Lillian Carter, the former President's mother, once set up an　　 interview with a reporter without benefit from the press office.

    "Your son, " the reporter said, "has been travelling the country,　　 telling people not to vote (投票) for him if he ever lies to them.　　 Can you, knowing a son as only a mother can, honestly say he's never　　 lied?"

    "Well, perhaps a little white lie now and then, " Jimmy Carter's　　 mother replied.

    "And what," asked the reporter, "is the difference between a white　　 lie and any other? Define (下定义) white lie for me."

    "I'm not sure I can define it," she said sweetly, "but I can give　　 you an example. Do you remember when you came in a few minutes ago and　　 I told you how good you looked and how glad I was to see you ?"　　

(1)   We know the interview must have taken place __________.

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A. shortly after the general election　　 　　

B. when Carter was elected President of the U.S.　　 　　

C. before the general election　　    

D. when Carter had just told a lie 

(2) Jimmy Carter traveled the country in order to ________.

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A. know the country better 　　

B. find out what the public was thinking 　　

C. win over votes for the coming general election    

D. tell people that he never lied 

(3)  The reporter believed ____________.

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A. the mother surely knew about her son's lies 　　

B. if the mother was dishonest, her son would tell lies 　　

C. no one but the mother knew the son 　　

D. the mother knew her son best 

(4) From the story we can see that Carter's mother was __________.

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A. stupid　　B. honest　　C. clever　　D. dishonest 

(5)  Perhaps you can define a white lie now. It's a lie __________.

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A. which is worthy of attention 　　

B. told for particular reasons, such as for politeness 　　

C. that no one will ever believe 　　

D. which means little harm and therefore is unimportant.

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student． An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him． I agreed．

　　During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew． He had mus-cular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症) , When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to ten． Now he was thirteen． He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dream．

　　I spent over an hour talking to Matthew． Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams． Obviously, he knew what he was talking about． He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was differ-ent． He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me．

　　When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck． I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and over-coming obstacles than I ever would． He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me． He said, “You are a champion． You earned that medal． Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you． ”

　　Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away． They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before

　　Dear Rick ,

　　My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me． 1 also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that 1 don ‘t have long to live anymore． But I still smile as much as 1 can．

　　I told you someday 1 was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal． But I know now I will never get to do that． But I know 1 ‘m a champion , and God knows that too． When I get to Heaven , God will give me my medal and when you get there , I will show it to you． Thank you for loving me．

Your friend ,

Matthew

1．The boy wanted to meet the author because________．

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A．he was interested in weight lifting

B．he wanted to get a gold medal．

C．he admired the author very much

D．he wanted the author to know him．

2．The underlined part “Why me?” in the third paragraph probably means “________”

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A．Why do you come to see me?

B．Why do I have to stay at home?

C．Why does the disease fall on me?

D．Why not give a gold medal to me?

3．We can infer from the passage that ________．

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A．Matthew is a determined boy

B．Rich used to have the same disease

C．Matthew became a champion finally

D．Rick regarded Matthew as normal

4．The boy refused the author’s medal because ________．

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A．he wanted the picture instead

B．he did not like to be pitied by others

C．he did not know he would die soon

D．he himself could earn one in the future

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　　It happened in New York last Thursday. Even Trent arrived at White's Market in a taxi. She told the driver to 1 for her. She 2 the shop and said, “Hand 3 your money.”

　　Ralph White was busy putting cans of apples on a table and did not 4 her clearly. He turned and asked, “May I help you?”

　　“I told you to give me your money. I've got a 5 in my wallet.”

　　Mr White gave her 6 from the cash drawer (现金抽屉). Then while Miss Trent was putting the money in her wallet, White took his 7 gun from 8 . Miss Trent 9 out of the store with White running after her.

　　 10 jumped into the waiting taxi 11 White shouted, “It's a robbery! Stop!” The taxi driver didn't 12 . He thought White wanted to rob him, 13 he jumped out of his taxi with his hands in the air. Then Trent got out with her gun in her hand and 14 it at White. White pointed his gun at Trent. For almost a minute they stood there in the street face to face and gun to gun, but 15 of them fired. They 16 . Both had toy guns.

　　Suddenly Trent dropped her 17 and ran down the street away from the scene. She waved her arms at a passing car. When the car stopped, she asked for a 18 . The two men in the car were 19 to take her along. They were police officers. They gave Miss Trent a ride 20 to the prison.

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