阅读理解
     Mr Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able
woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did
anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博)
and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and  forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his
money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he
didn't listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly
sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave
him.
     It was New Year's Day. Mr Lang didn't go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He
called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his
five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and
thought the police would not come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few
policemen.
     "I saw there weren't any policemen outside, Daddy," said the boy, "so I went to the crossing and asked
some to come."
1.Mr Lang was paid much because________.
A. he was a driver
B. he worked in a factory
C. he had a lot of work to do
D. he had worked there for a long time
2.Mrs Lang did all the housework because ________.
A. she couldn't find any work
B. she thought her husband was tired
C. her husband spent all the time in gambling
D. she wouldn't stop her husband gambling
3.________, so he was put into lockup.
A. Mr Lang often gambled
B. Mr Lang was late for work
C. Mr Lang didn't help his wife at home
D. Mr Lang wasn't polite to the police
4.The woman had to leave Mr Lang because________.
A. he didn't love her any longer
B. he wouldn't stop gambling
C. he had been put into lockup
D. he was hardly sent away by the factory
完形填空。
    A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a   __1__  
to catch a train, she   __2__ a quick way to reach it.  "I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!" the
driver said   __3__. "You don't think I know the best way to go?"
    The woman tried to explain that she hadn't   __4__   to annoy him, but the driver kept __5__.
She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be   __6__, so she changed her   __7__. "You know,
you are right," she told him. "It must seem   __8__ for me not to think you know the best way   __9__ 
  the city."
      __10__, the driver glanced at his   __11__   in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she
wanted and got her to the train on time.  "He didn't say another word the rest of the ride," she said.
"__12__   I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me."
    When you find yourself   __13__   with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to   __14__
   your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or    __15__    marriages.  I have
discovered one simple   __16__   extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or
other difficult situations from   __17__   in a disaster.
    The   __18__   is to put yourself in the other person's shoes and look for the   __19__   in what
that person is saying. Find a way to   __20__, and the result may surprise you.
(     )1.A. hurry      
(     )2.A. chose      
(     )3.A. jokingly  
(     )4.A. supposed  
(     )5.A. apologizing
(     )6.A. reasonable
(     )7.A. road      
(     )8.A. strange    
(     )9.A. across    
(     )10.A. Surprised
(     )11.A. rider    
(     )12.A. until    
(     )13.A. satisfied
(     )14.A. give up  
(     )15.A. combine  
(     )16.A. and      
(     )17.A. lying    
(     )18.A. problem  
(     )19.A. fact      
(     )20.A. agree    
B. rush      
B. made      
B. angrily    
B. expected  
B. driving    
B. thoughtful
B. mind      
B. wrong      
B. in        
B. Worried    
B. speaker    
B. after      
B. concerned  
B. turn down  
B. destroy    
B. that      
B. resulting  
B. importance
B. meaning    
B. argue      
C. moment    
C. found    
C. anxiously
C. meant    
C. asking    
C. normal    
C. direction
C. terrible  
C. through  
C. Annoyed  
C. helper    
C. because  
C. crowded  
C. stick to  
C. suffer    
C. but      
C. setting  
C. key      
C. expression
C. explain  
D. way       
D. suggested
D. curiously  
D. decided    
D. shouting    
D. practical  
D. manner      
D. stupid      
D. along      
D. Disappointed
D. comer      
D. since      
D. faced      
D. point out  
D. divide      
D. though      
D. leading    
D. reply      
D. truth      
D. escape      
阅读理解。
     Long ago, near the village of Hedley, there lived a strange and playful trickster (骗子), known
as the Hedley Kow. Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object. Sometimes it looked like a donkey
or a goat.
     One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch.
"Fancy that," she said. "Nobody seems to want this old pot. I will take it home and plant pretty
flowers in it."
     When she tried to lift it, she saw that it was full of gold pieces. "Well, now, if that doesn't beat
all," she said. "I'm rich! I can buy a fine house and fancy clothes."
     The pot was heavy, so she tied her shawl around it and began to drag it home. After a while,
she stopped to rest. When she looked in the pot, she was amazed to see that it was full of silver
pieces!
     "Oh, my God!" she said. "Aren't I the lucky one! If it were gold, thieves would have been after
me. My friends might have been jealous. But I can hide these silver pieces, take out a few at a time,
and live like a queen."
     On she went, pulling the pot after her. She was nearing home now. At her gate, she looked into
the pot. What a surprise! The silver had changed into a lump (块) of iron. "Iron," she said. "Well,
now! No one will be jealous or want to steal this from me. I can use this iron to prop my door open
and let in fresh air and sunlight. Lucky me!"
     As soon as she said that, the pot began to grow and later it became a goat. Then it jumped up
and ran off down the road laughing.
     "Fancy that!" said the old woman. "I believe I have seen the Hedley Kow! Not many folks can
say that, and that's a fact. I'll just sit up by my fire tonight thinking about how lucky I was to see it
for myself. I truly must be the luckiest person in the world!"
1. Which of the following sayings can best describe this story?
A. All good things come to an end.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Content is better than riches.
D. All bad luck goes away.
2. What does "the Hedley Kow" stand for in the eyes of the old woman?
A. Glory.      
B. Honor.    
C. Misfortune.  
D. Luck
3. From this passage we can know the old woman is ______.

A. optimistic                
B. pessimistic
C. strange                  
D. mindless

完型填空。
     A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train.After getting off the train, they walked without an    1   
into the outer office of Harvard’s president.So they were stopped by his secretary and kept    2    
For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3 that the couple would finally become disappointed and    4   .But they didn’t.The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 5
     A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 6face.The lady told him, “We
had a son that 7 Harvard for one year.He loved Harvard.He was8_ here.But about a year ago, he
was accidentally killed.My husband and I would like to 9 a memorial(纪念物)to him, somewhere
on campus.”
     The president wasn’t moved .Instead, he was    10   .“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a
statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died.If we did, this place would look like a   11  ,” “Oh, no,” the lady 12 quickly.“We don’t want to put up a statue.We would like to give a 13 to
Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 14 at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do
you have any 15   how much a building costs? We have spent over $7,500,000 on the campus building
at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent.The president was 16 , because he could get rid of
them now.Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 17 ? Why
don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 18 their offer was turned down.Mr.and Mrs.
Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University     19   after them, a memorial to
a son that Harvard no longer 20 about.
(     )1. A.choice  
(     )2. A.waiting
(     )3. A.hoping  
(     )4. A.go down  
(     )5. A.hopelessly
(     )6. A.pleasant
(     )7. A.attended
(     )8. A.clever  
(     )9. A.set about
(     )10.A.satisfied
(     )11.A.park    
(     )12.A.explained
(     )13.A.building
(     )14.A.laughed  
(     )15.A.suggestion
(     )16.A.bored    
(     )17.A.department
(     )18.A.Once    
(     )19.A.named    
(     )20.A.talked  
B.decision  
B.standing
B.finding  
B.go out   
B.carefully
B.funny    
B.visited  
B.brave    
B.set up    
B.excited  
B.cemetery  
B.expressed
B.yard      
B.shouted  
B.idea      
B.astonished
B.university
B.While    
B.looked   
B.knew      
C.acquaintance
C.sitting     
C.realizing  
C.go away    
C.unexpectedly
C.cold        
C.studied    
C.proud      
C.set down    
C.shocked    
C.garden      
C.refused    
C.playground  
C.glanced    
C.thought    
C.interested  
C.business    
C.Since      
C.taken      
C.heard      
D.appointment
D.talking 
D.imagining  
D.go around  
D.unwillingly
D.sad        
D.served      
D.happy      
D.set off    
D.ashamed    
D.museum      
D.admitted    
D.square      
D.called      
D.opinion    
D.pleased    
D.club        
D.Though      
D.followed    
D.cared      
阅读理解。

     There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used
two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one,which
 had seen many years of service,but was now past its best.
     Every morning,the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them along the
path,one on each side,to the flowerbeds.The new bucket was very proud of itself.It could carry a full
bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出).The old bucket felt very ashamed because of
its holes:before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path.
     Sometimes the new bucket would say,"See how capable I am!How good it is that the gardener
has me to water the flowers every day!I don't know why he still bothers with you.What a waste of
space you are!"
     And all that the old bucket could say was,"I know I'm not very useful,but I can only do my best.
I'm happy that the gardener still finds  a little bit of use in me,at least."
     One day,the gardener heard that kind of conversation.After watering the flowers as usual,he said,
"You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look
carefully along the path."
     Then the two buckets did so.All along the path,they noticed,on the side where the new bucket was
carried,there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth;on the other side where the old bucket was carried,
there was a joyous row of wild flowers,leading all the way to the garden.

1.What does the underlined word "dilapidated" probably mean?
A.   Dirty.  
B.   Dark.
C.Wornout.  
D.Plainlooking
2.What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A.   His past.  
B.His aging.
C.   His manner.  
D.His leaking.
3.The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to________.
A. laugh at the old one
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener's kindness
4.Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A. Because it was used to keep a balance.
B. Because it stayed in its best condition.
C. Because it was taken as a treasure.
D. Because it had its own function.
完形填空。
     One of the most common questions parents ask me is,"How,in this competitive world,can you
raise kind children?" My answer is "to begin by being a__1__adult".When your child__2__you
go the extra mile to help a friend, he will naturally__3__this as the right way to live.
     We are mirrors for our__4__.When children observe our examples of kindness,they'll know
__5__to begin.One day,I mentioned that I had a __6__,and my 8yearold daughter__7__upstairs
to run a bath for me.You know who__8__her stomachaches in just such a way.
      Kindness is a quality that isn't often__9__in our schools, so we must make a strong effort to
acknowledge(认可)it __10__.A busy mother I know is making a(an)__11__to acknowledge her
young son's kindness.She says,"Once I was with my son on a bus, and he sat next to a classmate
using a wheelchair, I was amazed at__12__helpful and considerate he was, and I was __13__ to
praise him when we got home."
      Kindness,compassion(同情),and love__14__from understanding and respect, and in turn
create more of__15__.It would help to acknowledge kids' thoughtfulness instead of __16__
competition.In an achievementoriented(成绩导向型)culture,we may focus more__17__grades
and sports victories than on__18__of the heart.__19__the time to acknowledge kind actions as
having true worth.We can__20   kindness in our everyday lives,for example, by creating a"kindness
board".
(     )1.A.normal      
(     )2.A.sees        
(     )3.A.think      
(     )4.A.students    
(     )5.A.when        
(     )6.A.headache    
(     )7.A.walked      
(     )8.A.had treated
(     )9.A.given      
(     )10.A.in public  
(     )11.A.plan      
(     )12.A.what      
(     )13.A.quick      
(     )14.A.leave      
(     )15.A.both      
(     )16.A.increasing
(     )17.A.in        
(     )18.A.weight    
(     )19.A.Spend      
(     )20.A.push      
B.knowledgeable
B.watches      
B.consider    
B.kids        
B.why          
B.fever        
B.moved        
B.was treating
B.rewarded    
B.in secret    
B.trick        
B.how          
B.late        
B.give        
B.none        
B.reducing    
B.with        
B.values      
B.Cost        
B.form        
C.selfless  
C.stares    
C.respect    
C.parents    
C.where      
C.cold      
C.rushed    
C.has treated
C.received  
C.at home    
C.promise    
C.so        
C.slow      
C.make      
C.neither    
C.preventing
C.for        
C.easiness  
C.Waste      
C.throw      
D.kind        
D.inspects    
D.look        
D.adults      
D.what        
D.stomachache
D.stepped    
D.would treat
D.accepted    
D.on a bus    
D.effort      
D.such        
D.sorry      
D.grow        
D.all        
D.filling    
D.on          
D.satisfaction
D.Take        
D.make        
完形填空
     It was pouring outside. We all stood there __1__,  some patiently, others annoyed__2__nature
messed up(弄糟) their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens__3__away the dirt
and dust of the world.
     "Mom, let's run through the rain, " a girl's voice__4__ my attention. "No, honey . We'll wait until it
__5__down a bit, " Mom replied.
     The young girl waited about another minute and__6__. "Mom, let's run through the rain."
     "We'll get wet if we do, " Mom said.
     "No, we won't, Mom.  That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she __7__her
mom's arm.
     "This morning? __8__did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"
     "Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said: 'If God can
get us through this, he can get us through __9__. '"
     The entire crowd turned __10__.  Mom paused and thought for a moment about __11__she would
say.  Now some would laugh it off and scold the girl for being __12__.  But then we heard, "Honey,
you are __13__.  Let's run through the rain.  If we get wet, maybe we just need washing, " Mom said.  
Then __14__they ran.
     We all stood __15__,  smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars.  Yes, they got wet.  But they
were __16__by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the __17__to their cars. 
 Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away
__18__.  But no one can ever take away your precious __19__. So, don't forget to make time and
take the __20__to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.
(     )1. A. talking        
(     )2. A. as if          
(     )3. A. taking          
(     )4. A. caught          
(     )5. A. slows          
(     )6. A. asked          
(     )7. A. pulled          
(     )8. A. Why            
(     )9. A. the rain        
(     )10. A. still          
(     )11. A. if            
(     )12. A. dishonest      
(     )13. A. stupid        
(     )14. A. off            
(     )15. A. sighing        
(     )16. A. followed      
(     )17. A. time          
(     )18. A. house          
(     )19. A. children      
(     )20. A. possibilities  
B. expecting    
B. even if      
B. putting      
B. annoyed      
B. comes        
B. repeated      
B. touched      
B. How          
B. the disease  
B. silent        
B. how          
B. silly        
B. wrong        
B. along        
B. joking        
B. guided        
B. way          
B. money        
B. memories      
B. opportunities
C. complaining
C. because    
C. driving    
C. impressed  
C. pushes      
C. required    
C. waved      
C. When        
C. anything    
C. serious    
C. whether    
C. careless    
C. right      
C. on          
C. discussing  
C. respected  
C. same        
C. health      
C. courage    
C. risk        
D. waiting    
D. when      
D. washing    
D. called    
D. stops      
D. added      
D. felt      
D. Where      
D. something  
D. angry      
D. what      
D. forgetful  
D. clever    
D. over      
D. watching  
D. praised    
D. best      
D. time      
D. experience
D. challenge  
阅读理解
     A Japanese student called Mami told me about her ownexperiences in Britain.She spent 10 months
in the UK last year, studying English at a language school.She really enjoyed her first two weeks in the
UK.But soon she started to miss things of her own country.She found it hard to make friends,and got
annoyed(恼火的) about local people's behaviour.Mami said,"After a few weeks I started to cry a lot.
I felt homesick.I thought the weather was dark and too changeable,and that affected my mood as well."
    To comfort herself Mami began to spend many hours on the Internet chatting with her friends back
home.She spent a couple of weeks in the countryside in Kent.She went to a social club for British
people who were interested in Japan and started to make some friends there.In addition,  she took a
short course in calligraphy(书法)to get an opportunity of mixing with local people.A few months later,
Mami's impression of the UK had greatly changed.She found that most of the British were friendly,
witty and fun.
      However,once Mami was back in Japan,she experienced "culture shock"again.She said,"I missed
the friends I had made in England.My way of thinking had changed.Sometimes I was annoyed by the
views of people in my country-for example,about the value of money and time.I thought people around
me lived in such a small world."Mami noticed some changes in her behaviour:"I kept the habit of always
carrying an umbrella with me, even on a fine day-my friends  thought I was crazy!"

1. How did Mami feel at the beginning of her stay in Britain?
A. Shocked.  
B. Annoyed.
C. Pleased.  
D. Homesick.

2. The second paragraph tells us ________.
A. how Mami overcame culture shock in Britain
B. how Mami felt as soon as she arrived in Britain
C. what Mami learned in her language school
D. what Mami liked and disliked about Britain

3. The reason why Mami had the habit of carrying an umbrella was that ________.
A. she liked umbrellas very much
B. the umbrella reminded her of her life in the UK
C. she had got used to the changeable weather in Britain
D. it often rained in Japan those days

4. Why did Mami experience culture shock in Japan?
A. She didn't like Japanese culture any more.
B. The world in Japan was too small for her.
C. The Japanese behaviour had changed a lot.
D. She had got used to British culture and life.
完形填空
     In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live.These things have come to
represent,in fact,what I call__1__and love.
      I don't remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool.But he did__2__the water.Any kind
of __3__ride seemed to give him pleasure.__4__ he loved to fish;sometimes he took me along.
      But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father __5__.I liked being at the water,
moving through it,__6__it all around me.I was not a strong__7__, or one who learned to swim early,
for I had my__8__.But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father's office and__9__those
summer days with my father,who  10   come by on a break.I needed him to see what I could do.My
father would stand there in his suit, the  11   person not in swimsuit.
      After swimming, I would go  12   his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk,
where he let me  13   anything I found in his top desk drawer.Sometimes,if I was left alone at his desk
   14   he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn't be
playing with his  15   . But my father always   16   and said easily,"Oh, no, it's  17   ."Sometimes he
handed me coins and told me to get  18  an ice cream…
      A poet once said,"We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is  19   ."And I think it is not only
what we "look at once, in childhood" that determines our memories,  20   the person who, in that
childhood, looks at us.
(     )1. A. desire      
(     )2. A. avoid        
(     )3. A. boat        
(     )4. A. But          
(     )5. A. expected    
(     )6. A. having      
(     )7. A. swimmer      
(     )8. A. hopes        
(     )9. A. spending    
(     )10. A. should      
(     )11. A. next        
(     )12. A. away from  
(     )13. A. put up      
(     )14. A. the moment  
(     )15. A. fishing net
(     )16. A. stood up    
(     )17. A. fine        
(     )18. A. the student
(     )19. A. memory      
(     )20. A. as          
B. joy            
B. refuse        
B. bus            
B. Then          
B. desired        
B. to leave      
B. rider          
B. faiths        
B. saving        
B. would          
B. only          
B. out of        
B. break down    
B. the first time
B. office things  
B. set out        
B. strange        
B. the assistant  
B. wealth        
B. but            
C. anger        
C. praise        
C. train        
C. And          
C. wished        
C. make          
C. walker        
C. rights        
C. wasting      
C. had to        
C. other        
C. by            
C. play with    
C. while        
C. wooden chair  
C. showed up    
C. terrible      
C. myself        
C. experience    
C. or            
D. worry        
D. love          
D. bike          
D. Still        
D. did          
D. get          
D. runner        
D. fears        
D. ruining      
D. ought to      
D. last          
D. inside        
D. work out      
D. before        
D. lab equipment
D. turned out    
D. well          
D. himself      
D. practice      
D. and          
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