【题目】My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and asked God for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”

I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up(哽咽)and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son, but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands. For a moment there was silence on the other and of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent –– teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”

【1】 Which of the following has the similar meaning as the underlined word withdrawn in the first paragraph?

A. Quiet and lonely

B. Relaxed and excited

C. Talkative and lively

D. Happy and easy-going

【2】According to the first report card, Karl ___________.

A. often went to school late

B. failed in all the exams

C. did a good job at school

D. didn’t do well at school

【3】When the mother said “It’s out of my hands.” to the headmaster, she meant that she ___________.

A. didn’t know what to do about her son

B. would drive her son away from the house

C. had no money to support the family

D. she would have to hang up

【4】Who was it that telephoned Karl’s mother that day?

A. The headmaster.

B. The school adviser.

C. Karl himself.

D. The passage doesn’t tell us.

【5】 From the passage we can learn that _____________.

A. children in single parent families always have mental problems

B. mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life

C. parents should give their children as much span>help as possible

D. school education still works well without support from parent

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Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t 【1】 u_____________ them. They often think their parents are too strict2w_____________ them.

Parents often find it difficult to win their3c_____________ trust, and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.

For example, young people like to do things without much thinking. It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can solve any difficult4p_____________. But older people always think5m_____________ than young people. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be6c_____________, so when you want your parents to let you do something, you will succeed easily if you ask before you really start doing it.

Young people often make their parents angry by the7c_____________ they wear, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just want to be cut off (摆脱) from the old people’s world and they are8t_____________ to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home9a_____________ and do what they like.

If you plan to do something, you’d 【10b_____________ win your parents over and get them to understand you, if so, your parents will certainly let you do whatever you want to do.

【题目】Allen Iverson, the 31-year-old man, has become the most exciting player in the NBA. At 1.83 meters tall, he is as fast as lightening and no one can stop him. However, Allen used to be the trouble maker that the NBA did not want.

Born to a single mother, Allen had a very hard childhood. He grew up on dangerous blocks in the US. Sometimes his house had no electricity, hot water or lights. He sometimes stayed with his friends in his teenage life and a couple of times he even stayed in a shelter(避难所). Because of his terrible childhood, Iverson became as tough(粗暴的) as his friends .

Allen was always a trouble maker. When he was in high school, he was once put in jail(监狱) for throwing a chair to a white girl. Later on, he was put in jail a second time because of fast driving. When he was on the school basketball team, he didn’t like practicing and even laughed at his coach. Because of the troubles he had made, the NBA at first didn’t want him.

He was a talented basketball player but with bad behavior. Allen realized that he wouldn’t win any championship or be the top if he didn’t change himself. He looked at himself in the mirror and asked, “Who is Allen Iverson?” In this way he changed himself. Over the years, he has changed and become a leader. “If you’re getting older and not getting smarter, something is wrong,” said Iverson. On November 6, he was named the Eastern Conference Players of the Week . Now he has become many people’s idol. “I’ve become matured(成熟),” he said. I’m trying to be a better person first, and then a better player.

1According to the passage, why did Allen become a tough boy?

A. His mother taught him to be so.

B. He wanted to be really cool.

C. His friends told him to be so.

D. His early hard life made him so.

2Which is the right order of Allen’s experience?

a. He has become many people’s idol.

b. He was once in jail twice.

c. He decided to change himself

d. He had a very hard childhood.

A. b-d-c-a B. b-d-a-c C. d-b-c-a D. d-c-b-a

3What does Allen mean by saying “I’m trying to be a better person first, and then a better player.”?

A. He thinks good behavior is more important than skills.

B. He thinks he’s a good enough player but not a good person.

C. He feels it’s easier to be a good player than to be a good person.

D. He thinks it’s easy to change himself into a good person.

4What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A Successful Basketball Player

B. A Trouble Maker

C. From a Bad Boy to an Idol

D. Allen’s Hard Childhood.

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Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years , people now can read news on the Internet quickly . _____of holding a newspaper to read , some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones , computers and so on . So , does it mean it is the ____of information technology and newspapers will be replaced(取代)in the future ?

On the one hand , many people believe that newspapers will be replaced . Online news ____in a minute but newspapers can’t . So , by taking advantage of technology , people can connect ____ with the world in minutes . What’s more , many people prefer to read electronic news _____ they think it is not only fast but also costs little . Besides , using paper means cutting trees . Reading online news can ____ protect trees and save paper .

On the other hand , some people believe that newspapers will still exist(存在)in the future . Firstly , not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for ______ . Secondly , the development of high technology is not spread all over the world . The online services will only be ______in the developed countries , but not in some other developing or ____ countries . So , people there may still read newspapers .

In short , although it is ________ that electronic news has /span>developed quickly in the past years , newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life .

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