题目内容
I was 13 years old. My family had moved to Southern California from North Florida a year before. I hit adolescence with a vengeance. I was angry and rebellious, with little regard for anything my parents had to say, particularly if it had to do with me. Like so many teenagers, I struggled to escape from anything that didn't agree with my picture of the world. A "brilliant without need of guidance" kid, I rejected any overt offering of love. In fact, I got angry at the mention of the word love.
One night, after a particularly difficult day, I _____________, shut the door and got into bed. As I lay down in the privacy of my bed, my hands slipped under my pillow. There was an envelope. I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, "To read when you're alone."
Since I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not, so I opened it. It said "Mike, I know life is hard right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don't do everything right. I also know that I love you completely and nothing you do or say will ever change that. I am here for you if you ever need to talk, and if you don't, that's okay. Just know that no matter where you go or what you do in your life, I will always love you and be proud that you are my son. I'm here for you and I love you - that will never change. Love, Mom.
That was the first of several "To read when you're alone" letters. They were never mentioned until I was an adult.
Today I travel the world helping people. I was in Sarasota, Florida, teaching a seminar when, at the end of the day, a lady came up to me and shared the difficulty she was having with her son. We walked out to the beach, and I told her of my mom's undying love and about the "To read when you're alone" letters. Several weeks later, I got a card that said she had written her first letter and left it for her son.
That night as I went to bed, I put my hands under my pillow and remembered the relief I felt every time I got a letter. In the midst of my turbulent teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I could be loved in spite of me, not because of me. Just before I fell asleep I thanked God that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed. Today when theseas of life get stormy, I know that just under my pillow there is that calm assurance that love - consistent, abiding, unconditional love - changes lives.
1.What’s the best title of the passage?
2.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
I reached out my hands for the letter under the pillow that night when I went to bed ,and I always felt relief with the letter under my pillow.
3.Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(within ten words)
4.What do you learn after reading the passage?(within 30 words)
5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
—— Sorry, I forget to post the letter for you.
—— Never mind, ＿＿＿＿＿ it myself tonight.
A.I’m going to post B.I’ve decided to post C.I’ll post D.I’d rather post
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.
At six o’clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.
Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door—“a master key ”perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.
It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly toward the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.
1.Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because__________.
A. she worked at a club on the day
B. she lived alone
C. she visited a club on Thursdays
D. a special visitor came on Thursday Clarke
2. If someone had made a forced entry,________.
A. Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or window
B. he or she was still in the house
C. things would have been thrown about
D. he or she would have needed a master key
3.According to the passage, which of the following is right?
A. She is about more than 50 years old.
B. The next day after she found something unusual in her house, she stayed at home.
C. The man who tried to enter her house wore a pair of gloves.
D. Mrs. Clarke was in an attempt to trick the thief when she noticed something unusual.
4.The wire fell to the floor________.
A. because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the door
B. when the man’s glove dropped off
C. because it was too hot to hold
D. because the man just wanted to get away
单词拼写（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
根据括号内的汉语提示完成句子。
1.On the evening of Mid-Autumn Festival, I usually sit in the open air with my family, (欣赏)the full moon.
2.I used to live in a beautiful house (包围)by many kinds of trees.
3.There is a big underground railway (系统)in London.
4.Eating (胡萝卜)can help you see better.
5.We know that Canada’s population is only (稍微)over thirty million.
6.It is important to know your own (长处)and weaknesses.
7.Each (宗教)activity has it’s own belief.
8.Dinosaurs laid eggs and (存在)on the earth for morn than 140 million years.
9.He wandered around Tibet for a month. His experience is (难以置信).
10.We visited the in our ________(宇宙飞船) many years ago.
11.On his________(到达)he went straight to the counter and spoke to the clerk.
12.She usually_____(结合)creative imagination with intelligence to create some wonders.
13.A saying goes，“A friend in need is a friend ____(真正地，确实)．”
14.It’s bad______(礼貌)to talk with your mouth full.
15.With trembling hands Mr. Jackson opened the ___ (信封) and read the letter.
按照课文内容填空（共8小题; 每小题0.5分，满分4分）
阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将相应答案写在答题纸上。
Henry, a businessman, who was from America, landed in London by 1 . Being penniless, he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. 2 in the street one day, he was invited to a big house. Then something 3 (believe) happened to Henry. There Henry stared at the food on the table 4 the two wealthy brothers asked him some questions. Henry told them that he had tried to seek help but no luck. He thought the two brothers made fun of him at first. On the 5 , they gave him a letter 6 Henry promised not to open until two o’clock. Being hungry, Henry went into a restaurant and asked for a meal costing a large amount of money.
The waiter treated him in rude manners 7 he was in rags. But he took a chance and let Henry have the meal. When it was two o’ clock, Henry opened the letter with a million pound bank-note. They doubted 8 the bank-note was a genuine, but later they were sure it was not a fake.
