【题目】Three Boys and a Dad

Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home tovisit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, hewas thinking whether to read the newspaper or watchhis favorite TV talk show on his first day off inmonths. "This will be like a walk in the park," he'dtold his wife. "I'll look after the kids, and you can go to visit your mom."

Things started well, but just after eight o'clock,his three little "good kids"-Mike, Randy, and Alex — came down the stairs in their night clothes andshouted "breakfast, Daddy." When food had notappeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using hisspoon on Alex's head as if it were a drum. Alexstarted to shout loudly in time to the beat (节拍).Mike chanted "Where's my toast, where's my toast"in the background. Brad realised his newspaper wouldhave to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Mike woreRandy's underwear on his head. Randy locked himselfin the bathroom,while Alex shouted again because hewas going to wet his pants. Nobody could find cleansocks, although they were before their very eyes.Someone named "Not Me" had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Bradknew the talk show had already started.

By ten o'clock, things were out of control. Alexwas wondering why the fish in the jar refused hisbread and butter. Mike was trying to show off histalent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colourpencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be readingquietly in the family room, but closer examinationshowed that he was eating apple jam straight fromthe bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talkshow was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre(日托所). "I suddenly have to go into work and mywife's away. Can I bring the boys over in a fewminutes?" The answer was obviously "yes" becauseBrad was smiling.

【1】When his wife left home, Brad expected to _________.

A. go out for a walk in the park

B. watch his favorite TV talk show with his children

C. enjoy his first day off work

D. read the newspaper to his children

【2】Which of the following did Randy do?

A. Drawing on the wall.

B. Eating apple jam.

C. Feeding the fish.

D. Reading in a room.

【3】 Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?

A. Because he wanted to clean up his house.

B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office.

C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys.

D. Because he had to take his wife back home.

【4】 This text is developed ________

A. by space

B. by comparison

C. by process

D. by time

【题目】下列横线处应填入的一组词语是( )

香港回归，没有哪个记者认识不到这一历史事件的重大意义，而这篇消息却________，仅从标题上就________。标题中，我们看到了“不列颠尼亚”号在中国人的目光中，渐渐消失在________的海面，而在另一面，读者看到了英国对香港长达一个半世纪的殖民统治宣告终结，中国历史上屈辱的一段终被________，传递出中华民族在这种特定历史时刻的自豪感。

A．独辟蹊径 可见一斑 宽广 洗雪

B．独胜一筹 略知一二 茫茫 雪耻

C．独辟蹊径 略知一二 宽广 雪耻

D．独胜一筹 可见一斑 茫茫 洗雪

【题目】His head has been hung over with thick ___ (绷带) except two eyes.

【题目】If plastic and rubber are burnt, they’ll give off ___ gases (poison).

【题目】You may not agree, but ______ I think she is a very good girl.

A. personally

B. truly

C. generally

D. commonly

【题目】in ___ 在适当的位置

【题目】—______ the only house of Mr Smith got completely burnt out?

—That's right.

A. Had

B．Has

C．Was

D. Is

【题目】下列选项是四则“遗失启事”的主要内容，其中表达通顺、得体的一项是( )

A．本人昨日在体育馆遗失一副红色羽毛球拍，您若及时联系鄙人，不胜感激之至。

B．昨日本人不慎丢失《随想录》一书于阅览室，期盼拾得者璧还原物，谢谢哟。

C．本人昨日在图书馆不慎丢失黑框眼镜一副，希望拾到者与我联系，不胜感激。

D．昨日本人遗失饭卡于学校饮食服务中心，恳请拾者高抬贵手交还，万分感激。

【题目】___ out挤出，榨出

【题目】I used to be the messiest person alive. Over theyears, through watching others and by trial and error,I have finally found ways to come up with plans,organize them and follow through with them.

Make an outline of everything you need to haveand do to make your plan happen. Make a list of allof the steps that need to be accomplished and thinkabout what needs to be done.

Detail everything thoroughly and read over it soyou can start coming up with some mental solutionsof how to carry out your plans.

You should ensure that if for some reason wayone doesn't work, you have way two and way three tolean back on. Therefore, different ways are needed athand. It's just a matter of being organized. Chancesare that there is always more than one way of doingthings, and chances are that if one of those waysdoesn't work,one of the others will.

Committing yourself to finishing at least part ifnot all of your plan at once is also necessary. It willshow that you not only have initiative to get thingsrolling, but that you are interested in the resultsobtained with making the move to get everythingdone.

If you make a commitment to finish before aspecific time, make sure that you carry that out, andbe sure to do everything in the way you said youwould, within the time-frame you set for yourself.

Don't try to tackle (处理) more things all at atime. All that does is delay your progress, distract youand make you lose your interest, motivation andenergy.

Carrying out an effective plan requires being asorganized as possible. You will only achieve this bysticking to the order of the plan and not deviating ortrying to do more at a time.

Last but not the least, you should never abandonthings mid-project. It will only annoy everyonearound you including yourself. Unfinished plans are awaste of time, energy and, in some cases，evenmoney.

So,don't be afraid of organization. The older weget,the more necessary it becomes to have the skills to follow through with confidence and to be able tocarry through plans in an organized and manageableway. It pays to be organized, after all.