1 . Bags of Love

Last year, I was assigned to work at an office near my mother’s house, so I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped out with the housework and contributed to the groceries.

After less than a week, I started noticing that the groceries were running out pretty quickly — we were always suddenly out of something.     1    (wonder) how my mum could consume them so quickly, I began observing her daily routine for two weeks. To my surprise, I found that she would pack a paper bag full of canned goods and head out every morning at about nine. Eventually, I decided to follow her and     2    happened truly amazed me. She was taking the food to the refugee camp, in     3    she distributed it to children.

I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area. The kids were very friendly with her and even looked up to her as if she were their own mother. Then it hit me —why would she not want to tell me about what she     4    (do)? Was she worried about how I would react or that I would stop     5    (buy) the groceries if I found out?

When she got home, I told her about my discovery.     6    she could react, I gave her a big hug and told her she didn’t need to keep it a secret     7    me. She told me that some of the children lived with an older lady in a shelter while others slept on the streets. For years, my mum has been helping out by giving them whatever food she could spare. I was so impressed by     8    selfless she was.

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When I was a very young children, my father created a regular practice. I remember well years late. Every time he arrived home at end of the day, we’d greet her at the door. He would ask who we was and pretend not to knowing us. Then he and my mother would have had a drink when she prepared dinner and they would talk about his day and hers. When they chat, my father would lift my sister and me up to sit in the top of the fridge. It was both excited and frightening to be up there! My sister and I thought he was so cool for putting us there.

3 . Across Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers. But, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.

Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work. Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as $ 172,000 a year.

The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure. This would make their yearly income $ 30,000 more than the Prime Minister earns.

By analysing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm.

To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. Being a part-time lawyer, at £ 48.98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”, with psychologist (心理学家) a close second.

It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.

Over a third of .mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.

The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on Mother’s Day. The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their, children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness. Investing (投入) in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.

1. How much would a mother earn a year if working as the Prime Minister?

A．£ 30,000.	B．£ 142,000.
C．£ 172,000.	D．£ 202,000.

2. The biggest challenge for most mothers is from       .

A．emotional demand	B．low pay for work
C．heavy workload	D．lack of training

3. What is stressed in the last paragraph?

A．Mothers’ importance shows in family all year long.

B．The sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.

C．Mothers’ devotion to children can hardly be calculated.

D．Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.

4. What can we conclude from the study?

A．Mothers，working hours should be largely reduced.

B．Mothers should balance their time for work and rest.

C．Mothers’ labour is of a higher value than it is realised.

D．Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.

4 . B
When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing oneperson. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
1. Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.

A．the strength of family unity

B．the difficulty of growing up

C．the advantage of chopsticks

D．the best way of giving a lesson

2. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the Helene An family ______.

A．started a business in 1975

B．left Vietnam without much money

C．bought a restaurant in San Francisco

D．opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles

3. What can we infer about the five daughters?

A．They did not finish their college education.

B．They could not bear to work in the family business.

C．They were influenced by what Helene taught them.

D．They were troubled by disagreement among family members.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Run a Corporation

B．Strength Comes from Peace

C．How to Achieve a Big Dream

D．Family Unity Builds Success

5 .        Papa, as a son of a dirt-poor farmer, left school early and went to work in a factory, for education was for the rich then. So, the world became his school. With great interest, he read everything he could lay his hands on, listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his tiny hometown. “There’s so much to learn,” he’d say. “Though we’re born stupid, only the stupid remain that way.” He was determined that none of his children would be denied (拒绝) an education.

Thus, Papa insisted that we learn at least one new thing each day. Though, as children, we thought this was crazy, it would never have occurred to us to deny Papa a request. And dinner time seemed perfect for sharing what we had learned. We would talk about the news of the day; no matter how insignificant, it was never taken lightly. Papa would listen carefully and was ready with some comment, always to the point.

Then came the moment—the time to share the day’s new learning.

Papa, at the head of the table, would push back his chair and pour a glass of red wine, ready to listen.

“Felice,” he’d say, “tell me what you learned today.”

“I learned that the population of Nepal is ....”

Silence.

Papa was thinking about what was said, as if the salvation of the world would depend upon it. “The population of Nepal. Hmm. Well….” he’d say. “Get the map; let’s see where Nepal is.” And the whole family went on a search for Nepal.

This same experience was repeated until each family member had a turn. Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such facts.

As children, we thought very little about these educational wonders. Our family, however, was growing together, sharing experiences and participating in one another’s education. And by looking at us, listening to us, respecting our input, affirming our value, giving us a sense of dignity, Papa was unquestionably our most influential teacher.

Later during my training as a future teacher, I studied with some of the most famous educators. They were imparting what Papa had known all along—the value of continual learning. His technique has served me well all my life. Not a single day has been wasted, though I can never tell when knowing the population of Nepal might prove useful.

1. What do we know from the first paragraph?

A．The author’s father was born in a worker’s family.

B．Those born stupid could not change their life.

C．The town elders wanted to learn about the world.

D．The poor could hardly afford school education.

2. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “________”.

A．one new thing	B．a request
C．the news	D．some comment

3. It can be learned from the passage that the author________.

A．enjoyed talking about news

B．knew very well about Nepal

C．felt regret about those wasted days

D．appreciated his father’s educational technique

4. What is the greatest value of “dinner time” to the author?

A．Continual learning.	B．Showing talents.
C．Family get-together.	D．Winning Papa’s approval.

5. The author’s father can be best described as ________.

A．an educator expert at training future teachers

B．a parent insistent on his children’s education

C．a participant willing to share his knowledge

D．a teacher strict about everything his students did

6 . Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult    1    was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy    2    (please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.

Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not    3    pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or    4    (push) you with their elbows (肘部），hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter     5    some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her    6    (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes    7    sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please    8    .

When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already at table    9    (have) supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane    10    (inform).

7 . Outside her shabby cottage, old Mrs. Tailor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children lay hidden in the leaves of a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.

They watched as she took a broomstick to clean the dirt from her stone steps. But, much to their disappointment, she did not mount the broomstick and take flight. Suddenly, the old lady's work was interrupted by the cackling of her hen-a signal that an egg had been laid in the warm nest on top of the haystack.

The old broomstick was put aside as she hobbled off towards the haystack followed by Sooty, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap some time back. With only three legs, it was hard for Sooty to keep up with the old lady. The cat provided proof-the children were sure that only a witch could own a black cat with three legs.

There, standing on a wooden box, was Mrs. Tailor, stretching out to gather her precious egg. Taking the egg in one of her hands, she began to climb down when, without warning, the box broke and the old lady fell.

"We have to got and help her," whispered Amy.

"What if it is a trick?" replied Ben.

"Don't be silly, Ben. If she were a witch, she would have turned us into frogs already," reasoned Meg. "Come on Amy, let's go." The girls climbed down the tree and ran all the way to the haystack.

Approaching carefully, they could see a wound on the old lady's face. She had knocked her head on a stone and her ankle was definitely broken. "Go and get Dad," Amy yelled to her brother. "Tell him about the accident."

The boys did not need another excuse to leave. They ran as fast as they could for help, hoping that Mrs. Tailor would not wake and turn the girls into frogs.

1. Why were the children hiding in the tree?

A．They wanted to watch Mrs. Tailor do her housework closely

B．They were playing a hide-and-seek game

C．They wanted to find out if the story about Mrs. Tailor was true

D．They were pretending to be spies

2. Mrs. Tailor stopped sweeping when     .

A．her front steps were clean

B．she noticed the children in the tree

C．she was ready to take a flight

D．she heard the hen cackling

3. Ben did not rush to help Mrs. Tailor because     .

A．he thought that she could be tricking them

B．he knew that they could not have been in the tree

C．he did not see the old lady fall down

D．he was afraid of the three-legged cat

4. Which of these old sayings best suits the story's lesson for us?

A．Make hay while the sun shines

B．Never judge a book by its cover

C．People in glasshouses should not throw stones

D．A bird in the hands worth two in the bush

8 . When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.

At the _______of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I _______a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a _______, permanent campsite in the park, and _______, the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an _______for the following day.

The park was_______, so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table. We_______climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to _______our camp.

Having survived that night, we were _______that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our________ and gave us a beautiful campsite.

That evening, ________, we learned about the canyon ________ They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay ________ in the dark until the winds died away.

________the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and ________

the little money my wife ________by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful ________. For a time after our business ________I thought I might lose my family as well.

Living in the tiny__________with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself ________ for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!

1.

A．back

B．edge

C．centre

D．entrance

2.

A．sponsored

B．published

C．noticed

D．answered

3.

A．safe

B．free

C．convenient

D．beautiful

4.

A．in return

B．in time

C．in short

D．in turn

5.

A．attempt

B．agreement

C．appeal

D．appointment

6.

A．crowded

B．dangerous

C．ideal

D．quiet

7.

A．repeatedly

B．immediately

C．eventually

D．calmly

8.

A．attack

B．leave

C．pass

D．search

9.

A．satisfied

B．determined

C．confident

D．aware

10.

A．responsibilities

B．requirements

C．circumstances

D．conditions

11.

A．moreover

B．therefore

C．meanwhile

D．however

12.

A．winds

B．snows

C．woods

D．trails

13.

A．shaking

B．quarrelling

C．mourning

D．aching

14.

A．After

B．Between

C．During

D．Beyond

15.

A．give away

B．hand out

C．live on

D．put aside

16.

A．borrowed

B．earned

C．posted

D．raised

17.

A．business

B．career

C．family

D．image

18.

A．started

B．failed

C．expanded

D．declined

19.

A．truck

B．park

C．house

D．camp

20.

A．desperate

B．ready

C．suitable

D．thankful

9 . A schoolgirl saved her father’s life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic (过敏的) reaction which stopped his heart.

Izzy, nine, restarted father Colm’s heart by stamping (踩) on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing.

Izzy’s mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR.

However, she quickly discovered her arms weren’t strong enough, so she stamped on her father’s chest instead.

Debbie then took over with some more conventional chest compressions (按压) until the ambulance arrived.

Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said: “I just kicked him really hard. My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn’t strong enough to use hands. I was quite scared. The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse. My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest.”

“She’s a little star,” said Debbie, “I was really upset but Izzy just took over. I just can’t believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up. Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we’ve got to see an expert.”

Truck driver Colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment.

He has now made a full recovery from his suffering.

1. Izzy kicked her father in the chest ________

A．to express her helplessness	B．to practise CPR on him
C．to keep him awake	D．to restart his heart

2. What’s the right order of the events?
①Izzy kicked Colm.       ②Debbie called 999.
③Izzy learned CPR.       ④Colm’s heart stopped.

A．3124

B．4231

C．3421

D．4312

3. What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?

A．What Colm suffered.

B．Colm’s present condition.

C．What caused Colm’s allergy.

D．Symptoms of Colm’s allergic reaction.

4. Why does the author write the news?

A．To describe a serious accident.

B．To prove the importance of CPR.

C．To report a 9-year-old girl’s brave act.

D．To call people’s attention to allergic reaction.

10 . In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.

We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom’s vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn’t care much about my bedtime.

Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn’t really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when 1 made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me home.

Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. I hadn’t turned 5 yet.

As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?

As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder, I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn’t realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.

In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d’Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.

1. What can be inferred about the author’s family?

A．His father was a cruel man.	B．His parents didn’t love him.
C．His parents used to be very busy.	D．His mother didn’t have any jobs.

2. What happened when the author was 4?

A．He learned to smoke.	B．He was locked in a basement.
C．He was arrested by the police.	D．He nearly caused a fire accident.

3. Which of the following is true?

A．Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.

B．The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.

C．Leonhard often visited the author’s family after 1950.

D．The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.

4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To look back on his childhood with adventures.

B．To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.

C．To express how much he misses Leonhard.

D．To show off his pride in making trouble.