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“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. But all these only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in boyhood, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and low. They could not depend on them for an education. They saw how it was, and set to work with all their strength to know something. They worked their own way up to fame.
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
Some young men have no ambitions(抱负) to do anything; and they are to be pitied. They can never succeed unless they see their foolishness, and change their courses. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of parents and teachers, and depend upon their own honest and serious efforts.
【小题1】The best title for this passage is ________.

It was a warm evening and David Fajgenbaum, the 18-year-old freshman had just finished his first football practice at Georgetown University．He   1  his parents, letting them know how well things were going．   2  , in a soft voice, his father said, “Son, your mom has brain cancer．”

“I went from being happier than I’d ever been to total  3   ,” says David．Rushing home, he   4  he was dropping out of college to support his mother through her illness．But Anna Marie Fajgenbaum, just 52 years old,   5   her son return to Georgetown．

David threw himself into his studies and grew increasingly  6  , feeling he was the only person on campus with a  7   parent．One October evening when David was home visiting, Anna Marie woke up  8   ．She was anxiousabout David and his two sisters．

“Mom, I’m going to be   9  ,” David assured her．“And I’m going to help other kids cope with  10  ．” A smile spread   11  his mother’s face．He  12   a support group called Ailing Mothers and Fathers－based on his mom’ initials, AMF．

 13  Anna Marie died later that month, David started hearing from friends who’d never even known his mom was  14 ．Some had gone through the same experience．He invited five students who’d lost   15  or friends to his apartment to talk．They  16  to meet every other week and   17 what they were going through．They participated in the Ironman 10K for cancer research, walked to battle ALS, and ran to   18  lung cancer．

Now the support group has 2,000   19   on 23 campuses．“This organization,” says David, “is about one thing: being there for one another．  20   I see those initials, AMF, I see my mom．I know she would have liked that．”

1．A．called                B．visited             C．amazed        D．challenged

2．A．Firstly                B．Finally           C．Silently             D．Generally

3．A．failure             B．embarrassment  C．shock              D．awareness

4．A．demanded          B．concluded         C．promised        D．announced

5．A．insisted               B．suggested        C．recommended    D．preferred

6．A．annoyed           B．confused         C．isolated        D．pressed

7．A．sick              B．cruel            C．strict                D．single

8．A．laughing             B．weeping           C．lying                D．walking

9．A．crazy                B．upset                   C．curious           D．okay

10．A．loneliness           B．panic             C．loss                 D．puzzle

11．A．across             B．beyond          C．in                 D．from

12．A．tried on            B．decided on       C．carried on         D．acted on

13．A．Although           B．Until               C．Since              D．When

14．A．serious                B．anxious          C．ill                        D．awful

15．A．fathers            B．relatives          C．mothers             D．teachers

16．A．agreed              B．chose            C．refused            D．struggled

17．A．debate              B．share             C．consult              D．discover

18．A．predict              B．survive            C．defeat              D．prevent

19．A．assistants            B．candidates         C．applicants          D．participants 

20．A．By the time       B．Every time         C．Next time         D．The first time

 (09·辽宁A篇)

When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from china,

When India had not opened up its markers to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now,

Still ,her answer surprised me:“Green tea,”

As long as I can remember she didn’t even drink                                   Indian tea.

I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses

At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian, It was a strange country

How things change qualities?

Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe. It calls for empathy—the ability to put yourself into someone else's head and heart We're all able to do this; in fact, we're born with a kind of natural empathy. After the earliest period of childhood, however, it needs to be reinforced (加强)—by our parents, teachers, friends. When it isn't, we're not able to understand other people's feelings as sharply. This can show in the gifts we select, and so can many other emotional (情感的) qualities.

   Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world. Of course, you may express yourself differently with different friends, relatives, and other people you know.

   We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Ignoring the tradition won't make it go away. If you really dislike such a tradition, tell your friends ahead of time.

60. The underlined expression "you had missed the mark" means "you had failed to _____'.

   A. make her feel better             B. keep your friendship

   C. receive a present in return        D. get the expected effect

61. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?

   A. Natural empathy needs to be reinforced.

   B. Emotional changes influence one's choice of gifts.

   C. Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with.

   D. Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers.

62. In the third paragraph, the author tells us that________.

   A. attention should be paid to the receivers' responses

   B. one learns from what he did in the past

   C. the choice of gifts reflects one's emotional qualities

   D. one should spend more time choosing gifts

 63. The best possible title for this passage is “_______”.

    A. Ways of Choosing Gifts                     B. An Important Tradition

    C. Exchanging Presents                         D. Message in a Gift

   Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you," but you knew you had missed the mark. Why do presents sometimes go wrong? And what do your choices (good and bad) reflect about your personal qualities?

    Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe. It calls for empathy — the ability to put yourself into someone else's head and heart .We're all able to do this; in fact, we're born with a kind of natural empathy. After the earliest period of childhood, however, it needs to be reinforced (加强)—by our parents, teachers, friends. When it isn't, we're not able to understand other people's feelings as sharply. This can show in the gifts we select, and so can many other emotional (情感的) qualities.

   Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world. Of course, you may express yourself differently with different friends, relatives, and other people you know.

   We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Ignoring the tradition won't make it go away. If you really dislike such a tradition, tell your friends ahead of time.

60.  The underlined expression "you had missed the mark" means "you had failed to _____'.

    A. make her feel better                        B. keep your friendship

    C. receive a present in return                        D. get the expected effect

61. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?

   A. Natural empathy needs to be reinforced.

   B. Emotional changes influence one's choice of gifts.

   C. Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with.

   D. Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers.

62. In the third paragraph, the author tells us that________..

    A. attention should be paid to the receivers' responses

    B. one learns from what he did in the past

    C. the choice of gifts reflects one's emotional qualities

    D. one should spend more time choosing gifts

 63. The best possible title for this passage is “_______”.

    A. Ways of Choosing Gifts                          B. An Important Tradition

    C. Exchanging Presents                              D. Message in a Gift

   Have you ever received a gift that was so dearly, not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you," but you knew you had missed the mark. Why do presents sometimes go wrong? And what do your choices (good and bad) reflect about your persona] qualities?

Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe. It calls for empathy -- the ability to put yourself into someone else's head and heart We're all able to do this; in fact, we're born with a kind of natural empathy. After the earliest period of childhood, however, it needs to be reinforced (加强)--by our parents, teachers, friends. When it isn't, we're not able to understand other people's feelings as sharply. This can show in the gifts we select, and so can many other emotional (情感的) qualities.

   Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world. (Y/course, you may express yourself differently with different friends, relatives, and other people you know.

   We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Ignoring the tradition won't make it go away. If you really dislike such a tradition, tell your friends ahead of time.

60.  The underlined expression "you had missed the mark" means "you had failed to _____'.

   A. make her feel better            B. keep your friendship

   C. receive a present in return   D. get the expected effect

61. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?

   A. Natural empathy needs to be reinforced.

   B. Emotional changes influence one's choice of gifts.

   C. Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with.

   D. Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers.

62. In the third paragraph, the author tells us that________..

    A. attention should be paid to the receivers' responses

    B. one learns from what he did in the past

    C. the choice of gifts reflects one's emotional qualities

    D. one should spend more time choosing gifts

 63. The best possible title for this passage is “_______”.

    A. Ways of Choosing Gifts                     B. An Important Tradition

    C. Exchanging Presents                         D. Message in a Gift