9、Unconditional Love

       A story is told about a soldier who finally came home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from   1    “Mom and Dad, I   2   home, but I’ve a favor to ask .I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.” “  3   ,” they replied, “We’d love to meet him.” “There’s something you should know,” the son continued, “he was  4   in the fighting. He  5  on a land bomb and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to   6  us.” “I’m sorry to hear that ,son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.” “No, Mom and Dad ,I want him to live with us.” “Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such    7   would be   8  on us. We have our own lives to live ,and we can’t let something like this    9   with our lives. I think you should just come home and    10   about this guy . He’ll find a way to live    11   his own.

       At that point, the son   12    the phone. The parents heard  13   more from him. A few days later,   14  ,they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building .The police believed it was a   15  .They grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco to   16  the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had   17  .

       The parents in this story are like many of us .We find it  18   to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who are   19  to us or make us feel uncomfortable. Thankfully, there’s someone who loves us with an   20   love that welcomes us into the forever family.

1.A.Chicago                B.Boston                C.San Francisco      D.London

2.A.am coming            B.am leaving           C.was coming         D.was leaving

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3.A.Sorry                    B.Sure                    C.No way               D.possible

4.A.very healthy          B.very well             C.hurt badly            D.fairly good

5.A.stepped                 B.sat                      C.lay                      D.slept

6.A.play with               B.work with           C.live with              D.keep with

7.A.disadvantages        B.advantages           C.shortcomings       D.disabilities

8.A.a terrible burden     B.a happy family     C.pleasant company D.deadly disease

9.A.stop                      B.interfere              C.strengthen           D.improve

10.A.forget                 B.bring                   C.remember            D.forgive

11.A.of                       B.on                       C.at                       D.in

12.A.hold on               B.hung on               C.hung up              D.hung out

13.A.something           B.anything              C.everything           D.nothing

14.A.besides                B.however              C.and                     D.otherwise

15.A.accident              B.coincidence         C.murder                D.suicide

16.A.take                    B.bring                   C.identify               D.fetch

17.A.no arm and no leg                                                               B.two arms and one leg

       C.only one arm and one leg                      D.one arm and two legs

18.A.difficult               B.difference            C.easy                    D.simple

19.A.smart                  B.friendly               C.familiar               D.inconvenient

20.A.valuable               B.unconditional       C.precious              D.unique

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8、I don’t know if I am missing the greatest pleasure of my life. I am no fan of computer games. Some guys forget themselves and forget day and night when they play games .For example, a colleague has been playing since 1 o’clock this morning and now it is 7 o’clock. He is still commanding his army of little people to attack strange-looking animals. Some games could be fun, 1 admit, and it is therefore understandable that such a game catches players. For example, games like Red Storm or some role-play games, you do something and try to outwit(智胜) your computer. You get some fun out of these games. It is understandable that such a game pushes you into a pitfall(陷阱) of pleasures. But some games look quite stupid and simple. Again for example, my colleague has been interested in Stone Age, a cartoon-like game rooted in prehistoric time. The game is well made, full of strange people and animals and you can play on line with partners. You can have reference books to study so as to shortcut your rivals(对手) and increase your own conquering power.

I believe some kinds of games are really created for adults. But seeing these adults play the simple games with such interest, I just wonder if there is something wrong with me and if I am losing the greatest possible fun of my life. I ask why I don' t bother playing such games and why I seem to have some aversion to such games. I have no answers. Certainly computer games is no my idea of a good time. I would rather listen to some music or read a book. Take music for example. Good music tops my list of pleasures. Nothing could beat music, all in a harmony of sounds and emotions. But how about games? Why am I so strongly biased(偏见) against such games?

1.The underlined word “aversion” in the last paragraph most probably means      .

       A.change                B.liking                   C.comment             D.dislike

2.The games that the writer has a preference for are      .

       A.games where there are strange people, animals and killing and fighting

       B.games which you can play with partners

       C.games where you try to beat your computer with intelligence

       D.games based on history

3.What does the writer think is the best pastime(消遣)?

       A.Music.                B.Reading.              C.Movies.               D.Role-play games.

4.Through the passage, the writer most probably wants to say      .

       A.he can’t understand some of the computer games

       B.computer games need to be bettered to suit adults

       C.computer games are dull and a waste of time

    D.he is missing a great pleasure of life

7、Dear Sir or Madam,

       With so many students going or having gone to study abroad in our school, Weiwei Tang is among the few for whom writing a letter of recommendation is really a pleasure.

       I first saw her when I worked as a tutor teacher(班主任)of a class in the third year of its senior high school. That day ,I was on the playground supervising the morning exercises of my class .Next to mine were the classes of the freshmen .Among them was a girl ,to whom the morning excises of our school seemed totally alien(陌生的). She didn’t seem to be worried or embarrassed, but she exercised to the music, copying the moves of her classmates. Her confidence impressed me.

       Later, when I was watching an English talent show in our school, I saw the girl again. She was hosting the program .That time, her beautiful spoken English struck me .Later on , I learnt from other teachers of English that she often did such jobs on similar occasions.

       In 2006, when they became grade three students, I was in charge of English teaching of two classes, one of which was Class 11, and the girl became one of my students. Facing the College Entrance Exam, they were going to pass one of the hardest years of their life. Though Weiwei Tang didn’t top the class in academic performance, two of her individualities contributed to my pleasure of writing this very letter .For one thing, she was definitely among the students who were often around the teachers, communicating ideas and asking questions; for another, her confidence wasn’t lessened by the pressure from going to an idea college.

       Her active participation in various campus activities may have contributed a lot to her being so friendly to others and so communicative.

       When she told me of her plan to study abroad and her TOFEL grade, I didn’t feel it unexpected, because I believe that is what she should do—facing more challenges and creating more chances .Her confident smiles deserve more.

                                                                                                      Sincerely yours,

                                                                                                      Kane Shaw

                                                                      English teacher of her senior year of high school

1.Which of the following is most probably an example from paragraph 5?

       A.As a member of the English Club of our school, she often hosted kinds of ceremonies.

       B.Several times, she was among the top ten students in the grade in the final examinations.

       C.She once found a purse with several thousand yuan in it and helped find the owner.

       D.She was always on time for school and was never absent from school for any reason.

2.According to the writer, the writer first saw Weiwei Tang in       .

       A.2002                   B.2004                   C.2005                   D.2006

3.Which of the following words can’t be used to describe Weiwei Tang?

       A.Confident.           B.Active.                C.Silent.                 D.Communicative.

4.What does the writer want to express in the second paragraph?

       A.The girl is confident.

       B.When he first saw the girl.

       C.How he got to know the girl.

    D.The girl wasn’t in the school for her junior high school years.

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