One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan’s cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face   36  first into the mud. David   37  her mother’s side, “Are you all right, Mom”  38 , Susan pulled herself up, “I’m okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more   39  since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a   40  danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having   41  of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked   42 .
  One day, David’s teacher announced a   43  homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an   44 ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
  An idea   45  David one evening. If only his mother’s cane didn’t slip on the ice. “What if I   46  your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
  “  47  the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
  “No, Mom, I   48  make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the   49  returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father   50  as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the   51 . Happily Susan cried out, “It   52  !”
  In July 1999, David was  53  national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate  54 .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his   55  is becoming well accepted.

1. A. fell
B. touched
C. lay
D. dropped
2. A. stood by
B. rushed to
C. looked at
D. ran around
3. A. Firmly
B. Easily
C. Quickly
D. Shakily
4. A. slowly
B. frequently
C. freely
D. heavily
5. A. hiding
B. certainly
C. possible
D. waiting
6. A. method
B. disease
C. trouble
D. hope
7. A. few
B. little
C. much
D. more
8. A. useful
B. strange
C. common
D. special
9. A. appearance
B. invention
C. experience
D. experiment
10. A. reminded
B. encouraged
C. occurred
D. hit
11. A. fastened
B. stuck
C. fixed
D. tied
12. A. So
B. And
C. For
D. But
13. A. might
B. would
C. did
D. need
14. A. pen
B. hand
C. cane
D. nail
15. A. watched
B. supported
C. noticed
D. helped
16. A. street
B. ice
C. yard
D. square
17. A. works
B. operates
C. succeeds
D. helps
18. A. declared
B. received
C. won
D. praised
19. A. more slowly
B. more carefully
C. more clearly
D. faster
20. A. cane
B. mother
C. speech
D. story
 

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【小题1】If the readers want to know about the title of Salinger, they should buy the book published by
                 .

A.EccoB.Atria Books
C.Riverhead BooksD.Random House
【小题2】The book Happy and Other Bad Thoughts is intended for               .
A.young childrenB.Disney World workers
C.middle school teachersD.parents with young children
【小题3】Which book describes women with characters of their own?
A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts
B. J. D. Salinger: A Life
C. You Are Free
D. Red Wolf
【小题4】After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that               .
A.the boy helped arrest the murderer
B.Benny died of an accident
C.the murderer got away with the crime
D.Annika carried out the crime

It was Saturday . As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside,Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick  were engaged in spring cleaning.
Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets , they had sent him to the  kitchen for string(线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would  fly today.
My mother looked at the sitting room ,its furniture disorderd for a thorough sweeping, Agun she cast a look toward the window. “Come on, girls ! Let’s take string to the boys and watch them
On the way we met Mrs. Patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something
wrong, together with her girls.
There never was such a day for flying kited! We played all our fresh string into  the boys’ kites and they went up higher and higher .We could hardly distinguish   the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down it the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth , just for the joy of sending it up again.
Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their  duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps it’s like this in the kingdom of heaven,”  I thought confusedly.
It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to house. I suppose we   had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was , we didn't mention that day afterward. I flt a little embarrassed .Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we  keep“the things that cannot be and yet they are.”
The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city  apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently  cried her desire to “go park ,see duck.”
“I can’t go!”  I said. “I have this and this to do, and when I’m through I’ll be too  tired to walk that for.”
My mother , who was visiting us , looked up from the peas she was shelling ,“It’s a wonderful day,”she offered,“Really warm , yet there’s a fine breczc . Do you  remember that day we flew kites?”
I stopped in my dash between stove and sink . The looked door flew open and  with it a rush of memories. “Come on.”I told my little girl. “You’re right , it’s too  good a day to miss.”
Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波)of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about  his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely , but now for a long time  he had been silent . What was he thinking of – what dark and horrible things?
“Say!” A smile slipped out from his lips . “Do you remember --- no, of course  you wouldn’t . It probably didn’t make the impression on you as it did on me.”
I hardly dared speak.“Remember what ?”
“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp(战俘营), when things weren’t too  good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”
【小题1】
Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought       .

A.she was too old to fly kites
B.her husband would make fun of her
C.she should have been doing her housework then
D.her girls weren’t supposed to play the boy’s game
【小题2】
By“we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all      .
A.felt confusedB.went wild with joy
C.looked onD.forgot their fights
【小题3】
What did the writer think after the kite-flying?
A.The boys must have had more fun than the girls.
B.They should have finished their work before playing.
C.Her parents should spend more time with them.
D.All the others must have forgotten that day.
【小题4】
Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?
A.She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.
B.She was reminded of the day they flew kites.
C.She had finished her work in the kitchen.
D.She thought it was a great day to play outside.
【小题5】
The youngest Patrick Boy is mentioned to show that _____ .
A.the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories
B.his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life
C.childhood friendship means so much to the writer
D.people like him really changed a lot after the war

One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face 1 first into the mud. David 2 her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom?” 3, Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more 4  since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 5 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having 6 of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked 7.
  One day, David's teacher announced a 8 homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an 9," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
  An idea 10 David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I 11 your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
  “ 12 the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
  “No, Mom, I 13 make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the 14 returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father 15 as Susan used it to walk 50 feet above the 16. Happily Susan cried out, “It 17 !”
  In July 1999, David was18 national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate 19.Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his 20 is becoming well accepted.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      dropped
    2. B.
      touched
    3. C.
      lay
    4. D.
      fell
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      rushed to
    2. B.
      stood by
    3. C.
      looked at
    4. D.
      ran around
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      Firmly
    2. B.
      Easily
    3. C.
      Shakily
    4. D.
      Quickly
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      frequently
    2. B.
      slowly
    3. C.
      freely
    4. D.
      heavily
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      hiding
    2. B.
      possible
    3. C.
      certainly
    4. D.
      waiting
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      method
    2. B.
      trouble
    3. C.
      disease
    4. D.
      hope
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      little
    2. B.
      few
    3. C.
      much
    4. D.
      more
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      useful
    2. B.
      strange
    3. C.
      special
    4. D.
      common
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      invention
    2. B.
      appearance
    3. C.
      experience
    4. D.
      experiment
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      reminded
    2. B.
      encouraged
    3. C.
      hit
    4. D.
      occurred
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      fastened
    2. B.
      fixed
    3. C.
      stuck
    4. D.
      tied
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      So
    2. B.
      And
    3. C.
      But
    4. D.
      For
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      would
    2. B.
      might
    3. C.
      did
    4. D.
      need
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      pen
    2. B.
      hand
    3. C.
      nail
    4. D.
      cane
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      helped
    2. B.
      supported
    3. C.
      noticed
    4. D.
      watched
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      ice
    2. B.
      street
    3. C.
      yard
    4. D.
      square
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      helps
    2. B.
      operates
    3. C.
      succeeds
    4. D.
      works
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      praised
    2. B.
      received
    3. C.
      won
    4. D.
      declared
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      more slowly
    2. B.
      more clearly
    3. C.
      more carefully
    4. D.
      faster
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      cane
    2. B.
      speech
    3. C.
      mother
    4. D.
      story

I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've 1 that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully 2 today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never 3 while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The 4 is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once 5 a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend 6 Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her 7 son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He 8 he was racing those cars around a great track, which in 9 was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable 10 for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to 11 , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” 12 to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother 13 . “Put that back immediately!”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; 14 it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a 15 hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to 16, rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past 17 and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the 18?Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the 19 of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I 20. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      discovered 
    2. B.
      inferred
    3. C.
      preferred
    4. D.
      worried
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      spend
    2. B.
      live
    3. C.
      affect
    4. D.
      enjoy
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      struggle
    2. B.
      work
    3. C.
      succeed
    4. D.
      concentrate
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      story
    2. B.
      fact
    3. C.
      idea
    4. D.
      figure
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      wrote
    2. B.
      told
    3. C.
      knew
    4. D.
      heard
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      saw
    2. B.
      recognized
    3. C.
      met
    4. D.
      visited
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      careful
    2. B.
      small
    3. C.
      lonely
    4. D.
      clever
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      pretended
    2. B.
      believed
    3. C.
      insisted
    4. D.
      suggested
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      fact
    2. B.
      case
    3. C.
      turn
    4. D.
      need
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      cared
    2. B.
      asked
    3. C.
      won
    4. D.
      looked
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      act
    2. B.
      leave
    3. C.
      play
    4. D.
      wait
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      running
    2. B.
      getting
    3. C.
      pointing
    4. D.
      shouting
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      shouted
    2. B.
      noticed
    3. C.
      suffered
    4. D.
      breathed
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      selling
    2. B.
      keeping
    3. C.
      earning
    4. D.
      sharing
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      special
    2. B.
      comfortable
    3. C.
      expensive
    4. D.
      necessary
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      rest
    2. B.
      cheat
    3. C.
      stop
    4. D.
      sit
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      difficulties
    2. B.
      events
    3. C.
      failures
    4. D.
      achievements
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      time
    2. B.
      future
    3. C.
      body
    4. D.
      brain
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      idea
    2. B.
      meaning
    3. C.
      dreams
    4. D.
      thoughts
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      obey
    2. B.
      permit
    3. C.
      wish
    4. D.
      agree

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