Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then . It wasn’t easy getting hired. I had to fight my way in to a dime-a-word job. But once you were there, I found , you were in .
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there—moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security if I struck with it.
Instead, I had made a decision to leave.
I entered my boss’s office. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk, ” I began awkwardly. “I came to the Globe when I was twenty —four. Now I’m forty . There’s a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning. ”
“To another paper? ” he asked.
I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything, not trusting myself just then.
I handed him a letter that explain everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. That the Globe had taught me in a thousand ways. That we were at a rare turning point in history, I wanted to be directly engaged in the change.
“I am glad for you , ” he said , quite out of my expectation. “ I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can do deal with. But much of it we can’t ,” he went on. “I wish you all the luck in the world, ”be concluded. “And if it doesn’t work out , remember ,your star is always high here.”
Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody—even though I’d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture : all the financial security I had carefully built up.
Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property.
I’m resigning, Bill, ” I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry of dismayed either. After a pause, he said, “Golly, I wish I were in your shoes.”
小題1: From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous         .
A．newspaperB．magazineC．templeD．church
小題2:If the writer stayed with the globe,         .
A．he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams
B．he would let his long favourite dreams fade away
C．he would never have to worry about his future life
D．he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions
小題3:The writer wanted to resign because    .
A．he had serious trouble with his boss
B．he got underpaid at his job for the Globe
C．he wanted to work in the new media industry
D．he had found a better paid job in a publishing house
小題4:By “I wish I were in your shoes. ”(in the last paragraph), Bill Taylor meant that    .
A．the writer was to failB．the writer was stupid
C．he would do the same if possibleD．he would reject the writer’s request

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:C
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It has been said that Lincoln was always ready to join in a laugh at himself. There is one particular story that he always told with great delight.
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Lincoln’s eyes always sparked when he reached this part of the story. The story always brought smiles to the faces of those who heard it. The tale itself was funny. But even more delightful was the fact that a man as great as Lincoln could still laugh at himself.
小題1:This passage is about        .
A．a(chǎn) stranger and his strange knife
B．Lincoln’s favorite story
C．meeting stranger in a train
D．Lincoln’s favorite penknife
小題2:From the story we can infer that the stranger in the train         
A．liked to make friends B．liked to tell jokes
C．collected penknivesD．was not handsome
小題3:Lincoln was given the pocketknife for        
A．his appearanceB．a(chǎn) good laugh
C．being a lawyerD．being good-humored
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A．Lincoln, even though great, was not proud.
B．Lincoln was a great and proud man.
C．Lincoln lacked self-respect.
D．Lincoln had a good sense of humor.
小題5: What does the word “sparked” in the last paragraph mean?
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I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell phone, and the portable DVD player?
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C．Because he wasn’t making enough money to buy things for his kids’ good grades.            D．Because kids were having too many parties after school.
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D．children would not ask for rewards when they enter university
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Every day of our life is something new．Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper．
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A．he regarded his writihg on old newspaper just as a draft
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C．he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice
D．he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner
48．We learn from the passage that     ．
A．the student finally gave up
B．the student made rapid progress by practising more carefully
C．the caligrapher was strict with his students
D．old newspaper is not useful
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A．What teachers say is always true．
B．Success calls for attentiveness．
C．Handwriting is easy to practise．
D．New things are always better than old ones
50．The writer want to tell us that     ．
A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting
B．life is like old newspaper
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A．he would like to live in the school with fellows
B．he found it hard to get on well with his parents
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D．he felt he was old enough to live on his own
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A．Being independent．B．Being responsible．
C．Being creative．D．Being more decisive．
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A．one Can be, free of trouble by living on one’s own
B．one can enjoy more freedom by living on one，s own
C．living alone can help one keep good relationships with parents
D．1iving alone helps one become responsible，decisive and creative
小題4:How is the text developed?
A．Explanation—Examples—Conclusion
B．Explanation—Research—Conclusion
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Jamaican sprinter (短跑選手) Usain Bolt plans to send a message to rival Tyson Gay by breaking the world 100m record in the London Grand Prix on Friday.
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a. Lausanne athletics gold league matches
b. Beijing Olympic Games
c. Paris athletics gold league matches
d. World Athletic championships
e. London grand Prix
A．b-c-a-e-dB．b-c-a-d-eC．b-a-c-e-dD．b-a-c-d-e
小題2:What does the underlined phase “take on” mean in paragraph 6?
A．employB．compete againstC．a(chǎn)cceptD．develop
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A．Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke the world 100m record in the London Grand Prix on Friday.
B．Bolt will not compete in the 200m in London because of Gay’s impressive times.
C．Bolt won 3 gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 22.
D．Bolt suffered a car crash in London recently.
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A．Bolt is expecting the London Grand Prix.
B．Bolt thinks the world Championships is more important.
C．Bolt made a big difference in the London Grand Prix.
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  What will you be doing when you are 26 years old? Studying at university or working for a living? Take a look at what Albert Einstein was doing at the age of 26.
100 years ago, Einstein was working in Switzerland. His hobby was physics. Without much money or help, he wrote five papers(論文) for a physics magazine. Three of these greatly changed the study of physics and our understanding of space, time, light and matter(物質(zhì)). His most famous work is on the Theory of Relativity(相對(duì)論). Einstein was given the Nobel Prize for his discoveries. Although he also did many other things later, the years 1905 has been called Einstein’s “Year of Wonders”. It has been 100 years since then. Because of this, the UN has named 05 the World Year of Physics.
Today, over fifty years after Einstein’s death, a question is asked,  “ Will there ever be another Einstein?” It may take a long time. After all, Einstein was born more than 200 years after Sir Isaac Newton, another great scientist. Besides, physics is a different field now, and education is different, too. Even if you can’t be the next great scientist, it is still helpful to remember some of the things that made Einstein great. He thought independently(獨(dú)立地) and read widely. He left with us a formula(公式) for life: If A is a success in life, then A="X+Y+Z." X is work, Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut.
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A．Einstein was working in Switzerland in 1905B．Einstein was 26 years old in 1905
C．Einstein made some very important discoveries in 1905D．Einstein studied physics in 1905
小題2:Why hasn’t there been another scientist as great as Einstein?
A．Because the study of physics is not enough.
B．Because it is hard to make important discoveries as Einstein did.
C．Because people don’t work hard any more.
D．Because physics is getting more and more difficult.
小題3:The UN has named 05 the World Year of Physics because           .
A．Einstein is 100 years old this year
B．Einstein has been dead for more than 50 years
C．there have been other great discoveries after Einstein’s death
D．it is the 100th year since Einstein’s “Year of Wonders”
小題4: What does Einstein’s formula for life mean?
A．Success means years of hard work.
B．Success means all study and no play.
C．Success means working hard, relaxing and not talking too much.
D．Success is a secret that nobody knows.

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For a while, my neighborhood was taken over by an army of joggers. They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. "Come on!" My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. "You'll feel great."
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C. Alex organized an army of joggers   D. jogging provided a chance to get together
73. What was the writer's attitude towards jogging in the beginning?
A. He felt it was worth a try.                  B. He was very fond of it.
C. He was strongly against it.                         D. He thought it must be painful.
74. Why did the writer give up jogging two months later?
A. He disliked doing exercise outside.      B. He found it neither healthy nor interesting.
C. He was afraid of having a heart attack.  D. He was worried about being left alone.
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Jeans are trousers made of a kind of clothe called denim. For many people, blue jeans represent American culture.
The history of blue jeans usually begins with a man named Levi Strauss. Although he did not invent the jeans, he is considered the first person to produce and sell this kind of clothing in large amounts.
Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria, Germany. In 1847, he and his family moved to the US. He opened a store, first in New York, and then in San Francisco, California. Among the products he sold were jeans. These trousers were especially useful for miners in California who needed clothing made of a strong material.
Levi Strauss partnered with a clothing maker named Jacob Davis, who had invented a process for making rivets(鉚釘) for jeans. These metal things helped strengthen the blue jean cloth to make the trousers stronger. In 1873, Strauss and Davis received a patent to officially own this invention. They began producing “ copper-riveted waist overalls(工裝褲)”. In 1928 the Levi Strauss company used the word “Levi’s” as the trademark for their products.
The 19th-century workers would probably be surprised to know that their trousers would one day become a fashion object. Today, jeans are worn by people of all ages, incomes and lifestyles. Jeans come in many colors other than blue and in many styles and at many prices.
A national museum in Washington, D.C. has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi’s jeans in its collection. Jeans have come to express different ideas about American culture based on the people who wear them. These include the heroes of the Wild West and famous Hollywood actors like James Dean and Marlon Brando in the 1950s. Writer James Sullivan published a book called Jean: A Cultural History of an American Icon. In the book, he says jeans serve as a sign for two American values, creativity and rebellion (叛逆).
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A．the life story of Levi StraussB．jeans and American culture
C．why jeans are popular.D．the history of jeans
小題2:We know from the passage that Levi Strauss _________.
A．was the first person who wore jeans.B．moved to the US from Germany alone.
C．not only sold jeans at first in his storeD．helped Jacob Davis invent a kind of rivet
小題3:Which of the following statements is TRUE about jeans?
A．Strauss and Davis owned the invention of using rivets on jeans.
B．In California, Levi’s was the only jeans seller in 1928.
C．Jeans were called copper-riveted waist overalls at first.
D．Jeans were originally made for heroes of the Wild West.
小題4:According to the last but one paragraph,jeans should be best described as _________.
A．strongB．culturalC． popularD．unique

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