She just got on with her job, ___________ the...

She just got on with her job, ___________ the furniture, washing the clothes, helping with the shopping and the cooking, sometimes taking him to school and collecting him again, although that had been more common when Bruno was eight; when he turned nine he decided he was old enough to make his way- there and home alone.

A. polishing　　 B. discarding

C. resisting　　 D. irritating

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Nancy had just got a job as a secretary in a company. Monday was the first day she went to work, so she was very 36 and arrived early.

She 37 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the 38 to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to find a bunch of 39on it. They were fresh. She40 them and they were sweet. She looked around for a    41 to put them in. “ Somebody has sent me flowers the very first day!” she thought   42. “ But who could it be?” she began to 43 .

The day passed quickly and Nancy did everything with 44 interest. For the following days of the 45 , the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the followers and then 46her work.

Then came another Monday. 47she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(n) 48 bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, 49 the old ones.

The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy began to think of ways to find out the 50.

On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to hand in a plan to the51 . She waited for his directives(命令)at his secretary’s 52 . She happened to see on the desk a half-opened notebook, which 53 : “ In order to keep the secretaries 54 , the company has decided that every 55    a bunch of fresh flowers should be put on each secretary’s desk.”

Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist（心理学家）.

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Before she appeared on the reality show (真人秀) Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle was just an ordinary middle­aged British woman.Now all this is going to change.

She lives in a house with her cat Pebbles in a tiny Scottish town.Because of learning difficulties, she doesn't have much education.But what she does have is a very good voice.As a kid, she sang in church and choirs and school plays.For a living, she sang at local pubs.

When she took the stage on April 10th her hair was untidy and her clothes seemed just_one_step_up_from rags.The audience laughed at her.

But then she opened her mouth.A few bars into the song and the laughing audience went silent.A beautiful voice was singing I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Miserables.Everyone was amazed.At the end of her song, the audience jumped to their feet and applauded wildly.

Almost overnight, Susan became a household name.She won fans and millions of admirers.Her online videos have drawn over 85.2 million hits.

Susan's story proved the truth of an old saying: “Never judge the book by its cover.” Susan may look ordinary, and doesn't have much dress sense, but she can certainly sing.

Susan's fans admire her courage, as much as they do her voice.She has experienced mockery and many disappointments, but her love for music has kept her going, which is worth anyone's respect.

1.According to the passage, Susan Boyle ________.

A．is a famous young actress                 B．became famous after a show

C．used to be a good student                 D．is good at dancing and has millions of admirers

2.The underlined phrase “just one step up from” in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A．far from          B．close to           C．different from      D．the same as

3.The audience jumped and applauded wildly because ________.

A．her hair was untidy and her clothes seemed just one step up from rags

B．she looked very funny

C．she sang so well that everyone was amazed

D．she made a foolish mistake in the end

4.Susan Boyle has many fans now because of ________.

A．her beautiful face                       B．her knowing how to dress

C．her good education                      D．her beautiful voice and courage

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

A．how to win fans                         B．how to sing well

C．a woman's sudden success                D．a woman's simple life

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She got married ______ the boy who always played jokes ______ her.

A.with; on B.to; on C.with; to D.to; with

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Years ago, I owned the very best dog in the world. I was a child when we got her. She grew up with me, and was always there when I needed her. She died during one of my college vacations. My heart broke then, and I knew that there would never be another dog like her.

However, I was wrong. My next dog came into my life when I was married. My husband traveled for a living, and I was often lonely. This dog taught me to be patient. He always stayed at my side until the children were born, and then he became their guardian (保护者), too. When he passed away, my heart broke. I was sure I would never love another dog as much as I loved him.

I was wrong again. We got the next one when the children were little. When he played with the children, he made them laugh. These days he spends more time with me since the children aren’t around so much. He is, of course, the very best dog in the world.

I wonder if that’s part of the lessen: to teach us that love has a spirit that returns again and again and never really dies.

It’s amazing. They make room for one another. And they fit into our families, our lives, and our hearts, because they always have been and will be the best dogs in the world.

1.According to the story, the writer may agree with the opinion that __________.

A. love me, love my dog

B. love never really dies

C. a dog is necessary to a family

D. where there’s love, there’s a dog

2.What does the writer think about the third dog she owns?

A. He brings happiness to the children.

B. He is better than the other two dogs.

C. He loves to play with children rather than adults.

D. He is lonely since the children have left home.

3.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means__________.

A. they leave the room when the family needs a new one

B. each dog has a single room to live in

C. they leave the house when the family no longer needs them

D. they come into the writer’s life one after another

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The writer doesn’t keep a dog at the moment.

B. The writer was very sad every time the dog died.

C. The second dog stayed longer than the first one.

D. The writer’s husband doesn’t like dogs.

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The phone rang, but she _____ it and carried on with her work, because she knew what she was doing was more important.

A. heard　　 B. prevented

C. ignored　　 D. observed

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Martha was busy with her job. She believed she had to work harder because she loved her father who was sick with cancer. She had to provide for his expensive medicines. Her brothers and sisters meanwhile stayed with their father most of the time. They bathed him, sang for him, spoon-fed(用匙喂) him or simply kept him company.

One day Martha was hurt. She overheard(无意中听到) her father telling her mother, "All our children love me except Martha."

"How can this be?" Martha thought. "Am I not the one killing myself in my work to have money to pay for his medicines? My brothers and sisters do not even provide their share in the expenses."

One night, as Martha was as usual late in going home, she saw her father was lying awake. She walked close to his bedsides. Her father held her hands and said, "I miss you. I don't have much time. Stay with me." And she stayed with her father holding his hand the whole night.

The next morning Martha said to everybody, "I have taken a leave of absence. I would like to be with father. I will bathe him and sing for him from now on." Her father had a beautiful smile. He knew Martha loved him, too.

As children, we need the presence of our loved ones. Adults need no less. I have observed my mother’s orchids(兰花). When she is away for a long time, they are unhealthy and many of them wither(干枯). But when she is around , they bloom with beautiful flowers. My mother does nothing special . She just spends her time looking after them.

1.Before Martha heard her parents’ talk ,she thought her father _____.

A. was satisfied with her love for him

B. disliked her brothers and sisters

C.was proud of her

D. would recover from the disease

2.After staying with her father for one night, Martha _____.

A.decided to give up her job

B.understood what her father really needed

C.realized her father loved her most

D. loved her father more than before

3.By telling Matha’s story, what does the author try to express?

A.Nothing is more important than the company of loved ones.

B. Money and a successful career don’t always bring happiness

C.Adults need the presence of their loved ones more than children do.

D.Plants like orchids do have feelings.

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_____ the girl was too selfish and never thought of others, she wasn’t getting on well with her classmates.

A. Though                               B. Unless                         C. Since                      D. Until

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There was a _______ look on her face when she met with the _______ problem.

A. confusing; confusing    　　　　　 B. confused; confused

C. confusing; confused    　　　　　 D. confused; confusing

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Born on April 4, 1928, Maya Angelou had a hard childhood. Her parents got divorced(离婚) when she was very young. She was a single mother and being a single mother was very hard on her.

It was finally in 1949 that she started to find her place in the world when she changed her name to show her Calypso dance performances at the night club where she worked. It was there that she won a scholarship and trained in African dance and modern dance. She formed a group and they traveled all over Europe with an opera production. As she traveled, she studied different languages and became excellent in several of them. During this time, she made her first album, Miss Calypso, and it was a success.

In the 1950s, she moved to New York and started to work more on her writing. She heard Dr Martin Luther King speak in 1960 and began organizing different benefits for Civil Rights(人权). In 1961, she began to play a large role in the Civil Rights Movement and is remembered for her work around the country.

She later moved to Ghana with her son and worked in the University of Ghana’s School of Music and Drama. It was there that she became close friends with Malcolm X. She returned to the US in 1964 to help Malcolm X with a new Civil Rights movement. Shortly after she returned to the US, Malcolm X and Dr King were both assassinated(暗杀). To deal with the deaths of her friends, she wrote her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which finally made her famous around the world. The 1970s were some of her most productive years as a writer, poet, as well as a singer.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Maya Angelou: a life of hard work and success

B. Maya Angelou: a life of bad luck and sadness

C. The hard and terrible life of Maya Angelou

D. Some Unknown facts about Maya Angelou

2.What finally made Maya Angelou well known around the world?

A. Her friendship with Martin Luther King.

B. The books I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

C. The books and poems she wrote in the 1970s.

D. Her unbelievable work as a Civil Rights protector.

3. From the passage, we know that Maya Angelou was a 　　　　 .

A. writer, salesgirl, teacher and dancer

B. singer, painter, dancer, poet and writer

C. writer, poet, singer, dancer and Civil Rights protector

D. singer, publisher, Civil Rights activist and writer

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