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Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia(怀旧)．It’s fun to come home.It looks the same.It smells the same.You’ll realize what’s changed is you.Home is where we can remember pain，love，and some other experiences：We parted here；My parents met here；I won three championships here.
If I close my eyes，I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home.I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass­top wooden table.To the right of the living room is my first bedroom.It’s empty，but it’s where my earliest memories are.
There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays，and where I cried on Halloween－when I didn’t want to wear the skirt my mother made for me.I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong.If I sit at this table，I can see my favorite room in the house，my parents’ room.It is simple：a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side.Their bed is my safe zone.I can jump on it anytime－waking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.
I’m lucky because I know my first home still exists.It exists in my mind and heart，on a physical property(住宅) on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles.It is proof I lived，I grew，and I learned.
Sometimes when I feel lost，I lie down and shut my eyes，and I go home.I know it’s where I’ll find my family，my dogs，and my belongings.I purposely leave the window open at night because I know I’ll be blamed by Mom.But I don’t mind，because I want to hear her say my name，which reminds me I’m home.
小题1:Why does the author call her parents’ bed her “safe zone”(Paragraph 3)?
A．It is her favorite place to play.
B．Her needs can be satisfied there.
C．Her grandparents’ photos are lined on each side.
D．Her parents always play together with her there.
小题2:What can be learned from the passage?
A．The old furniture is still in the author’s first bedroom.
B．The author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles.
C．The author’s favorite room in her first home is the dining room.
D．Many people of the author’s age can still find their first physical homes.
小题3:Sometimes when she feels lost，the author will________.
A．open the window at night
B．lie down in bed to have a dream
C．try to bring back a sense of home
D．go to Los Angeles to visit her mom
小题4:What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A．To express how much she is attached to her home.
B．To declare how much she loves her first house.
C．To describe the state of her family.
D．To look back on her childhood.

小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
本文是一篇记叙文。全文记叙了作者对家的怀念和依恋。
小题1:解析：选B。细节理解题。由第三段最后两句Their bed is my safe zone.I can jump on it anytime－waking...until the morning.可知，她的需要能在那儿得到满足，所以B项符合题意。A、D两项文中都没得到，而C项只是对房间摆设的介绍，而不是题干的原因，所以这三项均可排除。
小题2:解析：选B。细节理解题。文章第一段讲到，作者回到了她的第一个家，以及倒数第二段中的．..on a physical property(住宅)on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles.可知，作者现在仍然能够参观她在洛杉矶的第一个家，故B项正确。由第二段的最后两句可知，作者的第一个卧室里面空了，所以A项错误；由第三段中的If I sit at this table，I can see my favorite room in the house，my parents’ room.可知，作者最喜欢的房间是父母的房间，而不是餐厅，故C项错误；D项文中没有提及。
小题3:解析：选C。细节理解题。由最后一段可知，当作者感到迷茫的时候，她会躺下，闭上眼睛，然后想象着回家的情景。所以C项“尽量找回一种家的感觉”符合题意。A项只是作者想象情景中的一个片段；B项“躺在床上做一个梦”，其实作者并不是真的做梦；D项“去洛杉矶看她的妈妈”文中没有提及。
小题4:解析：选A。推理判断题。通读全文可知作者写本文的目的是想表达自己对家的依恋之情。而B、C、D三项只是对文章内容的表述，不是写本文的目的。故选A项。
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One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City，Calif.，to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you'd be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, “I don't want to get involved” has become a national motto.
Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker.Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.
Does anyone stop any more? I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line：“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the goodwill of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him，carry him down the road?
The idea intrigued me.
The week I turned 37，I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina，a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip.
I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50­pound pack on my back and a  sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles：“America”．
For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles  across 14 states.As I traveled, folks were always warning me  about someplace else.In Montana they told me to watch out for  the cowboys in Wyoming; in Nebraska they said people would not  be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even  when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.
小题1:Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?
A．Because he failed to notice this man.
B．Because he was driving too fast.
C．Because he thought the young man didn't need help.
D．Because he was afraid of being tricked.
小题2:What was it that made the author upset?
A．Leaving the young man alone in the desert.
B．Being considered a fool.
C．Making the decision of not offering help so easily.
D．Keeping thinking about the young man.
小题3:The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.
A．find out how long he could survive without help
B．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment
C．find out whether strangers would offer help to him
D．figure out how strangers thought of his plan
小题4:In the passage，the author described his journey as a gamble because ________.
A．he was not so sure of the outlook of the journey
B．he had no money to give to strangers
C．he was sure of the coming sufferings
D．he wasn't sure whether to make the journey
小题5:The following part might probably ________.
A．describe how he fooled strangers
B．describe how strangers went out of their way to help him
C．explain why people refused to help strangers
D．explain how he overcame his difficulties on the way
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm． And he was given a slingshot（S单弓） to play with out in the woods． He _     in the woods,        he could never hit the      ．And getting a little discouraged, he headed back to dinner．
As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck．  Just out of impulse （冲动）, he let fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it． He was shocked and felt very sorry．In a panic, he hid the      duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister     ．Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing．
After lunch that day grandma said, “Sally, let’s wash the dishes．” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the        today, didn't you, Johnny?" And then she whispered to him, “Remember, the duck?"
So Johnny       the dishes． Later Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and     said, " I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make       ．" But Sally     and said, “Well, that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help," and she whispered      ,“Remember, the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny     ．
After several days of Johnny doing     his various small tasks and Sally's, he     ．couldn't stand it any longer．He came to Grandma and       that he killed the duck．She bent down, gave him a      , and said, “Sweetheart,       ． You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the       thing． But because I love you, I forgave you． But I was just wondering how      you would let Sally make a slave     you．"
小题1:
A．walkedB．playedC．practicedD．aimed
小题2:
A．orB．andC．soD．but
小题3:
A．birdB．targetC．duckD．woods
小题4:
A．deadB．squareC．dyingD．living
小题5:
A．surveyingB．noticingC．observingD．watching
小题6:
A．toiletB．kitchenC．living-roomD．fields
小题7:
A．watchedB．droppedC．didD．made
小题8:
A．GrandmaB．GrandpaC．JohnnyD．Sally
小题9:
A．cookB．lunchC．supperD．breakfast
小题10:
A．laughedB．smiledC．criedD．wept
小题11:
A．againB．onlyC．twiceD．loudly
小题12:
A．followedB．stayedC．rememberedD．boated
小题13:
A．allB．eitherC．neitherD．both
小题14:
A．secondlyB．firstlyC．finallyD．thirdly
小题15:
A．liedB．deniedC．admittedD．spoke
小题16:
A．beatB．petC．surpriseD．hug
小题17:
A．I knowB．you knowC．he knowsD．she knows
小题18:
A．otherB．wholeC．funnyD．dull
小题19:
A．/B．muchC．manyD．long
小题20:
A．ofB．forC．fromD．into
A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age.
Men often discover their similarity to each other by the common love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love my, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond(纽带) of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best container of a life preserving the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which become our steady companions and comforters.
Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay(腐朽), but good books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Preserved in books, their spirits walked abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect(智者) to which one still listens.
小题1:The writer introduces the topic of the passage by            .
A．describing life experience of great writers
B．telling his own story of reading good books
C．presenting the best thoughts in good books
D．comparing good books to good friends in life
小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Readers feel sympathy for the author.
B．Readers live together with the author.
C．Readers and the author share the same feeling.
D．Readers are the author’s companions and comforters.
小题3:which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．We can learn about the great and good through books.
B．The most important part of a man’s life is his treasures.
C．Good books help us to know about their authors’ friends.
D．Books are often regarded as best containers in our life.
小题4:the passage mainly tells us that            .
A. one should have some good friends
B one should read as many books as possible
C. one should keep company with good books
D books are the most lasting products of human efforts
How many of us can really ever thank our mothers for what they do for us? I am now 40 years old, so it's been a lot of years that I've had my mom's loving     and direction behind me pushing me gently when I need it.
When I was ill, mom would take care of me    . When I had a terrible dream, she would never    me  for stealing into her bed. When I graduated from college, she took      in me as I walked across that stage. When life would get me down, she would tell me that ,it's always dark     the down ,She's always been my greatest     keeping-me up when life tried to defeat me. She never told me that anything was impossible or that I set my goals too high. With a gentle guiding hand she got me back on the right:,   if I faltered (摇晃) .
A    thank you will never be enough for the kindness and love she has shown to us over the years. My mom     _ more than flowers, candy or other gifts. There isn't a gift in the world that could ever        my thanks for everything she has done for me over the years.
小题1:
A．guidanceB．respectC．criticismD．punishment
小题2:
A．regularlyB．happilyC．unconditionallyD．occasionally
小题3:
A．turn toB．yell atC．hold upD．look after
小题4:
A．interestB．comfortC．prideD．pity
小题5:
A．afterB．behindC．throughD．before
小题6:
A．beliefB．challengeC．concernD．support
小题7:
A．trackB．attitudeC．senseD．choice
小题8:
A．specialB．worthwhileC．funnyD．simple
小题9:
A．expectsB．appreciatesC．deservesD．receives.
小题10:
A．replaceB．expressC．contributeD．cover
Now, I want to start with a question: When was the last time you were called childish? For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational(不理智的) demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish. ___________A____________. After all, take a look at these events: imperialism（帝国主义）and colonization（殖民主义）, world wars, George W. Bush. Ask yourself: Who's responsible? Adults.
　  Now, what have kids done? ___________B____________. Well, Anne Frank touched millions with her powerful account of the Holocaust (大屠杀), Ruby Bridges helped end segregation(隔离) in the United States, and, most recently, Charlie Simpson helped to raise 120,000 pounds for Haiti on his little bike. So, as you can see evidenced by such examples, age has absolutely nothing to do with it. We are called childish so often by adults that we should abolish this age-discrimination when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.
　  Then again, who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren't exactly what the world needs? Maybe you've had grand plans before, but stopped yourself, thinking: That's impossible or that costs too much or that won't benefit me. For better or worse, we kids aren't hampered as much when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things. ___________C____________. Kids can be full of inspiring aspirations and hopeful thinking, like my wish that no one went hungry or that everything were free kind of utopia(乌托邦). How many of you still dream like that and believe in the possibilities? Sometimes a knowledge of history and the past failures of utopian ideals can be a burden. On the other hand, we kids still dream about perfection. ___________D____________. And that's a good thing because in order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
Now, our inborn wisdom doesn't have to be insiders' knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share. I think that adults should start learning from kids. Now, I do most of my speaking in front of an education crowd, teachers and students, and I like this analogy. It shouldn't just be a teacher at the head of the classroom telling students to do this, do that. The students should teach their teachers. Learning between grown ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it. Now, if you don't trust someone, you place restrictions on them, right. If I doubt my older sister's ability to pay back the 10 percent interest I established on her last loan, I'm going to withhold her ability to get more money from me until she pays it back.
True story, by the way. Now, adults seem to have a prevalently restrictive attitude towards kids from every "don't do that," "don't do this" in the school handbook, to restrictions on school internet use. Kids have no, or very little, say in making the rules, when really the attitude should be reciprocal(相互的), meaning that the adult population should learn and take into account the wishes of the younger population.
Adults, you need to listen and learn from kids. The world needs opportunities for new leaders and new ideas. Kids need opportunities to lead and succeed. Are you ready to make the match?  
小题1:Where should the sentence “This really bothers me.” be put in the passage?
A. In blank A.                          B. In blank B.     
C. In blank C.                      D. In blank D.
小题2:What does the speaker think is the root cause why adults call kids childish?
A．That kids like being called that way.
B．That adults are more irresponsible than kids.
C．That kids often make irrational demands.
D．That adults are driven by age-discrimination against kids.
小题3: Which of the following least explains kids’ advantage over adults based on the speaker?
A．Younger age.B．Irrational thinking.
C．Knowledge of history.D．Excess restrictions.
小题4:What is the best title of this passage?
A．Don’t Be Childish again, Adults!
B．Time to Listen and Learn from Us!
C．Don’t Do That, Don’t Do This!
D．We Are Not Young Any More!
Have you ever made contact with the creative spirit, that certain something hard to describe, but full of good—and sometimes great—ideas? It is more than an occasional great thought. When we feel the moving of the creative spirit, it brings to life a style of being: a lifetime filled with the desire to invent, to explore new ways of doing things, and to turn dreams into reality.
That flash of inspiration is the final moment of a process marked by unique stages—the basic steps in creative problem-solving. The first stage is preparation, when you look for any information that might be important. It's when you let your imagination run free.
But one barrier(障碍) is the inside voice of judgment that locks up our creative spirit within the limits of what we think acceptable. It's the voice that whispers to you, "They'll think I'm foolish," or "That will never work." But we can learn to recognize this voice of judgment and have the courage to discount its unhelpful advice.
Once you have thought about all the relevant(相关的) pieces and pushed your mind to the limits, you can let the problem remain and take in all you have gathered. It's a stage when much of what goes on occurs outside your focused awareness. As the saying goes, "You sleep on it."
We are more open to creative thoughts from the unknowing mind when we are not really thinking of anything. That is why daydreams are so useful in the search for creativity. Anytime you can just daydream and relax is useful in the creative process: a shower, long drives, a quiet walk, etc.
With luck, daydreaming will lead to a light turning on above your head, when all of a sudden the answer will come to you as if from nowhere. This is the popular stage—the one that usually gets all the glory and attention, the moment that people sweat and long for, the feeling "This is it!" But the thought alone is still not a creative act. The final stage is translation, when you take your creative thought and transform it into action; it becomes useful to you and others.
小题1:In Paragraph 1, “the moving of the creative spirit” probably means ________.
A．preparationB．explorationC．problem-solvingD．inspiration
小题2:According to the article, what keeps us from creativity?
A．Having less information to form a good idea.
B．Relying on others during the creative process.
C．Caring about other people’s opinions about us.
D．Thinking about too many ideas at the same time.
小题3:What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?
A．The unknowing mind is very difficult for us to understand.
B．Creativity arrives when we aren’t focused on any one thing.
C．Daydreaming is useless and has nothing to do with creativity.
D．Showers, long drives and quiet walk are good for our bodies.
小题4:When does creativity become useful to us and others?
A．When thought is turned into action.
B．When people understand our ideas.
C．When the popular stage is reached.
D．When we think “This is it!”.
小题5:Which of the following would the author probably support?
A．The creative spirit means an occasional great thought.
B．Others’ voice of judgment allows us to ignore barriers.
C．Creative problem-solving calls for barrier-free imagination.
D．Daydreaming is sure to bring a sudden answer to a problem.
Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Day together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn't have much tolerance for a stub­born 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I'm trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It's about loving someone more than words can say, and it's wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
小题1:How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police?
A．Disappointed.B．Nervous. C．Guilty.D．Frightened.
小题2:We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.
A．kept in touch by writing each other
B．are separated due to the generation gap
C．have been getting along very well
D．had a hard time understanding each other
小题3:Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.
A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car.
B．She had never realized his being old and weak.
C．She didn't expect to meet with him there.
D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before.
小题4:Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________
A．tell him about their conflictsB．say sorry for her being stubborn
C．express her gratitude to himD．remind him of the early incident
I believe in leaving work at five o’clock. In a nation with such a strict work ethic(道德规范) , this is considered strange. Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t know many people who punch out (打卡下班) at five o’clock anymore.
My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and devotion to a career. But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs.
My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired. His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer（糖尿病）. Despite all this, he insisted on traveling a long way to give a lecture. He probably earned a lot of money that day, but he paid the price. He returned to the hospital soon afterwards and was dead within three months, aged just 58.
It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work. I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs exhausted. As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, physically or emotionally. Not taking my work home didn’t come easily to me at first. After all, I am my father’s daughter. In college, I was the girl who sat on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open. I even dreamt about schoolwork.
My dad once told me he was unable to just gaze at a sunset; he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading, playing chess. You could say he was a success: He was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in many languages. That’s an impressive list, but the thing is I want to gaze at sunsets. I don’t want to meet a deadline during them or be writing a column at the same time, or glance at them over the top of a book.
This raises the question: If I leave work at five o’ clock to watch the sunset, what are the consequences? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off after eight hours probably won’t earn me the best promotion. But hey, leaving work at five o’ clock means I eat dinner with my family. I get to hop on my bike and cycle through the streets of my hometown when there is no traffic.
And I get to take in a lot of sunsets. That’s got to be worth something.
小题1:Which of the following about the author’s father is true?
A．He set a good example to his daughter.
B．He tried to force his values on his daughter.
C．He gained much pleasure from his work.
D．He achieved great success at the expense of his health.
小题2:What does the author mean by saying “Not taking my work home did not come easily at first” in Paragraph 4?
A．There was so much work to do.
B．All her colleagues took work home.
C．She was educated to be a workaholic.
D．She wanted a promotion in her work.
小题3:What’s the author’s attitude toward promotion?
A．She doesn’t care about it at all.
B．She is eager to get promoted
C．She thinks it’s for the ambitious people
D．Getting promoted at all costs is not worthwhile
小题4: This text is developed________.
A．by giving examplesB．by making comparisons
C．by describing processD．by order of time
小题5: What does the writer intend to tell us?
A．To praise his father’s diligence
B．To ask us to take time off work to enjoy life
C．To complain about the strict work ethic
D．To stress the importance of hard work

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