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  The impact that English has to our life is beyond words. It is one of the major courses to kids ever since they start their primary schools. With Olympics being held in Beijing in 2008 and World Exposition in Shanghai 2010,English spree (狂热) seems not going to die out very soon but will continue to grow.

  To some people,it's a big release,when seeing themselves graduate from the university and they don't need to touch English anymore.  Kiss you,byebye,someone exclaimed. While to some others,it is not the case. After years and years of study,some people,still want to continue their "love" with English.  "I can't just throw it away as I do with a textbook," someone sighed. So,what to do then?

  Well,don't feel depressed. You are more than right to continue your "love" with English. How to do it? Well,easy!Just treat it as a hobby. If you look at the people around you,you will see almost all of them have hobbies. Some of them like sports,some like shopping,some enjoy playing mahjong. The list can go on and on. So,what's wrong to treat it as your hobby? I know this sounds very bizarre to many people,but who cares.

  Once we decide what our hobby is,it's important that we take a good look at this particular "hobby". As we all know,it consists of four major components―listening,speaking,reading and writing. It's almost not practical to try to be perfect with all these four pillars. (Remember,I define it as a hobby,not a career. ) So,ask yourself what you really want to pursue. If you are fond of translation,go for it. If you choose reading,well,why not?

  As this hobby is quite different from others,we should therefore,need to work out a plan to make the hobby more practical. To me,this hobby requires faith,action and patience. Let's talk about faith first. I believe you all agree with me that confidence and faith should be the first step when you start our journey. This is more like "lovetalking". If you don't think you can fall in love with a boy or a girl,what's the point of trying it? After all,you are just wasting your time.

  Now,once you have the confidence,the trust you have on yourself. What need to be done next is to work out a plan. Let's say,you want to "fall in love" with translation. What you may choose to do is to go to a library and pick your "girl/boy friend"，that is the book that you want to "fall in love".

  Lastly,we shouldn't be too hard to ourselves. Remember,this hobby is totally different from others. You've got to give yourself time and patience. Again,this is very much like "lovetalking". You need to give yourself time to play around. Great Wall was not built overnight,right? So is our love.

(   ) 5. In pursing one's hobby,the writer seems to believe that the key elements are      

   A. love,plan and action

   B. faith,action and patience

   C. purpose,confidence and books

   D. environment,trust and decision

(   ) 6. The underlined word "pillars" in the fourth paragraph is closest here in meaning to

   A. subjects   B. courses   C. columns   D. aspects

(   ) 7. By saying "Great Wall was not built overnight" at the end of the passage,what the writer really wants to convey is         .

   A. it is not an easy job to learn English well

   B. one should grasp his time learning English

   C. it is never too late to begin English learning

   D. you may take your time at English learning

(   ) 8. In writing this passage,the writer is somehow very         .

   A. humorous   B. doubtful   C. persuasive   D. abusive

5. B见文章第5段第2句。

6. D上文说道，语言包含4个方面的内容： listening,speaking,reading and writing ,这里pillars应是回指此4个方面。

7. D上文说到学英语需要耐心，这里又把学英语比成"长城非一夜就能修好的"，显然，作者要表达的意思是:学英语需要花时间，有耐心。

8. C综观全文，作者的写作风格应是"劝说的"。

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(   ) 1. A. number   B. answer   C. doubt   D. question

(   ) 2. A. know   B. guess   C. find   D. check

(   ) 3. A. got   B. keep   C. put   D. make

(   ) 4. A. supply   B. help   C. please   D. entertain

(   ) 5. A. earthquakes   B. floods   C. hurricances   D. storms

(   ) 6. A. writing   B. watching   C. hearing   D. reporting

(   ) 7. A. none   B. some   C. most   D. many

(   ) 8. A. get   B. buy   C. like   D. collect

(   ) 9. A. shared   B. exchanged   C. formed   D. discovered

(   ) 10. A. other than   B. instead of   C. as well as   D. rather than

(   ) 11. A. work   B. way   C. direction   D. discussion

(   ) 12. A. clothes   B. books   C. money   D. toys

(   ) 13. A. strict   B. surprised   C. satisfied   D. careful

(   ) 14. A. collection   B. sale   C. benefit   D. rescue

(   ) 15. A. take   B. sell   C. deliver   D. return

(   ) 16. A. despair   B. shelters   C. rags   D. shock

(   ) 17. A. interesting   B. familiar   C. strange   D. special

(   ) 18. A. hope   B. smile   C. look   D. voice

(   ) 19. A. happy   B. smooth   C. complete   D. fair

(   ) 20. A. sharing   B. buying   C. making   D. getting

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  "How many bricks do you think you have made in your life?" I asked him.

"Oh”， he said, "I do not know,I would be afraid to know. I made a million bricks one year. Mr. Arge Renals wanted to build a tobacco factory. He asked me if I thought I could make a million bricks. I studied and said' Yes,I could.,I did too. You can go see them if you want to. That building is still there. They are all my bricks,yes sir."I found myself filled with great respect for this man. He was standing in a hole in the ground covered in mud. He had made a life of earth and water and fire. He had made the building blocks of a city.  

(   ) 5. George Black became a brick maker because         .

   A. his brother was a brickmaker

   B. he had been old enough to find a job

   C. he had to support himself

   D. he wanted to start his own business

(   ) 6. All the following statements are true EXCEPT         .

   A. George made a million bricks every year

   B. Both George and his brother were ambitious people

   C. George insisted on making bricks by hand all his life

   D. George was over90 years old when he was interviewed

(   ) 7. From the passage we know that George is a person who is         .

   A. educated and hardworking   B. oldfashioned and lonely

   C. intelligent and easygoing   D. strong and struggling

(   ) 8. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

   A. A Brick maker   B. Mr. Black

   C. A Million Bricks   D. Builder of the City

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Papa never worked outside 6       a hat. He always wore the same kind of hat. It was a 7       hat. He never pushed the hat to one side of his head,he wore it straight and he did not push the top of his hat 8        like most cowboys do. Papa had 9        hats. One was his Sundayhat,the other was his everydayhat. When his Sundayhat got old,he wore it 10        and then bought a new Sundayhat. He wore his Sundayhat only to church or on holidays. Most of the time he 11        his Sundayhat in a special box. He hid it so we could not find it. Papa loves his hats and he 12        for them in a special way. He never threw them down on the 13       ,someone might sit on them. He even had a special place for his everydayhat. As soon as he came into the house from 14       ,he put his hat on the nail behind the kitchen door.

  Mama was very careful of Papa's hat. She was proud of the way he looked when he worked. She was not 15        to touch his Sundayhat. Then something happened. Maybe it was the 16        of the long summer,maybe Mama read about the hats in a magazine or book,she got the idea that Papa should not wear a 17       wool cowboy hat in the hot weather. She began to believe that Papa would 18        his hair if he did. Mama began to care more about Papa's hair than his hats. Perhaps it was Uncle George who made Mama 19        about Papa's hair. Uncle George had no hair. His head was as smooth as an egg. Papa had fake black hair that shone like 20       . It was terrible if Papa lost his hair because he wore a heavy wool cowboy hat. So Mama began to worry.

(   ) 1. A. horse   B. cow   C. sheep   D. chicken

(   ) 2. A. fed   B. acted   C. dressed   D. lived

(   ) 3. A. easy   B. common   C. difficult   D. necessary

(   ) 4. A. smart   B. folded   C. clean   D. smooth

(   ) 5. A. seldom   B. never   C. always   D. occasionally

(   ) 6. A. wearing   B. without   C. having   D. with

(   ) 7. A. strange   B. straw   C. nice   D. cowboy

(   ) 8. A. aside   B. down   C. up   D. over

(   ) 9. A. two   B. many   C. clean   D. special

(   ) 10. A. sometimes   B. occasionally   C. often   D. every day

(   ) 11. A. stored   B. protected   C. got   D. kept

(   ) 12. A. cares   B. looks   C. keeps   D. asks

(   ) 13. A. chair   B. table   C. floor   D. bed

(   ) 14. A. school   B. work   C. downtown   D. church

(   ) 15. A. banned   B. permitted   C. encouraged   D. advised

(   ) 16. A. rain   B. coolness   C. heat   D. wind

(   ) 17. A. heavy   B. light   C. strange   D. special

(   ) 18. A. spoil   B. lose   C. hurt   D. damage

(   ) 19. A. care   B. think   C. talk   D. worry

(   ) 20. A. silk   B. gold   C. sunshine   D. moon

 Something roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tattat of gunfire. "Father!" Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.

  "Father!What's that sound?" Hassan screamed,his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire.

  "They're hunting ducks, ”Ali said in a hoarse voice. "They hunt ducks at night,you know. Don't be afraid."

  A siren (警报声) went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street,awakened from sleep. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close and held him with tenderness.

  We stayed huddled (蜷缩) that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour,but they had frightened us badly,because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generations of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of the bombs and gunfire were not yet born. Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise,none of us had any idea that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played,bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.

  Just before the sunrise,Baba's car pulled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didn't recognize right away because I'd never seen it before：fear. "Amir!Hassan！" He cried as he ran to us,opening his arms wide. "They blocked all the roads and the telephone didn't work. I was so worried！"

  We let him wrap us in his arms and,for a brief moment,I was glad about whatever had happened that night.

(   ) 1. Who is the author of this passage?

   A. Hassan. B. Ali. C. Baba. D. Amir.

(   ) 2. By saying "They're hunting ducks"，Ali         .

   A. told the children the truth   B. tried to calm the children

   C. played a joke on the children   D. cheered the children up

(   ) 3. We can infer from the passage that         .

   A. there were thunderstorms that night

   B. Afghan children were used to the war

   C. that night was the end of people's peaceful life

   D. people on the street shouted and broke the windows

(   ) 4. From the last sentence of the passage,we know         .

   A. the author was glad to see his father come home safe

   B. there was a chance that a world in peace was to come

   C. what happened that night seemed nothing to the author

   D. Baba's arms gave the author temporary comfort and joy 

 A water bearer in India had two large pots. One of the pots had a crack in it,and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk,the cracked pot arrived only half full.

  For two years this went on daily,with the water bearer delivering one and a half pots full of water to his master's house. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection. After two years of what it had considered to be bitter failure,it spoke one day to the water bearer by the stream.

  "I am ashamed of myself,and I want to apologize to you."

  "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"

  "Because this crack in my side I have been able for these last two years to deliver only half my load. Because of my faults,you do not get full value for your efforts," the pot explained.

  The water bearer felt sorry and said, "As we return to the master's house,I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."Indeed,as they went up the hill,the cracked pot took notice of the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path,and this cheered it some. But at the end of the path,it still felt bad because it had still leaked half of its load,and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure. The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path,but not on the other pot's side? That is because I have always known about your weakness,and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path,and every day while we walk back from the stream,you have watered them. For two years I have been able to pick those beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way you are,he would not have this beauty."

  Each of us has our own unique weakness. We are all cracked pots. But if we will allow it,the Lord will use our weakness to grace His Father's table. In God's great economy,nothing goes to waste. Don't be ashamed of your weakness. Acknowledge them,and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength.

(   ) 5. How did the cracked pot feel?

   A. Desperate. B. Proud. C. Guilty. D. Faulty.

(   ) 6. The bearer was a clever person because         .

   A. he made use of the weakness of the cracked pot

   B. he picked beautiful flowers for his master every day

   C. he felt sorry for the cracked pot and tried to comfort it

   D. he carried only one and a half pot of water every day

(   ) 7. Everyone has weakness. The proper attitude towards it is to        .

   A. accept it and let it be

   B. take advantage of it

   C. do all you can to cover it up

   D. feel shameful and discouraged

(   ) 8. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means         .

   A. nobody should waste anything

   B. everyone was born to be helpful

   C. God is saving,he won't waste anything

   D. God won't send anything to the waste station

  When Kristi was born,the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward (向内扭曲) ."Left 1      ,it would be a problem," he told us.

  We did our best to help our baby. When she was only two weeks old,I brought her back to the doctor,just as he had 2        and the doctor put her 3        feet into casts. Because she was growing,I had to take her 4        to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast.

  5       the casting was finished,and it was time for 6        shoes and bars. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she 7        to walk. Those first,awkward steps made us so 8       . When she entered preschool,her steps appeared quite 9       . Encouraged by her progress,we looked for something else to help 10        her poorer body.

  As it 11,she loved the ice！

  When she 12        six,we entered her in skating lessons and soon she was gliding like a swan. We watched in 13        as she skimmed the ice. She worked hard at every new movement. She loved the ice and her dedication 14       . At the senior World Championships in 1991,she won the women's singles!Then we found ourselves filled with love and 15        in France,at the 1992 Winter Olympics,as our daughter,Kristi Yamaguchi won the gold medal.

  I thought back to the early years of 16       for Kristi―the years of frustration for her as a child who simply wanted to 17      the endless doctor visits;the first baby steps with bars and corrected shoes. We 18       her strength and dedication,and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had once been 19        in heavy casts. In our eyes,Kristi had always walked with the 20        of a true champion.

(   ) 1. A. unarmed   B. unattended   C. uncorrected   D. unoperated

(   ) 2. A. directed   B. showed   C. promised   D. told

(   ) 3. A. fat   B. thin   C. red   D. tiny

(   ) 4. A. over   B. out   C. back   D. away

(   ) 5. A. Fortunately   B. Specially   C. Eventually   D. Unluckily

(   ) 6. A. nice   B. helpful   C. corrective   D. strong

(   ) 7. A. struggled   B. stuck   C. hoped   D. decided

(   ) 8. A. sad   B. excited   C. relieved   D. pleasant

(   ) 9. A. usual   B. general   C. normal   D. common

(   ) 10. A. heighten   B. strengthen   C. harden   D. widen

(   ) 11. A. turned out   B. brought out   C. left out   D. taken out 

(   ) 12. A. became   B. got   C. went   D. turned

(   ) 13. A. surprise   B. sorrow   C. wonderment   D. anxiety

(   ) 14. A. paid off   B. came up   C. taken in   D. came out

(   ) 15. A. anxiety   B. hope   C. admiration   D. hesitation

(   ) 16. A. hopelessness   B. challenge   C. fear   D. surprise

(   ) 17. A. walk   B. run   C. speak   D. stand

(   ) 18. A. worried   B. respected   C. preferred   D. frightened

(   ) 19. A. hunted   B. bound   C. treated   D. rejected

(   ) 20. A. truth   B. determination   C. grace   D. hardship

  In high school I knew a guy who wanted to become a doctor. From the seventh grade on,that was all he wanted to be. After 1       he went straight into a medical school,and 2       doctor by age 25.        I 3        such people. They know 4        where they want to go in life.

  I don't think most people have such a 5       picture of where they are going. I,for one,feel I've been 6        all my life. The only thing Fve ever had a strong 7        to do is to dance,and I've spent 8        of my life trying to do that.

  Anyway,when I was 22       ,I 9       a crisis that forced me to stop dancing. I had to take a new 10       ,and I was at a loss to what it should be. Then one morning,I started to paint. My first piece,to my 11,sold for $4,000. And over the next few years I 12       16 more paintings,most of which also sold.

  13      ,though,as I approached the 60th year of my life,that 14       of being lost in life returned. I could 15        make myself paint,and once again,I was plagued (被.... 烦忧) with 16        about whether this was really what I was 17        to be doing with my life. Perhaps my life had become dull and I was to reach into the 18        and look for a fresh direction?

  I 19       everything I owned in storage,bought a tent and a bicycle and 20        out of town. I started a journey that day―a journey around the whole country.

(   ) 1. A. school   B. graduation   C. work   D. church

(   ) 2. A. became   B. turned   C. made   D. grew

(   ) 3. A. challenge   B. like   C. love   D. envy

(   ) 4. A. really   B. exactly   C. luckily   D. specially

(   ) 5. A. clear   B. beautiful   C. complete   D. colorful

(   ) 6. A. missing   B. left   C. lost   D. remaining

(   ) 7. A. devotion   B. urge   C. sense   D. pressure

(   ) 8. A. part   B. some   C. most   D. little

(   ) 9. A. went over   B. went against   C. went up   D. went through

(   ) 10. A. way   B. road   C. direction   D. route

(   ) 11. A. surprise   B. happiness   C. excitement   D. joy

(   ) 12. A. finished   B. completed   C. collected   D. created

(   ) 13. A. Unfortunately   B. Naturally   

       C. Strangely   D. Disappointedly

(   ) 14. A. picture   B. view   C. sense   D. idea

(   ) 15. A. nearly   B. never   C. almost   D. barely

(   ) 16. A. doubts   B. questions   C. worry   D. trouble

(   ) 17. A. suggested   B. supposed   C. required   D. advised

(   ) 18. A. darkness   B. brightness   C. heaven   D. unknown

(   ) 19. A. lifted   B. put   C. took   D. carried

(   ) 20. A. rode   B. drove   C. ran   D. walked

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