To Mr. Alcohol

You’ve been with us for a long time. I won’t forget all the pain you’ve caused for us.

Do you remember the night you almost took my father’s life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He’s addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn’t the only one hurt by you that night.

Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. “I’m so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (呕吐). “I’m sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. “This won’t happen again,” they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped (洗胃). Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.

Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn’t realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it’s all your fault.

I wish you’d walk out of my life forever. I don’t want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you’ve caused. Sure, you’ve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you’ve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring(诱惑)in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.

1.What is author’s purpose in writing to alcohol?

A. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers

B. To show how much alcohol can hurt people.

C. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.

D. To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people’s life.

2.What did alcohol do to the author’s father?

A. It made him crash into two other cars and took his life.

B. It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.

C. It made him kill two other people when driving.

D. It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.

3.The underlined word “intrigued” in paragraph 3 probably means________.

A. startled B. fascinated

C. accepted D. warned

4.What is the tone of the article?

A. Humorous. B. Doubtful.

C. Unconcerned(漠不关心的). D. Critical(批判的).

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When we think about the dreams we have, it is surprising to see how many people failed even if they could have succeeded. So today I’m going to tell you five ways to kill your dreams.

Believe in overnight success.

Everyone knows the story of a tech guy who built a mobile app and sold it for a lot of money. ___1.___ If you investigate further, you will find that he is well educated and has been working on the project for 20 years. Therefore, your overnight success is always a result of what you’ve done in your life.

___2.___

Constantly, people around you always have opinions on which path you should take. But whichever way you choose, there are other ways you have to pick as well. And one day you need to solve those problems yourself.

Decide to rest when success is guaranteed.

When your life is going great and everything is set—time to rest. Actually, when you’re growing towards a peak, you need to work even harder and find yourself another peak. If you were content with what you’ve accomplished, it would stop you from a greater success. ___3.__

Believe the fault is someone else’s.

I constantly see people saying, “I created this great product, but the market is so bad.” If you have dreams, it’s your responsibility to make them happen. Yes, the market may be bad. But if no one bought your product, surely there is something there that is your fault. ___4.___

Believe that the only things that matter are the dreams themselves.

Achieving a dream is a short moment, but your life is not. _5.__ And the only way to really achieve all of your dreams is to fully enjoy every step of your journey.

A. When we face difficulties, believe in ourselves.

B. The overnight success inspires so many people.

C. The story may seem real, but I bet it’s incomplete.

D. Be responsible for your own dreams.

E. Life is never about the goals themselves.

F. There’s no time to settle down.

G. Believe someone else has the answers for you.

完形填空

阅读下面短文。掌握其大意,然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答案卡上将该项涂黑。

When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers, I tend to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the_________ side is as much interesting as the one.

It may be a discussion of the way to _________ in good health, or _________ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front essay, the opposite one is likely to _________ damage, leaving out half of it _________ keeping the text without the subject. As a result, the scissors would stay _________ they start, or halfway done when I _________ the regretful consequence.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, _________ deserving your attention, you can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be _________. But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is _________ behind. Thus your are caught in a fix(困境) and feel sad. How come that nice opportunities and brilliant _________ should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one alternative to the other.

In fact that is what _________ is like: we are often _________ with the two opposite aspects of a thing which are both _________ like newspaper cutting. It often _________ that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we are engaged in another. The _________ may be more important than the latter. I still remember a philosopher’s words: “When one door shuts, another _________ in life.” So a casual or passive _________ may not be a bad one.

Whatever we do in our liftime, wherever life’s storm tosses (颠簸) us , there _________ be something we can achieve, some shore we can land, that opens up new visas to us. Don’t forget God always keeps an alternative _________ open for every one. While the front door is closed, there must be another open for you.

1.A.first B.last C.front D.opposite

2.A.keep B.get C.have D.make

3.A.discussion B.problem C.advice D.way

4.A.reduce B.suffer C.receive D.lead

5.A.and B.or C.but D.how

6.A.before B.after C.when D.until

7.A.understand B.know C.see D.find out

8.A.either B.neither C.nor D.both

9.A.refused B.picked C.given up D.followed

10.A.kept B.remained C.forgotten D.left

11.A.ideas B.news C.attention D.ways

12.A.future B.life C.work D.thing

13.A.faced B.connected C.supplied D.accustomed

14.A.interesting B.famous C.desirable D.funny

15.A.seems B.occurs C.come D.appears

16.A.beginner B.starter C.first D.former

17.A.closes B.locks C.opens D.frees

18.A.choice B.decision C.solution D.look

19.A.might B.can C.may D.must

20.A.window B.future C.door D.path

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