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My only daughter, Sindu, looked frightened；tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl __31 with curd rice. She hates curd rice, but my wife believes it’s good for health and 32 her to eat it.

I 33 my throat, and picked up the bowl. “Sindu, darling, why don’t you take a few mouthfuls of it？ If you don’t , your mom will 34 at me. ”

Sindu softened a bit and 35 her tears with the back of her hands. “OK, Dad. I will eat―not just a few mouthfuls, but all of this. But you should…” Sindu 36 , “Dad, if I eat this entire curd rice, will you give me 37 I ask for？” “Yes, within 38 . ” I replied.

Slowly and 39 , she finished the food. Then she came to me with her eyes wide with 40 . “Dad, I want to have the hair on my head shaved（剃） 41 , this Sunday！” “ 42 ！” shouted my wife. “Sindu, darling, why don’t you ask for something else？ We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head. ” I said.

“Dad, you promised! Was it not you who told me that we should honor our promises no matter what？” In that case, I had to 43 my promise.

44 her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes looked big and beautiful.

On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. About to go, I heard a shout from a boy, “Sindu, wait for me！” What struck me was the 45 head of that boy.

“Sir, your daughter is great indeed!” Without introducing herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued “That boy is my son Harish. He is 46 from …leukemia（白血病）. ”She cried. “He lost all his hair due to the side 47 of the treatment and he’s afraid to come back to school. But,I 48 imagined Sindu would 49 her lovely hair to make him feel less different. She is a noble girl!”

I stood for a while, and then wept. “My little Angel, you are teaching me how 50 real love is！”

The happiest people on this planet are not those who live on their own terms（信条）but are those who change their terms for the ones they love.

31. A. filled	B. crowded	C. full	D. covered
32. A. advised	B. forced	C. warned	D. allowed
33. A. raised	B. cleaned	C. emptied	D. cleared
34. A. look	B. shout	C. arrive	D. call
35. A. held	B. swept	C. rubbed	D. wiped
36. A. disturbed	B. wondered	C. stopped	D. hesitated
37. A. however	B. whatever	C. whichever	D. whoever
38. A. reason	B. sight	C. time	D. distance
39. A. angrily	B. happily	C. carefully	D. painfully
40. A. puzzlement	B. tears	C. expectation	D. reluctance（勉强）
41. A. away	B. off	C. out	D. down
42. A. Interesting	B. Available	C. Important	D. Impossible
43. A. make	B. stick	C. keep	D. tell
44. A. With	B. After	C. On	D. By
45. A. small	B. hairless	C. round	D. smart
46. A. aching	B. differing	C. suffering	D. resulting
47. A. action	B. damage	C. effects	D. influence
48. A. never	B. always	C. once	D. immediately
49. A. donate	B. sacrifice	C. contribute	D. drop
50. A. valueless	B. careless	C. hopeless	D. selfless

ABDBD DBADC BDCAB CCABD

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I HEAR America beeping(嘟嘟响)．

Beep，says my cellophane when it gets a text message．

Beep，says my microwave oven when my sandwich is warmed up．

Sometimes I long for a natural sound：a bird singing，dog barking，children laughing， anything to drown out the maddening beeps that have become the soundtrack(配乐)to modern life．

My cellophane? It isn’t enough that its ring tone offerings seem to stretch from “annoymg” toextremely “annoying”． It also has to beep whenever someone texts messages me．

The microwave? A bell rings when it's finished heating my food．But is that enough? No．If I don’t rush to it right away, it starts beeping，like an impatient child tugging(用力拉) at my sleeve(袖子)．

The smoke detector(探测器) is the worst offender．When its batteries are in need of replacement，it 1ets out a series of chirps．The things that don’t beep buzz(嗡嗡响)．And for some reason，beeping and buzzing is beneath them，they clear their throats and perform a symphony． Like my TV, each time I turn it on, it performs an aria(咏叹调)：La di da di dum．Salutions! Here I am! Same thing when I turn it off: La di da di dum．Good bye, kind sir! Until the next time

But at 1east I know where each of these sounds is coming from．That isn’t always the case．For weeks, my wife and I were awoken in the night by a beeping．There，in the stillness， we went through the possible suspects．Could we have a text message? Could it be any of the devices(装置)able to make a sound? Curling iron, rice cooker, smoke detector, TV set，clock radio．．．

The only way to tell was to chase the sound down ，but no sooner would we pull on our bathrobes than the beeping would stop. We didn’t hear it every night but often enough that we would climb into bed wondering whether our sleep would be interrupted by that maddening sound，that beep．

Finally,early one morning，my wife found it：in the study,under a desk，a big plastic cube that was plugged into the wall．It was an uninterruptible power supply that we’d inherited(继承)from my wife’s mother．We’d never known it was capable of speech．

I think it just wanted someone to talk to.

14．What does the writer truly mean by saying“I hear America beeping”?

A．American people like devices that beep．

B．Americans are crazy about sending text messages．

C．In modern society people are dependant on technology．

D．The soundtrack to modern life is no longer natural．

15．Why couldn’t the author and his wife find the source of the noise in their house in the beginning?

A．There were too many devices for them to check．

B．They were unwilling to get up at midnight．

C．They had never known that thing could beep too．

D．The noise didn’t come every day．

16．After reading this passage，we can probably tell the author ．

A．enjoys being surrounded by beeps B．has a touch of humor in his writing

C．tries to avoid using anything that beeps

D．understands the beeping is designed to be user-friendly

People who put a smiley face at the end of a message, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air.
I had some bad news this week. My manager informed me of this news via email. It was like hearing about the death of a loved one via pigeon. Bad news should only ever be delivered face to face or voice to voice.
We seem to celebrate our numerous methods of communication, but really there is no communication at all. I talk to my plants more than I talk to my neighbors, I get text messages that take me three hours to read because they’re written like this: “Hi, I ope you av a gr8 day. Call me La8tr.” I had an email from someone this week that read, “Da ut ov 2day are really annoying me!” Ut? I had to say this 20 times before I understood it. Youth has now become ut. Haven’t we taken enough from them—now we have to take their letters?
I had an email recently from a girl who used to live over the road from me as a child. She wrote, “Hi Shazia, howz u? Im sure u used 2 live across the road from me. We sumtimes played tennis 2 gever at the park and you was in your eliment. I am married now wif 3 daughters.” Then, to my horror, she ended the email with: “Im now teachin in Leeds. Luv Clare.”
Teaching? With English like this. It’s like saying you’re a train driver when you’ve never seen a train. It was like reading modern Morse code.
Getting bad news via email makes it seem so much worse than it actually is. Just a few lines, no emotion, no comfort, not really an explanation. Just a few cold hard words. It’s an excuse. Just write a few words and the problem of delivering it is no longer yours. A close friend recently told me she was very happy to announce she was getting married—and made the announcement by email. I don’t know how she didn’t fall off her chair with excitement while writing it. If you are really happy or really sad to announce something important, wouldn’t you like a human reaction? Some euphoria, elation, tears, a punch in the face?
I receive long text messages every day with information and explanations that I don’t bother reading. They’re boring, and annoy me. In the time it took someone to write me three laborious texts, they could have called, spoken to me, made some tea. People who put a smiley face at the end of a sentence, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air, because that’s the one I’d send back.
The telegram has been responsible for reporting world-shattering events when there were very few other options(选择权). Now we have options, and people opt for the least humane one. My mum, in an attempt to get down with the ut of today, asked me to teach her to text. Now she constantly texts me in block capitals, so it looks as if she is still angry and annoyed with me after all these years.
People don’t even write by hand any more. My doctor prints out prescriptions from his computer; even my mechanic prints out a receipt. I get typed Christmas cards and my friends send me emails. I get very excited when hand-written letters come through my door, only because they rarely do.
When I was at school, the girls used to write letters to each other, even though we sat side by side and spoke to one another all day. I think it was a way of expressing private things we were afraid to say when we were 14 and too shy. We used to write things like, “You are my best friend, can’t wait to sit next to you in math.”
I miss the personal method of communication. Once the pen was mightier than the sword, now it seems the keyboard is mightier than the pen.
【小题1】We can learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 that the writer wants to say ________.

A．the spelling mistakes in the messages make her very annoyed

B．only writing letters will bring friends and neighbors much closer

C．she talks to plants more because no one shares her joys and sorrows

D．gestures and the pen can express a lot more than the cold keyboard

【小题2】According to the writer, which of the following can support her opinion?

A．She has been separated from all his classmates many years.

B．No doctors write prescriptions by hand because of computers.

C．In communication, we should write more letters than send messages.

D．Less shy than school girls, boys rarely write letters to their friends.

【小题3】According to the passage, we can conclude that ________.

A．the writer is a person full of emotions and treasures friendship and affections

B．the writer becomes excited when she gets priceless gifts from other people

C．her classmates would write to each other because they couldn’t send messages

D．people put a smiley face at the end of a message just to show they are happy

【小题4】What message is conveyed in the passage?

A．The writer wastes much time in reading many rubbish text messages every day.

B．Few people can write letters well in modern society owing to texting messages.

C．Now people are too busy to communicate with each other face to face often.

D．The writer prefers personal communication rather than electronic equipment.

【小题5】Why does the writer mention the telegram?

A．Because she thinks the annoyance of reading text messages is originated from it.

B．Because we have more options to keep in touch with each other than ever before.

C．Because advanced technology partly takes the blame for lacking the human touch.

D．Because she thinks humans today become colder with the development of society.

【小题6】Which of the following best describe the tone of this passage?

D
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For example, my son is just like his father in many ways. We often say the two of them prove the proverb that the apple does not far from the tree.
My daughter is very short. She would like to be taller. But I tell her that good things come in small packages. Some valuable things are very small, like diamonds and other jewels. But I also tell my children that all that glitters is not gold. Something may look valuable, but may not really be valuable. Also, I tell them do not judge a book by its cover. You should not judge something only by its appearance.
Sometimes I tell my children to cooperate to solve a problem. After all, two heads are better than one. But another proverb says too many cooks spoil the soup. If too many people try to do something, then the job will not be done well.
I also tell my children that two wrongs do not make a right. You should not do something bad just because someone did the same to you.
Some people are pessimists while other people are optimists. Pessimists always think about how bad things are or will be; optimists might say that every cloud has a silver lining and they always look on the bright side. Other people are both pessimists and optimists. They hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Some people often worry about what they will do in a situation that might happen in the future. We could tell them do not cross that bridge until you come to it.
It is usually much better to prevent a problem from happening than it is to find ways to solve it. So we say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
63. The author often comforts her daughter with the proverb that ____.
A. the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
B. good things come in small packages
C. too many cooks spoil the soup
D. two heads are better than one
64. If someone says “two heads are better than one”, he means____.
A. jobs will be done better if two work together
B. a problem will be solved easily by many people
C. jobs won’t be done well if there are too many people
D. you can’t do something bad even if someone else does it
65.The underlined word “pessimists” in the sixth paragraph refers to those people_____.
A. who always look on the bright side
B. who always expect bad things to happen
C. who are always full of hope for the future
D. who always make preparations for the worst
66. Which of the following are optimists likely to say?
A. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
B. We hope for the best and prepare for the worst
C. Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it.
D. Every cloud has a silver lining

Global financial big dogs are no match for China's "Da Ma", or housewives, who have crowded into gold stores across China, buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks. No wonder gold prices have steadied after taking a dive.

During the May Day holiday, gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers. Most of them are middle-aged "Chinese housewives". This group of buyers has risen to fame recently. They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain. "I bought some gold jewellery and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married," said a buyer from Shanghai.

The gold business is skyrocketing. "Our sales are growing by the day. Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products," a gold store salesperson said. The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.

"Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually. That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets," said foreign trader Zhang Chen from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. "Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts." For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices.

1.What does the author indicate(表明;预示)in the first sentence of the first paragraph?

A. The global big dogs can’t match with Chinese housewives.

B. Chinese housewives spend a great deal of money on gold

C. China's "Da Ma" help a lot to support the global economic crisis

D. Chinese housewives have a better consumption idea than global financial big dogs .

2.We can infer from the passage that_______________

A. China’s "Da Ma" become the largest gold buyers due to a decline in global gold prices.

B. China's "Da Ma" crowded into stores to get gold as the best gifts for sons when they get married.

C. China's "Da Ma" are bigger spenders and cleverer than global financial big dogs.

D. Chinese housewives are most willing to spend money in buying gold .

3.In the writer’s view, Chinese housewives are desperate to get their hands on a bargain because_____.

A. it is worthy to buy gold.

B .they have a strong demand

C. it is at discount prices.

D they have unlimited investment options

4.The author’s description about the passage is ______.

A. doubtful B. subjective C. objective D. Negative

People who put a smiley face at the end of a message, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air.
I had some bad news this week. My manager informed me of this news via email. It was like hearing about the death of a loved one via pigeon. Bad news should only ever be delivered face to face or voice to voice.
We seem to celebrate our numerous methods of communication, but really there is no communication at all. I talk to my plants more than I talk to my neighbors, I get text messages that take me three hours to read because they’re written like this: “Hi, I ope you av a gr8 day. Call me La8tr.” I had an email from someone this week that read, “Da ut ov 2day are really annoying me!” Ut? I had to say this 20 times before I understood it. Youth has now become ut. Haven’t we taken enough from them—now we have to take their letters?
I had an email recently from a girl who used to live over the road from me as a child. She wrote, “Hi Shazia, howz u? Im sure u used 2 live across the road from me. We sumtimes played tennis 2 gever at the park and you was in your eliment. I am married now wif 3 daughters.” Then, to my horror, she ended the email with: “Im now teachin in Leeds. Luv Clare.”
Teaching? With English like this. It’s like saying you’re a train driver when you’ve never seen a train. It was like reading modern Morse code.
Getting bad news via email makes it seem so much worse than it actually is. Just a few lines, no emotion, no comfort, not really an explanation. Just a few cold hard words. It’s an excuse. Just write a few words and the problem of delivering it is no longer yours. A close friend recently told me she was very happy to announce she was getting married—and made the announcement by email. I don’t know how she didn’t fall off her chair with excitement while writing it. If you are really happy or really sad to announce something important, wouldn’t you like a human reaction? Some euphoria, elation, tears, a punch in the face?
I receive long text messages every day with information and explanations that I don’t bother reading. They’re boring, and annoy me. In the time it took someone to write me three laborious texts, they could have called, spoken to me, made some tea. People who put a smiley face at the end of a sentence, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air, because that’s the one I’d send back.
The telegram has been responsible for reporting world-shattering events when there were very few other options(选择权). Now we have options, and people opt for the least humane one. My mum, in an attempt to get down with the ut of today, asked me to teach her to text. Now she constantly texts me in block capitals, so it looks as if she is still angry and annoyed with me after all these years.
People don’t even write by hand any more. My doctor prints out prescriptions from his computer; even my mechanic prints out a receipt. I get typed Christmas cards and my friends send me emails. I get very excited when hand-written letters come through my door, only because they rarely do.
When I was at school, the girls used to write letters to each other, even though we sat side by side and spoke to one another all day. I think it was a way of expressing private things we were afraid to say when we were 14 and too shy. We used to write things like, “You are my best friend, can’t wait to sit next to you in math.”
I miss the personal method of communication. Once the pen was mightier than the sword, now it seems the keyboard is mightier than the pen.

1.
We can learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 that the writer wants to say ________.
1. A.
  the spelling mistakes in the messages make her very annoyed
2. B.
  only writing letters will bring friends and neighbors much closer
3. C.
  she talks to plants more because no one shares her joys and sorrows
4. D.
  gestures and the pen can express a lot more than the cold keyboard
2.
According to the writer, which of the following can support her opinion?
1. A.
  She has been separated from all his classmates many years.
2. B.
  No doctors write prescriptions by hand because of computers.
3. C.
  In communication, we should write more letters than send messages.
4. D.
  Less shy than school girls, boys rarely write letters to their friends.
3.
According to the passage, we can conclude that ________.
1. A.
  the writer is a person full of emotions and treasures friendship and affections
2. B.
  the writer becomes excited when she gets priceless gifts from other people
3. C.
  her classmates would write to each other because they couldn’t send messages
4. D.
  people put a smiley face at the end of a message just to show they are happy
4.
What message is conveyed in the passage?
1. A.
  The writer wastes much time in reading many rubbish text messages every day.
2. B.
  Few people can write letters well in modern society owing to texting messages.
3. C.
  Now people are too busy to communicate with each other face to face often.
4. D.
  The writer prefers personal communication rather than electronic equipment.
5.
Why does the writer mention the telegram?
1. A.
  Because she thinks the annoyance of reading text messages is originated from it.
2. B.
  Because we have more options to keep in touch with each other than ever before.
3. C.
  Because advanced technology partly takes the blame for lacking the human touch.
4. D.
  Because she thinks humans today become colder with the development of society.
6.
Which of the following best describe the tone of this passage?
1. A.
  Optimistic.
2. B.
  Critic.
3. C.
  Sympathetic.
4. D.
  Pessimistic.

We can learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 that the writer wants to say ________.

According to the writer, which of the following can support her opinion?

According to the passage, we can conclude that ________.

What message is conveyed in the passage?

Why does the writer mention the telegram?

Which of the following best describe the tone of this passage?

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