1 . There is an old Chinese proverb that states “One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade,” and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother and a daughter is sometimes confusing. The relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include a hierarchy (等级) of responsibilities and unconditional love, which preclude mothers and daughters from being best friends.
Marina, 27 years old, said, “I love spending time with my mom, but I wouldn’t consider her my best friend. Best friends don’t pay for your wedding. Best friends don’t remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best friend: don’t tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesn’t mean that the mother and daughter relationship can’t be very close and satisfying.
While some adult relationships are still troubled, many find them to be extremely rewarding. This generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common, which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers, responsible for maintaining and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and daughters also share the experience of the workforce and technology, which may bring them even closer together.
Best friends may or may not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse, the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they aren’t speaking. The mother and child relationship is closer than any other. There is not an equal relationship. Daughters should not feel responsible for their mother’s emotional well-being. It isn’t that they don’t care deeply about their mothers. It’s just that they shouldn’t be burdened with their mother’s well-being.
The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. Mothers always “trump (胜过)” friends.
1. What does the underlined word “preclude” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A.differ | B.prevent | C.benefit | D.change |
A.The mother and daughter relationship can be replaced by a best friend. |
B.A mother’s love brings her and her daughter a close friendship. |
C.The mother and daughter relationship goes beyond best friends’ friendship. |
D.Marina has a troubled relationship with her mother. |
A.By listing data. | B.By giving explanations. |
C.By quoting sayings. | D.By giving examples. |
A.How to Be a Good Mother and Daughter? | B.Who Is a Mother’s Best Friend? |
C.Mothers or Friends? | D.Can a Mother Be a Daughter’s Best Friend? |
2 . “Be proud of what you do,” my father always told me, “whether you are a boss or a cleaner. ” When I was 15, I got a summer job in a hospital. I was told that my duties would include sweeping floors. I smiled and remembered Dad's words. Even though my job was the lowest, it made me feel excited. I saw it as a challenge because it was my first job. I learned to be on time and tried to do everything well. In return, I was treated with respect by doctors, nurses and patients. Each morning I imagined that the dirty dishes would make patients more sick if I were not there to wash them clean. After breakfast was done, I started sweeping the floors of all patient rooms and cleaning the toilets. Though I was tired, I wanted the job to be done well. Hearing people say “That young boy really does a good job”, I was filled with pride.
Working in the hospital taught me that being proud of one's job is important. It does not matter whether the job is sweeping floors or managing a large business. Through every job I have ever had, my father's words have always stayed with me. I was a good cleaner, and now I'm a good manager. I think Dad would be proud of me all the time.
1. The writer's first job was a ________.A.boss | B.cleaner | C.manager | D.doctor |
A.Washing dishes. | B.Cleaning toilets. |
C.Looking after patients. | D.Sweeping the floor. |
A.Angry. | B.Disappointed. | C.Proud. | D.Doubtful. |
A.the writer's father always stayed with him |
B.the father didn't like the writer's first job |
C.the writer wasn't proud of his first job |
D.the father's words are helpful for his future jobs. |
3 . Living on the Florida Emerald Coast, people view a hurricane as a common thing. So it is not unusual for a family to have several full gas cans and bottled water stored in their houses all summer.
Though unwilling to evacuate from a hurricane, on September 15,my family was forced to leave our home for my grandfather's house several miles away. We spent the early part of that evening watching the hurricane draw closer on the Weather Channel. Around nine o'clock, a loud sound shook the house, turned over the roof and carried it off. Soon came an indoor rainstorm.
Realizing the damage, my grandfather began to be afraid. The storm had started, but he still ran out into the heavy rain and wind to see how much of the roof was left. We got him back inside. I had never seen him so scared. Mom finally asked him to lie down in his room.
The leak had progressed rapidly. It soon became a race against time to protect what was saved. Some people may think it necessary to save material things, but I hoped to save those items with emotional value, such as the photos. I still feared the storm, but I more feared the influence it brought.
The next morning, it started to clear up. Thankfully, my family weathered the storm, though the same could not be said for the house. Only the wooden beams remained, but inside many of his things were safe. My mom and I had worked tirelessly through the night.
It was late, but we were still unwilling to go to bed. We discussed the rebuilding of the house. Under the beautiful sky, we suggested looking after my grandfather more often in the future. After this disaster, I realized the truth that the hurricane itself was not so terrible if we loved each other.
1. Why do the people store full gas cans and bottled water?A.To save much money. | B.To watch a hurricane easily. |
C.To protect their houses well. | D.To be prepared for hurricanes. |
A.Frightened. | B.Surprised. | C.Calm. | D.Angry. |
A.Prepared well for. | B.Waited patiently for. |
C.Came safely through. | D.Suffered seriously from. |
A.Family love is powerful. | B.Take things as they come. |
C.Good health is over wealth. | D.Lost time is never found again. |
4 . John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Luckily, he had a strong-willed, caring mother. John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe. She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success,” said she. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words came from a woman less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.
Chicago in1933 was not the promised land (乐土、希望之地) that black southerners were looking for, John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But there John could go to school, and there he learned the power of words — as editor of the newspaper and yearbook of Du Stable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn (典当) her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural the difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind. “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary.”
Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America — worth $150 million.
1. Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago? Because ________.A.John’s father died in his hometown when he was very young |
B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown, while life in Chicago would be better for blacks |
C.there were no schools for blacks in their hometown |
D.John needed more education and he could go to school there |
A.woman with little school education but knew a lot about life |
B.woman who would not do anything for her son |
C.strong woman with much knowledge |
D.woman who didn’t know how to encourage her son |
A.if you try, you will succeed in the end |
B.a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try |
C.a try is always followed by failure |
D.nothing but a try can help you out of failure |
A.How John H. Johnson became somebody. |
B.The mental support John’s mother gave him. |
C.The importance of a good education. |
D.The key to success for blacks. |
1.朋友的身份信息
2.朋友的性格和外貌
3.朋友的爱好和梦想
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1. 简单介绍自己的情况年龄、家庭、所在学校、所学课程、兴趣爱好等;
2. 并请他们给你回信,简要介绍他们自己。
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I can still remember clearly the day after I had my first exam. I didn’t pass them. I was so scaring that I even don’t want to go to school any more. My parents looked at my test paper and said. “My children, we’re very glad you has finished half of it. You can do better next time. We never expect you to do the best at a very beginning. We hope you can make progress gradual.” What they said made me to feel I could do things well. From then, I concentrated more on my studies. Now I’m always filled with confident in my studies because I know my parents are always behind me.
8 . About five years ago my family moved to Iowa and I started going to a new school. I was a little
A.surprised | B.nervous | C.excited | D.sad |
A.happier | B.better | C.luckier | D.taller |
A.ready | B.quiet | C.thankful | D.blind |
A.see | B.help | C.move | D.like |
A.reason | B.leave | C.question | D.favor |
A.talk | B.walk | C.stand | D.sit |
A.idea | B.information | C.way | D.style |
A.look for | B.look after | C.look at | D.look like |
A.because | B.since | C.though | D.as |
A.beautiful | B.ugly | C.fat | D.young |
A.Happily | B.Carefully | C.Finally | D.Helplessly |
A.telling | B.asking | C.questioning | D.watching |
A.pointed | B.shouted | C.smiled | D.laughed |
A.pushed | B.begged | C.expected | D.invited |
A.forgotten | B.hated | C.beaten | D.missed |
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The teenage year from 13 to 19 were the most difficult time for me. They were also the better and worst years in my life. At the first, I thought I knew everything and could make decisions by yourself. Therefore, my parents didn’t seem to think so. They always tell me what to do and how to do it. At one time, I even felt my parents couldn’t understand me so I hoped I could be freely from them. I showed them I was independent by wear strange clothes. Now I am leaving home college. At last, I will be on my own, but I still want to have my parents to turn to whatever I need help.
Birth date: October 15th, 1991
Speaking: English, Russian
Now in: Dodge City, Kansas
From: Pratt, Kansas
Learning: Japanese, Chinese, Spanish
About me: I love all outdoor activities, especially playing ball games, traveling, and climbing. I play the guitar, and can say that I’m really good at it. I also like playing chess, but I don’t play it well. If you’re good at it, maybe you can teach me. I’m going to college this September. All I really want to do during the summer holiday is travel, teach, and learn languages (this is my hobby), see things, and build great friendships. I’d like people aged 17-20 to get in touch with me, both girls and boys. It’s better if you’re from Beijing or Tokyo. I’ve made 15 friends over the Internet. If you’d like to be one of them, send me an email at blink001@yahoo.com. My MSN is blink001@hotmail.com. I’d love to be your friend!
1. Where is Blink now?
A.In Dodge City. | B.In Pratt. |
C.In Beijing. | D.In Tokyo. |
A.Playing the guitar. | B.Playing ball games. |
C.Playing chess. | D.Learning languages. |
A.To make friends. | B.To go on a trip. |
C.To learn foreign languages. | D.To introduce his hobbies. |