One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the
Every time I
| A．happy | B．healthy | C．busy | D．meaningful |
| A．Moreover | B．However | C．Anyway | D．Though |
| A．writing | B．housework | C．work | D．research |
| A．unfriendly | B．loyal | C．kind | D．cruel |
| A．skating | B．dancing | C．hiking | D．skiing |
| A．all | B．both | C．either | D．every |
| A．now that | B．in case | C．as though | D．even if |
| A．searched | B．examined | C．found | D．caught |
| A．pay | B．manage | C．afford | D．stand |
| A．mountain | B．farmland | C．playground | D．snowfield |
| A．change | B．melt | C．shake | D．jump |
| A．escaped | B．passed | C．experienced | D．overcame |
| A．but | B．so | C．since | D．while |
| A．in despair | B．in danger | C．in peace | D．in ruins |
| A．hair | B．blood | C．tears | D．jewels |
| A．carefully | B．slowly | C．immediately | D．hardly |
| A．cried | B．died | C．woke | D．survived |
| A．find out | B．think of | C．suffer from | D．come across |
| A．satisfied | B．curious | C．anxious | D．painful |
| A．admire | B．envy | C．reward | D．thank |
2 . Mrs. Keller had a big family. Her husband had a factory in the town. One of her sons was a lawyer and the other two were drivers. And her two daughters worked in the post office. The old woman stayed at home and could do all housework and wouldn`t employ anybody.
One evening, the telephone rang while the old woman was preparing supper. She went to answer it. She was told that one of her sons died in a traffic accident. She heard this and fell in a faint. When she came back to life, she was in hospital. And she needed to be helped after that.
Several months later she was told on the telephone her daughter died while she was being operated on. The old woman was so sad that she had to be in hospital again. From then on she was afraid to answer any telephones and sometimes she was afraid hear the bell. Of course it brought them some trouble and some important business was held up. So her husband advised her to see a psychiatrist. The man examined her carefully and then asked her some questions.
“You will soon be all right if you follow my advice, Mrs. Keller” said the psychiatrist(精神病医生).
The old woman took the medicine the doctor gave on time and tried to forget her dead son and daughter. And two months later she went to see the psychiatrist again.
“You have saved me, Doctor, ”the old woman said, as soon as she saw him.
“Are you afraid to answer the telephone now ?”
“No,” answered Keller.
“I dare answer it whether it rings or not ”
1. Mrs Keller could do all housework because ______.| A．she had no money to employ a helper. |
| B．she was strong enough to do all at home |
| C．she didn`t believe anybody |
| D．only she was free at home |
| A．she went to answer the telephone. |
| B．she was very ill that evening |
| C．she walked in the room carelessly |
| D．she heard the news about her son`s death. |
| A．strong | B．able |
| C．clever | D．sad |
| A．The doctor`s advice | B．Her husband`s suggestion |
| C．Her poor health | D．The two pieces of bad news |
“Embrace it. Roll with it,” my husband, Lonny, says, “It’s going to be like this for a while.”
He is right. It’s likely that life will continue to go forward before it slows down. But I remembered the still, quiet days that our family used to enjoy. I missed long walks through the park when we held the boys’ little hands. I longed for(渴望) lazy Saturday afternoons under the tree in our backyard. I wanted to slip back a few years, when busyness was the exception and not the rule.
One night, after a particularly full day and evening games, our family gathered on the porch(门廊)for ice cream. Two parents, two teens, and three small boys piled on one old swing and a couple of rocking chairs. We were together, in one place, for a small slice of time.
The moon was full. The Mississippi River, flowing past our home, was smooth as glass. I wrapped my own arms around the son who sat on my lap and breathed deeply to inhale his little-boy scent(气味)—dirt and sweat. My heart was still and content(满足的).
I realized that while crazy is our new normal happiness is as usual. They may look different from before, but they are still there—even if they’re in the form of a single moment on the porch. Maybe I just need the eyes to see.
1. What does the author mainly talk about?
| A．Her anger at her busy life. |
| B．Her family’s struggle for a better life. |
| C．Her new feelings about the present life. |
| D．The pleasure of staying with her children. |
| A．Confused. | B．Satisfied. | C．Bored. | D．Terrified. |
| A．describe | B．breathe out | C．remove | D．breathe in |
| A．Busy and boring. | B．Busy but happy. |
| C．Crazy and unbearable. | D．Normal but exciting. |
| A．Life is nothing but bitterness, busyness and horror. |
| B．Happiness is everywhere, but we have to discover it. |
| C．Parents should earn much money for their kids’ better life. |
| D．Life in the countryside is charming, wonderful, and sweet. |
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 |
| 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． |
| 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 |
| 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 |
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 - 30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words---though they mean ___21___ at the time to the people who say them --- can have great power.
I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional ___22___ for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.
As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and ___23___. He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would ___24___ the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what ___25___ Mrs. Brauch gave him. ___26___, what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Thanks to the four words, his life has been ___27___ greatly.
“ Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “ After reading her ___28___, I went home and wrote a short story, ___29___ I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories, and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was ___30___, helpful and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said.1.
| A．much | B．little | C．well | D．ill |
| A．report | B．designer | C．writer | D．teacher |
| A．weak | B．independent | C．troublesome | D．helpless |
| A．follow | B．change | C．connect | D．explain |
| A．help | B．encouragement | C．grade | D．words |
| A．Therefore | B．However | C．Meanwhile | D．Besides |
| A．improved | B．developed | C．changed | D．enriched |
| A．chapter | B．novel | C．note | D．explanation |
| A．everything | B．something | C．nothing | D．anything |
| A．encouraging | B．careful | C．strict | D．effective |
6 . 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| A．Yes | B．No | C．A lot | D．Only one. |
