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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.

2 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father._________, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was_________and ill.

My father was_________ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness_________all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is_________. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started _________about life, and I told them about one of my_________. I said that we must very often give things up_________ we grow – our youth, our beauty, our friends – but it always _________that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father__________up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up__________! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.__________, he answered his own question: “I __________the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also__________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I __________remember his words and become _______ If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be________ to give up my small irritations. In this ________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one ________

1.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Meanwhile

D．Afterward

2.

A．poor

B．slow

C．weak

D．tired

3.

A．already

B．once

C．still

D．only

4.

A．sent

B．threw

C．put

D．took

5.

A．difficult

B．stressful

C．hopeless

D．impossible

6.

A．asking

B．talking

C．worrying

D．caring

7.

A．experiences

B．decisions

C．beliefs

D．ambitions

8.

A．till

B．as

C．before

D．since

9.

A．promises

B．suggests

C．requires

D．seems

10.

A．spoke

B．opened

C．summed

D．turned

11.

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing

12.

A．Immediately

B．Surprisingly

C．Naturally

D．Certainly

13.

A．accepted

B．had

C．enjoyed

D．gained

14.

A．attracted

B．warned

C．touched

D．astonished

15.

A．would

B．should

C．could

D．might

16.

A．quiet

B．relaxed

C．calm

D．happy

17.

A．likely

B．free

C．ready

D．able

18.

A．way

B．place

C．case

D．form

19.

A．wonder

B．doubt

C．guess

D．know

20.

A．award

B．word

C．reason

D．gift

3 . Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his ____ and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?”

I was ____ to do it. At age five, this dull task brought me such ____. I would excitedly turn the tap ____ and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would ____ affectionately at me and place the comb on his wallet.

Two years later, Dad started his own ____, which wasn’t doing so well. That was when things started to ____. Dad didn’t come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became ____ with him for placing our family in trouble. With ____, an uncomfortable silence grew between us.

After my graduation, Dad’s business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home ____. As usual, helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, “Hey, would you help me ____ my comb?” I looked at him a while, then ____ the comb and headed to the sink.

It hit me then: why, as a child, ____ Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine（习惯）meant Dad was home early to ____ the evening with Mum and me. It ____ a happy and loving family.

I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and ____ placed his comb on his wallet. But this time, I noticed something ____. Dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, ____ his smile was still as ____ as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good ____ for his family.

1.

A．bag

B．wallet

C．comb

D．brush

2.

A．annoyed

B．relieved

C．ashamed

D．pleased

3.

A．joy

B．sadness

C．courage

D．pain

4.

A．out

B．over

C．in

D．on

5.

A．stare

B．smile

C．shout

D．laugh

6.

A．family

B．business

C．task

D．journey

7.

A．progress

B．change

C．improve

D．form

8.

A．satisfied

B．delighted

C．mad

D．strict

9.

A．time

B．patience

C．speed

D．ease

10.

A．occasionally

B．early

C．frequently

D．rarely

11.

A．sharpen

B．repair

C．clean

D．keep

12.

A．dropped

B．took

C．handed

D．threw

13.

A．watching

B．letting

C．helping

D．hearing

14.

A．find

B．lose

C．waste

D．spend

15.

A．affected

B．broke

C．meant

D．supported

16.

A．firmly

B．hurriedly

C．casually

D．carefully

17.

A．different

B．exciting

C．interesting

D．urgent

18.

A．for

B．or

C．so

D．yet

19.

A．convincing

B．heartwarming

C．cautious

D．innocent

20.

A．origin

B．life

C．reputation

D．education

4 . I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work though she’d never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside — a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1. The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.

A．after Mother died	B．before she became a writer
C．when she was a child	D．when mother gave it to her

2. The passage shows that _______.

A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words

D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

3. The world “gulf” in the passage means _______.

A．deep understanding between the old and the young.

B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter.

C．free talks between mother and daughter.

D．part of the sea going far in land.

4. What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A．She had never received the letter.

B．For years, she often talked about the letter.

C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D．She read the letter again and again till she died.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．My letter to Mother	B．Mother and Children
C．My Mother’s Desk	D．Talks between Mother and me.

5 . I stood outside New York’s Madison Square Garden and just stared, almost speechless. I was a farm boy from County Kilkenny, a child who some thought would never walk, let alone go as far as I had in the world.

From the day I was born, there was a problem. The doctors at the Dublin hospital told my parents I had phocomelia, a deformity that affected both legs below the knee, which were outward and shorter than normal and each foot had just three toes.

Life was tough. I couldn’t stand, much less walk. I rarely, left the farmhouse---and then only in someone’s arms. Mam bundled me up whenever she took me to town, no matter the season.

“The world will see him when he can walk,” she told Dad. “And he will walk.”

Mam devoted herself to helping me. She tried everything to get me on my feet. When I was three, she and Dad took me to a clinic in Dublin.

A few weeks later we returned to Dublin with my artificial limbs (肢). Back home I practiced walking with my new limbs.

“There’s nothing anyone can do but you can’t,” Mam said. “You and I are going to walk through town.”

The next day Mam dressed me in my finest clothes. She wore a summer dress and fixed her hair and makeup. Dad drove us to the church. We stepped out of the car. Mam took my hand. “Hold your head up high, now, Ronan,” she said.

We walked 300 meters to the post office. It was the farthest I’d walked, and I was sweating from the effort. Then we left the post office and continued down the street, Mam’s eyes shining with a mother’s pride.

That night, back on our farm, I lay exhausted on my bed. It meant nothing, though, compared to what I’d done on my walk.

Then I began to pursue my dream of singing. And at every step Mam’s words came back to me—Ronan, you can do anything anyone else can do—and the faith she had in God, who would help me do it.

I’ve sung from the grandest stages in Europe, to music played by the world’s finest musicians. That night, I stood at the Madison Square Garden, with Mam’s words chiming in my ears. Then I began singing. I couldn’t feel the pulse of the music in my feet, but I felt it deep in my heart, the same place where Mam’s promise lived.

1. What was the problem with the author as a baby?

A．He was expected unable to walk.

B．He was born outward in character.

C．He had a problem with listening.

D．He was shorter than a normal baby.

2. The underlined word “deformity” in the second paragraph most probably means _______.

A．shortcoming

B．disadvantage

C．disability

D．delay

3. Why did Mam dress him and herself in finest clothes?

A．To hide their depressed feeling.

B．To indicate it an unusual day.

C．To show off their clothes.

D．To celebrate his successful operation.

4. From the story we may conclude that his mother was _______.

A．determined

B．stubborn

C．generous

D．distinguished

5. According to the writer, what mattered most in his success?

A．His consistent effort.	B．His talent for music.
C．His countless failures.	D．His mother’s promise.

6 . Open Letter to an Editor
I had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently --- one who works for you. In fact, he’s one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.
Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume(简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues(问题), approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I’m sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you’ve given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.
So why is he looking for a way out?
He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.
The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.
He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he’s doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That’s what you want for him, too, isn’t it?
So your reporter has set me thinking.
Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists --- everyone --- is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can’t do it, they’ll find someone who can.
1. What does the writer think of the reporter?

A．Optimistic.

B．Imaginative.

C．Ambitious.

D．Proud.

2. What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks?

A．Finding the news value of his stories.	B．Giving him financial support.
C．Helping him to find issues.	D．Improving his good ideas.

3. Who probably wrote the letter?

A．An editor.

B．An artist.

C．A reporter.

D．A reader.

4. The letter aims to remind editors that they should ______.

A．keep their best reporters at all costs

B．give more freedom to their reporters

C．be aware of their reporters’ professional development

D．appreciate their reporters’ working styles and attitudes

7 . Jane’s mother worked on the farm from dawn till dark, which just could make ends meet. To make Jane live a ____life. Mother was very careful about spending money. ____, Jane didn’t understand her. Every day Mother was busy with her ____while Jane was studying at school, so they had little time to enjoy themselves.
One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even ____to her, so she decided to go ____with Jane to make Jane happy.
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were _________________________________________there was an accident, they might be easily ____________________’t ____them, so she refused.
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the ____when suddenly the snowfield began to____ It was the snowslide(雪崩). They ran a long way and ____ the snowslide finally, but they couldn’t find their way. Later, a helicopter was flying above, ____people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was ____because she had hurt her head seriously and ____dropped on the snow. Just then an idea struck Mother. She pierced (刺破) her wrist ____and then bright red blood dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. At last Jane____, but Mother died.
Every time I ____the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel____ I believe anyone who hears the tragedy will ____Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.1.

A．happy

B．healthy

C．busy

D．meaningful

2.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Anyway

D．Though

3.

A．writing

B．housework

C．work

D．research

4.

A．unfriendly

B．loyal

C．kind

D．cruel

5.

A．skating

B．dancing

C．hiking

D．skiing

6.

A．all

B．both

C．either

D．every

7.

A．now that

B．in case

C．as though

D．even if

8.

A．searched

B．examined

C．found

D．caught

9.

A．pay

B．manage

C．afford

D．stand

10.

A．mountain

B．farmland

C．playground

D．snowfield

11.

A．change

B．melt

C．shake

D．jump

12.

A．escaped

B．passed

C．experienced

D．overcame

13.

A．but

B．so

C．since

D．while

14.

A．in despair

B．in danger

C．in peace

D．in ruins

15.

A．hair

B．blood

C．tears

D．jewels

16.

A．carefully

B．slowly

C．immediately

D．hardly

17.

A．cried

B．died

C．woke

D．survived

18.

A．find out

B．think of

C．suffer from

D．come across

19.

A．satisfied

B．curious

C．anxious

D．painful

20.

A．admire

B．envy

C．reward

D．thank

8 . While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.
Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.
First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.
Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity （热烈） of the greeting, I had assumed he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I knew my expression betrayed me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”
The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked at me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. ″Don’t hope, friend…decide!″ Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, ″God bless!″ With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.
I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”
1. The best title of the passage may be __________.   

A．Long Loving Hugs	B．My Future
C．Don’t Hope, Decide	D．Love Is Everywhere

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

B．After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C．It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

D．Their three kids reminded the author of newly-weds．

3. By saying ″my expression betrayed me″ （in Paragraph 4）, the author means that __________.

A．he failed to express his ideas to the man

B．the man sensed his real feelings from his expression

C．he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D．his expression was not faithful to him

4. From tpassage, we can infer that __________.

A．the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

B．the author will live a passionate life from now on

C．the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D．Americans prefer to save the best for last

9 . Have you seen Jurassic Park? In this film, scientists use DNA kept for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and more dangerous than expected. That’s nothing more than a fiction.

But could we really clone endangered animals?

To date, the most successful attempt to do so was the cloning of a gaur, a rare ox-like animal from southeast Asia. Scientists used a cow to bring the cloned baby gaur, named Noah. Two days after birth, however, Noah died from a common bacterial infection. Other endangered species that may be cloned include the African bongo antelope (邦戈羚羊), the Sumatran tiger, the cheetah (猎豹), and the giant panda.        Next, could we really clone extinct animals?

In theory? Yes. To do this, you need a well-kept source of DNA from the extinct animals such as wool mammoth (毛象), Tasmanian tiger, or even dinosaur, and a closely related species, still living, which could serve as a surrogate mother.

In reality? Probably not. On the one hand, it’s not likely that extinct animals’ DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. Cloning extinct animals as wool mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, or dinosaur is much more difficult due to the lack of properly well-preserved DNA. On the other hand, for example, a gaur can have a cow as a surrogate mother, definitely not a monkey. But what about an extinct animals as unique as the panda? What species could possibly serve as a surrogate mother?

Cloning presents many exciting possibilities. However, even if extinct animals are brought back, they could not survive in today’s world. Not only do most extinct animals have no habitat to love in, but the other plants and animals they depended on for food may also be gone as well.

1. It can be learned from the text that ________.

A．scientists have cloned the African bongo antelope

B．both the cheetah and the giant panda live in Asia

C．the gaur lives in Asia and is endangered

D．the gaur is an extinct species

2. The underlined words “a surrogate mother” probably refer to a female who -----

A．contributes its eggs to another female	B．gives birth to a baby for another female
C．gives birth to a baby of its own	D．cannot give birth to a baby

3. The difficulty in cloning an extinct species is the lack of ______.

A．both the well-preserved DNA and plants to live on

B．both the habitat to live in and the well-preserved DNA

C．both habitat to live in and plants to live on

D．both the well-preserved DNA and a surrogate mother

4. In the author’s opinion, it is possible that ______.

A．some extinct species may be cloned, but not survive

B．extinct species may be cloned and easily survive

C．a gaur can have a monkey as a surrogate mother

D．all the extinct species may be cloned

5. Today , have scientists cloned dinosaus?

A．Yes

B．No

C．A lot

D．Only one.