Marie and Michael had been dating for some time, and felt fortunate that even though they had different jobs, they were able to talk with each other through their work almost every day. Michael is a police officer, and Marie is a “911” dispatcher（调度员）, both working for the same police department.

       One day, Marie received a call from Michael who said he was out on the road in his patrol car.

       “Marie, would you do me a favor?”

       “Sure,” Marie answered, happy to have an excuse to talk to him.

       “Could you check a license plate for me? I need to see if this guy has any unpaid warrants（罚单）.” Michael explained.

       “Okay, spell it for me.”

       Michael phonetically spelled out the license plate, using code names, as all police officers do, so Marie would be sure to get the right letter:

       William Ida Lincoln Lincoln

       Young Ocean Union

       Mary Adam Robert Robert Young

       Mary Edward

       As she did hundreds of times a day, Marie wrote down the letters on a piece of paper, typed them into her computer, and started to run the license check. At first, she was puzzled. This license plate number was too long,even for a personalized plate. Her coworkers, who were in on Michael’s “plan”, finally had to say, “Marie, what do those letters spell?”

       This time, Marie read just the first letters of each word out loud:W-I-L-L Y-O-U M-A-R-R-Y M-E?

       With a cry of joy, Marie was all smiles as she got back on the phone to Michael, who was obviously not following any imaginary “driver” with the fictitious plates but was anxiously waiting in his patrol car for her response.

       “Michael, are you there?” Marie began. “Yes, Marie?” he responded, his voice cracking a bit with nervousness.

       “My answer is: yes!”

There was no “copping out”（回避） on this proposal!

56．Michael asked Marie to check a license plate for him because          .

       A．he was too busy to check out the identity of the driver himself

       B．he wanted to ask her to marry him in this way

       C．Michael needed the information urgently

       D．Michael didn’t have access to a computer at that time

57．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

       A．Marie didn’t find the meaning of the letters at first.

       B．Michael had difficulty in finding the owner of the license plate.

       C．Marie’s co – workers intended to play a joke on her.

       D．Michael was asking Marie for help.

58．We can learn from the passage           .

       A．Marie found the owner of the plate with the help of her coworkers

       B．Michael was following a suspicious driver that day

       C．Marie was not good at license check

       D．Marie understood Michael’s intention at last

59．The underlined word “proposal” in the last paragraph probably means         .

       A．suggestion              B．marriage offer         C．plan                        D．purpose

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

I’d like to tell you what a bad day I had yesterday.     

Everything just went wrong.       the morning, my alarm           1.

clock didn’t ring,   so I woke up an hour ­­­­______. I was in such a       2.    

hurry _____ I burnt my hand when I was cooking breakfast. Then I ran       3.    

out of the house to catch the 8:30 bus. This is the  b     I usually take.       4. 

But you may laugh, I m      it of course. I was very unhappy, and     5.   

scared as w     because my teacher hates the students coming late to     6.      

school. So I ran three miles to school only to ______(发现) that                    7.

_____ was there. The school was quiet and peaceful.                        8. 

O        classroom was locked.                                 9. 

I      （意识到）that moment: It was Sunday.                        10.   

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I’d like to tell you what a bad day I had yesterday.     

Everything just went wrong.       the morning, my alarm            

clock didn’t ring,   so I woke up an hour ????????______. I was in such a            

hurry _____ I burnt my hand when I was cooking breakfast. Then I ran             

out of the house to catch the 8:30 bus. This is the  b     I usually take.         

But you may laugh, I m      it of course. I was very unhappy, and          

scared as w     because my teacher hates the students coming late to            

school. So I ran three miles to school only to ______(发现) that                    

_____ was there. The school was quiet and peaceful.                           

O        classroom was locked.                                    

I       （意识到）that moment: It was Sunday.                             

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When something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say，“Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault. ”or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my fault；the car broke down. ” It is probably not your fault，but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation，you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.

Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you  need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame  the person. Ask to work with a different person, or  don’t rely on the person. You should accept that the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.

This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is. ” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stop on for success.

According to the passage, winners        . W_w w. k*s*5 u. c@o m

A. deal with problems rather than blame others

B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C. have responsible and able colleagues

D. blame themselves rather than others

The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to        .

A. avoid       B. accept                   C. improve                  D. consider

When your colleague brings about a problem, you should         .

A. find a better way to handle the problem

B. blame him for his lack of responsibility

C. tell him to find the cause of the problem

D. ask a more able colleague for help

When problems occur, winners take them as         W_w w. k*s*5 u. c@o m

A. excuses for their failures          B. barriers to greater power

C. challenges to their colleagues      D. chances for self-development

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A Winner’s Secret.                        B. A Winner’s Problem.

C. A Winner’s Opportunity.                D. A Winner’s Achievement. W_w w. k*s*5 u. c@o m