【题目】A

During my elementary (基础的) school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffanys mom.

Tiffanys mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didnt give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was angry with her.

Whenever I didnt get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffanys mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmly say Poor Tiffany. I couldnt understand her. She shouldnt be feeling sorry for Tiffany! I thought. She should be feeling sorry for me.

One day, I couldnt 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 shell find out that she cant have it. Her mother wont always be around to give her money, and whats more, money cant buy everything.

She continued, I have taught you useful lessons by not giving you everything you want. Youll know how to be yourself and save money, but she wont. Youll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she wont. When Tiffany is a grown woman, shell wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one youve got. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food.

It took some time, but I finally understood my moms words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.

【1】 During the authors elementary school years, she __________.

A. wished that her mom were as good as Tiffanys

B. went to school with Tiffany every day

C. usually compared her lesson with Tiffanys

D. sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany

【2】 Why did the authors 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 Tiffanys mother gave her too much.

D. She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.

【3】What do we learn about the authors mother?

A. She was strict and taught the author to be a person who lives on her own.

B. She cared for other peoples children more than her own.

C. She thought that life lessons were as important as money.

D. She was so poor that she couldnt give the author much money.

【4】What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author was quite angry with her mother in the past.

B. The authors mother felt sorry for Tiffany.

C. Tiffanys mother took the authors mothers advice.

D. The author is thankful to her mother now.

【题目】B

Read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles. Learn as much as you can and do all you can. Travel can teach people more than a textbook. I value the memories I have travelled all over the world. There are many reasons why I encourage people to travel, and I know that the experience will make one a better person.

I remember when I was traveling that I began to know the world better. The world is not just about me, my small town and home. Although you will meet different people from all over the world, you will realize that people are similar in their dreams, hopes and feelings. Enjoy exploring the different cultures, and you will also find that people are different in some of the things they do and how they live. Once you understand their ways, it need not be strange or scary. Often we read stories about other cultures in books. Only when we visit their areas, do we find that those stories are something wrong.

One thing you may find out is that there are problems all over the world. We cant just get money to send to these areas and hope that will work them out. The world should get involved(干预) and help wherever there are problems. People everywhere should be given a chance. It is so easy to ignore this if one does not travel and explore. One can look around and see that so many people have many challenges worse than ours. One can realize that sometimes our biggest problems are not that big after all.

On your journey you will meet lots of new friends. Talking to strangers and finding about their lives is a great way to spend your time. You will certainly be more confident after having to solve problems and make many decisions along the way.

Traveling around and seeing so much happening in the world around us is a wonderful experience. If we could all just travel a little more and share our experiences, we would all be better people and the world would be a better place.

We all want to travel but our greatest limitations are from within. Seeing the world is not leisure but provides interesting elements that will help us grow and discover ourselves. More than that, it boosts our creativity and recharges our spirit to face life challenges. Thus, it is important to quit making these excuses and hit the road.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

【1】From Paragraph 2, we can learn that _______________.

A. people should enjoy their lives

B. you will meet different people from all over the world

C. travelling can help us better understand the world

D. people in different places have strange living habits

【2】 The expression ignore in Paragraph 3 most probably means _______________.

A. 逃避 B. 避免 C. 忽视 D. 忘记

【3】 According to Paragraph 4, we can _______________ along the way to travel.

A. know many friends B. be more confident to do things

C. make many decisions D. solve problems

【4】 Which of the following would be the best title of/span> the passage?

A. Helps One Make More Friends

B. People in the World Are Family Traveling

C. People in the World Share One Dream

D. Traveling Makes One a Better Person

【5】 Whats the writers purpose of writing the passage?

A. To share his travel experiences with others.

B. To show how traveling can change your future.

C. To encourage more people to travel around.

D. To tell people how to travel around the world.

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