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阅读理解。     A man calls a company and orders their 5-day/10-pound weight loss program. The next day, there"s a knock
on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous (艳丽的), athletic, 19-year-old girl dressed in nothing but
a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative of the weight
loss company. The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me." Without a second thought, he takes off
after her. A few miles later out of breath, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and
the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 pounds as
promised.
     He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20-pound program.
     The next day there"s a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning (漂亮的) and beautiful woman
he has never seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that
reads, "If you catch me you can have me."
     Well, he"s out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such
luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.
Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 pounds
as promised.
     He decides to go for broke (全力以赴) and calls the company to order the 7-day/50-pound program.
     "Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."
     "Absolutely," he replies, "I haven"t felt this good in years."
     The next day there"s a knock at the door, and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there
wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, "If I catch you, you are mine!!!"
He lost 63 pounds that week. 1. How many pounds did the man lose in all?A. 80 pounds
B. 70 pounds
C. 30 pounds
D. 93 pounds 2. Which of the following is true of the man? A. He didn"t like the traditional ways of losing weight.
B. He was very fat before he took the weight loss programs.
C. He liked the man more than the two beautiful women.
D. He wasn"t satisfied with the results of the weight loss programs. 3. What does the underlined word "rigorous" refer to? A. tough
B. easy
C. effective
D. instructive 4. Where can we most probably read this text? A. In a research paper.
B. In a short story.
C. In a travel magazine.
D. In a student"s book.

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阅读理解。     One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St.Louis, Missouri returned from their
lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: "Yesterday the person who has
been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to attend the funeral in the room
that has been prepared in the gym."
     At first everyone was sorry to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started
getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym
to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered: "Who is this person that was hindering my progress?Well,
at least he"s no longer here!"
     One by one the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became
speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part
of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin:everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There
was also a sign next to the mirror that said: "There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your
growth:it is you." You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who
can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.
     You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes,
when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company
changes. Your life changes when you change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize
that you are the only one responsible for your life. 1. The underlined word "funeral" in the first paragraph means ______. A. an occasion when one admires himself in a mirror
B. a chimney from where smelly smoke comes out
C. a ceremony for burying or burning a dead person
D. an exhibition displaying varieties of treasures 2. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Last Respects
B. Beyond Your Belief
C. A Strange Company
D. A Road to Success 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. The employees were shocked when they saw the dead person.
B. It is you yourself that can actually change your life.
C. In the mirror you can find how small you are in the world.
D. You can achieve your goal if you set limits to your growth. 4. It seems that the company is _____.A. encouraging the employees to show respects to the dead
B. providing good working conditions for its employees
C. suffering a heavy loss due to its staff member"s death
D. trying to make its employees aware of their own potential

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完形填空。     Our country had endured many hardships, which make us   1 firm and brave, outstanding traits that
distinguish us from other nations. This is my experience in one of those   2 .
     The number of 1993 was a typically hot season. The high   3 and the long drought caused raging bush
fires. The   4 next to ours was on fire when the wind caught and   5 flames. Mum   6 my brother and
me early from school and explained the situation to us on our way home. As we got closer, we could smell
the thick smoke and   7 what was happening. I couldn"t yet see the flames but I knew that they were there.
Further down the road I saw the flames   8 the houses close by, though they hadn"t reached them yet. Spot
fires had broken out further and were only meters from more   9 . My father and grandfather were there
trying to  10 the potential danger.
     The fire hadn"t reached our house yet,  11 we started to pack things and tried our best to  12 our house
from the flames. I stood on the veranda and looked down at the  13 that ran through the communities. How
terrible! The area on the  14   was ablaze, and on the right were our neighbors-flats, which began to  15 , too.
     The fire came close to our house but never reached us. The  16   thing that protected us was the stream
that hadn"t  17 . Had it not been there, we"d have lost everything.
     We Australians are still  18  from bush fires, but it is through these hardships  19 we realized how strong
our country and its people really are, and more importantly, how  20 life is. Cherish what you have now!
Cherish every minute in your life.

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阅读理解。
Football, to me, is more than just a game. I have probably learned more valuable lessons from it than from school. When I joined the team freshman year, I didn"t realize what I was getting into. Even though I had been playing since fourth grade and knew it was hard work, nothing would prepare me for the effort I would put into football that year. We worked all summer in the weight room and ran on the track to get in physical and mental shape before the season. See, football is more of a mental sport than anything else, so running on the track wasn"t only about getting in shape. We would push our minds by running as hard as we could even if we were going to pass out. At the beginning, I was immature (幼稚) and only thought of myself, sometimes even gave up when I was tired or hurt. Then after the third game I had a season-ending injury. Imagine working all summer and then only being able to play three games! I needed surgery on my arm and at least five months to recover. Needless to say, I missed the rest of the season, but this actually helped me realize that since you never know when your last play will be, you should try your hardest in football and life. After freshman year I decided that I would always give my best effort. Playing varsity (校队的) football has taught me so much more than just what my assignments are on a particular play or how to block. I have learned to think about others first, and realized how important working hard is. Being with all my friends, even sweating and bleeding with them, really made us bond as a group of hard-working young men who I know will succeed in life.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How the author dislikes the game of football. B. When the author began to play football. C. How the author has changed his attitude to football. D. What sport the author likes best.
2. In the third paragraph, the underlined phrase "getting in shape " probably means"_____ ".
A. becoming healthy B. designing the playground C. losing weight D. measuring the track
3. From the text we can infer _____.
A. the author joined the football team with a clear aim B. football only brought the author certain assignments C. the author never lost heart when he met with difficulty D. the author worked all summer to get ready for the season
4. What did the author get from his season-ending injury?
A. A good chance on the team. B. A good lesson about life. C. A good relationship with his partners. D. A good rest as he expected.
阅读理解。
Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry. He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock. He tried to shave quickly and cut himself when he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing, so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter, he showed him where the meter was, said goodbye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn"t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper. In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry"s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry"s shirt and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o"clock in the afternoon before the policeman was sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.
1. Harry had _____.
A. a lucky day B. an unlucky day C. a busy day D. a good day
2. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?
A. He had only one shirt. B. The only other needed ironing. C. The iron had burnt a hole on his clean shirt. D. He cut himself and got blood on his shirt.
3. Harry was taken to police station because ______.
A. His taxi stopped outside his office and policeman happened to be there B. There was blood on his shirt and he was in the taxi C. A man killed a woman with a knife D. The killer was seen to run away in the a taxi
4. His boss told him to go away and find another job because _____.
A. he had been kept by the police B. there was blood on his shirt C. he was late for work D. he had killed a woman
阅读理解。
The other day in school we were discussing jobs. Our teacher, Mrs. Bolt, said that vocations were very important and that it was never too early to think about your life"s work. Most of the children really weren"t too sure about what they wanted to be. But I knew exactly what I wanted to be, and when Mrs. Bolt asked me, I replied "A truck driver." "A truck driver," repeated Mrs. Bolt. "Why do you want to be a truck driver, Kenneth?" "Because truck drivers are always on the move. They don"t have to sit at desks all day. They"re out on the road and they see a lot of the country. The pay is good, too. And you never have any homework." The class laughed. "Well, Kenneth," answered Mrs. Bolt. "You certainly sound enthusiastic. I guessed that you don"t like sitting at a desk or doing homework. Is that correct, Kenneth?" "Yes, I guess so," I said. "Well, since you are so interested in becoming a truck driver, I think you should investigate the field a little further. I want you to go to the library and take out a book on truck driving. And I want you to write a book report on it and hand it at the end of the month." "That"s the last time I"ll ever tell anybody my secret ambition!"
1. The word "vocations" in the first paragraph here means _____.
A. works B. jobs C. holidays D. ambition
2. Why did Mrs. Bolt ask Kenneth to write the book report? Because _____.
A. she wanted him to learn about the other side of truck driving B. she was angry with him C. she was not satisfied with the reasons he gave D. she wanted the whole class to follow his example
3. Which sentence does not agree with the general idea of the text?
A. Truck drivers are well paid. B. Kenneth"s wish made the whole class burst into laughter Kenneth enjoyed sitting at a desk doing his lessons. C. Mrs. Bolt wanted Kenneth to write a book report. D. It seemed as if Kenneth did not enjoy sitting at a desk or doing his lessons .
4. Why won"t Kenneth tell about his ambition any more?
A. Because he can"t realize his ambition B. He just got more homework to do because he had told Mrs. Bolt about it C. Because he was scolded by Mrs. Bolt D. Because he was laughed at by the whole class