Jane got up at 7, dressed and made herself up...

Jane got up at 7, dressed and made herself up, and then ________ herself in the mirror before going to work.

A. stared                             B. enjoyed                        C. admired                       D. recognized

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Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out.　 She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday　　 ____， but lacked　　 ____　　 for the things that mattered most.

She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to　　 ___　 their lives. “We had to decide what was really　　 ____，” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to　　 ____　 with their three­year­old son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.

So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying　 inexpensive　　 ____　 such as reading, cooking and going to the park.

Then Shirley　　 ____　 her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that　　　 ____　 “At your service, buy　 ____　 a little time” and helped clients (客户) with personal tasks　 like shopping, paying bills and　　 ____　 parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my　 hours makes a　　 ____，” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the　　 ____　　 or play　 basketball with him. My stress and headaches are　　 ____.”

Shirley and her husband are　　 ____　　 alone in wanting to　　 ____　 and live a satisfying life. A　 survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and　 47 percent of married couples　 ____　 that they lack time together.　　 ____　 does the time go?

For most people,　 ____　 and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means　 becoming　　 ____　 of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things　 easier. Then we have to gain　　 ____　 over life and have time for the pleasures.

1.A.activities　　　　　　　　     B．services　　　　　　　　

C．demands　　　　　　　　　     D．exercises

2.A.time　　　　　　　　　　     B．strength　　　　　　　　

C．money　　　　　　　　　　     D．ability

3.A.lead　　　　　　　　　　　     B．simplify　　　　　　　　

C．adapt　　　　　　　　　　　     D．consider

4.A.comfortable　　　　　　     B．interesting　　　　　　

C．important　　　　　　　　     D．hard

5.A.study　　　　　　　　　　     B．help　　　　　　　　　　

C．meet　　　　　　　　　　　     D．play

6.A.pleasures　　　　　　　　     B．places　　　　　　　　　　

C．tasks　　　　　　　　　　　　     D．goods

7.A.found　　　　　　　　　     B．received　　　　　　　　

C．took　　　　　　　　　　　     D．quit

8.A.read　　　　　　　　　　     B．wrote　　　　　　　　　

C．showed　　　　　　　　　　     D．told

9.A.us　　　　　　　　　　　　     B．yourself　　　　　　　　

C．children　　　　　　　　　　     D．herself

10.A.attending　　　　　　　　     B．organizing　　　　　　

C．having　　　　　　　　　　     D．going

11.A.life　　　　　　　　　　     B．result　　　　　　　　　

C．balance　　　　　　　　　　     D．difference

12.A.office　　　　　　　　　　     B．hospital　　　　　　　　

C．park　　　　　　　　　　　     D．school

13.A.gone　　　　　　　　　　     B．better　　　　　　　　　

C．strong　　　　　　　　　　     D．obvious

14.A.a bit　　　　　　　　　　     B．far from　　　　　　　　

C．much too　　　　　　　　     D．more than

15.．A.keep pace　　　　　　　     B．settle down　　　　　　

C．take off　　　　　　　　　     D．slow down

16.A.expect　　　　　　　　　     B．doubt　　　　　　　　　

C．complain　　　　　　　　     D．imagine

17.A.How　　　　　　　　　　     B．When　　　　　　　　　

C．Where　　　　　　　　　　     D．Why

18.A.traveling　　　　　　　　     B．reading　　　　　　　　

C．shopping　　　　　　　　     D．working

19.A.aware　　　　　　　　　　     B．afraid　　　　　　　　　　

C．proud　　　　　　　　　　　     D．sure

20.A.value　　　　　　　　　　     B．control　　　　　　　　　

C．success　　　　　　　　　　     D．experience

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I got up and dressed, stuck my violin under my jacket, and went out into the street. I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely place, feeling as if I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a go.

I felt tense and shaking. I drew my violin from under my coat like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains passing overhead, that I was about to prove myself.

The first notes I played were loud and raw, and then they settled down and began to run more smoothly and to stay more or less in tune. To my surprise I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any notice at all.

I walked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually knowing how to try and get money by being a street artist. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money — the sight could discourage the people; nor was it wise to empty it completely, which could also confuse them, giving them no hint as to where to drop his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a good idea. Before I played another tune, I took off the big money, but always left two pennies behind.

Old ladies were most generous, and so were women with children, shop girls, and typists. As for the men: Heavy drinkers were always generous too and so were big young with muscles. But never a man with a hat, briefcase or dog; respectable types were the meanest of all, except retired army officers, who would bark “Why aren’t you working, young man?” and then threw much money into the hat to hide their confusion.

1.The underlined phrase “have a go” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

A. have a try　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. run away　　　　　　　　　

C. change a place　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. commit a crime

2.When the writer began to play the violin, he thought that ________.

A. he could make a lot of money　　　　　　　　　 B. he had chosen the wrong place

C. he would get into trouble 　　　　　　　　　 D. people would stop and listen to him

3.According to the passage, the writer thought the best way of encouraging people to give a street-violinist money was to ________.

A. let the hat fill up with money first 　　　　　　　　　

B. leave a small amount of money in the hat

C. make sure that the hat was always empty

D. choose the best place to play more smooth tunes

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Most of the ladies were willing to give him money.

B. Retired army officers seldom gave him money.

C. Drinkers were generous with their money.

D. Not all the people would feel pity for street-violinists.

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At one point I made up my mind to talk to Uncle Sam. Then I changed my mind, ______ that he could do nothing to help.

A. to realize          B. realized        C. realizing            D. being realized

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She has long been expecting a computer belonging to herself and at last she got_________.

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Even then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible pages, I saw light, streets and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even I could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn’t like to see books in the house. There was something about them---apart from the letters he could not recognize---that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten he would send me off to work and that I’d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn’t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window.

“If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you’ll be sorry.”

My father was not a miser and, despite the hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, and when I’d collected enough coins I’d secretly rush out to buy myself a book.

My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons Bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart’s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn’t looking I’d leave the coins I’d managed to collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change---if I’d had to buy a book with that pittance (极少的报酬), I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever.

One Christmas Sempere gave me that best gift I had ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full.

“Great expectations, by Charles Dickens,” I read on the cover.

I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them.

“A friend of yours?”

“A lifelong friend. And from now on, he’s your friend too.”

That afternoon I took my new friend home, hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn’t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn’t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.

1.The underlined word “haven” in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”.

A. favor　　 B. mask　　 C. consultant　　 D. shelter

2.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ______.

A. the people who played a part in the author’s story

B. the difficulties the author ran into in his childhood

C. the author’s affection for books as a child

D. the author’s dreams before he met Sempere

3.The word “friend” is used twice by Sempere to ______.

A. emphasize the emotional connection Sempere feels to reading

B. imply that Sempere had one close friend in his lifetime

C. underline the importance of the author’s connection to Sempere

D. stress how friendships helped the author deal with difficulties

4.Why does the author consider Great Expectations to be the best gift?

A. Because he wanted to make the acquaintance of the book’s author.

B. Because the gift meant that Sempere regarded him as a special friend.

C. Because reading the book convinced him that he wanted to be a writer.

D. Because he’d only ever been given sweets and snacks as gifts in the past.

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I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man　 ________ (sit) at the front.

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________I got over from the failure of my entrance examination. And I made up my mind to devote myself to my study again.

A. Considerably         B. Constantly        C. Eventually      D. Frequently

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Grandma Pugh sized up the baby like a pig at the farmers’ market. There was a pause and then she pronounced. “He’s got nice long legs.” She clapped her hands once in approval. But then she frowned and leaned forward. Everyone waited anxiously. The baby had opened his eyes and was staring up. “But those cross eyes won’t do,” she declared firmly, shaking her head in disappointment.

That had been Freddie Pilcher’s first meeting with Grandma Pugh. Since then, ten years had passed. Much to his grandmother’s satisfaction, she’d been proven right about the boy’s legs. He was a regular beanpole. Grandma Pugh had also been correct about his eyes. Freddie had been wearing glasses to correct his vision since he was two years old. His current pair was thick, and cheap-looking, but at least he could see.

Freddie not only had poor eyesight, but he was also clumsy. He wasn’t good at schoolwork either. But there was one thing that the boy was good at and it was all on account of the length of his legs. He could jump.

Freddie was the best jumper in school. Not only could he leap the furthest but also the highest. At breaktimes, he entertained the little ones by leaping over the school wall into Mrs Hobson’s garden and then rapidly jumping back. She had been up to see the head teacher several times because somebody had been crushing her vegetables.

It was badgers (獾), Freddie suggested, when quizzed by Miss Harpy — definitely badgers; no doubt about it. His dad had terrible problems with badgers. Only last week he had lost two rows of carrots. Freddie had woken one night and heard them tearing through the garden, a whole herd of them. They rooted up the lawn and dug up the vegetables. Terrible things, badgers. All the other children nodded their heads wisely. There was a moment’s pause in Class Three as everyone thought about the dreadful damage that badgers could do.

1.What do we know about Grandma Pugh?

A. She was present at the birth of baby Freddie.

B. She was unwilling to listen to the ideas of others.

C. She was a figure of great importance in the family.

D. She valued physical appearance over all other things.

2.Why did Freddie jump over the school wall?

A. To annoy his teacher.

B. To escape from school.

C. To amuse his schoolmates.

D. To damage Mrs Hobson’s vegetables.

3.Which of the following best describes Freddie’s physical appearance?

A. 　　 B.

C. 　　 D.

4.Why does Freddie talk about badgers in the final paragraph?

A. To explain the cause of the damage.

B. To warn the class about their danger.

C. To describe what happened to his father’s garden.

D. To make up an excuse for the cause of the damage.

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Grandma Pugh sized up the baby like a pig at the farmers’ market. There was a pause and then she pronounced. “He’s got nice long legs.” She clapped her hands once in approval. But then she frowned and leaned forward. Everyone waited anxiously. The baby had opened his eyes and was staring up. “But those cross eyes won’t do,” she declared firmly, shaking her head in disappointment.

That had been Freddie Pilcher’s first meeting with Grandma Pugh. Since then, ten years had passed. Much to his grandmother’s satisfaction, she’d been proven right about the boy’s legs. He was a regular beanpole. Grandma Pugh had also been correct about his eyes. Freddie had been wearing glasses to correct his vision since he was two years old. His current pair was thick, and cheap-looking, but at least he could see.

Freddie not only had poor eyesight, but he was also clumsy. He wasn’t good at schoolwork either. But there was one thing that the boy was good at and it was all on account of the length of his legs. He could jump.

Freddie was the best jumper in school. Not only could he leap the furthest but also the highest. At breaktimes, he entertained the little ones by leaping over the school wall into Mrs Hobson’s garden and then rapidly jumping back. She had been up to see the head teacher several times because somebody had been crushing her vegetables.

It was badgers (獾), Freddie suggested, when quizzed by Miss Harpy — definitely badgers; no doubt about it. His dad had terrible problems with badgers. Only last week he had lost two rows of carrots. Freddie had woken one night and heard them tearing through the garden, a whole herd of them. They rooted up the lawn and dug up the vegetables. Terrible things, badgers. All the other children nodded their heads wisely. There was a moment’s pause in Class Three as everyone thought about the dreadful damage that badgers could do.

1.What do we know about Grandma Pugh?

A. She was present at the birth of baby Freddie.

B. She was unwilling to listen to the ideas of others.

C. She was a figure of great importance in the family.

D. She valued physical appearance over all other things.

2.Why did Freddie jump over the school wall?

A. To annoy his teacher.

B. To escape from school.

C. To amuse his schoolmates.

D. To damage Mrs Hobson’s vegetables.

3.Which of the following best describes Freddie’s physical appearance?

A. 　　 B.

C. 　　 D.

4.Why does Freddie talk about badgers in the final paragraph?

A. To explain the cause of the damage.

B. To warn the class about their danger.

C. To describe what happened to his father’s garden.

D. To make up an excuse for the cause of the damage.

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