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Where were you just now? ________ Jack called you on the phone．

A.
Some
B.
Certain
C.
One
D.
Another

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An old woman had two large pots, one on each end of a pole. She carried the pole with the pots across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full pot of water. At the end of the long walk from the well to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half-full.
For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection.
One day, the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the well: “I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.”
The old woman smiled: “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your crack, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you water them.”
“For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, I would not have this beauty.”
Each of us has our own cracks. But it’s these cracks that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “crack” mean?

A．Very narrow space between two things or two parts of something.

B．Line of division where something is broken, but not into separate parts.

C．Fault in an idea, system, or organization.

D．Sudden sharp noise like the sound of a stick being broken.

【小题2】How did the cracked pot feel about itself at first?

【小题3】Where were the flowers growing?

A．On both sides of the path.	B．In the woman’s house.
C．On the perfect pot’s side of the path.	D．On the cracked pot’s side of the path

【小题4】Which is the correct order of the following events?
① The woman picked the flowers and decorated the table.
② The woman told the truth to the cracked pot.
③ The cracked pot talked to the woman about its crack.
④ The woman found a crack on one pot.
⑤ The woman planted some flower seeds.

A．④⑤①③②	B．⑤④③②①
C．④③①②⑤	D．④⑤③①②

【小题5】What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A．Never laugh at imperfection.	B．No pains, no gains.
C．Imperfection makes life meaningful.	D．It’s never too late to learn.

By the year 1869 when the first transcontinental railroad was finished, over 350,000 pioneers had taken the Oregon Trail to head west and start a new life, which is known as the Gold Rush Period in American history. Many of these were women and most were accompanied by children.
Before heading west, many women often spent their day doing nothing more than visiting, needlework, and the occasional gardening of flowers. Others were not from as wealthy families and had to work alongside their men as laborers. Neither type was in most cases prepared for the hardships that lay ahead.

Once they did reach their destination, the work was far from over. A house would need to be built. Women quickly learned to use all kinds of tools right alongside their husbands. At the first sign of spring, a garden would need to be planted. Pioneer women also had to deal with dangerous wild animals, including bears and lions. Indians were also a concern, and some did fall to their deaths by the Indians’ hand. Where were the men when all this was being done? Working the fields and mining were the two most usual occupations. Their remaining work, which there was plenty of, fell to the women and the oldest children if there were any.
Women who headed west learned quickly that there was much more to life than teas and visiting. They had no choice but to struggle for survival. This was their life.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Changes in the Gold Rush Period.

B．New life in the West.

C．Great people in American history.

D．Pioneer women to the West.

【小题2】By mentioning women’s life before heading west in paragraph 2, the author implies (暗示) that .

A．it was a real struggle for women to adapt to the hard life in the West

B．it was not reasonable for women to give up their comfortable life

C．it was a better choice for women to experience a new and hard life

D．it was necessary for women to change their lifestyle completely

【小题3】According to the passage, which was NOT the problem women faced when heading west?

A．They had no choice but to throw away many of their beloved things.

B．They could not take their children along because of the hard journey.

C．It was common that they lost their husbands in some accidents.

D．They suffered from diseases or even lost their lives.

【小题4】Women were kept busy with all the following work EXCEPT _________.

A．building a house

B．planting a garden

C．driving wild animals away

D．caring for the Indians

--Hello, Tom. Long time no see. Where were you?

--Oh, not only my parents but also I Paris for a month.

A. has gone to B. stayed in

C. has been in D. have been in

Where were you at lunch time? I ________ a seat for you in the dining hall.

A. saved B. was saving C. had saved D. have saved

Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become spectators (旁观者) in the lives of their children and shrug, "It' s their life," and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son' s head. I was asked, "When do you stop worrying?" A nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted (打断) the class, and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry. They all go through this stage, and then you can sit back, relax, and enjoy them." My mother listened and said nothing.

When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home, the front door to open.

My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted by my mother' s wan ( 淡淡的 ) smile and her occasional words, "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home."

Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown? Is concern a curse? Or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?

One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I' ve been calling for three days, and no one answered. I was worried! ! !"

I smiled a wan smile.

1.What can we know about the author’s mother from the passage?

A. She seems to laugh at the author.

B. She is not concerned about the author.

C. She has a thorough understanding of the author.

D. She tries to give the author some encouragement.

2.What did the author do in her forties?

A. She was less concerned about her children.

B. She couldn't stop worrying about her children.

C. She would like her children to see her often.

D. She became more patient with her children.

3.Why did the author smile a wan smile at the end of the passage?

A. She wanted to learn from her mother.

B. She stopped worrying about her children at last.

C. She succeeded in tricking her children.

D. She got a kind of satisfaction from her child's concern.

4.The main purpose of the passage is to tell us that ______.

A. the concern between parents and children is natural

B. parents’ love for their children is selfless

C. parents show more concern for their children

D. parents will worry about their children all their lives

Where were you just now? ________ Jack called you on the phone．

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