When 1 was a boy we used to live across the road from a big hill with huge oak trees growing out of it．When winter arrived，thick，heavy snow would fall，and my two brothers would grab their sleds heading over to the hill for a day of fun．I remember watching them with envy because 1 was still too small to go sledding．Finally，one winter 1 was considered big enough and joined my brothers as they carried their sleds up the long hill and prepared to ride down it．
The first few trips I rode with one of my brothers and had the time of my life．It was so exhilarating when the wind whipped across my face as I flew down the hillside on the wooden sled．Near the end of the day 1 was overjoyed too when my oldest brother decided to let me try riding the sled all by myself．I climbed on it full of excitement and lay on my stomach．Then with one big push my brother sent me down the snowy hillside．1 was doing pretty well too until I hit an old stump hidden by the snow and went off course，straight towards one of those big oak trees．My heart pounded in my chest and I could hear myself screaming．At the last possible second I rolled off and the sled crashed into the tree．I could hear my brothers running down the hill yelling，“You have to steer(操控)!You have to steer!”
Sadly，that wasn’t the last time I failed to steer when some obstacle knocked me off course in my life．Many times problems，troubles，and my own failures have sent me crashing into the trees of anger, frustration, and despair．I am still learning that life isn’t always safe sledding．I am still learning that it is up to me to steer myself back to love, back to kindness, back to goodness, and back to God．
Life is a trip，but no one ever said it was a smooth ride．Steer well then．Steer straight．Steer your soul towards the light and the love we are all meant for．
1.What do we know about the author when he was very young?
A.He lived on a big hill with huge oak trees on it．
B.He was frightened to go sledding with his brothers．
C.He longed to go sledding with his brothers．
D.He carried his brothers’sleds as they went sledding．
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word“exhilarating”in Paragraph 2?
A.delightful B.Terrifying
C.ordinary D.violent
3.Why did the author fall off his sled?
A.Because his sled crashed in an oak tree．
B.Because he lost control of his sled．
C.Because his brother pushed it so hard．
D.Because the hillside was snowy．
4.What does the author mean to tell us?
A.Losing control of a sled can be dangerous．
B.Courage and determination can change one’s life．
C.Life can be controlled by one himself
D.Life is a mystery full of coincidences．
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When 1 was a boy we used to live across the road from a big hill with huge oak trees growing out of it．When winter arrived，thick，heavy snow would fall，and my two brothers would grab their sleds heading over to the hill for a day of fun．I remember watching them with envy because 1 was still too small to go sledding．Finally，one winter 1 was considered big enough and joined my brothers as they carried their sleds up the long hill and prepared to ride down it．
The first few trips I rode with one of my brothers and had the time of my life．It was so exhilarating when the wind whipped across my face as I flew down the hillside on the wooden sled．Near the end of the day 1 was overjoyed too when my oldest brother decided to let me try riding the sled all by myself．I climbed on it full of excitement and lay on my stomach．Then with one big push my brother sent me down the snowy hillside．1 was doing pretty well too until I hit an old stump hidden by the snow and went off course，straight towards one of those big oak trees．My heart pounded in my chest and I could hear myself screaming．At the last possible second I rolled off and the sled crashed into the tree．I could hear my brothers running down the hill yelling，“You have to steer(操控)!You have to steer!”
Sadly，that wasn’t the last time I failed to steer when some obstacle knocked me off course in my life．Many times problems，troubles，and my own failures have sent me crashing into the trees of anger, frustration, and despair．I am still learning that life isn’t always safe sledding．I am still learning that it is up to me to steer myself back to love, back to kindness, back to goodness, and back to God．
Life is a trip，but no one ever said it was a smooth ride．Steer well then．Steer straight．Steer your soul towards the light and the love we are all meant for．
1.What do we know about the author when he was very young?
A.He lived on a big hill with huge oak trees on it．
B.He was frightened to go sledding with his brothers．
C.He longed to go sledding with his brothers．
D.He carried his brothers’sleds as they went sledding．
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word“exhilarating”in Paragraph 2?
A.delightful B.Terrifying
C.ordinary D.violent
3.Why did the author fall off his sled?
A.Because his sled crashed in an oak tree．
B.Because he lost control of his sled．
C.Because his brother pushed it so hard．
D.Because the hillside was snowy．
4.What does the author mean to tell us?
A.Losing control of a sled can be dangerous．
B.Courage and determination can change one’s life．
C.Life can be controlled by one himself
D.Life is a mystery full of coincidences．
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When I was a boy we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for __ potatoes. I can still remember those potato __ days. The whole __ helped.
__ my Dad had tilled(耕地）the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my job to __ the little seed potatoes in the rows while my Mom dropped __ of fertilizer (肥料）beside them. My brothers then covered them all __ the freshly turned earth.
For months afterward I would __ over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the ground. When the harvest time came I was __ at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad pulled out of the soil.
Those little seedlings had grown into sweet food. They would be __ meal after meal of baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, and my __ favorite: potatoes cooked in spaghetti sauce.
They would __ the entire family well fed throughout the whole year. It __ was a miracle to be held.
Thinking back to those special times makes me wonder how many other __ I have planted in tills life that have grown ___in the hearts and minds of others.
How many times has God used some little thing that I said __ did to grow something beautiful? How many __ has Heaven used these little seedlings to __ another's soul with sweet food?
I hope then you always __ the garden around you with care. I hope that you plant only goodness, peace, and___ in the lives of everyone you help. I hope that everyday you help miracles to grow.
1.A. selling B. growing C. cooking D. cutting
2.A. planted B. planting C. being planted D. to plant
3.A. committee B. group C. family D. class
4.A. Before B. Since C. Until D. After
5.A. drop B. throw C. pull D. drive
6.A. boatfuls B. housefuls C. handfuls D. mouthfuls
7.A. at B. with C. by D. on
8.A. see B. notice C. glance D. glare
9.A. encouraged B. annoyed C. tired D. amazed
10.A. run into B. broken into C. looked into D. turned into
11.A. personal B. practical C. pure D. powerful
12.A. know B. knock C. keep D. kick
13.A. truly B. bitterly C. frequently D. conveniently
14.A. rows B. gardens C. seeds D. potatoes
15.A. unmade B. unseen C. unprotected D. untouched
16.A. and B. or C. so D. For
17.A. gardens B. rows C. days D. times
18.A. provide B. shut C. approach D. view
19.A. promote B. take C. close D. tend
20.A. love B. hate C. anger D. sadness
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How lucky! The boy had a ________ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus.
A.fine B.short C.close D.narrow
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When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts(童子军)，so I used to go camping every summer, and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.
We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded by cliffs (悬崖).If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to walk past our camp.
Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.
We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the river, we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.
An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep(悄悄移动)down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.
When it got dark, we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man, but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.
Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.
1.The writer in the text mainly tells us _________.
A．the story of his childhood B．a strange camping experience
C．about a stranger by the river D．about a good place for camping
2.Why did the boys eat their supper slowly?
A．They wanted to delay going to the river bank.
B．They were waiting for their scoutmaster.
C．They had a supper earlier than usual.
D．They were talking while eating.
3.The underlined word “bewildered” in the text probably means _________.
A．ashamed B．nervous
C．unable to understand D．eager to know something
4.When he heard what had happened, the scoutmaster __________.
A．realized who the man was
B．started to worry about the man
C．went back to look for the can
D．felt it hard to believe the boys
5.The writer still remembers the event because________.
A．the boys acted foolishly
B．the camping place is beautiful
C．there has been no explanation for the event
D．he particularly enjoyed his camping that summer.
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When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter(炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.
Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No.”
Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted.
Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.
And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.
1.When Paul was a boy, _____.
A. he had decided never to leave his hometown
B. the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter
C. no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution
D. he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area
2.Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?
A. He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.
B. He was interested in planting trees since he was young.
C. He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.
D. He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.
3.What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” probably refer to?
A. That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland.
B. That his normal work and life would be greatly affected.
C. That no one would like to join him in the efforts.
D. That he had to keep everything he did secret.
4.The message of the passage is that _____.
A. action speaks louder than words
B. perseverance(持之以恒) will work wonders
C. God helps those who help themselves
D. many hands make light work
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When I was a boy, I used to love walking in the woods around my home．My mom warned me several times never to travel so far that I would lose sight of the house．Being a typical boy, however, I soon found myself hiking further and further away, testing just how far I could go into the woods without getting lost．After losing my way once for two hours, though, I decided that I had better leave a trail the next time I went for a walk．
The very next day I decided to try it．I walked into the woods until the house was out of sight．Then I broke a small branch on a young tree to mark my place．I wandered further in and broke another limb and then another．In a few spots where there were no limbs small enough, I snapped the heads off the low plants that were growing where the sunlight broke through the trees．After a while I finally got tired and decided to head back．Turning around I easily found my tracks, but instead of being proud I felt sad．I could see the trail of destruction I had left in the woods going on and on．Looking at the broken limbs and dead flowers I wondered if God was disappointed in me and I vowed never to do that again．Instead, I started to cherish my times alone in the woods with nature．I’d sit by the streams and listen to them sing．I’d watch the birds and squirrels．I’d bend down to smell the flowers．And I even buried an acorn or two hoping that one day an Oak might grow．
There is an old Native American Saying that goes “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave．” As I have grown older and wiser, I have done my best to never leave a trail of destruction in my life as I did in the woods that day．I have instead tried to leave tracks of love, kindness, goodness, and compassion and I have strived to show others that they can do the same．May you always leave tracks of joy as you follow your own trail of love．
1.When the boy headed back from the woods, he felt sad because ______
A．he lost his way in the woods
B．he could find his tracks so easily
C．he left many trails of destruction
D．God was very disappointed in him
2.The boy took off some branches to ______．
A．protect himself
B．make his way out
C．see the sun clearly
D．leave some marks
3.The author wrote the passage to ______．
A．call on us to leave tracks of virtues in life
B．inform us that we shouldn’t destroy trees
C．tell us how to avoid getting lost in the woods
D．show us ways to get back home in the forest
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Was it in the village _____ we used to live in _____ the accident happened?
A. where; that B. which; that C. that; where D. where; which
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I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 31 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would 32 his taxi on the road. I33 why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home34 work, leave his taxi and go out for his35 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was a 36 .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 37 to be outside one evening two weeks 38 , when the garage door was 39 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 40 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 41 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）42 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 43 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）44 .
We go to bed every night and 45 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 46 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 47 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how much bigger and better a 48 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by 49 it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 50 we are than what we do!
1. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard
2. A. park B. stop C. check D. repair
3. A. knew B. understood C. asked D. wondered
4. A. for B. out of C. without D. from
5. A. business B. national C. personal D. public
6. A. waste B. gift C. wonder D. must
7. A. appeared B. intended C. expected D. happened
8. A. later B. more C. ago D. before
9. A. broken B. fine C. shut D. open
10. A. once B. before C. when D. until
11.A. far B. deep C. long D. little
12.A. driver B. engineer C. father D. son
13. A. called B. made C. elected D. turned
14.A. experience B. earning C. life D. work
15.A. stay up B. wake up C. stay home D. go home
16.A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party
17.A. family B. company C. team D. whole
18. A. garden B. garage C. car D. taxi
19. A. giving B. keeping C. driving D. parking
20. A. who B. what C. which D. where
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Was it in the village ______ we used to live in _________ the accident happened?
A．that; where B．which; that C．where; that D．which; where
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My husband and I used to live in the city.But we often faced a lot of problems there.There was a lot of latenight noise.It was difficult to find parking.And the rent of the apartment was high.Finally，my husband and I decided to move to the suburb outside Boston.
We started looking for our new home.It turned out that many other people were also moving to the suburbs and it wasn’t easy to find a nice house there.Finally we went to see a small and dark house.It needed a lot of work.But it was well built and it was on a street where we could walk to Starbucks，restaurants and bus stops.Well，before I knew it，we had made an offer and the house became ours.
On our first night in the house I cried for five hours.I thought we had made the wrong decision and I wanted to go back to the city—the house was smelly and old.And many families and old people lived around it.But after thinking of the problems we had when we were living in the city，I calmed down.Besides，our new home wasn’t that bad，after all.I had a driveway of my own.There were three big bedrooms and a backyard for my dog.Oh，how lovely the sound of nothing was.I changed the house inch by inch and it became a very comfortable home.
We have been in our house for over two years until now and it’s the best move we have ever made.While I’m glad I can drive into the city in fifteen minutes and enjoy all it has offered，I’m always happy to return home.
1.Why did the writer and her husband move to the suburb?
A. They found jobs there.
B. They could only afford a small house.
C. They dreamed of living in the country.
D. They no longer liked living in the city.
2.On the first night in the house，the writer .
A. was too excited
B. felt scared living there
C. regretted moving there at first
D. was moved to tears by its quietness
3.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 show about the house?
A. It was lovely.
B. It was really quiet.
C. It had nothing in it.
D. It has beautiful sound.
4.We can learn from the passage that the writer .
A. hates driving to the city
B. is afraid of returning home
C. loves living in the suburbs now
D. cannot wait to go back to the city
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