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A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, my dad was fascinated with this new?comer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.

As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. He was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies.

If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future ! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking? but my dad didn't seem to mind.

My dad was a non-smoker and he didn't permit alcohol at home, even for cooking. But the stranger encouraged us to try them on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool. His comments were sometimes unpleasant and sometimes suggestive.

I now know that my early concepts(观念)about relationships were influ?enced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked(指责)and NEVER asked to leave.

More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. Still, if you were to walk into my parents' house today, you would still find him sitting over in the corner, waiting for someone to listen to him and watch him draw his pictures. His name? We just call him "TV".

1.________________________ It can be inferred from the passage that   .

A.the stranger was popular with the family

B. the stranger was not very kind to the family at first

C. the stranger arrived soon after the author was born

D. the author's dad was kind and liked to make friends

2. The word "'spellbound" in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to

A.hopeless                       B. upset

C.tired                         D. interested

3. The third paragraph aims to show that the stranger is______ .

A.very curious                      B. knowledgeable

C.very generous                     D. troublesome

4.  How is the passage mainly developed?

A. By time.                      B.  By space.

C. By examples.                     D.  By comparison.

A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane. 5 , before we took off, we heard the pilot's voice throughout the plane. "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no 6 on the plane. We have a generator (发电机),and we are going to 7 the engines with it. We will 8 in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens.

See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At this point, one woman started crying. "Oh, no! We are going to 9 ! There were sighs of desperation and  10 spreading throughout the plane, and we hadn't even 11 yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still 12 there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again, "Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are 13 , so are we. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time.

There was crying 14 we had walked into a grave (坟墓).But, the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his 15 was to get up in the air, and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air and 16 happened. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone  17  for still being alive.

Although I do sincerely like to have a plan 18 "see what happens", which really isn't such a bad life strategy (策略),all too often, I would see people pur?suing their goals 19 with inaction just because they don't have 20 success. Actually, success will never be guaranteed. The 21 thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens.

If you are planning to learn a new skill, get up in the air, and see what happens! It might not be as

22 as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought. It could be 23 ! So don't stay there trying nothing just because there is no 24 of guaranteed success.

5.    A. Hopefully  B. Excitedly

C. Unfortunately    D. Thankfully

6.    A. service       B. power

C. water  D. fuel

7.    A. shut    B. fix

C. change       D. start

8.    A. get up B. pack up

C. light up      D. speed up

9.    A. wait    B. delay

C. crash   D. suffer

10.   A. rumour      B. anxiety

C. disease       D. smoke

11.   A. looked over       B. gone out

C. got across   D. taken off

12.   A. sitting B. checking

C. watching    D. boarding

13.   A. puzzled      B. patient

C. desperate    D. embarrassed

14.   A. even if       B. as if

C. what if       D. only if

15.   A. comment    B. complaint

C. promise      D. plan

16.   A. everything  B. something

C. nothing      D. anything

17.   A. escaped      B. cheered

C. sighed D. praised

18.   A. less than     B. other than

C. better than  D. more than

19.   A. frozen B. annoyed

C. concerned   D. satisfied

20.   A. realistic      B. organized

C. potential     D. guaranteed

21.   A. same   B. common

C. best    D. last

22.   A. interesting  B. challenging

C. surprising   D. encouraging

23.   A. fun     B. pain

C. sorrow       D. trouble

24.   A. meaning     B. sign

C. action D. reward

As a teacher, I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip,there will be no talking as we enter a building. This rule 5 to entering any place, whether it is a cinema,a church,a theatre, or any other places.

Once,in New York City,I took my class to see a(n) 6 near Times Square. When we arrived at the thea?tre ,there were about twenty other classes 7 outside waiting to get in. The students from the other schools were not 8 and there was pandemonium (骚动).I told my students to stay in a line and keep 9 . I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other 10  Soon we started to file into the theatre, and it was very disorganized. There was a  lady trying to 11    the groups and get them to their seats, 12 students were everywhere and 13 really knew where to go. My class,observing our rule, walked in 14 in two single-file lines. We stood near the door behind everyone else,and we 15 All of a sudden,the lady who was 16 noticed us and she walked 17 our direction. She asked the students 18 the teacher was for

our group, and I raised my 19 She asked, "Very, very nice to meet you. Come this way. We were led into the theatre, 20 , and we were given front-row

seats.

Sometimes 21 for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect, especially when you 22 no one around who is taking manners into 23 . Howev?er, that is usually the time when such 24 actions will be most appreciated and recognized.

5.    A.  leads       B. applies

C.  turns               D. belongs

6.    A.  play B. lady

C.  teacher    D. exhibition

7.    A.   sorted out     B.   settled down

C.   turned away  D.  lined up

8.    A.  behaving B. listening

C.   concentrating D. watching

9.    A.  order       B. contact

C.  watch      D. time

10.   A.  places      B. seats

C.   classes   D. teachers

11.   A.  scold       B. dismiss

C.  attract              D. organize

12.   A.  and  B. but

C.  so    D. while

13.   A.  anyone    B. nobody

C.  everyone  D. somebody

14.   A.  anxiously B. immediately

C.  quietly     D. hurriedly

15.   A.  passed     B. chatted

C.   rushed   D. waited

16.   A.   in trouble      B.  on guard

C.  in charge D.  on business

17.   A.  in    B. to

C.  for   D. under

18.   A.  how B. where

C.  what D. whether

19.   A.  voice       B. arm

C.  head               D. hand

20.   A.  finally     B. somehow

C.   first       D, instead

21.   A.  respect    B. love

C.  concern   D. support

22.   A.  receive    B. visit

C.  recognize D. meet

23.   A.  practice   B. effect

C.  account    D. operation

24.   A.  urgent     B. kind

C.  legal D. firm

Born in America in 1898, William was an extraordi?nary boy, gifted with an amazing IQ between 250 and 300. The genius went to a grammar school when he was only 6 years old and graduated just within 7 months. At the age of 11, he became the youngest student of the Harvard University. He graduated with high scores at the age of 16 and entered Harvard Law School at 18.

Gifted with an amazing IQ between 220 and 230, Ter?ence Tao makes it to this list of the people with the highest IQ in the world. Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1975, this genius first displayed his incredible intelligence at a mere age of 2 , when he managed to solve basic arithmetic ques?tions on his own. At the age of 16, he graduated with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees at the Flinders University. He has been considered as "Mr Fix it" by Charles Feffer-man, who is a professor of Mathematics at Princeton Uni?versity ,and many other mathematicians want to interest him in their problems.

This 31-year-old Japanese-American astrophysicist lands him third in this list. At the age of 12, Christo?pher Hirata already worked on college-level courses, around the time most of us were just in the 7th grade. At the age of 13, this gifted kid became the youngest American to have ever won the gold medal in the Inter?national Physics Olympiad.

At the age of 16, he was already working with NASA on its project to conquer planet Mars. After he was awarded the PhD at Princeton University, he went back to California Institute of Technology.

The next person with very high IQ is Albert Ein?stein. With an IQ between 160 and 190, Albert Einstein is the genius behind the theory of relativity, which has had a great impact on the world of science. He pos?sessed such an amazing ability that after his death, re?searchers were eager to preserve and make research on his brain in search for clues to his exceptional brilliance, which to this day, has remained a mystery.

1.    About William, which of the following is TRUE?

A.    His IQ reached between 220 and 230.

B.    At the age of 16, he graduated from a grammar school.

C.    At the age of 6, he graduated with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees.

D.    At the age of 11, he became the youngest student at the Harvard University.

2.    How many people with remarkable IQ are mentioned in the passage?

A.  3.    B. 4.       C.  5.     D. 6.

3.    Who once worked on the project to conquer planet Mars?

A.  William.  B.  Terence Tao.

C.  Christopher Hirata.     D.  Albert Einstein.

4.    From the passage we can know that      .

A.   when William graduated from the Harvard Univer?sity, he got the highest scores

B.    at the age of 2, Terence solved basic arithmetic questions on his own

C.    Christopher Hirata is a Japanese

D.    researchers have found out why Albert Einstein was so brilliant

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