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While Christmas shopping in a jewelry store, I discovered a table of golden ornaments (饰品) on sale. So beautiful in 26 , each had a personality of its own. I looked through hundreds of pieces, 27 a few and took them home.

I was afraid that they would disappear among other fancy gifts of a Christmas tree, 28 I used them to decorate wreaths (花环). When I stood back to 29 my work, a thought crossed my mind: Wouldn’t some of our family and friends like these, too?

I raced back to the jewelry store to discover that the piles of ornaments had been reduced even further. This time I bought dozens, as I 30 the many people who might enjoy one for the holidays.

I 31 began my creative project. While I tied lovely bows and glued golden ornaments, my mind wandered to Christmases past, how special each had been. I thought about others perhaps not so 32 . Some people in our community 33 had a family to share the joy of Christmas. Some didn’t 34 with holiday decorations.

I nodded my head in determined 35 . They would be at the top of my list to receive a little wreath. At the plan my husband showed great enthusiasm (热情) and we set out together to put it into 36 .

We visited the aged, the widowed (寡居的) and the lonely. Each one was 37 at our cheerful stop and 38 hung our small gifts — often the 39 signs of celebration in their homes.

After several days, I realized we had made and given almost two hundred wreaths. Decorated with love and delivered with delight, they filled many homes and hearts with the joy of Christmas. We were glad that our 40 did make sense and we found our Christmas spirit in doing and giving.

26. A. design B. concept C. condition D. form

27. A. checked B. selected C. transformed D. charged

28. A. however B. therefore C. otherwise D. still

29. A. envy B. polish C. admire D. undertake

30. A. worried about B. thought of C. cared for D. watch over

31. A. bitterly B. naturally C. eagerly D. curiously

32. A. fortunate B. wealthy C. energetic D. comfortable

33. A. sometimes B. ever C. often D. never

34. A. bother B. serve C. compare D. play

35. A. surprise B. disappointment C. satisfaction D. shame

36. A. effect B. action C. reality D. consideration

37. A. shocked B. scared C. embarrassed D. excited

38. A. without delay B. as usual C. on purpose D. in turn

39. A. common B. universal C. only D. standard

40. A. devotion B. courage C. kindness D. support

26. A。“设计”很漂亮

27. B。我从中“挑选”出一些来买回家。

28. B。我害怕它们会混在其他的一些礼物当中找不到了“因此”用它们来装饰花环。

29. C。当我停下来“欣赏”的时候。

30. B。这次我又买了很多，因为我“想到了”很多人。

31. C。买回家后，我“急切地”开始了我的工作。

32. A。我又想到别人可能没有这么“幸运”。

33. D。我们社区有些人“从未”有家人来分享圣诞的喜悦。

34. A。有些人甚至不“麻烦”去装饰圣诞树。

35. C。我打定主意，对自己的想法很“满意”。

36. B。我的丈夫也帮助我将这些付诸“行动”。

37. D。所有人都对我们的行为感到“兴奋”。

38. A。“毫不迟疑”地接受了我们的小礼物。

39. C。而我们的礼物往往是他们家里“唯一的”圣诞装饰。

40. C。我们很高兴我们的“好意”有意义。

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??? “Christ！”I said，“I have made something of myself. I want to sleep late as I like．”

??? “If there’s one thing I can’t stand，it’s a quitter．”Her voice in my head is more powerful than my will to refuse，so I pull myself from bed．

????? Before I was out of primary school，mother could see I lacked the gifts for either making millions or winning the love of crowds．So she began pushing me toward working with words．Words ran in her family．There seemed to be a word gene that passed down from her mother’s grandfather·

The greatest proof was my mother’s first cousin Edwin．He was the managing editor of the New York Times and had gained a name in his career．

??? In 1947 1 graduated from Johns Hopkins and applied for a job with the Baltimore Sun as a police reporter．It paid＄30 a week ．When I complained the wage was shameful for a learned man，mother refused to sympathize．“If you work hard at this job，”she said，“maybe you can make something of it．”

??? After a while，I was asked to cover diplomats（外交官）at various African embassies. Then，

seven years later I was arranged by the Sun to cover the White House，a task that was as close to heaven as a journalist could get．However，whatever achievement of mine only seemed insignificant in her eyes．Uncle Edwin’s success was really annoying during my early years as a reporter．What a thrill，I thought．

??? Then，out of my wildest childhood fantasy，the Times came knocking．It was sad that Uncle Edwin had passed away by this time．In 1979 I won the Pulitzer Prize．Unfortunately，my mother’s brain and health broke down the year before，leaving her in a nursing home，out of touch with life forevermore ．She never knew of my Pulitzer．

????? I can probably guess how she’d have responded．“ That’s nice，buddy．It shows if you work hand，you’11 be able to make something of yourself one day，”

1.The first three paragraphs are intended to＿＿＿＿＿＿

A．draw readers’attention to the author’s success

B．remind readers that the road to success is rough

C．serve as an introduction to the author’s mother

D．explain why the author’s mother kept blaming him

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 probably means that tier families＿＿＿＿

A. were gifted at language? B．never broke their promise

C. were fond of reading ? D. stuck to their family belief

3.What can we learn about the author

A．He got a good salary working as a police reporter．

B．He lived a rich life with his mother in his childhood．

C．It was proud of her mother to see his winning the Pulitzer Prize．

D．It was beyond his wildest dream that he could work for the Times．

4.The author regards Uncle Edwin’s success as a thrill because＿＿＿＿＿＿．

A．he himself was less smart than Uncle Edwin

B．his mother’s family thought Uncle Edwin to be a good reporter

C．few reporters can become the managing editor of the New York Times

D．Uncle Edwin spared no effort to get the Pulitzer Prize at the cost of his life

We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代沟). The name is new,but the idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.” There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened. “When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference. ”“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.” “Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”

1. The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will _____.

A. lie on his stomach B. lie on his back

C. stand quietly D. sit in peace

2.Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?

A. Mr. Ellis’ generation B. His children’s generation

C. His grandchildren’s generation D. None of the above.

3. What is the writer’s attitude towards the generation gap?

A. Unacceptable. B. Awful. C. Funny. D. Common.

In both China and the West, at this time of the year, we must endure the cold, the wind and the snow of wintertime. How good it is then that we have festivals to keep our spirits up and hearts warm!

Spring Festival in China and Christmas in foreign countries are times for families and friends to get together, exchange gifts and have a big dinner.

Although the two holidays are different – one is to celebrate Jesus Christ’s birth, while the other is celebrated because of thousands of years of Chinese folk traditions – Christmas and Spring Festival still have things in common.

In both, eating is a big part of the holiday celebration. In China we eat dumpling and niangao – cakes made of sticky rice – while Westerners sit down to a roast turkey or ham, with vegetables, apple-sauce and a plum (干果) pudding.

Gifts are another key element in both celebrations. In the West, families gather round the Christmas tree on Christmas morning and open their presents. Gifts range from the small – a box of chocolates – to the large. Children especially look forward to a big present, say a new bike or computer. Similarly, in China children receive gift money in red envelopes from their elders.

With the world becoming more connected, Spring Festival and Christmas have crossed cultural borders. It is not unusual in China to see Christmas trees and Father Christmas figures around the end of December.

And Chinese living abroad have made Spring Festival a special cultural event in many foreign countries. In some US cities, especially those with large Chinese neighborhoods, non-Asian adults and kids join in the fun. “ I've been celebrating Chinese New Year for a really long time, and it's a great cultural festival for the community,” said Leslie Swartz, who works at the city's Children's Museum in Boston. “Everyone goes to Chinatown. There are lion dances and firecrackers. It's very lively. Schools also celebrate Chinese New Year. ” Swartz said.

Swartz has a 13-year-old adopted Chinese daughter, Mei. They celebrate at home, too, decorating the house and eating special foods. They make traditional Chinese New Year's fruit trays (拼盘). They also write good luck messages on red paper, called spring couplets (对联), and hang them by the doors at home.

The Title: East- West: We are alike

★ 1. : Spring Festival in China and Christmas in the west

★similarities:

▼ keeping spirits up and 2.

▼being time for families and friends to 3.

▼ 4.

▼having a big dinner

★ 5. between the two festivals

▼Spring Festival: folk traditions of China of thousands of years

▼Christmas: Celebrating ___6.

★ Culture mixture: Spring Festival and Christmas having crossed 7.

▼In China: Seeing 8. and Father Christmas figures

▼In the USA: watching lion dances and9. in Chinatown, making traditional Chinese New Year’ fruit trays, writing good luck messages on red paper and 10. by the doors

Until a century ago, bloodletting was used to treat many ailments. Dating back to before the time of Christ, the treatment involved letting a type of worm, called a leech, such blood from the patient. People believed that there were liquids called humors in the body and that these determined a person’s personality and heath. Bloodletting, they thought, restored a balance to these humors.

At the time, little was known of the working of the human body, but people did know that the same liquid, blood, flowed throughout everyone’s body. They knew it was a vital substance, for loss of any great amount of it meant certain death. Thus, they concluded that all diseases were carried in the bloodstream, and that if the body was relieved of bad blood, heath would return. Bloodletting, however, came to be used as a cure-all. Woman were bled to keep them from blushing while members of the clergy were bled to prevent them from thinking sinful and worldly thoughts.

From the 11th to the 18th centuries, barbers were the people to go to if you needed to be bled. This custom explains the significance of the traditional barber’s pole: the white stripes stand for bandages and the red stripe for blood.

1. This passage is concerned about .

healthy people and doctors B. bleeding as a cure-all

C. barbers of long ago D. leeches with special jobs to do

2. The red and white stripes on barber pole symbolize .

sin and redemption B. the bleeding form

C. women who are nurses D. humors in the body

3. Why is bloodletting no longer considered a cure-all?

Because more is known about the workings of the human body.

Because leeches were outlawed

Because barbers were too busy cutting hair.

Because today we know that blood is necessary for health

4. In the second paragraph, the word “Thus” could be replaced by the word .

A. When B. However C. If D. So

5. Ailments means .

A. cures B. women C. disease D. medicines

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19-year-old Kevin Jonas is the oldest of the three boys．At 13，Kevin taught himself to play me guitar, simply by studying a “Teach Yourself Guitar” book that he had found lying around his parents’home in New Jersey．Kevin spent about three days learning all of the major guitar chords(和弦)while he was home from school，due to illness．Even before their band was formed，Kevin had already appeared in several television commercials for Disney, Lego，and Burger King．

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Nick Jonas is 14 years old, and the youngest of the three Jonas Brothers．Despite his young age, he is sometimes referred to as the motivation behind the band. At 6 Nick was singing while getting his hair cut at a local barber shop, when a lady heard him, and gave him a card, suggesting that he should meet with a professional manager. From then on Nick was performing in front of audiences, big and small. Nick landed roles in Broadway shows like “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Beauty and the Beast”, and “Les Miserables”.

64．Kevin Jonas learned to play the guitar

A．by himself B．from his father

C．at a music school D．under his teacher’s guidance

65．Joseph Jonas decided to try singing on stage because

A．he had longed to do so since his childhood

B．his parents wanted the brothers to sing together

C．he was invited to act in a show at a local theatre

D．Kevin’s performance on Broad way inspired him

66．From the passage，we can infer that ．

A．the barber decided to give Nick Jonas a free hair cut

B．the owner of the shop considered Nick Jonas a VIP

C．Nick Jonas was advised to discuss his future career

D．Nick Jonas’handsome appearance attracted a woman

67．The passage is intended to ．

A．offer readers information about the Jonas Brothers

B．prove strong family ties combine the boys together

C．explain why the three brothers began singing together

D．show how the boys are different from one another

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