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Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I   31   to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had 32  . He often got almost everything in the house out of    33  . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking   34  to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional   35    Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a   36  as possible, but inside I was shouting. “I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t   37  him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued   38  him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping   39  teens.
At the   40  ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had  41  the most to him or her. Brett spoke   42  to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter   43  . My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you,  44   troubled enough by me, always   45  me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”
46  , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me   47  .
At that moment, tears   48  in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for   49 . Although I had struggled with silent   50  toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.
小题1:.

B．troublesome

C．disappointing

Some researchers claim that people’s personalities can be classified by their blood types．If you have blood type O, you are a leader．When you see something you want, you strive to achieve your goal．You are passionate, loyal, and self-confident, and you are often a trendsetter．Your enthusiasm for projects and goals spreads to others who happily follow your lead．When you want something, you may be ruthless about getting it or blind to how your actions affect others．Another blood type, A, is a social “people” person．You like people and work well with them．You are sensitive, patient, compassionate, and affectionate．You are a good peacekeeper because you want everybody to be happy．In a team situation, you resolve conflicts and keep things on a smooth course．Sometimes type As are stubborn and find it different to relax．They may also find it uncomfortable to do things alone．?
People with type B blood are usually individualists who like to do things on their own．You may be creative and adaptable, and you usually say exactly what you mean．Also you can adapt to situations, you may not choose to do so because of your strong independent streak．You may prefer working on your own to being part of a team．The final blood type is type AB．If you have AB blood, you are a natural entertainer．You draw people to you because of your charm and easygoing nature．ABs are usually calm and controlled, tactful and fair．On the downside, though, they may take too long to make decisions．And they may procrastinate, putting off tasks until the last minute．??
小题1:．People with type O will do the following things except____．?

A．manage businesses

B．self-oriented

C．be considerate

D．set the fashion?

小题2:．Which of the following is not the feature of type A?

A．Stubborn．

B．Sensitive．

C．Reserved．

D．Patient．?

小题3:．What is Not true to type B??

A．He finds it uncomfortable to do things alone．?

B．He doesn’t think much before he speaks．?

C．He has many original ideas．?

D．He cannot fit in with the environment．?

小题4:．The best profession for a type AB is ____．?

B．Peacekeeper

D．Country leader

One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big 36 on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been 37 your growth in this company passed 38 . We invite you to join the funeral (葬礼) prepared in the 39 .
In the beginning，they all got 40 for the death of one of their colleagues. 41 after a while they started getting 42 to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The 43 in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were 44 to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin(棺材), the more the excitement 45 up. Everyone whispered to each other:“ 46 on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they 47 inside it, they 48 became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in 49 , as if someone had 50 the deepest part of their soul.
There was a 51 inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that 52 : there is only one person who is 53 to set limits to your growth：IT IS 54 !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of 55 ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!

A．encouraging

D．meeting room

When my daughter, Sophie, was admitted to a college we were very happy, but a little worried about becoming empty nesters. I knew I had to do something to help myself adapt, starting with the summer before she left.
Sophie had a pack of colorful T-shirts. I knew she wouldn’t wear them any more, so I decided to make a quilt out of them for her bed at college. It focused my energy, and also let me relive some memories. I tried to work on the quilt when Sophie wasn’t at home----which turned out to be often. She was very busy with her friends. Even when she was around, her door was shut more than usual. I felt a bit hurt. After all, we didn’t have much time together before she went to college, I was already missing her, and she hadn’t ever left yet.
When we arrived at the college, a wave of emotion flooded me. I tried to hold it back, but Sophie saw it in my face. She took a big red book from her bag. “I made this for you, Mom,” she said. Then I knew why she had been staying behind a closed door that summer. It was an album of photographs documenting the life of our family over the last 17 years.
I broke into tears. Some of it was sadness at having to let her go, but some of it was joy. I knew that our connection was more powerful than ever, and that we’d always be connected by the strongest of threads, the love that went into every stitch of her quilt and every photo of my album.
In Sophie’s dormitory I unfolded the quilt on her bed. For a moment she was speechless. Then she threw her arms around me. “Mom, I love you,” she said. One of her new friends was calling her outside. Sophie turned, and I let her go.
小题1:
What do we learn about Sophie from the passage?

A．She did not understand how her mother felt about her leaving.

B．She had few friends, and kept to herself at home that summer.

C．She made a photo album to show her love.

D．She liked her colorful T-shirts very much.

小题2:
Why did the author feel hurt, according to the second paragraph?

A．Because Sophie was not interested in what she was doing.

B．Because Sophie had little time for her.

C．Because Sophie was going to leave home for a long time.

D．Because Sophie did not help her to make the quilt.

小题3:
How did the author feel when they arrived at the college?

A．She felt worried.

B．She felt nervous.

C．She was sorry to be leaving her daughter.

D．She missed her daughter very much.

小题4:
Why did the author finally let her daughter go?

A．She realized that her daughter had to go to college by herself.

B．She realized that the love between them would never be cut off.

C．Sophie’s present had made her forget her sorrow.

D．Sophie’s new friends were calling her outside the dormitory.

Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegianshad 16 them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After 17   the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves 18 they started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was unexpectedly 19   and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly 20 . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had 21    to mark their way home. To make things 22   , Evans, whom they had all thought of 23  the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having 24   along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.
The four who were 25   pushed on at the best speed they could 26  . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his 27  feet; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could 28    put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great 29   . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that 30     could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him 31   a few more miles, until it was time to put up the 32   for another night.
The following morning, 33   the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be 34  some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out 35   into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

D．disappeared

B．some others

D．sleeping-bag

“Tell me what you were like when you were my age,” I asked my mother one afternoon. She looked up, 21 at my question. After a long time she answered, “I was 22 like you. Then, there was only one career for girls — being a hard-working 23. To tell the truth, it is 24 for me to tell you that I 25 my mother when I was growing up. I did so much for her. Besides doing lots of housework, every night I would go into my parents’ bedroom, and wash their feet with warm water. Not once did my mother ever said, ‘thank you’."
I stared out of the window, remembering 26 I grew up, always wanting to hear a word of 27 from her, but getting only the rule and 28 I could never live up to (做到). I remembered the years when she 29 me to get up at six every morning and cook breakfast for the family before leaving for school. Least of all, I remembered the times she’d 30 me to other girls who were as old as me and found me useless.
“Nothing was ever 31 enough for my mother,’’ continued my mother, “ but now I know she did 32 me, even if she never said so. I told you this just for a 33. Yes, I love all my children, but you are my first child, the first in everything to me. I have been very strict and hard on you, but I 34 you in the only way I knew. I am 35 proud of you.”
小题1:

C．disappointed

A．comfortable

C．expectation

A．interesting

B．explanation

D．consideration

Cyril was a small town. The houses there were all made of wood; almost everything in the houses such as cupboards, tables and chairs were made of wood, too. And all the houses faced south. The town was never peaceful. Fire broke out once a week on summer afternoons. Residents were puzzled who the real firebug(纵火犯) was.
One day a big fire broke out. It was said that a Negro had jumped out of the house on fire, so the police arrested(逮捕) all the Negroes in the street. However, fire never stopped to breaking out when the Negroes were in prison.
Mauson, a physics teacher didn’t believe that the Negroes were the firebugs, for he really knew about those Negroes, He made up his mind to find out who the real firebug was.
One day he was invited to drink in a pub and happened to notice that many bottles and plastic plates were baked by the hot sunrays. Suddenly he realized what the actual fact was. He jumped with joy, saying, “I’ve got the answer!”
Mauson dashed out of the pub to his friend’s house nearby, which also faced south. He made an experiment there to confirm his idea.
The next Saturday afternoon, Mauson asked some policemen and newsmen to come to the house. They were told that the real firebug would be shown there. At that time the sun was shining full into the house and it became hotter and hotter inside the room.
Someone wanted to draw the curtains together, while another was going to use a bottle to drink water, but neither got permission from Mauson, who wanted to let the firebug in.
“Now,” said Mauson, “this house will soon catch fire.” People looked at each other in surprise. Mauson asked them to look at the bottles and focus on the table cloth. After a while the cloth gave off a burning smell and began to catch fire!
The mystery of fire was discovered, but the police wouldn’t believe him and insisted that Negroes had been the firebugs. Instead they arrested Mauson and put him into prison. But Mauson said he would never turn against science.
小题1:
The town was never peaceful, for fire broke out .

A．in the afternoon

C．at any time

小题2:
Why did the police arrest all the Negroes?

A．One of them had jumped out of the home on fire.

B．They were suspected to be the firebugs.

C．The police hated the Negroes.

D．The Negroes knew something about the fires.

小题3:
Drinking in a pub, Mauson realized what the actual fact was .

A．by experiment	B．by backing the bottles
C．through the hot sunrays	D．by accident

小题4:
By making an experiment, they knew the real firebug was .

A．the Negroes

D．plastic plates

小题5:
Mauson was put into prison, because .

A．he had told a lie

B．he had fund out the real firebug

C．he had turned against science

D．he had made friends with the Negroes

In some cities, workaholism(工作狂)is so common that people don’t consider it unusual, they accept the lifestyle as ____11____. Government worker in Washington D.C, ____12___, frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week. They don’t do this because they have to; they do it because they ___13___to. Workaholism can be a ___14___problem. Because true workaholism would rather work than do anything else, they___15___have no idea of how to relax; that is, they might not ___16___movies, sports, or other types of entertainment. Most of all, they ___17___ to sit and do nothing. The lives of workaholics are usually stressful, and this tension (紧张) and worry can cause___18___problems such as heart attacks and stomach disease. ___19___, typical workaholics don’t pay much attention to their families. Their marriages may end in___20___ as they spend little time with their families.
Is workaholism___21___dangerous? Perhaps not. There are, certainly, people who work ___22___under stress. Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in work. They feel ___23___ is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy. For most workaholics, work and entertainment are the same thing. Their jobs___24___them with challenge; this keeps them busy and creative.
Why do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much? There are several factors to work. Of course, it provides people with paychecks. But it offers more than financial security. It provides people with self-confidence; they have a feeling of satisfaction ___25___ they have produced a challenging piece of work.

A．for example

B．on the other hand

C．what’s more

B．differently

C．efficiently

Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thankyou note for helping me. Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.
“Thank you” — two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.
小题1:
The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City________.

A．to visit a friend	B．to see his parents
C．to pay at the cash register	D．to have more gas for his car

小题2:
The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．

小题3:
What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

小题4:
The battery of the author’s car was dead because________.

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

小题5:
By telling his own experiences，the author tries to show ________.

A．how to write a thankyou letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kindheartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

Pass Your Love On
Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind   36  your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only   37 seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带)，a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “   38  am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I     39 _ to move to that seat.
The girl was named Kathy. She   40  in a car accident and now was on her way for_ 41  .
When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to   42  that Kathy would not be able to  43  herself. I considered  44   to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too   45  to offer a service to a  46___. But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more   47  than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and   48  she was uncomfortable to accept, she   49  as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart   50  , and the   51  was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.
I was very glad I had reached   52  my comfort zone(地带) to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love   53 flows beyond human borders（边界） and removes the fears that keep us   54 . When we   55  to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

A．comfortable

A．interpreter

B．independent

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