We have so many first days in our lives. First days are milestones(里程碑) in our lives. They      the beginning of a new experience or journey and they are also filled with        feelings. They can be a little frightening as we step into the unknown, but they can also inspire us as they give us fresh       for the future.

I want to share a      that perfectly shows this point. Trisha was told that    is the key to knowledge. She watched her older brother      he read his schoolbooks and could hardly      the day when she would learn to read.

But after Trisha     started school, she found that she was not able to understand words like the other boys and girls. However hard she     , she saw only confusion. Trisha     , the teacher and the other children laughing at her, and she began to believe that she was not      .

By the time Trisha entered the fifth grade, she had lost the    in herself. That was the year when she met Mr. Falker. He was     . He praised Trisha’s talents, and he wouldn’t tolerate the other children laughing at her. After some time, Mr. Falker    that Trisha didn’t know how to read, but he knew she could     some help.

He found an expert, and together they    with Trisha after school. They     her to understand words      one day Mr. Falker handed her a book and she could read it all by herself. She didn’t even notice the tears in his eyes.

This is a true story. The little girl is Patricia Polacco, a famous     , and Thank you Mr. Falker is the twenty-sixth book that she has written. Mr. Falker gave her a fresh new      and made a difference in her life.

1.A. cause                                      B. mark                                 C. describe                           D. show

2.A. absurd                                    B. strange                    C. mixed                               D. strong

3.A. blood                                      B. evidence                          C. hope                                 D. air

4.A. belief                                      B. story                                 C. view                                  D. concern

5.A. reading                                  B. speaking                           C. listening                           D. thinking

6.A. before                                    B. since                                 C. as                             D. though

7.A. look for                                  B. wait for                   C. ask for                              D. wish for

8.A. gradually                          B. mostly                                C. finally                                D. firmly

9.A. breathed                          B. tried                                   C. managed                          D. pressed

10.A. took off                                B. stayed up                         C. kept on                   D. fell behind

11.A. smart                                    B. hard-working                  C. healthy                    D. easy-going

12.A. memory                               B. balance                            C. chance                             D. confidence

13.A. shy                                  B. proud                                 C. different                          D. strict

14.A. doubted                              B. witnessed                        C. represented                    D. realized

15.A. with                             B. besides                   C. including                          D. within

16.A. sang                                      B. worked                   C. danced                             D. chatted

17.A. helped                                 B. forced                              C. begged                    D. allowed

18.A. when                                    B. once                                 C. until                                  D. whether

19.A. teacher                                B. writer                               C. expert                              D. guide

20.A. school                                  B. start                                  C. home                                D. attention

 

Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30 and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door , she nearly tripped over (被绊倒)Sheba.

“Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I've got no time for you now, but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医).

When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.

“Listen, doctor, I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you, and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

“Sure.” said the doctor.

Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.

“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately, ”said the doctor's voice. “I'm coming round right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”

At that moment, a police car screeched (发出尖锐的声音)to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.

“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.

“She’s fine, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now. ”

Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white—faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.

“My God, ” said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

“I think he must be a burglar.” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat:it turned out to be three human fingers.”

1.What was Joanne supposed to do at 6:30?

A.To walk her dog.                        B.To see her doctor.

C.To attend a club meeting.                 D.To play tennis with her friends.

2.Joanne wanted to get back to her home again __________ .            .

A.to dress up for the meeting                B.to phone the police station

C.to catch the badly hurt burglar             D.to wait for her dog to be cured

3.From the passage, we can infer that________ .          .

A.Sheba fought against the burglar

B.the police found the burglar had broken in

C.Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting

D.the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

4.In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is _________  .

A.clever            B.friendly           C.frightening         D.devoted

5.The underlined word “a burglar” in the last paragraph probably means ________.

A.a cleaner          B.a physician         C.a thief            D.a murderer

 

Drunken driving sometimes called American's socially accepted form of murder has become a national epidemic(流行病).Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years.A drunken driver is usually referred to as one with 0.10-blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wines or shots of whisky drunk within two hours.Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken killing has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially concerning young children, that public opinion is no longer tolerant.

Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend (逆转潮流) in the 1960s to reduce it to 18.After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.

Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.

Some states are punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks.A bar in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was "obviously drunk" and later drove off the land, killing a nine-year-old boy.

As the accidents continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years national prohibition (禁令) of alcohol that began in 1919, which President Hoover called the "noble experiment".They forget that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption (腐败) and organized crime.As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.

1.It can be inferred from the passage that drunken driving has become a major problem in the United States because___.

A.most Americans like drinking

B.heavy dinking is hard to avoid

C.Americans are not shocked by traffic accidents

D.many Americans are killed by traffic accidents

2.What can be inferred from the fact of the traffic accidents in New Jersey?

A.Drivers should not be allowed to drink.

B.Young drivers were usually bad.

C.The legal drinking age should be raised.

D.Some drivers didn't reach the legal drinking age.

3.The underlined word "lenient" in the first paragraph means___.

A.cruel          B.serious        C.determined    D.merciful[来源:Z§4.Which of the following best shows the writer's opinion of drunken driving?

A.It may cause organized crime.

B.The new laws can stop heavy drinking.

C.There should be no bars to serve drinks.

D.It is difficult to solve the problem.

 

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock(闹钟). He tried to shave(刮脸)quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing(熨), so he ironed it. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter(表). He showed him where the meter was, said good-bye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.

In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the police were sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.

1.Harry had __________.

A.a lucky day

B.an unlucky day

C.a busy day

D.a good day

2.Put the following sentences into correct order according to the passage.

a. The man who read the electricity meter came.

b. Harry ironed his shirt.

c. Harry got blood all over his clean shirt.

d. There was a knock at the door.

e. Harry wore the shirt with blood on it.

A.a, b, c, d, e

B.b, a, d, c, e

C.b, a, c, d, e

D.c, b, d, a, e

3.Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?

A.The iron had burnt a hole in his clean shirt.

B.The only other needed ironing.

C.He had only one shirt.

D.He cut himself and got blood all over his shirt.

4.Harry was taken to the police station because __________.

A.his taxi stopped outside his office and a policeman happened to be there

B.there was blood on his shirt and he was in a taxi

C.a man killed a woman with a knife

D.the murderer(杀人犯)was seen to run a away in a taxi

5.His boss told him to go away and find another job because __________.

A.he had been kept by the police

B.there was blood on his shirt

C.he was late for work

D.he had killed a woman

 

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