It was a dark, wet November morning. It seemed like it would take a million years to get to summer again. I thought bears have got it right---- what a perfect idea to sleep through the worst part of the year and wake up when spring comes!

“Want some words of affirmation(肯定)?” a coworker, seeing my mood, kindly suggested. “You don’t think they would cheer you up?”

“Today? No.” I shook my head.

“I used to think so too,” he said, “until I realized the effect my words had on a certain person. Well, it was someone I knew pretty well. I have to say I treated him rather badly.”

“You? But you are always so positive! How did you treat him badly?”

“I told him I did not like anything about him, really. I told him I did not even like his name. In fact, it wasn’t only what I said. I also did pretty bad things to him. When he was hungry, I did not give him the chance to eat proper food. When he felt like doing something fun, I said to him that he was being childish and having fun was not productive (有成果的). And worst of all, when he was sick and needed care, I did not care. I told him to get up and get to work. And when he did, I never told him he did good work. You could say I was ashamed of him,” he said. “I wanted to get rid of him because he just wasn’t good enough for me---but couldn’t.”

“But that was heartless!”

He nodded. “Then one day it all changed. I stood there in front of the bathroom mirror one morning. I saw the dark circles under his eyes, I saw the excess (过量的) weight. I saw the hair that needed cutting. And I saw the eyes that once had looked at the world eagerly. Now they were so sad and tired. And there and then I realized he deserved better. So I told the man I had disliked for so many years that he was a good person after all.”

My jaw (下巴) dropped. I looked at him---full of positive energy, in good shape, always ready to encourage others.

“Wow…”

He winked (眨眼) at me. “So how about having a little positive conversation with the bathroom mirror? The person in there has the greatest effect on you!”

1.The first paragraph implies that .

A. the author felt frustrated that morning

B. the weather in November was the worst in a year

C. the author didn’t enjoy his work environment

D. the author always felt bad in winter

2.The author’s coworker used to be a person who .

A. was very proud of himself

B. treated people differently

C. worked hard to keep fit

D. criticized himself a lot

3.Which paragraph gives a clue about who the person that a author’s coworker treated badly was?

A. Paragraph 4. B. Paragraph 8.

C. Paragraph 6. D. The last paragraph.

4.What does the author’s coworker suggest the author do?

A. Be helpful to those in need.

B. Be confident in the face of difficulty.

C. Be positive about himself.

D. Be kind to those who make mistakes.

完形填空(本题共10小题,每小题1分,共计10分)

阅读下面短文,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Will the sky ever fall? The answer is no. But if it________, there’s no need to be afraid!

Chicken Little is an American cartoon film. It’s very popular around the world. Its story teaches us: don’t worry too much in your________.

One day Chicken Little is in the forest when an acorn(橡果)falls on his head! This makes him________ . He thinks a piece of the sky is falling!

He can’t wait to tell________about it. They run for their lives!

When people________the truth, no one likes Chicken Little. They laugh at him. He gets a bad name in the town. It’s time for him to change others’ ________.

Chicken Little begins to play baseball. He is not bigger than a ball, ________he plays it very well! He helps his team________ . Now they think he’s great.

Just then, a spaceship really does fall from the________! The aliens (外星人)have bad plans. Once again he must tell people about it.

Will he get help from his friends in the town? Can he show himself a /an ________ person? You will get the answer from the cartoon film.

1.A. takes B. happens C. leaves D. works

2.A. life B. family C. sports D. study

3.A. happy B. excited C. surprised D. afraid

4.A. anyone B. someone C. everyone D. no one

5.A. forget B. write C. know D. ask

6.A. minds B. plans C. programs D. jobs

7.A. and B. so C. but D. or

8.A. lose B. beat C. miss D. win

9.A. land B. water C. grass D. sky

10.A. difficult B. different C. outgoing D. beautiful

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds dashing and dancing in the exciting atmosphere above the earth. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check.

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the controlling string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow(牵引), facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They flew beautifully even as they fought the forced restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say, “Free to fly with the wind.”

Yet freedom from control simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic gentle wind. It flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a twisted mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”. Free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to settle down lifeless against the first roadblock.

How much like kites we sometimes are. There always exist misfortunes and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Prohibition is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us pulled at the rules so hard that we never fly fast to reach the heights we might have obtained. If we keep all the commandment(戒律), we will never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the prohibitions are actually the steady force that helps us climb and achieve.

1.In the passage the writer watched _______.

A. many young people flying multicolored kites

B. many birds dashing and dancing in the sky

C. many young people enjoying the sunny day

D. the strong winds blowing against the sky

2.What didn’t happen to the freed kite?

A. It was blown helplessly around.

B. It lay powerless in the dirt.

C. It was trapped in a dead bush.

D. It kept flying freely in the air.

3.What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

A. To give up tips on how to fly kites effectively.

B. To warn us that freedom is actually powerless.

C. To teach us a lesson that rules are important in life.

D. To explain that restrictions are really unnecessary.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Where to Fly B. Fly with Restrictions

C. Why to Fly Kites D. Fly to Freedom

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