When I was 15, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my short-comings(缺点). Week by week her list grew. I was skinny(瘦的), I talked too loud, I was too proud, and so on. I put up with(忍受)her as long as I could. At last, I ran to my father in tears and anger. He listened to my outburst quietly. They he asked, “Are the things she says the true or not?”True? I wanted to know how to strike back. What did truth have to do with it?

“Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. ”Go and make a list of every thing she said and mark the points that are true. You needn’t pay attention to the other things she said.

I did as he told me and discovered to my surprise that about half the things are true. Some of them I couldn’t change(like being skinny), but a good number I could and suddenly wanted to change. For the time in my life I began to get a quiet clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy, but he wouldn’t take it.“That’s just for you,”he said.“You know better than any else the truth about yourself, once you hear it. But you’ve got to learn to listen, not close your ears in anger or hurt. When someone says something about you, you’ll know if it’s true or not. If it is ,you’ll find it will echo(共鸣)inside you.”

“I still don’t think it very nice of her to talk about me in front of everybody.”

“Mary, there is one way you could stop others talking about you ever again, and criticizing(批评) you—just say nothing and do nothing. But then, if you do that, you’d find you were nothing. You wouldn’t like that now, would you?”“No, I admitted(承认)”

1.One day the writer ran to her father in tears and anger because__________.

A.she found she talked too much.            B.she found she was too proud.

C.her classmates were not friendly to her.      D.a girl pointed out many of her shortcomings.

2.The writer’s father asked her ____________.

A.to pay attention to all that her“enemy”said about her.

B.not to pay attention to what her“enemy”said about her.

C.to pay attention only to the points that were true about her.

D.to pay attention only to the points that were not true about her.

3.The writer found that___________.

A.about half the things her“enemy”said were true.

B.most of the things her“enemy”said were true.

C.few of the things her“enemy”said were true.

D.none of the things her“enemy”said were true.

4.The writer’s father thinks__________.

A.if one says nothing and does nothing, people will praise him.

B.one should not do anything because others will talk about him.

C.it is not good to talk about others.

D.everyone is talked about by others.

 

I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed(瘫痪).

The woman had an electric wheelchair. She could move her head and arms but not her hands or fingers. She had this clamp(夹子)attached to her arm and I’d have to open it and put a cup or a pencil in it and then she could move it. She would tell me how to do things. She would instruct me in great detail on the correct way to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold everything, including socks and pillow cases. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed and tuck (塞)the corners. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to grab it and do it herself. But she never yelled or scolded. Only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.

Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt, the right way to do the collar and sleeves. Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.

1.From the passage we can infer that the writer of the passage now is ________.

A.a housewife                           B.a full-time worker

C.a clothes maker                         D.a college student

2.The writer used to take care of the lady because ______.

A.she wanted to learn how to do housework

B.she was a relative of the disabled woman

C.she wanted to earn some money while sleeping and eating there

D.she had to do something in return to the lady for her kindness

3.When the lady taught the writer how to do housework, the little girl was ______.

A.eager to learn                          B.unwilling to learn

C.forced to learn                         D.careful to learn

4.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the lady now?

A.Sympathetic       B.Fearful            C.Hateful           D.Grateful

 

What an exciting day it was for Jennifer and Valerie! They 26  friends since Grade Three and had  27 many of their high school experiences. Now they were driving together to their final high school event. Today was 28 day at Laman High School.  29 they were close friends, they were different in many ways. Jennifer was a fairly 30  student while Valerie did just enough to get by and was mainly 31  in a good social life.

"Isn't it 32  that we're all finished?" said Valerie. "I'm really looking forward to having a 33  time this summer."

"  34  be nice," Jennifer replied. "I'm afraid I'm going to have to work most of the summer to help pay for my college expenses. "

Jennifer's parents had only a small 35  and she had made up her mind to have a career in which he could 36  all the things her 37  could not.

Valerie,  38  , came firm a fairly wealthy family. She had little desire to work hard for  39  she had always taken for granted.

"I really don't want to go to college for a while," she 40  . "My uncle 41 a restaurant in the Bahamas and he has 42  me to spend a year there 43  a waitress. That should give me plenty of 44  for the beach. "

"It seems 45  will really be going different ways now," thought Jennifer.

1.A.has been       B. were C. had been            D. would be

2.A.learned       B. obtained  C. remembered      D. shared

3.A.exam        B. sports     C. graduatioD. working

4.A.If         B. Because     C. Although    D. When

5.A.diligent          B. polite   C. active        D. favorite

6.A.specialized        B. relievedC. envied   D. interested

7.A.certain          B. great     C. unfortunate        D. annoying

8.A.nice        B. high         C. bad        D. happy

9.A.Can        B. Shall     C. Must        D. Need

10.A.income      B. problem     C. family       D. difference

11.A .afford         B. give      C. support          D. send

12.A .teachers     B. parents    C. friends      D. relatives

13.A.in fact   B. in a way  C. as a result        D.on the contrary

14.A.what            B. whom      C. that        D. these

15.A.admitted B. complain     C. proposed      D. screamed

16.A.opens    B. runs      C. works            D. makes

17.A.helped  B. assured     C. invited          D. promised

18.A.on        B. do       C. like             D. as

19.A.peace      B. work      C. energy            D. time

20.A.I        B. we       C. she             D. they

 

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