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I don't remember much about what we learned in her class,but my mother once told me
that we
used to write a lot.And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and find
there were so many mistakes,but no red corrections,and always a star.Sometimes even a
Good!This worried my mother,so one day when she went to meet Mrs White for one of
those ParentTeacher meetings,she asked her why she never redpenciled my mistakes in the
right spellings of words or pointed out grammatical errors.
"The children are just beginning to get excited about usi
ng words,or forming sentences.I don't want to damage that enthusiasm with red ink.Spelling and grammar can wait.The
wonder of words won't." Mrs White said.
Later I knew that if Mrs White had used her red pen often I probably wouldn't be telling
you about this now.I look back now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary
teacher to exercise such redpenrestraint (限制)．I used to misspell "beautiful" a lot,and never
could quite remember that the "e" went before the "a"．It annoyed my teacher in high school.
If I was going to employ the word with such lavishness (华丽丰富的语言) she figured the
least I could do was spell it right.Eventually the e's and a's settled into their right hold as much
as you mean sometimes.
And thanks to Mrs White,I had no worry about writing what I meant even if I couldn't quite
spell it out.Because life isn't "Pretty"．It's "Baeutiful"．
B．Mrs White often made wrong corrections
C．Mrs White's attitude towards my mistakes was special
D．mother wanted to know how to improve my spellings
B．children don't have the patience in spelling words
C．children's interest of learning words is very important
D．red corrections are used to draw children's attention
B．active learning is better than just to listen to a teac
her's instructionsC．children should know how to use simple words to express themselves
D．using words to express i
s more important than just correcting spelling
high school teacher________.B．was not satisfied with his/her mistakes made in spelling
C．should tell him/her how to improve words spelling
D．paid much attention to teach students to use proper words
one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that
previous disappointment."
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932, I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said. I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't hired. My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best." Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration (挫折) boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?" I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding (在前的) autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday's game! On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words: "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."
I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
B. happiness
C. gratefulness
D. disappointment
B. in the country
C. in big cities
D. in Dixon, Illinois
B. his mother was a person who talked a lot
C. nothing good has happened to him up to now
D. he got turned down every time he tried
B. Peter MacArthur was a program director in Scotland.
C. WOC Radio in Davenport broadcast imaginary games.
D. Montgomery Ward had a store with a sports department.
B. After he graduated from college.
C. Before he graduated from college.
D. As soon as he was turned down.
in art. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a
little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce, little,
old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.
Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas (画布) that had been waiting twenty-five
years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away
like a leaf on the old ivy vine climbing hopelessly up the outside block wall.
Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because
leaves drop off a vine? Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?"
"She is very sick and weak," said Sue, "and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas."
"This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick," yelled Behrman. "Some day I will
paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away."
Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and
Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at
each other without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow. Behrman sat and posed as the miner.
The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour's sleep. She found Johnsy with wide-open eyes staring at the
covered window.
"Pull up the shade; I want to see," she ordered, quietly.
Sue obeyed.
After the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night, there yet stood against the wall one ivy
leaf. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were colored with the
yellow. It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.
"It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fail during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall
today and I shall die at the same time."
"Dear, dear!" said Sue, leaning her worn face downtoward the bed. "Think.of me, if you won't think of
yourself. What would I do?"
But Johnsy did not answer.
The next morning, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was
still there. Johnsy lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was preparing chicken
soup.
"I've been a bad girl," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I
was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now."
An hour later she said:"someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples."
Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway.
"Even chances. With good care, you'll win," said the doctor. "And now I must see another case I have in
your building. Behrman, his name is-some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia (肺炎), too. He is an old,
weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain."
The next day, the doctor said to Sue:"She's out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now-that's all."
Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her.
"I have something to tell you, white mouse," she said."Mister Behrman died of pneumonia today in the
hospital. He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs
helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They could not imagine where
he had been on such a terrible night.
And then they found a lantern, still lighted. And they found a ladder that had been moved from its place.
And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow colors mixed on it.
And look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never moved
when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrrnan's masterpiece-he painted it there the night that the last leaf felt."
B. The old ivy leaves have little to do with my getting well.
C. I am such a bad girl as to make everything messy.
D. Someday I hope to paint a masterpiece.
B. His drawing board had waited 25 years to receive the first line of his masterpiece.
C. He was protective of the two girls but mostly sensitive and fierce.
D. He was a professional model waiting for his great opportunity.
B. the three artists mentioned in the story shared a studio apartment
C. Behrman showed great sympathy for the two youth
D. Johnsy was somehow annoyed to be accompanied by a never-succeeded artist
B. The doctor thought that they should let her go.
C. The doctor believed that Johnsy had every chance of recovery.
D. The doctor put her chances at fifty-fifty.
B. she deserved more severe punishment
C. she should never forget about her dream
D. she was ashamed not to be able to support the other two
B. vivid contrasts
C. artistic imagination
D. arresting openings
听力
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
W：Hi, Tom, we haven’t seen each other for a long time．What are you doing these days?
M：I’m reading an interesting book at the moment．I’ll lend it to you when I’ve finished it．
1．What will the man probably do when he finishes reading the book?
A．He’ll return the book to the library．
B．He’ll lend the book to the woman．
C．He’ll borrow another book from the woman．
W：I hear you’ve been offered a job．
M：That’s right, but I’m not going to take it．
2．What does the man think of the job offered to him?
A．The job is too demanding．
B．It is the job he is looking forward to．
C．He does not like the job．
M：Has George decided what to do when he leaves school?
W：Oh, yes．Everything is planned．He’s going to have a holiday for a few weeks and then he’s going to do an English course．
3．What is George going to do right after he leaves school?
A．To do an English course．
B．To make a plan．
C．To take a holiday．
M：Did you finish your work this afternoon?
W：Yes．There was nobody to disturb me, so I was able to finish it．
4．Why was the woman able to finish her work this afternoon?
A．Because she was helped by someone．
B．Because she was not disturbed by anybody．
C．Because she overworked this afternoon．
W：I wonder why Ann didn’t come to the party．Perhaps she wasn’t invited．
M：Yes, it’s possible．She might not have been invited．
5．Why didn’t Ann come to the party?
A．Perhaps she was not asked to．
B．Perhaps she did not want to come．
C．Perhaps she busied herself with something else．
第二节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～7题。
W：I’m going to have a party next Saturday．Can you come?
M：On Saturday? I’m not sure．Some friends of mine are coming to stay with me next week but I think they’ll have gone by Saturday．But if they’re still here I won’t be able to come to the party．
W：OK．Well, tell me as soon as you know．
M：Right．I’ll phone you during the week．
6．What is the man NOT sure?
A．Whether his friends will come to stay with him．
B．Whether his friends will have gone by Saturday．
C．Whether his friends will come to the party with him．
7．How does the woman know whether the man can come to the party or not?
A．The man’s friends will try to tell her his decision．
B．She will get in touch with the man during the week．
C．The man will call her before Saturday．
听第7段材料，回答第8～10题。
W：Brian! How nice to see you! What are you doing these days?
M：I’m training to be a supermarket manager．
W：Really? What’s it like? Are you enjoying it?
M：It’s all right．What about you?
W：Well, actually I’m not working at the moment．I’m trying to find a job, but it’s not easy．But I’m very busy．I’m painting my flat．
M：Are you doing it alone?
W：No, some friends of mine are helping me．
8．What does the man want to be?
A．A supermarket manager．
B．A school master．
C．A technician．
9．What is the woman trying to do?
A．To keep her job．
B．To quit her job．
C．To find a job．
10．What is she doing now?
A．Helping her friends．
B．Painting her flat．
C．Taking care of her children．
听第8段材料，回答第11～13题。
M：So you want to borrow some money．How do you want to spend it?
W：We’re going to advertise on local radio and in the paper．We’ve planned it carefully．We only need ＄500．
M：Very well．The bank will lend you the money．But you must pay us back in three months．Can you do that?
W：We’ll do it, I promise．
M：Now, go and see the loans clerk and he’ll help you fill in the necessary forms．
W：Thank you for your help．
M：You’re welcome．
11．How much money does the woman want to borrow?
A．＄5000．
B．＄1500．
C．＄500．
12．When must she pay the money back?
A．In three years．
B．In three months．
C．In three weeks．
13．What is the woman most probably going to do?
A．To fill in some forms．
B．To make a careful plan．
C．To visit the bank manager．
听第9段材料, 回答第14～16题。
W：Well, who shall we ask to this party?
M：Oh, not too many．Just a few people we can be relaxed with．
W：Yes, I agree．So, who, for example?
M：My cousin John, of course, and Carlo．
W：Carlo?Who’s he?
M：He’s the Italian guy who is staying with John’s family．
W：Oh, yeah．Is he the one whose wallet got stolen when they were in London?
M：That’s right．They caught the guy who did it, but he’d already spent all the money Carlo had brought with him．
W：Poor Carlo．Perhaps the party will cheer him up．
14．What are they talking about?
A．The coming party．
B．The arrangement of the party．
C．Whom to be invited to the party．
15．Where is Carlo from?
A．London．
B．Italy．
C．France．
16．What is wrong with Carlo?
A．He has spent all his money．
B．He has caught by the police．
C．He lost his wallet．
听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。
W：Hi, Ed．Are you in town for another job interview?
M：Yes, I’m pretty hopeful this time．I’ve just finished my second interview with this company．
W：That sounds great．I hope it works out for you．But wasn’t it expensive just getting here?
M：No, in fact the company is paying all my expenses．They’ve put me up in a hotel downtown．
W：How nice! How many people are they interviewing?
M：Well, they interviewed 16 the first time, and now four of us were chosen to come back for this interview．
W：It sounds like you have a good chance to be selected then．
M：I hope so．The manager told me he would call us on Monday．
W：Well, I hope it goes well．John and I would love it if you came to this area to work．
M：I would too, but my girlfriend doesn’t want to leave her family．She hopes I find a job close to her home．
W：Oh dear, what a decision．
M：But anyway, I’ve got to wait until Monday to find out whether I can even have the chance．
W：Good luck!
17．How does the man seem to feel after this interview?
A．Nervous．
B．Hopeful．
C．Excited．
18．How many people were chosen for the second interview?
A．4．
B．8．
C．16．
19．When will the man probably get to know whether he gets the job?
A．That afternoon．
B．Next Monday．
C．Tomorrow．
20．What does the man’s girlfriend want?
A．She hopes to find a job near the man．
B．She hopes the man finds a job near her．
C．She hopes the man gets the job．