1 . Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her senior high school life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling with homework all the time.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, h placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup.
Turning to his daughter, he said, “Look closer, and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After puling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to her face.
“Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity (逆境)—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently.
The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. “Which one do you want to be like,” he asked. “When adversity knocks on your door, how will you respond?”
In life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
1. Why did the girl complain to her father?| A．Because of her tiring job. | B．Because of her hard school life. |
| C．Because of her father’ s busy work. | D．Because of the food her father cooked. |
| A．The girl liked the coffee best. |
| B．The father was good at cooking. |
| C．Different people have different reactions to adversity. |
| D．The girl didn’t like the potatoes and eggs. |
| A．thick | B．hard | C．strong | D．easily-broken |
| A．Challenges and responses. | B．Adversities and a chef. |
| C．A chef and coffee beans. | D．Father and daughter. |
2 . It was a Sunday. “Jane, I’ll go
Surprisingly, on the way, Dad
After finally
With Dad’s help,finally Connor chose a beautiful, dark suit (套装). Then, I encouraged Connor to
| A．skiing | B．swimming | C．hiking | D．shopping |
| A．confusion | B．excitement | C．worry | D．pride |
| A．pulled up | B．gave up | C．hurried up | D．sped up |
| A．poorest | B．biggest | C．safest | D．prettiest |
| A．entered | B．slid | C．returned | D．followed |
| A．result | B．answer | C．reason | D．excuse |
| A．Obviously | B．Still | C．Finally | D．Besides |
| A．introducing | B．calling | C．leaving | D．reaching |
| A．boys | B．girls | C．men | D．women |
| A．change | B．admire | C．need | D．consider |
| A．Imagining | B．Showing | C．Noticing | D．Remembering |
| A．calm | B．support | C．teach | D．shock |
| A．courage | B．confidence | C．honesty | D．pity |
| A．boring | B．hard | C．healthy | D．quiet |
| A．watch | B．share | C．design | D．add |
3 . In January, a few days after a heavy snowfall, I walked my dog through Toronto’s Don Valley as usual. I found a ring with a Cartier logo in the white
When my daughter came back from Europe, I showed her the ring. My daughter’s
I found hundreds of such names, but never the two
I explained how I found the ring, and only because of my daughter had I discovered their names. They shared how they
| A．snow | B．ice | C．earth | D．grass |
| A．bought | B．lost | C．returned | D．designed |
| A．explained | B．accepted | C．remembered | D．responded |
| A．eyesight | B．intention | C．heart | D．decision |
| A．marks | B．names | C．letters | D．cartoons |
| A．gentleman | B．stores | C．couple | D．friends |
| A．alone | B．together | C．ahead | D．nearby |
| A．strange | B．terrible | C．familiar | D．last |
| A．silent | B．patient | C．sad | D．bored |
| A．imagined | B．mentioned | C．suggested | D．regretted |
| A．address | B．ring | C．number | D．note |
| A．frightened | B．puzzled | C．interested | D．excited |
| A．meet | B．remind | C．contact | D．invite |
| A．valued | B．missed | C．found | D．quit |
| A．poster | B．book | C．gift | D．photo |
“Tiki!” I yelled crazily. Our little white dog, Tiki, had slipped out of the door earlier that evening while I was carrying groceries into the house. Now I was walking up in the neighborhood trying to find him. My seven- year-old son, Jordan, and my three-year-old daughter, Julia followed me.
The last few months had been difficult. After losing my job, I could no longer afford our house in Indianapolis. The kids and I moved in with my parents in northern Indiana, 150 miles away from the city.
We called out Tiki’s name and knocked on neighbors’ doors until it was too dark to see. We were forced to returm home empty-handed. “Mom, it’s all new here. What if Tiki can’t find Grandma’s house?” asked Jordan. “It’s okay,” I said. “He’s wearing his collar and dog tag, so if someone finds him, they’ll call me, and we’ll get him back.” It was at that moment that I realized with horror that Tiki’s tag listed our address and phone number in Indianapolis. If someone found him, they’d have no way to reach me. I felt sick to my stomach.
The kids were sad, especially Jordan. One afternoon, I found him crying in his room. “At school, we had to write about our wishes,” he said. “I wrote, ‘I wish my dog would come home.’ Mrs Rush hung our papers in the hallway. Every time I see my paper, I feel sad.” My heart broke for him.
So later that week, when he put on a T-shirt with a rat picture from his old school back in Indianapolis, something told me to just let it slide. If it helped him get through the school day. that was more important than looking put-together.
When he got home that afternoon, he told me the school custodian(门卫) had asked him about his shirt. “I told him that we had just moved here from Indianapolis,” said Jordan
The next day, I got a call from Jordan’s teacher. “I’m calling on behalf of our school custodian,” she began. “His grown daughter found a dog recently, and he thinks it might be yours.”
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I called the custodian’s daughter immediately.
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She told me she’d mentioned to him that she’d found little dog.
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5 . A woman in California has been regarded as a hero. She used her bare hands (赤手空拳) to fight off a 65-pound mountain lion that was attacking (袭击) her five-year-old son. The animal attacked the boy while he was playing in his family’s front yard, leaving him with injuries (伤害) to his head, neck and chest. The lion was carrying away her five-year-old son. It “dragged (拖) him about 45 yards” across the front yard. Luckily, the boy was in stable condition, recovering from the incident.
The boy’s mother heard the noises from inside the house and ran outside and “started fighting against the mountain lion with her bare hands and got him off her son,” said Foy, a spokesman for California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Her instinct as a mother played the most important role as she dragged her little boy from the mouth of the big cat. “The true hero of this story is his mom,“ Foy added. The mountain lion was later killed by a wildlife officer.
The parents immediately drove the boy to a hospital, where officers were toldabout the attack and sent a wildlife officer to the scene. Once at the house, the officer discovered amountain lion. “Because of its behavior and appearance, the officer believed it was likely the attacking lion and to protect publicsafety he killed it,” the wildlife department said. DNA tests later proved it was really the attacking lion. They said the attack probably happened because the animal was young and was practicing its hunting skills.
After the mountain lion was shot, another appeared there and it was dragged and moved to another place. That mountain lion, found to be part of a National Park Service study, didn’t join in the attack and had no known history of attacking humans, the department said.
1. Why was the woman regarded (认为) as a hero?| A．She killed a mountain lion bravely. |
| B．She saved her son from a lion’s attack. |
| C．She helped officers find the lost lion. |
| D．She protected her son from being injured. |
| A．Natural ability. | B．Creative idea | C．Enough confidence(信心). | D．Strong body. |
| A．It felt too hungry. |
| B．It was angry with the boy. |
| C．It wanted to play with him. |
| D．It was practicing its survival (生存) skills. |
| A．It was killed. | B．It had attacked humans before. |
| C．It did not have known history of attacking humans. | D．It was injured for unknown reasons. |
A Great Monday
Monday started out well. I woke up on time, ate breakfast and did some last minute studying for my math test later that morning. I was confident of getting good grades. I left my house and ten minutes later, I sat with my friends on the school bus. We were busy chatting about how we spent our weekend. At the next stop, a student named Ryan got on the bus. He was in a rush and tripped (绊倒) over someone’s foot. There was a loud noise as he fell to the floor.
Every one of us on the bus laughed. Ryan got up, brushed his jacket and went to an empty seat. He tried to laugh with us, but his face was red with embarrassment. The rest of the morning went by quickly. I did well in my math test. I read two more chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird in English class. Soon we heard the lunch bell. I met my friends from the cheerleading team in the dining hall. I noticed Ryan a few tables away, sitting by himself. He caught me looking at him. I smiled at him quickly and looked away.
When we finished eating, we went to the courtyard to practice a cheer we would do at that night’s football game. After much practice, we finally managed to do the cheer perfectly. We decided to practice it again one last time. Just like the rest of my day so far, the cheer was going great. I raised my leg for one last toe touch. That was when I felt my jeans (牛仔裤) split (裂开) down the middle of my backside.
I froze. I had no idea what to do. I heard people burst out laughing and I saw them pointing at my torn jeans. I tried to cover myself with my hands, I tried to laugh too, but I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes.
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Then I saw Ryan running towards me.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7 . It is strange how a single moment can change a person’s life. My adult son walked to the table this morning for breakfast and as he did he opened his arms to me. I opened my arms too and gave him a big hug (拥抱). And when I did, a beautiful memory (回忆) came back to me.
My mom had grown up in a reserved (保守的) family. She hugged me sometimes but less often as I grew into my teenage years. My dad didn’t hug me much either. By the time I was a teenager then, I hadn’t been used to hugging.
When I was sixteen I left on a trip with a group of boys to tour a college in the Mid-West. And on our way we stopped by a place where monks (僧侣) live. As we entered, we were welcomed by the largest monk I had ever seen. He was over six and a half feet tall with huge arms. As he welcomed us he gave everyone a huge hug. When my own turn came, I felt frightened but stepped in and hugged him back. I felt warmth in my heart. It was amazing. Later that day I began to wonder why I had ever stopped giving and receiving hugs when they brought so much joy.When my own children were born, I decided never to stop hugging them and telling them I loved them.
I will be forever thankful because that monk showed me how much love a single hug can share. What use are arms if we don’t use them to hug each other?
1. Why does the author mention her son’s hug?| A．It changed her life. |
| B．It brought back her memory |
| C．It showed her son’s love for her |
| D．It made her realize the importance of hugs. |
| A．Her personality. | B．The social environment. |
| C．Her parents influence. | D．Her experience at school. |
| A．Annoying and frightening. | B．Surprising and moving. |
| C．Strong and encouraging. | D．Warm and enjoyable. |
| A．Try to change your lifestyle | B．Share your love with hugs |
| C．Express your thanks | D．Welcome your guest |
8 . When the semester ended, I returned home. In a few weeks BYU would post grades; then I’d know if I could return in the fall.
I filled my journals with promises that I would stay out of the junkyard. I needed money so I went to get my old job back, at Stokes. I turned up at the busiest hour in the afternoon when I knew they’d be understaffed, and sure enough, the manager was bagging groceries when I found him. I asked if he’d like me to do that, and he looked at me for all of three seconds, and then lifted his apron over his head and handed it to me.
Dad was waiting for me when I came through the back door. He saw the apron and said, “You’re working for me this summer.”
“I’m working at Stokes,” I said.
His voice was raised. “This is your family. You belong here.”
There was no one on his crew since my brothers had gone. He had to do everything all by himself. Dad’s face was haggard, his eyes bloodshot. But that determination was etched (流露出) into his face. It was in his voice, in the harshness of it. He had to win this standoff (对峙).
But I couldn’t do the job, because to do it would be to slide backward. I had moved home, to my old room, to my old life. If I went back to working for Dad, to waking up every morning and pulling on steel toed boots and trudging (跋涉) out to the junkyard, it would be as if the last four months had never happened, as if I had never left.
When I’d told Dad that I planned to go back to college, he’d said a woman’s place was in the home that I should be learning about herbs — “God’s pharmacy (药房)” he’d call it — so I could take over for Mother.
My memories of the university faded quickly. The scratch of pencils on paper, the clack of a projector moving to the next slide, the peal of the bells signaling the end of the class — all were drowned out by the clatter of iron and the role of diesel engines after a month in the junkyard. BYU seemed like a dream, something I had created by magic. Now I was awake.
1. Why did the author turn up at the busiest hour at Stokes?| A．Because she was expelled from college and planned to work at Stokes. |
| B．Because she could save money by buying stuff at a discount in the afternoon. |
| C．Because she would have a better chance to get the job. |
| D．Because her dad asked her to get an apron for him from Stokes in the afternoon. |
| A．tired | B．excited | C．indifferent | D．concerned |
| A．Supportive. | B．Opposed. | C．Hesitant. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．The author didn’t want to work for her dad mainly because it was too tiring at the junkyard. |
| B．The author’s dad was poorly educated but he acknowledged the importance of education for girls. |
| C．The author missed her university and wanted to embrace her new life. |
| D．The author’s dad was disappointed because she didn’t choose medicine as her major. |
9 . It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries (食品杂货), saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity (人性) as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.
1. Why was the bike so important to the couple?| A．They used it for work and daily life. |
| B．It was their only possession. |
| C．It was a nice Kona 18 speed. |
| D．The man’s job was bike racing. |
| A．Strangers are usually of little help. |
| B．One should take care of their bike. |
| C．News reports make people famous. |
| D．An act of kindness can mean a lot. |
| A．From a stranger. |
| B．From a newspaper. |
| C．From TV news. |
| D．From radio broadcasts. |
| A．commercial | B．evil | C．kind | D．notorious |
10 . After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their hometown feeling glad to be back, they noticed
But John
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in
In spite of Mary’s disagreement, John
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
1.| A．direction | B．mistake | C．danger | D．smoke |
| A．home | B．plant | C．store | D．kitchen |
| A．ran | B．walked | C．drove | D．rode |
| A．at | B．off | C．to | D．on |
| A．whispered | B．nodded | C．disagreed | D．required |
| A．ruins | B．pieces | C．flames | D．silence |
| A．pushed | B．seized | C．greeted | D．stopped |
| A．basement | B．department | C．house | D．hall |
| A．went | B．reached | C．asked | D．rushed |
| A．heavily | B．slightly | C．partly | D．terribly |
| A．If | B．As | C．Since | D．Unless |
| A．comforted | B．delivered | C．recognized | D．protected |
| A．cheering | B．freezing | C．waiting | D．suffering |
| A．many | B．several | C．three | D．two |
| A．dangerous | B．foolish | C．practical | D．painful |
| A．Therefore | B．So | C．Instead | D．But |
| A．wide | B．endless | C．narrow | D．dirty |
| A．particular | B．interesting | C．familiar | D．fortunate |
| A．car | B．sunlight | C．crowd | D．arms |
| A．rescued | B．found | C．lost | D．missed |
