1 . 阅读表达，阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题。
       A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a very large tree branch, the boy asked: “Do you think I could move that branch?”
       His father answered: “If you use all your strength, I’m sure you can.”
       So the boy tried as hard as possible to lift, pull and push the branch but he couldn’t move it.
       Discouraged he said: “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it.”
       His father said: “Try again.”
       This time, as the boy struggled with the branch, his father joined him and together they pushed the branch aside.
       “Son,” the father said, “the first time you didn’t use all your strength. You didn’t ask me to help.”
       This is an important lesson. There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We all are surrounded by resources that can be used to help us achieve our goals including family, friends and beliefs. Sometimes we fail to ask for help, because of pride. Sometimes we think it’s a sign of weakness to admit we need a hand. And sometimes we don’t even think about asking for help. Whatever the reason, it’s a waste.
       It’s important that we learn to use all our strength; this includes inner resources such as self-control, courage and even love. But it also includes outer resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask for the help of others.
       It’s one of the great things about being human.
1. What is the title of the passage? (no more than 5 words)
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2. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 mean? (1 word)
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3. Why couldn’t the boy move the tree branch at first? (no more than 15 words)
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4. Why do we sometimes fail to ask for help? (at least two reasons) (no more than 20 words)
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5. What will you do if you meet some difficulty in your life? (no more than 25 words)
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2 . My fiance (未婚夫）and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds (资金) were _______, and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.

One agent (代理人)_______ a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was _______ our range, so we declined (拒绝). But she kept urging (催促) us to have a look _______.

We finally did and it was _______ at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and _______ of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of _______ it would be like to live there.

Days later, we made a(n)_______ —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t _______ us. They renewed their offer ________. It was also much more than we could afford but far ________ than the original asking price.

The next day, we got a ________ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the ________ directly. We made our final offer, which ________ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it,________ we had to try.

“Sold!” said the owner. Then he ________: He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d ________ the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a ________ by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the ________ in the price as “an early wedding present.”

That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are ________ they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.

1.

A．needed

B．limited

C．enough

D．large

2.

A．recommended (推荐)

B．decorated

C．sold

D．rented

3.

A．below

B．within

C．beyond

D．between

4.

A．at least

B．at most

C．at times

D．at hand

5.

A．relief

B．concern

C．love

D．curiosity

6.

A．pride

B．happiness

C．challenge

D．desire

7.

A．which

B．why

C．that

D．what

8.

A．effort

B．offer

C．promise

D．profit

9.

A．come across

B．look after

C．depend on

D．laugh at

10.

A．instead

B．indeed

C．aside

D．apart

11.

A．worse

B．better

C．less

D．higher

12.

A．relaxing

B．disappointing

C．pleasant

D．regular

13.

A．agents

B．buyers

C．managers

D．owners

14.

A．already

B．still

C．generally

D．ever

15.

A．so

B．or

C．for

D．but

16.

A．apologized

B．complained

C．criticized

D．explained

17.

A．check

B．analyze

C．appreciate

D．ignore

18.

A．loss

B．risk

C．chance

D．lead

19.

A．increase

B．difference

C．interest

D．average

20.

A．kind

B．polite

C．smart

D．energetic

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 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 animal and therefore is very sensitive 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. 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 salespeople.” 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. What did the author’s father really mean?

A．To read about fish

B．To learn fishing by oneself

C．To understand what fish think

D．To study fishing in many ways

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

4 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
       When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared attending another new school and knowing no one because I was able to expect what was coming. I had bright red hair and enormous glasses. In addition, I was_______and not very sociable. Boarding the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the_______“She’s huge!” Obviously, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus_______in silence.
       The following day was even_______I did not notice that a few boys had tied a shoelace across the aisle (走道) and thus fell face first on the bus,_______everything I was carrying._______I was embarrassingly gathering my supplies, I could hear the laughter, and then the_______“That felt like an earthquake!” Anyway, I_______to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I_______the tears welling up in my eyes.
       It was then that I sank into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would wander through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to a________about two miles down the road, where I would chat silently with God. I began________the afternoon school bus________, walking home instead. Then,________, I started losing weight. And as I became________with myself, I began making friends.
       One of my newly-found friends also________with her weight, wanting to be a “perfect” cheerleader. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and________together. This became a daily routine with talking and laughing________the way — different from the lonely walks I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to be________I just had to be me, and be happy with myself.
       While I would not want to relive that time of loneliness, sadness and embarrassment, I am________I made it through. Whenever I am struggling with any other problem in life, I always remember the proverb “This too shall pass.” If you can find a path with no obstacles or challenges, it probably doesn’t________anywhere.1.

A．outgoing

B．intelligent

C．overweight

D．friendly

2.

A．whistles

B．whispers

C．screams

D．laughs

3.

A．ride

B．lift

C．drive

D．travel

4.

A．duller

B．longer

C．funnier

D．worse

5.

A．missing

B．losing

C．dropping

D．leaving

6.

A．While

B．Though

C．Since

D．Because

7.

A．arguments

B．comments

C．statements

D．discussions

8.

A．determined

B．attempted

C．managed

D．pretended

9.

A．kept away

B．took back

C．put away

D．held back

10.

A．garden

B．church

C．market

D．library

11.

A．escaping

B．stopping

C．delaying

D．missing

12.

A．on purpose

B．by chance

C．in reality

D．at ease

13.

A．uninterestedly

B．uncertainly

C．unexpectedly

D．unfortunately

14.

A．concerned

B．content

C．angry

D．disappointed

15.

A．struggled

B．competed

C．dealt

D．lived

16.

A．run

B．study

C．walk

D．play

17.

A．along

B．across

C．by

D．in

18.

A．thin

B．perfect

C．sociable

D．pessimistic

19.

A．excited

B．upset

C．regretful

D．proud

20.

A．lead

B．stretch

C．exist

D．stay

5 . Walt Disney is credited for creating such wonderful things as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. However, he cannot take the credit for creating other well-loved characters, such as Cinderella and Snow White. They are almost automatically associated with Disney because Disney turned old fables(寓言) into cartoon movies.
The original Cinderella varies very much from the Disney version we know today. It started off with the girl mourning her mother’s death and going to her tomb three times a day. In addition, there were only birds that helped Cinderella; there was no such thing as a fairy godmother or helpful mice, nor was there mention of a horse and carriage.
The stepsisters were cruel: they always threw Cinderella’s food into the ashes of the fire and made her sleep on the ashes on the floor, hence（因此）her name.
In the original story, the king’s ball actually lasted for three days. With the help of the birds, the girl, beautifully dressed, danced with the prince on all three nights and the prince fell in love with her. However, she broke away from him to rush back home each night. On the last night, the prince placed soothing sticky on the stairs; as Cinderella made her escape, a shoe got stuck on it.
Here now is where the story becomes unpleasant: when the prince went to the house looking for the girl whose foot fit the shoe, the wicked(邪恶的) stepmother told one of her two daughters to cut off her big toe to fit into the shoe. The daughter did as told. So the prince took her away to be his bride. But when they passed the tomb of Cinderella’s mother, the birds called out to the prince.“Turn and peep, there’s blood in the shoe;the shoe is too small, the true bride waits for you.”
Realizing he had been tricked, the prince returned the daughter to her mother. The other then had to cut off part of her heel in order to fit into the shoe, with the same result. Only Cinderella’s foot fit perfectly and so the prince chose to marry her. The story ends with the wedding day: as Cinderella’s two stepsisters followed her, pretending to be devoted to her so that they could enjoy the king’s riches, two birds flew by and plucked(啄) out their eyes. Because of their wickedness and falsehood, they had to spend the rest of their days blind.
The original Cinderella is so different from the Disney version. Thank goodness Disney made such changes; it indeed was a wise move.
1. What dose the underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refer to?

A．Such wonderful things.

B．Other well-loved characters.

C．Old fables.

D．Cartoon movies.

2. How did Cinderella get her name?

A．The Birds came up with it.

B．It was given by Disney.

C．It came from the word “ash”.

D．She got it from her mother.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the original story?

A．Helpful mice got Cinderella a beautiful dress.

B．The ball was held to celebrate the prince’s wedding.

C．Cinderella left her shoe on the stairs on purpose.

D．The birds told the prince that he had been cheated.

4. The moral of the original story is that ____________.

A．a wicked person cannot escape punishment.

B．a devoted person certainly deserves respect.

C．a well-behaved child earns a great reward.

D．a dishonest child cannot get mother love.

5. What does the author think of the Disney version?

A．Excellent.

B．Ordinary

C．Dull.

D．Ridiculous.

6 . From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.1.

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved

2.

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should

3.

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something

4.

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance

5.

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment

6.

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt

7.

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before

8.

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand

9.

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while

10.

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt

11.

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded

12.

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously

13.

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons

14.

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments

15.

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust

16.

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty

17.

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted

18.

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on

19.

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

20.

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

7 . When I was a kid, I was close to my dad, but as I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field, but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each other.

            A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado back to Tennessee to help him, I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child and so it was time to meet my father’s requirement.

Two weeks after moving back, we bought a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while I was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before. Fishing has been healing the old wounds that have kept us apart.

It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. I’m 62 and he is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like two kids enjoying life. It is far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind. I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years. Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.

1. The author and his father became further apart because______________.

A．they had different views on things

B．they lived very far from each other

C．they only communicated by phone

D．they seldom went to see each other

2. What made the author come back to Tennessee?

A．Because his father invited him to go fishing.

B．Because he decided to live in a different city.

C．Because his father is ill and needs caring.

D．Because he regretted being rude to his father.

3. For the author, fishing with his old father___________ .

A．helps cure his father’s disease

B．is a good way to get close to nature

C．makes him realize the importance of exercise

D．offers a chance for them to communicate

4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer’s car is always breaking down.

B．Father intended me to be a fisherman.

C．I was unwilling to come back.

D．Father used to think it was useless to attend college..

5. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Forgiving Is Difficult	B．Fishing Brings Us Together
C．Memories of Old Days	D．My Beloved Father

8 . Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.
I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the ____in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as ____ as if I were going on the stage. Finding the ____ quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”
The simple atmosphere of the office ____ me. The woman looked carefully at me ____ through her glasses, and then ____ me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather ____ She wondered why I was looking for this sort of ____ I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be ____ to get a job without ____ I wondered whether I ought to leave, ____the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say: “ ____, I’ve got someone in the ____ at this very moment who might ____” She wrote down a ____, and held it out to me, saying: “ Ring up this lady. She wants a ____ immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”
“ Oh yes,” said I — ____ having cooked for more than four in my life. I ____ her again and again, and rushed out to the ____ telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. I spent the next few hours ____ cook books.1.

A．bed         B house

B．agency

C．office

2.

A．proud

B．pleased

C．nervous

D．worried

3.

A．family

B．door

C．place

D．stage

4.

A．calmed

B．excited

C．frightened

D．disturbed

5.

A．as usual

B．for a while

C．in a minute

D．once again

6.

A．advised

B．examined

C．informed

D．questioned

7.

A．encouraged

B．dissatisfied

C．hopeless

D．pleased

8.

A．place

B．job

C．advice

D．help

9.

A．difficult

B．helpless

C．possible

D．unusual

10.

A．ability

B．experience

C．knowledge

D．study

11.

A．after

B．since

C．until

D．when

12.

A．Above all

B．As a matter of fact

C．As a result

D．In spite of that

13.

A．family

B．house

C．office

D．restaurant

14.

A．hire

B．accept

C．suit

D．offer

15.

A．letter

B．name

C．note

D．number

16.

A．cook

B．help

C．teacher

D．secretary

17.

A．almost

B．never

C．nearly

D．really

18.

A．answered

B．promised

C．thanked

D．told

19.

A．outside

B．local

C．closest

D．nearest

20.

A．borrowing

B．buying

C．reading

D．writing

9 . That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
1. How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

A．Cold and sick.	B．Lucky and hopeful.
C．Satisfied and cheerful.	D．Disappointed and helpless.

2. From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.

A．solving her problem at the bank

B．taking part in various city activities

C．learning acting in an evening school

D．preparing for the first night show

3. On her way home the writer_____.

A．lost her wallet unknowingly

B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver

C．was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife

D．found some homeless people following her

4. In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?

A．Someone offered to take her back home.

B．A red-haired man came to see her.

C．She heard someone call her name.

D．Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.

5. From the text, we can infer that the writer_____.

A．would stop working at night

B．would stay on in San Francisco

C．would make friends with cleaners

D．would give up her job at the bank