Unconditional Love

       A story is told about a soldier who finally came home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from   1    “Mom and Dad, I   2   home, but I’ve a favor to ask .I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.” “  3   ,” they replied, “We’d love to meet him.” “There’s something you should know,” the son continued, “he was  4   in the fighting. He  5  on a land bomb and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to   6  us.” “I’m sorry to hear that ,son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.” “No, Mom and Dad ,I want him to live with us.” “Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such    7   would be   8  on us. We have our own lives to live ,and we can’t let something like this    9   with our lives. I think you should just come home and    10   about this guy . He’ll find a way to live    11   his own.

       At that point, the son   12    the phone. The parents heard  13   more from him. A few days later,   14  ,they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building .The police believed it was a   15  .They grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco to   16  the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had   17  .

       The parents in this story are like many of us .We find it  18   to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who are   19  to us or make us feel uncomfortable. Thankfully, there’s someone who loves us with an   20   love that welcomes us into the forever family.

1.A.Chicago                B.Boston                C.San Francisco      D.London

2.A.am coming            B.am leaving           C.was coming         D.was leaving

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3.A.Sorry                    B.Sure                    C.No way               D.possible

4.A.very healthy          B.very well             C.hurt badly            D.fairly good

5.A.stepped                 B.sat                      C.lay                      D.slept

6.A.play with               B.work with           C.live with              D.keep with

7.A.disadvantages        B.advantages           C.shortcomings       D.disabilities

8.A.a terrible burden     B.a happy family     C.pleasant company D.deadly disease

9.A.stop                      B.interfere              C.strengthen           D.improve

10.A.forget                 B.bring                   C.remember            D.forgive

11.A.of                       B.on                       C.at                       D.in

12.A.hold on               B.hung on               C.hung up              D.hung out

13.A.something           B.anything              C.everything           D.nothing

14.A.besides                B.however              C.and                     D.otherwise

15.A.accident              B.coincidence         C.murder                D.suicide

16.A.take                    B.bring                   C.identify               D.fetch

17.A.no arm and no leg                                                               B.two arms and one leg

       C.only one arm and one leg                      D.one arm and two legs

18.A.difficult               B.difference            C.easy                    D.simple

19.A.smart                  B.friendly               C.familiar               D.inconvenient

20.A.valuable               B.unconditional       C.precious              D.unique

I don’t know if I am missing the greatest pleasure of my life. I am no fan of computer games. Some guys forget themselves and forget day and night when they play games .For example, a colleague has been playing since 1 o’clock this morning and now it is 7 o’clock. He is still commanding his army of little people to attack strange-looking animals. Some games could be fun, 1 admit, and it is therefore understandable that such a game catches players. For example, games like Red Storm or some role-play games, you do something and try to outwit(智胜) your computer. You get some fun out of these games. It is understandable that such a game pushes you into a pitfall(陷阱) of pleasures. But some games look quite stupid and simple. Again for example, my colleague has been interested in Stone Age, a cartoon-like game rooted in prehistoric time. The game is well made, full of strange people and animals and you can play on line with partners. You can have reference books to study so as to shortcut your rivals(对手) and increase your own conquering power.

I believe some kinds of games are really created for adults. But seeing these adults play the simple games with such interest, I just wonder if there is something wrong with me and if I am losing the greatest possible fun of my life. I ask why I don' t bother playing such games and why I seem to have some aversion to such games. I have no answers. Certainly computer games is no my idea of a good time. I would rather listen to some music or read a book. Take music for example. Good music tops my list of pleasures. Nothing could beat music, all in a harmony of sounds and emotions. But how about games? Why am I so strongly biased(偏见) against such games?

1.The underlined word “aversion” in the last paragraph most probably means      .

       A.change                B.liking                   C.comment             D.dislike

2.The games that the writer has a preference for are      .

       A.games where there are strange people, animals and killing and fighting

       B.games which you can play with partners

       C.games where you try to beat your computer with intelligence

       D.games based on history

3.What does the writer think is the best pastime(消遣)?

       A.Music.                B.Reading.              C.Movies.               D.Role-play games.

4.Through the passage, the writer most probably wants to say      .

       A.he can’t understand some of the computer games

       B.computer games need to be bettered to suit adults

       C.computer games are dull and a waste of time

    D.he is missing a great pleasure of life

Dear Sir or Madam,

       With so many students going or having gone to study abroad in our school, Weiwei Tang is among the few for whom writing a letter of recommendation is really a pleasure.

       I first saw her when I worked as a tutor teacher(班主任)of a class in the third year of its senior high school. That day ,I was on the playground supervising the morning exercises of my class .Next to mine were the classes of the freshmen .Among them was a girl ,to whom the morning excises of our school seemed totally alien(陌生的). She didn’t seem to be worried or embarrassed, but she exercised to the music, copying the moves of her classmates. Her confidence impressed me.

       Later, when I was watching an English talent show in our school, I saw the girl again. She was hosting the program .That time, her beautiful spoken English struck me .Later on , I learnt from other teachers of English that she often did such jobs on similar occasions.

       In 2006, when they became grade three students, I was in charge of English teaching of two classes, one of which was Class 11, and the girl became one of my students. Facing the College Entrance Exam, they were going to pass one of the hardest years of their life. Though Weiwei Tang didn’t top the class in academic performance, two of her individualities contributed to my pleasure of writing this very letter .For one thing, she was definitely among the students who were often around the teachers, communicating ideas and asking questions; for another, her confidence wasn’t lessened by the pressure from going to an idea college.

       Her active participation in various campus activities may have contributed a lot to her being so friendly to others and so communicative.

       When she told me of her plan to study abroad and her TOFEL grade, I didn’t feel it unexpected, because I believe that is what she should do—facing more challenges and creating more chances .Her confident smiles deserve more.

                                                                                                      Sincerely yours,

                                                                                                      Kane Shaw

                                                                      English teacher of her senior year of high school

1.Which of the following is most probably an example from paragraph 5?

       A.As a member of the English Club of our school, she often hosted kinds of ceremonies.

       B.Several times, she was among the top ten students in the grade in the final examinations.

       C.She once found a purse with several thousand yuan in it and helped find the owner.

       D.She was always on time for school and was never absent from school for any reason.

2.According to the writer, the writer first saw Weiwei Tang in       .

       A.2002                   B.2004                   C.2005                   D.2006

3.Which of the following words can’t be used to describe Weiwei Tang?

       A.Confident.           B.Active.                C.Silent.                 D.Communicative.

4.What does the writer want to express in the second paragraph?

       A.The girl is confident.

       B.When he first saw the girl.

       C.How he got to know the girl.

    D.The girl wasn’t in the school for her junior high school years.

       Although there are no state controlled survival courses in Britain or the United States, there are various independent organizations offering similar activities.

       Students can participate in outdoor training courses through university clubs and societies. Anyone can register with such groups, which then organize courses, training and trips for all members.

       One of the most popular outdoor training programmes in both the US and Britain, is Outward Bound. The courses are to broaden minds through experiences that build confidence, self-esteem and character. As well as specialist courses such as canoeing, leadership skills and sailing, participants can take part in week long adventure training camps which include sports and survival training education skills.

       Michael Williams, an American student, took part in an Outward Bound course last year. He said: “We learned lots of first aid skills, lots of natural history, lots of environmental facts, and participated in a wildlife preservation programme. Beyond that, my favorite skills learned were sailing and rock climbing.”

       Courses can last up to 40 days and are open to anyone over the age of 14. Students must be in general good health, but do not need to be experienced in outdoor-sports. There is no selection process; everyone is welcome, although new participants are advised to pick a course matching their physical capacity.

Another similar organization is the UK Survival School, which includes courses on learning to live with the environment, sailing and winter survival. On a basic survival weekend students will learn how to get water and food , how to make fire and cook with it , to find and build a shelter , control survival life support , how to cross rivers , to send off a distress(危急)signal , and to use compasses by day and night .

       Outward Bound believes that participants will “use mind and body traveling some of the Earth’s roughest wildness areas.”

1.Which of the following statements about joining in Outward Bound is correct?

       A.All members should be above 18.

       B.Suitable courses are advised.

       C.All members are strictly picked out.

       D.Experience is needed.

2.       is not what Outward Bound courses aim at.

       A.Building members’ character                 B.Broadening members’ horizon

       C.Building members’ confidence               D.Building up members’ health

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

       A.All the survival courses are controlled by the state.

       B.Learning natural history knowledge is an important part in the courses of Survival School.

       C.All the Outward Bound courses are limited to a month.

       D.Protecting ecosystem is one of the concerns of Outward Bound.

4.The most suitable title of the passage is       .

       A.Choose Outward Bound, the most popular survival courses

       B.Choose outdoor training programs, be eco-friendly

       C.Choose survival courses, choose new experiences

    D.Choose Survival School, what are you waiting for

       Ralph Ellison’s novel, “Invisible(看不见的) Man”, was published in nineteen fifty-two. Ellison was at once called a major new writer. The book won the National Book Award, a high and rare honor for a first novel.

       Since then millions of copies have been printed .The book is still used in many universities and other schools. One professor said that he has used the book in his teaching for twenty-five years. He said that each time he returns to “Invisible Man” he finds new ideas in it.

       After “Invisible Man” was published, Ralph Ellison taught at a number of universities. He retired from Now York University in nineteen eighty .While he was alive ,he published only two other books .They were books of criticism(批判)and essays ,called “Shadow and Act” and “Going to the Territory”.

       Ralph Ellison died in nineteen ninety-four, at the age of eighty. After his death, a book of his stories, “Flying Home” ,was published .Shortly before his death ,Ellison had told someone that his second novel was almost finished .He had worked on the novel for forty years without finishing it.

       Parts of the book had appeared in magazines during the nineteen sixties and seventies. Ellison had to rewrite the novel after a large part of it was burned in a fire at his home in nineteen sixty-seven. The novel was said to be two thousand pages long. Finally ,his friend John Callahan put the book together after Ellison died. The novel was published in nineteen ninety-nine. It was called “Juneteenth”.

       Since “Invisible Man” was published ,many American writers have said how much Ellison influenced them.

       In nineteen ninety, another black writer, Charies Johnson, was given the National Book Award. In receiving the prize, Johnson thanked Ralph Ellison for leading the way for black writers. Ellison was present at the ceremony .He thanked Johnson. Then he expressed his belief that black writers should not be influenced only by other black writers. He said:

       “You do not write out of your skin. You write out of your ideas and the quality of your mind.”

1.Which of the following statements about “Invisible Man” may NOT be right?

       A.It was written when Ellison was a professor New York University.

       B.It was Ellison’s first novel.

       C.It was still in use when the above passage appeared.

       D.It was so successful that it won itself a place in American literature.

2.According to the passage, “Juneteenth”        .

       A.is written by John Callahan

       B.is Ellison’s second novel

       C.was published in Ellison’s seventies

       D.was published 10 yours after his death?

3.What can we infer from the passage?

       A.Ellison was a great white writer.

       B.“Flying Home” is one of Ellison’s novels.

       C.It took half of Ellison’s life time to write “Juneteenth”.

       D.Ellison didn’t live to see the publication of “Shadow and Act” and “Going to the

Territory”.

4.We can see from the passage, when Ellison’s first novel appeared, he was in his    .

       A.twenties              B.thirties                 C.forties                 D.fifties

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