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When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll’s house and a book. The Arabian Nights, came wrapped in red paper. I was just ready to read when my mother walked into my room．
“Isn’t your doll just beautiful?” my mother asked. I looked at the doll, with fair hair in a pink dress----I’ll have to call her “she” because I never gave her a name. I folded my lips and raised my eyebrows, not really knowing how to let my mother down easily.
“This doll is different.” My mother explained, trying to talk me into playing with it.
Thinking the doll needed love, I hugged her tightly for a long time. Useless, I said to myself. Finally, I decided to play with the doll’s house. But since rearranging the tiny furniture seemed to be the only active possible, I lost interest. I caught sight again of the third of my gifts The Arabian Nights, and I began to read it. From that moment, the book was my constant companion.
Every day I climbed our garden tree, nestled among its branches, I read the stories in The Arabian Nights to my heart’s content. My mother became concerned as she noticed I wasn’t playing with either the doll or the little house. She insisted that I take the doll up the tree with me.
Trying to read on a branch 15 feet off the ground while holding on to the silly doll was not easy. After nearly falling off twice, I tied one end of a long vine around the doll’s neck and the opposite one around the branch, letting the doll hang in mid air while I read. I always looked out for my mother, though. I sensed that my playing with the doll was of great importance to her. So every time I heard her coming, I lifted the doll up and hugged her. The smile in my mother’s eyes told me my plan worked.
The inevitable(不可避免的) happened one afternoon. Totally absorbed in the reading, I didn’t hear my mother calling me. When I looked down, I saw my mother staring at the hanging doll. Fearing the worst of scolding, I climbed down in a flash, reaching the ground just as my mother was untying the doll. To my surprise, she didn’t scold. She kept on staring at the doll．
The next day, my father came home early and suggested he and I play with the doll’s house. Soon I was bored, but my father seemed to be having so much fun, I didn’t have the heart to tell him. Quietly I slipped out, picking up my book on my way to the yard. So absorbed was he in arranging and rearranging the tiny furniture that he didn’t notice my quick exit.
Almost 20 years passed before I found out why the hanging-doll incident had been so significant for my parents. By then I was a parent myself. After recalling the incident, my mother said all those years she had been afraid whether I would turn out to be a most loving and understanding mother to my son．
My mother often thanks God aloud for making me a good parent, pointing out that with education I might have been a rich dentist instead of a poor poet. I look back on that same childhood incident, recalling my third gift, the book in red-paper, and I take advantage of the experiences that have made me who and what I am. Sometimes I pause to wonder at life’s wonderful ironies （讽刺）.
1.Why didn’t the author give the doll a name?
A. Because the gift was given by her parents.
B. Because the girl didn’t care much for the doll.
C. Because her parents would give the doll a name.
D. Because the doll had little in common with her.
2.The author’s account of a childhood incident shows that, as a young girl, she viewed her parents as people who .
A. hoped to shape their children’s future
B. were unconcerned about their behavior
C. ruined their children’s dreams completely
D. might withdraw their love at any moment
3. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The mother is now satisfied with her daughter’s career.
B. The daughter now regrets what she did when she was a girl.
C. The mother thinks the daughter’s achievements are unsatisfactory.
D. The daughter wishes that she had been allowed more freedom as a child.
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第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
John: Hello, Marry.
Marry: Hi, John. I haven’t seen you for ages. 61
John: Things just couldn’t be better. How about you, then?
Marry: Um…not bad. 62
John: 63
Marry: I’ve just finished my term paper and I’m going to travel next week.
John: Fantastic! 64 Oh, I’m afraid I have to go now for work. See you later.
Marry: OK, 65 Take care!
John: You too! Bye!
A. How have you been?
B. What have you been up to?
C. let’s get together sometime.
D. What would you like to know?
E. I really envy you!
F. That’s just what I am thinking of.
G. Just keeping myself busy.
查看习题详情和答案>>When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll's house and a book． The Arabian Nights, came wrapped in red paper． I was just ready to read when my mother walked into my room．
"Isn't your doll just beautiful?" my mother asked． I looked at the doll, with fair hair in a pink dress-I'll have to call her "she" because I never gave her a name． I folded my lips and raised my eyebrows, not really knowing how to let my mother down easily．
"This doll is different．" My mother explained, trying to talk me into playing with it．
Thinking the doll needed love, I hugged her tightly for a long time． Useless, I said to myself．Finally, I decided to play with the doll's house． But since rearranging the tiny furniture seemed to be the only active possible, I lost interest． I caught sight again of the third of my gift The Arabian Nights, and I began to read it． From that moment, the book was my constant companion．
Every day I climbed our garden tree, Nestled among its branches, I read the stories in The Arabian Nights to my heart's content． My mother became concerned as she noliced I wasn't playing with either the doll or the little house． She insisted that I take the doll up the tree with me．
Trying to read on a branch 15 feet off the ground while holding on to the silly doll was not easy． Alter nearly falling off twice, I tied one end of a long vine around the doll's neck and the opposite one -around the branch, letting the doll hang in mid air while I read． I always looked out for my mother, though． I sensed that my playing with the doll was of great importance to her． So every time I heard her coming, I lifted the doll up and hugged her． The smile in my mother's eyes told me my plan worked．
The inevitable happened one afternoon． Totally absorbed in the reading, I didn't hear my mother calling me． When I looked down, I saw my mother staring at the hanging doll． Fearing the worst of scolding, I climbcd down in a flash, reaching the ground just as my mother was untying the doll． To my surprise, she didn't scold． She kept on staring at the doll．
The next day, my father came home early and suggested he and I play with the doll's house．Soon I was bored, but my father seemed to be．having so much fun, I didn't have the heart to tell him．Quietly I slipped out, picking up my book on my way to the yard． So absorbed was he in arranging and rearranging the tiny furniture that he didn't notice my quick exit．
Almost 20 years passed before I found out why the hanging-doll incident had been so significant for my parents． By then I was a parent myself． After recalling the incident, my mother said all those years she had been afraid whether I would turn out to be a most loving and understanding mother to my son．
My mother often thanks God aloud for making me a good parent, pointing out that with education I might have been a rich dentist instead of a poor poet． I look back on that same childhood incident, recalling my third gift, the book in red- paper, and I take advantage of the experiences that have made me who and what I am． Sometimes I pause to wonder at life's wonderful ironies （讽刺） ．
67． Why didn't the author give the doll a name?
A． Because the gift was given by her parents．
B． Because the girl didn't care much for the doll．
C． Because her parents would give the doll a name．
D． Because the doll had little in common with her．
68． Which of the following best refers to the "irony" mentioned at the end of the passage?
A． The author has herself now become a mother．
B． The father was as troubled by the incident as her mother．
C． The father was comfortable playing with toys traditionally meant for girls．
D． The author was influenced most by the gift which was least valued by her mother．
69． The author's account of a childhood incident shows that, as a young girl, she viewed her parents
as people who .
A． hoped to shape their children's future
B． were unconcerned about their behavior
C． ruined their children's dreams completely
D． might withdraw their love at any moment
70． What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A． The mother is now satisfied with her daughter's career．
B． The daughter now regrets what she did when she was a girl．
C． The mother thinks the daughter's achievements are unsatisfactory．
D． The daughter wishes that she had been allowed more freedom as a child．
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单词拼写 （共8小题，每题0.5分，共4分）
1.As the hazy（雾霾）weather in China is getting worse, I a________ to the public to protect our environment starting with what we can do in our daily life.
2.If most people d__________ a day’s pay to the Hope Project, it will make a real difference to the children in need.
3.A government official was murdered last Friday and the police are collecting information that is r____________ to the case.
4.Former South African president Nelson Mandela passed away peacefully in the c_________ of his family around 20:50 p.m. on Dec. 5.
5.C_________ to many people’s belief, highly intelligent children are not necessarily certain to achieve academic success at high school.
6.It is a truth universally a_____________ that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
7.My English teacher has offered lots of suggestions and comments on my paper and p_______ every page of my draft.?
8.She was still angry with him, so she did not listen to what he was explaining and d___________ ignoring him all day.
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I took a trip after lunch and on my way home I stopped at a park in this beautiful little town. I really wanted to enjoy the _ wind of one of the last days of summer. I know I still have a lot of time left according to the ___. But I’ve seen too many summers suddenly____
When I had a rest at a __ , a man came, who was about my __ . Maybe we could have common topics. “Good _ _ , my friend!” he said as he _ _ down on the opposite side of the table. “You don’t live __ , do you?” “No, I’m just _ _ . I live about an hour and a half from here.” “What do you do for a living?” he asked. “I’m a _ _ .” “Well, I should have known,” he said.
Now he had my _ _ . How could he possibly know what I did for a living just by __ at me? “You were dreaming and wondering just like an author. I could see in your eyes. Most people see how _ _ the town is, but you see many other things most people don’t take the time to see.” I just wondered about his _ _ . “What do you do for a living?” “_ _ I’m a journalist (记者) for our local paper. But I call myself a reflection because I _ _ what I see in my job. My words can _ _ the world around me. I can write about what I know faithfully and I know these people for I have been _ _ here so long. So you can imagine how _ _ the news is here. They are in turn a reflection of me.”
If you had to _ _ what a good person would be like, could you fit the description? I hope you’re a good reflection.
1.A. cool B. hot C. strong D. cold
2.A. schedule B. weather C. calendar D. experience
3.A. start B. change C. worsen D. disappear
4.A. chair B. table C. restaurant D. station
5.A. height B. weight C. accent D. age
6.A. night B. afternoon C. evening D. morning
7.A. sat B. settled C. calmed D. lay
8.A. distantly B. nearby C. comfortably D. alone
9.A. passing by B. giving up C. thinking over D. walking off
10.A. designer B. thinker C. painter D. writer
11.A. interest B. secrete C. trust D. patience
12.A. shouting B. working C. smiling D. looking
13.A. busy B. scenic C. wide D. peaceful
14.A. career B. situation C. history D. advantage
15.A. Originally B. Actually C. Really D. Recently
16.A. report B. consider C. remember D. study
17.A. record B. decorate C. monitor D. reflect
18.A. watching B. waiting C. living D. traveling
19.A. funny B. important C. truthful D. numerous
20.A. copy B. describe C. draw D. guess
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