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     It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the
doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top
step.
     "Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.
     I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow.
     "Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa."
     They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
     The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking
at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, "Lady, are you rich?"
     "Am I rich? Pity, no!"
     I looked at my wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and
said, "Your cups match your saucers." They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had
reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
     Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
     I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
     I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals
were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how
rich I am.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Lady, are you rich?
B. A story of Thanksgiving Day
C. Don't forget how rich you are
D. Does cups and saucers match well?
2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.
A. she wanted to sell old papers to them
B. she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party
C. she showed great pity and care on them
D. she had the same experience as them in the past
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.
B. The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.
C. If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.
D. After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.
4. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.
A. show that she was a kindhearted lady
B. remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was
C. leave room for readers to think about what being rich is
D. prove that she had understood what meant being rich
5. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.
A. how much money you have made
B. what attitude you have had towards life
C. the way you help others
D. your social relationship

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It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 1 . I worked in a 2 doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 3 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 4 home and my husband, being the 5 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 6 I hurried, I could still make it home. I was heading inside to 7 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 8 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 9 a few minutes ago. The young man at the counter was trying to be 10 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 11 . One of them was 12 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 13 ?" A look of 14 crossed the woman's face. "I'm going right by there," I said, which wasn't a(an) 15 since I had just made up my mind to do 16 that. I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 17 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 18 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone. Later, as I arrived home, my husband 19 , "So you aren't ever late any more." I said, "Sometimes it's 20 to be late."
( )1. A. break ( )2. A. foreign ( )3. A. earlier ( )4. A. getting ( )5. A. tough ( )6. A. as ( )7. A. pay ( )8. A. opinions ( )9. A. reached ( )10. A. skilled ( )11. A. comments ( )12. A. only ( )13. A. station ( )14. A. panic ( )15. A. duty ( )16. A. partly ( )17. A. across ( )18. A. go up ( )19. A. teased ( )20. A. possible	B. fever B. common B. later B. cooking B. punctual B. since B. change B. trouble B. visited B. helpful B. promises B. still B. office B. relief B. fact B. properly B. before B. die down B. shouted B. special	C. cold C. busy C. easier C. calling C. generous C. while C. wait C. directions C. called C. experienced C. jokes C. even C. hospital C. sadness C. reason C. exactly C. beside C. speed up C. burst C. good	D. headache D. noisy D. simpler D. working D. careful D. if D. search D. money D. left D. active D. offers D. ever D. hotel D. peace D. lie D. perfectly D. behind D. turn down D. laughed D. safe

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     "The world has never been a better place to live in,"says science writer Matt Ridley,"and it will keep
on getting better．" Ridley's critics have accused him of his views on climate change and the free market．Yet Ridley,54,sticks to his guns．"It is not mad to believe in a happy future for people and the planet．
"he says．Ridley,who's been a foreign correspondent,a zoologist,an economist,and a financier,brings a
broad view to his sunny outlook．"People say I'm bonkers to claim the world will go on getting better.
yet I can't stop myself,"he says．Read on to see how Ridley makes his case．
     Compared with 50 years ago,when I was just four years old,the average human now earns nearly
three times as much money,eats one third more calories,and can expect to live one third longer．In fact,
it's hard to find any region of the world that's worse off now than it was then,even though the global
population has more than doubled over that period．
     City citizens take up less space,use less energy,and have less impact on natural ecosystems than
country livers．The world's cities now contain over half its people,but they occupy less than 3 percent
of its land．Urban growth may worry environmentalism,but living in the country is not the best way to
care for the earth．The best thing we can do for the planet is build more skyscrapers．
     The rich get richer,but the poor do even better．Between 1980 and 2000,the poor doubled their
consumption．Nigerians are twice as rich and live nine more years．The percentage of the world's
people living in absolute poverty has dropped by over half．The United Nations estimates that poverty
was reduced more in the past 50 years than in the previous 500．

1．Ridley's attitude towards the human future is .

A．worried
B．proud
C．concerned
D．optimistic

2．According to Paragraph 2,the improvement of people's life is great in their .

A．earning much money,eating more and living happily
B．earning more money,better food and living longer
C．spending more money,richer food and easy life
D．higher pay,various food and active life

3．The writer believes that .

A．urban living is a good thing
B．all people should live in cities
C．living in the countryside causes trouble
D．tall buildings should be built in the country

4．The last paragraph mainly tells us that .

A．the poor people benefit more than the rich
B．poverty in the world nearly disappears
C．the percentage of the rich has dropped by over half
D．the rich get more benefit than the ordinary people

5．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Go ahead!
B．Calm Down!
C．Cheer Up!
D．Take Care!

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     I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the livingroom, my 12yearold son
looked up at me and said, "I__1__you." I did not__2__what to say, and I just stood there, looking__3__at him. My first__4__was that he__5__need help with his homework. Then I asked, "What was that all
__6__?"
     "Nothing," he said, "My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and__7__what they say."
     The next day I called his teacher to__8__more about what my son said and how the other parents had
reacted( 反应). "Most of the fathers had the__9__response as you did," the teacher said, "When I first
__10__that we try this, I asked the children__11__they thought their parents__12__say. Some of them
thought their parents would have heart trouble."
     Then the teacher__13__, " I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of__14__. I'm trying to tell them it's too bad that we don't express our feelings. A boy__15__tell his father or mother
he loves him or her." The teacher understands that sometimes it is__16__for some of us to say something
that is good for us to say.
     That evening when my son__17__to me, I took him in my arms and held on for an__18__moment,
saying, "Hey, I love you,__19__." I don't know if saying that made__20__of us healthier, but it did feel
pretty good.

(     )1. A. hate
(     )2. A. realize
(     )3. A. away
(     )4. A. thought
(     )5. A. must
(     )6. A. for
(     )7. A. test
(     )8. A. talk to
(     )9. A. same
(     )10. A.allowed
(     )11. A. how
(     )12. A. would
(     )13. A. explained
(     )14. A. study
(     )15. A. might
(     )16. A. easy
(     )17. A. turned
(     )18. A. extra
(     )19. A. either
(     )20. A. all

B. love
B. recognize
B. for
B. meaning
B. should
B. with
B. know
B. chat with
B. different
B. agreed
B. whether
B. will
B. prepared
B. work
B. can
B. difficult
B. shouted
B. ordinary
B. too
B. either

C. like
C. know
C. down
C. news
C. could
C. around
C. understand
C. find out
C. usual
C. planned
C. when
C. could
C. informed
C. health
C. should
C. crazy
C. went
C. interesting
C. also
C. none

D. enjoy
D. find
D. on
D. reason
D. would
D. about
D. see
D. do with
D. unusual
D. suggested
D. what
D. can
D. developed
D. body
D. need
D. silly
D. came
D. important
D. again
D. neither

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     A serious car crash leads one woman to rediscover her faith in human kindness.
     In March last year, the car I was driving was__1__in a serious crash with another car on a country
road. I soon__2__myself at the centre of a frenzy of activity, surrounded by paramedics, police, rescuers
and members of the local community. An enormous can opener was used to__3__me out of my wrecked car and__4__an ambulance.
     Over the next eight hours, I was transported to hospital, dragged up, Xrayed and diagnosed (诊断)
with a broken neck. Knowing that I'd__5 death by a fraction of a second sustained me throughout the

long wait in the emergency ward and__6__me to deal with the visible distress of my hospital visitors.
      Only after I'd convinced the last friend to__7 could I direct my energies inwards. Flitting in and out
of my line of vision during my hospital__8__was the Red Cross lady, a gentle__9__in white who, from
time to time, popped her head in to__10__cups of tea. After the visitors had gone, she ventured further
into my cubicle to__11__if I was all right.
     I found myself__12__her everything: about the shock of the__13__, my feats for my family as a
result of my injuries-about my whole life. While I__14__for an ambulance to transport me to another
hospital, she stood by my trolley and__15__my hand as I offloaded all the emotion I'd stoically withheld (强忍着的) from my family. She__16__, quiet and nonjudgmental.
     Even now, the__17__that I have her contact details provides me with great__18__. I look forward
to a day in the nottoodistant future when my guardian angel and I can meet again, in__19__circumstances.
     In times of crisis, faith can sustain us: for me, my faith in human nature, reawakened by the__20__of
a stranger, has helped ease my journey back to recovery.

(     )1. A.caught
(     )2. A.imagined
(     )3. A.push
(     )4. A.into
(     )5. A.survived
(     )6. A.advised
(     )7. A.assist
(     )8. A.stay
(     )9. A.patient
(     )10.A.make
(     )11.A.claim
(     )12.A.presenting
(     )13.A.accident
(     )14.A.hoped
(     )15.A.held
(     )16.A.puzzled
(     )17.A.knowledge
(     )18.A.progress
(     )19.A.unforeseen
(     )20.A.sympathy

B．trapped
B．found
B．force
B．onto
B．met
B．forced
B．leave
B．visit
B．performance
B．offer
B．consult
B．showing
B．incident
B．prepared
B．lent
B．doubted
B．belief
B．pride
B．happier
B．strength

C．lost
C．devoted
C．get
C．off
C．beat
C．ordered
C．participate
C．operation
C．presence
C．drink
C．conclude
C．giving
C．event
C．waited
C．moved
C．stopped
C．power
C．surprise
C．strange
C．kindness

D．involved
D．dreamed
D．turn
D．on
D．feared
D．helped
D．come
D．appointment
D．physician
D．take
D．check
D．telling
D．occasion
D．watched
D．waved
D．listened
D．privilege
D．comfort
D．extreme
D．donation

阅读理解。

     It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca
about his plan for the future. "I'm going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," Deluca recalls saying.
"Buck said, 'you should open a sandwich shop.'"
      That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After
doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut,
and when they couldn't cover their startup costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.
     But business didn't go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, "After six months, we were doing
poorly, but we didn't know how badly, because we didn't have any financial controls." All he and Buck
knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
      Deluca was managing the store and to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was
working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They'd meet Monday evenings and brainstorm
ideas for keeping the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we
could tell the public, 'We are so successful; we are opening a second store.'" And they did-in the spring
of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
      But the partners' learnasyougo approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and handdeliver the checks to pay their supplies. "It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn't necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal
relationships established really helped out," Deluca says.
      And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You just
have to keep working toward your goal," Deluca adds.
     Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimilliondollar restaurant chain.

1．Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ________.

A．support his family
B．pay for his college education
C．help his partner expand business
D．do some research

2．Which of the following is true of Buck?

A．He put money into the sandwich business.
B．He was a professor of business administration.
C．He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D．He rented a storefront for Deluca.

3．What can we learn about their first shop?

A．It stood at an unfavorable place.
B．It lowered the prices to poor management.
C．It made no profits due to poor management.
D．It lacked control over the quality of sandwich.

4．They decided to open a second store because they ________.

A．had enough money to do it
B．had succeeded in their business
C．wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D．wanted to make believe(假装)that they were successful

5．What contributes most to their success according to the author?

A．Learning by trial and error.
B．Making friends with supplies.
C．Finding a good partner.
D．Opening chain stores.

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It's no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That's especially__1__of children who remain in homes where they're badly treated__2__the law blindly favors biological parents. It's also true of children who__3__for years in foster (寄养) homes because of parents who can't or won't care for them but__4__to give up custody (监护) rights. Fourteenyearold Kimberly Mays__5__neither description, but her recent court victory could__6__ help children who do. Kimberly has been the__7__of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge__8__that the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal__9__"on her. Shortly after__10__in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the__11__parents. Kimberly's biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests__12__that the child wasn't the Twiggs' own daughter, but Kimberly was, thus leading to a custody__13__with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families__14__that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting__15__ rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being__16__. The decision to__17__Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made it clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉)__18__her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that she was__19__just a personal possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the__20__of children.
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Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street boy was 1 the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked. Paul 2 , “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was astonished. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you 3 ? Paul, I wish…” he hesitated. Of course Paul knew he was going to wish he had a 4 like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. "I 5 ", the boy went on, "that I could 6 a brother like that."Paul looked at the boy 7 , then he said. "Would you like to take a ride in 8 car?" "Oh, yes. I’d love that." After a short 9 , the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my 10 ?” Paul smiled a little. He knew he wanted to show his 11 that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was 12 again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. 13 in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was coming 14 . He was carrying his little brother disabled in one leg. He sat him down on the step and 15 the car. "There he is, Buddy, just like I told you 16 . His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And 17 I’m going to give you one just like it…, then you can see by yourself all the 18 things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.” Paul got out and 19 the boy to the front seat of his car. The 20 older brother climbed in beside him. The three of them began an unforgettable holiday.
( )1.A. escaping from ( )2.A. compromised ( )3.A. nothing ( )4.A. brother ( )5.A. doubt ( )6.A. be ( )7.A. in return ( )8.A. our ( )9.A. break ( )10.A. school ( )11.A. co-workers ( )12.A. shy ( )13.A. Even ( )14.A. quickly ( )15.A. shouted at ( )16.A. downstairs ( )17.A. at a time ( )18.A. ugly ( )19.A. lifted ( )20.A. broken-hearted	B. running into B. disagreed B. anything B. sister B. wish B. have B. in surprise B. their B. try B. shop B. neighbors B. happy B. Yet B. slowly B. looked for B. upstairs B. at times B. nice B. rushed B. heavily-built	C. jumping off C. nodded C. something C. father C. explain C. cheat C. out of respect C. my C. walk C. office C. classmates C. wrong C. Thus C. sadly C. pointed to C. publicly C. another day C. religious C. pushed C. shining-eyed	D. walking around D. insisted D. everything D. mother D. suspect D. share D. out of breath D. his D. ride D. house D. teachers D. right D. Then D. silently D. rested on D. repeatedly D. some day D. cultural D. pulled D. mentally-challenged

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     Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always
tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even
death. And if that weren't bad enough, he had no health insurance.
     After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back. He left Canton,
Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created
diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones-a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.
     Jason Swencki's son, Kody, was diagnosed with diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online
children's forums(论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over,"
says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. "They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone."
     Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States,
with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.
     These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity(慈善机构), Fight It, which provides medicines and
supplies to people-225 to date-who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fightit.org has raised about
$ 23,000-in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in
the Caribbean.
     Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while
still doing his fulltime job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into
finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar's original members. "But Christopher is the only
person I know saying people need help now."

1．Which of the following is TRUE of Christopher Thomas?

A．He needs to go to the doctor every day.
B．He studies the leading cause of diabetes.
C．He has a positive attitude to this disease.
D．He encourages diabetics by writing articles.

2．Diabeticrockstar.com was created for ________.

A．diabetics to communicate
B．volunteers to find jobs
C．children to amuse themselves
D．rock stars to share resources

3．According to the text, Kody ________.

A．feels lonely because of his illness
B．benefits from diabeticrockstar.com
C．helps create the online kid's forums
D．writes children's stories online

4．What can we learn about Fight It?

A．It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties.
B．It organizes parties for volunteer once a year.
C．It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.
D．It owns a wellknown medical website.

5．The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ________.

A．works fulltime in a diabetes charity
B．employs 22 people for his website
C．helps diabetics in his own way
D．tries to find a cure for diabetes

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A soldier returned to his castle at dawn.He was in a mess.His clothes were 1 ; his face was bloody; his horse was lame.His 2met him at the gate,asking,"What has happened to you?" 3 himself up as best he could,he replied,"Oh,Sir,I have been 4 in your service,robbing and burning and killing your 5 to the west." "You have been what?"cried the 6 king,"But I haven't any enemies to the west!" "Oh!"said the soldier.And then,after a(n) 7 ,he continued to say,"Well,I think you do now." What about you? Do you have enemies to the west? Or in some other directions? None of us will calmly sail through our lives in perfect 8 with everyone we meet.And though most struggles can be 9 along the way,and most of our damaged 10 can eventually be healed,some issues may threaten to drive a 11 wedge(楔) between people.Sincere moral and political ideas,especially,can 12 folks who just hold different positions. One person said,"I don't have a personal enemy 13 .They've all died off.I 14 them terrible because they helped define me." So-called"enemies"can 15 a valuable purpose.If we let them,they can teach us about ourselves.By 16 a mirror before us,they can help us 17 what we may have missed.By disagreeing with our ideas,they can 18 our points of view.And,if we allow them,they can 19 help us practice strength and sympathy in the face of criticism. If enemies cannot become friends,they can become 20 .If we listen,they will teach us what our friends cannot.
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