The engineer ________ my father works is abou...

The engineer ________ my father works is about 50 years old.

A．to whom　             B．on whom

C．with which　             D．with whom

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The engineer ________ my father works is about 50 years old.

A．to whom　 B．on whom

C．with which　 D．with whom

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I was about 30 years old and was working as a firefighter in the South Bronx’s Engine Co. 82. It was a restful Sunday and between alarms I rushed to the office to read a copy of the New York Times. I read an article on the Book Review section which openly stated what I thought to be a calumny — that William Butler Yeats had gone beyond his Irishness and was forever to be known as a universal poet. As I read it, my blood began to boil.

There were few things I was more proud of than my Irish root, and ever since I first picked up a book of his poems from a shelf when I was in the military, Yeats had been my favorite Irish writer, followed by Sean O’Casey and James Joyce.

I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote out a letter of anger to the editor. Throughout Yeats’ poetry, his view of the world and the people in it was basically Irish. He had lived his life and written his poetry in a truly Irish way. It was annoying to think Irishness was something to be transcended (超越).

I don’t know why I felt it my duty to safeguard the reputation of the world’s greatest poet. I just knew that I had to write that letter.

After my letter got published, I received a letter from The New Yorker, asking for an interview. When my article Fireman Smith appeared in that magazine, the editor of a large publishing firm called me, asking if I was interested in writing a book about my life. I had little confidence to write a whole book, though the subject was worthy. I wrote Report From Engine Co. 82 in six months, and it sold really well. In the years that followed, I wrote three more best-sellers.

Being a writer had been far from my expectations. How had it happened? I often found myself thinking about it, and my thoughts always came back to that letter to the New York Times. For me, the writing was a natural consequence of the passion (热情) I felt and the subjects represented the great values burning within me as I wrote.

Over the years, my five children have come to me with one dilemma or another. My answer is always the same. Think about what you’re feeling and measure the heat of the fire in your heart, for that is your passion. Your education and your experience will guide you toward making a right decision, but your passion will enable you to make a difference in whatever you do. That’s what I learned the day I stood up for Ireland’s greatest poet.

1.Why did the author write to New York Times?

A.To present his love for literature.

B.To spread Irish culture to the world.

C.To show off his writing.

D.To defend the reputation of an Irish poet.

2.What does the underlined word “calumny” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.A false statement. B.A great honor.

C.A total lie. D.A good reason.

3.Which statement is true according to the text?

A.The author thinks Yeats is more universal than Irish.

B.The author’s passion is the key to his success in writing.

C.Yeats’s poems inspires the author to be a writer.

D.The author believes education and experience count most.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.Yeats, my Irish hero

B.My writing career

C.A letter that changed my life

D.Honesty is the best policy

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This is the factory _____my father worked ten years ago.

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The only time my father really stops thinking about work is_____our whole family are on vacation.

A.that B.when C.where D.which

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---- There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

----- My goodness! I cannot imagine __________ that old.

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I work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly．

This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for，Alice, had gone through a difficult time .She got dementia and so she had been in the hospital twice .In November I was finally able to get her back to her“home”．

Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days. When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen，she was very sad．Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy，I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!

On Christmas Eve，I gave her a surprise by asking if she could like to go to a candlelight service at church that night

Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in．Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her．

The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.

The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alice’s face

1.The underlined word“dementia”in Paragraph 2 probably is_______

A．a house　　 B．a letter　　 C．an illness　 D．a plan

2. Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?

A. In her old house

B. In her old neighborhood church．

C．In the nursing home．

D. In the hospital．

3. What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve?

A．The candlelight service．

B．Praise from Alice’s friends．

C．Alice’s happiness

D．Thanks from Alice’ s daughter．

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A．A special candlelight Christmas Eve

B．The dream of all old lonely lady

C．My special job

D. The true love

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My father was, by nature, a cheerful, kindly man．Until he was thirty-four years old he worked as a farm-hand for Thomas Butterworth near the town of Bidwell, Ohio．On Saturday evenings he drove his horse into town to spend a few hours in social intercourse with other farm-hands．He was quite happy in his position in life．

It was in his thirty-fifth year that father married my mother, a school teacher．Something happened to the two people．The American passion for getting up in the world took possession of them．Mother induced father to give up his place as a farm-hand, sell his horse and start an independent enterprise of his own．They rented ten acres of poor stony land and launched into chicken raising．

One inexperienced in such matters can have no idea of the many and tragic things that can happen to a chicken．It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny fluffy thing, then becomes naked, gets diseases, and dies．A few hens, and now and then a rooster, intended to serve God’s mysterious ends, struggle through to maturity．The hens lay eggs out of which come other chickens and the awful cycle is thus made complete．It is all unbelievably complex．Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms．One hopes for so much from a chicken and is so awfully disappointed． Small chickens, look so bright and in fact so awfully stupid． They are so much like people they mix one up in one’s judgments of life．If disease does not kill them they wait until your expectations are thoroughly aroused and then walk under the wheels of a carriage．

In later life I have seen how a literature has been built up on the subject of fortunes to be made out of the raising of chickens．It is intended to be read by the gods who have just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil．It is a hopeful literature and declares that much may be done by simple ambitious people who own a few hens．Do not be misguided by it．It was not written for you．Go hunt for gold on the frozen hills of Alaska, put your faith in the honesty of a politician, believe if you will that good will defeat evil, but do not read and believe the literature that is written concerning the hen．

For ten years my father and mother struggled to make our chicken farm pay and then they gave up that struggle and began another．They moved into the town of Bidwell, Ohio and began the restaurant business, with the tiny hope of looking for a new place from which to start on our upward journey through life．

1.Which of the following is the right order of what happened?

A． Father got married to Mother, a school teacher．

B． Father quitted working at Butterworth’s．

C． My parents launched a business in Bidwell．

D． Father socialized in town on Saturday evenings

E． My parents started their job of chicken farming．

A． d-a-b-e-c

B． d-a-c-b-e

C． d-b-a-e-c

D． d-b-a-c-e

2.By saying “Most philosophers must have been raised on chicken farms”, the author means that chicken farming _____．

A． is so complex that only philosophers can comprehend it

B． gives you a philosophical insight into life

C． exposes you to a complete circle of life

D． allows you the time to judge the life

3.In the author’s opinion, the literature about chicken raising _____．

A． is full of hope and positive energy

B． proves the victory of good over evil

C． persuades you to believe in politicians

D． tends to be blindly optimistic about its rewards

4.What’s the author’s attitude towards parents’ dream of rise to success?

A． approving

B． optimistic

C． skeptical

D． indifferent

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It is surprising that Jack, who is only 39 years old, _______ in the field of engineering for 20 years when he entered the company last month.

A. worked             B. had worked          C. has worked        D. working

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My father got his first job at eleven years old. cleaning up the garbage outside of the bowlingalley（保龄球场）． Two years later his dad died. and my fatber worked odd jobs to help put food onthe table during the Depression. Ten years after that. Dad fell in love. married Mom and had ababy girl. Eight more children followed. During those years, Dad slipped into a routine he neverbroke He woke up before six. took the train to work and wouldn't get home until after five thirly.After supper, Dad spent the rest of the evening in the basement making dental parts for extra

Two years ago, at the age of sixty-four, Dad retired. When I was young, Mom and Dad did well to hide the fact that we were poor. All nine of us attended Catholic schools and we always had plenty of school supplies. We slept in wooden beds, shared one bathroom and watched television from a tiny black-and-white set in the living room. Mom and Dad never bought anything for themselves. They clipped coupons, wore the same pair of sneakers for twenty years and sewed wom clothing together every Saturday afternoon.

At his retirement party. I wanted to thank Dad for all his hard work and sacrifice by buying him the best present I could think of. As I shopped though. l realized there was nothing I could buy for Dad. Dad taught me through his own faith that the greatest gifis come from the heart Finally. I left my present on the kitchen table for Dad to find before he Ieft for his frnal day at work.

1.How did Dad get extra money besides his daytime routine work?

A. Collecting garbage outside the alley.

B. Making dental parts in the basement.

C. Putting food on the table in a hotel.

D. Working oddjobs on the train.

2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A. Dad retired after sixty-four years of hard work.

B. Dad and Mom could afford their children good education.

C. Parents made every effort to save for chcir children

D. The family was once poor but became well off later.

3.After reading the text. what would be the author's present for his Dad?

A. A big-screen television.

B. A vacation schedule.

C. A letter of grateful words.

D. A great retirement party.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. Thank You. Dad.                                 B. Dad's Expenence.

C. A Hardworking Dad.                              D. Dad. a Breadwinner.

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