In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had? ?? and were leaving.

????? I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, ? ?? a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I ? ?? my neck to see how successful he had been in ? ? the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost?? ? 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the ? ?? tree in the park.? Obviously,? that was his grandson's kite!? The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread ? ? 0pen. Grandpa had only one? ? to his problem: cut the string.

???? "You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa, ?? ? wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.

???? I? ? how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the ? ? . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys ? ?? my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.

1.A. grown up?????? B. turned up????? C. picked up?????? D. taken up

2.A. carrying??????? B. grabbing? ???? C. keeping??????? D. holding

3.A. raised????????? B. spread???????? C. stretched?????? D. expanded

4.A. reaching??????? B. touching?????? C. getting??????? D. climbing

5.A. scene????????? B. sight????????? C. interest??????? D. control

6.A. thickest??????? B. strongest?????? C. tallest???????? D. largest

7.A. widely???????? B. wide????????? C. tightly???????? D. closely

8.A. method???????? B. hope????????? C. solution?????? D. result

9.A. and??????????? B. so??????????? C. or????? ????? D. but

10.A. sensed???????? B. glanced??????? C. watched?????? D. found

11.A. car??????????? B. sky?????????? C. kite?????????? D. tree

12.A. within???????? B. in??????????? C. beyond??????? D. with

IV. 阅读理解
Bill Jenkins worked in a big office in the city, and he used to go to the barber’s during working hours to have his hair cut, although this was against the rule: clerks (职员) had to have their hair cut in their own time.
While Bill was at the barber’s one day, the manager of the office came in by chance to have his own hair cut. Bill saw him and tried to hide his face, but the manager found him.
“Hello, Jenkins,” the manager said, “ I see that you are having your hair cut in office time.”
“Yes, sir, I am,” admitted Bill calmly, “You see, sir, it grows in office time.”
“Not all of it,” said the manager at once, “some of it grows in your own time.”
“Yes, sir, but I’m not having it all cut off.”
52. Clerks in the office where Bill worked were ________.
A. not allowed to leave the office in office time
B. told to go to the barber’s in their free time
C. not allowed to go to the barber’s for a hair cut
D. told that only the manager could break the rules
53. Bill often went to have his hair cut during office hours because __________.
A. he didn’t have to wait long       B. he had no idea of the office rule
C. he couldn’t be found by the manager
D. he just wanted to save his own time to do other things
54. When the manager saw Bill at the barber’s, he was _________.
A. unhappy     B. excited       C. sad        D. anxious
55. The sentence “I’m not having it all cut off,” really means _________.
A. Bill wanted to have his hair cut, which grew in office time
B. Bill was just against the rule about hair cut
C. Bill would like to have his hair cut, which grew both in his office time and in his own time
D. Bill didn’t like to have his hair cut, which grew in his own time

It’s hard not to feel cheated and over-charged when you receive unexpected roaming (漫游) charges while traveling abroad—whether they come from making phone calls or checking e-mails.

Jeff Gardner received an $ 11,000 bill from Verizon after spending four days in Jamaica. Before the trip, Mr. Gardner, who runs a fly-fishing business in Grayling, Michigan, said he called Verizon to find out what it would cost to use his cellphone for calls and his wireless card to check e-mails while in Jamaica. He said he was told that calls would be about $ 2 a minute and that there would be no extra charges for data as he was on an unlimited plan. The latter part turned out to be wrong.

“I don’t mind paying a fair amount for fair service, but $11,000 for four days is ridiculous,” said Mr. Gardner, who used his phone carefully and economically on the trip. He also tried to check and send e-mails using his wireless card, but quickly gave up after the e-mails didn’t go through. Still, his Verizon bill said more than 500,000 kilobytes (千字节) of data was delivered while he was in Jamaica, an amount Mr. Gardner said is 100 times what he normally uses in a month.

As travelers increasingly use smart phones abroad in the same way they do at home—to check e-mails, update Facebook and Twitter and pull up online maps—many are facing costly roaming fees, which providers charge when customers use their phones outside their service area. In fact, roaming charges have gotten so out of hand that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a plan that would require wireless companies to send their customers a voice or text message when they are approaching their plan’s limit, when they have reached that limit and when they are starting to result in roaming fees.

1.Why did Jeff Gardner call Verizon before his trip to Jamaica?

A. To hand over his business.    

B. To check his cellphone bill

C. To find out information about Jamaica.

D．To find out information about roaming charges.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Extra charges were made for Jeff Gardner’s data delivery.

B. Jeff Gardner’s calls were charged over $2 per minute.

C. Jeff Gardner’s plan turned out to be limited.

D. Jeff Gardner had difficulty delivering data abroad.

3.During the trip, Jeff Gardner______.

A. was careless with phone use

B. delivered no more data than at home

C. received quite poor e-mail services

D. frequently used his wireless card to send e-mails

4.What should wireless companies do according to the Federal Communications Commission?

A. Make customers know when they’re outside their service area.

B. Get customers informed when they’re near the limit of their plan.

C. Stop serving customers when they’ve reached their plan’s limit.

D. Limit some services to reduce the amount of roaming charges abroad.

IV. 阅读理解

 Bill Jenkins worked in a big office in the city, and he used to go to the barber’s during working hours to have his hair cut, although this was against the rule: clerks (职员) had to have their hair cut in their own time.

  While Bill was at the barber’s one day, the manager of the office came in by chance to have his own hair cut. Bill saw him and tried to hide his face, but the manager found him.

   “Hello, Jenkins,” the manager said, “ I see that you are having your hair cut in office time.”

   “Yes, sir, I am,” admitted Bill calmly, “You see, sir, it grows in office time.”

   “Not all of it,” said the manager at once, “some of it grows in your own time.”

   “Yes, sir, but I’m not having it all cut off.”

52. Clerks in the office where Bill worked were ________.

    A. not allowed to leave the office in office time

    B. told to go to the barber’s in their free time

    C. not allowed to go to the barber’s for a hair cut

    D. told that only the manager could break the rules

53. Bill often went to have his hair cut during office hours because __________.

  A. he didn’t have to wait long       B. he had no idea of the office rule

  C. he couldn’t be found by the manager

  D. he just wanted to save his own time to do other things

54. When the manager saw Bill at the barber’s, he was _________.

  A. unhappy     B. excited       C. sad        D. anxious

55. The sentence “I’m not having it all cut off,” really means _________.

A. Bill wanted to have his hair cut, which grew in office time

B. Bill was just against the rule about hair cut

C. Bill would like to have his hair cut, which grew both in his office time and in his own time

D. Bill didn’t like to have his hair cut, which grew in his own time

 It’s hard not to feel cheated and over-charged when you receive unexpected roaming (漫游) charges while traveling abroad—whether they come from making phone calls or checking e-mails.

Jeff Gardner received an $ 11,000 bill from Verizon after spending four days in Jamaica. Before the trip, Mr. Gardner, who runs a fly-fishing business in Grayling, Michigan, said he called Verizon to find out what it would cost to use his cellphone for calls and his wireless card to check e-mails while in Jamaica. He said he was told that calls would be about $ 2 a minute and that there would be no extra charges for data as he was on an unlimited plan. The latter part turned out to be wrong.

“I don’t mind paying a fair amount for fair service, but $11,000 for four days is ridiculous,” said Mr. Gardner, who used his phone carefully and economically on the trip. He also tried to check and send e-mails using his wireless card, but quickly gave up after the e-mails didn’t go through. Still, his Verizon bill said more than 500,000 kilobytes (千字节) of data was delivered while he was in Jamaica, an amount Mr. Gardner said is 100 times what he normally uses in a month.

As travelers increasingly use smart phones abroad in the same way they do at home—to check e-mails, update Facebook and Twitter and pull up online maps—many are facing costly roaming fees, which providers charge when customers use their phones outside their service area. In fact, roaming charges have gotten so out of hand that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a plan that would require wireless companies to send their customers a voice or text message when they are approaching their plan’s limit, when they have reached that limit and when they are starting to result in roaming fees.

1. Why did Jeff Gardner call Verizon before his trip to Jamaica?

A. To hand over his business.    

B. To check his cellphone bill

C. To find out information about Jamaica.

D. To find out information about roaming charges.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Extra charges were made for Jeff Gardner’s data delivery.

B. Jeff Gardner’s calls were charged over $2 per minute.

C. Jeff Gardner’s plan turned out to be limited.

D. Jeff Gardner had difficulty delivering data abroad.

3.During the trip, Jeff Gardner______.

A. was careless with phone use

B. delivered no more data than at home

C. received quite poor e-mail services

D. frequently used his wireless card to send e-mails

4.What should wireless companies do according to the Federal Communications Commission?

A. Make customers know when they’re outside their service area.

B. Get customers informed when they’re near the limit of their plan.

C. Stop serving customers when they’ve reached their plan’s limit.

D. Limit some services to reduce the amount of roaming charges abroad.