I'm a 43-year-old mother of three young kids with a Master of Science degree (理學(xué)碩士) . I also deliver (遞送) pizzas for a living. I stated doing it after staying home with my children for four years. Caring for kids all day is a good opportunity for many women,but it wasn't right for me. I began suffering from depression and decided to get a job so I'd have more of my own world. Now I work nights when my husband is home,so we don't have to depend on a child care center.
After I learned the basic skills of pizza delivery―like getting the orders together and not getting lost―I began my new "career".
Our community (社區(qū)) had a small expensive college full of students who ordered lots of pizzas. Most of the kids were friendly and polite. On Friday and Saturday nights,some of the dorms (宿舍) had huge parties. Though the stairs were sticky from beer and the music was so loud that they couldn't hear me knock on the door,the crowds of happy students shouting "Pizza!Pizza!" always let me through.
The first few days of each month,one of us drivers would take our turn to cover the publichousing developments. These customers did not always tip well,but I always liked seeing the children and adults sitting outside and enjoying the evenings when the weather was nice.
I also deliver to homes of rich people now,but the amount I make in tips has stayed the same. As I drive up to these beautiful houses,it's easy to imagine a generous tip. The person who answers the door always looks young and,like the members of my own family,highly educated. All I usually get is a brief "Thank you" and a dollar or two.
People might say I'm crazy to waste my education,but I have what most of them don't― a job I love.
( ) 11. Many people think it is a waste for the writer to deliver pizzas because
A. she was born in a rich family
B. she is not good at her job
C. she is highly educated
D. her husband has made much money
( ) 12. From this passage we learn that .
A. the writer likes staying at home caring for her children
B. the writer works in a college
C. the writer's husband usually works during the day
D. the writer's children are usually sent to a child care center in the day
( ) 13. It is very clear that
A. most of the students were not friendly to them
B. on weekends some students like holding parties
C. the writer makes more tips from homes of rich people
D. the writer didn't go to college
( ) 14. The words "a generous tip" probably mean "
A. a big end B. some money for service
C. some beautiful words D. some money for sales
( ) 15. We can infer from this passage the writer -
A. is a mother of three children
B. loves her work very much
C. thinks getting pleasure from work is very important
D. has to make a living by delivering pizzas
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One day, I wanted to go to a post office. I asked an old man about the way. u Excuse me. Is there a post office near here?" 1 asked. The old man turned back,looked at me and said something quickly. When he found I couldn't understand him,he took out a piece of paper and wrote down "Sorry,I dorft know. I'm new here.""Thank you all the same," I said to him and walked on. Another man was on the street. He was walking busily. A big broom (掃景) was in his hand. I went to him and asked, "Excuse me. Where is the nearest post office,please?" He didn't answer me carefully and clearly "I am foreigner (外國人) ，"1 said. This time,he showed me the way more slowly. But I couldn't understand him,either. My teacher never spoke English like that.
I wonder,in English,each man speaks a different language. The English understand each other,but I don't understand them. Do they speak English?
( ) 1. Where did the writer come from?
A. Canada. B. Australia. C. China. D. We don't know.
( ) 2. The writer asked about the way to .
A. two women.. . a bookshop B. two men.. . a post office
C. two women. . . a hospital D. two men. . . a factory
( ) 3. The second man might be .
A. a cleaner B. a teacher C. a doctor D. a policeman
( ) 4. When you ask the way,you must say " ”first.
A. Thank you B. Excuse me C. Hello D. How are you
( ) 5. The writer didn't understand the two Englishmen because .
A. he was a foreigner
B. they didn't speak English
C. he didn't learn English well
D. they were new here.
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Today is Sunday,and it is a fine day. Molly and her classmates want to fly a kite in the new People's Park. Molly gets up at 7:30 in the morning,and she meets her classmates at the school gate at eight o'clock. Because it is not very far from their school to the new park,they walk there. From their school,they walk down the Fifth Avenue,and turn right at People's Bank. Then they pass a library,a bookshop and a hotel. When they see a big market,they turn left into Gang Xing Road. Then they see the park on their right.
( ) 1. We can know from the article that Sunday is .
A. snowy B. rainy C. windy D. sunny
( ) 2. Where do they meet?
A. In the park. B. At the school gate.
C. At Molly's home. D. We don't know.
( ) 3. How do they go there?
A. By bike. B. By bus. C. On foot. D. By taxi.
( ) 4. Where do they turn right?
A. At China Bank. B. At People's Bank.
C. At a big market. D. At a hotel.
( ) 5. The new park is .
A. near a big hotel B. on Fifth Avenue
C. on Gang Xing Road D. across from a big market
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Nowadays many new and useful inventions have come into use. If I were a scientist,I would have my own invention,a magic door,a door that can take me to every p 1 of the world,just like Doraemon's magic door.
S 2 our life is getting busier and busier,my magic door is really needed. The population of the world is r 3 day by day,and the number of cars used is getting larger. Therefore,traffic jam becomes a big problem to people in both poor and d 4 countries. Moreover,by using a large number of cars,people have to face another problem：the p 5 of the air. All those reasons 1 6 to the need for such an invention as a magic door. It can take the place of the traditional ways of transportation.
Magic doors have many a 7 Firstly,you can go wherever you want in a minute. Just open the door and go t 8 it,you can stand in another place. Two parts of the door are two parts of the world. Thus,magic doors can meet the n 9 for discovering new places for people. Secondly,magic doors sometimes can even make people safe. Magic doors can be used in everyday life. If you dropped into a river by accident,for example,people would go there immediately to help you get out of d 10 by using magic doors.
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6. 1 7. a 8. t 9. n 10. d
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David has had such a terrible time this year that he should be in The Guinnes Book of Records. The trouble s 1 one morning last January when David found that his car had gone from outside his house. He hasn't seen it s 2 then.
In February David won $ 200,000 on the football polls (中獎) .But his j 3 didn't last long―he had forgotten to p 4 the ticket to the company. In March he bought a new car,but he hadn't had it more than a week when someone crashed (碰撞) into the b 5 of it. Two days ago David sat on a seat that someone had finished p 6 only minutes before. He had on the new t 7 that he had bought only the week before.
August has been the w 8 month so far this year. David spent three days of his holiday at the airport because of the strikes (罷工，攻擊) .When he arrived home,he d 9 that someone had broken into his house. His videorecorder and television had disappeared.
David doesn't know what he has done to have all this bad 1 10 He just hopes things will change.
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Ice Cream Consumption (消費) ，by Season
Winter
December........................................... 4%
January............................................... 4% 11 %
February............................................ 3%
Spring
March................................................... 6% ^
April........................................................ 8% 24%
May......................................................... 10%
Summer
June......................................................... 13%
July......................................................... 15% 43%
August..................................................... 15%
Autumn September............................................... 10%
October ,...............................................7％ 22%
November................................................. 5% 100%
( ) 1. In February,people ice cream.
A. do not eat any B. like to eat more
C. do not eat much D. eat the most
( ) 2. In summer,people eat ice cream as they do in autumn.
A. as the same amount
B. much less
C. almost twice as much
D. no
( ) 3. people eat less ice cream.
A. When the weather goes warmer
B. In winter
C. In both July and August
D. When the price of ice cream is higher
( ) 4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The most popular season for eating ice cream is summer.
B. Ice cream tastes worse in summer.
C. You have to pay higher price for ice cream in summer.
D. Ice cream is cheaper in summer.
( ) 5. There is no month in the year when .
A. people eat some ice cream
B. people do not eat any ice cream
C. people eat ice cream more than 3% of the year
D. people eat ice cream less than 15% of the year
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Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members,and in particular their parents,don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families,it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends. Even when they are not with their friends,they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up,because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
However,parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of "choice" is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don't like? Your answers are welcome.
( ) 6. Many teenagers think their know them better than their parents do.
A. friends B. parents C. brothers and sisters D. family members
( ) 7. When teenagers stay alone,the usual way of communication is .
A. to go to their friends
B. to talk with their parents
C. to have a discussion with their family by phone
D. to talk with their friends on the phone
( ) 8. Which of the following is DIFFERENT in meaning from the sentence " Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends"？
A. Some parents may even not allow their children to meet their good friends.
B. Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends.
C. Some parents may not even let their children meet their good friends.
D. Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends.
( ) 9. Which of the following sentences is RIGHT according to the passage?
A. Parents should like everything their children enjoy.
B. In all families children can choose everything they like.
C. Parents should try their best to understand their children better.
D. Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.
( ) 10. The sentence "Your answers are welcome" means .
A. You are welcome to have a discussion with us.
B. We've got no idea,so your answers are welcome.
C. Your answers are always correct.
D. You can give us all the right answers.
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Thomas Edison lost the first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.
For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison's new machines. He was going to give Edison$40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.
Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked more than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.
( ) 6. After he lost his first job,Edison .
A. found no jobs in the next five years
B. lived in New York for the next five years
C. had a bad time in the next five years
D. had no food and no sleep during the next five years
( ) 7. In New York .
A. Edison was always hungry
B. Edison began to have good luck after he found the work fixing machines
C. Edison got$40,000 by fixing machines
D. Edison made more money by fixing old machines
( ) 8. The head man was interested in .
A. Thomas Edison himself B. The old machines
C. the new machines D. Edison's telephone
( ) 9. Edison made a telephone. It .
A. was the first one in the world
B. carried voices much farther
C. carried voices more clearly
D. carried more voices
( ) 10. What is the best title of the passage?
A. The First Telephone.
B. Thomas Edison's Shop.
C. Thomas Edison's New Job.
D. Thomas Edison一An Inventor (發(fā)明家) .
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The marathon in my town usually takes place in summer every year. My job was to follow behind the runners in an ambulance (救護(hù)車) in case any of them needed medical care.
"We're supposed to stay behind the last runner,so drive slowly," I said to the driver,Doug,as we began to move forward.
As they began to pace themselves (控制自己的步速) ，the front runners started to disappear. It was then that my eyes were drawn to the woman in blue silk running shorts and a white T-shirt.
"Doug,look！" We knew we were already watching our " last runner". Her legs were so disabled and bent that it seemed impossible for her to be able to walk properly,let alone (更不用說) a marathon.
Doug and I watched in silence as she slowly moved forward. We didn't say a thing. We would move forward a little bit,then stop and wait for her to gain some distance,then we'd slowly move forward a little bit more. As I watched her struggling (掙扎) to put one toot in front of the other,I found myself hurt and urging her forward. I wanted her to stop,and at the same time,I hoped that she wouldn't.
Finally,she was the only runner left in sight. Tears ran down my face as I watched her with fear,amazement and even respect as she pushed forward with determination through the finish line.
I do not know this woman's name,but that day she became a part of my life―a part I often depend on. For her,it wasn't about beating the other runners or winning a prize;it was about finishing what she had set out to do,no matter what. When I think things are too difficult or too timeconsuming (費時) ，or I get those "I just can't do it"，I think of the last runner. Then I realize how easy the task before me really is.
( ) 11. What did the writer do in the marathon?
A. He made sure that every player obeyed the rules.
B. He made sure that nobody would be left behind.
C. He offered medical aid to those runners who might need it.
D. He made sure the last runner wouldn't escape.
( ) 12. The reason why the woman took part in the marathon was that .
A. she hoped to draw people's attention
B. she wanted to challenge herself
C. she wanted to beat the other runners
D. she wanted to make other people happy
( ) 13. What has the writer learnt from the woman?
A. He has understood that life is beautiful no matter what happens.
B. He has learnt never to spend too much time doing one thing.
C. He has learnt to face any difficulties bravely and overcome them.
D. He has learnt that disabled people can also do great things.
( ) 14. How did the writer feel when he watched the woman running in the race?
A. The woman should have given up the race.
B. It was not necessary for the woman to take part in the race.
C. He thought little of the woman.
D. He was filled with mixed feeling in his heart.
( ) 15. Which of the following is the best title of the story?
A. The Last Runner
B. A Gifted Runner
C. A Disabled Woman
D. An Unforgettable Marathon
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