During his college years, Rogers spent a summer in an Idaho logging camp. When the superintendent had to leave for a few days, he put Rogers ___1____

   “___2____the men refuse to follow my orders？” Rogers asked. He ____3____Tony, an immigrant worker who complained all day, giving the other men a hard time. “Fire___4_____,” the superintendent said. Then, as if ___5____Rogers’ mind, he added, “I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most ____6_____worker I’ve ever had. I know he is a grouch（常抱怨的人） and that he hates everybody and everything. But he comes in first and ____7_____last. There has not been an accident for eight years on the hill __8____he works.”

    Rogers ____9____the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him. “Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today？” Tony grunted（哼一声）, “I was going to fire you ___10___we tangled, but I want you to know I’m not,” he told Tony, adding what the superintendent___11____.

    When he finished, Tony dropped the __12____of sand he had held and tears ___13____in his eyes. That day Tony worked ___14____than ever before——and he smiled! He later said to Rogers, ''My first foreman who ever say, ‘Good work, Tony’.''

    Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now superintendent for railroad construction .Rogers asked him __15____he came to California and happened to have such success.

    Tony replied, “If it not be for the one minute you talk to me __16____in Idaho, I almost kill somebody someday. One minute __17____my whole life.”

    What a difference a minute of affirmation can ____18____in any relationship! One minute. Have you got one minute to thank someone？ A minute to tell someone ____19______you sincerely like or __20______about her？ One minute. It can make a difference for a lifetime.

1.A．in place                  B．take control    C．in charge             D．in responsible

2.A．What if                  B．If only          C．In case               D．Even if

3.A．came across              B．thought of       C intended for             D．hated

4.A．him                      B．someone         C．everyone             D．them

5.A．knowing                  B．reading         C．seeing               D．understanding

6.A．reliable                   B．respective        C．considerable          D．incredible

7.A．ends                     B．turns out        C．leaves                D．comes up

8.A．when                    B．that             C．there                 D．where

9.A．took in                   B．took on          C．took over                      D．took up

10.A．the first time when    B．the moment    C．for the first time     D．the first time that

11.A．said                    B．have said         C says                 D．had said

12.A．shovelful               B．shovel          C．spoon              D．spoonful

13.A．bounced               B．sprung        C．welled              D．ran

14.A．less                   B．harder           C．fewer              D．further

15.A.why                     B．when          C．where              D．how

16.A．back                  B．there          C．behind              D．away

17.A．change                 B．shape           C．affect              D．compromise

18.A．lead to                 B．cause         C．influence           D．make

19.A．how                   B．what             C．why               D．that

20.A．appealed               B．applied          C．appreciated          D．approved

One very cold day，a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood，I quickly set out with my best friend，Bruce，to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along with. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of danger.

When I chose a big tree about 23 meters tall and prepared to cut it down，my best friend suddenly warned me，“Don’t cut down that tree！It’s too close to the power line！﹙电线﹚”I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell，there was no longer any doubt that my friend was right.

The tree caught the power line，bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all，electricity can’t travel through wood，so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree，pain ran up my arm and through my head. I was shocked!

After I returned home and told my mother what had happened，she quickly called the power company. The workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree，and when I told him I had，his face turned pale.

“You should have been killed，” he said.

So why am I still alive？It was my boots that saved my life.

Within two hours，the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.

Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt，my mother was still serious. After all，I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.

Through this experience，I learn it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective. Taking time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the “shock” of my life.

1.The underlined word “disregard” in the second paragraph means “________”．

A．pay no attention to             B．take notice of      C．consider              D．follow

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．But for his boots，the author would have died.

B．The author regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning.

C．The author knew nothing about electricity.

D．When the tree was cut down，the author realized his friend was right.

3.The underlined part “the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother” means “________”．

A．my mother was still angry with me for not listening to my friend’s warning

B．my mother was still in fear of the terrible accident

C．my mother was still comforting me

D．my mother was still worried about my safety

4.The author wrote the passage mainly to________.

A．give an account of one of his terrible experiences

B．make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective through his experience

C．tell us not to cut trees down any more

D．remind us to be careful while we are working

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　You have been badly injured in a car accident it is necessary to give you a blood in blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident，however，special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you．If the blood is too different from your own，he transfusion could kill you．

　　There are four basic types of blood：A，B，AB and O．A simple test can tell us a person's blood type．Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood．Blood type，like hair color and height，is inherited from Parents．Because of the substances contained in each type，the four group must be trans-fused carefully．Basically，A and B cannot be mixed．A and B cannot receive AB，but AB may receive A or B．O can give to any other group；so it is often called the universal donor．For the opposite reason，AB is sometimes called the universal recipient．However，because there can be so many reactions in trans-fusions，patients usually receive only salt or plasma(血浆)until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of the hospital．In this way，it is possible to avoid any bad reactions to the transfusion．

　　There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality．A-among the Europeans，about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O．The rarest is type AB．Other races have different percentage．For example，some American Indian groups have nearly 100 Percent type O．

1．Which of the following diagrams shows the correct relationship in blood transfusions？(giving blood to→、)

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2．Usually，a person who as been injured and lost too much bloodshould be given a blood transfusion________．

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A．after he has a good rest

B．after he receives salt or plasma

C．immediately after the accident happens

D．before there are so many reactions

3．If the blood is too different from the injured，the transfusion________．

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4．The writer suggests that the third most common blood type among the Europeans is________．

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5．The passage mainly tells us that________．

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A．there is only one type of blood in a person's body

B．a person's blood type is decided by hair and height

C．a person's blood type can be changed into another

D．there are four basic types of blood in a person's body

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight.They hit one another hard.At the start they only fight with their fists.But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs.And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below.He is dead!

Of course he isn’t really dead.With any luck he isn’t even hurt.Why？Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains，who crash cars or even catch fire，are professionals.They do this for a living.These men are called stuntmen.That is to say，they perform tricks.

There are two sides to their work.They actually do most of the things you see on the screen.For example，they fall from a high building.However，they do not fall on to hard ground but onto empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫)．Again，when they hit one another with chairs，the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows，the glass is made of sugar!

But although their work depends on trick of this sort，it also requires a high degree of skill and training.Often a stuntman’s(特技表演者的) success depends on careful timing.For example，when he is “blown up” in a battle scene，he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work，but theylead dangerous lives.They often get seriously injured，and sometimes killed.A Norwegian stuntman，for example，skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high.His parachute(降落伞) failed to open，and he was killed.

In spite of all the risks，this is no longer a profession for men only.Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action.For nowadays there are stunt?girls too!

1．Stuntmen are those who ________.

A．often dress up as actors

B．prefer to lead dangerous lives

C．often perform seemingly dangerous actions

D．often fight each other for their lives

2．Stuntmen earn their living by ________.

A．playing their dirty tricks

B．selling their special skills

C．jumping out of high windows

D．jumping from fast?moving trains

3．When a stuntman falls from a high building，________.

A．he needs little protection

B．he will be covered with a mattress

C．his life is endangered

D．his safety is generally all right

4．Which of the following is the main factor(因素) of a successful performance?

A．Strength. B．Exactness.

C．Speed. D．Carefulness.

5．What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A．Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.

B．The percentage of serious accidents is high.

C．Parachutes must be of good quality.

D．The cliff is too high.