¡¡¡¡During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany's mom£®
¡¡¡¡Tiffany's mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food£®Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked£®I really admired Tiffany£®My mom didn't give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself£®I was annoyed with her£®
¡¡¡¡Whenever I didn't get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany's mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom£®"Every time, my morn would calmly say "Poor Tiffany"£®I couldn't understand her£®"She shouldn't be feeling sorry for Tiffany!" I thought£®"She should be feeling sorry for me£®"
¡¡¡¡One day, I couldn't help saying to Mom, "Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?" I burst into tears£®
¡¡¡¡My mom sat down next to me and said softly£®"Yes, I do feel sorry for her£®I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught£®"
¡¡¡¡I looked up at her£®"What are you talking about?"
¡¡¡¡Mom said with care, "One day she will really want something£®Maybe she'll find out that she can't have it£®Her mother won't always be around to give her money, and what's more, money can't buy everything£®"
¡¡¡¡She continued, "I have taught you valuable lessons by not giving you everything you want£®You'll know how to look for bargains and save money, but she won't£®You'll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won't£®When Tiffany is a grown woman, she'll wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one you've got£®Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food£®"
¡¡¡¡It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom's words£®Now I am a happy and successful woman£®
(1)
During the author's elementary school years, she ________£®
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A£®
wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany's
B£®
went to school with Tiffany every day
C£®
usually compared her lesson with Tiffany's
D£®
sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany
(2)
Why did the author's mom always say "Poor Tiffany"?
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A£®
She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor£®
B£®
She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author£®
C£®
She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother£®
D£®
She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany£®
(3)
What do we learn about the author's mother?
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A£®
She was strict and taught the author to be independent£®
B£®
She cared for other people's children more than her own£®
C£®
She thought that life lessons were as important as money£®
D£®
She was so poor that she couldn't give the author much money£®
(4)
What can we infer from the passage?
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A£®
The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past£®
B£®
The author's mother felt sorry for Tiffany£®
C£®
Tiffany's mother took the author's mother's advice£®
¡¡¡¡Suppose we built a robot(»úÆ÷ÈË)to explore the planet Mars£®We provide the robot with seeing detectors(̽²âÆ÷)to keep it away from danger£®It is powered entirely by the sun£®Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times?No£®The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any£®So we would probably program it to stop its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning£®
¡¡¡¡According to the evolutionary(½ø»¯µÄ)theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason£®The theory does not deny(·ñÈÏ)that sleep provides some important restorative functions(»Ö¸´¹¦ÄÜ)£®It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous£®However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us£®So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent£®
¡¡¡¡The evolutionary theory explains the differences in sleep among creatures£®Why do eats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little?Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do£®But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep£®Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value£®Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival(Éú´æ)depends on their ability to run away from attackers£®
(1)
The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us ________£®
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A£®
the differences between robots and men
B£®
the reason why men need to sleep
C£®
about the need for robots to save power
D£®
about the danger of men working at night
(2)
Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him ________£®
[¡¡¡¡]
A£®
keep up a regular pattern of life
B£®
prevent trouble that comes looking for him
C£®
avoid danger and inefficient labour
D£®
restore his bodily functions
(3)
According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we ________£®
[¡¡¡¡]
A£®
are worrying about our safety
B£®
are overworked
C£®
are in a tent
D£®
are away from home
(4)
Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ________£®
[¡¡¡¡]
A£®
need more time for restoration
B£®
are unlikely to be attackers
C£®
axe more active than homes when they are awake
D£®
spend less time eating to get enough energy
(5)
Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
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A£®
Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking£®
B£®
The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory£®
C£®
Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots£®
D£®
The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats£®
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¡¡¡¡Several years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard£®After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of the table£®That¡¯s when it happened£ºmy father did not reach for the check£®
¡¡¡¡Conversation continued£®Finally I realized that I should pick up the check!After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it had all changed£®I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed£®I was an adult£®I was no longer a kid£®
¡¡¡¡Some people mark off(Çø·Ö)their lives in years, I measure mine in small events£®I didn¡¯t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me ¡°mister£®¡± These events in my life are called ¡°milestones¡±(Àï³Ì±®)
¡¡¡¡There have been other milestones£®The cops(policemen)of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was£®Then one day they were suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was£®They were just big kids£®With that milestone gone was the dream that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player£®Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it£®
¡¡¡¡I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did£®Now it¡¯s what I do best£®I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean£®I never thought that I would appreciate opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestra attract me£®I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties£®I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I fond myself watching them, and maybe I¡¯ll get a book on the subject£®I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I¡¯d want, feel close to my ancestors(×æÏÈ)long gone, and echo my father in arguments with my son£®I still lose¡
¡¡¡¡One day I bought a house£®One day£what a day!¨CI became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father£®I thought then it was a milestone for me£®One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him, too, another milestone£®
(1)
The tone established in the passage is one of ________£®
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A£®
sad regret
B£®
amusement
C£®
happiness
D£®
deep feeling
(2)
The author mentions the event in the restaurant because ________£®
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A£®
that was one of his milestone
B£®
he paid the bill but he didn¡¯t want to
C£®
he became a father with dollars
D£®
that was the last restaurant meal with his parents
(3)
¡°Then they were suddenly neither£®¡± Suggests that ________£®
[¡¡¡¡]
A£®
suddenly they became older than I was
B£®
suddenly I knew that they was neither bigger nor older than I was
C£®
suddenly I realized that I made mistake
D£®
suddenly I found myself no longer a kid
(4)
Which of the following best expresses the author¡¯s thinking?
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A£®
One day is worth two tomorrow
B£®
To save time is to length life
C£®
When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back to you
D£®
Time and tide wait for no man
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¡¡¡¡It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle£®As Christmas drew near, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade, or so we thought£®We bought the latest rages£®Baby-Sitter¡¯s Club dolls, and a doll house£®Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she ¡°really wanted a bike more than anything else£®¡±
¡¡¡¡It was just too late, what will all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying last-minute gifts, to take the time to select the ¡°right bike¡± for our little girl£®So here we were£Christmas Eve around 9¡Ã00 p. m., with Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, nested snug in their beds£®Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child£®¡°What if the bicycle out of clay(a kind of earth)and write a note that she could trade the clay model in for a real bike?¡± her dad asked£®¡°This is an expensive item and she is ¡®such a big girl,¡¯ and it would be much better for her to pick it out£®¡±So he spent the next four hours painstakingly working with clay to make a tiny bike£®
¡¡¡¡On Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little heart-shaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note£®Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud£®¡°Does this mean that I trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?¡±Beaming, I said,¡°Yes£®¡±Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied,¡°I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me£®I¡¯d rather keep this than get a real bike£®¡±At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy every bicycle on the planet!
(1)
Which is the right time order of the following events?
a£®The girl asked for a new bike
b£®The girl opened the little heart-shaped package
c£®The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll£®
d£®The father made the girl a bike with clay£®
e£®The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one£®
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A£®
b, c, e ,d
B£®
a, c, d, b, e
C£®
a, c, b, d, e
D£®
a, b, d, c, e
(2)
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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A£®
The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike forever£®
B£®
Tears were in the girl¡¯s eyes because she didn¡¯t like the present at all£®
C£®
The girl never lost her desire for a bike£®
D£®
The parents paid little attention to the daughter¡¯s desire for a bike£®
(3)
Why did Dad make the clay bicycle?
[¡¡¡¡]
A£®
Because he wanted to buy a real one, but he had no money£®
B£®
Because he didn¡¯t want to disappoint his daughter£®
C£®
Because he thought his daughter would like it£®
D£®
Because he wanted to give his daughter a surprise£®
(4)
What can be inferred from the last sentence of the text?
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A£®
The parents were happy and encouraged£®
B£®
The parents felt comfortable and relaxed£®
C£®
The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl£®
D£®
The parents felt disappointed and sorry for the girl£®
afraid. A person with a green thumb