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I’m a Chinese student studying in Canada. I have been a boarder（寄宿生） with the Carsons for more than a year and a half.
The Carsons live in their own house, which has four bedrooms including the one in the basement（底层） which I live in. Judy does all the work in the house and Andrew is responsible for the work in the garden. When they go out in they evening, they often ask me to look after their children.
Judy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris, lived in another city. Judy was their only child and naturally they doted on（溺爱）Judy’s children. They often sent the children presents.
Last April Mr. Morris died. Now that Mrs. Morris was quite alone, I expected that Judy would want her to come and live with them. One day, Margaret, Judy’s daughter, told me grandma was coming to live with them and her daddy and mummy would want my room back. The news didn’t surprise me and the next day I went to Judy and asked her about it. I said I couldn’t think of living in their basement room any longer if it was needed for Mrs. Morris. Judy seemed surprised at first. Then she told me there was no deed for me to move, for they hadn’t yet come to any decision about her mother coming to live with them. “Naturally I’m worried about my mother. She has been in poor health.” She smiled sadly and added. “To be honest, Andrew and my mother have never got on well. We’ll wait a bit and see what happens. Perhaps Mohter will be all right living herself, or perhaps they will both change their minds.”
That was six months ago. During this time I’ve heard that Mrs. Morris has had two illnesses and that her health has got worse. A nursing home（护理室）was mentioned once but Mrs. Morris refused to go there. So up to now she’s still living alone and I’m still living in the basement room.
1. What is the relationship between the speaker and the Carsons?
A. He is a brother of Andrew Carson.
B. He is a close friend of the Carsons.
C. He is a student of Judy Carson.
D. He is a student who pays to live and have meals at the Carsons’ house.
2. Why did the speaker expect Mrs. Morris to come to live with her daughter?
A. Because Mr. Morris was dead.
B. Because Mrs. Morris suffered from illness.
C. Because Mrs. Morris lived all by herself.
D. Because of all the reasons mentioned in A, B and C.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mrs. Morris loved her grandchildren very much.
B. Judy had no brothers or sisters to look after her mother.
C. The Carsons once suggested that Mrs. Morris go to live in a nursing home.
D. Mrs. Morris was coming to live with the Carsons, so they asked the speaker to move.
4. Why didn’t Mrs. Morris come to live with her daughter’s family?
A. Because she did not want to leave her own house.
B. Because she was in rather poor health and could not come.
C. Because she did not have a good relationship with her son-in-law.
D. Because the speaker lived there and there was no other room for her to live in.
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Family relationship in Canada. B. The Boarder in Canada.
C. Nursing Homes in Canada. D. The children in Canada.
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I’m a Chinese student studying in Canada. I have been a boarder（寄宿生） with the Carsons for more than a year and a half.
The Carsons live in their own house, which has four bedrooms including the one in the basement（底层） which I live in. Judy does all the work in the house and Andrew is responsible for the work in the garden. When they go out in they evening, they often ask me to look after their children.
Judy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris, lived in another city. Judy was their only child and naturally they doted on（溺爱）Judy’s children. They often sent the children presents.
Last April Mr. Morris died. Now that Mrs. Morris was quite alone, I expected that Judy would want her to come and live with them. One day, Margaret, Judy’s daughter, told me grandma was coming to live with them and her daddy and mummy would want my room back. The news didn’t surprise me and the next day I went to Judy and asked her about it. I said I couldn’t think of living in their basement room any longer if it was needed for Mrs. Morris. Judy seemed surprised at first. Then she told me there was no deed for me to move, for they hadn’t yet come to any decision about her mother coming to live with them. “Naturally I’m worried about my mother. She has been in poor health.” She smiled sadly and added. “To be honest, Andrew and my mother have never got on well. We’ll wait a bit and see what happens. Perhaps Mohter will be all right living herself, or perhaps they will both change their minds.”
That was six months ago. During this time I’ve heard that Mrs. Morris has had two illnesses and that her health has got worse. A nursing home（护理室）was mentioned once but Mrs. Morris refused to go there. So up to now she’s still living alone and I’m still living in the basement room.
1. What is the relationship between the speaker and the Carsons?
A. He is a brother of Andrew Carson.
B. He is a close friend of the Carsons.
C. He is a student of Judy Carson.
D. He is a student who pays to live and have meals at the Carsons’ house.
2. Why did the speaker expect Mrs. Morris to come to live with her daughter?
A. Because Mr. Morris was dead.
B. Because Mrs. Morris suffered from illness.
C. Because Mrs. Morris lived all by herself.
D. Because of all the reasons mentioned in A, B and C.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mrs. Morris loved her grandchildren very much.
B. Judy had no brothers or sisters to look after her mother.
C. The Carsons once suggested that Mrs. Morris go to live in a nursing home.
D. Mrs. Morris was coming to live with the Carsons, so they asked the speaker to move.
4. Why didn’t Mrs. Morris come to live with her daughter’s family?
A. Because she did not want to leave her own house.
B. Because she was in rather poor health and could not come.
C. Because she did not have a good relationship with her son-in-law.
D. Because the speaker lived there and there was no other room for her to live in.
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Family relationship in Canada. B. The Boarder in Canada.
C. Nursing Homes in Canada. D. The children in Canada.
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at that time.
Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted a rest before catching the train, so I
bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop-that cheap self-service place
with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table
to keep a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the next seat. It was one of those wild-looking
youngsters, with dark glasses and torn clothes, and hair coloured bright red at the front. Not so unusual these
days.What did suprise me was that he'd started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was annoyed (苦恼). However, to avoid (避免) trouble-and really I was rather uneasy about
him-I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The
boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn't
start an argument. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, "Well, I shall have the
last piece." and I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out, "This woman's crazy!"
Everybody stared. That was embarrassing enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready
to leave. My face turned red-as red as his hair-when I realized I'd made a mistake. It wasn't my chocolate that
I'd been taking. There was mine, unopened, just under my newspaper.
B. had been very busy and needed some time to recover
C. wanted a newspaper and some chocolate to take home to her family
D. bought a newspaper and some chocolate so that she could keep a place at the table
B. too shy to look in the boy's direction
C. more and more disappointed at losing the chocolate
D. more and more angry with the boy
B. Surprising.
C. Socially uncomfortable.
D. Annoying.
B. The way the boy was dressed is common nowadays.
C. The wild-looking boy was very rude to the woman.
D. The writer finds what happened in the coffee shop isn't funny at all.
where barely literate (受过教育的) high school athletes get their transcripts (成绩单) by
taking courses occasionally and sometimes by taking no courses at all. The athletes then go
on to famous sports universities, where they exhaust their playing years before landing back
on the streets without job opportunity or college degrees.
The prep school scheme was meant to avoid academic qualification rules for college athletes
made years ago by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The N.C.A.A., which was
slow to recognize the seriousness of the problem, has finally adopted policies to root it out. But
those policies will not do the job unless everyone is involved, including prep schools and college
athletics departments that still recruit (招收) students who do not meet academic standard.
The prep school scheme sends a dangerous message to poor neighborhoods, where young
people too often ignore their studies, believing that they will magically become millionaires once
the world sees their athletic talents. Even worse, it encourages students to drop out of traditional
schools before graduation-at which point their grade-point averages would be written in stone-to
sign up with fake schools that can help them rewrite their academic records.
The N.C.A.A. has begun to check nontraditional schools for their academic programs and has
actually closed some. The organization has also stepped up to look into athletes' transcripts and
will pay special attention to athletes who attended several schools, showed sudden jumps in
grade-point average, transferred to another school late in the senior year or took an unbelievable
number of courses in one term.
These measures are encouraging as far as they go. But the N.C.A.A. will need to go much
deeper into the problem if it hopes to break this scheme. For starters, it needs to make clear
not just what courses high school athletes need to take to become qualified for college sports,
but when they should take them. Until that happens, those who recruit young athletes will always
be tempted(受诱惑的)to make fake academic record at the last possible moment for them.
B. They can easily be admitted to a university by cheating.
C. After they graduate from university, they will usually find promising jobs.
D. They seldom have good academic performance at high school.
a lot of courses in one term.
B. Transcripts of high school students can be very important reference for students to go to college.
C. Most High school athletes can probably be awarded a bachelor's (学士) or master's degree
after they graduate from universities.
D. Transcripts of high school students are so important that they are recorded on metal
from__________________.
B. many prep schools that carry out poor academic programs for high school athletes
C. many college athletics departments that still recruit academically unqualified students
D. school athletes, poor management of prep schools and irresponsibility of related college
departments
the measures EXCEPT____________________.
B. shutting down some unqualified prep school
C. listing compulsory courses and the number of course needed to be taken in high school
D. checking some problematic transcripts
B. The writer thinks more practical measures are needed to break it.
C. The writer remains neutral (中立的) on this issue.
D. The writer believes poor children will have little chance to go to college if prep school
scheme is broken.