A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商)  in the US.

One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

1.What did the man do for the test?

A.He sent e-mails.

B.He did the cleaning

C.He sold computers.

D.He filled in forms.

2. The man didn’t get the job because he_____________.

A.disliked such a job

B.didn’t pass the test

C.didn’t have an e-mail

D.knew nothing about computers

3.The man ______after he left Microsoft.

A.went to look for another job

B.asked for food from door to door

C.thought of an idea to make money

D.bought a computer and got an e-mail

4.Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?

A.Because he had many friends to help him.

B.Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C.Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D.Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

5.What does the story want to tell us?

A.Computers are very important in our daily life.

B.Everyone can make a lot of money with only$10.

C.The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man.

D.Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard.

 

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

To all of you at Chinese love links,

I am 44 years old and never married. I have always wanted to find that perfect someone that I dream about. For about the last five years I have almost given up the hope of ever finding the one I truly wish to spend the rest of my life with.

I have always tried to be a nice guy. I had found your website some four or five months before. I did not know what to expect. I don't know how to speak Chinese and never thought truly of how I was to an Asian woman.

Well, I had a lot of replies from some very nice and pretty women. I had a hard time finding only a couple to write to. But one stood out from the rest. She was cute, nice and seemed to hold a lot of the same values as I do. In a short time I had decided to write only to her. We communicated via e - mails 2 - 3 times a day and phone calls once or twice a week.

I went and met her and her family only a week ago. Her name is Ying and she lives in Nanning. I found Nanning to be one of the most beautiful cities I had ever been to. We had even decided to marry and to bring her to the USA under the fiance visa. Not only did she meet everything I had ever hoped to find in someone else but turned out to be what every woman should be like, at least the ones I have met. We plan to marry as soon as she is here and start a family together as neither of us has children but we both want them.

So to anyone out there reading this, I can only say this: You may not find what you are looking for if you're not honest with your partner and yourself. This site worked for me mostly because I was honest with something that I wanted in someone else. When I did find her, love can work even across the other side of the world, between language differences and cultural differences. I wish you all luck in finding your perfect match. I have finally found mine and wish to give all my thanks to those at Chinese love links to help make it happen.

Sincerely yours,

Arthur

61.We can infer from the letter that Chinese love links is a website to________.

A.help foreigners to travel in China

B.help both Chinese and foreigners to find one they want to marry

C.help Chinese and foreigners make friends

D.receive letters from the USA

62.Which of the following is true about Arthur's story?

A.He was sure of finding a Chinese woman as his wife at first.

B.He was determined to find a Chinese woman as his wife.

C.He almost lost hope in finding a perfect wife until he found Ying.

D.No women wrote to him before Ying.

63.Ying stood out from the rest because________.

A.she was a Chinese             B.she had much in common with Arthur

C.other women stopped writing to Arthur    D.she was cute and nice and often phoned to Arthur

64.Arthur thinks________is the most important in finding someone one wants to marry.

A.being honest with the partner and oneself B.help from the website

C.difference in languages and places     D.difference in cultures

 

“BANG!” the door caused a reverberation(回声).It was just standing there, with Father standing on one side, and I on the other side.

We were both in great anger.“Never set foot in this house again!” stormed Father.With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

The street lights were shining rather desolately(凄凉的).I wandered aimlessly.

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me.I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and harmonious.

But now… I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old.We differ in our ways of thinking.He always imposes his opinions and codes of behavior on me.Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it.We are just like two people coming from two different worlds.It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind.My heart was frozen on this hot summer night.As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company.When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.

In fact, it was nothing.Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps.Perhaps he thought they were useless.I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps.I can’t stand his outrageous(蛮横的) words: “ I can throw you away, let alone these old papers.”

All the lights were off except father’s.

Dad was always like this.Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself.After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret.After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.

This was how he always was.He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.

The light was still on.“Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been.At last, I decided to open the door.As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks.I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all.Love is second to none.

1. Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.

a.I opened the door and entered the house.

b.Sadly I ran out into the street.

c.I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.

d.I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.

e.I walked about in the street without any aim.

A.b, e, d, c, a    B.b, e, c, d, a        C.b, e, a, c, d        D.b, e, c, a, d

2.What made the writer think of his childhood?

A.The sight of the desolate street lights.

B.The sight of the empty street.

C.The sight of a father with a child in his arms.

D.The sight of light in his own house.

3. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

A.Perhaps the father is getting older and older.

B.Perhaps the son has already grown up.

C.Perhaps they never agree with each other.

4. What conclusion can you draw after reading the passage?

A.The father is actually kind to his son.

B.The father treats his son in an unfair way.

C.The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.

D.The father is always finding fault with his son.

 

 

Well, when the huge wave hit the boat, my safety belt broke and I was swept overboard. I don’t really understand how it happened, but it did. I heard someone yell out, but then my boat, Wild One, went off into the darkness and I was alone in a very rough sea. I then spent five and a half hours in the water. The place where it happened was, oh, about 50 kilometers from shore. It was likely that I wouldn’t see another day, but I always thought I’d overcome the difficulties. At first I was watching out for Wild One. The rest of the crew knew I was gone, so they were sure to come back and look for me. After a while, I saw the boat’s lights when it came looking for me. They were within about 300 meters of me, but the spotlight just missed me. The reason why they didn’t see me was because of the huge waves. You know, I started sailing when I was seven, and started ocean racing when I was about eighteen, but I’d never been overboard before. I believed I was going to survive, but it was very cold, and as the hours passed I started to get desperate——and frozen! It was around 5 am when I saw the lights of a tanker coming towards me. I figured it was probably my last chance. At first, I thought they were going to miss me, and then they made a slight turn and I yelled out “Help!” and they heard me. Then another yacht appeared. These guys were terrific. They gave me dry clothes, and then one jumped into the bunk and hung onto me. They covered us with as much dry clothing as they could, and the guy in with me stayed to transfer his body heat to me.

1.The author of the passage was alone in the sea NOT because ______.

A.the wind was too strong

B.the wave hit the boat

C.the safety belt was broken

D.his boat was in the darkness

2.He was not saved by his crew because ______.

A.he didn’t yell out “Help!”

B.300 meters was long distance

C.he was not found

D.he didn’t see the spotlight

3.It was inferred from the passage that ______.

A.he was swept overboard at about midnight

B.Wild One was the name of a crew member

C.he started ocean racing at about seven

D.he was too hopeless to take the last chance

4. One of the guys who saved him jumped into the bunk in order to ______.

A.cover him with more dry clothes

B.warm him with his body heat

C.comfort him

D.congratulate him

 

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分 30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

   Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   36   his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   37   for a glance.

   One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   38   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   39   the old gardener was blind.40   , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t  41  in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you  42   reasons. First I was a   43  when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   44  them. Third,I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s  45  .

   “Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   46   .

   “Yeah, it’s   47  that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   48   them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good  49   . In the meantime, it also   50  a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

    The old man’s  51  astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  52  them as a link of minds so as to make   53   enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

   I believe every flower has   54  with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   55  to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

1. A. loving            B. watering         C. tending          D. planting

2. A. stop            B. stay             C. live         D. run

3. A. kept              B. dropped          C. fallen       D. lost

4. A. realized          B. noticed          C. felt         D. thought

5. A. Excited           B. Frightened       C. Shocked      D. Satisfied

6.A. feel          B. see              C. hear         D. eat

7. A. one          B. two              C. three            D. four

8.A. gardener       B. teacher          C. farmer       D. painter

9. A. taste             B. plant            C. touch        D. appreciate

10.A. it                B. me               C. them        D. you

11. A. with pleasure    B. in surprise          C. with hope    D. in anger

12. A. true             B. possible         C. a pity       D. a shame

13. A. put              B. turn             C. get         D. knock

14.A. mind              B. life             C. future       D. mood

15.A. introduces        B. offers           C. stands       D. leaves

16.A. words             B. behavior         C. story        D. attitudes

17. A. treats           B. acts             C. works        D. serves

18.A. anybody           B. somebody         C. everybody   D. nobody

19. A. ears             B. soul             C. eyes        D. heart

20.A. refusing          B. trying          C. pretending   D. Failing

 

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