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—I just heard the tickets for tonight’s film have been sold out.

—Oh no! __________.

A. It’s not at all interesting                       B. It doesn’t matter

C. I was looking forward to that                D. I know it already

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As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.

I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.

Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激进的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.

Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.

Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn't seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren't at all interested in philosophy. I didn't stop reading, you can't avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手册) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.

My new TV is an extra circuit board (电路板) inside my computer. It's on a desk in front of a working chair and I can't see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it's nice to have it on while I'm typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.

Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I'm reading about six at the same time. I don't want to be any of the characters. I don't care if a thousand people have already read them. I don't have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they've been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.

1.The writer enjoyed reading “literature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.

A.he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so

B.he was still too young to understand other books

C.he believed all the real historical figures were his friends

D.he could imagine himself being the characters in the books

2.“Existentialism” (in paragraph 4) is probably ________.

A.a library intended for teenagers            B.a kind of books on traditions

C.a philosophy theory                     D.a kind of reading skill

3.The main reason the writer stopped reading books was that ________.

A.he found watching TV was more interesting

B.he became too busy to read any books

C.he found books were of little use to his work

D.he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents

4.Now the writer starts to read books again ________.

A.to find back his youth in books             B.for the pure pleasure of reading

C.so as to help kill his spare time             D.for only business purposes

5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A.The Years with Books                     B.Books and TV Programs

C.Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover           D.Reading Makes One Excellent

 

If you have ever gone through a toll booth(收费所), you know that your relationship to the person in the booth is not the most intimate you'll ever have. It is one of life's frequent affairs: You hand over some money; you might get change; you drive off.

  Late one morning in 1984, headed for lunch in San Francisco, I drove toward a booth. I heard loud music. It sounded like a party. I looked around. No other cars with their windows open. No sound trucks. I looked at the toll booth. Inside it, the man was dancing.

  "What are you doing?" I asked.

  "I'm having a party," he said.

  "What about the rest of the people?" I looked at the other toll booths.

  He said, "What do those look like to you?" He pointed down the row of toll booths.

  "They look like……toll booths. What do they look like to you?"

  He said, "Vertical coffins. At 8:30 every morning, live people get in. Then they die for eight hours. At 4:30, like Lazarus from the dead, they reemerge and go home. For eight hours, brain is on hold, dead on the job. Going through the motions."

  I was amazed. This guy had developed a philosophy, a mythology about his job. Sixteen people dead on the job, and the seventeenth, in precisely the same situation, figures out a way to live. I could not help asking the next question: "Why is it different for you? You're having a good time."

He looked at me. "I knew you were going to ask that. I don't understand why anybody would think my job is boring. I have a corner office, glass on all sides. I can see the Golden Gate, San Francisco, and the Berkeley hills. Half the Western world vacations here……and I just stroll in every day and practice dancing."

1.According to the first paragraph, in most cases, how do you describe the relationship between drivers and toll booth?

A.most intimate      B.very tense         C.pretty ordinary     D.extremely hostile

2.Why did the author go to San Francisco?

A. To attend a party

B. B. To have a meal

C. To dance with the worker in the toll booth

D. To hand in the repair fee of his car

3.The underlined name “Lazarus” mentioned in the eighth paragraph probably refers to a person___________.

A. who was very active in his life

B. B. who was dead and revived from death

C. who was going to San Francisco

D. who liked dancing at work

4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A.The author passed by the toll booth every day.

B.The worker enjoyed his work very much.

C.Only western people like to spend their holidays in the Berkeley hills.

D.The dancing worker was getting badly along with his colleagues.

5.After hearing what the worker said, the author would probably_________.

A.go to the worker’s senior to complain about his bad attitude towards job.

B.go climbing the Golden Gate and the Berkeley hills to have a vacation.

C.learn to take a positive attitude to job and appreciate valuable things in life.

D.go back home instead of wasting time traveling to San Francisco.

 

A few weeks ago, our dog, which we had kept for more than ten years, had to be put down. First, a tumor on her stomach got worse, and she was very   36 . Then, the pain in her back got so bad that sometimes she   37  lie down in the middle of a walk and couldn't take another   38 .

When I first found out, l was very sad and cried a lot. She was more like a sister to me than a   39 .But I was also angry at my stepfather,Steve,who told us the  40  a week after it happened. He   41  because he didn' t want to worry us, and he didn't want me to get depressed(抑郁的) and fail my exams. I just thought she was   42  at the animals' hospital.

I think you know all the   43  that went through my head: She was my dog!Why didn't he tell us earlier? I didn't even get to say goodbye.

People in my family have a   44  of keeping things from me to protect me, such as only telling me that my aunt had cancer   45  she had already improved health. All I could think was: Not again !

I   46  to my mum, and she said, “I know. I'm   47  , too.” I opened my mouth to shout. And then she added, “I'm so angry with Steve that he had to   48  through all this on his own.”Hearing my mum's words, I shut up my mouth. I had been so   49  on myself. I hadn't thought about   50  Steve was going through. That dog was his baby. He'd had her for longer than he'd had us—and he had to make the decision to   51  her life, and then kept in silence for an entire   52 . All my anger melted away, and all I felt was   53 .

It makes me realize that we focus so much on ourselves that we   54  the pain of others. At that moment, my mum's words were an incredible   55  that I'll never forget.

1.                A.lazy            B.lonely          C.painful   D.shameful

 

2.                A.would          B.should          C.might D.could

 

3.                A.walk           B.step            C.foot D.breath

 

4.                A.tool           B.toy            C.baby     D.pet

 

5.                A.plan           B.accident        C.anecdote D.truth

 

6.                A.lied            B.waited          C.reflected D.hesitated

 

7.                A.still            B.once           C.even     D.never

 

8.                A.facts           B.opinions        C.thoughts D.doubts

 

9.                A.story           B.secret          C.habit D.hobby

 

10.               A.until           B.before         C.while D.after

 

11.               A.adjusted        B.turned         C.contributed    D.related

 

12.               A.angry          B.shocked        C.guilty D.abused

 

13.               A.break          B.go             C.look D.push

 

14.               A.focused        B.hooked         C.dependent D.hard

 

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

 

16.               A.save           B.expand         C.make D.end

 

17.               A.year           B.month          C.week D.day

 

18.               A.regret          B.blame          C.sorrow    D.sympathy

 

19.               A.shared         B.ignored        C.reminded D.rid

 

20.               A.comfort        B.compromise     C.gift   D.suggestion

 

 

My husband used to be a workaholic(工作狂).Nothing seemed to be more __16__ to him than his work,not even his family.

He usually __17__at 6 o’clock,and our __18__ and I were still asleep then,and then left __19__ having breakfast.I asked him to have breakfast __20__,but he said it’s a waste of __21__.I didn’t know what kept him so__22__.He even couldn’t finish all his work in the office.He came back at ten at night.However,I never expected that he would give me a kiss.__23__he got home,he would start to__24__.The kids had already been in bed,of course.

“Mom,where is Dad?Why I __25__ see him?”the kids often asked.

“Well,Dad has to work.He is busy,”I always__26__like this.As time went by,they didn’t ask where their dad was again.Perhaps they had__27__that they had a dad.However,the situation changed several months ago.

Jenny,our daughter,suddenly became__28__.I sent her to the hospital.The__29__told me that she was seriously ill and that she was calling__30__all the time.Tears burst into my eyes when I__31__that.I finally called my __32__and told him about that.Half an hour later,he came to the hospital and held Jenny’s little hands.

He__33__another job two weeks later.

“I just wanted to make as much__34__as possible for you and our kids.But now,I just want to__35__as much time as possible with you and the kids,”he said and that’s what he is doing now.

1.

A.possible

B.interesting

C.important

D.relaxing

 

2.

A.sat down

B.got up

C.stoop up

D.came up

 

3.

A.kids

B.pets

C.neighbors

D.parents

 

4.

A.on

B.with

C.without

D.after

 

5.

A.in the office

B.on the way

C.in school

D.at home

 

6.

A. money

B.time

C.energy

D.food

 

7.

A.tired

B.busy

C.fast

D.excited

 

8.

A.As soon as

B.In the end

C.Long before

D.Long after

 

9.

A.eat

B.sleep

C.work

D.write

 

10.

A.often

B.never

C.sometimes

D.cheated

 

11.

A.shouted

B.asked

C.replied

D.cheated

 

12.

A.thought

B.forgotten

C.ignored

D.minded

 

13.

A.fine

B.worse

C.ill

D.angry

 

14.

A.teacher

B.boss

C.officer

D.doctor

 

15.

A.mom

B.sir

C.dad

D.madam

 

16.

A.noticed

B.realized

C.heard

D.felt

 

17.

A.mother

B.child

C.brother

D.husband

 

18.

A. received

B.lost

C. changed

D.found

 

19.

A.money

B.happiness

C.value

D.laughter

 

20.

A.spend

B.make

C.set

D.steal

 

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”

After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.

After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career ____51____ when I discovered my own writing ____52____. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _____53____ what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have ____54____ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be ____55____.”

1.

A.naughty

B.lazy

C.useless

D.raggy

2.A. nothing         B. something        C everything        D. anything

3.

A.when

B.that

C.which

D.as

 

4.

A.thought

B.promised

C.decided

D.expected

 

5.

A.to

B.for

C.with

D.at

 

6.

A.ridiculous

B.acceptable

C.believable

D.wrong

 

7.

A.see

B.face

C.treat

D.react

 

8.

A.writing

B.experiment

C.practice

D.composition

 

9.

A.school

B.college

C.club

D.company

 

10.

A.went across

B.put aside

C.came out

D.set off

 

11.

A.lecture

B.writing

C.teaching

D.evening

 

12.

A.received

B.accepted

C.gave

D.offered

 

13.

A.giving up

B.paying for

C.signing up

D.ridding of

 

14.

A.paid

B.made

C.offered

D.tried

 

15.

A.finished

B.gone

C.delayed

D.left

 

16.

A.made off

B.took off

C.gave off

D.moved off

 

17.

A.style

B.habit

C.idea

D.skill

 

18.

A.Therefore

B.But

C.Though

D.For

 

19.

A.written

B.turned

C.torn

D.put

 

20.

A.cheerful

B.enjoyable

C.successful

D.forgettable

 

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