Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people sa...

Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people said to me, “I never knew he was your stepfather.” You see, I never called him 　　 . At first, he was no one special in my life. Then he became my friend. 　　 , I felt he was also my father.

Leo married my mother when I was eleven. Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburban development, where we put down roots. At first our lawn was just a mud with wild grass, but Leo saw bright 　　 . “We’ll plant trees there to give us 　 as well as some flowers,” he said. And just these little touches made our house 　 from all the others. More importantly, a real family was 　　 　 . Leo was becoming a full-time parent, and I was learning what it 　 to have a father.

Weekday mornings when the weather was bad, Leo often drove me to school. Having a father 　　

you off may have been something my classmates took for granted, 　 　　 I always thought it was wonderful. mornings, we went to the hardware shop, then stepped into the five-and-ten, buying a sports magazine or something else. Some people might think that doing shopping together is nothing 　 , but I, who had ever before spent my childhood other families do their everyday activities, experienced them now with 　 delight. 　　 , I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most—the of doing ordinary things together as a family.

1.A. it    B. that    C. so    D. one

2.A. In time    B. At the time    C. First time    D. On time

3.A. necessities    B. possibilities    C. recognition    D. decoration

4.A. vegetables    B. grass    C. shadow    D. shade

5.A. beautiful    B. similar    C. same    D. different

6.A. forming    B. developing    C. growing    D. becoming

7.A. became    B. meant    C. followed    D. got

8.A. cut    B. help    C. drop    D. drive

9.A. so    B. and    C. but    D. since

10.A. Monday    B. Weekday    C. Friday    D. Saturday

11.A. special    B. usual    C. especial    D. different

12.A. noticing    B. recognizing    C. understanding    D. watching

13.A. modest    B. extreme    C. deep    D. high

14.A. Looking back    B.Coming back    C. Looking forward    D. Going back on

15.A. achievement    B. recognition    C. experience    D. procedure

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Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people said to me. "I never knew he was your stepfather." You see, I never called him that. At first, he was no one special in my life. Then he became my friend. In time, I felt he was also my father.

Leo married my mother when I was eleven. Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburban development, where we put down roots. At first our lawn was just a mud with wild grass, but Leo saw bright possibilities. "We'll plant trees there to give us shade as well as some flowers," he said. And just these little touches made our house different from all the others. More important, a real family was forming. Leo was becoming a full-time parent, and I was learning what it meant to have a father.

Weekday mornings when the weather was bad, Leo often drove me to school. Having a father drop you off may have been something my classmates took for granted, but I always thought it was wonderful. Saturday mornings, we went to the hardware shop, then stepped into the five-and-ten, buying a sports magazine or something else. Some people might think that doing shopping together is nothing special, but I, who had ever before spent my childhood watching other families do their everyday activities, experienced them now with extreme delight. Looking back, I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most—the experience of doing ordinary things together as a family.

Soon after we moved to the suburbs, one of our new neighbors introduced herself to me. She had already met my mother and Leo. "You know," she said, "you look just like your father." I knew she was just making conversation--but even so... "Thank you", I said. Why tell her anything different?

1.The writer's purpose in writing this passage is _______.

A．to show his pride to have a good stepfather

B．to show how interesting a person Leo was

C．to remind us of our parents

D．to explain why they moved to the suburbs

2.The phrase “put down roots”in the second paragraph means　 _______.

A．farmed　　 B．planted　　 C．settled　　　 D．worked

3.In the writer's opinion, _______.

A．it is not easy to live with a stepfather

B．not all the stepfathers are as good as Leo

C．the husband and wife must think more about their children before they divorce

D．in stepfamilies the love and friendship are extremely precious

4.The last sentence “Why tell her anything different?”means that _________.

A．he should have told the truth

B．he wouldn't tell her the truth

C．he wanted to tell her something that had nothing to do with Leo

D．he wanted to keep silence whenever he met the neighbors

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A woman in her 60s　　　　　　 gave birth to two test tube babies three years ago, after her only daughter died of gas poisoning.

A．slightly　　　　 B．eventually　　　　 C．approximately　　　 D．directly

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I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence(吊唁) calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased（亡故的）woman said to me, “If only I sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died. ”At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

1.The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because____.

2.People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because ____.

3.According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that _____

4. What’s the idea of the message?

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I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say .Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence(吊唁)calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased woman said to me, ”If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died. ”At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today .That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate ,was more than she could take．It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course------keeping mother at home, putting off the operation----would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needｓ,and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him，and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we don not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

1.The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because_______.

A．he was minister of the local church

B．he wanted to comfort the two families

C．he was an official of the community

D．he had great pity for the deceased

2.People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because________.

A．they can’t find a better way of express their sorrow

B．they have neglected the natural course of events

C．they believe that they were the reason

D．the don’t know things often turn in the opposite direction

3.According to the main passage, the underlined part in Paragraph 4 probably means that________.

A．everything in the world is predetermined

B．there’s an explanation for everything in the world

C．the world can be interpreted in different ways

D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

4.What’s the main idea of the message?

A .Life and death is an unsolved mystery.

B. Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.

C Every story should have a happy ending.

D. In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away.

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I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves．One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community．Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say．Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence （吊唁） calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased （已故的） woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today．It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today．That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take．It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty．Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course — keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation — would have turned out better．After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty．The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens．That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen．It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault．The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it．He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks．He cries, and someone comes to attend to him．When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him．Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

1.The author had to hold the two women’s funerals probably because __________________.

A．he wanted to comfort the two families

B．he was an official from the community

C．he had great pity for the deceased

D．he was priest of the local church

2.People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because _______________________.

A．they couldn’t find a better way to express their sorrow

B．they believe that they were responsible

C．they had neglected the natural course of events

D．they didn’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

3.According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that ______.

A．everything in the world is predetermined

B．the world can be interpreted in different ways

C．there’s an explanation for everything in the world

D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Life and death is an unsolved mystery.

B．Every story should have a happy ending.

C．Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.

D．In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away .

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My son ,Izzy, was a nine-year-old boy and had been begging me to please let him find his way home by subway, by himself. After all, we live in New York City, and getting around by public transportation is a basic part of life. It is also the first step toward feeling grown-up. So on that sunny Sunday，I gave him a subway map, a transportation card,$20 for emergencies, and a couple of coins so that he could call me if necessary. I didn’t give him a cell phone because nine-year-olds lose things. A few days later, I wrote about his adventure，or non-adventure for a newspaper. Little did I realize the idea that a kid could tour the city on his own, and that a mom would let him, was big news.　　 It turned out that many TV shows called me and asked for an interview. Bloggers were going crazy, so I started a blog, too, and letters came pouring in. Finally I found out why this was such a big story: we have become fearful for our children. Fear is hardly a new thing for parents, of course. But the fear of letting our children out of sight for even a second-that’s new. How did this happen? How did it become too scary to let kids be kids? I asked the question when the reporter Trevor Butterworth interviewed me.

“News reports,” he answered. “News reports scare the pants off you. What is scarier than a kidnapped kid no matter how far away？Because there are so many such stories, it starts to feel as if kidnappings are happening all the time. That’s why the kid-on-the-subway story surprises the whole world.”　　 Izzy probably did a good job. He simply proved that kids could leave home alone and return home safely! But he didn’t think it was a big deal. “It was fun,” he said. “But I missed some classes because of the interviews.” Sometimes it really pays to be brave.

1.Why did the author let her son take the subway alone?

A. Because she always let her son do whatever he wanted.

B. Because she believed that her son had memorized the subway map.

C. Because she thought it would be big news around the whole world.

D. Because she felt traveling by subway in New York was a basic life skill.

2.The author gave her son all the following when he traveled alone EXCEPT_______.

A. a map.　　 B. a cell phone.

C. a transportation card　　 D. some money.

3.The author didn’t expect that after she wrote her son’s story for a newspaper, _________.

A. a blog would be started in her name

B. her son would receive so many letters

C. many TV shows would want to interview her

D. many TV stations would want to film her son’s story

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A few years after Mom died, Dad handed me a plastic bag. That evening, I ________ the bag to find dozens of shells, each one ________ in white tissue paper（纸巾）and having Mom’s handwriting.

The shells were pretty ________, but to Mom, they were evidence of her endlessly magical life and ________ me of the seashore trip with her. She was 61 when she ________ these shells, and already showing ________ of the lung disease. We knew something was ________ and Mom needed an adventure. She suggested a dinner and a movie. But two friends and I had bigger ________.

Mom had been to the ocean only twice, but she ________ the seashore. Her kitchen was decorated（装饰） with souvenirs from those two trips. I told Mom that we would ________ for Jersey Shore. Mom was so ________ that she screamed and Amber, her dog was ________ to jump onto the floor.

One of my favorite ________ on the road was a discussion about movies. Mom often got the titles wrong. “Ohhhh,” she said, “what was that movie about a teacher at the boys’ school?” Before anyone could ________, she shouted, “The Dead Man’s Poet!” I looked back and saw a back seat full of ________. “Mom,” I said. “You mean Dead poets Society?” “That’s it!” Mom yelled. ________ filled the car.

Once we got to Stone Harbor, she began to ________ the trip, greeting strangers and spending hours gathering shells. The morning we left, I found her photographing every inch of her bedroom. “I don’t ever want to ________ this,” she said.

For a long time, Mom’s shells stayed ________ in a drawer. Last month, I ________ them again while searching for something else. I put them in a visible place as a reminder from a mother who never lost her sense of wonder.

1.A. received        B. opened            C. checked        D. packed

2.A. folded            B. included            C. trapped        D. covered

3.A. hard            B. common            C. heavy        D. big

4.A. reminded        B. required            C. informed        D. warned

5.A. moved            B. bought            C. collected    D. found

6.A. causes            B. risk                C. signs        D. record

7.A. wrong            B. missing            C. strange        D. boring

8.A. tasks            B. changes            C. dreams        D. plans

9.A. understood        B. trusted            C. loved        D. respected

10.A. wait            B. head                C. look            D. pay

11.A. encouraged        B. relaxed            C. determined    D. excited

12.A. frightened        B. embarrassed        C. disappointed    D. pleased

13.A. debates        B. thoughts            C. memories        D. questions

14.A. concentrate    B. continue            C. advise        D. answer

15.A. confusion        B. worry            C. sadness        D. peace

16.A. Pride            B. Laughter            C. Shouts        D. Challenges

17.A. enjoy            B. organize            C. support        D. take

18.A. decide            B. forget            C. believe        D. keep

19.A. lost            B. unexpected        C. unknown        D. buried

20.A. hid            B. washed            C. discovered    D. prepared

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A letter from Grandpa

Dear Ronny,

Years ago you came to me for help. You said, "Grandpa, how is it that you've accomplished so much in your life? You're still full of _________, and I'm already tired of struggling. How can I get that same _________ that you've got?"

I didn't know what to say to you then. But knowing my days are _________, I figure that I ________ you an answer. So here is what I believe.

I think a lot of it has to do with how a person _______ things. I call it “keeping your eyes wide open”.

First, realize that life is filled with________, but many are good ones. If you don't keep watching for them, you'll miss half the excitement. Expect to be thrilled once in a while, and you will be.

When you meet up with challenges, _________ them. They'll leave you wiser, __________, and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be ________ for the things it taught you. Resolve to use that lesson to help you reach your goals.

And always follow the rules. Even the little ones. When you follow the rules, life works. If you think you ever really get by with _________ the rules, you're only fooling yourself.

Sometimes we have to be ________ enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Life isn't just reaching _________. Part of it is moving from one peak to the next. If you rest too long in between, you might be tempted to________. Leave the past in the past. Climb the next mountain and enjoy the view.

Dump things that weigh you down __________ and spiritually. When an old resentment（怨恨）, belief, or attitude becomes heavy,_________ your load. Shed those hurtful __________ that slow you down and drain（消耗） your energy.

Remember that your choices will create your _________and your failures. So consider all the pathways _________, and decide which one to follow. Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.

Most important of all, ________give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner is the one who resolves to win. Give life everything you've got, and life will _________its best to you.

Love always,

Grandpa

1.A. energy　　 B. power　　 C. confidence　　 D. respect

2.A. feelings　　 B. sense　　 C. enthusiasm　　 D. case

3.A. dragged　　 B. numbered　　 C. alarmed　　 D. occupied

4.A. adapt　　 B. owe　　 C. convey　　 D. advocate

5.A. does with　　 B. points at　　 C. glares at　　 D. looks at

6.A. surprises　　 B. happiness　　 C. tears　　 D. strength

7.A. judge　　 B. spread　　 C. range　　 D. welcome

8.A. purer　　 B. greater　　 C. stronger　　 D. awkward

9.A. glad　　 B. delighted　　 C. grateful　　 D. depressed

10.A. breaking　　 B. watching　　 C. finding　　 D. preparing

11.A. wise　　 B. patient　　 C. desperate　　 D. brave

12.A. sides　　 B. roads　　 C. peaks　　 D. ways

13.A. sleep　　 B. quit　　 C. return　　 D. continue

14.A. emotionally　　 B. physically　　 C. randomly　　 D. logically

15.A. Ignore　　 B. change　　 C. lighten　　 D. consume

16.A. attitudes　　 B. altitudes　　 C. aptitudes　　 D. institutes

17.A. fortunes　　 B. successes　　 C. difficulties　　 D. sorrows

18.A. along　　 B. aside　　 C. across　　 D. ahead

19.A. Never　　 B. Do　　 C. Ever　　 D. Even

20.A. give in　　 B. give back　　 C. give out　　 D. give up

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The winner said that he had owed his success to many people his parents ________.

A. after all        B. by chance        C. on purpose        D. in particular

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