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.“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，and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town，and I 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 neighbours.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 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 he didn’t want to be much too strict with him.

3.What would you 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.

A friend is better than fortune. A friend is worse than poison in some cases. 

The two sentences above have opposite meanings and seem to be unreasonable, but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us into bad ways.

　　My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below — he has no bad habits, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality (节俭). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and shares the feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characteristics that I don’t have. I can follow him as a model. With his help I can be free from all difficulties.

Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word “failure”.

1.This passage tells us ____.

　  A. how to make friends with others         B. how to help friends

　  C. what kind of person the writer’s friend is

　  D. what kind of person we should make friends with

2.According to the writer, an ideal friend refers to _______. 

　  A. a friend without bad habits           　B. a famous man

　  C. a perfect man                       D. a respectable man

3.From the passage we can learn that ________. 

　  A. the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other

　  B. the writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend

　  C. the writer’s ideal friend has a lot to learn from him

　  D. the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend

4.From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that _______. 

　  A. friendship means a great deal to him

　  B. nothing can be done without friends

　  C. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend

D. good friends should always help each other

Michel is a young girl who works for the police 26 a handwriting expert (专家). She has helped　 27　 many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
　　When she was fourteen, Michel was already 28　 interested in the differences in her friends' 29 that she would spend hours 30　 them. After 31　 college she went to France for a 32　 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
　　Michel says that it is 33　 for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover 34　 of what she needs to know simply 35 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 36　 she also has machines　 37　 help her make　 38　 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 39　 great help to the police.
　 Michel believes that handwriting is a good 40　 of what kind of person the　 41　 is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow 　 42 I didn't like his handwriting.” She says. But she 43 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 44　 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 　 45 , however.
26 　A. with　　　 B. by 　　　　 C. like 　　　D. as
27 　A. search　　 　B. follow 　　 C. catch 　　 D. judge
28 　A. so　　　　　 B. too 　　　　C. quite 　　 D. extra
29 　A. books　　　　B. letter　　　C. tongues 　 D. handwriting
30　 A. writing 　　　B. studying　　C. settling 　D. uncovering
31 　A. attending　　 B. finishing 　C. starting 　D. stepping into
32 　A. powerful 　　B. natural 　　C. special　　D. common
33　 A. main 　　　 　B. safe 　　　 C. easy 　　　D. impossible
34　 A. most 　　　　B. nothing　　 C. little 　　D. sight
35 　A. with 　　　 B. by 　　　　 C. of　　　 　D. about
36 　A. so 　　　　 B. for 　　　　C. thus 　　　D. but
37 　A. they 　　　 B. in which 　 C. that 　　　D. those
38 　A. up 　　　　 B. out 　　　　C. for 　　　 D. into
39 　A. of 　　　　 B. to　　　　　C. with 　　　D. for
40 　A. test 　　　 B. sign(标记)　C. means 　 　D. habit
41 　A. thief 　　　 B. criminal　　C. writer 　　D. policeman
42 　A. whether 　　 B. unless 　　 C. if 　　　　D. after
43　 A. adds 　　　 B. tells 　　　C. repeats 　 D. cries
44 　A. before 　　 B. after 　　　C. so 　　 D. and
45　 A. necessary　　 B. all right 　C. important 　D. quite easy

　　Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale,Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
　　In the early years, these school were much.alike(*similar).Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects,and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated(*毕业),most of them became ministers or teachers.
　　In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training(*训练)in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.
　　As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
　　Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with(涉及)special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.

　　11.The oldest university in the US is _________.
　　A.Yale 　　B.Harvard 　　C.Princeton 　　D.Columbia
　　12.From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______.
　　A.those colleges and universities were the same
　　B.people, young or old, might study in the colleges
　　C.students studied only some languages and science
　　D.when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers
　　13.Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________.
　　A.Latin and Greek
　　B.Latin, Green, French and German
　　C.American history and German
　　D.French and German
　　14.As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______.
　　A.everything that was known
　　B.law and something about medicine
　　C.many new subjects
　　D.the subjects that interested students
　　15.On the whole, the passage is about___________.
　　A.how to start a university
　　B.the world-famous colleges in America
　　C.how colleges have changed
　　D.what kind of lesson each college teaches