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It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36  up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was  37 jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just   38 a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39   was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40  happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of   41 .
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had   42  an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just   43  I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor.   44  that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was   45  than that, for I felt I had become a part of their    46 .
Freda stayed at home with the kids,   47 I would often see her in the morning 48
them to school. And I’d be there when they   49  home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had   50  them grow up. Now I was fired, but the   51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.   
I left Freda’s  52  relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I  53 them? As a matter of fact. I’m   54  an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  55  of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.
小题1:
A．movingB．comingC．jumpingD．stepping
小题2:
A．hangingB．makingC．changingD．wearing
小题3:
A．washed B．cleanedC．sweptD．brushed
小题4:
A．dutyB．payC．workD．money
小题5:
A．neverB．seldomC．alreadyD．yet
小题6:
A．lossB．surprise C．fearD．regret
小题7:
A．startedB．improvedC．developedD．broken
小题8:
A．why B．whatC．thatD．which
小题9:
A．butB．andC．orD．for
小题10:
A．lessB．moreC．leastD．most
小题11:
A．storyB．lifeC．activityD．experience
小题12:
A．soB．asC．sinceD．however
小题13:
A．takingB．bringingC．meetingD．calling
小题14:
A．leftB．marchedC．went D．returned
小题15:
A．foundB．noticedC．watchedD．realized
小题16:
A．possibleB．greatC．properD．strange
小题17:
A．meaning B．resultC．natureD．importance
小题18:
A．forB．toC．withD．at
小题19:
A．merelyB．certainlyC．probablyD．hardly
小题20:
A．memberB．personC．relativeD．companion

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:A

试题分析：本文叙述的是一个和雇主建立了深厚的感情的保洁员当要离开雇主家时的不舍和感慨。
小题1:A 考查区分动词词义和语境理解。破折号后的内容是对前面的解释。根据常识，“我”（每天）会擦地板，洗碗等，可推测“我”在三层楼的房子里上下走动。而stepping (迈步)，coming (来)，jumping (跳)，不符合本句语意，所以A正确
小题2:D考查区分动词词义和语境理解。根据空后宾语jeans and a sweater.牛仔裤和毛衣，当然是穿着，所以D正确。
小题3:B 考查区分动词词义和语境理解。. A. washed 洗  B. cleaned使）清洁; 变干净; 除去…的灰尘; 使…干净; C. swept   擦  D. brushed 刷，根据空后宾语a pile of papers spread around her.散放在她周围的一堆文件，所以得出C正确。
小题4:B 考查区分动词。根据空后was going to be reduced by thirty percent将被减少百分之三十，A. duty责任B. pay 工资C. work 工作D. money钱，所以B正确。
小题5:C考查区分副词，根据句意：他们尽力生活得好像已经发生一样。根据前句was going to be reduced by thirty percent，将被减少而实际上还没有减，所以是好像已经发生，所以C正确。
小题6: A 考查名词和语境理解。我为他们感到遗憾，但也有一种失落感。A.loss失落B. surprise惊讶C. fear 害怕D. regret遗憾，根据上文Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more他告诉我讲不再需要我，即我要离开他家，所以是失落感
小题7:C考查动词。句意：我在他家做保洁做了六年而且和他们全家人建立了没想到的关系。A. started开始B. improved改善C. developed培养，发展D. broken打破，根据宾语relationship，所以C正确。
小题8:C考查连词。句意：不仅仅是我做保洁做得好，而且我已经学回来怎样在女孩的床上摆好玩具，A. why为什么B. what什么C. that无词义D. which哪一个，根据句意本句不少词义不少成分，所以C正确。
小题9:C 考查固定短语。句意：不仅仅是我做保洁做得好，而且我已经学回来怎样在女孩的床上摆好玩具，根据前面not just 不仅确定固定短语not only/just…but (also)…,所以C正确。
小题10:B考查比较等级和语境理解。根据后句for I felt I had become a part of their      ，判定本句句意：这超出了清洁工和雇主之间的关系，因为我感到我已经成了他们生活中的一部分，more than + 句子，超出。。。，所以B 正确。
小题11:B 考查名词和语境理解。句意：这超出了清洁工和雇主之间的关系，因为我感到我已经成了他们生活中的一部分，所以B正确。
小题12:A 考查连词。根据前句Freda stayed at home with the kids，他呆在家里和孩子们在一起，后句I would often see her in the morning我总是在早晨看见她，之间是因果关系，所以A正确。
小题13:A 考查动词和语境理解。句意：在早晨我总是看见她带孩子们去学校。Take sb to + 地点名词,带某人去某地，bring…to …把。。。带到。。。来，meet 遇到call喊 ，所以A正确。
小题14:D 考查动词。句意：当她们回来的时候我总是在家等着她们。A. left 离开B. marched前进C. went 去D. returned回，根据宾语和前句送孩子去上学，当然是回到家，所以D正确。
小题15:C 考查动词。句意：我看着她们长大。A. found发现B. noticed 注意C. watched 看着D. realized 意识到，根据前文I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years，，所以C正确。
小题16:D考查区分形容词。句意：我被解雇了，但奇怪的是我仍然不想离开她家。A. possible 可能B. great好的C. proper合适的D. strange 奇怪的，根据空前空后之间的关系，所以D正确。
小题17:C 考查区分名词。句意：我离开了她家，就不再是自然的雇主和雇工之间的关系A. meaning 意义    B. result结果C. nature   自然D. importance重要，所以C正确。
小题18:B 考查介词。句意：对她们来说，我是谁呢？根据句意，所以B正确。
小题19:A 考查副词。句意：实际上，我不仅仅是雇工。A. merely不仅B. certainly 当然C. probably可能D. hardly几乎不，根据后句But I’m also a trusted       of the family.，但是我也是。。。，所以A正确。
小题20:A 考查名词。句意：我也是她们全家信任的一分子。A. member成员  B.person人C. relative亲戚D. companion 伙伴，所以A正确。
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Don’t drive your kids to school. Let them ride a bike to school.
In England 8.3 million children travel to school every day. It is reported that only a small number of pupils cycle to school (under 2%), although one in three children would actually like to.
Experts say that to stay healthy, children need at least one hour of moderate (适度的) exercise every day. But only six out of ten boys and four out of ten girls get that. One of the reasons is that parents have developed a habit of driving their children to school when they could just walk or ride a bike to school.
Teachers often say that children who walk or ride a bike to school are more ready to listen to their classes, ask and answer questions in class than those driven by car, and the school journey is a good chance for children to learn about road safety and other life skills. Also, for many children, riding a bike is more fun than going to school by car.
Most parents know the benefits (益处). Then what’s stopping them from letting their kids ride a bike? Safety is the number one worry for them. But actually riding a bike is not as dangerous as parents think it is.
When you decide to buy a bike, you should be aware（意识到） that a bike that is too big or too small is dangerous. Don’t try to get a bike that your child will “grow into”. Get the right size in good working order. Generally, 20-inch wheels are on bikes for 5-8 year olds; 24-inch wheels are for 9-11 year olds; 26-inch wheels are suitable for those over 11, and some older children should even take bikes with 28-inch wheels, but the main thing is that the bike fits your child.
小题1:This passage is mainly written for ________.
A．teachers whose students have asked their parents to drive them to school
B．children who have asked their parents to drive them to school
C．parents who drive their children to school
D．parents who drive to work
小题2:Which of the following benefits of cycling to school is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．It will help children keep healthy
B． It will make children more active in class.
C．It will make children feel freer
D．It will be more fun for children.
小题3:Parents don’t allow their children to ride a bike to school mainly because ________.
A．their children don’t want to.
B．they are worried about their children’s safety.
C．they don’t know what size bike to choose
D．They haven’t enough money to buy a bike.
小题4:Generally, what size bike is suitable for a 10-year-old child？
A．A bike with 20-inch wheelsB．A bike with 24-inch wheels
C．A bike with 26-inch D．A bike with 28-inch wheels
Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move house quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it's normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.
On the other hand there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.
To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it's no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don't want to answer.
Cross-cultural differences aren't just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.
Some societies have 'universalist' cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way.
'Particularist' societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society's unwrinen ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.
This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check-in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check-in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn't be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don't have his problem.
小题1:Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americarts and Australians
A．like traveling better
B．easy to communicate with
C．difficult 1o make rcal friends
D．have a long-term relationship with their neighbors
小题2:People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those
A．who will tell them everything of their own
B．who want to do business with them
C．they know quite well
D．who are good at talking
小题3:A person from a less mobile society will feel it_____ when a stranger keeps talking to him or her, and asking him or her questions.
A．boringB．friendlyC．normalD．rough
小题4:Which of the following is true about "particularist societies"?
A．There is no rule for people to obey.
B．People obey the society's rules completely.
C．No one obeys the society's ruies though they have.
D．The society's rules can be changed with different persons or situations.
小题5:The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of different__________.
A．interestsB．habits and customs
C．culturesD．ways of life
Good nutrition (营养)and a balanced diet will help your children grow up healthily .No matter how old your kids are , you can take steps to improve nutrition and to encourage smart eating habits .Here are some suggestions.
Family Meals
Family meals are comforting for both parents and kids. Children like to guess what they are going to have and parents get the chance to introduce new food to children and to find out which food they like and which ones they don’t.
Teens may turn up their noses at your plan of a family meal. It is not surprising because they’re trying to establish independence. Yet studies find that teens still want their parents’ advice, so use the mealtime as a chance to reconnect.
Stocking up (储备) on healthy food
Kids, especially younger ones, will eat mostly what they can get at home. That’s why it’s important to control the supply lines — the food which you serve for meals and have on hand for snacks. You should have enough fruits, vegetables, lean meat and other good sources of protein, such as eggs and nuts, and healthy snacks, such as yogurt, peanut butter and whole-grain biscuits.
Being a good example
The best way for you to encourage healthy eating is to eat well yourself. Kids will follow the lead of the adults they see every day. By eating fruits and vegetables and avoiding fast food and sugary drinks, you’ll be sending the right message.
No conflicts over food
Parents might find themselves shouting at children to get them to have healthy food in front of them. This in fact can make children dislike what they are aske d to eat.
Get kids included
Most kids will enjoy making the decision about what to make for dinner. Talk to them about making choices and planning a balanced meal. It can help them make good decisions on their own about the  food they want to eat.
小题1:Family meals provide the chances for parents to do the following things EXCEPT ________.
A．guessing what kids are going to have
B．finding what kids like and dislike
C．introducing new food to kids
D．reconnecting with kids
小题2:What does the phrase “on hand” mean?
A．Being dealt with.
B．Out of one’s reach.
C．Made by persons instead of machines.
D．Close by and ready when needed.
小题3:According to the passage, which should NOT be done by parents?
A．Form a healthful eating habit themselves.
B．Force kids to have vegetables.
C．Stock up on some fruits at home.
D．Make meal plans with kids.
小题4:The best title for the article is “________”.
A．Eat healthily
B．What is a healthy meal
C．Help kids form healthy eating habits
D．How to grow up healthily
People are different. Some are extrovert. These people are outgoing, confident, and know the “gift of the gab”. They also feel very comfortable when in groups of people.
Unfortunately we have the other extreme. This is the introvert. The introvert feels sick in crowds, and does not like them. These people feel awkward in the crowds, when placed in this type of situation. Many introverts are shy and lack confidence. They need to get used to people, and want to run away when questioned by people.
The introvert feels very lonely in a crowd, but this could happen to the outgoing  as well.
I think that I fall into the middle of the two kinds. Sometimes if I am comfortable about the type of people in the crowds, I feel welcome. If for some reason the crowd consists of different types of people, then I do not feel very comfortable in the crowd.
So what do I do when I suddenly feel lost and alone in the crowd? I try to calm my mind by taking deep breath and telling myself that even this will pass. I then try, and get away from the crowd by making excuses or even trying to get to my car and go home. This, of course, is a poor excuse and doesn’t often work well. These are excuses that are employed. The ones that I am not so proud of are acting like I have an emergency to go to. This is a very good lie, but I feel really bad afterwards.
I have tried this one, and have succeeded. I try and find someone who feels just like I do. I then try and make a new friend. Sometimes this works and sometimes it does not. This is quite a noble way of staying in the crowd.
小题1:What is the best title of the passage?
A．What is the character of the introvert?
B．Why do people feel lonely in a crowd?
C．How can we make ourselves calm down in a crowd?
D．What do you do when you suddenly feel lonely in a crowd?
小题2:The word “extrovert” is most likely to mean ______.
A．seriousB．excitedC．outgoingD．nervous
小题3:From the fourth paragraph we can infer that _____.
A．the writer is good at getting along with others
B．the writer does not like to deal with people from other regions
C．the writer sometimes does not feel very comfortable in the crowd
D．the writer has double personality when faced with different types of people
小题4:When the writer feels lonely, he prefers to calm down by _____.
A．making a callB．making excuses
C．holding his breathD．deep breathing
Dear Michelle,
My Dad hates my Mom. He tells me that she is a liar and that I should not trust her. Of course, they are divorced but they have “joint custody” (共同监护). What a joke! I am 15, my brother is nine, and we have a life of hell, frankly.
We live one week on and one week off. This was the brilliant idea of both of my parents, which was fair to them but ruining my life. I cannot get away from his voice and his putting my mom down. Sometimes I think about running away.
A Hopeless Ant
Dear Hopeless Ant,
First, thank you for trusting me with your problem. If all you said is correct, then there are several things that you can and should do to help yourself, your brother, and oddly enough, your parents.
You need a family counselor. Such a person could listen to each family member alone and then meet together to talk about the situation.
If refused, you need to talk to a counselor in your school. You need to be heard, and you need an adult who will listen. A school counselor can organize a meeting with your parents.
Perhaps you need to write to your mother. Writing things down allows people to go over it more than one time.
I cannot imagine that she will stand passively by and do nothing at all to help once she reads how you feel. Your father needs a letter as well. He may not realize the destructive effect that it has on his children.
Lastly, have a plan in mind when all else fails that is not self-destructive. Life passes very quickly, sweetheart, and you will grow up and have your own life.
Until then, you need to keep yourself safe. Never doubt that it will get better. Write back and let me know how everything is going.
Michelle
小题1:The Hopeless Ant wrote the letter to ________.
A．express dissatisfaction with his parents
B．ask for advice seriously
C．make his father punished
D．just make a joke
小题2:The Hopeless Ant hated his father because ________.
A．his father always told a lie
B．his father wasn’t friendly to his mother
C．his father divorced his mother
D．the Hopeless Ant couldn’t stay with his parents
小题3:According to the text, which of the following is the Hopeless Ant in need of at present?
A．Keep himself/herself away from danger
B．Have a talk with his/her parents.
C．Have his/her own family plan
D．Write letters to families.
小题4:In which part of a magazine will the text probably appear?
A．EntertainmentB．AdvertisementC．LifeD．Education



小题1:Where did Li Hua see Mrs Daniels’ advertisement?
A．At London University.B．In a newspaper
C．On the Internet.D．On TV.
小题2:Why did Li Hua write the Email?
A．To make friends with Mrs Daniels.
B．To apply to study at London University.
C．To get more information about Mrs Daniels’ lessons.
D．To find out more information about Aston College.
小题3:Which of the following information did Li Hua NOT mention in his email?
A．His age
B．His reasons for learning English
C．His language level
D．The language skills he wants to focus on.
小题4:Li Hua wants to take the lessons to improve his ______.
A．listening and writingB．writing and speaking
C．listening and grammarD．listening and speaking
Taste is such a subjective matter that we don’t usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone’s preference is that it’s one person’s opinion. But because the two big cola companies—Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we’ve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.
We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they’d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.
We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants’ choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.
Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse----only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.
While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.
小题1:According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to ________.
A．show that a person’s opinion about taste is mere guess-work
B．compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks
C．find out the role taste preference plays in a person’s drinking
D．reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers
小题2: It is implied but not stated in the first paragraph that ________.
A．the competition between the two colas is very strong
B．blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans
C．the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas
D．the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies
小题3:The word “burnout” (Line3, Para. 5) refers to the state of _________.
A．being seriously burnt in the skin
B．being badly damaged by fire
C．being unable to function because of excessive use
D．being unable to burn for lack of fuel
小题4:The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ________.
A．emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other
B．recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas
C．show that taste preference is highly subjective
D．argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy
Dear teachers, do you want to find pen pals for your students? Boys and girls, do you want to find your own e-pals (网友)? Here is some advice on how to make e-pals.
First, take a look at www.spoton.de community (社区). Click on international pen pal sites to find some of our favorite international e-pal and pen pal web sites. Do not forget: some e-pal services are not free and some are safer than others. Remember to read a web site safety warning before you join!
KidFu (www.kidfu.com) says it is the safest place online for kids to chat, play games and make friends. Get your parents to help you register (注册) and then you can write things about yourself or read what other kids have written. There are also chat monitors that make sure that the online chat rooms are safe and friendly. KidFu costs money, but the first month is free.
If you join Epals (www.epals.com), you can choose a pen pal among 65,000 kids from 191 countries. You can also find information about how teachers can get pen pals for their pupils.
Or if you want to start sending e-mails right now, go to Europa Pages (www.europapage.com/
penpal-form.html). Lots of young people have written their names, interests, home countries and their e-mail addresses. Just click on a name and start writing!
小题1:Who is the passage written for?
A．Teachers and parents.B．Parents and their children.
C．Teachers and childrenD．Workers and doctors.
小题2:If you want to choose a safe web site, you can click on       .
A．www.kidfu.comB．www.spoto.de
C．www.epals.comD．www.europapage.com/penpal-form.htm!
小题3: What is the advantage of Europa Pages?
A．It is the safest.
B．It is free.
C．You can choose more pen pals from a great number of countries.
D．You can start sending e-mails at once.
小题4:What is a chat monitor mentioned in the 3rd paragraph?
A．It is a person controlling the chat.
B．It is a person sent by the police to keep order in the chat rooms.
C．It is a person in the web site to give safe online advice.
D．It is a kind of software (软件) to keep online chatting friendly and safe.

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