I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most   1   and tiring games I've ever had. When Ed first phoned and   2   we play. I laughed quietly, figuring on an   3   victory all. Ed's idea of   4   has always been nothing more   5   than lifting a fork to his mouth,   6   I can remember, Ed's been the least physically fit member in the family, and   7    proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often   8   about that I'd refused to buy a   9   T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed  10   for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly  11   , I was so surprised that I was   12   . My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape.   13   , at the point in our game when I'd have predicted (预计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was   14   7 to 9 and Ed was  15   . The sudden realization was painful. We   16   to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up. I was having serious   17   about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone    18   that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to   19   . In a way, I think we both won. I the game, but cousin Ed my  20

1. A. encouraging         B. hopeless           C. surprising         D. regular

2. A. declared             B. mentioned     C. persuaded         D. suggested

3. A. unforgettable          B. unexpected         C. easy             D. early

4. A. exercise             B. preparation         C. joy               D. fitness

5. A. time-saving          B. comfortable           C. suitable            D. effort-making

6. A. As soon as           B. As long as         C. When       D. Since

7. A. strangely            B. personally         C. reasonably          D. eagerly

8. A. cared               B. forgot            C. quarreled          D. joked

9. A. clean               B. larger             C. straight            D. darker

10. A. set out             B. got ready          C. arrived                D. returned

11. A. notice              B. admire            C. believe           D. measure

12. A. nervous                B. curious           C. careless            D. speechless

13. A. After all            B. As a result          C. Above all          D. At last

14. A. mistakenly          B. then             C. instead                D. naturally

15. A. leading             B. coming           C. waiting           D. counting

16. A. pretended           B. stopped            C. continued         D. decided

17. A. thoughts            B. doubts            C. situations          D. problems

18. A. scoring            B. completing          C. receiving          D. keeping

19. A. play               B. start             C. sleep              D. move

20. A. friendship           B. respect           C. support        D. favor

 

Sometimes life makes more sense when you look at it in reverse (相反). That's certainly been true for me.

Last Christmas, at 39, I caught a disease which attacked my knees and eyes. At its worst I could hardly walk or see. For months I' d have to crawl (爬) across the floor to use the bathroom or get a drink of water when my husband wasn't home. For a while I could only see shapes and colors so I couldn't drive.

My parents kept begging me to let them come out to stay with me in Los Angeles, but our apartment is small and I knew there was nothing they could really do to help me. For the excellent health insurance my husband had through his job, I was receiving the best medical care possible.

My only problem was that I couldn't drive to my doctors' appointments and I didn't want my husband to keep missing work to drive me. Three days after I explained this to my parents, a check came from them with a note saying this was "taxi money". Several months later another check showed up from my brother to help make up our income since I wasn't able to work. It probably goes without saying that I was extremely grateful to have family members who could and would support me during the hard time.

In terms of my day-to-day existence, I live in a village within Los Angeles called Brentwood so I was able to walk to the local post office, market, bank, and library. But once there, I had to depend on the kindness of strangers to help me. Los Angeles is a big city, but I lived in a village with a wonderful community (社区) of people who were kind and patient.

Slowly I became well. Life was good again and I thought I had a clear understanding of the blessings (恩惠) this illness has provided.

When the author's husband was at home, he __________.

A. was still busy working

B. often had a good rest

C. often helped her a lot

D. taught her to drive a car

Why did the author not want her husband to drive her to her doctors' appointments?

A. Her husband didn't drive well.

B. Her husband was too busy.

C. She didn't want to affect his work.

D. Her doctor was far away from her.

What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A. The help that the author received from her family members.

B. The influence of the author's disease on her family.

C. The author's thanks to her family members.

D. The way the author saw her doctors.

What did the author feel about Brentwood?

A. She thought it was small but convenient.

B. She felt it was hard to live there.

C. She thought it was small and strange.

D. She felt warm and comfortable there.

I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.
【小题1】The author’s roommate offered to help him because________.

A.he felt sorry for the author
B.he thought it was a chance to make some money
C.he knew the doctor was a very good one
D.he wanted the author to have a good lawyer
【小题2】The word “charge” in the third paragraph means_________ .
A.ask as a priceB.accuseC.be responsibleD.claim
【小题3】Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.
A.friendlyB.busy C.professional D.selfish
【小题4】What conclusion can you draw from the story?
A.Going to court is something very common in America.
B.One must be very careful while driving a car.
C.There are more bad sides in America than good sides.
D.Money is more important than other things in the US.

The repairman told me, “No charge Professor Pan! We’re friends.” “I’d rather pay,” I replied.“If it’s free, I can’t afford it!”

Chinese often refuse payment for professional services, insisting, "We’re friends now!" But then they show up later to ask me to tutor them in English, or get them into an American university, and I wish I’d have just paid the 30 yuan I owed them in the first place!

According to the Americans, "There’s no free lunch," meaning that there’s a price for everything, and I’m always looking around to figure out what this means.Many of our neighbours have given us fruit or flowers or costly teas, never asking anything in return.For years, a bicycle repairman has repeatedly refused to let me pay him."Wait until you have something major to fix! "he insists.

I mentioned to a peasant friend that I wished I had a stone mill to grind(磨)flour for bread.A month later he showed up with a beautiful mill that he’d had his uncle in the countryside carve from a solid block of granite(花岗石).

Chinese generosity(慷慨)is a real education for Americans like me, who would rather avoid social entanglements (纠纷) and just hand over the money.But cash can’t compensate(补偿)for the greatest gift--friendship.

When an American saw some of my friends sitting on bamboo stools under the trees, sipping(呷)tea, he said, "They  must have nothing better to do.""Actually, "I said, "they are professors, with plenty to do.But probably you’re right in saying that, at this moment, they have nothing better to do.And neither do I!" And I joined the group.We chatted about tea and Chinese cooking and how much my boys have grown since we arrived.One man said, "They were pocket-sized when you came here.Now

they’re taller than you.How time flies!"

How life flies.And Chinese are smart enough to share what they know they cannot keep.They freely give of their time, never too busy to help a friend.And they are teaching me, slowly, to both give and receive.So the next time someone says, "No charge.We’re friends! " I will thank them heartily.But if they show up later asking me to tutor them in English, I’ll make sure they tutor my son in Chinese as well, because there’s still no free lunch.

64.The author insisted on paying repairman while he was offered free repairs because he     .

A.was an honest man

B.didn’t know the repairman

C.thought it natural to pay for others’ service

D.didn’t want to help others in return

65.Generally, the author thinks that Chinese are _________.

A.generous and always ready to help their friends

B.good at exchange of equal values

C.free enough to drink tea and chat with their friends

D.helpful but don’t treasure time

66.The best title of the passage should be “       ”.

A.Learn to Both Give And Receive    B.A Good Lesson from Chinese

C.True Help or Not                   D.Still No Free Lunch

67.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The Chinese would rather not take the money to avoid problems in social communication.

B.When a peasant knew the author needed a mill, he made one for the author himself.

C.The author thinks that Chinese are wise enough to enjoy the limited life.

D.The author thinks little of Chinese way of life.

 

Britain’s symbolic red phone boxes have become out of date in the age of the mobile, but villages across the country are stepping in to save them, with creative intelligence. Whether as a place to exhibit art, poetry, or even as a tiny library, hundreds of phone boxes have been given a new life by local communities determined to preserve a typical part of British life. In Waterperry, a small village near Oxford, the 120 residents have filled the phone box next to the old house with a pot of flowers, piles of gardening and cooking magazines, and stuck poems on the walls.

They took control of the phone box when telecoms operator BT said it was going to pull it down, an announcement that caused such dissatisfaction that one local woman threatened to chain herself to the box to save it. “I’d have done it,”insisted Kendall Turner. “It would have been heartbreaking for the village.”Local councilor Tricia Hallam, who came up with the idea for the phone box’s change, said quite a few people would have joined her, adding, “We couldn’t let it go because it’s a British symbol.”

Only three feet by three feet wide, and standing 2.51-meter tall, the phone boxes were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1936 for the 25th anniversary of the reign of King George V.Painted in “Post Office red” to match the post boxes, they were once a typical image of England and the backdrop(背景)to millions of tourist photographs.

Eight years ago there were about 17,000 across Britain, but today, in a country where almost everybody has a mobile phone, 58 percent are no longer profitable and ten percent are only used once a month. “On average, maintaining them costs $800 a year per phone box — about £44 million annually,” said John Lunb, general manager for BT Payphones.

1..Some red phone boxes in Britain have been used for ______ .

  a.selling flowers     b.cooking           c.reading       d.exhibiting art or poetry

A.a,b             B.c,d           C.a,b,c         D.b,c,d

2..Why do the villagers want to keep the red phone boxes ?

  A.Because millions of people visit Britain to see the red phone boxes.

B.Because the local people could earn a lot of money from the red phone boxes.

C.Because the red phone boxes have already become a symbol of Britain.

D.Because the red phone boxes may be useful for some people in emergency.

3..What is the color of the British post boxes according to the passage ?

  A.Green.          B.Red.          C.Black.            D.Yellow.

4..What is John Lumb’s attitude towards pulling down the red phone boxes ?

  A.Supportive.     B.Opposed.      C.Neutral.      D.Indifferent.

 

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