1 . 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
1. What is the possible relationship between the two sperkers?

A．Friends.

B．Wife and husband.

C．Business partners.

2. Where does the woman work now?

A．In a school.

B．In a restaurant.

C．In a travel agency.

3. What are the two sperkers going to do?

A．To take a trip.

B．To have a coffee.

C．To attend a meeting.

2 . A generation of parents raised according to the permissive principles of postwar childcare experts is rediscovering the importance of saying “No” to their children. They are beginning to reclaim the house as their own. Even spanking (打屁股) is back.

While today’s parents do not want to return to the Victorian era (时代)—when children were seen, spanked, but not heard—there is a growing acknowledgement that the laissez-faire approach produced a generation of children running rings around puzzled parents struggling to restore order.

Janthea Brigden, a trainer with Parent Network, says: “The problem is that parents don’t want all that controlling things. What they want is to be able to discipline (管教) their children through teaching and encouraging.”

According to Steve Biddulph, the author of More Secrets of Happy Children, the permissive era was often just an excuse to ignore children. He believes discipline involves firm but friendly teaching and does not need to involve punishment. He teaches a method called “stand and think”, where a child is helped to figure out what is wrong and how to get it right. Mr. Biddulph understands parents using spanking, but he is against it. “The happiest children are those who know Mum and Dad are in charge. As children grow into their teens, more negotiation can take place, such as: Prove you can be home safely by 11pm, and we might let you stay out till midnight.”

“There is no good evidence that an occasional, properly administered spanking is harmful in any way.” says John Rosemond, an American who has won a huge following by calling for “parent power”. It is pure nonsense to believe that restricting children to their room as a punishment could make them have negative feelings about the room and cause sleep problems.

Mr. Rosemond tracks the overturning of traditional family values to the end of the Second World War. He blames the change of the American family into a child-centered, self-respect-oriented (以……为导向) unit on psychologists and social workers, who for 30 years have weakened traditional approaches. Previous generations of American parents raised children not by the book, but by self-evident truth, he says. Children should be seen and not heard. If you make your bed, you’ll have to lie in it. He says that those phrases contain time-honored understanding and principles that helped children to develop what we refer to as the “three Rs” of parenting: respect, responsibility and resourcefulness.

1. Which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word “laissez-faire” in the second paragraph?

A．Let it be.	B．Go for it.
C．Get it right.	D．Take it easy.

2. If his child did something wrong, Steve Biddulph would ______.

A．give him a good beating

B．lock him up in a dark room

C．ask him to stand in a corner for hours

D．help him find out the problem and solution

3. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The causes of discipline problems.

B．The best way to discipline children.

C．Different opinions on ways of parenting.

D．Differences between parents of different times.

3 . When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset(心烦的） and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does.

As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded（冷血的）animal and therefore is very sensitive（敏感的） to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade（阴凉处）. Yet, fish don’ t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes. The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.

When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like sales people.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.

1. Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?

A．He could not catch a fish.

B．His father was not patient with him.

C．His father did not teach him fishing.

D．He could not influence a fish as his father did.

2. According to the author, fish are most likely to be found _________.

A．in deep water on sunny days

B．in deep water on cloudy days

C．in shallow water under sunlight

D．in shallow water under waterside trees.

3. After entering the business world, the author found _________.

A．it easy to think like a customer

B．his father’s fishing advice inspiring

C．his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable

D．it difficult to sell services to poor people

4. This passage most likely comes from _________.

A．a fishing guide

B．a popular sales book

C．a novel on childhood

D．a millionaire’s biography(自传）

4 . The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a weekly ___________ that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive ___________.

My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we ___________ along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I ___________ that almost every crossing I passed through was ___________ by a panhandler(乞丐). And then it hit me! All these panhandlers must be hungry, too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a (n) ___________ lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull alongside a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “Oh, by the way … here’s lunch.”

We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately headed back in the opposite direction for home. ___________, the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was ___________ and didn’t know quite how to behave.

She made her way to our car, “No one has ever done ___________ like this for me before,” she said with ____________. Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, ____________ do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”

She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, “Oh honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was ____________, but before I could say anything, she continued, “You see, I have a little girl and she just loves McDonald’s, but I don’t have the money. But you know ____________ ? Tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”

I don’t know if the kids ____________ the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too ____________ or insignificant to really effect change. Yet in that moment, I recognized the truth of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things — only small things with great love.”

1.

A．tradition

B．ceremony

C．custom

D．habit

2.

A．decision

B．choice

C．contribution

D．plan

3.

A．walked

B．ran

C．wandered

D．drove

4.

A．reminded

B．realized

C．understood

D．thought

5.

A．crowded

B．occupied

C．discovered

D．laid

6.

A．additional

B．expensive

C．cheap

D．special

7.

A．Unfortunately

B．Luckily

C．Unexpectedly

D．Hopefully

8.

A．excited

B．embarrassed

C．frightened

D．annoyed

9.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

10.

A．amazement

B．fear

C．sorrow

D．amusement

11.

A．what

B．how

C．where

D．when

12.

A．shocked

B．confused

C．pleased

D．worried

13.

A．whether

B．if

C．what

D．that

14.

A．realized

B．felt

C．noticed

D．recognized

15.

A．many

B．small

C．big

D．simple

5 . The Best Love

       I have been married to Scott for 20 years. He has_______15 pounds. Once a marathon runner, he now runs only down_______halls. His hair is becoming less and his body shows the_______of long working hours and too many candy bars.
       When my friend asked me "What will make this love last?" I ran through all the obvious_______: responsibility, unselfishness, physical attraction, communication. Yet there's more. We still have fun. Last Saturday at the grocery, we split the shopping_______ and raced each other to see who could make it to the checkout first.We_______being together.
       There is understanding I understand why he must play basketball with the guys. And he understands why, once a year, I must get away from the house to_______my sisters for a few days of nonstop talking and laughing.
       There is sharing. Not only do we_______household worries and parental burdens—we also share_______.Once, Scott sent me a thick historical novel. ________he prefers thrillers(惊险小说) and science fiction, he had read the novel first. He________my heart when he explained it was because he wanted to be able to________ideas about the book after I'd read it.
       There is forgiveness. When I'm embarrassingly loud and________at parties, Scott forgives me. When he admitted________some of our savings in the stock market, I gave him a hug and said, "It's nothing________. It's only money."
       Finally there is sensitivity. Last week he came home and told me about a 60-year-old woman who'd had a stroke(中风) and would probably never________? He wept as he recalled the woman's________standing beside her bed, holding her hand. I________too. Because it was of the medical crisis. Because there were still people who have been married 40 years. Because my husband is still moved and________after years of hospital rooms and dying patients.

I guess we've got what it________to make our love last.

1.

A．reduced

B．lost

C．gained

D．made

2.

A．hospital

B．college

C．concert

D．lecture

3.

A．abilities

B．chances

C．sign

D．rights

4.

A．methods

B．reasons

C．solutions

D．advantages

5.

A．basket

B．center

C．cost

D．list

6.

A．avoid

B．enjoy

C．hate

D．mind

7.

A．meet

B．leave

C．attend

D．follow

8.

A．bear

B．share

C．tolerate

D．escape

9.

A．happiness

B．sorrow

C．interests

D．ideas

10.

A．Though

B．Since

C．Unless

D．Once

11.

A．hurt

B．took

C．stuck

D．touched

12.

A．exchange

B．express

C．find

D．provide

13.

A．polite

B．gentle

C．crazy

D．enthusiastic

14.

A．increasing

B．losing

C．getting

D．winning

15.

A．strange

B．interesting

C．special

D．serious

16.

A．move

B．walk

C．speak

D．recover

17.

A．daughter

B．son

C．husband

D．brother

18.

A．cried

B．smiled

C．regretted

D．agreed

19.

A．excited

B．astonished

C．concerned

D．delighted

20.

A．means

B．takes

C．promises

D．brings

6 . One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a_______ guy with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he looked very _______indeed. But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to_______ he did it by singing opera. It didn’t matter to William whether it was simply a matter of answering a brief greeting, like “good day”. He would ________“Goood dayyy to youuuuuu..... toooooo!”

No one could get a normal,________word out of him. And, as no one knew how he made his living and he lived quite simply, always wearing the same old second-hand suit — they often ________ him.

They _______his singing, calling him “crazy”. William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, a rumor(谣言) _________round the town: William had ________ a role in a very important opera in the nation’s capital, and there were posters everywhere ________ the event was a great ________. And to everyone’s surprise in Cheekyville---when William was being _______by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking ________singing. And he did it with good____________ and with a clear and pleasant voice.

From that day, William gave up singing _________. Now he did only during his stage appearances and world tours. Some people suspected ________he had changed, but others still had no idea, and continued believing him to be somewhat mad. They wouldn’t have thought so_________ they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone with a hand-carved message on it. It said “Practice every second, for you never know when your _______will come.”

Little did people know that rather _______he got the role in the opera because the________had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.

1.

A．strange

B．handsome

C．funny

D．sensitive

2.

A．strong

B．special

C．common

D．anxious

3.

A．debate

B．practice

C．sing

D．communicate

4.

A．shout

B．respond

C．repeat

D．tease

5.

A．singing

B．spoken

C．written

D．printed

6.

A．disrespected

B．loved

C．appreciated

D．disturbed

7.

A．made fun of

B．got addicted to

C．took pride in

D．made sense of

8.

A．developed

B．reflected

C．spread

D．expressed

9.

A．refused

B．ruined

C．created

D．got

10.

A．confirming

B．advertising

C．approving

D．assessing

11.

A．benefit

B．discovery

C．success

D．experience

12.

A．opposed

B．blamed

C．interviewed

D．welcomed

13.

A．other than

B．rather than

C．more than

D．less than

14.

A．service

B．remarks

C．signs

D．manners

15.

A．at all hours

B．at all points

C．at certain time

D．at times

16.

A．how

B．why

C．that

D．where

17.

A．while

B．because

C．if

D．since

18.

A．chance

B．money

C．inspiration

D．wisdom

19.

A．carefully

B．quickly

C．naturally

D．accidentally

20.

A．director

B．writer

C．actress

D．teacher

7 . Three Boys and a Dad

Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park.” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”

Things started well, but just after eight o'clock, his three little “good kids”---Mike, Randy, and Alex --- came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared on within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍) . Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their eyes. Someone named “Not me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o'clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the fish bowl refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the sitting room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare center(日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife is away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.

1. When his wife left home, Brad expected___________.

A．go out for a walk in the park

B．watch TV talk show with his children

C．enjoy his first day off the work.

D．read the newspaper to his children

2. Which of the following did Randy do?

A．Drawing on the wall	B．Eating apple jam
C．Feeding the fish	D．Reading in a room

3. Why did Brad ask the daycare center for help?

A．Because he wanted to clean his house.

B．Because he suddenly had to go to his office

C．Because he found it hard to manage his boys

D．Because he had to take his wife back home.

4. The text is developed ____________.

A．by space	B．by comparison
C．by process	D．by time

8 . My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other _______, including her “sixth sense”,_______ she rarely gives the impression she’s missed anything.

Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,_______ that she doesn’t push too hard on them,_______ really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often the _______ don’t realize she’s blind.

I _______ this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very _______ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was _______ excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to _______ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ________ with us.”

To my great ________, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my ________ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really ________ what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt ________ Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never ________ in conversation.

When I told her, she was ________ for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla ________. And I knew my child was ________ because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla’s ________ in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my ________. ” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.

A．ways

B．means

C．methods

D．senses

2.

A．which

B．when

C．that

D．as

3.

A．and

B．except

C．even

D．but

4.

A．who

B．that

C．she

D．which

5.

A．guests

B．family

C．children

D．friends

6.

A．realized

B．heard

C．recognized

D．witnessed

7.

A．excited

B．sad

C．satisfied

D．enjoyed

8.

A．especially

B．not so

C．a little

D．not at all

9.

A．paint

B．draw

C．create

D．mix

10.

A．stayed

B．painted

C．talked

D．played

11.

A．excitement

B．encouragement

C．delight

D．surprise

12.

A．attitude

B．color

C．picture

D．paper

13.

A．touched

B．distinguished

C．saw

D．understood

14.

A．after

B．before

C．until

D．when

15.

A．referred to

B．turned out

C．come up

D．talked about

16.

A．curious

B．quiet

C．puzzled

D．worried

17.

A．cried

B．insisted

C．complained

D．informed

18.

A．right

B．wrong

C．worried

D．uncertain

19.

A．shortcomings

B．difficulties

C．pride

D．description

20.

A．paper

B．pens

C．hands

D．eyes

9 .
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about______________________________went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of____ — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some____ , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the ____
When all the students _________________________________ , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, ____the plain and cheap ones. While it is ____ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the ____of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no____ to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even____what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, ____ the cup, but you____ went for the best cups … And then you began____each other's cups. "
"Now consider____: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain____, and the type of cup we have does not determine, no____the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we ____to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups ____you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "1.

A．stress

B．progress

C．condition

D．pride

2.

A．advisor

B．professor

C．monitor

D．graduate

3.

A．glasses

B．bowls

C．trays

D．cups

4.

A．plain-looking

B．beautiful

C．modern

D．nice-looking

5.

A．pot

B．sugar

C．milk

D．coffee

6.

A．made

B．had

C．cooked

D．served

7.

A．talked

B．discussed

C．noticed

D．decided

8.

A．leaving behind	B．falling about
C．leaving about	D．falling behind

9.

A．strange

B．wonderful

C．normal

D．important

10.

A．source

B．purpose

C．doubt

D．result

11.

A．price

B．quality

C．sweet

D．color

12.

A．proves

B．tastes

C．hides

D．steals

13.

A．more than

B．less than

C．other than

D．rather than

14.

A．consciously

B．wisely

C．shyly

D．carelessly

15.

A．showing

B．eyeing

C．exchanging

D．praising

16.

A．it

B．that

C．this

D．one

17.

A．jobs

B．money

C．position

D．life

18.

A．change

B．increase

C．discover

D．lower

19.

A．try

B．manage

C．fail

D．plan

20.

A．envy

B．drive

C．support

D．assess

10 . I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to____the problem. It certainly wasn’t____doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled____from behind me. A man got out and offered to____me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos（纹身）on his arm, I became____as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But____I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the____ While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had____me.
Then, without____, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I____agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much____when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my____, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you____with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he____at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he____it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they____ As we shook hands I began to apologize for my____ He said, ‘‘I experience that same____often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I____thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a____ So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’1.

A．find

B．make

C．fix

D．avoid

2.

A．useful

B．easy

C．wise

D．lucky

3.

A．up

B．out

C．on

D．round

4.

A．carry

B．lift

C．drive

D．help

5.

A．discouraged

B．frightened

C．disappointed

D．astonished

6.

A．when

B．until

C．as

D．before

7.

A．tire

B．suit

C．expression

D．shirt

8.

A．embarrassed

B．concerned

C．discouraged

D．puzzled

9.

A．warning

B．realizing

C．knowing

D．waiting

10.

A．directly

B．happily

C．hurriedly

D．unwillingly

11.

A．fear

B．satisfaction

C．relief

D．excitement

12.

A．regret

B．amusement

C．surprise

D．delight

13.

A．working

B．repairing

C．fighting

D．struggling

14.

A．studied

B．performed

C．grew

D．volunteered

15.

A．refused

B．kept

C．ignored

D．left

16.

A．behaved

B．spoke

C．looked

D．thought

17.

A．selfishness

B．stupidity

C．weakness

D．disability

18.

A．life

B．incident

C．reaction

D．change

19.

A．hardly

B．actually

C．finally

D．probably

20.

A．point

B．start

C．remark

D．comparison