I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed（瘫痪）.

The woman had an electric wheelchair. She could move her head and arms but not her hands or fingers. She had this clamp（夹子）attached to her arm and I’d have to open it and put a cup or a pencil in it and then she could move it. She would tell me how to do things. She would instruct me in great detail on the correct way to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold everything, including socks and pillow cases. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed and tuck （塞）the corners. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to grab it and do it herself. But she never yelled or scolded. Only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.

Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt, the right way to do the collar and sleeves. Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.

1.From the passage we can infer that the writer of the passage now is ________.

A．a housewife                           B．a full-time worker

C．a clothes maker                         D．a college student

2.The writer used to take care of the lady because ______.

A．she wanted to learn how to do housework

B．she was a relative of the disabled woman

C．she wanted to earn some money while sleeping and eating there

D．she had to do something in return to the lady for her kindness

3.When the lady taught the writer how to do housework, the little girl was ______.

A．eager to learn                          B．unwilling to learn

C．forced to learn                         D．careful to learn

4.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the lady now?

A．Sympathetic       B．Fearful            C．Hateful           D．Grateful

— ______ will get the first prize?

— I'm sure, Li Hua.

A. Who do you think            B. You think who

C. Do you think who            D. Whom do you think

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两个为多余选项。

—  Mary，we are going to have a party on New Year’s Eve. I’m sure we’ll have a good time. __1.__

—  I’d like to.

—  __2.__

--  In our classroom. We are going to decorate（装饰） it and turn it into a splendid ballroom.

—   _3.__I shall be very glad to spend my first New Year in China with you.

—  But we are going to ask everyone at the party to give a performance. 4.

—  I will. My voice is not very pleasant to the ear，though.

—  I heard you sing once. 5. I’m sure you’ll be the star of our New Year party.

—  Oh，thank you.

A．Your voice was sweet and beautiful.

B．Where are you going to have it？

C．Would you like to join us？

D．Thank you for inviting me.

E. Oh，it is great.

F. Let‘s go to the ball together. 

G. Do sing us some English songs，please.

—Did you remember to give Jenny the money?

—Yes. ________ I saw her, I'm sure.

A．So long as         B．So far as           C．The moment　     D．Any time

When I was in high school, I had a recurring(反复的) dream of my teeth falling out. I dreamt about my teeth just about every night for at least three weeks. Sometimes they would fall out one at a time, sometimes all at once. I became terrified that my dreams meant I would actually lose my teeth. Nine years later and about a million trips to the dreams, I still have a full set of teeth, but I’ve learned that when we’re experiencing stress in our lives, it tends to show up in our dreams as well．

Miller says losing teeth indicates burdens that crush your pride. If your teeth are knocked out, you’ll have sudden misfortune． Other explanations for dreams about lost teeth are that the dreamer is feeling powerless in life and may be in a transitional（过度的） period from one situation of life to another. Some experts believe that dreams of losing teeth today show we’re just as insecure and uncertain as we were in childhood．

When I dreamt about my teeth back in high school, I was trying to choose a college— a stressful decision． The dreams resurfaced when college graduation rolled around four years later and I’m sure they’ll start again when I graduate．

A little of stress in our everyday lives is normal. But sometimes it becomes such a regular occurrence in our lives that it influences our dreams and causes us to lose valuable sleep. Understanding our dreams is key to identifying and ending stress in our waking hours and restoring peace to our nighttime hours．

56．We know from the text that those who dreamt about lost his teeth indicates that________．

A．They will have sudden misfortune．

B．They are feeling powerless in life

C．They are as insecure and uncertain as they were in childhood

D．They are experiencing stress in their lives

57．How many different kinds of explanations are mentioned in the text about losing teeth?

A．Two                      B．Three              C．Four             D．Five

58．The underlined expression “rolled around” means_______

A．came about     B．came down      C．came near       D．rolled out

59．We can infer from the text that___________．

A．Our dream can reflect what we go through in our real life．

B．Dreams can damage our valuable sleep．

C．We only dream when we are under great pressure．

D．Our dreams can show us what will happen in the future．

60．The author wrote the passage to tell us that______.

A．He wanted to show us his strange dreams．

B．He tried to explain why we dream．

C．Different people have different dreams

D．It is important for us to understand the meaning of our dreams