To my family and friends, I have just started my tour of the area badly affected by the war. Everything is going really well, so no 16 . The land is beautiful but unfortunately it has a lot of 17 too. 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

I work as a volunteer（志愿者）for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to 36 him.
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and 37. For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried the trip was too 38 for a 17-year-old. Then, on Day three, as we were 39 over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned（咧嘴笑）, “Pretty hard. ”
After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes 40 large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized （着迷）. He couldn’t stop 41 . Later he said 42. “I wish I could speak French.” I was 43－this from a boy who hated and 44 French classes throughout school.
Usually silent, he 45 Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people. He blossomed（活泼起来）.
46 , the moment that really took 47 breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was 48 a woman villager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in 49 . Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and 50 to become part of the leadership of the 51 .
Learning her story, Barrett was as 52 as I by this tiny woman’s achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a 53 of love and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay 54 as a volunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This 55 achieved all I’d expected. Soon he will celebrate his 18^th birthday. He’ll be a man.

Flying first class was a new experience for us. We were happy to join the other few passengers who 36 fly in such luxury（奢侈）. It was almost as if we had a sense of 37 to be sitting with the group of people that 38 us.
As we chatted away about our travel, I could hear people around us talked about 39 business meetings. It wasn’t long before I __40 that these people were used to flying in luxury. They are 41 people I thought.
We noticed that the stewardess（女乘务员）was working non-stop to ensure the 42 of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat without receiving a(n) 43 . I thought how much she must love her job, 44 she smiled kindly at each person while 45 to their needs.
As the stewardess walked by our seats near the 46 of the flight, I looked at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you’ll have a great night.”She stopped at our seats with a look of 47 , bent down, looked at me and said, “Excuse me?” I 48 my words and she smiled in a rather 49 way, almost as if I had asked her a question that she did not know how to answer. After a few moments she said, “I can 50 you work with the public.”“Why do you think so?” I asked. She answered very quietly, “Because you are the _51 pass

enger here to say thank you and I really 52 your kindess.
The sense of belonging to the elite（精英）group of people in first cl

ass 53 as we heard her words. Our seats in luxury offered us 54 a comfortable

ride. We were reminded that without 55 we would be flying in no class.

小题7:A. safety B. rest C. food D

I'll be a photographer. I'm going to bring bits of Australia back home with me. I told myself this before, yet I feel so doubtful on this plane that's flying me thousands of miles away. I was so confident yesterday .But today I don't belong to this plane where men sit with briefcases reading newspapers. They're all adults.
I've never been out of the US. And now ,I'm traveling into Australia alone, a world I know nothing about. A part of me recognizes it as home.
I remember little about my mother, but I remember she had an Australian accent and golden hair. She wan fun and she would often take us to New Jersey beaches, where we would spend the whole day taking walks along the shore. My mom told me that in Australia, Christmas was always spent on the beach with friends and family, and everyone wore Santa hat with their bathing suits. It never got cold and bitter there. My mom was different and I was proud of her.
I don't know how she met my father. but after they met several years, they got married and moved into an apartment in New Jersey. Then I was born and we were a perfect family of three who went out to dinner and watched movies in the dark and loved each other.
I know things have been hard on my father since my Mom died years ago. It's hard for me, too, and I have to experience the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place.
This is an adventure.
小题1:How did the author feel when he was on the plane?

A．Confident	B．Foolish
C．Doubtful	D．Childish

小题2:The author traveled to Australia alone mainly because he wanted to__.

A．search his fortune there	B．find more about his mother
C．look for his grandparents there	D．find more about this wonderful place

小题3:The third paragraph is mainly concerned with__.

A．the author's first impression of Australia

B．the author's brief impression of his mother

C．the reason why the author loved his mother

D．the difference between his mother and father

小题4:What can we learn from the passage?

A．The author writes this passage to honor his mother.

B．The author decides to learn taking photos in Australia.

C．The author had a good time when his mother was still alive.

D．The author didn't like to live with his father after his mother died.

小题5:Where did the author most probably write this passage?

For years I wanted a f

lower garden. I spent hours and days thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together.
But then we had Matthew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five children. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.
Money was tight, as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”
Finally, all five children got through high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a garden.
I wasn’t sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to living on a pretty poor, no-frills budget (预算).
Then, one spring morning, on Mother’s day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing around on all its branches. Then I put my glasses on—and I couldn’t believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look. It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, tied all over the tree. Think of all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached: “IOU eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin.”
Marvin kept his promise, too. He dug up a nice ten-by-fifteen foot bed for me. And my other children bought me tools, a trellis (绷架), a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books.
That was three years ago. My garden’s now very pretty, just like what I wanted. When I go out to weed or tend my flowers, I don’t seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they are right there with me.
I live up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where winters are long and cold, and summers are too short. But every year now, when winter sets in, I look out of my window and think of the flowers I’ll see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes---every time.
I’m still not sure that money grows

on trees. But I know love does.
小题1:By saying “Do you see a money tree outside?”, the mother actually means _____.

A．Observation is the best teacher	B．Seeing is believing
C．The outsider sees the most of the game	D．It is not easy to gain money

小题2:The underlined word “no-frills” in the fifth paragraph is similar in meaning to _____.

小题3:From the last two paragraphs we can infer that the mother is _____.

A．divorced when she was young	B．not caring for her kids any longer
C．alone but not at all lonely	D．prouder with her garden than with her kids

小题4:The best title for the passage would probably be _____.

A．My flower garden	B．Marvin helps to realize my dream
C．Love in Michigan	D．Money grows on trees

After we meet people, it is up to us to make them our friends．Let us stop a moment and consider what really makes a friend. The major qualities like faithfulness, devotion, friendliness，flash through our minds. But it is the large number of very small particular qualities that make up one’s whole character, such as cheerfulness, friendliness and punctuality. After all, “to make a friend, be a friend” is not such a big and difficult order. Ther

e are particular favorable qualities, which attract others to us, and some fundamental psychological do’s and don’ts．
If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual questions may bring him out of his shell. Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person for you to talk, or to listen. Either way, the goal is to make yourself pleasant．
Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently. To have anyone “hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody．For a few extremely happy seconds we are the center of attraction，but when it is our turn to be audience，let us remember how we felt as the actor，and let’s be genuinely interested in what the other fellow is saying．
Other people will l

ike us, if we like them. If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship. Be alive to the other person’s world．
小题1:This passage is mainly about________.

A．the way of talking to a shy person

B．some favorable qualities to be a psychologist

C．how to make yourself attractive to listeners

D．how to make a friend and be a friend

小题2: The underlined part “bring him out of his shell” in the second paragraph most probably means________.

A．make him become active	B．make him feel more nervous
C．help him understand the question better	D．help him listen intelligently

小题3:According to the passage，an important way in making friends is to________.

小题4:Of the qualities in a friend，which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

Scores of farms across he country are opening up to overnight guests．The best have all the appeal of a first-rate inn（小旅馆） — plus here a moo, there a moo．
Sure, you and your kids have a plan for the theme parks．In the meanwhile, why not make a little hay（干草）? Farm stays are fast becoming the great American alternative to the pre-packaged vacation．
LIBERTY HALL FARM
Rochester, Vt．; 802/767-3926; www．libertyhillfarm．com．Adults $75, teens $50, kids 12 and under $35, including breakfast and dinner; shared baths．
Beth and Bob Kennett run a farm straight out of a storybook．You’ll find Beth in the kitchen, rolling out dough（生面团） for a pie．Bob’s busy with other work．Guests sleep in seven sunny bedrooms right in the farmhouse and can participate in any of the farm jobs．Maybe you and your kids won’t be up at 6 am to meet the milk truck, but you can help with the milking twice a day, collect eggs, and pick sweet corn and wild blackberries in season．
HULL-O FARM
Durham, N．Y．; 518/239-6950; www．hull-o．com; Adults $110, kids 10-14 $60, 5-9 $50, 2-4 $35, under 2 free, including breakfast and dinner; private baths．
It started in 1993 as a way to bring in some extra money at a time of falling milk prices．But soon after Frank and Sherry Hull opened their Catskill Mountains dairy farm to overnight visitors, they discovered they loved it．As you drive up, Sherry greets you on the porch（入口处） of the 1825 farmhouse with a cow-shaped cookie jar．Before long your kids are playing around with the cows, sheep, ducks, goats and getting ready for a hayride．
MERAMEC FARM CABINS
Bourbon, Mo．; 573/732-4765; http://www．wine-mo．com Doubles with private bath $75, $10 per additional person．Trail and riding fees extra．
Climb on the back of the Ford pick up and catch up with the herd．One gentle cow named Cricket will even let the kids sit on her back．At the barn（牲口棚） Carol will introduce you to the horses — 15 Missouri Fox Trotters — and lead you on a ride over the hills and down along the spring-fed Meramec River, where everyone swims．Grab a fishing pole and head back to the river．When you have your fill of the wild, try Carol and Dave’s favorite restaurants, within 20 miles of the farm．
小题1:The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that _____．

A．you can enjoy the best cuisine at the first rate restaurant

B．some farms provide country experiences as well as good accommodations

C．farm work is hard, but you can enjoy it a lot, playing with the animals

D．if you want to hear a cow’s cry, please stay on a best farm

小题2:We can learn from the three ads that ____．

A．Hull-O Farm was not built for overnight visitors

B．Frank and Sherry Hull run a farm out of a storybook

C．kids can sit on a gentle cow’s back on Hull-O Farm

D．you can’t milk a cow if you get up late on Liberty Hill Farm

小题3:The Browns have a 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter．If they stay on Liberty Hill Farm for one night, how much will they pay?

小题4:Who will be most likely interested in the webpage?

A．Kids who want to find pleasure in the theme parks．

B．People who expect to be employed on the farm．

C．Those who plan to have family vacations on working farms．

D．Researchers who are interested in raising cows on farms．

When you cough or sneeze, you’d better turn your head away from others and cover your mouth with the full part of your hand. And then, you should say, “Excuse me.”
This seems so simple, but it is surprising how many kids have never been told to do this. Actually, I notice adults all the time who cough and sneeze in public without placing a hand over the mouth. One important thing I point out to the kids is that after they sneeze or cough on their hands, they should wash their hands as soon as possible. If not, they will be passing those germs

(细菌) a

long to everyt

hing and everyone they touch.
If you come to a door and someone is following you, hold the door. If the door opens by pulli

ng, pull it open, stand to the side, and allow the other person to pass through first, then you can walk through. If the door opens by pushing, hold the door after you pass through.
After a few weeks of seeing kids try to get through doors in the school and watching them enter restaurants as the door hit other people, I knew I had to discuss the problem with my students. Teaching them small acts of kindness, such as letting someone else go through a door first as they hold it open, may seem unimportant, but it can go along way toward helping students realize hot to be polite and thank others. Once they’ve been told, they’re halfway there.
When we have to go up moving stairs, we will stand to the right. That will give others who are in a hurry a choice of walking up the left-hand side of the moving stairs. When we are going to enter a lift, the underground, or a doorway, we will wait for others to exit before we enter.
After college when I moved to London, I was surprised at how polite everyone was in the subways. I was even more touched when I traveled to Japan. In both places, people made efforts to make way for others. On moving stairs, everyone stood to the right and walked to the left. On lifts, everyone would stand over to the side and allow others to exit before they would begin to enter.
小题1:When you cough or sneeze, you should ________.

A．touch everything	B．cover your mouth
C．point out to the kids	D．pass the germs to others

小题2:If you come to a door and someone is following you, you’d better _______.

小题3:From the passage we ca know the writer is a ________.

小题4:A. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the rules of behavior in public B. the easy of communication
C. the acts of kindness among people D. the knowledge of social life

Almost all theme park accidents can be prevented．Here, based on coverage of theme park safety, are some tips to help you and your family stay safe on your next visit．
If you are visiting with a child, take a moment to explain the ride to them, and tell them how they should behave．They are depending upon you to keep them safe．Set a good example for them by following the rules of the park, and make sure that they know you expect them to follow those rules, too．
Tell them to stay seated, to hold the grab bar or put their hands in the laps, and not to stick their knees and feet outside a ride vehicle．Make them look to you for the okay to get on or off a ride, too．
And never put a crying child on a ride．If your child starts to cry, let others pass you in line until your child is calmed．Or, gently exit the queue and find something more relaxing to do．
Young kids can’t keep an adult’s pace in a theme park．Let them take plenty of breaks．
“Kids get tired,” said TPI reader Matt Johnson, a father of four．“Tired kids make parents even more tired．And tired kids and parents may get hurt — physically and emotionally．” He advises that parents plan a mid-day break, perhaps a swim back at the hotel, to avoid mid-day heat and crowds．“You will see cranky families having a miserable time while you are refreshed and having a great evening．”
小题1:The second paragraph tells readers that ________．

A．children should be trained to be more independent

B．adults should tell children some safety rules firstly

C．adults should set a good example to behave well in a theme park

D．there is a danger to take young children to visit a theme park

小题2:Which of the following is NOT right for children who are taking the rides?

A．They cannot put their hands away from the grab bar．

B．They are forbidden to put their knees or feet out．

C．They should ask adults’ permission first to get on a ride．

D．Without adults’ okay sign, children shouldn’t get off a ride．

小题3:If your child begins to cry just when he is going to take a ride, you should ________．

A．tell him to be relaxed	B．make him share your interest
C．give up the present activity	D．encourage him to be brave

小题4:We may infer from Matt Johnson’s words that ________．

A．he doesn’t like to visit a theme park with his children

B．parents with many children may be tired of visiting a theme park

C．not all the families are relaxed or happy when they visit a theme park

D．visitors should arrange everything carefully before starting

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