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There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work. The 16 reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper(会计)----- it was then that I worked for 17 , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something 18 , something new and exciting.

Money wasn’t too important now, as my husband made a very 19 living for us. But what should I do? What sort of 20 should I look for? I knew I needed to be 21 as to what I became involved with. I am not a "quitter"(容易放弃的人) and so I hoped to 22 becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me.

While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was 23 of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring 24 the gold was wearing thin. My husband and I shopped and shopped for one, 25 we went, even when we were on vacation. 26 this nonstop searching got my poor 27 to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don’t 28, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the 29 I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn’t have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would 30 be patient.

Fortunately, that summer while I 31 my twenty-fifth high school class reunion(重聚), I heard a former classmate 32 what she did for a living. She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just 33 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers. WOW, that 34 like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a 35 : I know what to take up!

16. A. possible B. obvious C. believable D. good

17. A. money B. fun C. children D. employers

18. A. valuable B. reasonable C. worthy D. different

19. A. interesting B. comfortable C. successful D. meaningful

20. A. pleasure B. place C. job D. man

21. A. careful B. useful C. joyful D. painful

22. A. finish B. miss C. avoid D. forget

23. A. recalled B. reminded C. warned D. robbed

24. A. where B. while C. if D. as

25. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. wherever D. everywhere

26. A. Actually B. However C. Finally D. Once

27. A. children B. classmates C. employer D. husband

28. A. care B. know C. understand D. find

29. A. way B. time C. style D. thought

30. A. really B. ever C. just D. certainly

31. A. joined B. left C. started D. attended

32. A. complaining B. explaining C. describing D. considering

33. A. returned B. rested C. came D. stayed

34. A. looked B. seemed C. sounded D. felt

35. A. travler B. wife C. employer D. bookkeeper

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely―a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

1. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A. She had seven brothers. B. She felt herself a nobody.

C. She was too shy to go to school. D. She did not have any good teachers.

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

A. develop her writing style B. run away from her family

C. make a lot of friends D. search for a husband

3.According to Cisneros, what was the key factor in her success?

A. Her early years in college. B. Her training in the Workshop.

C. Her childhood experience D. Her feeling of being different.

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A. It is quite popular among students.

B. It is a book of poetry written by Cisneros.

C. It wasn’t a success as it was written in Spanish.

D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

Florence Nightingale（南丁格尔） was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.

As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.

At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.

“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.

“Then I will make it so, “she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.

Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.

After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.

Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.

1.When she was a child, Florence ____ .

A．loved to travel very much

B．knew what her duty in life was

C．loved to help the sick people

D．was most interested in music and drawing

2.What made Florence make up her mind to become a nurse？

A．Her father’s support.

B．Her desire to help the sick.

C．Her education in Germany and France.

D．Her knowledge from reading great books.

3.During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____ .

A．she earned a little money

B．work was very difficult

C．few soldiers died because of her work

D．she didn’t have enough food or clothes

4.Why was Florence honored by Queen Victoria？

A．She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.

B．She wrote a book on public health.

C．She worked as a nurse all her life.

D．She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War.

5.The passage can best be described as ____ .

A．the life story of a famous woman B．a description of the nursing work

C．an example of successful education D．the history of nursing in England

A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? But he discovered that it was a rattrap (捕鼠夹）.

Going back to the farmyard, the rat started to give a warning.

The rat turned to the pig and told him:“There is a rattrap in the house, a rattrap in the house!”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Rat,” said the pig, “I can only say this is something terrible to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered with it.”

The rat turned to the cow. But the cow said, “Like wow, Mr. Rat? A rattrap? I am in danger, Huh?”

The rat returned to the house, head down and dejected. So the rat had to face the farmer's rattrap alone.

That very night, a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rattrap catching its prey (猎物). The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.In the darkness, she did not notice that it was a poisonous snake whose tail had been caught by the trap. The snake bit her.The farmer rushed her to hospital. She returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that a fever could be treated with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his knife to the farmyard for the soup. However, his wife's sickness continued.

The farmer's friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. But she didn't get well. Finally, she died, and so many people came for the last sight that the farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them.

So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that the whole farmyard is at risk when there is a rattrap in the house.

1.From the passage we know that ______.

A．the pig helped the rat get rid of the trap

B．the cow strongly believed in what the rat said

C．no animals showed concern over the rat's warning

D．the snake was killed immediately after being caught

2.The underlined word ‘‘dejected” is the closest in meaning to _______.

A．disappointed B．surprised C．irritated D．excited

3.We can learn from the article that _______.

A．the farmer had planned to kill the rat

B．the rat was very clever in avoiding the trap

C．the farmer's wife got good treatment in hospital

D．the rat had expected what would happen to the pig and cow

4. What message does the story intend to pass?

A．We should mind our own business.

B．Everything is related to something else.

C．We'd better treat animals in a friendly way.

D．The farmer couple and their friends are all foolish.

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A．She had seven brothers. B．She felt herself a nobody.

C．She was too shy to go to school. D．She did not have any good teachers.

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

A．work for a school magazine B．run away from her family

C．make a lot of friends D．develop her writing style

3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

A．Her early years in college. B．Her training in the Workshop.

C．Her feeling of being different. D．Her childhood experience.

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A．It is quite popular among students.

B．It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.

C．It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.

D．It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

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