We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store. 11  we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than  12  and making a sale.
One lesson stands out in my  13 . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was  14  a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed （磨破）and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to   15  to buy anything. He looked   16  the toy section, picked up this item and   17 , and carefully put them   18  in their place.
Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes   19  and the dimple（酒窩）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas _20____ to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his   21  and look around. He did.
After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy   22 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”
“How much you got?” Dad asked.
The little boy held out his hand and  23  it. His hand was creased(起皺) with   24  lines of dirt from holding his  25  too tightly. In his hand  26  two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.
“That’ll just  27  it,” Dad said as he   28  the sale. Dad’s reply still   29  in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a   30 .

小題1:	A．Because B．Since C．As D．After

小題2:	A．survival B．labor C．hardship D．entertainment

小題3:	A．way B．mind C．life D．time

小題4:	A．putting on B．dressing C．having D．wearing

小題5:	A．try B．a(chǎn)ttempt C．a(chǎn)fford D．manage

小題6:	A．for B．a(chǎn)round C．up D．over

小題7:	A．that B．one C．it D．this

小題8:	A．up B．a(chǎn)way C．back D．off

小題9:	A．opened B．smiled C．shone D．looked

小題10:

A．tree B．card C．present D．cake

小題11:

A．effort B．word C．time D．courage

小題12:

A．car B．gift C．plane D．section

小題13:

A．showed B．opened C．gave D．turned

小題14:

A．long B．straight C．wet D．main

小題15:

A．toy B．pocket C．hand D．money

小題16:

A．lay B．had C．held D．laid

小題17:

A．work B．cover C．need D．take

小題18:

A．took B．returned C．made D．offered

小題19:

A．rings B．stays C．remains D．gets

小題20:

A．bag B．treasure C．package D．thing

It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in an ugly multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’  hoofs(馬蹄) from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d lie on Mom’s bed and stare for hours at the TV screen.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses where she cleaned books. So she came home one day, switched off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned（不滿,發(fā)牢騷） and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish（壞脾氣的）boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly（不情愿） among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers（河貍）. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this virtue visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip（快速翻動）of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery(兒童神經(jīng)外科)at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom switched off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.
小題1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ___________.

A．the author and his brother had done well in school

B．the author had been very concerned about his school work

C．the author had spent much time watching TV after school

D．the author had realized how important schooling was

小題2:Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?

A．He came from a middle-class family.

B．He came from a single-parent family.

C．His mother worked as a cleaner.

D．His mother had received little education.

小題3:How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?

A．They were afraid	B．They were reluctant.
C．They were impatient.	D．They were eager to go.

小題4:The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.

A．he began to see something in his mind

B．he could visualize what he read in his mind

C．he could go back to read the books again

D．he realized that books offered him new experience

Charlie Chaplin was the first international star of the modern era(年代). He was especially beloved for his Little Tramp 32. He was the first screen artist to write, 33 and perform in his own films; in fact, 34 Charlie Chaplin even wrote the music for his movies. He was also the first artist to use his work to pass a 35of equality and justice for all —36for the "little guy". Charlie Chaplin's career and life made 37 the first global icon (偶像); his too-small hat, his too large shoes and his trademark moustache were instantly 38 by audiences from Chicago to China, from Iowa City to India. And they 39 are today. All of these make Charlie Chaplin the first citizen of our global village.
Chaplin, a native of London, was born in40 on April 16, 1889 to music hall performers. Chaplin only saw his 41twice until the age of seven. The man 42 him and his mother about a year after Chaplin was 43. During Chaplin's earliest years, his mother was a(n) 44and performer. Then her voice gave out, her stage career 45, and she began actively 46Church of England services. At the age of 47, Chaplin's mother was considered as the insane and sent to Cane Hill lunatic asylum (瘋?cè)嗽?, and the 48 sent Charlie and his brother to live with his father, 49 had by then stopped all payments of child support.
Charlie Chaplin lived with his father only a short time 50 his mother was released from the lunatic asylum and then 51Charlie and his brother, to live with her once again.

小題1:	A．character B．behaviour C．personality D．gentleman

小題2:	A．a(chǎn)ct B．shoot C．direct D．edit

小題3:	A．in case of B．in this case C．in case D．in some cases

小題4:	A．possibility B．message C．culture D．promise

小題5:	A．generally B．widely C．especially D．totally

小題6:	A．him B．them C．us D．it

小題7:	A．believed B．recognized C．realized D．known

小題8:	A．really B．a(chǎn)lways C．still D．ever

小題9:	A．happiness B．luck C．poverty D．peace

小題10:

A．brother B．teacher C．mother D．father

小題11:

A．taught B．left C．loved D．expected

小題12:

A．born B．young C．ill D．old

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)ctor B．a(chǎn)rtist C．dancer D．singer

小題14:

A．ended B．began C．broke D．continued

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)ttending B．working C．joining D．a(chǎn)sking

小題16:

A．eight B．seven C．nine D．ten

小題17:

A．mother B．police C．family D．court

小題18:

A．which B．what C．he D．who

小題19:

A．then B．when C．before D．until

小題20:

A．took away B．picked up C．took apart D．brought up

The party began shortly after Mr. Wood ,who lived in the flat below ,signed (嘆息)to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had ___36___ some work home from the office, ___37___ he kept himself busy for a couple of hours ,thus managing to pay no attention to the noise___38___ . But by eleven o’clock he felt ___39___ and was ready to go to bed ,though from his earlier experience he knew it was ___40___ trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed ,trying to read ,but he___41___ himself reading the same page over and over again. He then turned off the light and ___42___ his head in the pillow(枕頭). But ___43___ he could not shut ___44___ the noise ，finally after __45____ seemed hours his___46___ was gone.
He jumped out of bed ,__47__ some clothing, marched ___48___ up the stairs and walked into his neighbor’s flat. The owner of the flat, who ___49___ him in his dressing gown came ___50___ the room and__51___ Mr. Wood could say anything, cried “My dear fellow ,come and ___52___. I know our parties ___53___ you. I meant to send you ___54___.” Mr. Wood’s anger disappeared then and there. He said “I’d better go and get __55_.” Minutes later, he returned properly dressed, only to find that the party was nearly over.

小題1:	A．taken B．carried C．brought D．fetched

小題2:	A．with which B．from which C．where D．when

小題3:	A．outside B．overhead C．downstairs D．nearby

小題4:	A．bad B．tired C．sick D．hopeless

小題5:	A．useless B．necessary C．possible D．helpful

小題6:	A．had B．found C．caught D．felt

小題7:	A．buried B．rested C．shook D．turned

小題8:	A．till then B．worse still C．strange enough D．even so

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)way B．off C．down D．up

小題10:

A．it B．what C．that D．which

小題11:

A．sleep B．strength C．patience D．a(chǎn)nger

小題12:

A．pulled on B．dressed up C．selected D．wore

小題13:

A．sadly B．proudly C．quietly D．firmly

小題14:

A．made fun of B．stared at C．was angry with D．caught sight of

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)cross B．a(chǎn)round C．towards D．by

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)s B．before C．though D．until

小題17:

A．meet as B．sit here C．join us D．scold me

小題18:

A．may trouble B．would trouble C．may bother D．must bother

小題19:

A．a(chǎn) notice B．a(chǎn) message C．a(chǎn)n invitation D．a(chǎn)n apology

小題20:

A．washed B．changed C．dressed D．prepared

As a music teacher for twenty-seven years I have always known that music touches the soul. It can break through all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the means for each child to find their light.
A few years ago I was blessed with the opportunity to teach pre-school students one afternoon a week. One of my most memorable students was Vanessa. She was five years old ，had difficulty walking and could not speak. We mostly sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to sit on my lap. One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit. It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students clapped two times while singing the repeating phrase “Oh yes！” Vanessa liked to put her hands together with mine and clap with me. We performed that song during every class Vanessa and I clapping together. She never said or sang a word.
One day late in the school year when the song was finished Vanessa turned around， looked at me in the eye， clapped her tiny hands two times and said the words “Oh yes!” I opened my mouth and could not speak. Through music we had made a connection.
Several years later I came across Vanessa on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to say hello. She waved back with a big smile on her face and then clapped her hands two times mimicking the song we had performed in our music class. This precious little girl through her connection with music left an impression on me that will last forever.
Every child has the ability to learn and grow. It is up to us educators to discover the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s light.
小題1:The author thinks music__________.

A．can make children calm down

B．can connect heart to heart

C．is difficult for pre-school students

D．is a good means to find a job

小題2:According to the second paragraph Vanessa_________.

A．got used to singing songs

B．was too shy to speak

C．was the youngest in the class

D．enjoyed the author’s class

小題3:When Vanessa spoke the words “Oh yes!” the author felt________.

A．surprised

B．happy

C．frightened

D．satisfied

小題4:What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A．The author has been in touch with Vanessa for several years.

B．Vanessa became as healthy as other children.

C．The song made a deep impression on Vanessa.

D．Being a good educator became Vanessa’s dream.

Many jokes are made up about famous people.  Here is one about Bill Clinton,  the former(先前的) president of the United States.
Hillary died and went to heaven.  When she was met by the Angel Gabriel she noticed behind her a wall of unimaginable proportions(部分) that was completely covered with clocks.
“What are they?” she asked the heavenly angel in complete surprise.
“They are lie clocks.  Each time you lie, the hand moves a little bit to the right.  See that one?” the angel pointed to one that hadn’t moved at all, “That’s Mother Theresa’s,  who has never told a lie.  And that one, ” he points to another, “That was Abraham Lincoln’s.  He only ever told two lies. ”
Hillary looked around with some interest,  then wandered back over to the angel again. “Excuse me, ” she asked, “but where is Bill Clinton’s clock?”“The Lord Jesus is using it in his office for a ceiling fan. ”
小題1:The clock of Bill Clinton is used as a ceiling fan because_____.

A．the Lord Jesus likes him

B．the wall was already covered by other clocks

C．his clock moves the fastest

D．his clock moves too slowly

小題2:It was suggested in the joke that_______.

A．Hillary couldn’t find her own clock

B．Mother Theresa told the fewest lies

C．Clinton is a big liar

D．The Lord Jesus likes clocks very much

小題3:Who is the most honest person mentioned?

A．Bill Clinton	B．Mother Theresa
C．Abraham Lincoln	D．Hillary

In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a time for three    36  to become one. The table was always spread with    37   containing love as the main ingredient (成分). And that grandfather clock stood like an old family friend, watching over the    38   that was a part of our lives.
As a child, the old clock fascinated me. I    39  and listened to it during meals. Even more wonderful to me was my grandfather’s ritual (老習(xí)慣). He wound (上發(fā)條) that clock with a(n)    40   key carefully each day. I remember watching   41   my grandfather took the key from his pocket and opened the hidden door in the clock. He inserted the key and wound — not too much, nor too    42  . He never let that clock wind down and    43 . He showed us grandchildren how to open the door and let us each take    44    winding the key.
After my grandfather died, it was days after the funeral    45  I remembered the clock! The tears    46   freely when I entered the dining room. The clock stood there quiet.
Some time later, my grandmother gave me the key. The old house was   47 . No laughter over the dinner table, no ticking or chiming of the    48   — all was still. I took the key in my shaking hand and    49   the clock door. All of a sudden, I was a    50   again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and blue eyes. He was there,    51   at me, at the secret of the clock's magic, at the key that held so much power.
I stood there,    52   in thought for a long time. Then slowly and    53   I inserted the key and wound the clock. It sprang to life. Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were breathed into the dining room, into the house and into my    54  . With the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather    55   again.

小題1:	A．persons B．generations C．families D．stages

小題2:	A．water B．soup C．rice D．food

小題3:	A．embarrassment B．sorrow C．laughter D．depression

小題4:	A．sang B．laughed C．a(chǎn)te D．watched

小題5:	A．big B．special C．black D．ugly

小題6:	A．since B．unless C．a(chǎn)s D．until

小題7:	A．little B．fast C．high D．hard

小題8:	A．talk B．run C．break D．stop

小題9:	A．turns B．trouble C．pains D．a(chǎn)ction

小題10:

A．once B．when C．before D．that

小題11:

A．exposed B．flowed C．expressed D．spread

小題12:

A．cold B．different C．quiet D．full

小題13:

A．table B．house C．door D．clock

小題14:

A．locked B．opened C．turned D．closed

小題15:

A．man B．father C．child D．god

小題16:

A．winking B．shouting C．glaring D．glancing

小題17:

A．lost B．lived C．missed D．interrupted

小題18:

A．nervously B．excitedly C．steadily D．carefully

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)ccount B．heart C．a(chǎn)nxiety D．pocket

小題20:

A．died B．disappeared C．lived D．smiled

I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist(社會學(xué)家) proposed that the   36  society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I   37  hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood.   38  the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you   39  have done. Life has become hopelessly   40 . A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you   41  things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I   42  at the other end of the town. I was   43  that this simple vehicle could let me   44  long distances in a fairly short time. But how   45  did I really go?
Since I hated to be   46 , I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to   47  an odometer (里程表) on my bicycle. He agreed, but   48 , “An odometer without a speedometer (速度計) is like a   49  without a knife.” I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (裝置) were   50  to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn?” he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many   51 .” Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
“You can’t leave the back part   52 ,” noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons   53  the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven(烤箱) when you feel   54  on your way? I can give you a special discount.” I was not strong enough to   55  the offer.
“I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done,” said Mr. Johnson in the end.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)dult B．human C．consumer D．bachelor

小題2:	A．eventually B．immediately C．reluctantly D．gratefully

小題3:	A．Although B．Because C．As D．Unless

小題4:	A．would B．should C．must D．could

小題5:	A．boring B．complicated C．stressful D．tough

小題6:	A．natural B．mysterious C．complex D．unique

小題7:	A．gave up B．broke down C．calmed down D．ended up

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)mazed B．a(chǎn)mused C．confused D．concerned

小題9:	A．march B．drive C．cover D．measure

小題10:

A．far B．long C．fast D．deep

小題11:

A．unreliable B．impractical C．unprepared D．inaccurate

小題12:

A．fix B．check C．repair D．lay

小題13:

A．swore B．a(chǎn)dded C．replied D．concluded

小題14:

A．pencil B．fork C．box D．cake

小題15:

A．distributed B．converted C．a(chǎn)pplied D．a(chǎn)ttached

小題16:

A．shapes B．sizes C．functions D．models

小題17:

A．loose B．blank C．bare D．incomplete

小題18:         

A．beside

B．before

C．below

D．behind

小題19:

A．sick B．hungry C．hot D．thirsty

小題20:

A．consider B．withdraw C．make D．resist

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”
After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career ____51____ when I discovered my own writing ____52____. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _____53____ what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have ____54____ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be ____55____.”

小題1:	A．naughty B．lazy C．useless D．raggy

小題2:A. nothing         B. something        C everything        D. anything

小題3:	A．when B．that C．which D．a(chǎn)s

小題4:	A．thought B．promised C．decided D．expected

小題5:	A．to B．for C．with D．a(chǎn)t

小題6:	A．ridiculous B．a(chǎn)cceptable C．believable D．wrong

小題7:	A．see B．face C．treat D．react

小題8:	A．writing B．experiment C．practice D．composition

小題9:	A．school B．college C．club D．company

小題10:

A．went across B．put aside C．came out D．set off

小題11:

A．lecture B．writing C．teaching D．evening

小題12:

A．received B．a(chǎn)ccepted C．gave D．offered

小題13:

A．giving up B．paying for C．signing up D．ridding of

小題14:

A．paid B．made C．offered D．tried

小題15:

A．finished B．gone C．delayed D．left

小題16:

A．made off B．took off C．gave off D．moved off

小題17:

A．style B．habit C．idea D．skill

小題18:

A．Therefore B．But C．Though D．For

小題19:

A．written B．turned C．torn D．put

小題20:

A．cheerful B．enjoyable C．successful D．forgettable

Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27^th, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.
When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress(女校長).
However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to be a nurse in Panta, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.
小題1:What first inspired Mother Teresa to work in India?

A．Her visit to the poor parts of Calcutta.

B．Her visit to Britain after she left school.

C．The medical worker’s letters to her school.

D．The work of the nurse in the city of Panta.

小題2:In which order did Mother Teresa do the following things?
a. Trained to be a nurse                        
b. Went to India.
c. Helped the dying.                          
d. Studied to be a teacher.
e. Went to Britain.                            
f. Worked as a headmaster.

A．b, a, c, e, d, f	B．b, f, a, d, e, c
C．e, b, d, f, a, c	D．e, a, b, c, d, f

小題3:Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted to ___________.

A．look after the poor.

B．travel to poor countries

C．build hospitals for the poor

D．train nurse to care for the poor

小題4:Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has ___________.

A．saved many poor people in India

B．helped to bring about world peace

C．helped to make India a more peaceful place

D．taken care of many poor people in the world