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Tony set off for home again without having eaten since, as usual, one of the older boys had taken his packed lunch. Angry and , Tony rushed to the park, when he suddenly saw a wasp (黄蜂) flying about among the rose bushes. It him, making him get away from the roses immediately. Then, a came into his head: how is it that something so much than himself could frighten him like that?

Having the insects for a while, he had a good understanding of the wasp’s ; it was fear. A wasp could never a person, but everyone was so afraid of its sting that they left the wasp . So Tony spent that night what his “sting” could be.

The next day, Tony seemed like a boy. No longer did he walk with his eyes fixed on the ground, nor did he nervously when people spoke to him. Instead, he became brave and , ready to face up to anyone. The boy who stole his packed lunch that day ate so spicy a sausage sandwich that he crying and coughing. Never again did he rob Tony of his lunches. Another older boy to hit Tony, but this time tony looked at the boy and bravely. From memory, he told him the of his parents, his teacher, and the boy’s own mother, “ you hit me I’ll call them, and you’ll be severely punished.” The boy turned around and from the scene.

The strategy . So, in the end, Tony became like the wasp he’d seen. Without even having to sting anyone, he frightened them, and that no one would mess with him.

1.A. excited B. dissatisfied C. frustrated D. relaxed

2.A. scared B. thought C. rescued D. comforted

3.A. guess B. thought C. belief D. view

4.A. smaller B. bigger C. smarter D. fiercer

5.A. collected B. tested C. watched D. counted

6.A. challenge B. trick C. choice D. method

7.A. bite B. warn C. fight D. please

8.A. in peace B. in silence C. by comparison D. on end

9.A. remembering B. doubting C. regretting D. wondering

10.A. different B. common C. strange D. rare

11.A. turn back B. look into C. turn down D. look away

12.A. confident B. reliable C. cheerful D. sensitive

13.A. picked up B. brought out C. ended up D. cut down

14.A. promised B. threatened C. decided D. started

15.A. cruelly B. proudly C. determinedly D. proudly

16.A. numbers B. feelings C. names D. changes

17.A. As B. If C. Though D. Unless

18.A. withdrew B. recovered C. sheltered D. suffered

19.A. improved B. failed C. survived D. worked

20.A. proved B. guaranteed C. concluded D. foresaw

C

My father was, by nature, a cheerful, kindly man.Until he was thirty-four years old he worked as a farm-hand for Thomas Butterworth near the town of Bidwell, Ohio.On Saturday evenings he drove his horse into town to spend a few hours in social intercourse with other farm-hands.He was quite happy in his position in life.

It was in his thirty-fifth year that father married my mother, a school teacher.Something happened to the two people.The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them.Mother induced father to give up his place as a farm-hand, sell his horse and start an independent enterprise of his own.They rented ten acres of poor stony land and launched into chicken raising.

One inexperienced in such matters can have no idea of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken.It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny fluffy thing, then becomes naked, gets diseases, and dies.A few hens, and now and then a rooster, intended to serve God’s mysterious ends, struggle through to maturity.The hens lay eggs out of which come other chickens and the awful cycle is thus made complete.It is all unbelievably complex.Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms.One hopes for so much from a chicken and is so awfully disappointed.Small chickens, look so bright and in fact so awfully stupid.They are so much like people they mix one up in one’s judgments of life.If disease does not kill them they wait until your expectations are thoroughly aroused and then walk under the wheels of a carriage.

In later life I have seen how a literature has been built up on the subject of fortunes to be made out of the raising of chickens.It is intended to be read by the gods who have just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.It is a hopeful literature and declares that much may be done by simple ambitious people who own a few hens.Do not be misguided by it.It was not written for you.Go hunt for gold on the frozen hills of Alaska, put your faith in the honesty of a politician, believe if you will that good will defeat evil, but do not read and believe the literature that is written concerning the hen.

For ten years my father and mother struggled to make our chicken farm pay and then they gave up that struggle and began another.They moved into the town of Bidwell, Ohio and began the restaurant business, with the tiny hope of looking for a new place from which to start on our upward journey through life.

1.Which of the following is the right order of what happened?

a.Father got married to Mother, a school teacher.

b.Father quitted working at Butterworth’s.

c.My parents launched a business in Bidwell.

d.Father socialized in town on Saturday evenings

e.My parents started their job of chicken farming.

A.d-a-b-e-c

B.d-a-c-b-e

C.d-b-a-e-c

D.d-b-a-c-e

2.By saying “Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms”, the author means that chicken farming _____.

A.is so complex that only philosophers can comprehend it

B.gives you a philosophical insight into life

C.exposes you to a complete circle of life

D.allows you the time to judge the life

3.In the author’s opinion, the literature about chicken raising _____.

A.is full of hope and positive energy

B.proves the victory of good over evil

C.persuades you to believe in politicians

D.tends to be blindly optimistic about its rewards

4.What’s the author’s attitude towards parents’ dream of rise to success?

A.approving

B.optimistic

C.skeptical

D.indifferent

Directions:Read the passage carefully.Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
Financial setbacks in the form of pay cuts are having a trickle-down effect(涓滴效应) as the depression persists.Families across America are cutting or even axing kids’ allowances(零花钱) to reflect what’s going on with household finances and the economy as a whole.
Some jobless parents are doing it out of necessity.Other parents are using allowance adjustments to teach children about economic realities and how to budget in learner times.
‘Try to use relevant news to explain the reasons behind the depression and how it’s hitting home.If they see it obvious in their own allowance, they’ll feel the impact and see how it all ties in,’ says financial consultant Antwone Harris.
Any reduction in allowance should be understood in age-appropriate communication, says Dr.Tony Meyer, a child psychiatrist(精神科医生) and medical director of Aurora Psychiatric Hospital.Six- to 12-year-olds are mature enough for a frank talk, but don’t set them back with a lot of details.It’s sufficient to say their allowance is lower because Mom or Dad is getting paid less at work, so there’s less money for the family to spend.With 12- to 18-year-olds, you can broaden the discussion to include the banking crisis and other factors that contributed to the depression, Meyer says.Younger kids have the idea that they’re at the center of things, and adolescents by mature are especially self-concerned.‘They’ll think they’re responsible,’ Meyer says.
A cut in allowance might seem punishing, so the message that the child is not at fault needs to come across.Depending on the child’s age, ‘You can also ask them to bring some income by working a job or helping more around the house so Mom or Dad can work more,’ he says.Kids can also contribute by means of taking over landscaping services previously done by a paid professional.‘You’ll pay lower rates, and the money stays in the family,’ financial consultant Antwone Harris remarks.Meyer also suggests implementing a stimulant program to cut household expenses.Anyone who comes up with a cost-cutting idea get 10 percent of the savings.
That way, they’ll come to understand that a paycheck only goes so far, and decisions and sacrifices are part of responsible money management.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)
1.___________ is American families’ response to the financial depression.
2.What are both jobless and other parents using allowance adjustments to teach their children about?
3.When communicating with 12-to 18-year-olds about reduction in allowance, parents can broaden the discussion through ________.
4.Besides ‘working a job or helping more around the house’, what are the other two suggestions put forward by Meyer to bring some income to kids?

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