1 . I didn’t realize it, but during that short walk home I had lost a whole lot of weight and my eyes had grown dull and colorless. When my mom saw me she screamed out in surprise. Staring at me in disbelief, she asked, “Are you Fugui?”

Looking at my mom, I forced a smile and nodded my head. Shocked, she uttered something else, but I was no longer paying attention to her. I pushed the door open and went into my room. Jiazhen, in the middle of combing her hair, was also taken back when she saw me. She gazed at me with her mouth gaping. As soon as I thought of how I had beaten her when she came to persuade me to go home the night before, I fell to the ground and, kneeling before her, muttered, “Jiazhen, I’m finished.”

After speaking those words I began to cry out loud. Jiazhen rushed over to help me up, but being pregnant with Youqing, how could she support me? She called my mom over, and the two of them pulled me onto the bed. I looked like a corpse. They were scared to death and began patting me on the shoulder and rocking my head.

My mother appeared dumbstruck; she stared at me with a look of intensity and asked, “What did you say?”

“I’ve lost everything,” I repeated.

The look on my face convinced her. My mother sat down on the floor and, wiping her tears, said, “If the upper beam is no straight, the lower ones will not go straight either.”

Even then my mother still loved me. She didn’t blame me. Instead she blamed my father.

Jiazhen also cried. She patted me on the shoulder and tried to console me. “As long as you don’t gamble anymore, everything will be all right.”

I had nothing left. Even if I had wanted to gamble, I wouldn’t have had any money to stake a bet. I heard Dad in the next room shooting off his foul mouth. He still didn’t know that he was penniless — he was simply annoyed at being disturbed by the two women crying. As soon as she heard my father’s voice, Mom stopped crying. She stood up and walked out, with Jiazhen following her. I knew that they were going into my father’s room, and after a while I heard my dad begin screaming, “Bastard!”

It was just then that my daughter, Fengxia, pushed the door open and came in. She closed the door and in a shrill voice said, “Dad, hurry up and hide! Grandpa’s going to beat you.”

I just stared at her without moving a muscle. She then came over and tried pulling me away by the hand; when I wouldn’t budge she began to cry. Seeing Fengxia cry was like having a knife pierce my heart. Even at such a young age, Fengxia was trying to protect her dad. Just looking at her made me feel like I deserved to be cut to pieces.

Quoted from Yu Hua’s To Live

1. The underlined phrase “taken back” in paragraph 2 means ______.

A．regretful

B．astonished

C．shameful

D．concerned

2. Fugui kept saying “I’ve lost everything” to his mom and his wife because he ______.

A．wanted to gradually process the strong emotion and beg for their forgiveness

B．pretended to lose his mind and go crazy so as to get away with the punishment.

C．was afraid to face his father and wanted them to break the bad news to him

D．believed that they might still lend him some money to gamble again

3. According to the passage, what do the three female characters have in common?

A．Hard-work.

B．Bravery.

C．Self-discipline.

D．Compassion

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Fugui’s father was also addicted to gambling when he was young.

B．Jiazhen would ask for a divorce from Fugui since he was penniless.

C．Fugui’s mother and his wife decided to hide the truth from his father.

D．Fengxia had more affection towards her father than her mother.

2 . Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage.

What My Wife and I Talk about When We Talk about Love

A. company       B. weather       C. desirable       D. restore       E. readily       F. considering G. sharpen       H. hesitation       I. peacefully       J. access       K. inconvenience

My wife used to believe that romantic love is the most important and exciting thing in the entire world when she was a teenager. And the mark of true love is when two good-looking boys get in a physical fight over her. It’s even     1     that they both get injured but don’t end up going to hospital, not because she is worried about them but because it may cause her a lot of     2     and indirect responsibility. One day this will certainly happen to her, if she’s lucky. So you might understand her anger and frustration when I told her that if the other male competitor I have to “fight” with weighs more than 100 kilograms, I will simply hand her over to him without     3    , wish them a happy marriage and walk away with the feeling that tomorrow is another day.

Fortunately, we’ve both grown a lot older and grown out of expecting our life partner to “die” for us     4    . The older we get, the more honest, open and vulnerable we allow each other to be. One of the hardest things about getting older and being in love is knowing when something is just reality and when it’s too much hard work. Identifying what the calm, joyful but often challenging sensation of long-term love is and identifying what has just become totally intolerable is where we all have to really     5     our instincts.

Shared interests are one of the most overrated     6     factors when it comes to choosing a partner. Deciding that someone is a good person, or your soulmate, or made of exactly the same stuff as you just because you both love the music of Faye Wong is ridiculous. Having the same Agatha Christie collection or enjoying most of the movies directed by Richard Linklater will not help you     7     the various unexpected storms of life together.

A much more crucial factor in terms of finding a partner is how much you love their     8    . Since my son was born, I have experienced firsthand how overwhelming it is to be a working parent of a newborn. It has become even more apparent to me that the most important thing in a relationship is how well married couples work as a team. Couples need to be really, really good friends.

When you’re looking for love, and it seems like you might not ever find it, remember you probably have     9     to plenty of love already, just not the romantic kind. This kind of love might not kiss you in the rain or propose marriage. But it will listen to you, inspire and     10     you. It will hold you when you cry and celebrate when you smile. You can carry it with you and keep it as close to you as you can.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Mother’s shouting.	B．The unusual smell.
C．The terrible sound.	D．The heat of the fire.

2.

A．At the supermarket.	B．In the kitchen.
C．In the bed.	D．In the living room.

3.

A．She forgot to turn off the stove.

B．It took long to put out the fire.

C．She would probably be punished by her mother.

D．She would have to study music against her will.

4 . Family rules are positive statements about how your family wants to look after and treat its members. Household rules let everyone in the family know how to behave. They help family members achieve a balance between getting what they want and ____ the needs of others. They can also help children and teenagers feel safe and secure. ____, everyone in your family can get along better, and live a peaceful life.

Who should be ____ in making family rules?

It's important to involve all members of the family as much as possible when developing family rules. Children as young as three can help with the rule making, although parents,   undoubtedly, still play a(an) ____ role. As children get older, they can take a bigger part in deciding what the rules should be, as well as the ____ for breaking them. Preteens and teenagers get a lot of ____out of being involved in making rules because it gives them the chance to ____ the responsibility for their own behavior. And it is more likely for them to observe the rules made with their full involvement -this is a chance for them to know what ____ is.

What should the family rules be about?

Choose the most important things to make rules about — ____, a rule about not physically hurting each other would be a must for most families. You might also develop rules about safety, manners, politeness, daily____and respect for each other. Rules ____ from family to family. The standards you create will be influenced by your beliefs, ____ your situation and your child's maturity and needs.

What types of family rules can be made?

Rules come in different shapes and sizes. But all good rules have something in ____: they are specific and easy to understand.

"Do" rules are good teaching tools, and they’re best in most situations because they guide your child's behavior in a(an) ____ way. Here are some examples: Sit down to eat; speak in a(an) ____ voice; fasten your seat belt in the car. It's better to have more “do” rules than "don’t" ones.

1.

A．emphasizing

B．dealing

C．ignoring

D．respecting

2.

A．As a result

B．By contrast

C．On the other hand

D．After all

3.

A．participated

B．involved

C．absorbed

D．located

4.

A．definite

B．apparent

C．obedient

D．dominant

5.

A．rewards

B．regulations

C．consequences

D．pains

6.

A．prizes

B．good

C．harm

D．kindness

7.

A．assume

B．shift

C．receive

D．claim

8.

A．management

B．accomplishment

C．announcement

D．commitment

9.

A．for instance

B．to sum up

C．in all

D．in addition

10.

A．salary

B．products

C．routines

D．basis

11.

A．range

B．vary

C．alter

D．transfer

12.

A．muscles

B．values

C．sights

D．standards

13.

A．practice

B．rows

C．common

D．reality

14.

A．positive

B．negative

C．strange

D．respectful

15.

A．deafening

B．aggressive

C．loud

D．polite