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Mondays are generally pretty busy for me. On one of these __ Mondays, I got ready to go to work thinking about all the things I have to __ on that day and walk down to get to my car scolding myself for being late to work, but __ the car was nowhere to be found. I __ right across my apartment the previous night but it wasn't there that morning.

This was at 8:00 am in the morning. I made___ to all the towing places, police stations all the time thinking that it was towed by __ . By around 10.00am, I couldn't find it anywhere and the cops decided that it was __ stolen. Alter filing a report with them, I finally get to work thinking how my day was completely __ .

Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at Entetprise __ to realize that my license was missing too along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole __ and he was so sorry for me that he __ to take me to the nearest DMV(车管局) and get a duplicate (副本__, I was totally dumbstruck.! I didn't know why this complete stranger would want to __ some time off his day to help me. He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then __ me a car. I was __ the whole day because of the sequence of events that happened to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a complete stranger made it all __ it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the misfortunes of the day, I was so __ by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar __ . I took some smiley shaped chocolates and __ them on some of my colleague's desks.

There is still a lot of goodness out there in the world. We just need to take the time to __ it.

1.A. typical B. ordinary C. strange D. pleasant.

2.A. make B. explain C. accomplish D. arrange

3.A. excitedly B. surprisingly C. interestingly D. hurriedly

4.A. stayed B. looked C. walked D. parked

5.A. calls B. trips C. surveys D. contributions

6.A. cops B. doctors C. thieves D. officials

7.A. normally B. eventually C. actually D. finally

8.A. made up B. took up C. put up D. messed up

9.A. still B. even C. quite D. only

10.A. message B. secret C. story D. process

11.A. declined B. offered C. hesitated D. approved

12.A. license B. card C. paper D. ticket

13.A. spend B. leave C. take D. get

14.A. lent B. presented C. purchased D. rented

15.A. delighted B. annoyed C. disappointed D. amused

16.A. worth B. worthy C. personal D. special

17.A. moved B. changed C. turned D. appealed

18.A. honour B. respect C. alarm D. surprise

19.A. forgot B. threw C. left D. exposed

20.A. make B. achieve C. live D. realize

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Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.

My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. When I was growing up, we lived a hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, “ Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it .”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school—walking on my own!

When the Great Depression( 大萧条 ) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At that moment I was determined never to be poor again.

Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the average American family. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel for families that would never charge extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Not surprisingly, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world—Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with income of $1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

1.what Kemmons’ mom often told him during his childhood was ___________.

A. caring B. moving

C. encouraging D. interesting

2.Which of the following describes Kemmons’ mother ?

A. Modest, helpful and hardworking.

B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

C. Careful, helpful and beautiful.

D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.

3.Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?

A. Self-confidence, hard work, higher education and a poor family.

B. Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.

C. Clear goals, mom’s encouragement, a poor family and high education.

D. Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.

My son ,Izzy, was a nine-year-old boy and had been begging me to please let him find his way home by subway, by himself. After all, we live in New York City, and getting around by public transportation is a basic part of life. It is also the first step toward feeling grown-up. So on that sunny Sunday,I gave him a subway map, a transportation card,$20 for emergencies, and a couple of coins so that he could call me if necessary. I didn’t give him a cell phone because nine-year-olds lose things. A few days later, I wrote about his adventure,or non-adventure for a newspaper. Little did I realize the idea that a kid could tour the city on his own, and that a mom would let him, was big news. It turned out that many TV shows called me and asked for an interview. Bloggers were going crazy, so I started a blog, too, and letters came pouring in. Finally I found out why this was such a big story: we have become fearful for our children. Fear is hardly a new thing for parents, of course. But the fear of letting our children out of sight for even a second-that’s new. How did this happen? How did it become too scary to let kids be kids? I asked the question when the reporter Trevor Butterworth interviewed me.

“News reports,” he answered. “News reports scare the pants off you. What is scarier than a kidnapped kid no matter how far away?Because there are so many such stories, it starts to feel as if kidnappings are happening all the time. That’s why the kid-on-the-subway story surprises the whole world.” Izzy probably did a good job. He simply proved that kids could leave home alone and return home safely! But he didn’t think it was a big deal. “It was fun,” he said. “But I missed some classes because of the interviews.” Sometimes it really pays to be brave.

1.Why did the author let her son take the subway alone?

A. Because she always let her son do whatever he wanted.

B. Because she believed that her son had memorized the subway map.

C. Because she thought it would be big news around the whole world.

D. Because she felt traveling by subway in New York was a basic life skill.

2.The author gave her son all the following when he traveled alone EXCEPT_______.

A. a map. B. a cell phone.

C. a transportation card D. some money.

3.The author didn’t expect that after she wrote her son’s story for a newspaper, _________.

A. a blog would be started in her name

B. her son would receive so many letters

C. many TV shows would want to interview her

D. many TV stations would want to film her son’s story

The Anchorage Museum is expanding to the north with the addition of 25,000 square feet of new gallery space for the museum’s art collection and exploration of art of the north.

Construction timeline: February 2016〜September 2017.

Focus: This expansion is about more than bringing works from the collection out on public view. It’s also about creating a wonderful description for the north through the lens (镜头)of art and furthering the museum's mission of expanding awareness of the north, its landscape and cultures.

An expanded museum will:

•Provide greater public access to the museum’s art collection

•Create physical space for each kind of the museum’s mission—art, history, science, culture

•Tell the story of the north and Alaska through art that represents its landscape and people

•Create positive, engaging and relevant museum experiences

•Help museum visitors understand Alaska and the north through a variety of experiences

•Connect people and encourage global dialogue about the north and its different environment

Project partners: The $24 million expansion is funded entirely by private dollars, including $12 million gifts from both the Rasmuson family and the Rasmuson Foundation.

Anchorage Museum

625 C Street

Anchorage, AK 99501

907—929—9200 |General

907—929—9228 | Membership

Admission:

•Member: Free

•Adult: $15

•Senior Student: $10

•Children 3—12: $7

•2 and younger: Free

1.What is the aim of the expansion?

A. To make the museum unique.

B. To reward the project partners.

C. To make the public know the north better.

D. To bring works from the collection out on public view.

2.When will the expansion be finished?

A. In September 2017. B. In February 2017.

C. In May 2017. D. In April 2017.

3.Through the expansion, the museum may hope that ________.

A. more people will travel to Alaska

B. much money will be donated to the museum

C. international attention will be paid to the north

D. local people will become the members of the museum

4.If Jack visits the museum with two high school students and his 5-year-old son, he should pay ________.

A. $30 B. $36

C. $40 D. $42

The Belief of a Teacher

When I say all children can learn, people sometimes misunderstand.

They think I am saying that_______you give a bright kid from a poor family good education, he can succeed. That's absolutely true, but that's not_______I mean.

I believe that all kids can learn, I believe it, I've seen it and I've even_______it.

Back in 1975 when I graduated, I worked for emotionally_______kids, kids that everyone—_______——their parents—had given up on.

What we would do was cook with the kids. These children didn't tell baking powder_______table salt, but_______they had eaten a warm biscuit, they wanted to learn how to make some more.

Suddenly, kids who couldn't focus were_______eyeballing ingredients(配料)as we measured them out, learning _______math and spelling lessons we could slip in along the way. By the end of the summer, I remember parents ________ when they saw the progress their children had ________.

Today I still remember the lesson they taught me: that if we, the adults, can find the right________for a child, there's hope for that child's education.

I don't accept excuses about kids not learning. That's________the kids with problems are not going to________start teaching themselves. We have to help them by finding out what________them and exploiting(利用) it shamelessly.

When I was growing up poor, I probably looked like I was heading ________. And I would have ended up dead or in jail________a couple of teachers. They________my fascination with reading and made sure I had great books________.

Because of that, I have devoted my life to the poorest communities _________making sure kids like me don't get written off.

(NPR's Tell Me More, November 6,2008.)

1.A. though B. if C. while D. unless

2.A. which B. where C. what D. that

3.A. tasted B. teased C. trusted D. tolerated

4.A. unexpected B. disturbed C. delighted D. unaffected

5.A. never B. always C. even D. ever

6.A. like B. in C. of D. from

7.A. once B. before C. until D. since

8.A. unwillingly B. carefully C. quickly D. strangely

9.A. interesting B. complex C. challenging D. simple

10.A. working out B. breaking down C. building up D. pulling up

11.A. made B. searched C. accepted D. provided

12.A. attention B. decision C. motivation D. determination

13.A. how B. when C. why D. because

14.A. relatively B. suddenly C. finally D. secretly

15.A. upsets B. inspects C. excites D. comforts

16.A. somewhere B. everywhere C. anywhere D. nowhere

17.A. but for B. because of C. regardless of D. except for

18.A. laughed B. shared C. equipped D. spotted

19.A. to read B. read C. reading D. being read

20.A. for B. or C. and D. but

The spirit of Christmas isn’t always so cheerful. Here are four unusual and a little scary Christmas traditions from around the world.

1. Guatmala: Burning devils

In order to make houses free from bad spirits for the New Year, Guatemalans do a full house clean in December. The dirt and dust is gathered from every home and each neighborhood creates a large amount of garbage. A devil statue is built and placed on top of the dirt, and burned. The bad luck is said to burn up with the devil.

2. South Africa: Don’t eat Santa’s cookies

To keep kids from stealing on Santa’s cookies, parents tell children a story about a boy named Danny who ate all of Santa’s cookies and really angered his grandmother. She killed him and now his ghosts visits houses during Christmas time.

3. Iceland: Fear the Yule Cat

Children who don’t receive new clothes by Christmas Eve will be eaten by the Yule Cat, a large and angry cat, which is said to hide in the snow. The strange tradition comes from farmers who used the myth to encourage their workers to finish making the autumn wool before Christmas.

4. Ukraine: A spooky tree

If you find yourself in Ukraine around the holidays, you may be wondering: Is it Christmas or Halloween? Trees here are decorated with artificial(人工的) spider weds and decorative spiders. The unusual tradition comes from a story where a spider wove a web around the tree of a poor family. When morning came, the white strands(线) turned to precious metals and the family became rich. The webs today show good fortune for the next year.

1.To celebrate the New Year, what will people do in Guatemala?

A. Clean their houses.

B. Show their respects to the devil statue.

C. Buy a devil statue.

D. Move to new houses.

2.Which country has a tradition that might cause kids’ fear of eating Santa’s cookies?

A. Guatemala. B. South Africa.

C. Iceland. D. Ukraine.

3.What can we infer about Christmas in Iceland?

A. The Yule Cat usually hides in the grass before Christmas.

B. All the children will receive new clothes on Christmas.

C. New clothes are popular Christmas presents for children in Iceland.

D. The Yule Cat would eat the farmers who don’t finish their work on time.

4.Why do Ukrainians like spiders on Christmas?

A. Spiders are pretty insects.

B. Spiders are believed to bring good fortune.

C. Spiders always help poor families out of pity.

D. Webs of spiders are suitable for decoration.

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