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My two-year-old daughter Kate wanted a dog. But I was too busy to buy one. One day, Kate ran in, shouting, “Mom! Come to see my dog!” Her face was red with __36__.
I followed her to the bush and found a __37__! He was hurt. Seeing me, he stood up __38__!
I could see his teeth! God! My mouth felt __39__. “Don’t be afraid. That’s mom. She loves you, too.” Kate said. Then he became friendly. It was __40__!
I __41__to find my husband and told him about the wolf. We should have killed the wolf, __42__Kate loved him. Besides, he was gentle to Kate. So we called the vet(兽医）finally.
Kate named the wolf Ralph __43__ she carried food to him every day. Later, Ralph got well. They played together in the daytime. At night, Ralph would return to the mountains. Sometimes he __44__but came back several days later.
On Kate’s first day of school, we could see Ralph’s __45__. After the school bus left, Ralph lay by the side of the road and __46__. When Kate returned, he got happy again. This __47__throughout Kate’s school years.
Twelve __48__passed.
One day we heard that a she-wolf was killed. The other wolf was hurt and ran away. We were__49__about Ralph. That night, Ralph returned with a wound(伤口). Sixteen-year-old Kate held his head and __50__him. We hope he could come through. However, he __51__.
Kate cried. I noticed something strange in the bush-----two little yellow eyes! Ralph’s __52__! Before he died, Ralph __53__his child to us ! He knew he would be __54__here, as he had been. Ralph, Ralph... I was __50__.
“Don’t be afraid, little...Ralphie. That’s mom. She loves you, too.”

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen 36 for almost a month. The crops were dying. Every day, my husband 37 to get water to the fields. But 38 we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.
However, one day I learned the true lesson of 39 and witnessed the only miracle I had 40 seen before. I was cooking in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy, 41 toward the woods. He was walking 42 with effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the 43 , he came running back. I went on cooking, 44 that whatever he had been doing was finished. Moments later, 45 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour. Finally I couldn’t help 46 him and saw the most amazing 47 .
Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I 48 screamed(尖叫) for him to get away, because a huge deer was dangerously 49 to him at that time. But the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down(跪下). I saw a tiny 50 lying on the ground, obviously suffering from 51 , lifting its head to drink the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was 52 , Billy ran back to get more. It then became quite 53 to me what my son was doing.
I stood there, watching my 54 boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God himself was weeping with pride. The rain that day 55 our farm.

小题1:

A．water

I began working in journalism（新闻工作）when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.
“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“ None.”
“ Where did you go?”
“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“ What did you do?”
“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“ You just stood there?”
“ Didn’t sell a single one.”
“ My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle（五分镍币）. It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence（自信）, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
小题1:Why did the boy start his job young?

A．He wanted to be famous in the future.

B．The job was quite easy for him.

C．His mother had high hopes for him.

D．The competiton for the job was fierce.

小题2:From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

小题3:What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A．She forced him to continue.	B．She punished him.
C．She gave him some money.	D．She changed her plan.

小题4:What does the underlined phrase “this battle”（last paragraph） refer to?

A．The war between the boy’s parents.　

B．The arguing between the boy and his mother.

C．The quarrel between the boy and his customers.　

D．The fight between the boy and his father.

小题5:What is the text mainly about?

A．The early life of a journalist.

B．The early success of a journalist.

C．The happy childhood of the writer.

D．The important role of the writer in his family.

Mary Jean Price Walls graduated second in her class in 1950.She had high hopes when she applied to a local college,Southwest Missouri State College.But after sending off her application，she spent months waiting for a reply.It never came.
Worse than simply being denied admission(拒绝接收)，the school didn’t reply to her at all.It wasn’t a matter of her school records，but of her skin color：Wallsis African American，and in those days，that fact alone closed a lot of doors. “I was sad and I was hurt,”Walls told ABC News.“I did not expect the skin color would affect my application.I thought I could go to university like other students.”
Four years later，the government declared that all schools should not discriminate against(歧视)African Americans— but it was too late for Walls.She’d moved on with her life, becoming a wife and a mother，and working as an elevator operator.She retired last year，at the age of 77.
She stayed quiet about the unfairness she’d faced in Missouri State.Her son，Terry，went through school records and found that she’d been the first black student to ever apply to the college.Today,four percent of the Southwest Missouri State College body is African American—including Terry.
Although it’s too late for Missouri State to change the past，the school is awarding Walls with an honorary degree(荣誉学位)from the school.While she knows it’s too late for herto change the course of her own life with the degree，it’s a chance for her to show her family that Missouri State has changed in the last 60 years，and there’s not a single door closed to them anymore.
小题1:Walls couldn’t enter the local college because________.

A．her examination performance is too bad

B．girls were not allowed to go to college

C．she was an African?American student

D．her parents had no enough money to support her

小题2:Before she was denied Walls thought that________.

A．her application would be accepted as others’

B．it was hard to become a college student

C．it was impossible for her to be admitted

D．she could be the best student in her college

小题3:What can we know about Walls’s son?

A．He helped his mother get the honorary degree.

B．He is a good student who teachers like best.

C．He was admitted by the college once his mother applied to.

D．He wants to be a government official who can help his mother.

小题4:What can we infer from the passage?

A．Walls did not fight for her right to education.

B．The college did not receive Walls’s application.

C．Walls got a good job after she received the degree.

D．The government gave Walls some money for the wrongs.

小题5:Walls’s honorary degree suggests that________.

A．she could change her life with the degree

B．her dream of going to college has come true

C．she has been leading a happy life with her family

D．great changes have taken place in Missouri State

One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son and his girlfriend in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children. Later, I discovered that I was completely wrong.
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with this happy news．But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.
It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m., when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson, ” I said．I decided they must be outside．Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a winter night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with.
Finally, in desperation（绝望）, I called his girlfriend’s house. His girlfriend answered．“Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here.”
He came on the phone．I was not my usual calm, patient．After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers. “Where are the children?” I said. He said they were with him．They had done nothing wrong．My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake． Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it．It was only part of the truth.
The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday．My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts --- a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend.
小题1:The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because
_____.

A．she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby-sitter

B．she believed he could take good care of the younger ones with the help of his girlfriend

C．the older children have always loved the younger ones

D．she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night

小题2:Shortly after the author left home one evening, she discovered that _____.

A．her son had brought his girlfriend home

B．her son had left home with his girlfriend

C．she shouldn’t have completely trusted her son

D．she should have taken the children along with her

小题3:“It was only part of the truth.” implies that the children not only enjoyed ice-cream but also _____.

A．had their pictures taken	B．received some gifts
C．had a birthday party	D．showed off their best clothes

Our holidays were coming to an end but we had not yet realized our plan to drive to Dalat. Our  1  about Dalat with its shining cherry blossoms (花) and scenic views were   2  us to start our journey.
Then one morning our dream 3. We hired a car and drove  4 to Dalat early in the morning. Splendid landscapes  5 on either side of the road   6   before us. The refreshing morning breeze was caressing (抚摸) our skin and in  7   spirits we were singing merrily.
When we reached Blao Pass, we saw a white  8  in front of us. We   9  down the pass. It seemed to us that the young girl in the white car did not want to be   10 as she was driving at full speed. Suddenly she lost 11 of her car; it turned to the left and crashed into the slope and  12 .
Quite frightened, we braked   13  and jumped out of our car. We turned her car over and pulled out the girl who was  14   in the car. The girl had narrowly escaped death. She was shivering like an aspen (白杨) leaf. In spite of her  15 , she looked very beautiful, just like an angel. When she had  16 from her panic, she timidly (胆小地) thanked us for having rescued her, then she looked at her flat  17 in despair.
Reading her thoughts, we took off our shirts and began to   18   the punctured tyre. We then put on the  19  wheel for her. As soon as the work had been done, we started our 20   again and followed Da Huong Lan—the girl we had helped.

I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He 1  to be walking with a great effort, trying to be as 2 as possible.
A few minutes after he disappeared into the   3 , he came running toward the house again. I went back to making sandwiches,   4 that whatever task he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 5 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods.
6 curiosity, I walked out and followed him on his journey. He was 7  both hands in front of him as he walked, being 8  not to spill the water he held in them. I secretly walked   9  behind him as he went into the woods and I saw the most amazing 10 .
Several large deer loomed in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I almost 11   at him to get away. A huge male deer with elaborate（精美的）antlers was   12  close. But they didn’t even move as Billy   13 . And I saw a small deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from   14 and extreme heat, lift its head 15  to drink the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.
It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of 16 . You know, we hadn’t had any rain for three months and our crops were   17 . As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly   18  by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was 19  God was moved to weep. The rain came that day and saved our farm, just like the 20 of one little boy who saved another.

Zach drove over to Mary’s place. She would be his wife soon. She was in China, visiting her parents. Her son Bradley hadn’t gone with her. Bradley was a junior in high school. He neither liked nor disliked Zach, even though he had known Zach for three years. Zach was still trying to get along well with Bradley.
When Zach arrived, he asked if Bradley wanted to drive his car. Bradley had a driver’s license. Bradley said all right. Zach told him not to drive fast, but that he could drive anywhere he wanted. Bradley got on the road. Zach gave Bradley a few driving tips: Don’t drive next to big trucks, because you never know when they might crush(碾压) you. Don’t drive behind trucks filled with things, because you never know when something in the truck will fly out and hit your car.
On their way back, Zach suggested that they stop at the golf course. He wanted to show Bradley how to play golf. Bradley wasn’t interested. He preferred his video games. But Bradley soon discovered that golf was fun! He hit a lot of balls. Zach told him that he was doing well. The next day Bradley, for the first time ever, called Zach. He had a few blisters(水疱) on his hands. Zach said that usually happened. Then Bradley asked if Zach would come next Saturday so they could take a drive and hit golf balls again. Zach said, of course, and felt happy.
小题1:The best title(题目) for the text might be “________”.

A．You are not my dad, but I begin to love you!

B．I begin to love you, my son!

C．You can do better, boy!

D．Do you love me, dad?

小题2:Zach let Bradley drive his car because ________.

A．he wanted to teach Bradley how to drive

B．he wanted to take Bradley to the golf course

C．he wanted to go to see Mary

D．he wanted to get on well with Bradley

小题3:At first, Bradley liked ________ better than golf.

小题4:The next day, Bradley telephoned mainly to ________.

A．ask Zach to teach him to drive	B．ask Zach to see his mother Mary
C．show Zach his friendliness	D．invite Zach to the golf course

One day, I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physical problem ，while the student claimed a perfect score. I was elected as their arbiter( 仲裁人).I read the examination problem： “Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer(气压计).” The student had answered： “Take the barometer to the top of the building，attach a long rope to it，lower it to the street，and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of it is the height of the building. ”
The student had really answered the question completely ，but the answer didn’t confirm his competence in physics. I suggested the student try again. I gave him six minutes to answer the question, warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. Five minutes later, he said he had many answers and clashed off one, which read： “Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, use the physical formula (公式）to calculate the height of the building. ”
At this point, my colleague had to accept it, and then the student made almost full marks. I couldn’t help asking the student what the other answers were. He listed many others ，and then added₅ “Probably the best is to take the barometer to the. administrator and said to him，' Sir, here is a fine barometer. If you tell me the height of the building, I will give it to you.，”
Then, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did ，but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think.
The name of the student was Bohr who later was famous all over ,the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.
小题1:The student got a zero at the beginning because_______.

A．the teacher wasn’t satisfied with him

B．his answer wasn't complete or correct

C．the teacher clicln⁵t fully understand his answer

D．his answer didn’t show his knowledge of physics

小题2:We know from the passage that______

A．the student knew the expected answer

B．the administrator told Bohr the height

C．the author preferred Bohr s last answer

D．the teacher was a very stubborn person

小题3:We can learn from the passage that______.

A．instructors can teach students how to think

B．arbiters can help students to get high scores

C．students should be given more freedom in thinking

D．teachers should make students use physical formulas

小题4:What was Bohr’s attitude toward his schooling?

Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were 1 , the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the passage to greet her.
Seizing the 2 to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and 3__ explored his way through a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE.” When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and 4 that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In __5 , the mother saw her little boy sitting at the key-board, 6__ picking out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
At that moment, the great piano master made his 7 , quickly moved to the piano, and __8 in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
Then 9 over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the old master and the young novice (beginner) transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully 10 experience. The audience was strongly 11 .
That’s the way it is in life. What we can accomplish on our own is hardly 12 . We try our best, but the 13 aren’t exactly graceful flowing music. But when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life’s work 14 can be beautiful.
Next time you set out to 15 great achievements, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

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