阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to ________, I bought twenty chickens and asked him to ________ them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would ________ the eggs from him. However,he would have to buy chicken ________ with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was ________ would be his to keep. Gene was ________, thinking he would make his first ________.

After several weeks’ successful work, I began to ________ that egg production was going down, I ________ nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have ________ money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never ________ a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped ________ eggs.

Then I asked him if he had ________ the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was ________. It was like he did not think anyone would ever ________ what he had done. After a long ________—he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them ________ food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

I was just astonished at the question in my own ________. I was dumbfounded (惊呆)at the ________ of it. Yes. you can fool everyone else,but you cannot “fool the chickens," because ________, you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around."

1.A. cookB. shareC. countD. work

2.A. take care ofB. observe

C. trainD. play with

3.A. saveB. borrowC. buyD. keep

4.A. nestB. soupC. meatD. feed

5.A. given backB. picked upC. left overD. brought in

6.A. thrilledB. worriedC. satisfiedD. discouraged

7.A. dealB. contributionC. fortuneD. choice

8.A. hearB. noticeC. predictD. imagine

9.A. saidB. foundC. thoughtD. recalled

10.A. privateB. honestC. pocketD. enough

11.A. missedB. wastedC. enjoyedD. finished

12.A. hatchingB. layingC. gatheringD. hiding

13.A. balancedB. checked outC. cut downD. measured

14.A. delightedB. shocked

C. tiredD. disappointed

15.A. forgiveB. allowC. discussD. know

16.A. silenceB. absenceC. negotiationD. preparation

17.A. heavyB. fresherC. lessD. solid

18.A. lifeB. jobC. easeD. mind

19.A. explanationB. significance

C. trickD. example

20.A. in this respectB. in the end

C. in contrastD. in addition

You may know the Eiffel Tower as one of the most famous man-made monuments in the world, and you’d be absolutely right! Read on to learn about the history of the great Eiffel Tower.

Travelers from around the world flock(蜂拥)to Paris, France, to visit the Eiffel Tower, making it the most visited paid monument in the entire world! In fact, in 2010, the Eiffel Tower welcomed its 250 millionth visitor!

The history of the Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the famous monument. Construction began in January of 1887 and was completed in only two years. Their plan was to finish the tower in time to be the entrance arch for the World’s Fair in 1889. This fair celebrated the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, which took place from 1789 to 1799.

The height competition

Located on the Champs de Mars, the tower is the tallest structure in Paris. It was the tallest man-made structure in the world for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York surpassed(超过) it. Then the spire(塔尖) on the top of the tower was added, raising its height to 17 feet taller than the Chrysler Building. It is now 1,063 feet tall! There are two replicas(复制品) of the Eiffel Tower in the world: a half scale model at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas and a full-sized monument of a similar (but not exact) design in Tokyo, Japan.

Three shades of wonder

Some pictures make the Eiffel Tower look like a dark iron color. But it is, in fact, bronze. Not only that, but the tower is actually painted three different shades to make it appear even taller: darkest on the bottom and lightest on the top.

1.The Eiffel Tower was constructed to ________.

A. show great respect for Gustave Eiffel

B. make Paris the most visited city in the world

C. show the French people’s construction skill

D. celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution

2.Which of the following does the author mention in the passage?

A. The political meaning of the Eiffel Tower.

B. The disadvantages of the Eiffel Tower.

C. The location of the Eiffel Tower.

D. The cost of the Eiffel Tower.

3.Where can you find a structure similar to the Eiffel Tower according to the passage?

A. In New York.

B. In Las Vegas.

C. In Los Angeles.

D. In Florida.

4.The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. tell visitors where to find the replicas of the Eiffel Tower

B. raise people’s awareness of protecting the Eiffel Tower

C. offer people some information about the Eiffel Tower

D. call on people to visit the Eiffel Tower

Until late in the 20th century, most Americans spent time with people of generations. Now mid-aged Americans may not keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves. That’s because we group people by age. We put our three-year-olds together in day-care center, our 13-year-olds in school and sports activities, and our 80-year-olds in senior-citizen homes. Why?

We live away from the old for many reasons: young people sometimes avoid the old to get rid of fears for aging and dying. It is much harder to watch someone we love disappear before our eyes. Sometimes it’s so hard that we stay away from the people who need us most.

Fortunately, some of us have found our way to the old. And we have discovered that they often save the young.

A reporter moved her family onto a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter baked banana bread for the neighbors and had her children deliver it and visit them. Soon the children had many new friends, with whom they shared food, stories and projects. “My children have never been less lonely,” the reporter said.

The young, in turn, save the old. Once I was in a rest home when a visitor showed up with a baby. She was immediately surrounded. People who hadn’t gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Even those who had seemed asleep wake up to watch the child. Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.

Grandparents are a special case. They give grandchildren a feeling of security and continuity. As my husband put it, “my grandparents gave me a deep sense that things would turn out right in the end.”

Grandchildren speak of attention they don’t get from worried parents. “My parents were always telling me to hurry up, and my grandparents told me to slow down,” one friend said. A teacher told me she can tell which pupils have relationships with grandparents: they are quieter, calmer, more trusting.

1. Now in an American family, people can find that ____.

A. children never live with their parents

B. not all working people live with their parents

C. aged people are supported by their grandchildren

D. grandchildren are supported by their grandparents

2. The reason why old people are left alone may be that ____.

A. the old don’t like to live in a big family

B. the young can’t get enough money to support the old

C. different generations have different lifestyles

D. the old are too weak to live with the young

3. The fact that the reporter told us shows that ___.

A. old people in America lead a hard life

B. old people in America enjoy banana bread

C. she had no time to take care of her children

D. old people are easy to get along with

4. Seeing a baby, the old people get excited because ____.

A. they had never seen a baby before

B. the baby was clever and beautiful

C. the baby brought them the image of life

D. the baby’s mother would take care of them

阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。

Have you ever really had a ________? One who saw you as a raw but ________ thing, a jewel that could be ________ to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find such teachers, you will always find your way.

My old professor’s death ________ came in 1994. Doctors guessed he had two years left. Morrie knew it was ________. Do I droop and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left? He had asked himself. ________ everyone was going to die, he could be ________ great value, right? He could be a human ________ for students to learn.

The last class of my old professor’s life had only ________ student. I was the student. The last class ________ once a week in his house, by a window in the study ________ he could watch a small plant shed its pink leaves. The subject was The Meaning of Life. You were ________ to respond to questions, and you were expected to raise questions of your own. You were also required to perform physical tasks now and then, such as lifting the professor’s head to a comfortable spot on the pillow or placing his glasses on the ________ of his nose. Kissing him good-bye earned you extra ________. Many topics were ________, including love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death.

I ________ sometimes at the person I was before I rediscovered my old professor. I want to talk to that person. I want to tell him to pay attention when your loved ones are speaking,as if it ________ the last time you might hear them. I know I cannot do this. None of us can ________ what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded. But if Professor Morris Schwartz taught me anything, it was this: there is no ________ thing as “too late” in life. He was ________ until the day he said good-bye.

1.A. professorB. parentC. teacherD. tutor

2.A. preciousB. ripeC. usefulD. worthless

3.A. changedB. polishedC. madeD. turned

4.A. statementB. announcementC. condemnD. sentence

5.A. longerB. lessC. manyD. much

6.A. SinceB. AlthoughC. BeforeD. With

7.A. inB. ofC. withD. at

8.A. novelB. fictionC. classicD. textbook

9.A. fewB. a fewC. oneD. little

10.A. broke outB. took placeC. occurredD. happened

11.A. whereB. whenC. whichD. what

12.A. requestedB. demandedC. askedD. expected

13.A. faceB. bridgeC. eyebrowD. cheekbone

14.A. reputationB. moneyC. creditD. time

15.A. coveredB. containedC. preservedD. excluding

16.A. look upB. look downC. look aheadD. look back

17.A. isB. wasC. wereD. will be

18.A. doB. redoC. undoD. misdo

19.A. soB. so aC. such aD. such

20.A. changingB. livingC. lastingD. leaving

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