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and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.
Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my
four brothers and sisters how fortunate we were to live in a great country with limitless
opportunities. They influenced us with the concepts of family, faith and nationalism.
I got my first real job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-
box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He rented space in a little shopping mall
and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben"s Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the
parking lot three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m.. To pick up rubbish,
Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower. Mom and I emptied garbage
cans and picked up litter by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I"d sleep
in the car on the way home.
I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime. I acquired
discipline and a strong work ethic (道德), and learned at an early age the importance of
balancing life"s competing interests-in my case, school, homework and a job. This really
helped during my senior year of a high school, when I worked 40 hours a week flipping
burgers at a fast-food joint while taking a full load of college preparation courses.
The hard work paid off. I attended the US Military Academy and went on to receive
graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. Later, I joined a big Los Angeles
law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (州议会). In these jobs and
in everything else I"ve done, I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The
experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to
provide for themselves and their families that is something we should honor.
B. lived a poor but happy life
C. were lucky to move to the USA
D. had many ways to make money
B. did a part-time job
C. worked as a barber
D. became a street cleaner
B. how to do two things well at a time
C. that discipline and work were of equal value
D. that I must do as many things as possible at a time
B. are cleaning the parking lot
C. have achieved a lot in their lives
D. are bearing their responsibilities
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Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
"old" but I am certainly beginning to 1 it? turned 18 just over a week ago. I am now an adult.
As a child you 2 adults-or "grown-ups" as I used to call them-to always be in control to know what is
right and wrong. 3 as a teenager, I thought that when I reached 18 I would be far more 4 in many
aspects of life. But now that I am 18, 1 know that is not true. It is clear to me now that you do not 5 learning
when you are 18．Every day you learn something 6 , no matter what your age. However, I do understand
when you become an adult you have to 7 more responsibility.
Whereas before I seldom had to clean the dishes, set the table or help out around the house, now I do all of
those. I have already 8 myself the nickname "housekeeper".
I can even drive now, which is pretty 9 , because of the frequency of accidents. But that"s not to say that
18 is not 10 to be. Not only can I drink alcohol, but I can also 11 . In fact, being 18 has made me really
interested in politics because it now means that I can change things on 12 Day. More and more of my friends
want to become politicians, and it is great to think that they can change things for the better.
| ( )1. A. dislike ( )2. A. expect ( )3. A. Even ( )4. A. comfortable ( )5. A. continue ( )6. A. interested ( )7. A. take on ( )8. A. honored ( )9. A. scary ( )10. A. adventurous ( )11. A. elect ( )12. A. Labor | B. feel B. criticize B. But B. interested B. desire B. unique B. put on B. chosen B. amazing B. tough B. vote B. Independence | C. learn C. deny C. So C. assured C. stop C. valuable C. take up C. earned C. fascinating C. good C. volunteer C. Christmas | D. love D. know D. Since D. contented D. refuse D. new D. put up D. won D. difficult D. annoying D. involve D. Election |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| When I was a boy every holiday that I had seemed perfect. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the sea. All day, I seem to remember. I played on the sands with strange exciting children. We make sandcastles with huge yellow walls, and watched the incoming tide destroy them; we splashed each other in the water and shrieked with excitement. When the tide went out, we climbed over the slippery rocks and stared down at the fish and the seaweed in the rock-pools. In those far-off days the sun seemed to shine constantly and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country, exploring ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees that overhung streams. There were always sweets in one"s pockets or convenient places where one could buy ice- creams. Each day seemed a life-time. Although I am now an adult, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I still like the sun and the warm sand and the sound of waves breaking on the beach. I no longer wish to build sandcastles and I dislike sweets instantly, but I look forward to sitting down to a good meal and a bottle of wine in the evening. I think, too, that I prefer spending my holiday abroad. I want to smell different smells; I want to see different kinds of trees, flowers and birds; and I also want to see people with different colored skins, wearing different kinds of clothes. Above all, I want to hear a different language spoken and listen to different musical rhythms from those I am used to. But I still need my companions-not, of course, to play on the sands and eat ices with, but to drink with and talk to on warm moonlit nights. Sometimes I wonder what my perfect holiday will be when I am old. All I shall want to do then, I expect, will be to lie in bed, reading books about children who make sandcastles with huge yellow walls, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick on too many ices… | |||
| 1. Where did the author mostly spend his holidays when he was young? | |||
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| A. In the countryside. B. On the beach. C. In the mountains. D. On the sea. | |||
| 2. What does the underlined word "shrieked" in Paragraph 1 mean? | |||
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| A. shouted B. swam C. struggled D. surfed | |||
| 3. What now interests the author as an adult is _____. | |||
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| A. to enjoy a nice dinner B. to spend his holiday sunbathing C. to chat with someone D. to experience a foreign culture | |||
| 4. When the author grows old, he expects that _____. | |||
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| A. he will read more books about children B. he will lie in bed without worrying about anything C. he will bring back wonderful childhood memories from a book D. he will make sandcastles with his children | |||
| 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用 括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为1-10的相应位置上。 | |||
| Dr Wayne W. Dyer (called the "father of motivation" by his fans) wrote, "There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way." There is no use 1.______ (say) "Some day 2.______ I achieve these goals, get this car, build this house, and have this business, I will be really happy." Life doesn"t work that way. If you wait for certain things 3.______ (happen) and depend on life to make you happy, you will always feel unfulfilled. 4.______ will always be something missing. Long-term happiness is based 5.______ honesty, self-esteem, productive work, and making other people happy. Long-term happiness is 6.______ process of moving towards worthwhile goals and adding to the welfare and happiness of others. It means reaching your goals and then challenging yourself to higher and 7.______ (good) things. It 8.______ means always trying to learn and grow. Work 9.______ (honest) and productively, and contribute real values to others. In the long run, that"s 10.______ happiness is about. | |||
| 任务型阅读。阅读下材料，完成1-3题。 | |||
| In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠). Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person"s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener. At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me. Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me. There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me. When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, understanding and humorous, I know I"ve found a friend! | |||
| 请根据阅读信息填写下面句子： 1. The writer thinks a good friend should be _________, ____________, ___________, and ___________. 2. What is the meaning for fair weather friends? (用浅显易懂的英语来解释) ________________________________________________________________________. 3. Write down a title for this short passage. ________________________________________________________________________. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and, old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What"s more, life is always giving new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done. When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society. | |||
| 1. According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that _____. | |||
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| A. life for a child is fairly easy B. a child is always loved whatever he does C. if much is given to a child, he must do something in return D. only children are interested in life | |||
| 2. The main idea of the passage is that _____. | |||
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| A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains B. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard C. childhood is the most enjoyable time in one"s life D. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life | |||
| 3. The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss _____. | |||
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| A. examples of successful young men B. how to build up one"s position in society C. joys and pains of old people D. what to do when one has problems in life |