Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced ...

Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon left their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.

Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim(模糊的) memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.

I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations（调查研究）. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious（清醒的） mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research.

But curiosity, keen（敏锐的） eyes, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one of the excellent and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist, up to a certain point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.

1.The first paragraph tells us the author ______.

2.The author can’t remember his relatives clearly because _______.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that the author was _______.

4. The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he _______.

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It’s an old photo of my childhood that I       when I was looking for my ID card the other day.

A. came into          B. came about      C. came on           D. came across

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It’s an old photo of my childhood that I _______ when I was looking for my ID card the other day.

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When I think back to my childhood, I like to recall the super-heroes that filled my Saturday morning cartoon marathons. Wearing my warm pajamas, eyes ________ on the screen, I remember how I ________ those larger-than-life superheroes fighting against enemies and ________ the difficulties. They opened up a world of ________.

As a child, I think we all admire the idea that there are people in this world who can _____ the impossible things--do things that ______ people cannot. Fictional superheroes are usually ____ as the people having extraordinary or superhuman power and are devoted to ________ the public. But，there are real-life heroes ________ there. They don't have fascinating power that we can only ________ of. I am talking about unsung heroes in our ________. The people we often forget, the cashiers at our ________ grocery stores, mechanics who fix our cars，people who cook the food in our local restaurants, daycare workers，those working on the frontline of non-profit organizations, secretaries, and the ________ goes on.

I try to express my ________ every day to the people who make our lives ________, even when we don't realize it. Just everyone in your community is ________ an unsung hero to someone in their lives.

Life is a ________ at times and each of us has a story to tell. Someone else is thankful for less than what you have. An unsung hero of mine who ________ my day was a lady in the line behind me at the grocery store who said," It doesn't matter if the glass is full or empty just be _____ that you have a glass." Having a ________ attitude means showing gratitude towards the people in your life.

1.A. attended　　 B. adapted　　 C. exposed　　 D. fixed

2.A. admired　　 B. respected　　 C. imagined　　 D. expected

3.A. arranging　　 B. challenging　　 C. responding　　 D. balancing

4.A. wonders　　 B. freedom　　 C. possibilities　　 D. business

5.A. accomplish　　 B. acquire　　 C. overcome　　 D. occupy

6.A. wealthy　　 B. unusual　　 C. ordinary　　 D. educated

7.A. represented　　 B. described　　 C. designed　　 D. supposed

8.A. entertaining　　 B. astonishing　　 C. leading　　 D. protecting

9.A. staying　　 B. fighting　　 C. working　　 D. existing

10.A. talk　　 B. dream　　 C. think　　 D. imagine

11.A. country　　 B. city　　 C. community　　 D. state

12.A. local　　 B. rural　　 C. urban　　 D. favorite

13.A. frontline　　 B. example　　 C. number　　 D. list

14.A. gratitude　　 B. admiration　　 C. delight　　 D. praise

15.A. faster　　 B. cheaper　　 C. easier　　 D. worse

16.A. exactly　　 B. probably　　 C. naturally　　 D. slightly

17.A. stage　　 B. struggle　　 C. discussion　　 D. conversation

18.A. made　　 B. led　　 C. spent　　 D. enriched

19.A. amazed　　 B. confident　　 C. astonished　　 D. thankful

20.A. clever　　 B. satisfactory　　 C. positive　　 D. negative

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Dearest Clare,

As I write this, I am sitting at my desk in the back bedroom looking out at your studio across the backyard full of blue evening snow, everything is smooth and crusty with ice, and it is very still. It's one of those winter evenings when the coldness of every single thing seems to slow down time, like the narrow center of an hourglass which time itself flows through, but slowly, slowly. I had a sudden urge, tonight, here in the house by myself to write you a letter. I suddenly wanted to leave something, for after. I think that time is short, now. I feel as though all my reserves, of energy, of pleasure, of duration, are thin, small. I don't feel capable of continuing very much longer. I know you know.

If you are reading this, I am probably dead. But you know: you know that if I could have stayed, if I could have gone on, that I would have seized every second: whatever it was, this death, you know that it came and took me, like a child carried away by goblins (妖精).

Clare, I want to tell you, again, I love you. But I hate to think of you waiting. I know that you have been waiting for me all your life, always uncertain of how long this patch of waiting would be. Ten minutes, ten days.A month. What an uncertain husband I have been, Clare, like a sailor. Please, Clare. When I am dead, stop waiting and be free. Of me—put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live. Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though the world is your natural element.

After my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present.

If I had to live on without you I know I could not do it. But I hope, I have this vision of you walking, with your shining hair in the sun. I have not seen this with my eyes, but only with my imagination, that makes pictures, that always wanted to paint you, shining; but I hope that this vision will be true, anyway.

Clare, there is one last thing, and I have hesitated to tell you, because I'm afraid that telling might cause it to not happen and also because I have just been going on about not waiting and this might cause you to wait longer than you have ever waited before. But I will tell you in case you need something, after.

Last summer, I was sitting in Kendrick’s waiting room when I suddenly found myself in a dark hallway in a house I don’t know. At the end of the hall I could see a rim of light around a door, and so I went very slowly and very quietly to the door and looked in. The room was white, and lit with morning sun. At the window, with her back to me, sat a woman, wearing a coral-colored cardigan sweater, with long white hair all down her back. She had a cup of tea beside her, on a table. I must have made some little noise, or she sensed me behind her...she turned and saw me, and I saw her, and it was you, Clare, this was you as an old woman, in the future. It was sweet, Clare, it was sweet beyond telling. I won’t tell you any more, so you can imagine it. We will see each other again, Clare. Until then, live, fully, present in the world, which is so beautiful.

It’s dark, now, and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing.

Henry

1.Why did Henry mention the snow and ice in the first Paragraph?

A. To indicate the death is approaching.

B. To illustrate that he has an easy mind.

C. To express how urgent he was to write the letter.

D. To show the weather conditions when he wrote the letter.

2.From Paragraph 4 we can know that ________.

A. his mother died soon after Henry was born

B. the living shouldn’t miss the dead too much

C. his mother had a narrow affection for his father

D. his father lived in the shadow of his mother’s absence

3.By describing what he found in Kendrick’s waiting room, Henry intended to tell Clare that ________.

A. he hoped she would wait for him forever

B. his health was worsening step by step

C. she should stop waiting and be free to live

D. she would be more beautiful when she was old

4.Which of the following can best describe Henry?

A. Considerate.　　　 B. Generous.　　 D. Explicit.　　　 D. Rigid.

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I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard（果园）,looking up at the branches above me. It is one of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are already ripe（成熟的）. Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother’s apple pie(苹果馅饼), and how I used to make it with her. She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie since. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.

The sky is as blue as my grandfather’s eyes. Above me, big white clouds race across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down.

“Sophie!” calls my grandfather. “Is that you?” I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples, and bees, and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her too.

He puts his rough, brown farmer’s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. “You know, Sophie,” he says, “ I spent the morning in the attic（阁楼）, and you’ll never guess what I found. It’s the recipe（烹饪法）for Grandma’s apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can’t do it all alone, but you used to help her too. Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out. Want to try?”

“ But it won’t be the same without Grandma,” I tell him.

“ That’s true,” he says, “ but nothing is the same without Grandma. Still, I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?” I nod yes, and we walk towards home… towards an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma’s famous apple pie.

1. We learn from the passage that Sophie________.

2.Both Sophie and her grandfather used to ________.

3.The underlined part in the last paragraph shows ________.

4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?.

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Looking back on the first twenty years of my life,I feel grateful to have been so healthy and happy.I'm happy because of many key factors（因素）. 1.

Health comes first for me, because without health everything else is meaningless. Imagine starting a career without good health. Imagine achieving anything without good health. 2.

Good health is not enough to be happy. 3. Money obviously pays for the basic necessities of life—food, housing, clothing, etc.—but it is also necessary for other reasons. Money guarantees(保证) we always get good medical treatment when we fall ill. Besides, we can also use money for entertainment that can add to our quality of life.

Family is another important factor in having a happy life because it provides the love, joy, and support that everyone needs. I love my family with all my heart. I get pleasure from their pleasure. I suffer when they suffer. 4. They give me advice when I have misunderstandings with my friends. More importantly, they are always there to share everything with me.

5. As long as I stay healthy, work hard to earn enough money and share both good times and bad times with my family,I will always be the happiest girl in the world.

A. Money is the most important factor which contributes to a happy life.

B. These three factors are all that I need and want in this world.

C. My family help me get through worries, pressures and difficulties.

D. We still need to have money in today's society.

E. Finally, I'm quite thankful that I am healthy, wealthy and happy.

F. Clearly, good health is much more important than any other things of one's life.

G. They include my physical health, healthy finances and my family's happiness.

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Looking back on the first twenty years of my life, I feel grateful to have been so healthy and happy. For my happiness, I am grateful to so many people and lucky events, but what have guided me and supported me in my life are my physical health, healthy finances, and my family’s happiness.

Health comes first for me, because without health everything else is meaningless. Imagine starting a career without good health. Imagine starting a family without good health. Imagine achieving anything without good health. Clearly, good health is the first necessary for other part of one’s life.

Good health is not enough to be happy. We still need to have money in today’s society. Money obviously pays for basic needs of life — food, housing, clothing — but it is also necessary for other reason like the quality of our education and medical care.

Next comes the most important thing in having a happy life — our family. It provides the love, joy and support that everybody needs. I love my family with all my heart. I get pleasure from their pleasure. I suffer when they suffer. My family helped me get through the hard times of entrance exams. They comforted and advised me when I had misunderstanding with my friends. More importantly, they have been there to share in my successes in the past twenty years. In summary, all these are what I need and want in this world. As long as I stay healthy, earn enough money, and share both good times and bad times with my family, I will always be the happiest girl in the world.

1.The writer mentions her entrance exams to prove that _______.

A. opportunities go to those with strong beliefs

B. our quality of life can be improved with money

C. nothing can be achieved without a healthy body

D. family provides the support that everybody needs

2.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To argue about the importance of money.

B. To explain what are the keys to happiness.

C. To discuss ways of dealing with difficulties.

D. To show people’s different attitudes to happiness.

3.How is the passage organized?

A. Introduction—Explanation—Summary

B. Examples—Argument—Summary

C. Argument—Topic—Conclusion

D. Topic—Examples—Conclusion

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Looking back on the first twenty years of my life, I feel grateful to have been so healthy and happy. I owe my happiness to so many people and lucky events, but there are many key factors that have guided and supported me in my life. They are my physical health，healthy finances（经济情况） and my family’s happiness.

Health comes first for me, because without health everything else is meaningless. Imagine starting a career without good health. Imagine starting a family without good health. Imagine achieving anything without good health. 1.

Good health is not enough to be happy.　 2.Money obviously pays for the basic necessities of life----food, housing, clothing, etc. It is also necessary for other reasons. Money guarantees we always get good medical treatment when we fall ill. 3.

Family is another important factor in having a happy life because it provides the love ,joy, and support that everyone needs. I love my family with all my heart. I get pleasure from their pleasure. I suffer when they suffer. 4.　　 They give me advice when I have misunderstandings with my friends. More importantly, they are always there to share everything with me.

5. As long as I stay healthy, work hard to earn enough money and share both good times and bad times with my family, I will always be the happiest girl in the world.

A. Money is the most important factor which contributes to a happy life.

B. These three factors are all I need and want in this world.

C. My family help me get through worries, pressures and difficulties.

D. We still need to have money in today’s society.

E. Finally, I’m quite thankful that I am healthy, wealthy and happy.

F. Clearly, good health is much more important than any other aspect of one’s life.

G. Besides, we can also use money for entertainment that can add to our quality of life.

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Looking back on the first twenty years of my life, I feel grateful to have been so healthy and happy. I’m happy due to many key factors. They include my physical health, healthy finances and my family’s happiness.

Health comes first for me, because without health everything else is meaningless. Imagine starting a career without good health. Imagine achieving anything without good health. 1.______

Good health is not enough to be happy. 2.______ Money obviously pays for the basic necessities of life—food, housing, clothing, etc. —but it is also necessary for other reasons. Money guarantees we always get good medical treatment when we fall ill. 3._______

Family is another important factor in having a happy life because it provides the love, joy, and support that everyone needs. I love my family with all my heart. I get pleasure from their pleasure. I suffer when they suffer. 4._______They give me advice when I have misunderstandings with my friends. More importantly, they are always there to share everything with me.

5.______As long as I stay healthy, work hard to earn enough money and share both good times and bad times with my family, I will always be the happiest girl in the world.

A. My family help me get through pressures and difficulties.

B. Clearly, good health is much more important than any other aspect of one’s life.

C. Besides, we can use money to improve our life.

D. We still need money in today’s society.

E. Sometimes the amount of money we have is determined by our happiness.

F. These three factors are all I need in this world.

G. Having good health and healthy finances, we can turn our attention to the happiness of our family.

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