“BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回声)．It was just standing there, with Father standing on one side, and I on the other side．

We were both in great anger．“Never set foot in this house again!” stormed Father．With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street．

The street lights were shining rather desolately(凄凉的)．I wandered aimlessly．

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me．I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and harmonious．

But now… I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old．We differ in our ways of thinking．He always imposes his opinions and codes of behavior on me．Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it．We are just like two people coming from two different worlds．It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened．

I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind．My heart was frozen on this hot summer night．As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company．When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on．

In fact, it was nothing．Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps．Perhaps he thought they were useless．I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps．I can’t stand his outrageous(蛮横的) words: “ I can throw you away, let alone these old papers．”

All the lights were off except father’s．

Dad was always like this．Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself．After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret．After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers．

This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature．

The light was still on．“Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been．At last, I decided to open the door．As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks．I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all．Love – is second to none．

1.Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage．

a．I opened the door and entered the house．

b．Sadly I ran out into the street．

c．I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit．

d．I thought of my father’s kindness towards me．

e．I walked about in the street without any aim．

A．b, e, d, c, a                 B．b, e, c, d, a                 C．b, e, a, c, d                 D．b, e, c, a, d

2.What made the writer think of his childhood?

A．The sight of the desolate street lights．

B．The sight of the empty street．

C．The sight of a father with a child in his arms．

D．The sight of light in his own house．

3.Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

A．Perhaps the father is getting older and older．

B．Perhaps the son has already grown up．

C．Perhaps they never agree with each other．

D．Perhaps the father has got used to doing that．

4.What conclusion can you draw after reading the passage?

A．The father is actually kind to his son．

B．The father treats his son in an unfair way．

C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son．

D．The father is always finding fault with his son．

“Dr.Papaderos,what is the meaning of life?”

The usual laughter followed,and people stirred(骚动)to go.Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time,asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.

“I will,answer your question.”

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket,he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror,about the size of a quarter.And what he said went like this:

“When I was a small child,during the war,we were very poor and we lived in a remote village.One day,on the road,I found the broken pieces of a mirror.A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.

I tried to find all the pieces and put them together,but it was not possible,so I kept only the largest piece.This one,and,by scratching it on a stone.I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine——in deep holes and crevices(裂缝)and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.

I kept the little mirror,and,as I went about my growing up,I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game.As I became a man,I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life.I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light.But light——truth,understanding,knowledge——is there,and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.

I am a fragment(碎片)of a mirror whose whole design and shape l do not know.Nevertheless,with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world——into the black places in the hearts of men—and change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do likewise.This is what I am about.This is the meaning of my life.”

1.On hearing the author’s question,Dr.Papedotes        at first.

A.laughed at his foolishness               B.wasn’t sure of the answer

C.doubted his seriousness                  D.wasn’t interested at all

2.How did Dr.Papaderos get the small round mirror when he was a child?

A.He found it on the road and made it round.

B.A dying German soldier gave him as a present.

C.He chanced to find it in the street while playing.

D.He put the broken pieces together and made it.

3.Why did Dr.Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child?

A.Because he was too poor to afford other toys.

B.Because it could shine the places where tke sun couldn’t reach.

C.Because he believed it would bring good luck to him.

D.Because it tofd him a lot about what life really meant to him.

4.The underlined“metaphor”in the 7th paragraph most probably means        .

A.symbol              B.source            C.light           D.purpose

5.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A.A Special Game in the Childhood          B.A Broken Piece of Mirror

C.Dr.Papaderos’Experience                  D.The Meaning of Life

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was treated as the apple of their eyes.

One morning, when the boy was around two years old, the husband saw a       bottle open. He was       for work, so he       the wife to cap the bottle and put it in the cupboard. The mother,       in the kitchen, totally       the matter.

The boy saw the bottle and       went to it and, fascinated with its color, drank it all. It       to be a poisonous medicine meant       adults in small dosages. When the child fell down, the mother       hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was shocked; she was       . How would she       her husband?

When the       father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. What do you think those four words were? The husband just said, "I       You Darling", which is totally       .

Yet, the father did the very right thing. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no       in finding fault with the mother.       , if only he had taken time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened. No point in attaching       . She had also lost her only child. What she       at that moment was comfort and sympathy from the husband. That is what he       her.

Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who's to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know and miss out on the       in human relationships we could receive by giving each other support.

1.A. medicine        B. milk      C. juice         D. beer

2.A. early           B. soon         C. late              D. punctual

3.A. asked            B. demanded      C. begged            D. forced

4.A. concerned        B. enjoyed          C. fixed              D. occupied

5.A. remembered           B. reminded       C. forgot            D. recalled

6.A. carefully        B. playfully           C. personally          D. physically

7.A. occurred        B. happened            C. used              D. seemed

8.A. to              B. for                  C. by           D. with

9.A. finally             B. nearly              C. possibly    D. immediately

10.A. terrified              B. encouraged               C. embarrassed              D. touched

11.A. face         B. scold                C. call                D. inform

12.A. kind-hearted         B. broad-minded   C. heart-broken             D.good-natured

13.A. Miss             B. Hate               C. Support           D. Love

14.A. acceptable     B. respectable         C. unexpected         D. understandable

15.A. point                  B. wonder            C. use               D. need

16.A. Instead               B. However            C. Therefore         D. Besides

17.A. praise                 B. sadness            C. blame              D. insult

18.A. thought        B. needed              C. required           D. learnt

19.A. gave           B. owed             C. treated           D. left

20.A. peace                 B. warmth           C. coldness           D. balance

People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a__26problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without__27 ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. __28_, when all of these methods__29 , the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six__30  in analysing a problem.

__31 the person must recognise that there is a problem. For example, Sam?s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must__32  that there is a problem with his bicycle.

Next the person must__33 the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must__34 the parts that are wrong.Now the person must look for__35 that will make the problem clearer and lead to__36  solutions.For example, suppose Sam__37 that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. __38  , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, __39 his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.

After__40 the problem, the person should have__41__suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example__42 ,his suggestions might be:tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones.

In the end, one__43  seems to be the solution__44 the problem. Sometimes the__45  idea comes quite__46 _because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a__47  way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖)stuck to a brake. He__48 hits on the solution to his problem:he must__49  the brake.

Finally the solution is__50  . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly.In short he has solved the problem.

26.A.serious        B. usual          C. similar           D. common

27.A.practice       B. thinking       C. understanding       D. help

28.A.Besides        B. Instead        C. Otherwise         D. However

29.A.fail           B. work          C. change           D. develop

30.A.ways          B. conditions      C.  stages         D. orders

31.A.First         B. Usually         C. In general         D. Most importantly

32.A.explain       B. prove           C. show            D. see

33.A.judge         B. find            C. describe        D. face

34.A.check         B. determine       C. correct         D. recover

35.A.answers       B. skills          C. explanation     D. information

36.A.possible      B. exact           C. real            D. special

37.A.hopes         B. argues          C. decides         D. suggests

38.A.In other words    B. Once in a while  C. First of all     D. At this time 

39.A.look for      B. talk to         C. agree with       D. depend on

40.A.discussing    B. settling down   C. comparing with   D. studying 

41.A.extra         B. enough          C. several          D. countless

42.A.secondly      B. again           C. also             D. alone

43.A.suggestion    B. conclusion      C. decision         D. discovery

44.A.with          B. into            C. for              D. to

45.A.next          B. clear           C. final            D. new

46.A.unexpectedly  B. late            C. clearly          D. often

47.A.simple        B. different       C. quick            D. sudden

48.A.fortunately   B. easily          C. clearly          D. immediately

49.A.clean         B. separate        C. loosen           D. remove

50.A.recorded      B. completed       C. tested           D. accepted