1 . Years ago, I was on a long flight, during which a voice from the speaker said, “We won’t
Then I noticed the little girl next to me. Surprisingly, the storm seemed to mean
When the plane was out of
Many kinds of storms may
| A．serve | B．take | C．get | D．sell |
| A．excited | B．comfortable | C．happy | D．nervous |
| A．noisy | B．quiet | C．warm | D．cold |
| A．broke out | B．came about | C．lit up | D．gave off |
| A．ship | B．plane | C．train | D．seat |
| A．lifted | B．cut | C．turned | D．shut |
| A．jump | B．fly | C．land | D．drop |
| A．surprised | B．scared | C．glad | D．Interested |
| A．weather | B．question | C．future | D．action |
| A．make | B．reach | C．win | D．finish |
| A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
| A．funny | B．frustrated | C．sad | D．calm |
| A．talk | B．read | C．play | D．sleep |
| A．book | B．story | C．expression | D．impression |
| A．and | B．while | C．so | D．since |
| A．order | B．date | C．fashion | D．danger |
| A．turn | B．time | C．return | D．front |
| A．trouble | B．help | C．encourage | D．stop |
| A．introduce | B．invite | C．throw | D．change |
| A．ask | B．remember | C．explain | D．wonder |
2 . We moved to Elmont in 1956. I was 4 years old. Elmont was a wonderful place to grow up. There were lots of kids，great schools and we had a big yard. Having grown up a city kid, my father, Nicholas Denaro, believed that grass was not just to look at, but that children were meant to play on it. We played games and badminton there. A white fence separated our backyard from a small wood. My friends and I jumped the fence and climbed trees.
My father had the most amazing hands. He could fix anything. He gave those amazing hands to his son, my younger brother, Frank, who also became handy around the house. But my father saved his green fingers for me. He grew flowers, tomatoes, strawberries and figs and he shared his love of gardening with me.
Fourteen years ago, I went to a local nursery and purchased a fig tree for Dad for Father’s Day. My mother, Bridget Denaro, called it the best gift I could have given him. He planted it exactly in the middle of the front yard.
He loved that tree and enjoyed delicious figs every year, except just after Sandy hit in 2012. He was so disappointed when cold weather just after the superstorm froze all the remaining figs.
In 2015，my father died of aspirating pneumonia (呼吸性肺炎) at 97. We sold our family home of 61years last year. We left behind Dad's tree, full of figs waiting to ripen. We briefly-considered taking it with us, but decided that his Father's Day fig tree belonged in Elmont. The new owners generously allowed me to take some branches so that I could have a precious reminder of my much-loved father and the Elmont home.
1. What can we learn about the author from the first paragraph?| A．She grew up in a city. | B．She only liked climbing trees. |
| C．She had a happy childhood. | D．She was naughty and stubborn. |
| A．How to garden well. | B．How to play games. |
| C．How to color fingers. | D．How to fix everything. |
| A．He was ill in hospital. | B．The cold hit the fig tree. |
| C．The tree didn’t bear figs. | D．He moved to another city. |
| A．To show her love of figs. | B．To share her childhood. |
| C．To remember her father. | D．To introduce her experience. |
3 . One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, went shopping with her parents. She asked her parents to buy a toy she wanted. Instead of giving her money to buy the toy, Taylor’s father encouraged her to make money by herself. “How can I make money?” Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, “Why not make cakes and sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?”
The next day. Taylor started her plan. She first needed some money for tools and materials. So she borrowed $40 from her parents and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To her parents’ surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.
Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it, but she didn’t. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father’s phone number on them. Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large companies began to try buying her delicious cakes.
Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part in other activities. So Taylor must carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV after school, Taylor might have to bake（烘焙）a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on some days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn’t late for class.
Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. “I think making cakes is mostly my hobby.” she says. She also decorates（装饰）the boxes that are used to pack the cakes. Taylor uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.
Taylor’s cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.
1. Why dig Taylor start selling cakes?| A．Because she loved baking cakes very much. |
| B．Because she wanted to make a lot of money. |
| C．Because her parents encouraged her to sell cakes. |
| D．Because she needed money to buy the toy she wanted. |
| A．By handing out business cards. |
| B．By selling her cakes at church. |
| C．By advertising at her dance class. |
| D．By inviting large companies to buy her cakes. |
| A．She doesn’t work hard at school. |
| B．She can’t manage her time well. |
| C．She sees the fun in her cake business. |
| D．She is too busy to take part in other activities. |
| A．To explain how to buy a toy. |
| B．To teach us how to make good cakes. |
| C．To show us that it is fun to sell cakes. |
| D．To introduce a girl who is talented in business. |
4 . I was born in Bombay, India. When I was about 6 months old, my legs became paralyzed (麻痹的). My birth mother deserted (遗弃) me. I was adopted (收养) by an American family. I was taken to Spokane, Washington. It took me a long time to be able to walk, because I had to accept a number of operations.
When I was in the business school, one of my friends was training for a marathon. One day, she introduced me to an organization called Achilles International, which was a club for athletes with disabilities. It took me four months to get the courage to make the phone call. Dick Traum, the founder of Achilles, answered the phone. He asked me to show up on Tuesday and would lend me his bike. That was the first time that I had been able to feel the wind in my long hair. I rode really slowly, but it was the coolest feeling to ride a bicycle for the first time.
Later, I decided to take part in the Ironman World Championship. I was in a lot of pain, because I had to practice swimming, biking and running for over nine months.
On the day of the marathon, it took me 14 hours and 39 minutes to finish the Triathlon. After I crossed that finish line, I cried. I made it. It was my determination that made my dream come true.
1. Who took the author to America?| A．Her birth father. | B．An Indian family. |
| C．An American family. | D．Her birth mother. |
| A．From a book. | B．From her friend. |
| C．From the Internet. | D．From a magazine. |
| A．Her hard exercising experience. |
| B．Her wish to be successful. |
| C．Her attitude towards the painful life. |
| D．Her dream of becoming a champion. |
| A．Disability Is the Key to Success |
| B．A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed |
| C．Success Depends on Whom You Meet |
| D．Determination Makes Everything Possible |
5 . John entered a college and often worked late until 12 at night.He fell into the
John's friend，Frank，
Before long，John
“If not,” said the doctor, “you will never
| A．hole | B．love | C．habit | D．interest |
| A．still | B．never | C．always | D．sometimes |
| A．smoked | B．stopped | C．ate | D．played |
| A．even | B．just | C．ever | D．only |
| A．doubtful | B．angry | C．curious | D．happy |
| A．1eft | B．tried | C．explained | D．forgot |
| A．call | B．order | C．force | D．advise |
| A．friendship | B．health | C．study | D．sleep |
| A．work | B．return | C．continue | D．answer |
| A．recognized | B．found | C．understood | D．showed |
| A．so | B．or | C．but | D．though |
| A．saw | B．examined | C．watched | D．judged |
| A．disease | B．reason | C．accident | D．truth |
| A．followed | B．caused | C．kept | D．resulted |
| A．differ | B．hear | C．suffer | D．recover |
| A．disappointed | B．worried | C．sad | D．sorry |
| A．boring | B．tiring | C．difficult | D．late |
| A．day | B．way | C．time | D．second |
| A．surprised at | B．interested in | C．certain about | D．afraid of |
| A．coughs | B．pains | C．troubles | D．cigarettes |
6 . Most people in school liked Gloria. So when she got .sick, some boys
Then Willie said, “We can
Gloria will not know
Everybody was afraid,
After their visit, Willie
The other boys laughed. Gloria would not have liked the
That night, Willie was reading a book
“What does he look
“That’s hard to say,” Willie’s mother answered. “He is all
Willie, all of a sudden, turned
| A．thought | B．asked | C．planned | D．took |
| A．keep | B．cost | C．take | D．spend |
| A．steal | B．pick up | C．buy | D．plant |
| A．shop | B．store | C．street | D．grave |
| A．how | B．where | C．when | D．why |
| A．miss | B．lose | C．hate | D．love |
| A．beside | B．besides | C．including | D．except |
| A．saw | B．thought | C．looked for | D．found |
| A．room | B．garden | C．school | D．library |
| A．Gloria | B．some | C．Willie | D．nobody |
| A．ordered | B．asked | C．said to | D．explained |
| A．refused | B．liked | C．hated | D．missed |
| A．boys | B．flowers | C．secret | D．news |
| A．as | B．when | C．where | D．if |
| A．to | B．for | C．on | D．with |
| A．inside | B．outside | C．still | D．also |
| A．ask for | B．water | C．like | D．pay for |
| A．as | B．about | C．like | D．for |
| A．painted | B．dressed | C．wrapped | D．covered |
| A．sad | B．red | C．pale | D．glad |
7 . Mrs. White lived in a town of England. Her husband died three years ago and one of her children worked in the capital and the other three lived in another town. Her husband didn’t leave her much money and she had to live a simple(简朴) life. Sometimes her children went to see her during their holidays, but they stayed with her for only two or three days.
One winter morning the old woman got up early. She was going to buy some food in a shop. And when she came out, she found there was much snow in the street. She had to sweep it away. And suddenly she found a dying dog at the comer of the house. She picked it up and took it into the house quickly. She put it near the fire and gave it some milk and bread. At first the poor dog ate nothing and that afternoon it drank some milk and three days later it was all right. Now the old woman found it was a beautiful dog. And she liked it very much and took it everywhere she went. A week later she went shopping with her dog. At a bus stop a young man was eating fish and chips. The little dog became very excited at the smell of the man’s lunch and began jumping up at him.
“Do you mind if I throw it a bit?’’ asked the young man.
“Not at all,” answered Mrs. White.
Having heard this, he picked up the dog and threw it over the wall.
1. One of the old woman’s children worked in ________.| A．Moscow | B．Paris |
| C．London | D．New York |
| A．she wasn’t rich enough |
| B．she hoped to save money for her children |
| C．she had four children |
| D．her children hated her |
| A．rainy | B．snowy |
| C．windy | D．cloudy |
| A．to be given some food | B．to leave the bus stop soon |
| C．to bite(咬) the young man | D．to go as soon as possible |
