Justin’s bedroom was so full of flat bicycle tires, bent tennis rackets, deflated basketballs, and games with missing pieces that you could hardly get in the door.  His parents pleaded with him to clean out his room.
“What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?” his father asked.  But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, “Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.”
When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue backpack — a smaller bag of his bedroom — a place to store the many objects that he collected.  It was so worn and stretched that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore.
Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out and getting people out of otherwise hopeless situations.  Many of his classmates and neighbors sought him out when they needed help with a problem.  On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for Justin.
“Do you think you have something in your backpack that could help me remember my locker combination (箱子密码)?”  he asked.  “I lost the piece of paper it was written on.  I have a science class in two minutes and if I’m late on the first day it’ll make me look bad for the rest of the year.”  Kenny looked really worried.
“Relax,” Justin said, taking his backpack off and opened it.  “Remember how you borrowed my notebook in my home to write the combination down?  Well, I know how I can recover what you wrote.”
He took the notebook and a soft lead pencil out of his backpack.  The page that Kenny had written on had left faint marks on another page in the notebook.  Justin held the pencil on its side and rubbed it lightly over the marks.  Slowly but surely the numbers of the locker combination appeared in white.
“That’ s amazing!”  Kenny said, “I owe you one.”  And he dashed off to open his locker.
It was just another day in the life of the boy whose motto was “Never throw anything out; you never know when it might come in handy.”
【小题1】Why is Justin’s room in such a mess?

A.He always forgets to clean it.
B.He never throws anything out.
C.He has no time to clean it.
D.He shares the room with his brother.
【小题2】In what way is Justin’s blue backpack used?
A.He uses it as a place to store collected objects.
B.He uses it to carry his books and sports equipment.
C.His parents tell him to clean it all the time.
D.He carries it to remind others of his ability.
【小题3】The underlined phrase “pleaded with” means              .
A.ignoredB.askedC.pushedD.admired
【小题4】How does Kenny feel toward Justin?
A.AnnoyedB.DisinterestedC.GratefulD.Angry

The day was warm and the sun shone down like a new beginning on my life. I was waving goodbye to my son, the last one of my fledglings (刚会飞的鸟)to leave home and go to new woods, "University actually" . I felt so lighthearted after spending many years looking after my four children-cooking, washing, ironing, teaching them how to look after themselves and manage their finances-that I actually thought “At long last, freedom".
But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I was too tied up with bringing up these adults of the future to realize that they would all leave the nest and lives independently.
At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either.  I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them. 
I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.
Then one day I saw an ad. For foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance, I rang up the number.
I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.
【小题1】How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?

A.Lonely.B.Anxious.C.Relieved.D.Annoyed.
【小题2】The underlined phrase “was tied up with” in the second paragraph means “        ”.
A.was occupied inB.was associated with
C.was tired ofD.was addicted to
【小题3】In the third paragraph, the poor mother did all the things just to         .
A.live a greener and healthier life
B.earn more money for her kids’ education
C.shift her attention and ease her anxiety
D.start her own decorating business
【小题4】What did the empty-nested mother think of her husband?
A.SkilledB.SupportiveC.StubbornD.Open-minded
【小题5】Thanks to the foster daughter, the author         .
A.got rid of her busy workB.forgot her other children
C.found a suitable jobD.knew what she really wanted

I was fifteen months old, a happy, carefree kid until the day I fell.It was a bad fall.I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it.Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched the eyeball together where it was cut, leaving a big ugly scar in the middle of my eye.And as I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways controlled me.

         Yet Mama would say to me, at every turn, "Hold your head up high and face the world." It became a litany that I relied on.She had started when I was young.She would hold me in her arms and stroke my hair and say, "If you hold your head up high, it will be okay, and people will see your beautiful soul." She continued this message whenever I wanted to hide.

         Those words have meant different things to me over the years.As a little child, I thought Mama meant; "Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking." As an a dolescent, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they lilted me.My mama's words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them recognize the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes even if they couldn't see it on the surface.

         In high school I was successful both academically and socially.I was even elected class president, but on the inside I still felt like a freak.Ail I really wanted was to look like everyone else.When things got really bad, I would cry to my mama and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, "Hold your head up high and face the world.Let them see the beauty that is inside."

         When I met the man who became my partner for life, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out.He meant it.My mama's love and encouragement were the spark that gave me the confidence to overcome my own doubt.I had faced adversity, encountered my problems head on, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep compassion for others.

         "Hold your head up high," has been heard many times in my home.Each of my children has felt its invitation.The gift my mama gave me lives on in another generation.

1.How did the writer have her eyes hurt?

         A.She was attacked by a glass rabbit.             B.Her eyes were hurt by accident.

         C.The doctor made a mistake.              D.A serious illness blinded her.

2.When she heard her mother told her to hold her head up high for the first time, she_____.

         A.didn't fully understand these words

         B.was greatly encouraged and moved

         C.was puzzled by these words

         D.was surprised by these words

3.Why did the writer still feel unhappy when she was successful both academically and socially?

         A.Because she was not satisfied with what she has.

         B.Because she thought she could have done better.

         C.Because she wanted to live a normal life.

         D.Because she really wanted to be different.

4.What is the point of the story?

         A.A mother's love for a daughter is a treasure.

         B.One should not be controlled by others.

         C.The real beauty is inside out.

         D.Where there is a will.there is a way.

 

A man accused of failing to return more than 700 children’s books to five different libraries in the county was released from prison after a book publisher agreed to post his bond (保释金) of $1,000. The publisher said, “There’s a story here. This is a man who loves books. He just can’t let go of them. He hasn’t stolen a single book. So what’s the crime? We think that Mr Barush has a story to tell. We plan to publish his story.”

    When asked why he didn’t return the books, Mr Barush said, “Well, how could I? They became family to me. I was afraid to return them, because I knew that kids or dogs would get hold of these books and chew them up, throw them around, tear the pages, spill soda on them, get jam and jelly on them, and drown them in the toilet.”

    He continued, “Books are people, too! They talk to you, they take care of you, and they enrich you with wisdom, humor and love. A book is a guest in my home. How could I kick it out? I repaired torn pages. I dusted them with a soft clean cloth. I turned their pages so they could breathe and get some fresh air.”

    “Every week I reorganized them on their shelves so they could meet new friends. My books were HAPPY books. You could tell just by looking at them. Now they’re all back in the library, on the lower shelves, on the floors, at the mercy of all those runny-nosed kids. I can hear them calling me! I need to rescue them. Excuse me. I have to go now.”

1.Why was the man put into prison?

A. Because the book publisher persuaded the police to do so.

B. Because he stole 700 children’s books from the five different libraries.

C. Because he refused to return the books that he had borrowed.

D. Because he wanted to publish his story.

2.How did the man treat books?

A. He treated them as real people.           

B. He treated them as his own children.

C. He treated them as his furniture.          

D. He treated them as his job.

3.From the passage we can learn that the man is _____.

A. a thief  B. a writer  C. crazy about books  D. unfortunate

4.What is mainly talked about in this passage?

A. A funny thief who loves stealing books.

B. A person who refuses to return borrowed books and wants to look after them.

C. A person who is crazy about books so he keeps stealing them from the library.

D. A person who may have some mental problems.

 

When I was fifteen months old.I fell on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it.And as I grew,this sightless eye , in so many ways controlled me that I walked with my face looking at the floor so people would not see the ugly me.

Yet Mama would hold me in her arms and stroke my hair and say,“If you hold your head up high,it will be OK.And people will see your beautiful soul.”She continued this message whenever I wanted to hide.

As a little child,I thought Mama meant,“Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking.”As a teenager, I found that my mama’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face,I let them recognize the intelligence and beauty behind my eyes.

In high school I was successful both academically and socially.I was even elected class president,but inside me I still felt like a freak(畸形人).When things got really bad,I would cry to my mama and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world.Let them see the beauty that is inside.”

When I met the man who became my partner for life,we looked each other straight in the eye,and he told me I was beautiful inside and out.Mama’s love and encouragement were the spark that gave me the confidence to overcome my own doubt.

“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home.Each of my children has felt its invitation.The gift my mama gave me lives on in another generation.

1.What is TRUE of the writer’s eyes?

     A.She was blind in one eye when she was born.

B.Her blindness was caused by a traffic accident.

     C.She became blind in one eye because of a fall.

D.She lives unhappily because of her blindness.

2.When the writer was a high school student,she ________ .

      A.was proud of her beauty that was inside

B.was active in taking part in social activities

      C.was filled with doubts and worries about her sightless eye

      D.was good at her study but sometimes lacked confidence

3.What does the underlined word “invitation” mean?

      A.encouragement    B.advantage    C.warmth    D.weight

4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

      A.To show the power of confidence.          

B.To express her attitude to her mom.

      C.To explain how to build confidence.          

D.To inspire people to face difficulties

 

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