On the night of my birthday, I went with my mom to the nearest drug store to buy vitamins. Even though it was my birthday, I was feeling   11  and a bit lonely. Maybe I missed my dad who died four years ago, I just wanted him to be beside me that day.
On my way to the drug store, I was crying. When I arrived there, I cleaned my   12   up from the tears and tried to   13  when I ordered the vitamins my mom wanted to buy. While I was waiting, I looked around the building and I   14  sight of a beggar next to the door. She was with her son, a cute little boy. They were sitting on the street. Although it was in winter at the moment and I still felt   15   with my coat, I noticed that the child was just wearing an old T-shirt. I felt sorry for them. When I   16   for my vitamins, I glanced at them and had an idea. “Why don’t I contribute some of my smaller clothes to them? Today is my   17 .” I thought to myself. I had to   18  something with someone else that day. Yeah, I   19  that I had to do that. I went home in a hurry and I felt so excited as I looked for some of my smaller   20 .
At home, I told my mom my   21  and told her my idea. My mom   22  with me. I found a few clothes and went back to the drug store. When I got there, I didn’t hand the clothing over myself. I wanted it to be a   23 , so I asked someone to hand the clothes over, then I left. As I left, I   24  someone saying “thank you!” and I hoped it was for me.
On the road, my heart was full of   25  and warmth. I felt glad that I could share something on my birthday and that was a big gift for me.

【小题1】
A.happyB. sadC. gladD. delighted
【小题2】
A.handB. cheekC. headD. shoulder
【小题3】
A.smileB. askC. runD. cry
【小题4】
A.putB. caughtC. keptD. held
【小题5】
A.warmB. cloudyC. coldD. hot
【小题6】
A.paidB. answeredC. accountedD. applied
【小题7】
A.SundayB. holidayC. MondayD. birthday
【小题8】
A.shareB. discussC. supportD. send
【小题9】
A.expectedB. managedC. failedD. decided
【小题10】
A. clothesB. booksC. medicineD. caps
【小题11】
A. experienceB. practiceC. experimentD. discovery
【小题12】
A. discussedB. agreedC. arguedD. debated
【小题13】
A. secretB. wonderC. newsD. pride
【小题14】
A. touchedB. heardC. smeltD. felt
【小题15】
A. sadnessB. happinessC. coldnessD. worry

My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living.Dad worked in Plant C.Lying beside lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall.Sometimes my mother would take my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula. she'd gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky.

"Wave to daddy!" she'd shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air.I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery (手术) on his shoulder and hand.At 48, he had his first heart attack.He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college.But the damage was done.A few years later, the next heart attack killed him.

I saw my dad in Plant C only once, when I took dinner to him.That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.

Recently my father' s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there.I knew my father never wanted me to see it.At every station, he described the job and the danger.It was like listening to a foreign language.I walked past many DANGER signs.Toby put his hand on my shoulder."look," he said, "you need to understand something.Your dad was a maintenance mechanic.He worked the most dangerous job.If something broke, he fixed it."

A few days later, my daughter graduated from college.I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this notes: " Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots."

1.How many siblings does the author most probably have? ____.

A.Three siblings   B.Two siblings                  C.One sibling      D: Four siblings

2.Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author's father? ____

A.He didn't suffer a heart attack until he retired.

B.He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all.

C.He was hardly angry in his daily life.

D.He did physical work in Plant C.

3.When Toby Workman described the author' s father' s job, the author ____.

A.felt familiar with the job                  B.didn’t quite understand

C.wanted to learn a foreign language          D.decided to do the same work

4.The author gave her daughter the hat, hoping that her daughter could ____.

A.remember her grandfather                B.overcome all difficulties by wearing it

C.get encouraged by her grandfather          D.follow her grandfather' s work

 

Lynn was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. At the age of l6, her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. In l922, with limited education and skills, the future didn’t look bright for Lynn. Her father demanded that Lynn find a job as soon as possible, but she didn’t have the confidence to ask for a job.

One day, Lynn gathered her courage and knocked on her very first door. She was met by Margaret Costello, the office manager. In her broken English, Lynn told her she was interested in the secretarial position. Margaret decided to give her a chance.

Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, “Lynn, let’s see how good you really are.” She directed Lynn to type a single letter, and then left. Lynn looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 a.m. Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon. She thought she should at least attempt the letter.

On her first try, she got through one line but made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now read 11:45. “At noon,” she said to herself, “I’ll move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again.”

On her second attempt, things didn’t get any better. Again she started over and finally completed the letter, full of mistakes, though. She looked at the clock: 11:55—five minutes to freedom.

Just then, Margaret walked in. She came directly over to Lynn, and put one hand on the desk and the other on the girl’s shoulder. She read the letter and paused. Then she said, “Lynn, you’re doing good work!”

Lynn was surprised. She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret. With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her confidence began to grow. She thought, “Well, if she thinks it’s good, then it must be good. I think I’ll stay!”

Lynn did stay at Carhartt Overall Company…for 51 years, through two world wars and 11 presidents—all because someone had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.

1.Why did Lynn leave school at an early age?

A. To learn English well.                

B. To earn money for her family.

C. To get self-confidence.                   

D. To become a typist.

2.When Lynn applied for the job, she               .

A. could speak good English             

B. didn’t know much about typing

C. knew Margaret very well              

D. never wrote any letter

3.How many attempts did Lynn make to type the letter?

   A. One.            B. Two.            C. Three.        D. Four.

4.Who does the underlined word “someone” in the last paragraph refer to?

   A. Lynn’s father.                    B. Lynn herself.       C. A president.     D. Margaret.

5.What can we learn from Lynn's story?

A. Encouragement makes a difference.                     

B. Honesty is the best policy.

C. Virtue(美德) leads to success.       

D. Time waits for no man.

 

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.     36    I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed     37    . I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls     38    their souls belonged to the        39    .

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man     40    in front of it. "I'm Steve", he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I can't talk with you. I'm     41    ", he said. He was chatting online with somebody--probably someone he didn't know--and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game--a war game. I was surprised. He was chatting online and,     42    , he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was     43    .

Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried     44     to speak to that computer geek (怪人),     45    not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was     46    . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, "    47    !"

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I     ___48    , and saw nobody showed any interest.

    49    , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more     50    having a relationship with the     ___51    , particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to     52     the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines     53    with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even     54    that the coffee was bad,   55   Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.

1.A.Before           B.Since          C.Although       D.While

2.A.pain             B.loneliness     C.sadness        D.fear

3.A.because          B.when           C.until          D.unless

4.A.home             B.world          C.Net            D.Cafe

5.A.sleeping         B.laughing       C.sitting        D.learning

6.A.busy             B.thirsty        C.tired          D.sick

7.A.first of all B.just then          C.at the same time D.by that time

8.A.surprised B.delighted             C.moved D.frightened

9.A.once             B.again          C.first          D.even

10.A.but             B.so             C.if             D.or

11.A.excited         B.respected      C.afraid         D.unhappy

12.A.Shut up         B.Enjoy yourself C.Leave me alone D.Help me out

13.A.walked about B.walked out  C.raised my hand D.raised my head

14.A.From then on B.At that moment C.In all            D.Above all

15.A.interested in B.tired of         C.careful about D.troubled by

16.A.computer        B.soul           C.shop           D.geek

17.A.tell            B.plan           C.imagine        D.design

18.A.other than B.instead of          C.except for     D.as well as

19.A.pretend         B.understand     C.insist         D.realize

20.A.as if           B.just as        C.just after     D.even though

 

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