "What color do you think I should wear?" I took
a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup (化妆) ideas.
4.____
The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson,you didn"t need to be a rocket
scientist-you needed to be a great listener. 5._____ Except they are no longer women purchasing
cosmetics from me;instead,they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and
developed.
B. Before long,she let me sit there by myself.
C. I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics.
D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.
E. My grandma"s trust taught me how to handle responsibility.
F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.
G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.
New Testament on tape.
But it 1 a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a youngster I
stuttered (口吃) 2 badly that I was completely 3 to speak in public.
4 ,when I was 14,Professor Donald Crouch came to our school. He was a retired college professor. Englishwas his favorite subject;poetry was his deepest love. He held a book of poems 5 it were a
diamond necklace, tuming pages as if 6 treasures. When he heard our school was teaching
Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer 7 not being a part of our school.
When he 8 that I not only loved poetry but was 9 it,we became closer. There was,however,
one 10 between us-Professor Crouch could not stand the 11 that I refused to read my poems to the
class.
"Jim,poetry is 12 to be read aloud," he said. "You should be able to speak those beautiful words.
" I shook my head and 13 .
Then he tricked me. After handing in a poem,l waited for his 14 . It didn"t come. Instead,one day as
the students gathered together,he challenged me, "Jim,I don"t think you wrote this. "
I 15 him in disbelief. "Why," I started,anger flooding me,"of course I 16 !" "Well,then," he said,
"you"ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it 17 memory. "
By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking,I walked up to the front. For
a moment I stood 18 . Then I began,and kept going. I recited my poem all the way through!
Afterwards,Professor Crouch congratulated me,and 19 me to read other writers" poetry before
public.
Before long I discovered I did have a(n) 20 and found my fellow students actually looked forward
to hearing me recite.
| ( )1. A. lasted ( )2. A. so ( )3. A. uncertain ( )4. A. But ( )5. A. even if ( )6. A. recovering ( )7. A. prevent ( )8. A. learned ( )9. A. writing ( )10. A. difference ( )11. A. truth ( )12. A. said ( )13. A. answered back ( )14 A. correction ( )15. A. replied to ( )16. A. could ( )17. A. with ( )18. A. changeless ( )19. A. enabled ( )20. A. voice | B. took B. fairly B. unlikely B. Besides B. so that B. uncovering B. help B. knew B. reading B. difficulty B. idea B. meant B. showed up B. praise B. laughed at B. did B. of B. hopeless B. persuaded B. sound | C. was C. such C. unbelievable C. Then C. as if C. removing C. keep C. decided C. reciting C. promise C. fact C. caused C. tumed away C. retum C. pointed to C. should C. from C. helpless C. encouraged C. appearance | D. wasted D. rather D. unable D. However D. on condition that D. discovering D. stand D. proved D. saving D. pity D. belief D. prepared D. stuck to D. comment D. stared at D. had D. in D. breathless D. supported D. interest |
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| My most memorable experience will stay in my mind forever. For most people,horses are just animals that should only be used for racing. Ever since I was a child,my dream was to ride a horse. When that time finally came,my heart beat a thousand times a minute. It was a warm summer day,and we were at a park. My mom was buying several things for home while I wandered around to find something interesting. Suddenly I found a horse standing down the block. I ran up to it, not even knowing how to pet it,just excited to see the most beautiful animal. He was shining white,with a well-brushed tail. Where was the owner? Right away I made up my mind to ride this horse. I found my mom and dragged her to where the horse was. The owner was back and stated that I couldn"t ride it. Tears flooded down my cheeks as my mom tried to convince the man to let me ride the horse. He finally agreed for a costly price. Being on the horse awakened all the senses in me. I was the happiest little girl,having the time of my life. I began planning to buy a horse after I became a millionaire. Before I knew it,the ride was over. Surprisingly,l actually leamed to control the horse. That day was probably the happiest time of my life. Most children wouldn"t have as much fun as I did. Several years later,I began to get involved in show jumping. If it weren"t for that special experience, I wouldn"t be able to enjoy the most amazing sport. | |||
| 1. The writer wanted to ride the horse because ____. | |||
| A. she could.control the horse well B. she knew she would ride the horse for free C. she expected to take part in the show jumping D. she fell in love with the horse at the first sight | |||
| 2. The writer was _____ when her mother tried to persuade the owner of the horse. | |||
| A.worried B. satisfied C. proud D. tired | |||
| 3. From the passage,we can infer that ____. | |||
| A. the horse owner was a kind and rich man B. the horse was one of the best horses in the area C. the experience opened doors for her to get into the sport D. the writer"s mother loved the horse as much as her daughter |