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I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“None.”

“Where did you go?”

“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“What did you do?”

“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“You just stood there?”

“Didn’t sell a single one.”

“My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel. It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1.Why did the boy start his job young?

A．He wanted to be famous in the future.

B．The job was quite easy for him.

C．His mother had high hopes for him.

D．The competition for the job was fierce.

2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

A．excited B．interested C．ashamed D．disappointed

3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A．She forced him to continue. B．She punished him.

C．She gave him some money. D．She changed her plan.

4.What does the underlined word “nickel” most possibly mean?

A．a note that is worth ten dollars

B．a bill signed in acknowledgement of debt

C．a list showing how much you have to pay

D．a coin that is worth five cents

5.What is the text mainly about?

A．The early life of a journalist.

B．The early success of a journalist.

C．The happy childhood of the writer.

D．The important role of the writer in his family.

One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to 1 the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he 2 me.

A few days later he asked me to help him again, because he 3 how to do it. When I began to show this to him, some students in my class 4 and began to talk among themselves 6 . Later that day, at lunch time, I was 5 by several of them.

“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll 7 you…”

I could not believe what I was hearing．I could get paid for something very 8 ．" All right．I'll do it．" The next day my math teacher 9 me to help him out．When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F’s to A’s．

I soon became very 10 among my friends. They began to treat me like a god with a magical 11 . I began to change the grades of students．Word 12 quickly and I became very rich．

Everything was going fine 13 I was called into the headmaster's office．When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry 14 in his eyes． "I have known you for three years now．I don't want to 15 what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must．He has too much 16 , " he said．" Do you have anything to say 17 yourself?" he asked．

"No．" I said finally．I did not realize how serious my actions had been．I had violated the 18 of my teacher, and the headmaster．And there was no way 19 ．I was forced to leave my school．

That was a good 20 for me．

1. A．assess B． access C．mark D．change

2. A．accepted B．supported C．guided D．thanked

3. A．doubted B．reminded C．forgot D．remembered

4. A．noticed B．hid C．agreed D．complained

5. A．disappointedly B．quietly C．angrily D．freely

6. A．appointed B．appreciated C．approved D．approached

7. A．follow B．pay C．inspire D．praise

8. A．simple B．interesting C．familiar D．pleasant

9. A．encouraged B．got C．forced D．advised

10. A．optimistic B．grateful C．popular D．sensitive

11. A．power B．strength C．energy D．right

12. A．slipped B．spread C．escaped D．fled

13. A．after B．since C．until D．as

14. A．look B．light C．sight D．feeling

15. A．influence B．ignore C．oppose D．believe

16. A．experience B．confidence C．evidence D．pressure

17. A．to B．by C．of D．for

18. A．trust B．intention C．promise D．honor

19. A．in B．on C．down D．back

20. A．story B．skill C．lesson D．example

After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.

During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:

Dear Dick,

My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.

I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.

Your friend,

Matthew

1.The boy looked forward to meeting the author because _________.

A．he was one of the author’s fans

B．he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal

C．he was also good at weight lifting

D．he admired the author for his courage very much

2.From the passage we learn that _________.

A．Matthew was an athlete

B．Matthew was an optimistic and determined boy

C．The author used to have the same disease as Matthew had

D．Matthew became a champion before he died

3.Matthew didn’t accept the author’s medal because _________.

A．he thought it was too expensive

B．he was sure that he could win one in the future

C．he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon

D．he would not be pitied by others

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．A sick boy. B．A special friend. C．A real champion. D．A famous athlete.

Yesterday was my stepmother’s birthday. I haven’t been home for a long time, so I wanted to stop by the house to 36 her on this special day. I have been 37

on a low income so I was afraid that I couldn’t afford the long 38 . Gas is so expensive nowadays! 39 , I filled my tank with gas and set off.

I 40 at a shopping mall and found a present. It was the 41 gift and I knew she would love it. 42 when I got to the cashier, my card was 43 !

I didn’t have enough money to 44 the gift!

So I thought about the 45 for a few minutes. I could put it back and get something 46 , but I knew there was 47 else in the store she would have liked as much. So, I transferred some money from my saving account and was able to buy the gift. It took a 48 part of my savings but I wanted her to have something special.

It turned out that she loved the gift and I 49 that even though I had spent almost all my money, my stepmother 50 the best. I was glad I gave her the best I could.

Before I 51 my parents’ house, my dad took me to one side and, with our secret handshake, he gave me some money. I hadn’t 52 anything to him about my financial 53 , but I guessed my dad just knew. When I got to the car, I saw the 54 he gave me was three times what I had spent on the gas and the gift! It shows that doing the right thing always comes with great 55 .

1.

A．invite

B．help

C．see

D．drive

2.

A．dreaming

B．struggling

C．escaping

D．improving

3.

A．jump

B．meeting

C．holiday

D．journey

4.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Anyway

D．Besides

5.

A．stopped

B．left

C．shouted

D．smoked

6.

A．perfect

B．ordinary

C．handmade

D．free

7.

A．Though

B．So

C．Since

D．But

8.

A．gone

B．checked

C．refused

D．opened

9.

A．hang on

B．hand out

C．make up

D．pay for

10.

A．ideal

B．problem

C．reason

D．tour

11.

A．better

B．greater

C．cheaper

D．smaller

12.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

13.

A．whole

B．tiny

C．half

D．large

14.

A．felt

B．advised

C．decided

D．predicted

15.

A．accepted

B．deserved

C．offered

D．sent

16.

A．entered

B．left

C．called

D．visited

17.

A．written

B．promised

C．presented

D．mentioned

18.

A．memory

B．condition

C．means

D．future

19.

A．benefit

B．help

C．amount

D．knowledge

20.

A．rewards

B．awards

C．risks

D．thanks

1.English plays an important part in our life so we a__________________ great importance to learning English well.

2.In order to lose weight, she has been on a d__________ recently.

3.There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a day’s work, went late at night to d____________ a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.

4.The book Lin Qiaozhi wrote was one that explained how to cut the death r___________ from having and caring for babies.

5.Dr. Yuan has another dream: to ___________ (输出；出口) his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.

6.It is generally accepted that smoking is h____________ to our health.

7.People say Vancouver is Canada’s most beautiful city, s_______________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

8.I went to American embassy to s____________ help, but I failed.

9.China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people are a___________ the moon and in China enjoy moon cakes.

10.He is wearing sunglasses to p____________ his eyes from the sun.

11. Most scientists believe that water doesn’t e______________ on the surface of the moon.

12.Mohandas Gandhi was a great leader of India, who helped gain India’s i______________ from Britain.

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