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Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working in Germany, was fed up with traffic jams. At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers’ route through Germany and Austria.
How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out the way. Going home from work one night he passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problems. An old ambulance(救护车) was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring. It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident.
But then the Yugoslav made his big mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing , to late realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12. 5 pounds.
小题1:At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to ____.
A.drive home in Germany
B.get caught in terrible traffic jams
C.meet other foreign workers
D.get to the place where he worked by a special quick route
小题2:Why did he decide to buy the ambulance?
A.because he had always wanted one
B.because he wanted to resell it at a higher price
C.because he liked the siren and the flashing light
D.because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance.
小题3:The red cross had been removed ____.
A.but he soon put up a new one
B.because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more
C.so he asked the garage to paint another one on
D.but the siren and the flashing light still worked
小题4:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Drive quicklyB.How to Avoid accidents
C.A quick Way Home? By An Ambulance D.A Safe way Home? Non-Stop

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:C
文章讲述的是一个人买了一辆旧的救护车了,一达到快速到达目的地的目的。
小题1:B 细节题。根据第一段2,3行At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars说明他遇见了交通堵塞,故B正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据第二段1,2行How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out the way.他知道救护车可以快速达到,故D正确。
小题3:D 细节题。根据第2段4,5,6行But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive.说明the siren and the flashing light还是有用的,故D正确。
小题4:C 主旨大意题。文章讲述的是一个人买了一辆旧的救护车了,一达到快速到达目的地的目的。
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小题1:
A.developingB.recognizingC.regainingD.fulfilling
小题2:
A.think B.realize C.mindD.feel
小题3:
A.looked B.laughed C.noticed D.remembered
小题4:
A.appearanceB.characterC.ageD.uniqueness
小题5:
A.protectiveB.angry C.bored D.friendly
小题6:
A.correct B.punish C.beatD.push
小题7:
A.When B.As C.What D.Though
小题8:
A.made up for B.made up ofC.made a mistakeD.made my way
小题9:
A.reaching intoB.reaching forC.reaching out D.reaching at
小题10:
A.down and over B.all the wayC.completely apartD.almost alone
小题11:
A.flyingB.floating C.shakingD.dancing
小题12:
A.laughed withB.got angry withC.made fun of D.looked down upon
小题13:
A.heightB.wordsC.children D.stares
小题14:
A.in dishonestyB.in disbelief C.in satisfactionD.in horror
小题15:
A.relationshipB.impression C.attitudeD.image
小题16:
A.askB.recallC.remindD.teach
小题17:
A.specialB.miserableC.uncertain D.changeable
小题18:
A.contentB.happyC.surprisedD.curious
小题19:
A.forceB.encourage C.keepD.make
小题20:
A.thenB.soC.yetD.and
The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, ___1___ passengers.
Suddenly a little boy ___2___ his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the ___3___ grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father ___4___ very strange happens suddenly. The ___5___ little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee. ___6___, I think that he wants to ___7___ me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his ___8___ up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the ___9___. Wrong again! What I do receive is a ___10___ kiss on the cheek.
The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am ___11___. What just happened? A child is kissing ___12___ grown-ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are certainly ___13___. Nervous and a little surprised, we ___14___ at the father. When he sees our questioning ___15___ as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue(线索).
“He’s so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick.”
Father and son ___16___ into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still ___17___ the child’s kiss—a kiss that has triggered(触发) some soul-search inside me. How many ___18___ kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege(特权)of ___19___?
The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don’t let yourself ___20___ before your heart stops!
小题1:
A.excitedB.tiredC.pleasedD.surprised
小题2:
A.feelsB.fightsC.pushesD.picks
小题3:
A.unfriendlyB.friendlyC.angryD.kind
小题4:
A.likesB.promisesC.choosesD.agrees
小题5:
A.impoliteB.seriousC.luckyD.ugly
小题6:
A.In no timeB.For a momentC.In a whileD.Once in a while
小题7:
A.kickB.strikeC.kissD.pass
小题8:
A.eyeB.earC.headD.lip
小题9:
A.newsB.messageC.kissD.fortunate
小题10:
A.loudB.foolishC.strangeD.interested
小题11:
A.pleasedB.shockedC.satisfiedD.familiar
小题12:
A.well-knownB.smartC.unknownD.persuaded
小题13:
A.praisedB.kissedC.scoldedD.whisper
小题14:
A.stareB.smileC.warnD.whisper
小题15:
A.glancesB.angerC.mouthsD.feeling
小题16:
A.appearB.getC.disappearD.follow
小题17:
A.touchB.trustC.smellD.feel
小题18:
A.go aroundB.come atC.keep onD.insist on
小题19:
A.a childB.a kissC.livingD.death
小题20:
A.liveB.stopC.dieD.sleep
Last year, I met a little boy to whom my heart went out. He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. His problem was that he stuttered (口吃) extremely badly when he tried to talk. It was really hard to understand what he was saying, although he loved to tell big tales!
One morning, I was talking to the teachers who ran the school store. The boy stopped by and said hello to all of us. Afterwards they told me that the boy would stop every day to ask if they would be there the next day. But of course, he never had money to buy anything.
I decided that I would get him a little something just as a surprise. So I picked out a pencil, a rubber, and a small notebook for just $1.00. I cannot describe the look on his face when I gave him the three little things. Then, without a stutter, he loudly said, "Thank you so much!" and just kept repeating, "Thank you! Thank you!" He gave me a big hug before going off to class.
I was touched to see someone appreciate something that much. As he walked off, he was showing his new stuff to other kids walking to class. I have to say that I have never spent a dollar that would mean so much to me.
小题1:Why did the boy never buy anything from the store?
A.Because he couldn’t make himself understood.
B.Because the teachers were unwilling to sell him anything.
C.Because he couldn’t afford anything.
D.Because he could never decide what to buy.
小题2:What do we learn from the third paragraph?
A.Actually the boy had no stutter at all.
B.The boy was too excited to stutter at the moment.
C.What the author had bought helped the boy speak normally.
D.The author wanted to find out whether the boy really had a stutter.
小题3:Which would be the best title for the passage?
A.A Stuttering Boy
B.Kindness Can Do Wonders
C.One Dollar Can Buy Anything
D.The Best Dollar I Have Spent
小题4:What is the boy’s attitude to his life?
A.activeB.passiveC.disappointedD.fearful
There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists _____1_____. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he ____2_____
liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a ___3___ lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering ___4____ were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a _____5_____ picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains too. But there were rugged and ____6____. Above was an ____7____ sky from which rain fell, in which lightening ____8____. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look ____9____at all.
But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny ____10____growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her ____11____. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, ____12____ the mother bird on her nest…perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize?
The King ____13____ the second picture.
Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, ___14___, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your ____15___. That is the real meaning of peace.”
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A.tiedB.triedC.diedD.mined
小题2:
A.probablyB.generallyC.reallyD.finally
小题3:
A.calmB.cleanC.clearD.beautiful
小题4:
A.housesB.mountainsC.fieldsD.deserts
小题5:
A.awfulB.fearfulC.terribleD.perfect
小题6:
A.bareB.thickC.strongD.handsome
小题7:
A.sunnyB.happyC.angryD.kind
小题8:
A.predictedB.drownedC.expectedD.played
小题9:
A.dreadfulB.peacefulC.gratefulD.respectful
小题10:
A.treeB.grassC.bushD.flower
小题11:
A.roomB.kitchenC.toiletD.nest
小题12:
A.satB.trembledC.shookD.strained
小题13:
A.removedB.choseC.abandonedD.postponed
小题14:
A.excitementB.happinessC.troubleD.joy
小题15:
A.handB.mouthC.stomachD.heart
While success is surely sweeter than failure, it seems failure is a far better teacher, and organizations that fail spectacularly often flourish more in the long run, according to a new study by Vinit Desai, assistant professor of management at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Researchers have found that people missing their goals perform much better in the long run. That is because they gain more knowledge from their failures than their successes and the lessons are more likely to stay longer in their minds.
“We found that the knowledge gained from success was often fleeting while knowledge from failure stuck around for years,” said professor Desai, who led the study. “But companies often ignore failure. Managers may fire people or turn over the whole workforce while they should treat the failure as a learning opportunity.”
Prof Desai compared the flights of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Challenger. During the 2002 Atlantis flight, a piece of insulation (绝缘体) broke off and damaged the left solid rocket booster (助推火箭) but didn’t influence the program. There was little investigation. The Challenger was launched next and another piece of insulation broke off. This time the shuttle and its seven–person crew were destroyed. The disaster led to a major investigation resulting in 29 changes to prevent future disasters.
The difference in response in the two cases came down to this: Atlantis was considered a success and the Challenger a failure.
“Despite crowded skies, airlines are extremely reliable,” he said. “The number of failures is extremely small. And past researches have shown that older airlines, those with more experience in failure, have a lower number of accidents.”
Prof Desai doesn’t recommend finding out failure in order to learn. Instead, he advises organizations to analyze small failures to collect useful information rather than wait for major failures.
小题1:Why did experts pay little attention to the problem of Atlantis?
A.Because it worked perfectly.
B.Because the right booster was still OK.
C.Because nothing serious happened then.
D.Because fewer people died in the flight.
小题2:Fewer accidents happen to older airlines in that _____.
A.their planes couldn’t fly high in the sky
B.they gained much from experience in failure
C.their planes were often checked by the experts
D.they were unpopular among passengers
小题3:The passage is written mainly to _____.
A.show failure is a better teacher than success
B.explain why Challenger failed
C.introduce something about Prof Desai
D.tell managers how to achieve success
小题4:Which writing strategy is NOT used in developing the passage?
A.Giving definitions.B.Making comparisons.
C.Analyzing causes.D.Providing different examples.
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens,   and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister  and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and    daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was    pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found    some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
小题1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.
A.after Mother died
B.before she became a writer
C.when she was a child
D.when Mother gave it to her
小题2:The passage shows that ______.
A.mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter
B.mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done
C.mother cared much about her daughter in words
D.mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
小题3:The word “gulf” in the passage means ______.
A.deep understanding between the old and the young
B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter
C.free talks between mother and daughter
D.part of the sea going far in land
小题4:What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?
A.She had never received the letter.
B.For years, she often talked about the letter.
C.She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D.She read the letter again and again till she died.
小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?
A.My letter to Mother
B.Mother and Children
C.My mother’s Desk
D.Talks between Mother and Me
I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother,   36   to look at each other. But we soon lost the   37    and started playing with each other. In the 7th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was   38   family problems and I deserted her to be with the “cooler people.”   39   of my new friends liked her as much as I did   40   they knew she had “problems”. However, every summer we would   41   sit at each other’s home and watch soap operas and talk about everything we liked.
It was last year when I   42   the problem. I guess I was just too busy in high school to realize she needed someone there for her. Well, she made a new “best friend” and   43   did I. Then I didn’t know why, but she started cutting herself.
She was diagnosed with clinical depression(抑郁症). I was very   44   at first, but with the late night calls, we still stayed in   45  . I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend   46  deserted her, when people were calling her   47  , but I knew I still   48   her like a sister.
Yesterday she came   49   me and said this,” I never knew what a best friend was   50   I found you were the only person that would stop me from cutting, the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my   51  . You don’t know this but I was trying to kill myself one night when you   52   me. I   53   you so much, and you didn’t even know you were   54   me.” We both cried. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never   55   your friends.
小题1:
A.pleasedB.excitedC.scaredD.disappointed
小题2:
A.happinessB.kindnessC.shynessD.sadness
小题3:
A.working outB.answering forC.helping withD.going through
小题4:
A.AllB.NoneC.NoD.Every
小题5:
A.becauseB.thoughC.whileD.yet
小题6:
A.hardlyB.seldomC.justD.always
小题7:
A.solvedB.noticedC.facedD.ignored
小题8:
A.neitherB.soC.tooD.also
小题9:
A.madB.carelessC.hopefulD.upset
小题10:
A.touchB.bedC.hospitalD.love
小题11:
A.luckilyB.successfullyC.actuallyD.calmly
小题12:
A.selfishB.crazyC.braveD.lonely
小题13:
A.believed inB.waited forC.cared aboutD.replied to
小题14:
A.withB.afterC.uponD.to
小题15:
A.untilB.whenC.sinceD.if
小题16:
A.mistakesB.parentsC.friendsD.problems
小题17:
A.visitedB.encouragedC.calledD.prevented
小题18:
A.tellB.oweC.giveD.show
小题19:
A.helpingB.remindingC.cheatingD.praising
小题20:
A.give upB.look back atC.drop in atD.look down on
Abuse can be defined as “to treat wrongfully or harmfully”. There are different categories of abuse that have been recognized and within our case study there appear to be two distinct forms of abuse, family abuse and child abuse. These can be subdivided into terms of physical abuse and psychological abuse. Physical abuse is the intentional physical injury or harm or deliberately not preventing harm occurring. The minimum physical signs seen in our study of James are bruises but they might feel more painful to his heart than the more serious invisible injuries. Emotional abuse is the continual failure to meet basic emotional needs. Emotional development is prevented and well-being harmed. The emotional signs in our case study can be seen in James by his actions of being withdrawn and non-communicative. The behavioural sign to abuse taking place to James is his aggressive behaviour.
The short term effect of physical abuse on James is physical pain. In the long term, injuries that often happen can result in secondary illness and complications, permanent scars or even disabilities. His emotional effects in the short term are a fear of people, withdrawal, and poor relationship with others. The long term emotional effects could be low self-respect, depression, inability to form relationships.
Abuse can arise for many reasons and there are a number of theoretical views which may be useful in clarifying why the abuse has taken place. The female view believes that sex and family roles give approval to a culture of abuse. Considering the historical and fixed ideas, men have power and control. In James’ case he lives in a re-constructed family with the father being rude and a heavy drinker. From a psychological angle, alcohol misuse can bring mental health problems which may increase aggression in the person and so James is more at risk from abuse by his stepfather. The relationship between the mother and James involves a dependency of James on his mother. With other problems in James’ mother’s life, this leads to increasing stress and the inability of his mother to cope with and manage a family with four children borne by two mothers. The attachment theory states that significant separations of a child from the carer in the early years can have an effect on their emotional development and can lead to psychological and social difficulties in later life. The loss of both his father and his half sister’s father with whom he lives may have contributed to his behaviour.
Abusive behaviour can sometimes be the result of mental health problems, brain damage or being abused themselves. By becoming the abuser they believe they are taking control; some even believe that they are not doing anything wrong and cannot stop themselves. When working with individuals who have abused, it is important to be aware that they may go on to abuse again and there is a need to protect the community from the abuser.
小题1:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “bruises” in Paragraph 1?
A.Slight injuryB.Deep CutC.Body disabilityD.Inner wound
小题2:According to the writer’s case study, which of the following cases can be defined as abuse?
A.A father scolds his son because he doesn’t pass the exam in school.
B.A car knocks down a woman but the driver doesn’t take her to hospital.
C.A father never talks to his daughter and shows no interest in what she does.
D.A husband is angry with his wife when she stays out late into the night.
小题3:From the passage we can infer that ______________.
A.James’ step father doesn’t show any concern for his mother
B.James’ mother gave birth to a girl in the re-constructed family
C.James’ stepfather is rude to all the children in the family
D.James’ mother loves her husband more than her own son
小题4:Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
A.Categories of AbuseB.How to Prevent Abuse
C.Abuse and Its CausesD.Effects Caused by Abuse

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