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What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed in to their nightclothes. Mary had ___36___ them a story and finally they were asleep. “Babysitting(照看)the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ___37___,” she thought.

“Sleep,” she considered, “if only I could!” But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she ___38___ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a(an) ___39___ way to make money obviously hadn’t met the three boys, she thought. The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim. Mary’s ___40___ felt heavier and heavier. I mustn’t sleep, she thought — which was ___41___ what she did, of course.

Strangely enough, she soon ___42___ that she was a world-famous chef(主厨). She made a ___43___ and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or ___44___ — her favorite hobby. She ___45___ took the leading role in her own TV show.

That is, until she became too ___46___. “I am definitely the best in the world,” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish. But ___47___ seemed to go right. She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger. Despite all the troubles, she ___48___ to get the chicken into the dove. Soon, smoke blanketed the room. The chicken was on fire. ___49___ set in, but Mary could not run — she was ___50___ to the spot. She tried hard to move, but could not, ___51___ a sharp sound awoke her.

She got shocked and confused — ___52___ was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three ___53___ little faces and some very burnt bread. “Sorry, we were hungry and you were ___54___, so we tried to make some bread,” explained a boy. Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed. She___37__  them never to fall asleep on the job again!

36.   A.    given                     B.    written                  C.    told                D.    taught

37.   A.    successful             B.    helpful                   C.    tiring              D.    surprising

38.   A.    shook                    B.    put                        C.    bent               D.    kept

39.   A.    difficult                 B.    boring                   C.    important D.    easy

40.   A.    eyes                      B.    mind                     C.    heart              D.    legs

41.   A.    nicely                    B.    exactly                  C.    curiously        D.    carelessly

42.   A.    realized                  B.    reminded               C.    learnt             D.    dreamt

43.   A.    decision                 B.    fortune                  C.    business         D.    plan

44.   A.    cooking                 B.    reading                  C.    running          D.    babysitting

45.   A.    just                       B.    ever                      C.    even               D.    only

46.   A.    selfish                   B.    proud                    C.    stubborn         D.    sensitive

47.   A     everything             B.    something              C.    anything         D.    nothing

48.   A.    tried                      B.    arranged                C.    managed         D.    prepared

49.   A.    Panic                    B.    Pain                      C.    Noise             D.    Stress

50.   A.    frozen                   B.    dragged                 C.    pushed           D.    brought

51.   A.    because                 B.    until                      C.    as                  D.    unless

52.   A.    smoke                   B.    light                      C.    water             D.    fire

53.   A.    cheerful                 B.    strange                  C.    guilty             D.    confident

54.   A.    busy                            B.    hungry                  C.    worried          D.    asleep

55.   A.    promised               B.    allowed                 C.    expected         D.    persuaded

    


Two elderly women in my community died "full of years,"which means both died from the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid visits to the two families.
The son of one of the deceased(已故的) women said to me,"If only I had sent my mother to Florida and got her out of this cold ,she would be alive today. "The son of the other deceased woman said, "If only I hadn't insisted on my mother's going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. "
When things don't turn out as we would like them to, it is very likely for us to think that if we had done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty.
There seem to be two elements in our readiness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense and that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to try to find the patterns and connections.
The second element is the notion(观念)that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. Psychologists trace this feeling back to our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. The world works for him. When he cries, someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow the notion that our wishes cause things to happen.
69.What is said about the two deceased elderly women?
A. They lived long and died after a natural life.
B. They died due to lack of care by family members.
C. They died of the tiredness after the long plane ride.
D. They weren't quite used to the change in weather.
70.People feel guilty for the deaths of their beloved ones because_______.
A. they believe that they were responsible
B. they do not know the natural course of events
C. they couldn't find a better way to express their grief
D. they didn't know things often turn out in the opposite direction
71.The underlined sentence "the world makes sense" probably means that_______.
A. we have to be sensible so as to understand the world
B. everything in the world is pre-determined
C. there's an explanation for everything in the world
D. the world can be interpreted in different ways
72.People have been made to believe since babyhood that_______.
A. every story should have a happy ending
B. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens
C. life and death is an unsolved mystery
D. everybody should obey their wills without question

I am a long distance runner. When I was thirty-one, I was in a serious car accident. The doctor told me that they would try to get me to walk “normally” but I would never run again—terrible news for someone who views running as the oxygen(氧气) she breathes. The doctors were right. For the next nine and a half years, I was unable to run more than twenty-five feet.
In 2006, I began self-training to take part in a 60-mile walk. Three months into preparing, I realized that walking 4-5 hours a day was too long. If only I could jog(慢跑) part of it—that would cost me less time. I started jogging without my knees aching. Slowly, I increased the distance. The doctor were proved wrong—it only took nine and a half years to do so.
While practicing, I suffered a loss—a dear friend suddenly died. His work had been to help women to accept themselves and reach their fullest potential(潜力). He believed that people should let nothing hold them back from achieving their goals. Soon after his death, a crazy thought entered my mind: what if I could run the LA Marathon? I knew that if I didn’t train to my fullest, the doctor would win. So I trained seven days a week. And I succeeded in crossing the finish line of the LA Marathons all over the United States to the astonishment of my doctors. They never believed that I would achieve that.
The aches and pains I experience while training and racing are nothing compared to the suffering people whom I respect must accept.
【小题1】What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 1?

A.She didn’t believe what the doctor said.
B.She often felt it was hard to tolerate.
C.She loved running very much.
D.She lost heart after the accident.
【小题2】The author tried jogging because she wanted to ______.
A.save some timeB.protect her feet
C.get more exerciseD.catch up with others
【小题3】Why did the author decide to join in the marathon?
A.Because she was so sorry for the loss of a friend.
B.Because she was encouraged by her dead friend’s words.
C.Because she wanted to prove the doctors were wrong.
D.Because she wanted to make more friends.
【小题4】What does the underlined word “astonishment” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.Surprise.B.Sadness.
C.Disappointment.D.Anger.

I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence(吊唁) calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased(亡故的)woman said to me, “If only I sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died. ”At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

1.The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because____.

A.he was minister of the local church

B.he wanted to comfort the two families

C.he was an official from the community

D.he had great pity for the deceased

2.People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because ____.

A.they couldn’t find a better way to express their sorrow.

B.they had neglected the natural course of events

C.they believed that they were responsible

D.they didn’t know things often turn in the opposite direction

3.According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that _____

A.everything in the world is predetermined

B.there’s an explanation for everything in the world

C.the world can be interpreted in different ways

D.we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

4. What’s the idea of the message?

A.Life and death is an unsolved mystery

B.Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault

C.Every story should have a happy ending

D.In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away

 

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