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When I was young, my father and I used to climb the mountains near my house. South Korea has more than plains, and for this reason, climbing has been a natural thing for me since I was a kid.
together, my father and I used to have through which I learned a lot from him. He always stressed, “You should have goals in life just like in climbing the mountains.” This has my life deeply.
Without such mountaineering , we couldn’t have had enough time to spend together because my father was very . I believe mountaineering is really . It gave me time to talk with my father and to develop my . I loved walking in the mountains, the routine of city life, the noise and the pollution, and being able to breathe fresh air.
One time we climbed one of the highest mountains in Korea. It was so
for me because I was only ten years old. the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the fresh air, t
he birds singing, and the beautiful dances of butterflies. As time passed, I got pains in both of my . I wanted to quit climbing. But my father said to me, “ i
s a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain and field where we are are decorated with flowers and trees. You can see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t you are halfway up. there at the top can you enjoy all the beautiful things, just like in .”
At that time, I was too to understand his words, but after that, I got new hope and confidence. , I found myself standing at the top of the mountain. And there, I could see the beautiful sky.
1.A. rivers B. lakes C. seas D. mountains
2.A. Walking B. Working C. Studying D. Playing
3.A. stories B. conversat
ionsC. lessons D. interests
4.A. rebuilt B. destroyed C. influenced D. improved
5.A. trainingB. opportunitiesC. period D. memories
6.A. angry B. free C. busy D. special
7.A. beneficial B. hopeful C. tiresome D. serious
8.A. power B. emotion C. courage D. patience
9.A. putting up with B. making up forC. getting away from D. living up to
10.A. abnormal B. challenging C. disappointingD. acceptable
11.A. During B. After C. Between D. Before
12.A. arms B. ears C. legs D. eyes
13.A. Winter B. Autumn C. Summer D. Spring
14.A. standing B. strugglingC. watching D. finishing
15.A. never B. always C. seldom D. sometimes
16.A. what B. when C. that D. where
17.A. Just B. Still C. Only D. Though
18.A. work B. life C. news D. tradition
19.A. foolish B. happy C. proud D. young
20.A. FinallyB. Luckily C. ActuallyD. Immediately
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When I was young， my father used to grow carnations (康乃馨).His carnations were red， pink and white. Everyone who saw them admired them for their beauty.
He took care of them with so much love and 36 . Every day he came home from work， he went straight to see them. He 37 watching them every day. We the kids did too. But he used to tell us， “No one should touch my flowers.”
One day my younger sister， who loved my dad very much， had wanted to help him and she 38 the carnations from their stems (枝干) one by one and arranged them 39 . She believed that he would be very 40 to see them that way.
When mom and I realized what my sister had done， we became completely hopeless. However， my sister had no idea why no one showed her any appreciation. When my dad arrived he went， 41 ， straight to see the flowers. When he saw his flowers lying on the floor like dead animals， he was 42 at first. He looked towards the street， to see if it was any of the 43 children who could have done it. Then he entered the living room and looked at mom in silence.
Finally mom， who always taught us to 44 no matter what， looked at dad and said： “We have no bad neighbors in our area”. Then with a nice tone she continued： “No outsider did this great job， only your lovely daughter Clémence.” My dad’s face changed into 45 and then he said： “Do I have a better 46 than my lovely daughter？” My younger sister smiled and 47 dad tightly.
1.A. devotion B. spirits C. gratitude D. expectation
2.A. hated B. approved C. enjoyed D. committed
3.A. divided B. watered C. cut D. cleaned
4.A. by the window B. in the vase C. on the desk D. on the floor
5.A. surprised B. pleased C. disappointed D. worried
6.A. as usual B. at first C. as well D. at last
7.A. frightened B. relieved C. disappointed D. shocked
8.A. enemies’ B. friends’ C. families’ D. neighbors’
9.A. say the truth B. behave ourselves C. follow the rules D. keep secret
10.A. sadness B. smiles C. anger D. depression
11.A. kid B. flower C. helper D. gift
12.A. hugged B. kissed C. grasped D. patted
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My father________hungry when he was young.
A.would go B.was going C.used to go D.had gone
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When I was a young teenager, about 14, I was already ready to work. My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life. For him, getting up at 5 a.m. and working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then more after school until there was not enough to see, were normal.
My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very . He began to show me these, not through , but through his actions. He would not a job until it was done. He put his all into everything he did. However, he showed me this not just in working, but in everything. Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to a game once, and he explained to me that I had made a and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not to play the rest of the games.
So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to . My entire was to make my father proud of me. I knew that I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it. My first job was doing for a company. As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so . When someone as young as I started working, they would either or get stronger. I got stronger. I worked the I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had. In the end, my boss was . He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents’ eyes . From that day on I have worked every job to my full , because that day defined(界定) my life. It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it in the rest of my life.
1.A. going B. working C. learning D. playing
2.A. time B. chance C. light D. strength
3.A. ridiculous B. easy C. absolute D. important
4.A. facts B. words C. practice D. assessment
5.A. quit B. find C. do D. finish
6.A. might B. would C. could D. should
7.A. enjoy B. defeat C. skip D. take
8.A. commitment B. improvement C. devotion D. compromise
9.A. decide B. submit C. resist D. deserve
10.A. prepared B. shocked C. delighted D. interested
11.A. stick B. leave C. fail D. play
12.A. problem B. world C. trick D. goal
13.A. in case B. now that C. even if D. as though
14.A. regulation B. construction C. communication D. reception
15.A. weak B. poor C. delicate D. young
16.A. break B. struggle C. pause D. object
17. A. manner B. moment C. way D. method
18.A. impressed B. surprised C. inspired D. excited
19.A. stared B. shone C. lifted D.opened
20.A. occupation B. potential C. spirit D. skill
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When I was young, each morning I woke up and would find my father nowhere around the house. He usually got up early before ______ and began cleaning the farmyard. In summer, he got up ______ earlier to water the flowers and vegetables in the garden. Once I helped my father to ______ weeds from the corn field. It wasn’t long ______ I felt very tired but the field ridge seemed ______. Finally I totally threw myself ______ in the field, feeling ______. My dad seemed to have ______ my mind. He came up and said, “Farming is tiring and really takes ______and sweat, but in ______ the sweet harvest will be worth the ______.” Encouraged by his words, I struggled to my feet. My father ______ and added, “Rome is not built in a ______, but it can be built in hundreds of days. So whenever ______ with a huge project, just break it into ______parts and then complete it one by one. Finally you will be amazed at your ______.” Hearing what he said, I was greatly ______ and continued removing the weeds from patch to patch. Believe it or not, at the end of the day, I ______ in weeding half an acre of the corn field.
Now I have tried different jobs and finally ______ down running a big restaurant. In my lifetime, my father’s devotion to his job and his special working methods can always encourage and guide me ______ all kinds of difficulties.
1.A. noon B. night C. dark D. dawn
2.A. equally B. less C. even D. extremely
3.A. throw B. harvest C. remove D. drop
4.A. before B. whenever C. since D. until
5.A. faraway B. endless C. challenging D. boring
6.A. open B. out C. away D. flat
7.A. angry B. disappointed C. hopeless D. ashamed
8.A. read B. disturbed C. spoken D. seen
9.A. pains B. wisdom C. patience D. courage
10.A. spring B. fall C. summer D. winter
11.A. strength B. cost C. effort D. risk
12.A. regretted B. smiled C. sighed D. followed
13.A. day B. month C. second D. year
14.A. discouraged B. faced C. dealt D. worked
15.A. good B. various C. small D. large
16.A. confidence B. achievement C. failure D. change
17.A. puzzled B. shocked C. delighted D. inspired
18.A. managed B. failed C. succeeded D. avoided
19.A. settled B. broke C. bent D. pulled
20.A. around B. to C. with D. through
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My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores to help my mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器) bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up.
Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my wife. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to empty the bag because I could not find a replacement for it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless vacuum cleaner.
Easier said than done, of course. I didn’t realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (设计原型). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.
I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I never thought of going into a business with it. In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business.
That gave me the courage to keep going, but soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner. However, I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.
Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not bound to any rules - in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.
1.According to the article, which of the following statements about the writer is NOT true?
A.He lost his father during his childhood and lived with his mother.
B.He built over five thousand prototypes of the vacuum cleaner between 1978 and 1983.
C.Finally, the vacuum cleaner he reinvented became popular with British customers.
D.He decided to develop an innovative vacuum cleaner for his wife while in his thirties.
2.According to the article, the writer’s bagless vacuum cleaner was produced in large numbers ______.
A.in the early 1980s
B.after his bank manager agreed to lend him $1 million
C.after he managed to get a $1 million loan
D.before he obtained a patent on the product
3.It can be inferred from the article that ______.
A.the writer was a born businessman
B.the writer had no confidence in his vacuum cleaner initially
C.the writer’s invention might have ended up in failure without his wife
D.the writer’s vacuum cleaner was never recognized by other vacuum makers
4.According to the article, which of the following would most likely be the writer’s motto?
A.Never be afraid of failure because failure is nothing but the first step to success.
B.The foundation stones for a success are honesty, faith, love and loyalty.
C.It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves.
D.If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
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My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores to help my mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner(真空吸尘器) bag and ___________ things the machine did not suck up.
Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my ___________. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to ___________ the bag because I could not find a new one to replace it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a ___________ vacuum cleaner.
Easier said than done, of course. I didn't ___________ that l would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a ___________ that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes(设计原型). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our ___________. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into ___________. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to ___________ the problem.
I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I ____________ thought of going into a business with it. In the early 1980 s, I started trying to ____________ licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, ____________. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the ____________ from bags. No one would license my idea, not because it was a (an) ____________ one, but because it was bad for business.
That gave me the courage to keep going, but soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines ____________ mine. I had to fight legal battles to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner. However, I was still in ____________ difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally ____________ Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a ____________ in Britain.
Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing ____________ the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not ____________ to any rules-in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.
1.A.making out B.picking up C.holding onto D.noting down
2.A.porter B.designer C.dad D.wife
3.A.desert B.empty C.fill D.pack
4.A.waterproof B.silent C.cheap D.bagless
5.A.realize B.regret C.doubt D.recall
6.A.compromise B.process C.bargain D.choice
7.A.babies B.bags C.sheep D.pennies
8.A.debt B.success C.quarrel D.wealth
9.A.facing B.settling C.raising D.avoiding
10.A.also B.occasionally C.nearly D.never
11.A.sell B.break C.get D.conclude
12.A.though B.instead C.as usual D.in theory
13.A.information B.sufferings C.profits D.lesson
14.A.new B.realistic C.illegal D.bad
15.A.above B.like C.without D.beside
16.A.financial B.household C.technological D.moral
17.A.forbade B.ordered C.helped D.persuaded
18.A.failure B.joke C.hit D.patent
19.A.recovers B.beats C.arouses D.adds
20.A.open B.accustomed C.bound D.opposed
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My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores(杂务)to help my mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner(真空吸尘器)bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up.
Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my wife. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to empty the bag because I could not find a replacement for it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked. I decided to make a bagless vacuum cleaner.
Easier said than done, of course. I didn't realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes(设计原型). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.
I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I never thought of going into a business with it. In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters(滤网).
No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business.
That gave me the courage to keep going. Then, in 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million, I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.
Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not bound to any rules—in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.
1.Why did James Dyson decide to make a bagless vacuum cleaner?
A.Because he lost his father at an early age.
B.Because he didn't like to do household chores.
C.Because he could find a replacement for the old cleaner
D.Because he didn't like how the old vacuum cleaner worked.
2.What can we learn from paragraph 3?
A.Dyson found the design of the cleaner easier than expected.
B.Dyson was in financial difficulties while designing his cleaner.
C.Dyson's wife had to give art lessons to make money for five years.
D.Dyson was discouraged by the tough times in designing his cleaner.
3.What happened to Dyson's design of vacuum cleaner?
A.It went into production immediately.
B.It got a licensing agreement very quickly
C.It had the same business model like others.
D.It was not accepted by major vacuum makers.
4.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To compare two types of vacuum cleaners.
B.To persuade people to buy a Dyson vacuum cleaners.
C.To encourage people to face risks and failures bravely.
D.To introduce the reader to the life story of James Dyson.
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When my father died, one of the tasks that fell to me was to sort through and decide which objects to save and which to throw away. Now I look at the 51 of my life as if I were dead, 52 what my children will do with the human skull(骷髅) that 53 on the bookcase next to my desk. I couldn’t 54 them if they threw it out. They’ve been wanting to do that for some years, 55 will they know how much can be learned from 56 with a skull? And what about my books? 57 they can find some place in their 58 for ten thousand books. However, I know they will look at the white, plastic head of a horse on my desk and 59 it into a Glad trash bag without any 60 , never knowing that it is the only place 61 from the first chess set (棋子)I owned.
How many boxes of mine will my children 62 ? Can I trust my children with my 63 ? Every object of our lives is a 64 , and emotion swirls(旋动) around it like fog, hiding and 65 a tiny truth of the heart.
I look at these objects that are mine and know, too, that they are 66 of how alone I am, how alone each of us is, 67 no one knows what any object means except he or she who 68 it. I have the memory of taking it home 69 one of my newly-born children from the hospital; only I have the memory of what it looked like when I lived in that apartment and where it sat in that house. I look at the objects that are mine, and the memories are 70 and permeated（渗透着）with love. I look at the objects that are mine and know that I’m going to miss me very much.
A. tasks B. objects C. books D. pictures
【小题２】A. wondering B. designing C. concluding D. weaving
【小题３】A. cries B. sleeps C. sits D. smiles
【小题４】A. educate B. understand C. blame D. strike
【小题５】A. and B. so C. or D. but
【小题６】A. helping B. living C. playing D. speaking
【小题７】A. Honestly B. Luckily C. Naturally D. Surely
【小题８】A. desks B. bags C. apartments D. hearts
【小题９】A. drag B. take C. move D. throw
【小题1０】A. hesitation B. love C. care D. worry
【小题1１】A. casting B. expanding C. remaining D. shining
【小题1２】A. enjoy B. reserve C. find D. prepare
【小题1３】A. life B. passion C. respect D. heart
【小题1４】A. mark B. pleasure C. belief D. memory
【小题1５】A. preventing B. spreading C. protecting D. encouraging
【小题1６】A. symbols B. phenomena C. measures D. tracks
【小题1７】A. when B. once C. unless D. as
【小题1８】A. prefers B. repairs C. owns D. remembers
【小题1９】A. like B. for C. with D. to
【小题２０】A. strange B. warm C. new D. bitter
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Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter.
This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of twelve. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money.
Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night with their brothers or sisters in a low voice.
One could sense they had never been to the circus before. It promised to be highlight of their young lives. The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as could be. The mother was holding her husband’s hand, looking up at him as if to say, “You are my knight in shining armor.”
He was smiling and responding in pride, looking back at her as if to say, “You got that right.” The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly responded, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady gave the price. The man’s wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, and his lips began to shake. The father leaned a little closer and asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady again quoted the price. The man didn’t have enough money.
How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight children that he didn’t have enough money to take them to the circus?
Actually we were not wealthy in any sense. So I understand how the kids would feel. I felt sorry for them.
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Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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That day my father and I went back to our car and drove home without any tickets. ___________
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he birds singing, and the beautiful dances of butterflies. As time passed, I got pains in both of my . I wanted to quit climbing. But my father said to me, “ i
s a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain and field where we are are decorated with flowers and trees. You can see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t you are halfway up. there at the top can you enjoy all the beautiful things, just like in .”
ionsC. lessons D. interests