1 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
1. What made Kate so angry one evening?| A．She couldn’t find her books. |
| B．She heard the writer shouting loud. |
| C．She got the news that her grandma was ill. |
| D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed. |
| A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger. |
| B．Because she hated herself for being so messy. |
| C．Because she wanted to show her care. |
| D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so. |
| A．By analyzing courses. |
| B．By showing differences. |
| C．By describing a process. |
| D．By following time order. |
| A．My Friend Kate. |
| B．Hard Work Pays off. |
| C．How to Be Organized? |
| D．Learning to Be Roommates. |
2 . The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt, “ The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view? ” I shook my head stubbornly-and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.
“ If you come by right now, ” the receptionist said, “ the dentist will fit you in. ”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?
In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my icecold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “ Don’t worry. The dentist is very good. ”
“ How long do I have to wait for him? ” I asked impatiently.
“ Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork, ” the assistant said.
“ The artwork? ”I was puzzled.
The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief!
1. Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?| A．Upset. | B．Nervous. | C．Cheerful. | D．Satisfied. |
| A．The laughing assistant of the dentist. |
| B．The surroundings of the dentist’s office. |
| C．The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists. |
| D．The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice. |
| A．Because the dentist came at last. | B．Because she could relax in the chair. |
| C．Because she saw a picture on the ceiling. | D．Because the assistant kept comforting her. |
| A．Strike while the iron is hot. | B．Put oneself in other’s shoes. |
| C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. | D．Have a good word for one’s friend. |
3 . I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early
At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with
At that age, I always did something
I planted some lily (百合花)seeds in the yard. But they failed to
Regardless of their
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to
| A．memory | B．dream | C．intention | D．design |
| A．please | B．change | C．help | D．annoy |
| A．doubt | B．appreciation | C．surprise | D．excitement |
| A．collect up | B．care about | C．clean up | D．come in |
| A．equal | B．similar | C．superior | D．opposite |
| A．painful | B．valuable | C．upsetting | D．interesting |
| A．come up | B．break out | C．hold on | D．get through |
| A．to | B．with | C．in | D．by |
| A．Luckily | B．Cheerfully | C．Regularly | D．Eventually |
| A．Inetead | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
| A．shouted | B．laughed | C．glanced | D．jumped |
| A．convenient | B．troublesome | C．enjoyed | D．dangerous |
| A．sadness | B．displeasure | C．delight | D．relief |
| A．other than | B．more than | C．rather than | D．less than |
| A．dislike | B．encouragement | C．threat | D．suggestion |
| A．decided | B．stopped | C．continued | D．struggled |
| A．devote | B．turn | C．respond | D．lead |
| A．defeat | B．satisfy | C．respect | D．challenge |
| A．proud | B．comfortable | C．strange | D．disappointed |
| A．freedom | B．life | C．growth | D．nature |
4 . The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child,a son,who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald devoted himself to fathering the kid. Unfortunately the son died in his late teens.
Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly increased. He spent a lot on art works of the masters. Later Fitzgerald himself because seriously ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his will as to how his wealth would be settled—to sell his entire collection at an auction(拍卖).
Because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum directors and private collectors eager to bid(出价). Before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist.Because of its poor quality, it received little attention.
When it was time for the auction,the auctioneer gaveled(敲槌) the crowd to attention.First the lawyer read from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.
The poor-quality painting didn’t receive and bidders...except one—the old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.
As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound,the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became quiet, and the lawyer read from the will: “Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.” Then the auction was over.
1. The English Baron Fitzgerald was______.| A．a museum director | B．a master of art |
| C．an art collector | D．an art dealer |
| A．He was devoted to the family. | B．He saw that no one bid for it. |
| C．He knew the content of the will. | D．He found it cheap for him to buy. |
| A．his desire to fool the bidders | B．his invaluable love for his son |
| C．his sadness at the death of his son | D．his regret of having no children to take over his wealth |
5 . I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt (被子) after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.
“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”
I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.
“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.
“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”
I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched (缝) a piece of cloth with these words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”
“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.
1. Why did the author go to mother’s home?| A．To see her mother’s quilts. | B．To help prepare for a show. |
| C．To get together for the family dinner. | D．To discuss her grandmother’s life. |
| A．the quilt looked very strange | B．her grandmother liked the quilt |
| C．the quilt was the best she had seen | D．her mother had made some changes |
| A．unfinished | B．broken | C．bent | D．unusual |
| A．A Quilt Show | B．Mother’s Home | C．A Monday Dinner | D．Grandmother’s Quilt |
All our ___2____ life, I was the “artist” bringing to our house much imagination. Steve was the”____3___” one. He had a real gift for handling chores（家务活），____4___ me from unpleasant repair jobs.
But how could such a good man have his life cut short so suddenly! I had been so sad and angry that I completely ____5___ the house. That leaky faucet somehow awakened me to the fact that I now had to ___6____ the challenge of getting things fixed.
I got a workman named Ahmed. Entering the house, he stopped before a picture of Steve and me. “Doesn’t your husband ___7____ this kind of work?” he asked. “It’s not hard.”
“He died months ago. When he was alive, he did all the repair jobs __8_____.” I said quietly. Ahmed looked at me ___9____, but he didn’t reply. He fixed the faucet, adjusted the dishwasher door, and replaced a showerhead. Apparently he was gifted as Steve had been.
He did a(n) ___10____ job. I asked him to name his fee. “No charge, Ma’am,” he said. “My father died early, and the neighbors helped my family through.”
By fixing a faucet, Ahmed mended my soul. Although I would sure carry the pain of __11_____ with me along, Ahmed reminded me of the abundant ___12____ in the world.1.
| A．hurt | B．puzzled | C．cost | D．disappointed |
| A．separate | B．shared | C．spiritual | D．social |
| A．active | B．boring | C．careless | D．practical |
| A．attracting | B．sheltering | C．driving | D．prohibiting |
| A．ignored | B．hated | C．cleaned | D．missed |
| A．come up with | B．face up with | C．look forward to | D．step away from |
| A．begin | B．check | C．like | D．find |
| A．gratefully | B．firmly | C．bravely | D．wonderfully |
| A．strangely | B．innocently | C．painfully | D．sympathetically |
| A．terrible | B．excellent | C．important | D．dangerous |
| A．loss | B．failure | C．fear | D．regret |
| A．friendship | B．devotion | C．kindness | D．justice |
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really
When we were in the middle of the lake, a
"John!
In my memory he could fix any
I swam to Dad
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start
| A．boating | B．running | C．swimming | D．teaching |
| A．enjoyed | B．desired | C．hated | D．learned |
| A．unforgivable | B．unforgettable | C．cheerful | D．regretful |
| A．sent | B．ordered | C．invited | D．allowed |
| A．calm | B．icy | C．stormy | D．thundery |
| A．finished | B．went | C．seemed | D．sounded |
| A．strong | B．gentle | C．cold | D．hot |
| A．repeatedly | B．lightly | C．hardly | D．violently |
| A．danger | B．place | C．sport | D．job |
| A．suffered | B．fell | C．froze | D．withdrew |
| A．look | B．Help | C．Run | D．jump |
| A．problem | B．relationship | C．machine | D．boat |
| A．turned to | B．lived with | C．argued with | D．objected to |
| A．fountain | B．stream | C．shower | D．wave |
| A．if | B．for | C．after | D．but |
| A．got through | B．poured into | C．turned over | D．lifted up |
| A．ashamed | B．protective | C．tired | D．afraid |
| A．hopelessly | B．quickly | C．slowly | D．helplessly |
| A．pain | B．anger | C．fear | D．shame |
| A．making up | B．getting ready | C．paying off | D．looking out |
8 . At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断)with a kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and their write on it, all within 45minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”
She glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are not different from your classmates, young man. ”
I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it homie.
In the quietness of my bedroom; the ‘story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raise dots(点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind”in my class; being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out(溢出)and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was not different from others; I just needed a quieter place: If Louis could find his “Way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?”
I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to ‘me the next day-. with an “A”on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words:. “See what you can do when you keep trying?”
1. The author didn’t finish the reading in class because .| A．He was new to the class |
| B．He was tried of literature |
| C．He had an attention disorder |
| D．He wanted to take the task home |
| A．He had good sight |
| B．He made a great invention. |
| C．He gave up reading |
| D．He learned a lot from school |
| A．Angry |
| B．Impatient |
| C．Sympathetic |
| D．Encouraging |
| A．The disabled should be treated with respect. |
| B．A teacher can open up a new world to students. |
| C．One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts. |
| D．Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges. |
Later that evening, I
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got
Michael
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I
Interestingly, Michael then
Children often do as
| A．joy | B．surprise | C．dislike | D．disappointment |
| A．tearfully | B．fearfully | C．cheerfully | D．hopefully |
| A．student | B．son | C．friend | D．doctor |
| A．argued | B．realized | C．decided | D．understood |
| A．joke | B．mistake | C．warning D wonder |
| A．specially | B．strictly | C．naturally | D．carefully |
| A．poor | B．good | C．average | D．standard |
| A．in | B．about | C．of | D．for |
| A．visited | B．chose | C．passed | D．entered |
| A．allowed | B．described | C．required | D．offered |
| A．missed | B．held | C．delayed | D．attended |
| A．high | B．same | C．low | D．different |
| A．curiously | B．eagerly | C．calmly | D．jokingly |
| A．faith | B．interest | C．pride | D．delight |
| A．looked for | B．asked for | C．waited for | D．prepared for |
| A．received | B．accepted | C．organized | D．discussed |
| A．imperfect | B．impossible | C．uncertain | D．unsatisfactory |
| A．honestly | B．much | C．well | D．bravely |
| A．hear | B．learn | C．expect | D．speak |
| A．wise | B．rude | C．shy | D．stupid |
