My teenage son Karl became withdraw after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent(缺席) 95 times from classes and has six falling grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate(毕业), I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged(乞求) him. Nothing worked.

One night o felt so powerless that I got down on my knees(膝盖) and pleaded(恳求) for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope(绳子). I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”

  I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands. “For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll .In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”

1. Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “withdrawn”?

A. Quiet and lonely.                                         B. Relaxed and excited.

C. Active and lively.                                          D. Happy and easy-going.

2.When the mother said “It’s out of my hands” to the headmaster, she meant that she ______.

A. didn’t know what to do about her son       

B. would drive her son away from the house

C. had no money to support the family               

D. would have to hang up

3.Who was it that telephoned Karl’s mother that day?

A. The headmaster                                          B. The school adviser

C. Karl himself                                       D. The passage doesn’t tell us

4.From the passage we can learn that ______.

A. children in single-parent families always have mental problems

B. mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life

C. parents should give their children everything that they need

D. school education still works well without the support from parents

1After I ______ my homework, I went out to an aquarium.

A. was doing           B. did           C. does         D. would do

— What do you think of the young lady?

?? ????????????? — She is hard-working. She ________ all her effort into her work before she got ill.

A. has put?????????? ????????????? B. put????????????? ????????????? C. had put???????? ????????????? D. would put

选出与所给句子画线部分意思相同或相近的选项

1.Robert does well in playing table tennis.

A. is good at                 B. is interested in          

C. likes                      D. hates

2. Han Meimei lost her library book just now, didn’t she?

A. right now                 B. long before               

C. a moment ago              D. just then

3.Mr. King told me to give him a call at nine this evening.

A. give him a talk          B. take him a message    

C. wake him up              D. ring him up

4. Mr. Brown bought a few Chinese books yesterday.

A. a little                      B. a lot of                     

C. several                       D. a bit

5. Allan failed to answer Miss Zhao’s question in today’s English class.

A. wasn’t able to           B. didn’t want to           

C. was able to              D. would like to

6. —Is this schoolbag yours?

       —No. Mine is different from it.

A. smaller than              B. bigger than               

C. the same, as              D. not the same as

Once a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete(不完整的)，it could only roll(滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with insects(昆虫). It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted perfectly, it put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole, with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to insects. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left the piece it found by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.

Sometimes, we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better.

We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us.

1.The circle rolled very slowly because it __________.

     A. spent much time talking with insects

B. wanted to enjoy the sunshine

     C. was looking for its missing piece

D. lost a piece of its own

2.After it was whole again and rolled fast, the circle__________.

     A. felt unhappy

B. could see more beautiful flowers

     C. was too proud to talk with any insect

D. would go anywhere

3.why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly?

A. Because it found a different world   

B. Because it wanted to look for a better piece

C. Because it wanted to enjoy the world as before

D. Because it felt tired.

4.If a man owns everything, he’ll __________.

     A. be perfect in every way

B. have other trouble

     C. share happiness with others

D. have enough love around him

5.The story mainly tells us that__________.

A. nobody loves us if we give nothing

B. a man who has everything is the happiest

C. losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes

D. we are not whole when we lose something