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　　I was six when I joined my father and two brothers at sunrise in the hay fields of Eufaula, Oklahoma．By the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up low-income rent properties．He gave me a penny for every nail I pulled out of old boards．

　　I got my first real job, at JM’s restaurant in town, when I was 12．My main responsibilities were cleaning tables and washing dishes, but sometimes I helped cook．

　　Every day after school I would head to JM's and work until ten．On Saturdays I worked from two until eleven．At that age it was unlucky going to work and watching my friends run off to swim or play．I didn't necessarily like work, but I love what working allowed me to have．Because of my job I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local bar Tastee Freez．This made me proud．

　　Word that I was honest and hard-working got around town．A local clothing store offered credit to me although I was only in the seventh grade．I immediately charged a ＄ 68 sports coat and a ＄ 22 pair of trousers．I was making only 65 cents an hour, and I was already ＄ 90 in debt! So I learned early the danger of easy credit．I paid it off as soon as I could．

　　　My first job taught me discipline, responsibility and brought me a level of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced．As my father, who worked three jobs, once told me, “If you understand sacrifice and commitment, there are not many things in life you can't have．” How right he was!

(1)

When the author was a child, he was made to help his father work because ________．

[　　]

A．

the restaurant was short for hands

B．

his family belonged to the low-income group

C．

he wanted to earn some money

D．

he was stronger than his two brothers

(2)

At the age of 12, the author got a job at a restaurant and often worked till late at night because ________．

[　　]

A．

he liked that work

B．

he didn't like playing

C．

he was hard-working

D．

he felt rewarded by doing that work

(3)

When the author was in the seventh grade, he was in debt because ________．

[　　]

A．

he did not work any more

B．

he bought clothes on credit

C．

he was charged too much for the sports coat

D．

he made little money at that time

(4)

What does the author want to tell the reader by this text?

[　　]

A．

If you know sacrifice and responsibility, you can have many things in life．

B．

Children from poor families usually have a very unhappy childhood．

C．

Children could be made to work and earn some money by themselves．

D．

You will learn discipline and responsibility by working early in life．

答案：1．B;2．D;3．B;4．A;
解析：

(1)

考查细节理解。根据第一段中间部分的“…fix up low-income rent properties．”可判断此项正确。作者是在饭店中给别人打工，所以A项与题干不符；C、D两项在文章中没有信息支持。

(2)

考查推理判断。根据第三段的后半部分可知作者很有成就感。根据第三段中的“I didn't necessarily like work…”可排除A项；根据第三段第三句可排除B项；根据第四段中的“I was making 65 cents an hour．”可知作者按小时获取报酬，因此C项不恰当。

(3)

考查细节理解。根据第四段的后半部分可知作者当时买运动服时是赊账。文章中没有提到对方向作者要价过高，欺骗了作者，所以C项不恰当；虽然作者的收入不高，但如果不赊欠贵重物品，也不至于欠债，因此A、D两项不正确。

(4)

　　[解析]本题考查作者意图。文章最后一段是作者的感悟，是对本文中心思想的总结，结合本段的开头部分以及后面作者的父亲所说的话可推断此项正确；D项只说明了作者自己学习到的知识，没有涉及作者的父亲所说的话，因此比较片面。

　　[文章大意]诚实和勤奋让作者小小年纪就声名远扬，可也为此背上了沉重的债务。痛定思痛，作者感悟到拥有了自律、责任、牺牲和守信的精神，将无往而不胜。


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　　So their father brought home two copies of Mavor's First Reader and taught them the alphabet; but just as Laura was beginning on words of one syllable (音节), He was sent away to work on a distant job, only corning home at weekends. Laura, left at the c-a-t s-I-t-s on the m-a-t's stage, then had to carry her book round after her mother as she went about her housework, asking,“Please, Mother, what does h-o-u-s-a spell?”or“W-a-l-k, Mother, what is that?”

　　Often when her mother was too busy or too tired to attend to her, she would sit and fix her eyes on a page that might as well have been printed in Hebrew (希伯来语) for all she could make of it, frowning (锁眉) and studying the print as though she would make out the meaning by force of concentration (专注).

　　After weeks of this, there came a day when, quite suddenly, as it seemed to her, the printed characters took on a meaning. There were still many words, even in the first page of that simple book, she could not understand; but she could jump those and make sense of the whole.“I'm reading! I'm reading!” she cried aloud.“Oh, Mother! Oh, Edmund! I'm reading!”

1．Laura's father didn't want his children to go to school at Lark Rise because ________.

[　　]

A．it was too far away

B．they couldn't learn enough

C．their hair would become dirty

D．they would ruin their clothes

2．The children's father decided to teach them to read and write so that they ________.

[　　]

A．had an excuse not to have to move

B．had a reason for not attending school

C．could write to the School Attendance Office

D．would be educated before they left the village

3．The underlined part “left at the c-a-t s-I-t-s on the m-a-t's stage”means that ________.

[　　]

A．Laura was working hard and learning quickly

B．her father had no time to teach her

C．her mother was too busy to attend to her

D．Laura knew little about how to read and write

4．From the passage we can infer that ________ made Laura stare at a page in her book.

[　　]

A．her lack of concentration

B．her inability to understand

C．her need to understand Hebrew

D．her determination to understand

5．Laura finally discovered she could read when she ________.

[　　]

A．understood the main idea

B．understood all the words in her book

C．recognized the printed characters

D．jumped the first pages of her book

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　　Former US. Vice President A1 Gore, who came close to winning the presidency two years ago, said he will not run in 2004, and probably will not have another opportunity to seek the White House.

　　Though Gore would have been a frightening Democratic(民主党的)main runner, his decision to give up the 2004 race probably helped his party' s chances in the general election against President George W. Bush, Democrats said.

　　Many did not want to see Bush－Gore Ⅱ.

　　“The last campaign was an extremely difficult one,” Gore told CBS TV show “60 Minutes”. on Sunday.

　　While saying he still had the energy and drive to run again, Gore recognized, “There are a lot of people within the Democratic Party who felt exhausted (by the 2000 race)… who felt like, OK, ‘I don't want to go through that again.’ And I'm frankly sensitive to that feeling.”

　　In nearly two dozen interviews after Gore announced his plans, Democrats dutifully claimed their party had lost a top candidate, but one after another, they praised Gore for taking an early exit from a primary race he could have won, sparing them a repeat.

　　Gore, 54, said he was making his decision “in the full understanding that it probably means that I will never have another opportunity to run for president.”

　　Party activists(激进主义分子)blamed Gore for losing despite a booming economy and eight years of a Democratic administration. Gore even lost his home state of Tennessee; a victory there would have given him the White House.

1．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

[　　]

A．Gore Was Criticized

B．Gore Decides Not to Fight Bush in 2004

C．Former US. Vice President Al Gore

D．Al Gore and Gorge Bush

2．Why do you think Gore has decides not to run in 2004 according to this passage?

[　　]

A．Because he is quite old

B．Because many people are against him

C．Because he quite understands the feelings of a lot of Democratic members

D．Because he doesn't want to be President of US

3．What was Gore's feeling when he made his decision?

[　　]

A．Delight
B．Sad
C．Regretful
D．Calm

阅读理解

　　In the world of fairy tales, great and powerful men are often helped to victory by the small and weak．But in the US it has happened for real．

　　Nine–year–old Noah McCullough from Texas, has taken on the role of speaking to the public in support of President George W．Bush’s social security reforms．

　　On February 25 he signed an agreement with the American Congress to work for the White House as a volunteer．“What I want to tell people about social security is not to be afraid of the new plan,”Noah said．“It may be a change, but it’s a good change．”

　　Besides this task, he already has a higher goal．He plans to run for the White House in 2032．So far, Noah seems to have a very bright future．

　　Despite his age, Noah already has his firm opinion on running the US．“I firmly believe that the combination of large business and small governments creates a peaceful and present society because industry can stimulate(刺激)economic growth,”he said．

　　Noah’s politics do not come from his parents．“He is very patriotic(爱国的)and very republican,”said Noah’s mother, Donna McCullough．“It’s the way he was born．”

　　Noah’s interest began after a mock(模拟)election in the kindergarten when he was five years old．Now he has read more than 3,000 books on presidential history．He can recite the names of all 43 American presidents．He can also describe the achievements and events that took place during a president’s term of office．

　　His unusual experiences in the presidential campaign last year made him a famous figure．He was a member of Bush’s presidential campaign team．He gave speeches at the Republican convention(大会)and followed Bush around on his tour of 27 states．President Bush thinks highly of the boy, saying that he is“the miracle kid of the White House”．

(1)

Noah McCullough worked for the White House ________．

[　　]

A．

to support George W．Bush in the presidential campaign

B．

to be a volunteer in the presidential campaign

C．

to show his gift in the presidential campaigns

D．

to drill for his running for the White House in 2032

(2)

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

Noah seems to have a very bright future because he supports Bush．

B．

Noah is the youngest of the Americans who support Bush．

C．

Noah has been to more than half of the states in the presidential campaign．

D．

Noah was born with his parents’ dream of his becoming US President．

(3)

We can infer from the passage that ________．

[　　]

A．

Noah can surely succeed in the 2032 presidential campaign

B．

Noah’s polities are deeply affected by his parents

C．

Bush had known Noah well before the presidential campaign began

D．

Noah would develop industry and reduce government officials if he were elected President of the USA

(4)

Which is the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．

The Small and Weak Can Help the Big and Strong

B．

Little Boy Helps President Bush

C．

Beginning of Noah’s Political Life

D．

The US Future President

阅读理解

　　I remembered the first day I saw her playing basketball．I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids．The boys always tried to stop her but no one could, though she seemed so small．She would practice shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark．

　　One day I asked her why she practiced so much．Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college．The only way I can go is to get a scholarship．I like basketball．I am going to play college basketball．I want to be the best．My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count．”Then she repeated the routine．Well, I had to give in to her – she was determined．I watched her through those junior high years and into high school．Every week, she led her school team to victory．One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms．Quietly I walked to her and asked what was wrong．“Oh, noting,” came a soft reply．“I am just too short．”The coach told her that at 5.5 inches she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team, so she should stop dreaming about college．But her father said those coaches were wrong．They just did not understand the power of a dream．He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college and wanted a scholarship, nothing could stop her except one thing – her own attitude．He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count”．

　　The next years, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter．She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division I, NCAA women’s basketball team．She was going to get the college education that she has dreamed of and worked toward for all those years．It’s true：If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count．

(1)

How long has the girl probably been practicing basketball before she went to college?________．

[　　]

A．

At most 3 years

B．

About 2 years

C．

At least 6 years

D．

Less than 4 years

(2)

The underlined word in the passage referred to ________．

[　　]

A．

the person who finds new people to work in a company or a job

B．

the person w ho persuades others to do something

C．

the coach of a sports team

D．

the person who is in charge of admitting students into colleges

(3)

What is the best title of the passage?________．

[　　]

A．

A way to success

B．

If the dream is big enough

C．

Basket ball－A way to success

D．

A determined girl

(4)

Which of the following can lead a person to the goal according to this passage?________．

[　　]

A．

A good attitude

B．

A big dream, hard practices and opportunity

C．

Hard practice

D．

A big dream

阅读理解

　　Mathematical ability and musical ability may not seem on the surface to be connected, but people who have researched the subject and studied the brain say that they are．Three quarters of the bright but speech-delayed children in the group I studied had a close relative who was an engineer, mathematician or scientist, and four fifths had a close relative who played a musical instrument．The children themselves usually took readily to math and other analytical subjects and to music．

　　Black, white and Asian children in this group show the same patterns．However, it is clear that blacks have been greatly overrepresented(被过多的代表)in the development of American popular music and greatly underrepresented in such fields as mathematics, science and engineering．

　　If the abilities required in analytical fields and in music are so closely related, how can there be this great discrepancy?One reason is that the development of mathematical and other such abilities requires years of formal schooling, while certain musical talents can be developed with little or no formal training, as has happened with a number of well-known black musicians．

　　It is precisely in those kinds of music where one can acquire great skill without formal training that blacks have excelled(擅长)popular music rather than classical music, piano rather than violin, blues rather than opera．This is readily understandable, given that most blacks, for most of American history, have not had either the money or the leisure for long years of formal study in music．

　　Blacks have not merely held their own in American popular music．They have played a large role in the development of jazz, both traditional and modern．A long string of names comes to mind－W．C．Handy, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker…and so on．

　　None of these presupposes(假设，意味着)any special innate(先天的)ability of blacks in music．On the contrary, it is perfectly consistent(一致的)with blacks having no more such inborn ability than anyone else, but being limited to being able to express such ability in narrower channels than others who have had the money, the time and the formal education to spread out over a wider range of music, as well as into mathematics, science and engineering．

(1)

What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

[　　]

A．

Mathematical ability and musical ability are connected．

B．

Mathematical ability has more to do with the brain than musical ability．

C．

More people are good at music than math．

D．

More research should be done into the relationship between mathematical ability and math ability．

(2)

The word“discrepancy”(Para．3)most probably means ________．

[　　]

A．

difference

B．

excellence

C．

inborn ability

D．

inability

(3)

What can be inferred about opera?

[　　]

A．

It requires formal training．

B．

It is often enjoyed by those with strong analytical ability．

C．

It is disliked by blacks．

D．

It is more difficult to learn than classical music．

(4)

Which of the following statements is true according to the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．

Blacks have special innate ability in music．

B．

Unlike others, blacks do not have innate ability in music．

C．

Jazz is one of the narrow channels through which blacks express their ability in music．

D．

Those who have money and time choose mathematics over music．

(5)

Which of the following questions does the passage mainly concern?

[　　]

A．

Are musical ability and mathematical ability connected?

B．

Why have blacks been greatly overrepresented in the development of American popular music?

C．

What kinds of music require formal training?

D．

What are the contributions made by black musicians?

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