----Mum,we are going mountain climbing this afternoon.

-----____________! Sometimes they’ll roll down the hillside.

----Mum,we are going mountain climbing this afternoon.
-----____________! Sometimes they’ll roll down the hillside.

---Mum,we are going mountain climbing this afternoon.

---______! Sometimes they’ll roll down the hillside.

1. A.
   Watch your step
2. B.
   Watch out for stones
3. C.
   Sounds great
4. D.
   Have fun

    So I’m driving the lovely and patient older daughter to work. At 7 a. m., she pushes the seat

warmer button as her new Honda zooms across L. A., the City of Padded Shoulders.

"Oh, look, I’m low on gas," she says.

First, we pick up her boss, then we pick up her other boss. They are all headed to Staples Center for some awards show. My daughter does something in public relations, I’m not sure what. But when this show comes along, she gets very busy.

"In the past two nights I’ve gotten, like, seven hours sleep," she notes, the implication being that I sleep all the time, which is pretty much true.

In Los Feliz, a dashboard light confirms that we are, indeed, low on fuel. This does not perturb my daughter.

"Don’t worry, we’ll get there," she says.

My daughter says nothing about getting back home, which is my job. I’ve just agreed to drop her off, so she can avoid traffic later. My task is simple, though now full of uncertainty.

I don’t know how I ended up dropping my daughter and her bosses off at 7 a.m. on a Sunday. I just know that J.D. Salinger may now be dead, but I still feel like Holden Caulfield -- at the mercy of too many yammering adults.

Now, I’ve had mixed luck with adults.

Apparently, my daughter’s job in PR is to keep everyone happy while telling the truth as much as possible. I sent her to college to study that. Now she is an expert.

"After you drop us off, you can get gas," my daughter assures me.

I have been her chauffeur for 26 years. By the time she was 3, I’d snapped her into a car seat some 14,000 times. I took her to seventh-grade dances, ski trips, college.

Even after all that, we continue to have a civil relationship, sort of a queen-mum-and-her-

driver sort of dynamic. When I screw up, she just raises her pretty chin and snorts. It’s very British.

By the way, my daughter now has a nicer car than I do, which is a sign she is doing well. Or, as with so many young people, she is up to her hoop earrings in consumer debt.

1．Which of the following statements in NOT true about the author’s daughter?

         A．She is fashionable.     B．She always tells the truth.

         C．She is doing well in her work.    D．She lives a fast-paced life.

2．The author’s tone suggests that_________.

         A．he is feeling left behind when his daughter has grown up and begun adult life

         B．he is content with his grown daughter

         C．he does not like his daughter’s bosses

         D．he will not believe his daughter any more

3．It can be concluded from the passage that_________.

         A．the author won’t have any difficulty in getting gas

         B．the daughter cares for her father a lot

         C．the author has done a lot to help his daughter get where she is 

         D．the British people have pretty chin and snort often

4．By referring to J. D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield, the author is most probably_________.

         A．recalling his daughter’s childhood

         B．mentioning his family members who are now dead

         C．comparing his situation to a scene in a famous literary work

         D．telling a story about his daughter’s friends

5．What is the best title for this passage?

         A．A PR’s Busy Life

         B．Relationship Between Dad and Daughter

         C．A Loving Father

         D．Go Ahead and Fill Her up, Dad

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分， 满分20分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A ___21___ came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ___22___ that shirt away, but gave it to her ___23___.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I ___24___ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ___25___, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ___26___ was something greater.

    The next morning she ___27___ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ___28___ a university.

     After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ___29___, aren’t you? I think I have a ___30___ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of___31___.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ___32___.

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ___33___. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ___34___ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ___35___ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ___36___ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you ___37___ be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there. ___38___ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ___39___ comment made in the classroom that day when I was in my high school. Mom showed me how to handle ___40___ situations and never give up.

21. A. noise      B. voice    C. sound  D. tune

22. A. get          B. take     C. carry    D. throw

23. A. otherwise      B. anyhow        C. instead         D. actually

24. A. settled   B. pushed         C. picked  D. put

25. A. teacher B. employer     C. director        D. adviser

26. A. purpose B. encouragement              C. process        D. victory

27. A. went      B. met      C. worked         D. stayed

28. A. visit        B. continue       C. attend D. prepare

29. A. serious  B. fortunate     C. careful D. responsible

30. A. career    B. duty     C. position        D. part

31. A. learning B. judging        C. obeying        D. imagining

32. A. patiently         B. eagerly         C. successfully D. skillfully

33. A. upset     B. frightened   C. guilty   D. ashamed

34. A. looked up       B went up         C. took up         D. showed up

35. A. believe   B. protect         C. treat    D. receive

36. A. spirit      B. intention      C. idea      D. attempt

37. A. must      B. would  C. might   D. should

38. A. At  B. During C. On        D. With

39. A. worthless       B. thoughtless C. hopeless      D. helpless

40. A. challenging    B. different       C. dangerous   D. strange