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A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola,” the sign said.

“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.

An old woman was standing at her door.

“You boy! Come here this minute!”

Slowly the boy ___1___ onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she ___2___ out her hand and wrapped(缠住) her ___3___ old fingers around his arm.

“Help me inside, boy”, she said, “Help me ___4___ to my bed. What’s your name?”

“Joseph,” he said.

The old woman on the bed tried to ___5___ up, raising herself on her elbow(肘). Water ___6___ from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel ___7___.

“I am dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a ___8___ for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”

Joseph looked down at the ___9___, and then looked out the window. He saw the sign again: “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-cola.”

“I want my silver pin to ___10___ to my daughter.”

Joseph bent his small body over the table and ___11___ the pencil slowly across the paper.

“There’s my Bible(圣经),” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a ___12__ Christian burial(基督葬礼) with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last ___13__ of a poor old woman.”

The boy labored over the paper. Again he looked out the window.

“Here. Bring it here so I can ___14___ it.”

Joseph found the Bible, and ___15___the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.

“___16___ me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”

He ran out of the house.

A cold wind blew through the ___17___ window, but the old woman on the bed ___18___ nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. ___19___ on the paper were some childish letters. They ___20___ the words “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-cola.”

1. A. rushed B. struggled C. hurried D. stepped

2. A. reached B. let C. pushed D. pointed

3. A. firm B. smooth C. dry D. fresh

4. A. back B. over C. away D. ahead

5. A. sit B. get C. stand D. wake

6. A. rolled B. burnt C. burst D. ran

7. A. ill B. sick C. unpleasant D. funny

8. A. letter B. note C. will D. message

9. A. table B. pen C. paper D. woman

10. A. send B. go C. belong D. come

11. A. moved B. drew C. used D. pulled

12. A. great B. merry C. splendid D. real

13. A. hope B. chance C. opinion D. wish

14. A. sign B. read C. remember D. copy

15. A. setting B. hiding C. placing D. laying

16. A. Hold B. Leave C. Excuse D. Pardon

17. A. large B. open C. small D. pretty

18. A. did B. saw C. felt D. knew

19. A. Described B. Printed C. Recorded D. Written

20. A. formed B. spelled C. organized D. repeated

Each of us fails from time to time．If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 1 part of the learning process．But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this 2 right to our children．

When I see a child 3 to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie．

Donnie was my youngest third grader．His 4 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed．He 5 answered questions — he might be wrong．

I tried my best to build his 6．But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned （安排）to our classroom．

She was young and pretty, and she loved children．My pupils, Donnie included,7 her．

One morning, we were working math problems at the chalkboard．Donnie had 8 the problems with painstaking neatness．Pleased with his progress, I 9 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials．When I returned, Donnie was in 10 ．He’d missed the third problem．

My student teacher looked at me in despair．Suddenly her face 11．From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils．

"Look, Donnie," she said, kneeling beside him and gently 12 the tear stained face from his arms．"I’ve got something to13 you．" She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk．

"See these 14 , Donnie," she continued．"They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me．See how the erasers are 15 ? That’s because we make mistakes too．But we erase the mistakes and try again．That’s what you 16 learn to do, too．"

She kissed him and stood up．"Here," she said, "I’ll leave one of these pencils on 17 desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 18 teachers．" Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile．

The pencil became Donnie’s 19 possession．That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually 20 him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again．

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1．A．small B．basic C．necessary D．large

2．A．correct B．same C．important D．natural

3．A．suffering B．object C．fall D．subject

4．A．fear B．lesson C．chance D．sense

5．A．always B．often C．never D．seldom

6．A．self-protection B．self-improvement C．self-confidence D．self-learning

7．A．respected B．disliked C．avoided D．mined

8．A．worked out B．copied C．gone over D．leaned

9．A．left B．offered C．missed D．parted

10．A．surprise B．astonishment C．anger D．tears

11．A．darkened B．brightened C．pulled D．loosened

12．A．lifting B．picking C．holding D．pushing

13．A．help B．show C．reward D．promise

14．A．pencils B．mistakes C．marks D．containers

15．A．used B．built C．worn D．damaged

16．A．may B．must C．will D．can

17．A．my B．someone’s C．the teacher’s D．your

18．A．still B．also C．even D．not

19．A．prized B．own C．kept D．expected

20．A．warned B．informed C．persuaded D．reminded

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Theses days, there's a popular cartoon named happy sheep and gray wolf.It's an excellent Chinese cartoon, which tells the stories of happy sheep and gray wolf. The poor gray wolf is always trying hard to catch the sheep, but the sheep could always run away from the danger. The sheep are so clever and lovely that the cartoon gets all the children's love. At the same time, the cartoon is full of the humor. The children could learn more knowledge and enjoyment from it.
The cartoon is shown repeatedly on many TV channels, such as the Zhejiang Channel broadcasts the cartoon on weekends and the vacations; the Sichuan Channel broadcasts the cartoon for an hour in the evening; the Shandong Channel broadcasts it in the morning, while CCTV-3 broadcasts it at the noon everyday.
On one hand, the cartoon gets the children's love because the happy sheep is really clever. He always has a way to work out any problem and save his friends. What’s more there're many things about happy sheep and gray wolf, such as the books, the toys, the pencil-box, the clothings, and so on. Children are happy to buy them. On the other hand, many adults (大人) also like the cartoon, for the gray wolf is regarded as the perfect husband with skills and effort. He invents many things just to catch a sheep for his wife. Though he is often hit by his wife, he always makes her happy without complaining (抱怨).
We can learn more from the cartoon, including the skills, the stories, the details, the humor, and so on. We could see the humor of Chinese type during the cartoon. But I don't like its being shown so often. It may make the children spend more time on watching TV and it is bad for their health and study.
54. The underlined word “cartoon” in the first paragraph is ________.
A. a kind of picture       B. a kind of sheep C. a kind of film    D. a kind of book
55. Which channel is not mentioned in the passage.
A. Zhejiang Channel      B. Shandong Channel    C. Sichuan Channel       D. CCTV-1
56. Why do many adults also like the cartoon Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf?
A. Because they like men like gray wolf.     B. Because they are still young.
C. Because they want to make their children happy.
D. Because there are many things about the happy sheep and the gray wolf.
57. The author doesn’t like its being shown repeatedly because ________
A. he thinks children will feel bored after seeing it again and again
B. he is afraid that children’s health and study will be affected
C. he doesn’t like the cartoon himself.        D. he thinks it is a waste of money

In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand (木架) with a small notepad (记事本)　and a hole for a pencil.

I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.

“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”

My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in those days.”

Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”

This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have travelled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible (看不到的) exhibits at every meal.

1.Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?

A．To leave messages.

B．To list her everyday tasks.

C．To note down maths problems.

D．To write down a flash of inspiration.

2.What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?

A．It has great value for the family.

B．It needs to be replaced by a better one.

C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood.

D．It should be passed on to the next generation.

3.The author feels embarrassed for .

A．blaming her mother wrongly

B．giving her mother a lot of trouble

C．not making good use of time as her mother did

D．not making any breakthrough in her field

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The mother is successful in her career.

B．The family members like travelling.

C．The author had little time to play when young.

D．The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.

5.In the author’s mind, her mother is .

A．strange in behaviour

B．keen on her research

C．fond of collecting old things

D．careless about her appearance

Justin’s bedroom was so full of flat bicycle tires, bent tennis rackets, deflated（瘪掉的）basketballs, and games with missing pieces that you could barely get in the door. His parents pleaded with him to clean out his room.

“What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom?” his father asked. But Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, “Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.”

When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue backpack--a smaller version of his bedroom--a place to store the many objects that he collected. It was so worn and stretched that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore.

Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out and getting people out of otherwise hopeless situations. Many of his classmates and neighbors sought him out when they needed help with a problem. On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for Justin.

“Do you think you have something in your bag that could help me remember my locker combination?” he asked. “I lost the piece of paper it was written on. I have a science class in two minutes and if I’m late on the first day it’ll make me look bad for the rest of the year.” Kenny looked really worried.

“Relax,” Justin said, taking his backpack off and unzipping the top. “Remember how you borrowed my notebook in homeroom to write the combination down? Well, I know how we can recover what you wrote.”

He took the notebook and a soft lead pencil out of his bag. The page that Kenny had written on had left faint marks on another page in the notebook. Justin held the pencil on its side and rubbed it lightly over the marks. Slowly but surely the numbers of the locker combination appeared in white, set off by the gray pencil rubbings.

“That’s amazing!” Kenny said. “I owe you one.” And he dashed off to open his locker.

It was just another day in the life of the boy whose motto was “Never throw anything out, you never know when it might come in handy.”

1.Why is Justin’s room such a mess? WWW.K**S*858$$U.COM

A．He always forgets to clean it.	B．He shares the room with his brother.
C．He has no time to clean it.	D．He never throws anything away.

2.In what way is Justin’s backpack a smaller version of his bedroom?

A．He uses it as a place to store objects.

B．He uses it to carry his books and sports equipment.

C．His parents tell him to clean it all the time.

D．He’s had it for as long as he can remember.

3.The underlined phrase "pleaded with" means

A．ignored

B．asked

C．pushed

D．Ordered

4.How does Kenny feel toward Justin?

A．Annoyed.

B．Disinterested.

C．Grateful.

D．Angry.

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