Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax,he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,”he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids,and you can go visit your mom.”

Things started well,but just after eight o’clock,his three little “good kids”—Mike,Randy,and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast,daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds,Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍).Mike chanted “Where’s my toast,where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom,while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks,although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o’clock,things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy,thankfully,appeared to be reading quietly in the family room,but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11∶17,Brad called the daycare centre(日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?”The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.

1.When his wife left home,Brad expected to________.

A. enjoy his first day off work

B. watch TV talk show with his children

C. go out for a walk in the park

D. read the newspaper to his children

2.Which of the following did Randy do?

A. Drawing on the wall. B. Eating apple jam.

C. Feeding the fish. D. Reading in a room.

3.Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?

A. Because he wanted to clean up his house.

B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office.

C. Because he had to take his wife back home.

D. Because he found it hard to manage his boys.

4.This text is developed________.

A. by space B. by time C. by process D. by comparison

Captain Goodfellow

Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, FREE.

Walking Tour of the Town

Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of the City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!

Film at the Museum

Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.

International Picnic

Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to the Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.

Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”

“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert tomorrow night at 8 at Rose Hall, City College.

1.You can send your children to Captain Goodfellow to learn dances _________.

A. on Sunday afternoon B. at 9:30 every day

C. at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday D. at noon before 5:00 p.m.

2.If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget ______________.

A. your worries

B. your beautiful walk

C. your learning about local history

D. your comfortable shoes

3.You can see movies at ________________.

A. the City College B. the Museum Theatre

C. the City Theatre D. the Central Park

4.You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food _____________.

A. at the front entrance of the City Hall

B. at the ball game

C. at 8:00 p.m.

D. at the Central Park on Saturday

When you were young, ginger ale(姜味汽水)may have been a popular choice for reducing the unpleasant feelings caused by your upset stomach on the road to get to school. For years, ginger has been used to reduce the effects of nausea(作呕). But do you know it’s now also being looked at to fight cancer?

Scientists have discovered that ginger can kill cancerous cells in two different ways. On the one hand, ginger causes the cancer cells to “commit suicide” by destroying themselves while leaving the surrounding healthy cells untouched. Ginger can prevent the growth of diseased cells by destroying the environment they grow in. On the other hand, ginger tricks the diseased cells and causes them to fight among themselves. Researchers are now looking into one of the toughest cancers to fight. However, scientists find repeated treatment of disease by drugs can actually lose its effectiveness over time as the cancer builds up resistance(抵抗力)to the same treatment. This raises researchers’ confidence that ginger would help stop resistance from the cancer.

In a study, the cancer clearly stopped growing in the body of the mice that had been given ginger. The bad news is that such encouraging research has only been conducted on mice. The good news, however, is that it seems humans might be able to get the same benefit just by eating products with ginger and ginger root in them.

Cancer prevention and fighting abilities aren’t the only potential benefits you may get from adding a bit more ginger to your diet.

Drinking ginger ale when your stomach was upset as a child wasn’t just a placebo(安慰剂).Numerous studies and research, including the Mayo Clinic’s strict grading system, agree that ginger has some sort of anti-nausea characteristics.

Some believe that ginger works well against nausea after operations, while others use it to reduce motion sickness such as seasickness and car sickness. The Mayo Clinic, however, advises the use of ginger only to reduce nausea during pregnancy. While more research needs to be done, early studies are very promising, especially in that small amounts of ginger don’t seem to do any harm to the mother or baby.

Other health benefits from ginger exist as well. Since ginger is often considered to be useful in warming bodies, it can improve the condition of people’s joints including knees and ankle joints. Some suggest that ginger can help cure a cough associated with the common cold. Another benefit of ginger is that it seems to have no real side effects, which is one of the main reasons it appears to be safe during pregnancy.

But for safety, you should always consult a doctor for instructions on daily use before starting, even with something like ginger that seems to have little to no side effects.

1.Why do scientists think ginger can be used to fight against cancer?

A.Ginger can destroy diseased cells in two different ways.

B.Ginger is commonly considered as a kind of pain killer.

C.Ginger warms people’s bodies and helps them recover from operations.

D.Ginger has no harmful side effects according to a large amount of medical research.

2.We can learn from the third paragraph that___________.

A.ginger works well only for warm-blooded animals

B.ginger and its root have the same effect on humans as mice

C.people are likely to gain great benefit by having ginger

D.the research on ginger is promised to be carried out only on mice

3.What is the text mainly about?

A.Ginger’s medicinal effects.

B.The benefits of ginger ale.

C.A new discovery about ginger.

D.Detailed research on ginger.

4.What will most probably be talked about following the text?

A.How to use ginger in daily life.

B.Products made from ginger.

C.Ginger’s growing environment.

D.Why ginger can warm bodies.

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请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Human growth is a process of experimentation,trial,and error eventually leading to wisdom.Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action,you can never quite be certain how the situation will ____.

Sometimes you are victorious,and sometimes you become disappointed.The ____ experiments,however,are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful; in fact,you ____ learn more from your “failures” than you do from your ____.If you have made what you think to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own ____, you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged (声称的) wrong?doer.

However,viewing past actions as ____ implies guilt and blame,and it is not possible to learn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming.___, forgiveness is required when you are severely judging yourself.Forgiveness is the act of erasing an ___ debt.There are four kinds of forgiveness.

The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself.

The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another.

The third kind of forgiveness is ____ forgiveness of yourself.This is for serious misbehaviors,the ones you carry with deep ____.When you do something that violates your own values and principles,you create a gap between your standards and your actual ____.

In such a case,you need to work very hard at ____ yourself for these deeds so that you can close this gap.This does not ____ that you should rush to forgive yourself or shouldn't feel regret,___ taking pleasure in these feelings for a prolonged period of time is not healthy.

The __ and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another.

At some time of our life,you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems ____.

However,harboring anger and revenge fantasies only keeps you ____ in victimhood.Under such a circumstance,you should force yourself to see the bigger picture.By so doing,you will be able to ____ the focus away from the anger and resentment.

It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and ____ the memory.When you can release the situation,you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth.

1.A.turn out B.turn up C.break up D.break out

2.A.important B.engaged C.failed D.successful

3.A.obviously B.necessarily C.continuously D.usually

4.A.success B.failure C.fault D.benefit

5.A.ability B.expectations C.belief D.experiences

6.A.mistakes B.victories C.experiments D.fantasies

7.A.Still B.Therefore C.Instead D.However

8.A.absurd B.original C.emotional D.unusual

9.A.ordinary B.advanced C.alternative D.certain

10.A.wisdom B.mercy C.injury D.shame

11.A.thought B.approach C.behavior D.purpose

12.A.punishing B.forgiving C.blaming D.praising

13.A.mean B.prove C.reflect D.represent

14.A.and B.or C.but D.so

15.A.uncertain B.premier C.next D.last

16.A.essential B.valuable C.impossible D.unavoidable

17.A.trapped B.located C.lost D.occupied

18.A.drive B.drag C.put D.shift

19.A.keep B.refresh C.weaken D.clean

20.A.naturally B.finally C.definitely D.initially

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:“My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Oh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.

1.Why did the author go to mother’s home?

A. To see her mother’s quilts.

B. To help prepare for a show.

C. To get together for the family dinner.

D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

2. The author was surprised because ________.

A. the quilt looked very strange

B. her grandmother liked the quilt

C. the quilt was the best she had seen

D. her mother had made some changes

3. The underlined word “crooked” in the passage most probably means ________.

A. Unfinished B. broken

C. Bent D. unusual

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Quilt Show B. Mother’s Home

C. A Monday Dinner D. Grandmother’s Quilt

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