Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning, after breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.
Once Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!
Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”
“I’m sorry, I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”
1. Harry’s parents do all instead of him because _______.| A．he’s too young | B．he has poor health |
| C．he’s busy with his studies | D．they hope he spends all time on studies |
| A．Harry had to stay at home | B．Harry didn’t find the bus stop |
| C．Harry fell behind in his class | D．Harry wouldn’t go to school |
| A．she didn’t know what kind he needed |
| B．she was busy with the housework |
| C．something was wrong with her |
| D．she wanted her son to do something himself |
| A．A lazy boy | B．The shoe pattern |
| C．A sick mother | D．A famous man |
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【推荐1】“Well, I made it,” says Greg Daniels with a smile.
Recently there have been news reports and television shows reporting on the quality of school lunches. According to federal guidelines, French fries count as a serving of vegetables. Many parents and others are upset that a salty, deep-fired food is replacing healthier options like carrot sticks. As a result, the potato — what French fries are made of — has been getting a bad rap.
“The problem is not the potato,” insists Greg. “Potatoes are very healthy. But any food, even carrots or lettuce (生菜), will be less healthy if it’s cooked in grease(油脂).”
Two months ago, Greg decided to eat nothing but potatoes for 60 days. As a high school science teacher and son of a potato farmer, he wanted to do something to draw attention to potatoes as a healthy food and a good choice as part of anyone’s regular meals.
“It’s been an interesting experience,” Greg said. “For a while, I wasn’t sure I would make it. I was pretty tired of eating potatoes after a few weeks.”
But for Greg there were some benefits that he hadn’t expected. He’s lost 15 pounds and he feels better than he has in years. “I have so much more energy,” he says. “I’ve been running and playing on a local basketball team, and I feel like I’m playing as well as I did when I was in high school.”
And Greg has gotten a lot of attention, much more than he expected. “It’s been fantastic. Thousands of people have read my blog. I’ve been sharing recipes and talking about the experience. Every day I get to tell people what a great idea it is to eat potatoes.”
Greg is glad to be back to a normal diet, but he still eats potatoes at least 5 or 6 times a week. “Everyone should!” he says with a smile. “Potatoes are healthy and taste great!”
1. What does the underlined part “getting a bad rap” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Receiving little attention. |
| B．Obtaining an unfair judgement. |
| C．Getting more and more popular. |
| D．Becoming good for people’s health. |
| A．Because potatoes are cheap. |
| B．To draw attention to himself. |
| C．To prove that potatoes are healthy. |
| D．Because he loves potatoes very much. |
| A．gave up his plan. |
| B．put on some weight. |
| C．became less healthy. |
| D．was sick of potatoes. |
| A．became a little weak. |
| B．became much healthier. |
| C．could not eat potatoes any more. |
| D．decided to keep eating potatoes only. |
| A．Intelligent. | B．Humorous. |
| C．Determined. | D．Courageous. |
【推荐2】A second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose Gutierrez from bringing the gift of reading to thousands of Colombian children. Gutierrez started rescuing books from the trash almost 20 years ago. He was driving a garbage truck at night through the country’s wealthier neighborhoods. The discarded (丢弃的) reading material slowly piled up. And now the ground floor of his small house is a makeshift (临时的) community library with about 20,000 books ranging from chemistry textbooks to children’s classics.
He says books are luxuries (奢侈品) for boys and girls in low-income neighborhoods such as his. New reading material at bookstores is too expensive. There are 19 public libraries in Bogota. It is a city of 8.5 million people. But the libraries tend to be located far away from poorer areas. “This should be in each corner of every neighborhood, in all the towns and all the rural areas,” says Gutierrez. “Books are the poor children’s lifesavers. And that is what Colombia needs.”
The 53-year-old Gutierrez has a love of reading that he says comes from his mother. She always read to him even though she was too poor to keep him in school. Up to now he has traveled to book fairs in Mexico and Chile to share his experience of starting a library with discarded reading material. And his fame as Colombia’s “Lord of the Books” has also brought him thousands of donated books.
Gutierrez is an enthusiastic reader of works by authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Victor Hugo and Mario Vargas Llosa. He says he does not reject technology that allows books to be read digitally. But he prefers to read the printed word on paper. “There is nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket, in your bag or inside your car.” he says.
1. What do we know about Jose Gutierrez from the first paragraph?| A．He was fond of reading. | B．He was poorly educated. |
| C．He was devoted to the poor. | D．He was against discarding books. |
| A．Books are vital to children in poor areas. |
| B．The distribution of public libraries is very uneven. |
| C．Children in poor areas are in desperate need of books. |
| D．There is a serious shortage of bookstores in poor areas. |
| A．Because he is well known. | B．Because he is a great traveler. |
| C．Because of his love for reading. | D．Because of the influence of his mother. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Doubtful. | C．Interested. | D．Tolerant. |
【推荐3】On a cold February morning, a short woman with a violin case stood at an entrance to the subway station in Time Square. She opened the case, got out her violin and started to play. She played seven pieces for about 52 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1, 200 people went through the station, most of whom were on their way to work.
Four minutes later, a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to her. They stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet their schedule.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother followed him along, hurriedly, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This was repeated by several other children. Al the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 52 minutes the musician played, only 5 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 18 gave her money, but continued to walk their normal pace. She collected $34. When she finished playing and silently left, no one noticed it. No one clapped, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Ronya Bell, one of the musical geniuses in the world. She had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth 4 million dollars.
Two days before her playing in the subway, the tickets to her performance were sold out at a theatre in Chicago where the seats averaged $150.
This is a real story. Ronya Bell’s playing at the subway station was organized as part of a social experiment.
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
1. Why did few people stop to listen to Ronya Bell playing?| A．The performance was not good enough. | B．They were not interested in music. |
| C．It was too cold in the subway. | D．People were in a hurry. |
| A．They would applaud for the performance. | B．They would urge them to continue walking. |
| C．They would stop to enjoy the music. | D．They would give her some money. |
| A．To find out people’s reaction under such circumstances. |
| B．To practise her skills in playing music in public. |
| C．To make an advertisement for her future concert in Chicago. |
| D．To make more money. |
| A．To tell us the importance of enjoying music. | B．To show us how to play music. |
| C．To make us think about our fast-paced life. | D．To report a unique subway performance. |
【推荐1】College students constantly hear the praises of education. We have all become used to believing that a college education is always a guarantee of an easier life. I was nine years old when my fourth-grade teacher presented me with a task, to write down all of the things I wanted in my life. I filled my paper with things like: own a big house and have servants; be rich and have a good job. The next day my teacher handed back my paper and in red ink she wrote: “GO TO COLLEGE.” For a long time, I was convinced that once I obtained an education, BAM! Life would be easier.
However, education cannot promise all wishes, dreams, and desires. Society must reject the foolish idea that a college education’s main purpose is to satisfy our desires and secure success. Like most challenging things, education is a gamble (赌博) in which results depend entirely on people’s ability to look past their wants to see the realism and reason behind their wants.
For instance, my first year of college, I took a sociology class. In class, we were taught that Third World countries were poor. We learned that our quality of life would be almost impossible for an average person in those countries. I began to examine my own desire to be rich. To always go after money felt selfish when knowing others had none at all. Learning about other society’s financial situations forced me to look beyond what I wanted.
Through the process of education, everything once desired is tested. Wanting something no longer is enough; it’s more important to examine why we want it and whether we really want it. When my desire for money changed, everything changed. I stopped longing for money-driven careers and stopped valuing the people who had them. I began to examine the things I purchased and my reason for wanting them.
Education is a tool to be used to develop and advance our desires, so we can discover the things that are truly significant in life. Education is a source to expand our society to see beyond the superficial (表面的) appeals and the “quick fixes”, leaving the belief of an effortless life behind in order to desire a meaningful one.
1. The author’s fourth-grade teacher probably agreed that ______.| A．the author was an ambitious student |
| B．the author should set more realistic goals |
| C．a college student would lead an easier life |
| D．a college degree was the key to the author’s dreams |
| A．To share her learning experiences with readers. |
| B．To support her new understanding about education. |
| C．To express her sympathy for people in Third World. |
| D．To stress the importance of taking a sociology course. |
| A．envied rich people |
| B．lost interest in career |
| C．desired more material things |
| D．stopped always seeking more wealth |
| A．College education promises an effortless life. |
| B．College education tests and guides our life desires. |
| C．College education offers solutions to social problems. |
| D．College education turns young people into gamblers. |
【推荐2】Maybe no one forgets their first bicycle and there is no exception to a woman like me. Mine was a Schwinn coaster bike, second-hand, painted a distinctive red and yellow by its previous owner. I remember riding too fast down the big hill on Springfield Avenue. I knew at once that the world was mine to explore.
A couple of years later, when I was 11, my grandmother visited from England, bringing me a bike. It was a shiny dark green, with three gears (齿轮) and hand brakes. As the owner of the first English bicycle my neighbors and classmates had ever seen, I was, for a time, almost a star.
Unlike my coaster bike, it was light and responsive - riding it felt like flying. I rode it past big stone houses with their huge yards and trees. I rode past brick row houses. I rode alone and with groups of friends.
That beloved bike went with me to college, carrying me to the library and to classes. Beyond transport, it was often a prop (道具): pushing it along as I walked the college paths made me feel less self-conscious. Somehow, conversations flowed more easily on either side of a bike.
After college, I lived abroad for a time. Returning from London, I discovered to my horror that my parents had sold my bike. For years after that, I didn’t have a bicycle that was specifically mine. But after a while I missed riding. Eventually, on a fall day, I bought a bicycle with wider tires than my old bike and seven gears.
Still, I was a bit apprehensive. I was out of practice and a lot older. I brought the bike home and put on my helmet - I’d never worn a helmet before. Then I got on the bike. After a hesitant, slightly shaky start, I felt exactly as I was on that long-ago day on Springfield Avenue: free. Soon I was riding along. It seemed that everyone I passed smiled and waved or called out, great day for a bike ride! And I knew they all remembered their first bike and how it had set them free. I wanted to call back to them, “I still can!”
1. According to the article, the author’s beloved bike ________.| A．made her the envy of her friends. |
| B．was a red and yellow coaster bike. |
| C．was her birthday gift from her grandmother. |
| D．made her shy and awkward at times at college. |
| A．felt bored | B．felt special |
| C．became talkative | D．became lost in thought |
| A．Proud. | B．Excited. | C．Shocked. | D．Fearful. |
| A．To describe the different bikes she has been riding alone. |
| B．To recall the joy and freedom she has enjoyed thanks to riding. |
| C．To inform us of the fun and benefits of riding bikes with others. |
| D．To tell us about how she grew up through her riding experiences. |
【推荐3】In the fall of 1959, Freed suffered a bad reputation for rumors of bribery (贿赂行为), and his troubles were too strong to be resisted. When WABC asked Freed to sign a statement swearing that he had never taken bribes, he refused and was fired. Although he later signed such a statement for WNEW-TV, he lost his television show as well.
Finding himself unwelcome in New York, Freed fled to the West Coast, where he managed to land a daytime disc jockey (流行音乐播音员) job at KDAY in Los Angeles in 1960. Legal problems continued to bother him, though, and he was charged with taking bribes of more than $30,000 from a number of record companies. Publicly, Freed denied that he had ever accepted direct bribes, although he acknowledged that he had accepted gifts from record companies, but only for playing records that he was certain would become hits anyway. After a short time at KDAY, he left when the station management refused to let him promote his live rock ‘n’ roll shows. He returned to New York, but not as a broadcaster. At the height of the great enthusiasm for the twist dance, he hosted a Manhattan twist revue (时事讽刺剧), but when this enthusiasm cooled, he found a disc jockey job at WQAM in Miami in 1962. During this difficult period, Freed began drinking heavily and lost his job in Miami after only two months. In December of 1962 he was found guilty in New York of two charges of commercial bribery and was given a six-month sentence and fined $300. This effectively ended his career.
Freed spent the last years of his life in Palm Springs, California. Although he had redefined what it meant to be a disc jockey and named the music that had become an anthem (圣歌) for the world’s youth, he was a disgraced (耻辱的) and broken man, no longer able to work in the business he loved. On January 20, 1965, he died in a hospital in Palm Springs.
1. Why was Freed fired by WABC?| A．Because he took bribes. |
| B．Because he swore he didn’t take bribes. |
| C．Because he refused to admit taking bribes. |
| D．Because he refused to make a statement as WABC required. |
| A．the gifts were not valuable |
| B．the gifts had no connection with playing records |
| C．the records he was asked to play were very famous |
| D．the records he was asked to play would surely become popular |
| A．Freed didn’t take bribes at all. |
| B．Freed showed no talent for music. |
| C．Freed had made contributions in his career. |
| D．KDAY fired Freed because of his addiction to alcohol. |
