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competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue (争论) about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.
The stronger team is a shoo-in. there is no way that it can lose.
The expression "shoo-in" comes from horse racing. It comes from the word "shoo". That is not the shoe
we wear on our feet. It's another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means
to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest (不诚实) riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one
chosen horse would win the race. All but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider
would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet (打赌) large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The
public (公众) soon learned about such races. They began to call the winner of such a race a "shoo-in".
These days, people use shoo-into describe (描述) any athlete (运动员) or competitor that seems certain to
win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race (跳拦赛) in
the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lose. And they were
right. He won the gold medal.
B. the public had belief in him
C. he could not control his horse easily
D. the other riders had agreed to fail in the race
B. due to his great effort (努力) shown in more than one hundred races
C. that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games
D. that the old meaning of "shoo-in" had changed
B. The US runner Moses was worthy of (配的上) a shoo-in.
C. The public did not know they were being cheated.
D. Some runners bet a lot of money on the chosen horse.
B. used to admire (钦佩) a person who seems to be sure to win a race
C. a word used to describe a dishonest person
D. used for any athlete or competitor that seems too clever to be cheated
B. Moses won a lot of races
C. Moses was the best runner in America
D. We can use "shoo-in" to describe an excellent runner
I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can't tell anything," he finally said. "I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this and do that, because everything is different and I don't know what is going to come up. I can't help much with money either, but I think things will work out. "
He gave me a new check-book (支票簿) . "If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell." In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.
"You know what you want to be, and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a job，be sure it’s honest(诚实的)，and work hard．”I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town．and l would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you．
Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old，broken Bible that he had read so often．the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbors．I knew he would miss it．I knew，though，that I must take it．
He didn’t say read this every morning．He just said，“This can help you if you will let it．”
Did it help? I got through college without being a burden(负担)on the family．I have been able to make money since．
1．What is the writer’s main purpose(目的)in writing this passage?
A．To tell the readers his life story．
B．To tell people what kind of person his father was．
C．To let people know how poor he was．
D．To tell the readers what present he got from his father．
2．Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?
A．Because he felt quite confident of him．
B．Because he was born from a poor family．
C．Because he was a man of few words．
D．Because tie didn’t want to be much too strict with him．
3．What would someone learn from this passage?
A．How to live by oneself．
B．How to stand on one’s own feet．
C．What a good father should do．
D．What the self-important is like．
4．What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?
A．闲暇时光． B．学费． C．经济不足． D．精神空虚．
5．What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?
A．It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others．
B．There were many good examples for you to copy in it.
C．It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.
D．It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble．
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