I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in (旁聽生）   for another l8 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unmarried college graduate student, and she decided to, put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course. " My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers, She only gave in a few months later when my parents promised that would someday go to college.
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I artlessly chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and ail of my working class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the $ 5 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.
小題1:From the passage we know that the author          .
A．was adopted by a lawyer and his wife
B．dropped out when he was 17 years old
C．The author was admitted to Stanford
D．valued his dropping out
小題2:The author dropped out mainly because           .
A．His academic performance was very poor.
B．He did not want to waste his parents' money.
C．His parents were too poor to afford the college tuition.
D．He didn't think university could help him to get a well-paid job
小題3:Why did the author think dropping out was a good decision?
A．He could transfer to Stanford.
B．He could follow his passion.
C．He didn't have to attend classes any more.
D．He could spend more time in Hare Krishna temple.
小題4:What can be inferred from this passage ?
A．The author was taking a risk when he made the decision of dropping out.
B．The author enjoyed the comfort and pleasure of life after he dropped out.
C．The author's parents were very angry at his decision.
D．The author was a very curious person.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：這是蘋果電腦公司(Apple Computer)和皮克斯動(dòng)畫公司(Pixar Animation Studios)首席執(zhí)行官史蒂夫喬布斯(Steve Jobs)2005年6 月在斯坦福大學(xué)的演講第一部分的內(nèi)容。喬布斯在那次演講中講到了他生活中的三個(gè)故事：第一個(gè)故事關(guān)于如何串連生命中的點(diǎn)滴；第三個(gè)故事關(guān)于死亡；第二個(gè)故事關(guān)于愛與失的。三次體驗(yàn)不僅在斯坦福大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生、也在硅谷乃至其他地方的技術(shù)同行中引起了巨大反響。本文講的是他的第一一個(gè)故事：關(guān)于如何串連生命中的點(diǎn)滴。
小題1:D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第三段最后幾句的描述“So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.所以我決定退學(xué)，并且相信沒有做錯(cuò)。一開始非常嚇人，但回憶起來，這卻是我一生中作的最好的決定之一。”以及最后一段“And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.能夠遵循自己的好奇和直覺前行后來被證明是多么的珍貴�！睔w納出作者是“非常珍惜這次退學(xué)”的。根據(jù)“so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.一對(duì)律師夫婦說好了要領(lǐng)養(yǎng)我，然而最后一秒鐘，他們改變了主意，決定要個(gè)女孩兒�！笨梢耘懦鼳項(xiàng)；根據(jù)“And 17 years later I did go to college. But I artlessly chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford,十七年后，我上大學(xué)了，但是我很無知地選了一所差不多和斯坦福一樣貴的學(xué)�！笨梢耘懦鼴項(xiàng)和C項(xiàng)。
小題2:B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)“and ail of my working class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it.幾乎花掉我那藍(lán)領(lǐng)階層養(yǎng)父母一生的積蓄。六個(gè)月后，我覺得不值得。”和“And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out而我卻在花銷父母一生的積蓄。所以我決定退學(xué)”可以推斷作者退學(xué)主要是不想浪費(fèi)家長的錢。
小題3:B推理判斷題。從第三段最后一句話“The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.從我退學(xué)的那一刻起，我可以停止一切不感興趣的必修課，開始旁聽那些有意思得多的課�！笨梢酝茢啻鸢窧正確。
小題4:A推理判斷題。從第三段“It was pretty scary at the time一開始非常嚇人”和最后一段“事情并不那么美好。我沒有宿舍可住，睡在朋友房間的地上。為了吃飯，我收集五分一個(gè)的舊可樂瓶，每個(gè)星期天晚上步行七英里到哈爾-克里什納廟里改善一下一周的伙食�！蔽覀兛梢缘玫酱鸢窤。
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DEAR AMY: Last year I got a full-time job as a baby-sitter for a wonderful family with two amazing kids. They have come to treat me as one of their own. But my boyfriend and I are attempting to save much more money for the life we want to build, including marriage, a house and kids. Much as I love my “babies,” I’m looking forward to beginning a challenging career in a big company. Should I tell the family that I am looking for a new job? I don’t want to find one that requires me to begin work immediately, leaving them without child care, but I also don’t want them to assume that I’m leaving right away.              
Up-in-the-Air Au Pair
DEAR AU PAIR: Whatever your arrangement, it is reasonable for them to expect you to be honest and to keep them in the loop. They see that you are making changes in your life, and surely they will also understand your desire to advance in a career. Tell them frankly and they should be happy to employ you as long as you are available.
Amy
DEAR AMY: I am a freshman in a high school. Last summer my best friend was diagnosed with skin cancer. It isn’t very serious, but she seems to be becoming more and more depressed. How can I help her be happy again?
Best Friend
DEAR FRIEND: Your best role is to prop up and encourage your friend when she seems down, and to be supportive and kind to her. You're doing a great job with that, and your friend is lucky to have you in her life.
Amy
小題1:What is Au Pair’s problem according to the first paragraph?
A．She has no idea whether to tell the family her plan or not.
B．She has no idea whether the family will hate her or not.
C．She has no idea where to find a new good job.
D．She has no idea how to save more money.
小題2:From the underlined phrase“ to keep them in the loop”, we can infer that Amy advises Au Pair_____.
A．to keep it secret to the family
B．to cheat the family for the time being
C．to tell her true impression of the family
D．to let the family know what’s going on
小題3: In which column of a newspaper can we probably find the passage?
A．JobsB．cultureC．LifeD．Entertainment

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Once upon a time there was a crook（騙子）who only thought about how to get money. What he hated most was when people were polite to each other, saying things like “please”, “thank you”, and “don’t mention it”.
The crook thought all those kinds of words were a waste, so he spent a lot of time inventing a machine which could steal words. With this machine, he planned to steal “please”, “thank you”, “don’t mention it”, and similar words people used to be polite. After he stole these words, he intended to take them apart and sell the letters to book publishers. After he started up his machine, people would open their mouths, intending to say kind and polite things, but nothing came out. All those words ended up inside the big machine.
The crook was happy with his success, but he didn’t count on (料想到)a couple of very special little girls. Those girls were deaf, and had to communicate with sign language. Because the machine couldn’t steal gestures, these girls continued being kind and polite. Soon they realized what had been happening to everyone else, and they found out about the crook and his plan. The girls followed him and found the machine busy separating all the words into letters. They approached the machine and started being polite to each other.
Try as it might, the machine couldn’t steal those words, and it started to suffer a power overload(超載). Finally, it exploded, sending all the letters it had gathered flying into the sky. These letters started coming down, like rain, and most ended up in the sea. After that, everyone could be polite again.
Seeing all those letters fall into the sea, those little girls had an idea. A little while later they opened a factory, making alphabetic spaghetti soup!
小題1:What the crook hated most was ______.
A．his machineB．moneyC．languageD．politeness
小題2:The crook spent a lot of time inventing a machine to ______.
A．publish booksB．steal words
C．write lettersD．make alphabetic soup
小題3:Why did the machine have no effect on the two girls?
A．Because they were kind and polite.
B．Because they were very clever.
C．Because the machine couldn’t steal gestures.
D．Because there was something wrong with the machine.

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