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After the examination, the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and that I would lose my sight finally. On the way home from hospital, no one said a word. One day, would I only imagine the scenery beyond the glass rather than see it?

That September, I entered middle school. Most nights I had homework that included an armful of books to read. To keep up with other children, I took great trouble to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily. What’s worse, after I had read several pages on my own, the words slipped off the page into inky pools.

However, then I did not have audio books and electronic devices like kids do now. Instead, Mom volunteered to read out loud. Mom worked part-time, cleaned the house, cooked and spent time with Grandma. In spite of being so busy, she showed up in my room like clockwork. She put on her reading glasses. Mom always thought those glasses made her look old. To me, she looked like a teacher.

In my room, Mom’s voice raced with the ticking of the clock. Being forced to focus on listening, I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with the other kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand with confidence. Teachers praised me for having a good memory. Reading removed my fear for my failing sight, reading also made me curious about other people’s challenges and how they managed. Though I could not use my eyes to fix on each passage, my mind lit up with every new book.

True to what the doctor said, the worst came, but thanks to Mom, my sense of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother to her child.

1.Why did the author and his parents keep silent on their way back home from hospital?

A. They all wanted to have a good rest.

B. The author didn’t do well in the exam.

C. What the doctor said made them worried.

D. They focused on the scenery along the road.

2.How did the author manage to get high marks?

A. By being confident.

B. By reading as many books as possible.

C. By getting help from his classmates.

D. By listening carefully.

3.We can learn from the text that ____________.

A. the author’s sight recovered finally

B. reading made the author more sensitive

C. the author’s mother didn’t work to look after him

D. reading made the author not worry about his sight

4.Which of the following could be the best title of the text?

A. My eyesight trouble

B. An unforgettable experience

C. With ears wide open

D. About Mother’s love

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Do you always forget where you placed your keys or your purse? What was the name of the movie you saw last week? The major cause of your forgetfulness may be linked to what you store in your body, not in your short-term memory bank.

Tests continue to show that people with enough Vitamin B-2 do well in memory exams. The "B" could stand for "brain", if you're one of many with limited instant recall. And the number one source of that vitamin (维生素) is sunflower seeds.

Even when you're sleeping or relaxing, your brain is still at work. Although it makes up just two percent of your total body weight, it uses up to 30 % of the calories (卡路里) you take in each day. For it to work properly, it must be fed. Even if you're not a breakfast eater, that meal is the best way to prepare your brain for the day. A quick and easy English muffin with peanut and butter in it, a glass of milk, and an orange, might be what your brain may be asking you the first thing in the morning when you feel your head is in a fog. Having sunflower seeds and fruit between meals adds more muscle to that hungry, demanding organ. Vitamin B-1 also helps the memory, and that is found in eggs, meats and nuts. In Chinese culture, walnuts are known as the fruit for a long life because it is believed that they feed both the kidneys and the brain. And according to Chinese culture, if you keep those two important organs in good working order, you'll live longer.

However forgetful you are, just keep in mind the letter "B", which will help you to "bear in mind almost everything" even on those days when life's challenges are sending you in a billion directions.

1.The underlined word "muffin" in the third paragraph probably means________.

A. menu B. dinner C. cookie D. calorie

2.What can we conclude from the passage?

A. Two percent of our brain is still active when we are sleeping or relaxing.

B. What we eat seems more important than what we learn in terms of memory.

C. It doesn't make much difference to our brain whether we have breakfast or not.

D. Life's challenges have no effect on our memory, if dealt with in a proper way.

3.In the passage, Chinese culture is mentioned to________.

A. support the idea of long life

B. warn the readers of two organs

C. show the importance of vitamin B-1

D. remind us of walnuts and sunflower seeds

4.What can you get from the passage?

A. Keep in mind the letter "B"

B. The younger, the better memory

C. Learn about Chinese culture

D. Try to get more rest

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On Sunday I had my own Father’s Day celebration. Suddenly I ________ about my dad a lot. My dad is absolutely the ________ man in the world. He would________ refuse anyone in trouble.

Every Thursday night, my dad would ________ Shreveport, to a church there. I always drove the car for him.

________ this happened many times, I recall ( 回想起) one incident on one of those trips to Shreveport. That time on the ________ , my dad saw a hitchhiker(搭便车的人 ). Dad asked me to pull the car over and offer him a ________ . Dad asked him his name and address, told him ours, and talked to him about all sorts of things.

At first the hitchhiker was hesitant (迟疑的 ), but he changed his ________ as he could tell we were really listening to him. I did know that it was quite________ outside and the hitchhiker was very happy to be able to get a lift in our warm car.

We ________ another forty-five minutes and learned that the hitchhiker was ________ many difficulties in life. Dad told him to keep his head up and said that________ would become better for him soon. He reached into his pocket and ________ the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill, leaving only a ten-dollar bill for himself. The hitchhiker then became very ________ .

I was always told never to ________ a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every time he saw one. Dad always gave them money ________ he did not have much of his own.

From that I’ve learned a lot about my dad and ________ . I’ve learned that if you come from a place with ________ , you will show a lot of kindness to people who are ________ . Just one single kind act may________ someone’s life.

1.A. worriedB. thoughtC. talkedD. learned

2.A. cleverestB. bravestC. kindestD. funniest

3.A. neverB. everC. oftenD. sometimes

4.A. drive toB. stay inC. come fromD. head for

5.A. BecauseB. SoC. UnlessD. Although

6.A. fieldB. streetC. sideD. way

7.A. dinnerB. rideC. chanceD. sign

8.A. attitudeB. tripC. routeD. plan

9.A. darkB. sunnyC. coldD. windy

10.A. walkedB. escapedC. droveD. flew

11.A. facingB. forgettingC. enjoyingD. causing

12.A. habitsB. choicesC. ideasD. things

13.A. returnedB. handedC. paidD. charged

14.A. angryB. nervousC. sadD. grateful

15.A. listen toB. pick upC. laugh atD. look at

16.A. as soon asB. except thatC. even ifD. as if

17.A. lifeB. businessC. adventureD. entertainment

18.A. laughterB. successC. complaintD. love

19.A. sufferingB. travellingC. playingD. studying

20.A. destroyB. changeC. riskD. share

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1. Instead, they learn at home. They are taught by adults, more often ,their parents are their teachers. Educational companies, libraries and the Internet provide many families with teaching material.

2. Some choose it because of their religious beliefs. Others say it provides more time for the family to be together. They say home offers a better place for learning. Some parents believe home-schooling avoids problems of traditional schools. These include classes that have too many students. Critics, however, say children need to attend school with other children.

3. Some states(州)do not require much preparation made by parents or testing of children. Other states have more requirements for home-schooling. Home-schooling in the United States began when the country was established. In farm areas, people often lived far from a school. Widespread home-schooling took place until about the middle of the 19th century. Then, in 1852, the state of Massachusetts passed the first law requiring children to attend school.

Over the years, the American public education system strengthened and grew. By the 1960s and 1970s, however, some Americans believed that traditional education was not helping their children. 4.

Home-schooling expert Linda Dobson says many people have helped the movement grow. She says many kinds of people have joined the movement. 5. They represent many races, religions and political beliefs. Ms. Dobson says the number of home-schooled children has increased by an estimated fifteen to twenty percent each year during the last fifteen years.

A. Parents choose home-schooling for several reasons.

B. Home-schooling is not accepted by all the people.

C. More than one million children in the United States do not go to school.

D. So a number of parents began home-schooling.

E. All fifty American states and the District of Columbia permit home-schooling.

F. She says these include rich people and poor people.

G. They are mainly rich people.

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