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阅读理解。     What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient"s
face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
     This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he
never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were
leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked.
The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath
a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love
writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
     I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of
the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he
did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I
felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
     Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad"s face as he unwrapped those swirling
black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.1.  The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was _________.A. doing shopping
B. having a debater
C. reading a message
D. leaving for Wyoming2. The author"s inspiration for the gift came from _________.A. a photo of a flower
B. a story about a kid
C. a call from the mother
D. a text about Christmas3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by _________.A. the father
B. the author
C. William Blake
D. Edgar Allan Poe4. The author made the gift by _________.A. searching for the poems online
B. drawing the background by hand
C. painting the letters in three colors
D. matching the words with pictures5. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To show how to design images for gifts.
B. To suggest making gifts from one"s heart.
C. To explain how computers help create gifts.
D. To describe the gifts the author has received.
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阅读理解。     A wise teacher once told me that every teenager needs to experience a not-so-fun first job from
working at a grocery store to the fast food industry.
     Now I still remember my first day at a fast food restaurant three years ago. I wanted to save up
money and buy my own car, so I applied everywhere I could that summer. The restaurant called me right
away and I thought to myself, this is going to be easy. Within four hours of my first shift (轮班), I had
angry customers who complained how slow I was. I watched in fear as a kid spilled his milk everywhere,
and I heard the words that no 16-year-old boy or anyone for that matter wants to hear:"Mike, there"s a
problem in the men"s bathroom and you might want gloves for this one." I realized right away that working at the restaurant was not going to be a picnic. The manager expected a clean environment and, particularly, fast service with a friendly smile.
     Over three years later I still work at that restaurant whenever I go home during vacations. I love my
co-workers there and all the customers know who I am. Every morning the same senior citizens come in
and get their morning coffees. They chat with us workers and joke around. Our smiles have just as much
to do with them making us a part of their everyday lives as the coffee does.
     From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork and devotion. I also learned staying positive
no matter how rough things seem to get. I will forever carry the experience that I gained at the restaurant
with me as I go forward in my life.1. Why did the author apply everywhere that summer? (No more than 12 words)  (2 marks)
   __________________________________________________________________________
2. What did the manager particularly expect the workers to do? (No more than 14 words)  (3 marks)
  ________________________________________________________________________
3. Why does the author still work at the restaurant during vacations? (No more than 13 words)  (2 marks)
 ________________________________________________________________________
4. What did the author learn from his first job? (No more than 13 words)  (3 marks)
____________________________________________________________________________
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完形填空。     Big things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer , my
parents   1  my entire world and turned it upside down   2  they told me they were getting a divorce(离婚).
I couldn"t believe that our family was going to   3  . Though I always knew my parents weren"t very happy
and they often   4  , I still wanted my family to stay the same.
     My life changed completely   5    the divorce . My mother and I moved into a small apartment across
town ,   6    my father and brother , Bill , stayed in our house . I now became a   7  whenever I went to see my dad and Bill on the weekends . And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather , Dan , whom I showed no   8    in . I was depressed , especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was
no   9  that things could change back to the way they were.
     Even though I  10   all Dan"s attempts to get to know me and wasn"t very   11    to him , he never gave
up on me.   12  , I began to trust him . I realized that we actually had some things in   13 , especially when
it came to movies and TV shows . We  14  a lot of time together hanging out watching TV. That gave us a
chance to talk and get to know each other.
     Better still , Dan showed an interest in me that I had never experienced from my own father. Dan was
always around when I needed   15  on school or friends . Once I began to warm up to Dan , the three of
us began spending a lot of time together . We often went out to eat and took short trips .   16  , I
discovered that I had the happy family that I had always wanted.
     I now realize my parents were   17    about getting the divorce . Their divorce was the best thing to
happen for all of us . My father also found happiness-he  18    and had another child , my half-sister ,
Michelle.
At 13, I learned an important   19  -change is not always the worst thing that can  20 , Sometimes , it is
just what we need the most.
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(     )1. A. created    
(     )2. A. unless      
(     )3. A. break up    
(     )4. A. whispered  
(     )5. A. throughout  
(     )6. A. where      
(     )7. A. visitor    
(     )8. A. confidence  
(     )9. A. doubt      
(     )10. A. forgot    
(     )11. A. serious    
(     )12. A. Gradually  
(     )13. A. mind      
(     )14. A. spent      
(     )15. A. experience
(     )16. A. However    
(     )17. A. wrong      
(     )18. A. remarried  
(     )19. A. method    
(     )20. A. exist      
B. shook        
B. if          
B. hold up      
B. fought      
B. beyond      
B. although    
B. relative    
B. interest    
B. differenc    
B. supported    
B. nice        
B. Immediately  
B. trouble      
B. wasted      
B. information  
B. Besides      
B. confident    
B. returned    
B. truth        
B. remain      
C. entered      
C. when          
C. keep up      
C. talked        
C. before        
C. while        
C. neighbor      
C. fear          
C. point        
C. resisted(抵抗)
C. bad          
C. Usually      
C. common        
C. lost          
C. impression    
C. Finally      
C. guilty        
C. changed      
C. skill        
C. continue      
D. occupied(占据)  
D. until          
D. show up        
D. competed        
D. after          
D. that            
D. stranger        
D. anger          
D. way            
D. valued          
D. generous        
D. Regularly      
D. order          
D. saved          
D. advice          
D. Occasionally    
D. right          
D. left            
D. word            
D. happen          
完形填空。
     Once upon a time there was one storyteller who wanted to search for a real-life story.
     He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After   1    in the village throughout the month, the
storyteller couldn"t find one.   2  , he decided to stop his search.
     The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he suddenly heard a voice - a woman was   3    someone.
The voice was coming from the big   4    behind his cottage.
     It sounded like the woman was abusing her   5  . The storyteller didn"t like it,   6    he was happy to
finally get his story.   7    the conversations each day, he added them to his story. Though he couldn"t  8  
 the characters of his story, he started   9    the mother-in-law, as she seemed to be a bad woman.
     Before he finished his  10 , the storyteller wanted to see the   11  once, so he climbed the wall.
     There he saw the mother-in-law sitting in a   12  . It seemed that she was disabled.
     He saw the old lady trying to  13    a food item on the table near her wheelchair. But because of her 
  14  , she couldn"t reach it and the daughter-in-law looked like she was enjoying the old lady"s   15   
nearby.
     Suddenly the old lady fell from the wheelchair and started   16    her daughter-in-law. The storyteller
went back and  17   changed the ending of the story and was surprised at how   18    it was compared to
what he once thought it would be.
     Truly he found both a real-life story and a real-life   19  : Never judge a situation unless you know all
the aspects well. Sometimes you can"t imagine your   20    from the reality.
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(     )1. A. running        
(     )2. A. Disappointed    
(     )3. A. looking at      
(     )4. A. loudspeaker    
(     )5. A. father-in-law  
(     )6. A. and            
(     )7. A. Writing        
(     )8. A. imagine        
(     )9. A. hating          
(     )10. A. conversation  
(     )11. A. hostess        
(     )12. A. wheelchair    
(     )13. A. eat            
(     )14. A. hand          
(     )15. A. foolishness    
(     )16. A. abusing        
(     )17. A. hardly        
(     )18. A. different      
(     )19. A. fault          
(     )20. A. confidence    
B. recognizing  
B. Frightened    
B. pointing at  
B. wall          
B. mother-in-law
B. but          
B. Telling      
B. forget        
B. liking        
B. story        
B. results      
B. cottage      
B. get          
B. arm          
B. happiness    
B. doubting      
B. gradually    
B. familiar      
B. lesson        
B. mistake      
C. judging        
C. Bored          
C. shouting at    
C. village        
C. son-in-law    
C. so            
C. Listening to  
C. find          
C. appreciating  
C. adventure      
C. evidence      
C. yard          
C. put            
C. condition      
C. carelessness  
C. laughing at    
C. quickly        
C. obvious        
C. trick          
C. knowledge      
D. wandering          
D. Worried            
D. staring at        
D. tree              
D. daughter-in-law    
D. then              
D. Making up          
D. see                
D. missing            
D. scene              
D. characters        
D. bed                
D. hold              
D. shortcoming        
D. helplessness      
D. deciding on        
D. frequently        
D. violent            
D. motto              
D. distance          
阅读理解。
     Yasuda is 95 years old. He and his colleagues, looking for easier ways to search the Web and send
e-mail, represent a potential market for Apple (AAPL)"s iPad. The company has sold 3.27 million iPads
since its launch in April, but doesn"t break down sales figures by customer age, making it impossible to
know with certainty how many old people are buying them. However, evidence suggests it"s popular
with the old.The iPad"s intuitive interface (直观界面) makes it attractive to old citizens around the world,
says Takahiro Miura, a researcher at the University of Tokyo: "The iPad is a good tool for the elderly
because it"s very forgiving of mistakes." Miura"s team uses computers to help train senior citizens to rejoin
the workforce. "Unlike the PC, it doesn"t require previous(先前的) knowledge," he says.
     James Cordwell, a technology analyst at Atlantic-Equities in London, says the iPad"s popularity with
the elderly is helping Apple reach beyond its traditional base of younger customer. "The world"s
population, especially in developed markets, is getting older, and it"s probably a market where Apple has
least entered," Cordwell says. Elderly users are "a key source of growth for them in the future."
     The elderly in Japan, who make up an estimated 22 percent of the population, may prove particularly
quick to accept the iPad. They spend more than any other group in the country except for those under 30, according to a report by Japan"s Cabinet Office. Motoo Kitamura, 78, a former gas salesman, bought an
iPad to help him communicate with his 2-year-old grandson and prevent against dementia(痴呆). "Trying
new things like that is a good mental exercise," he says.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The iPad was only intended for elderly people.
B. The use of iPad requires previous knowledge.
C. The use of iPad is mentally useful to the old.
D. Only the elderly in Japan can use iPad.
2. What can we infer from Paragraph 1?
A. The old get a bit strike from the iPad.    
B. The iPad causes a heavy burden to the old.
C. The iPad is accepted by the old.          
D. The old are very familiar with the iPad.
3. Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the iPad over the PC?
A. It has intuitive interface.          
B. It is easier to operate.
C. It is more accessible to beginners.      
D. It is a good mental exercise.
4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The old are the largest consumers in Japan.
B. The iPad is traditionally accepted by the young.
C. The old in Japan are fond of latest hi-tech products.
D. The old customers will soon replace the younger ones.
5. What could be the best title for the passage?
A. The iPad Leads Apple to the Elderly
B. Ipad Hits Japan"s Store Shelves
C. Ipad"s Arrival in Tokyo Causes Japanese to Excite
D. AAPL Tries to Balance the Old and the Yong
完形填空。
     My family came to America in 1985.   1    of us spoke a word of English.Each morning, I disliked going
to school for fear of not   2   what people were saying.
     Very soon my mother noticed something was  3   me.The pain and care I saw in her moonshaped eyes
made me burst into tears. I explained to her the   4   I had of going to school."Learning English is not   5  ," my mother said.She cheerfully   6   the two of us work together to learn the language at home.The  7   and
determination my mother had were admirable because English was as   8   to her as it was to me.
     That afternoon,I saw my mother in a different light as she   9   me by the school fence.Although she was
the  10   of all the mothers there,her face with her welcoming smile and big, black eyes was the most   11  .
The afternoon sun shone  12   on her long,black hair creating an atmosphere that   13   her from others.
     My mother and I immediately began reading together and   14   five new words a day.My mother,with
her encouraging   15  , made the routine fun and interesting.The fact that she was sacrificing her  16   time
before going to work so that I could learn English made me see the   17   she possessed.Very soon I began to comprehend what everyone was saying.
      It has been seven years since that reading   18  with my mother.She is now 43 and in her second year
at college.My brother and I have a strong   19   of who we are because of the strong values my mother
established for herself and her children.My  20   and gratitude for her are endless.This is why my mother is
truly the guiding light of my life.
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(     )1. A. All                  
(     )2. A. hearing              
(     )3. A. changing            
(     )4. A. fear                
(     )5. A. dull                
(     )6. A. decided              
(     )7. A. hope                
(     )8. A. new                  
(     )9. A. sent for            
(     )10. A. earliest            
(     )11. A. promising(有希望的)
(     )12. A. directly            
(     )13. A. separated          
(     )14. A. discussing          
(     )15. A. virtue(美德)        
(     )16. A. working            
(     )17. A. determination      
(     )18. A. experience          
(     )19. A. sense              
(     )20. A. care                
B. One                
B. mastering          
B. disappointing      
B. emotion            
B. necessary          
B. suggested          
B. consideration      
B. easy                
B. picked up          
B. latest              
B. relaxing            
B. brightly            
B. distinguished(区别)
B. reviewing(温习)    
B. teaching            
B. shopping            
B. kindness            
B. course              
B. duty                
B. admiration          
C. Some                
C. understanding      
C. hurting            
C. sense              
C. impossible          
C. promised            
C. confidence          
C. familiar            
C. waited for          
C. tallest            
C. confusing          
C. slightly            
C. saved              
C. memorizing(记住)    
C. attitude            
C. learning            
C. trick              
C. practice            
C. influence          
C. feeling            
D. None                  
D. noticing              
D. troubling            
D. difficulty            
D. easy                  
D. allowed              
D. progress              
D. rough                
D. looked for            
D. shortest              
D. exciting              
D. clearly              
D. prevented            
D. writing              
D. skill                
D. resting              
D. consciousness(意识)  
D. comprehension(理解)  
D. intention            
D. envy