摘要: After a long t walk, he wanted to have a good rest.

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  One day in 1965, when I was a librarian at View Ridge School in Seattle, a fourth grade teacher came to me.She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed a challenge.“Could he help in the library?”e asked.I said,”Send him along.”

  Soon a slight, sandy-haired boy in jeans and T-shirt appeared.“Do you have a job for me?” he asked.

  I told him about the Dewey Decimal System for shelving books.He picked up the idea immediately.Then I showed him a pile of cards for long-overdue books that I was beginning to think had actually been returned but were misshelved with the wrong cards in them.He said,”Is it a kind of a detective job?” I answered yes, and he became a continuous detective.

  He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and announced,”Time for rest!” He argued for finishing the finding job; she made the case for fresh air.She won.

  The next morning, he arrived early.“I want to finish these books,” he said.At the end of the day, when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis, it was easy to say yes.He worked untiringly.

  After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy’s home.At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother announced that the family would be moving to a neighbor school district.Her son’s first concern, she said, was leaving the View Ridge library.“Who will find the lost books?” he asked.

  When the time came, I said an unwilling good-bye.Though at first he had seemed an ordinary kid, his zeal(热情)had set him apart.

  I missed him, but not for long.A few days later he came in the door and joyfully announced:“The librarian over there doesn’t let boys work in the library.My mother got me to come back to View Ridge.My dad will drop me off on his way to work.And if he can’t, I’ll walk!”

  I should have had an idea such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go.What I could not have guessed, however, was that he would become a wizard(奇才)of the Information Age:Bill Gates, tycoon of Microsoft Microsoft and America’s richest man.

(1)

Why did the boy leave a deep impression on the writer?

[  ]

A.

He worked like a detective.

B.

He was a zealot and worked hard.

C.

He was very clever and worked untiringly.

D.

He had strong determination.

(2)

Why did the boy come back instead of working in a library in a neighbor school district?

[  ]

A.

His mother got back to View Ridge and he came along.

B.

His father couldn’t take him to school on his way to work.

C.

The librarian wouldn’t let him work in the library there.

D.

He missed the life in View Ridge.

(3)

What was the boy’s job when he was working in the library?

[  ]

A.

He looked for books which had been lost like a detective.

B.

He worked on the books which had been returned but put in wrong places.

C.

He worked as a detective.

D.

He worked on the cards which had been put in wrong places.

(4)

Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

The boy shelved books by means of the Dewey Decimal System.

B.

When the writer was a librarian, he realized the boy would be a wizard.

C.

When the boy was asked to have a rest while shelving the books in the library, he refused.

D.

The boy worked in the library only a few weeks.

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  Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature(文学)at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent, I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

  By chance, I won some prizes and award(奖励)for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She told me that I had won a national poetry award. I stared at her in astonishment and disbelieved her. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said:“No, I couldn't do that.” Not that I had any real excuse, I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day.

  So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly(犹豫地)told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They were greatly surprised and, I think, a little afraid but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter not further.

(1)Which of the following has more probably been discussed in the paragraph above this passage? ________.

[  ]

A.The writer's unhappy childhood.

B.The poor teaching quality of the writer's school.

C.The writer's leaving school against his teachers' advice.

D.Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

(2)The writer did not feel comfortable at the evening school because ________.

[  ]

A.he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates

B.he had to walk a long distance to the evening school

C.he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain

D.all of the above

(3)After his success, the writer ________.

[  ]

A.decided to get a good job

B.decided to continue his studies in literature at the evening school

C.decided to return to the school he had left

D.began to feel very important and proud

(4)Which of the following is NOT true?

[  ]

A.His parents worried that he would have no future if he returned to school.

B.His parents worried that he would leave school again.

C.It was difficult for one who studied literature to get a job.

D.His parents did not want him to continue his education.

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  Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature(文学)at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent, I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

  By chance, I won some prizes and award(奖励)for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She told me that I had won a national poetry award. I stared at her in astonishment and disbelieved her. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said:“No, I couldn't do that.” Not that I had any real excuse, I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day.

  So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly(犹豫地)told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They were greatly surprised and, I think, a little afraid but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter not further.

(1)Which of the following has more probably been discussed in the paragraph above this passage? ________.

[  ]

A.The writer's unhappy childhood.

B.The poor teaching quality of the writer's school.

C.The writer's leaving school against his teachers' advice.

D.Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

(2)The writer did not feel comfortable at the evening school because ________.

[  ]

A.he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates

B.he had to walk a long distance to the evening school

C.he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain

D.all of the above

(3)After his success, the writer ________.

[  ]

A.decided to get a good job

B.decided to continue his studies in literature at the evening school

C.decided to return to the school he had left

D.began to feel very important and proud

(4)Which of the following is NOT true?

[  ]

A.His parents worried that he would have no future if he returned to school.

B.His parents worried that he would leave school again.

C.It was difficult for one who studied literature to get a job.

D.His parents did not want him to continue his education.

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  My mother knew that she could not send me to college and pay for it.If I wanted to go to college, it was up to me to find out how to get there.I found that I   1   for some grants(助学金).There was enough to   2   school and books, but not enough for room and board.I accepted a job as part of a work-study program.I washed dishes in the school cafeteria.My grades went   3  _.It was the hardest work I had   4   done.

  Just when I thought I was going to   5   of my college career, a friend told me that his grandmother needed help on the weekends.  6   that was required of me was cooking meals.Now I would have time to study.I went to meet his grandmother and accepted the job.My first   7   was his grandmother' s great love of music.One day, she told me I didn't have enough   8   in my life and decided to teach me the art.Grandma was   9   with my ability and encouraged me to continue.Weekends became more than just books and cooking; they were   10   the wonderful sounds of the piano and two singers.

  When Christmas break came, Grandma got a chest cold   11   I was unwilling to leave her.I hadn't been home since Labor Day, and my family was   12   to see me.I said my good-bye,   13   for her temporary care and returned home.  14   I was loading my car to go back to school, the phone rang and my friend told me Grandma died.I hung up the phone feeling like my world had ended.I had   15   my friend, and that was   16   worse than knowing I would have to return to dishwashing.

  Four weeks later, I asked to begin the work-study program again.The financial aid advisor looked at me   17   I had lost my mind.I   18   my position, then he smiled and slid me an envelope which was from Grandma.She had known how sick she was.In the envelope was enough money to pay for the rest of my school year and a request that I take piano lessons in her   19  .Now, years later, when I walk by a piano, I   20   and think of Grandma.She is playing the piano in heaven, I am sure.

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A.

fit

B.

matched

C.

suited

D.

qualified

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A.

cover

B.

offer

C.

contain

D.

include

(3)

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A.

back to front

B.

ins and outs

C.

up and down

D.

left to right

(4)

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A.

even

B.

ever

C.

never

D.

still

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[  ]

A.

cut out

B.

drop out

C.

leave out

D.

turn out

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[  ]

A.

Everything

B.

Something

C.

All

D.

Anything

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[  ]

A.

idea

B.

job

C.

finding

D.

discovery

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A.

money

B.

fun

C.

energy

D.

ambition

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[  ]

A.

persuaded

B.

stuck

C.

impressed

D.

beaten

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A.

filled with

B.

covered with

C.

dotted with

D.

equipped with

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A.

therefore

B.

then

C.

or

D.

and

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A.

nervous

B.

surprised

C.

anxious

D.

shocked

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A.

settled

B.

recommended

C.

organized

D.

arranged

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A.

Before

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As

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After

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Since

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A.

lost

B.

missed

C.

forgotten

D.

known

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A.

far

B.

fairly

C.

very

D.

more

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A.

as long as

B.

as if

C.

even if

D.

now that

(18)

[  ]

A.

explained

B.

expressed

C.

realized

D.

announced

(19)

[  ]

A.

way

B.

need

C.

memory

D.

response

(20)

[  ]

A.

smile

B.

cry

C.

leave

D.

escape

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