I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

     After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him .But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.

Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that ,they played for time,… and I left without getting a cent.

My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.

1. The author’s roommate offered to help him because _____.

   A. he felt sorry for the author

   B. he thought it was a chance to make some money

   C. he knew the doctor was a very good one

   D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer

2.A good doctor is essential for the author to_____.

   A. be properly treated

B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

   C. recover before he leaves America

   D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

3.The underlined word “ charge ” in this passage means ______.

   A. be responsible                 B. accuse                   C. ask as a price         D. claim

4.Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very ______.

   A. friendly                      B. greedy                         C. professional          D. busy

5. What conclusion can you draw from the story?

   A. Going to court is something very common in America.

   B. One must be very careful while driving a car.

   C. there are more bad sides in America than good sides.

   D. Money is more important than other things in the US.

It was the beginning of a new term. As a(n)   36   teacher in that school, I didn’t know any of the students. A little girl was   37   at the gate of the classroom. She looked very   38  .

I walked up to her and asked   39   she stood there. But she said   40  . Instead, a boy shouted, “She is from Grade Four, the   41   student in her grade.” I looked at the little girl, who didn’t seem to be the smart kind. I   42   why her teacher asked her to stay in Grade Three. I took her hand and   43   her into the classroom.

“Sit here. Now you are my student and I’m your teacher,” I said. She   44   said nothing, but she burst into tears.

I later learnt that her parents   45   in a car accident, and she had   46   talking to others since then. She learnt very   47  . I gave her respect and never   48   her as I know everybody deserves (值得) respect. I   49   her after school, and she was making   50   little by little. I encouraged her and as   51   went by, she was not as shy as before. At the end of the term, she seemed to have forgotten all her   52  . She was not one of the best students when she left that school,   53   at least, she was not that shy and sad little girl any longer.

In the following   54  , she would send me a card on each Thanksgiving Day. Three days ago, I received a(n)   55   to her wedding. And now, I am at her wedding, and she is smiling brightly.

Everyone deserves respect and everyone can be happy!

1.A. old                  B. new                  C. good            D. famous

2.A. smiling              B. sitting                C. standing           D. crying

3.A. tall                B. shy                  C. beautiful          D. kind

4.A. if                    B. when               C. why              D. how

5.A. something             B. anything               C. nothing             D. everything

6.A. worst                B. shortest               C. ugliest             D. smartest

7.A. remembered        B. thought                C. asked             D. understood

8.A. threw                B. pushed                C. pulled              D. led

9.A. firstly                 B. still                   C. surprisingly     D. finally

10.A. fought             B. disappeared            C. met              D. died

11.A. kept             B. stopped             C. advised         D. forgot

12.A. fast                      B. widely                  C. slowly              D. quietly

13.A. played jokes with   B. thought highly of C. took care of     D. looked down upon

14.A. helped            B. served                C. chose           D. pleased

15.A. progress                  B. happiness                   C. marks              D. surprises

16.A. dreams            B. efforts                 C. energy        D. time

17.A. joy                 B. sadness                C. past            D. anger

18.A. since                   B. because               C. so                 D. but

19.A. hours              B. years                  C. months          D. days

20.A. invitation                 B. card                 C. key               D. letter

One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor’s salary will be higher than a bus conductor’s wages. But the question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled man working on an oil-rig（钻探平台）with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor, the engineer and the teacher have in common is that they have devoted several years to studying in order to obtain the necessary qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills and these years should be rewarded. At the same time we recognize that the work of the miner and the oil-rig laborer is both hard and dangerous, and that they must be highly paid for the risks they take.

　　Another aspect we must take into consideration is how socially useful a man’s work is. Most people would agree that looking after the sick or teaching children is more important than, say, selling second-hand cars. Yet it is almost certain that the used-car salesman earns more than the nurse and the schoolteacher.

　　Indeed, this whole question of just rewards can be turned on its head. You can argue that a man who does a job which brings him personal satisfaction is already receiving part of his reward in the form of a so-called “psychic（精神的）wage”, and that it is the man with the boring, repetitive job who needs more money to make up for the soul-destroying repetitiveness of his work. It is significant that the jobs like nursing and teaching continue to be poorly paid, while others, such as those in the world of sport or entertainment, carry financial rewards out of all proportion to their social worth.

Although the amount of money that people earn is largely determined by market forces, this should not prevent us from seeking some way to decide what is the right pay for the job. A starting point would be to try to decide the ratio（比率）which ought to exist between the highest and the lowest paid. The picture is made more complicated by two factors: firstly by the welfare benefits which every citizen receives, and secondly by the taxation system which is often used as an instrument of social justice by taxing high incomes at a very high rate indeed. Most countries now regard a ratio of 7:1 as socially acceptable. If it is less, the highly-qualified people carrying heavy responsibilities will become disappointed, and might even end up by leaving for another country. If it is more, the difference between rich and poor will be so great that it will lead to social unrest.

1.Why do people naturally expect that doctors should be well-paid?

A．Their work requires greater intelligence.

B．They are under constant pressure at work.

C．They work harder than most other people.

D．They have studied for years to get qualified.

2.In Paragraph 2 and 3, the author indicates that __________.

A．the talented should do more important work

B．unskilled jobs have less social responsibility

C．those with more socially useful jobs earn less

D．people want to pay more to important services

3.Which of the following statements would the author agree?

A．It’s difficult to define the social value of a job.

B．The market will decide what the right pay is for a job.

C．People should find a proper ratio between high and low pay.

D．Those receiving high salary should carry heavy responsibilities.

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此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（   ），在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原文没有错的不要改。

Dear John,

    How are you? I’ve got a wonderful news to tell you.                                  86.                             

Last month one hundred and twenty students took the exam                                   87.                             

for further education in Australia. Only a little were choose                              88.                              

and I was one of them. Therefore, my parents are not                                       89.                             

happy about it. They are against my go there. Firstly.                                         90.                             

they say it is too far away that they will not see me for a whole                      91.                   year. Secondly, they don’t want me to live alone. They advised          92.                     ____

 me to study in the capital that I can continue to live                                    93.           ________

with them. What can I persuade them to accept the fact                                  94.                             

which I have grown up?                                                                                                95.                             

                                                                                                       Yours,

                                                                             Li Hua.

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers（young people aged from 13 —19）from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected — much harder. Students rose respectfully^① when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

       Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

       “Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

       At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize^② American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

Notes:

respectfully  adv. 尊敬地，谦恭地

criticize  vt. 批评，责备

Choose the best answers according to the above:

This year       __ teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.

A. twenty-three hundred       B. thirteen hundred

C. over three thousand   D. less than two thousand

The whole exchange programme is mainly to        __.

A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B. send students in America to travel in Germany

C. let students learn something about other countries

D. have teenagers learn new languages

What is particular in America schools is that        __.

A. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings.

B. there are a lot of outside activities

C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car

After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought        __.

A. a better education should include something good from both American and Germany

B. German schools trained students to be better citizens

C. American schools were not as good as German schools

D. the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students