A while ago, I didn"t think I had a passion. I would sit in front of the TV all day and not think about anything
except the next 1 . At that time, I didn"t know how 2 it was to have a passion in our life.
The first 3 I thought about this was in the seventh grade when I went to school with my mom. As we
stopped at a red light, someone 4 my eyes. It was a man dressed in old 5 standing on the other side of
the 6 . This homeless man was not sitting down with a sad and hopeless 7 . He was standing,waving his
hands and dancing. He looked happy and held a radio as if it was the most 8 thing he had.
Seeing all this 9 me. "Mom, why does that man have a radio even though he"s homeless?" I asked.
"He bought it," she replied. I was still 10 .
"But if he"s homeless, why doesn"t he use his money to buy clothes? He 11 his money on something he
doesn"t need. He should buy food."
"Well, Sarah, sometimes food isn"t the most important thing. 12 can be food for the 13 . Food and clothes
aren"t the only things we need. People need happiness to stay 14 , too."
I wasn"t sure whether I 15 my mother"s words. Maybe my mom was right. If one lives in sadness, there"s
16 to keep him moving from day to day.
Now I 17 that I"ve had passions all along, but never recognized their importance in my life. They were
invisible (无形的) hopes that I 18 without knowing them. What"s often forgotten is that we all need a 19 , a
light on a 20 day. We all need a passion. |
( )1.A. display
( )2.A. efficient
( )3.A. moment
( )4.A. caught
( )5.A. cloths
( )6.A. way
( )7.A. expression
( )8.A. invaluable
( )9.A. shocked
( )10.A. puzzled
( )11.A. spent
( )12.A. Passion
( )13.A. soul
( )14.A. 1ive
( )15.A. understood
( )16.A. none
( )17.A. find out
( )18.A. depended
( )19.A. pleasure
( )20.A. darkness | B. show
B. effective
B. period
B. seized
B. clothes
B. passage
B. looks
B. expensive
B. astounded
B. wondered
B. wasted
B. Music
B. mind
B. living
B. agreed
B. nothing
B. know about
B. relied on
B. fun
B. dusk | C. exhibition
C. important
C. date
C. held
C. clothing
C. road
C. face
C. precious
C. astonishing
C. confused
C. took
C. Love
C. heart
C. alive
C. see
C. no one
C. come true
C. relied
C. joy
C. dim | D. show off
D. valuable
D. time
D. held on to
D. coat
D. express way
D. eyes
D. worthless
D. surprised
D. amazed
D. cost
D. Happiness
D. brain
D. lively
D. have gotten
D. anything
D. realize
D. lay in
D. enjoy
D. dark |
| 1-5: B C D A B 6-10: C A C D A 11-15: B A A C B 16-20: A D B C D |
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| 阅读理解。 | During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany"s mom.
Tiffany"s mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her
morn allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didn"t give me much pocket
money and she always told me that I should behave my self. I was annoyed with her.
Whenever I didn"t get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany"s mom would give her that!
I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmly say "Poor Tiffany".
I couldn"t understand her. "She shouldn"t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!" I thought. "She should be feeling
sorry for me."
One day, I couldn"t help saying to Mom, "Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants!
Why do you feel sorry for her?" I burst into tears.
My mom sat down next to me and said softly, "Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a
lesson that she will never be taught."
I looked up at her. "What are you talking about?"
Mom said with care, "One day she will really want something. Maybe she"ll find out that she can"t have it.
Her mother won"t always be around to give her money, and what"s more, money can"t buy everything."
She continued, "I have taught you valuable lessons by not giving you everything you want. You"ll know
how to look for bargains and save money, but she won"t. You"ll understand that you need to work hard to get
the things that you want but she won"t. When Tiffany is a grown woman, she"ll wake up one day and she will
be wishing that she had a mom like the one you"ve got. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes
and delicious food."
It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom"s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman. | | 1. During the author"s elementary school years, she _____. | A. wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany"s
B. went to school with Tiffany every day
C. usually compared her lesson with Tiffany"s
D. sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany | | 2. Why did the author"s mom always say "Poor Tiffany"? | A. She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.
B. She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.
C. She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother.
D. She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany. | | 3. What do we learn about the author"s mother? | A. She was strict and taught the author to be independent.
B. She cared for other people"s children more than her own.
C. She thought that life lessons were as important as money.
D. She was so poor that she couldn"t give the author much money. | | 4. What can we infer from the passage? | A. The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past.
B. The author"s mother felt sorry for Tiffany.
C. Tiffany"s mother took the author"s mother"s advice.
D. The author is thankful to her mother now. | | 完形填空。 | On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a 1 . We were dressed 2 .
I was feeling a little 3 as I was carrying our shopping,and decided to throw away something. So I started
to walk towards a 4 when I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He 5 over
to another nearby dustbin and started looking through it.
I suddenly felt very guilty because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was 6 . I
walked up to him and handed the 7 and some snacks (小吃) over to him. The man looked up 8 and
took what I gave him.
A huge smile 9 across his face and this 10 me to feel indescribable satisfaction. I felt I couldn"t be
happier 11 myself. But then he said:"Wow, this is my son"s lucky day!"
With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike, I 12 heard him whistling a song as he rode
away.
I got a warm 13 inside. I now understand 14 is meant by the saying "giving is getting".
Although it only 15 a little action and a few words, I gained and learned more in those two minutes than
I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world needs 16 , everyone can 17 help and everyone will be
helped by 18 kindness.
The image of that man"s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind every 19 I have the
chance to do something nice.
This is the 10 of charity (慈善行为). | ( )1.A. store
( )2.A. poorly
( )3.A. glad
( )4.A. street
( )5.A. walked
( )6.A. cheap
( )7.A. money
( )8.A. in silence
( )9.A. spread
( )10.A. forced
( )11.A. with
( )12.A. still
( )13.A. opinion
( )14.A. which
( )15.A. cost
( )16.A. 1ove
( )17.A. give
( )18.A. showing
( )19.A. moment
( )20.A. aim | B. school
B. coldly
B. interested
B. dustbin
B. looked
B. heavy
B. toys
B. in surprise
B. came
B. helped
B. to
B. never
B. mind
B. what
B. took
B. money
B. send
B. expressing
B. day
B. meaning | C. hospital
C. warmly
C. bored
C. toilet
C. thought
C. tasteless
C. drink
C. in interest
C. went
C. made
C. at
C. even
C. idea
C. that
C. spent
C. help
C. offer
C. lending
C. minute
C. strength | D. factory
D. expensively
D. tired
D. corner
D. took
D. full
D. clothes
D. in a hurry
D. ran
D. caused
D. for
D. ever
D. feeling
D. it
D. asked
D. drink
D. have
D. saying
D. time
D. power | | 完形填空。 | A few weeks ago I was having a very 1 day and was ready to start looking elsewhere for a 2 that
was not so stressful. Something 3 to me that day and it 4 my 5 of thinking.
In my cubicle (隔间) I have a small 6 of lighthouses and everyone on my team knows that I collect
7 . I have them sitting 8 of the cubicle.
I came to the 9 and was standing at my cubicle to 10 the computer and get the day started when
Crystal 11 to my cubicle. She said, "I 12 you something." I looked at her with a 13 look and said, "Well,
thank you, but why would you buy me anything?" I had 14 spoken to this young lady before. She said,
"Every day I stand up and 15 the room and see your lighthouses. I was out shopping and thought you would
like it." In her hand she had a small globe with a lighthouse. I gave her a 16 . I don"t think she knows how
much that small act of 17 changed my day.
I still keep it in my apartment. I hope that anyone who 18 this article would remember, no matter what
the 19 is, you could change someone"s 20 . | ( )1.A. unforgettable
( )2.A. career
( )3.A. happened
( )4.A. changed
( )5.A. means
( )6.A. pile
( )7.A. it
( )8.A. at the bottom
( )9.A. apartment
( )10.A. start
( )11.A. came over
( )12.A. found
( )13.A. confusing
( )14.A. hardly
( )15.A. look about
( )16.A. kiss
( )17.A. giving
( )18.A. writes
( )19.A. gift
( )20.A. day | B. bad
B. work
B. occurred
B. altered
B. method
B. gathering
B. them
B. on the top
B. workshop
B. open
B. came up
B. bought
B. puzzled
B. seldom
B. look over
B. hug
B. offering
B. sees
B. word
B. 1ife | C. frustrated
C. job
C. took place
C. varied
C. road
C. collection
C. one
C. in front of
C. house
C. begin
C. came by
C. got
C. curious
C. ever
C. look across
C. smile
C. hospitality
C. hears
C. gesture
C. week | D. uneasy
D. profession
D. came about
D. modified
D. way
D. 1ine
D. some
D. on the tip
D. office
D. operate
D. came out
D. brought
D. suspected
D. never
D. look through
D. cuddle
D. kindness
D. reads
D. object
D. idea | | 完形填空。 | Mr. smith taught eighth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a(an) 1 about a creature
called the cattywampus, an animal that 2 during the Ice Age. He passed around a skull (头骨) as he talked.
We all took notes and 3 had a test.
When he returned my paper, I was 4 . There was a big red "×" through 5 of my answers. I had failed.
There 6 have been some mistake! I had written down what Mr. Smith said. Then I 7 that everyone in the
class had failed. What had happened?
"Very simple." Mr. Smith said. He had 8 all those things about cattywampus. There had 9 been any
such animal. The information in our 10 was wrong. Did we expect praise for a wrong answer?
We were very 11 . What kind of test was that? And what kind of teacher?
"You should have figured it out", Mr. Smith said. At the very moment he was passing around that
cattywampus skull, hadn"t he been telling us that no trace of the animal 12 ? He had described its color and
other facts he couldn"t have known. He had given the animal a strange name, and we still hadn"t 13 . He said
that the 14 on our papers would be recorded in the grade book. And they were.
Mr. Smith said he hoped we would learn something from this 15 . Teachers and notebooks are not very
16 . In fact, no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep and to 17 up if we ever thought he or the
textbook was wrong.
I haven"t made any great scientific discoveries, 18 Mr. Smith"s class gave me and my classmates something
just as important: the 19 to look people in the eye and tell them 20 wrong. | ( )1.A. experiment
( )2.A. died out
( )3.A. after
( )4.A. astonished
( )5.A. all
( )6.A. should
( )7.A. guessed
( )8.A. picked up
( )9.A. seldom
( )10.A. notes
( )11.A. unsatisfied
( )12.A. remained
( )13.A. believed
( )14.A. crosses
( )15.A. information
( )16.A. right
( )17.A. speak
( )18.A. however
( )19.A. way
( )20.A. it’s | B. example
B. turned out
B. later
B. angry
B. both
B. can
B. recognized
B. cut up
B. never
B. books
B. sad
B. appeared
B. wondered
B. zeroes
B. note
B. wrong
B. tell
B. meanwhile
B. chance
B. they"re | C. lecture
C. broke out
C. meanwhile
C. disappointed
C. each
C. would
C. realized
C. took up
C. ever
C. minds
C. anxious
C. left
C. suspected
C. marks
C. experience
C. certain
C. shout
C. therefore
C. expression
C. he"s | D. class
D. wipe out
D. sooner
D. sad
D. every
D. must
D. thought
D. made up
D. once
D. discoveries
D. angry
D. existed
D. ensured
D. mistakes
D. class
D. correct
D. wake
D. but
D. courage
D. we"re | | 阅读理解。 | I always felt sorry for the people in wheelchair. Some people, old and weak, can not get around by
themselves. Others seem perfectly healthy, dressed in business suits. But whenever I saw someone in
a wheelchair, I only saw a disability, not a person.
Then I fainted at Euro Disney due to low blood pressure. This was the first time I had ever fainted,
and my parents said that I must rest for a while after First aid. I agreed to take it easy but, as I stepped
towards the door, I saw my dad pushing a wheelchair in my direction! Feeling the color burn my cheeks,
I asked him to wheel that thing right back to where he found it.
I could not believe this was happening to me. Wheelchairs were fine for other people but not for me,
as my father wheeled me out into the main street, people immediately began to treat me differently.
Little kids ran in front of me, forcing my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly. Bitterness set in as
I was thrown back and forth. "Stupid kids-they have perfectly good legs. Why can"t they watch where
they are going?" I thought. People stared down at me,with pity in their eyes. Then they would look away,
maybe because they thought the sooner they forgot me, the better.
"I am just like you!" I wanted to scream. "The only difference is you"ve got legs, and I have wheels."
People in wheelchairs are not stupid. They see every look and hear each word. Looking out at the faces,
I finally understood: I was once just like them. I treated people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not
want to be treated. I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are truly disabled. | | 1. When the writer was healthy, she once _____. | A. showed respect for disabled people
B. imagined herself sitting in a wheelchair
C. looked down upon disabled people
D. saw some healthy people moving around in wheelchairs | | 2. Facing the wheelchair for the first time, the writer _____. | A. refused to accept it immediately
B. felt curious about it
C. thought it was ready for her father
D. got ready to move around in it immediately | | 3. The writer wants to say _____ from her own experience. | A. life is so changeable that nobody can foresee
B. people with healthy legs are truly disabled
C. people often eat their bitter fruit
D. life is the best teacher for people | | 4. Which is the best title for the passage? | A. The Wheelchairs Are as Good as Two Legs
B. People with Two Legs Are Truly Healthy
C. How to Get Used to Wheelchairs
D. The Difference between Healthy People and the Disabled |
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