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Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his now place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult(成年人)I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boy friends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?
The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
小题1:Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?
A．He was silent most of the timeB．He was too proud of himself
C．He did not love his childrenD．He expected too much of her
小题2:When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel         .
A．nervousB．sorryC．tiredD．safe
小题3:What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?
A．More criticalB．More talkative
C．Gentle and friendlyD．Strict and hard-working
小题4:The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to           .
A．the author’s sonB．the author’s father
C．the friend of the author’s fatherD．the cafe owner

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B

试题分析：文章讲述作者过去一直以为爸爸是个严厉、苛刻的人，和他相处时，总是感到惧怕和紧张，但是在到了Tucson，和爸爸接触之后才看到爸爸友善的一面。
小题1:细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A?s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as ?successful?as he was. ”可知，作者小时候怀恨爸爸是因为爸爸对她要求很高。选D
小题2:推理判断题。根据第二段中“Whenever I went out with him on weekends，I used to struggle to think up things to say，feeling on guard.”可知每次和父亲一起外出度周末，她都非常紧张。on guard为固定短语，意为“警戒”。选A
小题3:推理判断题。根据文章第三段和第四段的描述可知，作者的爸爸其实也很温和、友善。从第三段结尾的几个反问句可以知道。第四段中作者感到和爸爸成了朋友。选C
小题4:推理判断题。文中的new friend指的是作者的爸爸。作者以前一直以为爸爸是个严厉、苛刻的人，和他相处时，总是感到惧怕和紧张，但是在到了Tucson，和爸爸接触之后才看到爸爸友善的一面，所以作者感到她有了一个新朋友，选B
点评：文章基本上是考查推理题，对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词，然后以此为线索，运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找相关信息句，找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍，仔细比较，在准确理解细节的前提下进行推理，不能被表面所干扰，最后确定最佳答案。
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I dreamed I had an interview with God.
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked. “If you have the time,” I said. “My time is eternity(永恒),” God smiled, “What questions do you have（1）_________for me?” “What surprises you most about humankind?” God answered, “That they (2)__________ bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and then long to be children（3）_________. That they lost their health to make money… and then lost their money to restore their (4)__________. Then by thinking anxiously （5）__________ the future, they forget the (6)___________, so that they live in neither the present nor future. That they live as if they will never die, and die （7）__________ they had never lived.” God’s hand took mine and we were silent for a while.
And then I asked, “(8)__________ a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to(9) ___________?” He answered, “To learn they （10）__________make anyone love them. All they can do is to let themselves love（11）____________. To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness. To learn that it only（12）___________ a few seconds to open profound（深的） wounds in those they love, and it can take many years to heal （13）__________. To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is the one who need the （14）___________. To learn that there are people who love them（15）____________, but simply have not yet learned how to express or show their(16)___________. To learn that two people can look at the same thing and （17）___________ it differently. To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one（18）____________, but they must also forgive themselves.”
“Thank you for your（19）___________,” I said humbly. “Is there anything else you would like（20）_____________ to know?” God smiled and said, “Just to know that I am always here.”
小题1:
A．in lifeB．by heartC．at handD．in mind
小题2:
A．runB．liveC．getD．prove
小题3:
A．eitherB．tooC．furtherD．again
小题4:
A．lifeB．healthC．livesD．spirits
小题5:
A．aboutB．inC．forD．over
小题6:
A．childrenB．livingC．timeD．present
小题7:
A．so thatB．in order thatC．as thoughD．in case
小题8:
A．AsB．ForC．AboutD．By
小题9:
A．listenB．studyC．learnD．attend
小题10:
A．can’tB．won’tC．needn’tD．mustn’t
小题11:
A．othersB．anyoneC．everyoneD．someone
小题12:
A．getsB．hasC．spendsD．takes
小题13:
A．itB．themC．themselvesD．these
小题14:
A．bestB．leastC．lastD．health
小题15:
A．mainlyB．lovelyC．dearlyD．fairly
小题16:
A．wordsB．expressionsC．ideasD．feelings
小题17:
A．seeB．watchC．regardD．treat
小题18:
A．otherB．anotherC．of themD．itself
小题19:
A．timeB．wordC．beliefD．kindness
小题20:
A．meB．your humankindC．your lifeD．your children
完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety. In fact, it was a bird,   1 a sparrow.
“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the gentle thumping(重击声). “It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball,” my wife, Anita, said. She   2  and listened more devotedly. “It’s coming from the  3 .” she said. “Maybe it’s one of the little kids.”
We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was  4 to make trouble. “If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there. No children       5  . But there was that  6  again, coming from right up there.
And that’s when I  7  the sparrow. It was flying  8 just inches below the ceiling. It was  9 trying to get out, but couldn’t see that the way out wasn’t up, but down 10  the open door. So the bird continued  11  its wings and hitting its head against the  12 .
“Poor thing,” Anita said. “It must be  13  .”  
“Well, maybe it’s because of us,” I said as I moved toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide（滑翔） down to get outside, but that only seemed to  14   it more. “Why don’t we just 15 for a few minutes?” Anita suggested. “I’m sure he’ll    16 eventually.” So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing  17  .Then suddenly, it was silent. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was gone.
“See?” Anita said. “I told you he’d succeed.”
“Yeah,” I said. “But how many knocks on the head did it 18  him?”
I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years. Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we don’t know how to  19 . Born to go upward, we don’t even consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping（拍打）around and just glide  20 a little bit.    
小题1:
A．for exampleB．rather thanC．or ratherD．as well
小题2:
A．hurriedB．pausedC．ignoredD．confirmed
小题3:
A．basementB．kitchenC．garageD．hall
小题4:
A．easyB．happyC．sorryD．angry
小题5:
A．in allB．at allC．above allD．after all
小题6:
A．guestB．voiceC．noise D．sound
小题7:
A．watchedB．foundC．realizedD．caught
小题8:
A．carefullyB．gentlyC．patientlyD．anxiously
小题9:
A．eventuallyB．unwillinglyC．obviouslyD．thoroughly
小题10:
A．throughB．overC．belowD．beyond
小题11:
A．shakingB．breakingC．strikingD．injuring
小题12:
A．wallB．floorC．doorD．ceiling
小题13:
A．clumsyB．painfulC．amazedD．terrified
小题14:
A．frightenB．comfortC．confuseD．calm
小题15:
A．leaveB．screamC．relaxD．escape
小题16:
A．put it asideB．leave it aloneC．give it upD．figure it out
小题17:
A．accidentB．achievementC．struggleD．trouble
小题18:
A．costB．offerC．earnD．owe
小题19:
A．classifyB．handleC．debateD．conclude
小题20:
A．upB．backC．forthD．down
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I   21  the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked   22  the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around two years old,   23  freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short   24 . The boy had a big smile on his face   25  he had just been set free from some sort of   26 . The boy would then fall to the grass,   27 , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could again, still with a   28  on his face.   
Kids, when they fall down, don't view their falling down as failure, but   29 , they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again until they   30 . While I was touched by the boy's persistence, I was   31  touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so   32  and so natural — no signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged. His only   33  was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a   34  — just being himself—being completely in the moment. He was not looking for   35  or was not worrying about whether   36  was watching. He didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him   37  and that it would be   38  if he did fall. No, all that   39  to him was to accomplish the task, to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that   40  and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits（追求) in life.
小题1:
A．droveB．startedC．parkedD．broke
小题2:
A．outsideB．downC．towardD．over
小题3:
A．playingB．smilingC．rollingD．running
小题4:
A．wayB．lengthC．timeD．distance
小题5:
A．even ifB．as ifC．so long asD．now that
小题6:
A．parkB．caveC．prisonD．castle
小题7:
A．get upB．take upC．break downD．lie down
小题8:
A．tearB．smileC．pleasureD．surprise
小题9:
A．howeverB．insteadC．thereforeD．anyhow
小题10:
A．stopB．winC．achieveD．succeed
小题11:
A．luckily B．apparentlyC．actuallyD．equally
小题12:
A．confidentB．joyfulC．quietD．proud
小题13:
A．worryB．dreamC．aimD．hope
小题14:
A．boyB．childC．player D．winner
小题15:
A．chance B．fortuneC．approvalD．trouble
小题16:
A．someoneB．anyoneC．everyoneD．one
小题17:
A．failB．runC．fallD．cry
小题18:
A．embarrassingB．disappointingC．frighteningD．amusing
小题19:
A．happenedB．contributedC．relatedD．mattered
小题20:
A．discoveryB．observationC．storyD．incident
I have this old clock that belonged to my mom. My dad gave it to me years ago after mom passed away.
I have mixed feelings about having the clock. I love it because it was my mom’s, but it also holds some bad memories.
You see, it chimes. It counts out the hour and rings once on the half hour. Or at least it used to. Now you never know what number it will ring.
When my mother was at home dying from cancer, she asked for the clock to be unplugged. Hearing the hours count down really angered and frightened her.
Mom passed away. I decided I wanted to get the clock fixed so I could remember the good hours we had with her.
I took it to a local clock shop the other day.
“I know this has no particular value as a clock, but it was my mom’s and I need to get it fixed,” I said to the shop owner.
I went on to describe the problem.
“We get a lot of these in,” he told me. “Here’s what I do. We remove the clock works (机件) and replace it with a battery-operated movement (机芯) that chimes electronically,” he told me.
“You can’t fix this?”
“No, we don’t have the time nor the parts.”
I thanked him and went home. I called a few other places and was told the same thing.
“How incredibly sad,” I told the last one disappointedly.
How incredibly sad that we have become a society that replaces craftsmanship with convenience and easy fixes. We copy the original instead of creating something new. We duplicate (复制); we don’t originate (发明).
Sadly, the same goes for our attitude to life itself.
Each of us is an original, one of a kind. But we find it so much easier to copy another style than to develop our own.
We are wannabes (崇拜别人的人) rather than hey-world-look-at-mes.
We fail to see the real value in who we are, so we spend our lives trying to be someone else.
小题1: Why did the author decide to get the clock fixed?
A．Because it was a really old and valuable clock.
B．Because it was the only thing that her mother had left her.
C．Because it brought her memories of being with her mother.
D．Because it left the author with mixed feelings.
小题2: What did the clock shop owners tell the author?
A．The parts that the clock needed were electronic.
B．It would cost a lot to repair the clock.
C．They had never repaired a clock like this before.
D．They could only make the clock electronic.
小题3: The author intends to ________.
A．criticize the irresponsible clock shop owners
B．criticize people who do not value things with a history
C．criticize people who do not have a creative attitude toward life
D．criticize people’s ignorance of traditional craftsmanship
Because conflict and disagreements are part of all close relationships, couples need to learn strategies for managing conflict in a healthy and constructive way. Some couples just__50__ and deny the presence of any conflict in a relationship. __51__ ,denying the existence of conflict results in couples _52___ to solve their problems at early__53__ ,which can then lead to even greater problems later on .Not surprisingly, expressing anger and disagreement leads to lower marital (婚姻的)satisfaction at the beginning. However, this pattern of behavior _54___ increases in marital satisfaction over time. Research suggests that working through conflicts is an important predictor of marital satisfaction.
　　So, what can you do to manage conflict in your own relationships? First, try to understand the other person’s point of view__55__ put yourself in his of her place. People who are _56___ to what their partner thinks and feels _57___ greater relationship satisfaction. For example, researchers found that among people in dating relationships  58____ marriages, those who can adopt their partner’s perspective show more positive emotions, more relationship-enhancing attributes and more constructive responses _59___ conflict.
　　Second, because conflict and disagreements are an __60__ part of close relationships，people need to be able to apologize to their partner for wrongdoing and __61__ forgiveness from their partners for their own acts. Apologies minimize conflict, lead to forgiveness, and serve to restore relationship closeness. In line with this view, spouses（配偶） who are more forgiving show higher mental quality over time. Increasingly, apologizing can even have _62___ health benefits. For example, when people reflect on hurtful __63__ and grudges(怨恨)，they show negative physiological(生理的) effects, including __64__  heart rate and blood pressure, compared to when they reflect on sympathetic perspective-taking and forgiving.
小题1:
A．resolve B．regretC．abandon D．avoid
小题2:
A．Besides　B．ThereforeC．MoreoverD．However
小题3:
A．trying　　B．declining　　C．failing　　D．striving
小题4:
A．ages　　 B．years　　 C．stages　　D．intervals
小题5:
A．prescribes　　B．protests　　C．proves　　D．predicts
小题6:
A．so　　B．while　　C．but　　D．and
小题7:
A．sensitive　　B．superior　　C．exclusiveD．efficient
小题8:
A．expose　　B．experience　　C．explore　　D．exploit
小题9:
A．as long as　B．as far as　　C．as well as　　D．as soon as
小题10:
A．to　　B．against　　C．at　　D．toward
小题11:
A．absolute　　B．inevitable　C．essential　D．obvious
小题12:
A．require　B．inquire　　C．receive　D．achieve
小题13:
A．creative　　B．positive　　C．objective　D．competitive
小题14:
A．prospects　　B．concepts　C．memories　D．outlooks
小题15:
A．added　　B．toughened　　C．strengthened　　D．increased
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss, or an insensitive employee  1  your day?
Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. One day I was in a taxi and we headed   2  the airport. We were driving in the  3  lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us.  My taxi driver slammed on his  4, slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and  5  the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, looked around and started  6  at us.
My taxi driver just  7 and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was  8, so I said，"Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck".
He said, “Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of 9 full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage  10  up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on 11 .  Don’t take it personally; Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be  12 .”
So I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and  13  it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said, “I don’t want their garbage and I’m not going to spread it anymore.”
Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with 14 . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s 15  in your life. See, Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you __16  bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you __17  them more frequently. So love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you _18  it！The odds are against you when a Garbage Truck comes your way, but when you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by  19 go of the bad.
Have a Garbage-Free Day！Have a marvelous, garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today  20  the harvest you reap tomorrow.
小题1:
A．enrichB．ruinC．spareD．obtain
小题2:
A．throughB．toC．in D．for
小题3:
A．latterB．rightC．oppositeD．free
小题4:
A．brakesB．doorC．windowD．seat
小题5:
A．knockedB．overtookC．missedD．lost
小题6:
A．laughingB．throwingC．glancingD．yelling
小题7:
A．wonderedB．smiledC．ignoredD．guessed
小题8:
A．friendlyB．angryC．tiredD．disappointed
小题9:
A．expectationB．passengersC．garbageD．goods
小题10:
A．turnsB．pushesC．holdsD．piles
小题11:
A．roadsB．childrenC．youD．dustbin
小题12:
A．upsetB．happierC．pitifulD．frightened
小题13:
A．spreadB．shareC．explainD．contribute
小题14:
A．surpriseB．pleasureC．doubtD．regrets
小题15:
A．funnyB．importantC．strangeD．embarrassing
小题16:
A．rememberB．forgetC．valueD．appreciate
小题17:
A．enjoyB．exchangeC．recallD．imagine
小题18:
A．inspireB．takeC．mendD．notice
小题19:
A．lettingB．consistingC．makingD．dreaming
小题20:
A．distinguishB．deserveC．deliverD．determine
Boys need friends, suffer when they don't believe they have any, and worry over the ups and downs of relationships. Many adults believe that somehow boys need friends less than girls do, in truth, though, no boy is an island; boys value their friends throughout childhood and adolescence and are happier and healthier when they have solid relationships with peers(同龄人)．
Despite the common belief that girls are better at relationships, most boys consider their friends a very important part of their lives, and boys may actually be better at keeping friendships than girls are. A recent study of 10 to 15­year­old boys and girls found that girls' friendships are actually more fragile. Girls tend to say and do hurtful things to each other more frequently than boys, and girls are more hurt by the end of a friendship.
Boys are the living definition of the phrase “peer group”； they love games with rules, competition, and doing things together. Boys seem to enjoy, even need the opportunity to test themselves against others, and many lasting friendships begin in karate(空手道) class or on the basketball court. Competence and skill are widely respected; being picked last for a team or left out altogether is an experience that can haunt(萦绕心头) a boy for years.
As boys mature（成熟）, the friendship becomes even more important, and it frequently widens to include girls. During the teen years, friends can become the most important part of a boy's life—and a part in which his parents are not included. The confusion of being a teenager leads boys to form close bonds（关系） with friends. There is the sense for many boys that a friend is someone who is “always there for me”， someone he can trust. They may be partners in crime or partners in study, but the friendship of adolescent boys can run surprisingly deep.
小题1:The common belief of adults is that boys________.
A．don't care about others as much as girls
B．don't value friendship as much as girls
C．have the same friendship as girls
D．have healthier friendship than girls
小题2:According to the text, boys' friendship________.
A．is usually built around active play
B．tends to be in small groups
C．can bear mutual hurt between friends
D．doesn't suffer from failure
小题3:The author mentions the study in the second paragraph to prove ________.
A．many people believe girls are better at relationships
B．most boys consider their friends very important
C．boys may be better at keeping friendships than girls
D．boys may be more active in a friendship
小题4:As a boy gets older, he tends to________.
A．widen his circle of friends to include different kinds of people
B．shift his focus from his friends to himself
C．leave his parents out of his friendship
D．be confused about what a friendship is
小题5:What's the best title for the text?
A．Friendships between Boys and Girls
B．Boys and Their Friendship
C．Childhood and Adolescent Friendship
D．Tips on Making Friends with Boys
Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___小题1:___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___小题2:___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___小题3:___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___小题4:___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___小题5:___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___小题6:___ , but they flow easily from my pen.
　　How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___小题7:___ hard work that go into ___小题8:___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___小题9:___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___小题10:___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___小题11:___ how wise her mother really is?
　　How does a ___小题12:___ woman thank a mother for ___小题13:___ to be a mother? For being ready ___小题14:___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___小题15:____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___小题16:___ ? For being ___小题17:___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
　　I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___小题18:___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___小题19:___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___小题20:___ in mine.
小题21:
A．asB．thatC．untilD．when
小题22:
A．approveB．appreciateC．needD．resemble
小题23:
A．doB．haveC．didD．will
小题24:
A．howB．thatC．whoD．what
小题25:A.sad           B.glad              C.comic            D tragic
小题26:
A．absenceB．presenceC．appearanceD．existence
小题27:
A．commonB．plainC．normalD．usual
小题28:
A．raisingB．risingC．developingD．training
小题29:
A．childishB．energeticC．fearlessD．moody
小题30:
A．anythingB．somethingC．everythingD．nothing
小题31:
A．detectsB．discoversC．recognizesD．realizes
小题32:
A．prettyB．foolishC．greenD．grown
小题33:
A．failingB．intendingC．continuingD．keeping
小题34:
A．byB．withC．forD．on
小题35:
A．silentB．quietC．coolD．noiseless
小题36:
A．dozen timesB．a dozen of times C．dozens of times D．dozen of time
小题37:
A．valuablyB．essentiallyC．naturallyD．virtually
小题38:
A．devotesB．desertsC．deservesD．desires
小题39:
A．setB．settledC．placedD．fixed
小题40:
A．seesB．findsC．isD．looks

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