There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know how to be a good father. I couldn’t  16  him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “  17 ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a  18 . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.
So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and  19  every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to  20  it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, you only need to pay me five dollars.” I offered with a smile.
“I see,” was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a  21  to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house,   22  it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a hot day. As my dad got out of my car, I   23  him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his  24  from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were 25  lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).
Suddenly, it came up with me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,  26 hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him   27  about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he ask us to pay for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   28  me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __29__. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   30  his throat(喉咙) and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

【小题1】
A.likeB.rememberC.forgetD.care
【小题2】
A.SorryB.YesC.NoD.Well
【小题3】
A.carB.friendC.jobD.present
【小题4】
A.spentB.earnedC.keptD.saved
【小题5】
A.takeB.put C.turnD.show
【小题6】
A.rideB.leaveC.tripD.hurry
【小题7】
A.asB.althoughC.butD.since
【小题8】
A.helpedB.followedC.leftD.watched
【小题9】
A.toolsB.clothesC.luggage D.bag
【小题10】
A.fewerB.moreC.longerD.less
【小题11】
A.whateverB.wheneverC.whereverD.however
【小题12】
A.talkB.complainC.askD.speak
【小题13】
A.handB.borrowC.lendD.take
【小题14】
A.helpB.adviceC.treat D.idea
【小题15】
A.cleanedB.wipedC.clearedD.felt


I was not a confident girl before. I   36  spoke in fornt of the class because I was afraid of making mistakes. My family went to Mount Tai last summer holiday. Something important  37  there and it changed me greatly.
We  38  there early in the morning and began to climb. Soon all of us felt tired  39 the stairs were really steep(陡峭的). An hour later, we stopped to have a rest. While we were having a rest, my mother changed her  40 and decided not to climb any more. I couldn’t decide whether to stay there or go on  41 with my father.“No matter how hard it is, I am  42 you can get there.” Said my father. So again we  43 the hard journey. We were very tired,   44 we kept going on and on. Another hour later, we reached the top. It was really beautiful. My father and I were so excited that we couldn’t help  45 happily. What an interesting trip!
【小题1】.A. never             B. always          C. sometimes
【小题2】.A. left              B. continued       C. happened
【小题3】.A. arrive            B. arrived         C. arrived at
【小题4】A.because         B. because of      C. so
【小题5】.A. place         B. mind                C. road
【小题6】.A. climb         B. to climb            C. climbing
【小题7】A. sorry          B. afraid              C. sure
【小题8】.A. ended         B. stopped             C. started
【小题9】.A. and           B. but                 C. though
【小题10】.A. jumping up       B. jumping into        C. jump up

Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In a new programme “Colour me Healthy”, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. 

“Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?” says Verity. “Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products(产品)as being a bit unpleasant. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design(设计)new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.”

During the programme, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each part. She meets people who work in the colour industry, from people who design food packages, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to prove their ideas, such as the American “Colour Doctor” who believes that serious diseases can be treated successfully by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. 

Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the programme, it’s up to you to make your own decisions about how much you should believe.

1.What’s Verity’s opinion about colours?

A.Colours help people choose products.

B.Different people prefer different colours.

C.Colours have influences on people in many ways.

D.People working in colour industry know little about colours.

2.What can you infer from Paragraph 2?

A.Colours influence people’s feelings and opinions.

B.People get ideas for new products from colours.

C.New products are popular because of colours.

D.Most companies prefer bright colours.

3.The underlined part “goes out of her way” probably means ______.

A.feels very pleased

B.makes a special effort

C.goes on in her own way

D.carries on very slowly

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A.How people use colours.

B.How colours influence people.

C.What happens in a programme.

D.What makes a programme believable.

 

The teacher stood before his class of 30 students and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have all worked to get ready for this test. ” he said. “And because I know you are all able to understand these questions. I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test. ’’

    A number of students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the rest students and said. “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last chance. ”Two more students decided to go. Seven students stayed. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have received an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

    I never had a teacher who gave a test like that. but I think that it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are B students at most.

    The same is true for students in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons. whether from school education or from events in their lives,and have become better people. Scientists say that by the age of eight,80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now and you realize that you have some limits(局限). However,there is nothing you can’t do or leant to be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma (珠穆朗玛峰)said,“We do not conquer the mountain, but ourselves. ”

1.Some students left the classroom because _________.

A. they were happy with the grade the teacher would give them

B. they were allowed to take another easier exam later on

C. they knew the teacher didn’t like them to take the test

D. they thought the exam was so easy that they don’t need to have a try

2.The teacher gave the rest students an A because __________.

A. they answered all the questions in the exam correctly

B. they didn’t believe themselves

C. they believed themselves in what they had learned

D. they had been working hard for each exam

3.The underlined word “conquer’’ means __________ in the passage.

A. 发现 B. 控制 C. 探索          D. 征服

4.What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A. He wants us to know what our limits are.

B. He wants us to learn to believe in ourselves.    

C. He wants us to receive school education.

D. He wants us to1earn from B students.

 

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