Sometimes, I doubted if there was any love between my parents. Every day they were 1 earning money.
They didn"t 2 in the romantic 13 that I read in books. For them, "I love you" was too luxurious (奢侈)
When he was 14 working, my father had a bad temper.
One day, my mother was 15 a quilt. I sat beside her and looked at her. "Mom, I have a question to ask
you," I said.
" 16 is it?" she replied.
"Is there any love between you and Dad?" I asked 17 . My mother stopped her work and raised her head
with 18 in her eyes. She didn"t answer immediately. 19 she continued her work.
I was very 20 because I thought I had 21 her. But at last, my mother said 22 , "Susan, look at this thread.
Sometimes it is 23 , but most of it disappears into the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong. If life is a
24 , then love should be a thread. It can hardly be 25 anywhere, but it"s really there. Love is inside." I listened
carefully but I didn"t 26 her until the next spring when my father became seriously ill. My mother had to stay
with him in the hospital for a month.
After they were back, every day in the morning, my mother 27 my father to walk slowly along the country
road. My father had never been so gentle. The doctor had said my father would 28 in two months. But after
two months he still couldn"t walk by himself.
"Dad, how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day.
"Susan, don"t worry about me," he said gently. "To tell you the truth, I just like 29 with your mom."
Reading his eyes, I knew he 30 my mother a lot. |
( )1. A. interested in
( )2. A. act
( )3. A. times
( )4. A. back from
( )5. A. washing
( )6. A. How
( )7. A. immediately
( )8. A. sorrow
( )9. A. But
( )10. A. sorry
( )11. A. interested
( )12. A. clearly
( )13. A. inside
( )14. A. thread
( )15. A. seen
( )16. A. misunderstand
( )17. A. asked
( )18. A. recover
( )19. A. living
( ) 20. A. loved | B. busy in
B. work
B. spaces
B. late for
B. sewing
B. Why
B. carefully
B. fear
B. Then
B. anxious
B. embarrassed
B. sadly
B. visible
B. quilt
B. felt
B. understand
B. sent
B. walk
B. staying
B. understood | C. devoted to
C. live
C. ways
C. kept from
C. spreading
C. Where
C. in a low voice
C. excitement
C. Therefore
C. sad
C. puzzled
C. attentively
C. short
C. family
C. kept
C. complain of
C. helped
C. work
C. being busy
C. admired | D. used to
D. speak
D. thoughts
D. tired from
D. folding up
D. What
D. in a romantic tune
D. surprise
D. Thus
D. terrified
D. troubled
D. thoughtfully
D. long
D. home
D. got
D. agree with
D. supported
D. satisfy
D. walking
D. depended on | | 完形填空。 | The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during
the break. She seemed so small as she pushed her way 1 the crowd of boys on the playground. She 2
from them all.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 3 . She would practice dribbling (运球)
and shooting over and again, sometimes until 4 . One day I asked her 5 she practiced so much. She
looked 6 in my eyes, and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way
I can 7 is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be 8 . My Daddy told me
if the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count."
Well, I had to give in to her-she was 9 . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 10 in her arms.
I walked toward her and quietly asked what was 11 . "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I am just too short."
The coach told her that at her height she would probably 12 get to play for a top-ranked team, 13 receive
a scholarship. So she 14 stop dreaming about college.
She was 15 and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She
told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not 16 the power of a dream. He told
her 17 she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 18 could stop her
except one thing-her own attitude. He told her again, "If" the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count."
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern Califomia Championship game, she was seen by
a college recruiter (招聘人员). She was indeed offered a 19 . She was going to get the college education that
she had 20 and worked toward for all those years. | ( )1. A. through
( )2. A. brought out
( )3. A. only
( )4. A. dark
( )5. A. how
( )6. A. worriedly
( )7. A. go
( )8. A. worse
( ) 9. A. determined
( )10. A. covered
( )11. A. the affair
( )12. A. ever
( )13. A. far more
( )14. A. should
( )15. A. overjoyed
( )16. A. understand
( )17. A. even if
( )18. A. anything
( )19. A. prize
( ) 20. A. dreamed of | B. across
B. showed out
B. lonely
B. dawn
B. when
B. shyly
B. get
B. better
B. encouraged
B. enclosed
B. the wrong
B. even
B. much less
B. must
B. moved
B. experience
B. as if
B. nothing
B. medal
B. accepted | C. over
C. stood out
C. simply
C. midnight
C. why
C. quietly
C. enter
C. the best
C. fixed
C. dropped
C. matter
C. once
C. much fewer
C. can
C. embarrassed
C. learn
C. that if
C. something
C. scholarship
C. thought of | D. into
D. worked out
D. alone
D. daybreak
D. what
D. directly
D. attend
D. the worst
D. fascinated
D. buried
D. the matter
D. never
D. many more
D. may
D. heartbroken
D. believe
D. only if
D. everything
D. position
D. appreciated | | 阅读理解。 | Farmer Ed Rawlings smiles as he looks at his orange trees. The young oranges are growing well in Florida"s
weather. Warm sunshine and gentle rains, along with Ed Rawlings" expert care, they will produce a good crop
of" oranges this year.
But Ed has to fight against Florida"s changeable winter weather. In January and February, temperatures can
destroy Ed"s entire orange crop. Having farmed in Florida for the past 35 years, Ed Rawlings is prepared for the
frosts. When temperatures drop below freezing, Ed tries to save his crop by watering his orange trees. The
water freezes and forms a thin layer of ice on the trees. Strange as it may sound, this thin layer of ice actually
keeps the fruit warm.
What happens is simple. When the trees are watered, the water loses heat and becomes ice. The warmth of
the heat it loses is sucked in by the fruit and keeps its temperature at a safe level. Ed Rawlings has effectively
used this method to save many orange crops.
But Ed still faces some difficulties. The trees should "be watered at the exact moment the temperature drops
to the freezing point. Also, just the right quantity of water must be used. Too much water can form a thick layer
of" ice that will break the trees" branches. Another difficulty is that wind blows away the heat. So Ed has to
worry about not only when but also how often his trees should be watered, and how much water should be
used.
Computer technology may help Ed Rawlings with some of these worries. With equipment, air and soil
temperatures and wind speed can be measured. The information is fed into a computer which can tell when
temperatures drop to freezing. The computer can correctly decide the quantity of water to be used and how
frequently the trees should be watered. Ed Rawlings will find looking after his orange trees a lot easier with the
help of a computer, and we"ll all have the benefits of computer-age oranges. | | 1. The passage is mainly about _____. | | [ ] | A. a farmer"s care for his orange trees
B. the different uses of computers
C. growing oranges in Florida"s changeable weather
D. different ways of crop protection | | 2. Ed tried to protect his crops by _____. | | [ ] | A. using a wind machine to drive away the cold air
B. equipping them with a computer
C. watering them at the proper time
D. picking his fruit at the first sign of frost | | 3. In the writer"s eyes, computers _____. | | [ ] | A. are too expensive for small farmers
B. can be a valuable tool for the farmer
C. can be used to help oranges grow bigger
D. cannot take the place of the farmer"s experience and judgement | | 4. Which of the following is NOT NECESSARY for Ed Rawlings to do? | | [ ] | A. He should decide the quantity of water for the orange trees as soon as the temperature drops to the freezing
point.
B. He should decide the exact moment when the orange trees should be watered.
C. He has to water the orange trees more often in January and February.
D. He has to judge how often he should water the orange trees. | | 5. According to the passage, computer technology can _____. | | [ ] | A. get rid of the need for crop protection
B. help the farmer get a better harvest
C. tell the farmer why outdoor temperature changes
D. prevent the temperature from dropping to the freezing point | | 阅读理解。 | I made a pledge (发誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would
try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经
的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will.
A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks
that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks
great on you.
"Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and pleased, maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but
then I thought, "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all the week and now she wants to stay with me." We
walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum
though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that"s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today.
Last night at our cottage,p reparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
" What"s the matter?" I asked her.
"Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress, "do you know something I don"t?"
"What do you mean?"
" Well...that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago...our doctor...did he tell you something about me?
Tom, you"ve been so good to me...am I dying?"
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
"No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You"re not dying; I"m just starting to live." | | 1. In the first paragraph, "No ifs, ands or buts" probably means ____. | | [ ] | A. unnecessarily
B. unexpectedly
C. impossibly
D. unconditionally | | 2. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage _____. | | [ ] | A. with his family
B. with Evelyn
C. alone
D. with his children | | 3. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because _____. | | [ ] | A. she looked lovely in her new clothes
B. he had made a lot of money in Wall Street
C. he was determined to be a good husband
D. she was seriously ill | | 4. The underlined words "one thing" in the text refer to the fact that _____. | | [ ] | A. he praised her sweater, which puzzled her
B. she insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated
C. he knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her
D. he was so good to her that she thought she must be dying | | 5. By saying "I"m just starting to live", Tom means that _____. | | [ ] | A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B. he is just beginning to enjoy his life as a loving husband
C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D. he is beginning to feel regretful for what he did to his wife | | 完形填空。 | My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet (宠物) for a long time.
Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her. She got 1 and took good care of them. 2 ,
a few days later, both chickens died. She burst into tears from 3 , I helped her 4 the two birds under a
tree behind our house. I thought it would be the 5 of her ideas.
6 I was wrong. Children are children 7 . The failure hasn"t 8 my daughter in any way. She still tried
to keep a small animal or even a snail.
One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows. My daughter and
I could 9 the sparrows as our "pets", but we didn"t. So I told her to 10 the grains in the windowsill. A few
minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill 11 and pecked at the rice. Suddenly my daughter
asked me, Mum, can we catch and 12 the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How 13 it is for
them to live outside?
"Oh, my dear, I do not think it"s a good idea. You know, "I explained to her." the sparrow is a bird who
loves 14 . No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will 15 quickly. They are 16 to living
outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves."
From then on, we have set up a kind of 17 with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and 18 them
as pet birds. However, we do not need to 19 them. We 20 seeing these little birds flying and jumping among
branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings. | ( )1. A. exciting
( )2. A. Naturally
( )3. A. excitement
( )4. A. bury
( )5. A. end
( )6. A. Thus
( )7. A. at all
( )8. A. upset
( )9. A. look
( )10. A. throw
( )11. A. one after another
( )12. A. stay
( )13. A. free
( )14. A. freedom
( )15. A. please
( )16. A. safe
( )17. A. neighbour
( )18. A. think
( )19. A. hurt
( )20. A. enjoy | B. excited
B. Suddenly
B. feeling
B. put
B. beginning
B. Then
B. in all
B. encourage
B. act
B. pour
B. one another
B. cage
B. happy
B. spring
B. starve
B. proud
B. understanding
B. dream
B. possess
B. would like | C. disappointed
C. Unfortunately
C. sorrow
C. dig
C. wish
C. Therefore
C. after all
C. help
C. catch
C. pile
C. every other
C. love
C. cold
C. trees
C. suffer
C. happy
C. friendship
C. treat
C. belong to
C. want | D. encouraged
D. Finally
D. heart
D. set
D. reality
D. However
D. for all
D. impress
D. feed
D. scatter
D. each other
D. watch
D. warm
D. flying
D. die
D. used
D. confusing
D. appreciate
D. hatch
D. consider |
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