“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him,and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator,Booker Washington. He was saying that,“If you want people to grow up,you have to stop treating them like children.”
In America,families are close but children are encouraged to be independent,to make their own decisions,even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose,for example,buying clothes,school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards.
From an early age,American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making. At the dinner table,teenagers will be listened to on any topic,from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals:they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.
Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice,young Chinese girl”. With her short,spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!
There is an old saying,“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.
【小题1】The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.

A.save money for useful thingsB.become independent
C.express their great ambitionsD.make important decisions
【小题2】A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.
A.be accepted as a popular guyB.learn to decide how to use money
C.overspend money without careD.have school supplies of his own
【小题3】The author implies that many Chinese children________.
A.are more independent than AmericansB.should become interested in America
C.are happy with their present situationD.are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones
【小题4】The main idea of the last paragraph is________.
A.that we should do things step by stepB.why we should understand our desires
C.what we should plan for our own lifeD.how we can manage to realize our dreams

Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “Health is the greatest wealth,” wise people say. __ 1. 

       If you have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you go to the doctor.

The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. ___2.    The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice. 

    3.    

       An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest.  4.  In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.

       A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office._ 5.  He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.

“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”

       A. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and                 take long walks.

       B. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.

       C. After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine.

       D. All these will cost a lot of money.

       E. He looked cheerful and happy.

       F. He was more worried about his illness.

       G. Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story.

 

A few months ago I was at a bus stop in town in the evening. The bus came on time and I took the window seat. The bus route was by the seashore and I was enjoying the breeze (微风) while watching the sea waves. After a few minutes the bus made its next stop. A young boy and a girl got on. They were standing on my left when the bus pulled off. I looked at them curiously and realized that all the window seats were occupied (占据). They could sit but not together. Suddenly a different wave passed through my body and my inner mind gave me the advice to get up. I got up and offered them my seat. The young lady smiled kindly and said thanks. I occupied another seat and we parted our ways. I don’t remember whether I got off the bus before them or not.

Months passed by. Suddenly one day while I was standing at the same bus stop waiting some time for the bus to arrive I heard a voice.

“Excuse me, Uncle.” I looked in the direction of the voice. It was a beautiful young lady.

Puzzled, I said, “I do not recognize you.”

She said, “Do you remember you gave us your window seat?”

Puzzled, I said, “Maybe, but what is so great in that?”

She said, “If you had not given your seat that day, perhaps I would have not sat with my friend. By sitting together it helped us bridge a misunderstanding that had been between us forever. Do you know we are getting married next month?”

“Good! God bless both of you,” I replied.

The young lady again said thank you and went on her journey. I realized the importance of giving that day.

1. Why were the young boy and the girl standing on the bus?

A.Because they wanted to enjoy the sea view.

B.Because they couldn’t sit together.

C.Because there were no empty seats.

D.Because they preferred to stand.

2. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means that the author had a feeling that ______.

A.he wanted to do something special

B.the sea wave made him upset

C.a wave from the sea flooded him

D.he wanted to make a sea wave in his heart

3.From the story, we can conclude that ______.

A.small things can create great happenings in life

B.it is giving rather than receiving that matters

C.offering one’s seat to others may win respect

D.we sometimes forget what happened in the past

 

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选 出最佳选项。

Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen  21  his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but  22  for a glance.

One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,  23  in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he  24  the old gardener was blind. 25  , the young man asked, "Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can't 26  in fact?" The old man smiled and answered that " I can tell you 27  reasons. First I was a  28  when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can't see these flowers, yet I can 29  them. Third,I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that's  30 .

"Me? But you don't know me," responded the young man  31   .

"Yeah, it's  32 that I don't know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never 33  them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good  34  . In the meantime, it also  35 a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us."

The old man's 36 astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and 37  them as a link of minds so as to make  38 enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn't it one kind of happiness?

I believe every flower has  39 with which they can see the kindness of the man's heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though  40 to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

1.

A.loving

B.watering

C.tending

D.planting

 

2.

A.stop

B.stay

C.live

D.run

 

3.

A.kept

B.dropped

C.fallen

D.lost

 

4.

A.realized

B.noticed

C.felt

D.thought

 

5.

A.Excited

B.Frightened

C.Shocked

D.Satisfied

6.

A.feel

B.see

C.hear

D.eat

 

7.

A.one

B.two

C.three

D.four

 

8.

A.gardener

B.teacher

C.farmer

D.painter

 

9.

A.taste

B.plant

C.touch

D.appreciate

 

10.

A.it

B.me

C.them

D.you

 

11.

A.with pleasure

B.in surprise

C.with hope

D.in anger

 

12.

A.true

B.possible

C.a pity

D.a shame

 

13.

A.put

B.turn

C.get

D.knock

 

14.

A.mind

B.life

C.future

D.mood

 

15.

A.introduces

B.offers

C.stands

D.leaves

 

16.

A.words

B.behavior

C.story

D.attitudes

 

17.

A.treats

B.acts

C.works

D.serves

 

18.

A.anybody

B.somebody

C.everybody

D.nobody

 

19.

A.ears

B.soul

C.eyes

D.heart

 

20.

A.refusing

B.trying

C.pretending

D.failing

 

 

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