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I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was
strong and healthy, but rather when he was 2 and ill.
My father was 3 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 4 all that away. Now he
can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 5 . One night, I went to
visit him with my sisters. We started 6 about life, and I told them about one of my 7 . I said that we
must very often give things up 8 we grow----our youth, our beauty , our friends-but it always _9 that
after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10 up. He
said ,"But, Peter. I gave up 11 ! What did I gain?" I thought and thought , but I could not think of
anything to say. 12 he answered his own question: "I 13 the love of my family." I looked at my sisters,
and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 14 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的)at someone, I 15
remember his words and become 16 .If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others,
then I should be 17 to give up my small irritations. In this 28 , I learned the power of acceptance
from my father.
Sometimes I 19 what other things I could learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a
boy. For now, though, I am gratetful for this one 20 .
| ( )1. A. However ( )2. A. tired ( )3. A. already ( )4. A. put ( )5. A. impossible ( )6. A. worrying ( )7. A. decisions ( )8. A. before ( )9. A. suggests ( )10. A. summed ( )11. A. something ( )12. A. Surprisingly ( )13. A. gained ( )14. A. warned ( )15. A. would ( )16. A. quiet ( )17. A. able ( )18. A. case ( )19. A. doubt ( )20. A. award | B. Therefore B. poor B. once B. threw B. stressful B. talking B. beliefs B. since B. promises B. turned B. anything B. Immediately B. accepted B. astonished B. could B. calm B. likely B. way B. guess B. word | C. Afterwards C. weak C. only C. sent C. difficult C. caring C. ambitions C. as C. requires C. spoke C. everything C. Naturally C. had C. attracted C. shoud C. relaxed C. free C. method C. know C. lesson | D. Meanwhile D. slow D. still D. took D. hopeless D. asking D. experience D. till D. seems D. opened D. nothing D. Certainly D. enjoyed D. touched D. might D. happy D. ready D. form D. wonder D. gift |
| 1-5: ACBDC 6-10: BBCDC 11-15: CAADA 16-20: BABDD | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize | |||
| 1. People with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they_________. | |||
| A. are ready to change their minds B. are easily affected by windy weather C. don"t have the power to face their fate D. can"t exercise control over themselves | |||
| 2. Losers would think that____________. | |||
| A. success is the result of hard work B. working hard will lead to success C. their failure is only because of bad luck D. they don"t make efforts to succeed | |||
| 3. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that____________. | |||
| A. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes B. developing confidence is the key to future success C. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind D. setting our expectations is essential before taking action | |||
| 4. The last paragraph serves as ___________. | |||
| A. the proof of the author"s points B. the conclusion of the argument C. an introduction to another topic D. a comparison between two views | |||
| 5. Which is the best title for the text?________. | |||
| A. Success is a choice B. The secrets of success C. Develop our confidence D. How to achieve success | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| If I Were a Boy Again If I were a boy again.I would practice perseverance(毅力)more often,and never give up a thing.If we want__1__,we must conquer(征服)darkness.Perseverance can sometimes __2__genius in its results."There are only two__3__,"says a proverb,"Who can surmount (到……顶)the pyramids-the eagle and the snail." If I were a boy again,I would school myself into a habit of__4__；I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand.I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two__5__at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our__6__,if we begin early enough.I often hear grownup people say,"I could not__7__attention to the book,although I wished to do so"． The reason is that the habit was not__8__in youth. If I were to__9__my life again,I would pay more attention to the cultivation(培养)of the__10__.It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately,but memory soon__11__itself,and gives very little trouble.It only needs early__12__to become a power. If I were a boy__13__,I"d cultivate courage.Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage； nothing is so cruel and pitiless as cowardice(怯懦)．Life is very much like a__14__:If you smile upon it,it smiles back upon you；but if you frown(皱眉)and look doubtful on it,you will get a__15__look in return. Finally,if I were a boy again,I would look on the cheerful side.I"d still try harder to make others happy. | |||
| ( )1．A.success ( )2．A.explore ( )3．A.creatures ( )4．A.attention ( )5．A.ways ( )6．A.perseverance ( )7．A.focus ( )8．A.formed ( )9．A.enjoy ( )10．A.lifestyle ( )11．A.loses ( )12．A.habit ( )13．A.over again ( )14．A.fire ( )15．A.familiar | B．hope B．equal B．birds B．studies B．feet B．result B．gather B．got B．plan B．memory B．helps B．education B．over there B．song B．similar | C．light C．overcome C．persons C．customs C．shoes C．genius C．give C．schooled C．live C．personality C．wastes C．cultivation C．over and over C．poem C．different | D．freedom D．bury D．heroes D．mind D．directions D．life D．pay D．gained D．consider D．perseverance D．takes D．courage D．again and again D．mirror D．bad |
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| As the United States continues to argue over the future of the illegal immigrants traveling across its borders ,I went on a joumey to discover what hardships people crossing the border from Tijuana, Mexico must face. I worked at a soup kitchen, where I came into contact with many poor citizens who had recently arrived in Tijuana. One of the people I served was a Guatemalan named Juan , who washed cars for low pay in the US. After we spoke for 10 minutes,Juan introduced me to his girlfriend,a local stripper who offered to give me a free lap dance if I ever decided to visit the club across the street. I certainly didn"t need to respond to this. I also visited a shelter for the recently deported and those who have recently arrived in Tijuana from other Mexican states. Tijuana is home to more than l.5 million people and is populated by many migrants who arrive and leave mostly for reasons of unemployment. Having dinner at the shelter,l talked with those who planned to stay the night. Seated at my table was a man in his 40s. He had recently been deported from Los Angeles for not having the proper legal documentation. The only belongings he carried with him were a few clothes and an album filled with pictures of his wife and three daughters in Los Angeles. I was surprised by how open he was in sharing his story. I feel bad for not learning his name before I left. Returning to my country on the final day of my trip awakened a strange feeling inside me. I went on this trip with an open mind and heart and was given the chance to communicate with so many different people that I wouldn"t have met in my everyday life. I felt guilty for taking so many things for granted, while people a few hundred miles away are already satisfied with the simpler things that they have. | |||
| 1. The strange feeling inside the writer is that_________. | |||
A. he didn"t value the chance to communicate with those people in the shelter | |||
| 2. From the selection we know that_________. | |||
| A. the writer served soup the anyone arriving in Tijuana B. the United States has decided to take in more immigrants C. Tijuana has a population of 1.5 million D. Juan"s girlfriend was a dancing girl | |||
| 3. The illegal immigrants met with the following hardships FXCEPT_________. | |||
| A. having to be strippers B. getting low pay C. finding no work D. being deported | |||
| 4. We can infer from the selection that__________. | |||
A. washing cars in the US brings in low pay | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| A brief act of kindness brings an unexpected insight (领悟).I was shopping at a department store and had just boarded the clown escalator (电动扶梯) when I noticed a woman standing to the side. She looked about 65, and her expression told me she was scared. I turned toward her and asked, “Do you need help?" As the escalator continued moving, I heard the woman reply softly, “I’m afraid." There was a hint of doubt in her voice. "Want me to come back and get you?" I called to her. She nodded. But by the time I reached her, the woman had reconsidered. "I don"t think I can do it", she said. I was suddenly aware that I had made a far greater investment than I expected. "I know we can do it," I said. "I can hold on to you." She looked down at the beast (庞然大物). Then her eyes came back to mine, looking doubtful "This has never happened to me before," she said, as much to herself as to me. I felt that her sudden fear had to do with the escalator"s mechanical nature, its basic inhuman untrustworthiness. I took her arm. "Shall we?" She made a little sound of alarm as we stepped on, but we"d passed the point of no return. She relaxed slightly as the stairs moved us downward. "I don"t understand this at all," she said. As we neared the bottom, her grip (紧握) tightened again, but we did fine. "I"m so grateful."She began. "It was nothing," I said. "I was happy to do it. "Happy? Yes. I do very little to help others. I am busy caring for a family and working full time. For a brief moment, I had a flash of insight into why someone would become a nurse or a social worker or a priest. When I helped the woman, I felt pure and whole, purposeful. It was a happier moment than I"d had in weeks. | |||
| 1. Why did the old woman look scared at first? Because ______. | |||
| A. she was afraid to talk to strangers. B. she didn"t dare to go down the escalator. C. she couldn"t carry her heavy things downstairs. D. she felt she might be robbed of her things. | |||
| 2. What does the sentence "I don"t think I can do it" imply? The old woman couldn"t ______. | |||
| A. hold on to the escalator. B. give the author a hand. C. accept the author"s help. D. afford to buy necessary things. | |||
| 3. We know from the text that the old woman ______.. | |||
| A. bought so many things. B. was very thankful to the author. C. couldn"t go out shopping alone. D. believed in the author from the beginning | |||
| 4. The author learned from the experience that ______. | |||
| A. she should become a social worker. B. she should first perform her own duties well. C. the most important was to understand each other. D. people needed other people"s help in the society. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| 下面文章中有5 处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合 各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。 | |||