Before I set out on my journey, my mother told me everything ________ I should pay attention to.
A. where B. what C. how D. that
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Before I set out on my journey, my mother told me everything ________ I should pay attention to.
A. where B. what C. how D. that
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“Let’s have a journey. Why not fly out and meet me, Dad?” I say one day.
My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thoughts, and his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.
My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.
He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.
“What's our first stop？” asks my father.
“What time is it？”
“Still don't have a watch？”
Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy.
“Unbelievable,” he says. “How was this done？”
A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.
We stare up and I ask myself, “Would I ever devote my life to anything？”
No directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father's voice. Now I hear them in my own.
The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.
“Did you ever travel with your dad？” I ask.
“Only once,” he says. “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other — but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”
That last sentence — it’s probably the same thing I’d say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.
In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I've never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world. I can keep traveling, I realize — and maybe a regular job won't be as dull as I feared.
Weeks after our trip, I call my father.
“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says. “We've got to take another trip like that sometime.”
I tell him I've decided to settle down, and I'm wearing a watch.
1.We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _____.
A. was a very fashionable manager
B. was unhappy with the author's lifestyle
C. got bored with his job so he retired
D. liked the author's collection of stamps
2.What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?
A. He should pursue a specific aim in life.
B. He should learn sculpture in the future.
C. His father is as innocent as a little boy.
D. His father is interested in sculpture.
3.From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author _____．
A. wants his children to learn from their grandfather
B. hopes to give whatever he can to his father
C. learns how to communicate with his father
D. comes to understand what parental love means
4.What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?
A. They decide to learn photography together.
B. They begin to change their attitudes to life.
C. The call solves their disagreements.
D. The Swiss watch has drawn them closer.
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This is a family story my father told me about his mother, my grandmother.
In 1949, my father had just returned home from the war. On every American highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking home to their families, as was the custom at that time in America.
Sadly, the thrill of his reunion with his family was soon overshadowed. My grandmother became very ill and had to be hospitalized. It was her kidneys, and the doctors told my father that she needed a blood transfusion immediately or she would not live through the night. The problem was that grandmother’s blood type was AB-, a very rare type even today, but even harder to get then because there were no blood banks or air flights to ship blood. All the family members were typed, but not one member was a match. So the doctors gave the family no hope; my grandmother was dying.
My father left the hospital in tears to gather up all the family members, so that everyone would get a chance to tell grandmother goodbye. As my father was driving down the highway, he passed a soldier in uniform hitchhiking home to his family. Deep in grief, my father had no inclination at that moment to do a good deed. Yet it was almost as if something outside himself pulled him to a stop, and he waited as the stranger climbed into the car.
My father was too upset to even ask the soldier his name, but the soldier noticed my father’s tears right away and inquired about them. Through his tears, my father told this total stranger that his mother was lying in a hospital dying because the doctors had been unable to locate her blood type, AB-, and if they did not do it before nightfall, she would surely die.
It got very quiet in the car. Then this unidentified soldier extended his hand out to my father, palm up. Resting in the palm of his hand were the dog tags from around his neck. The blood type on the tags was AB-. The soldier told my father to turn the car around and get him to the hospital.
My grandmother lived until 1996, 47 years later, and to this day no one in our family knows the soldier’s name. But he is always remembered by us.
1.The author’s father left the hospital .
A. to purchase basic necessities that grandmother needed
B. to ask the family members to have their blood tested
C. to pick up a solider whose blood type was the same as grandmother’s
D. to gather the family members to pay their last respects to grandmother
2.The word “inclination” in Paragraph 4 most probably means .
A. determination B. willingness
C. compromise D. motivation
3.What may be the best title for the passage?
A. A Friend in Need B. A Soldier in Hospital
C. An Angel in Uniform D. A Gift in Disguise
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Upon entering the room, I found the place comforted me even before my eyes the dark.
A. set aside B. turned down
C. adjusted to D. drove away
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Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me，“Everything happens for the best. If you _______，one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous _______．”As it _______, mother was right.
In 1932，I ended my college life. _______ that，I had decided to try for a job in radio，and then could work my way up to sports _______．I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every _______,and was turned down every time. In one station，a _______ lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring a person who lacked _______．“Go to _______ town and find a little station that'll give you a chance，” she said. I then ________ to Dixon. While there was no radio- announcing jobs in Dixon，my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to ________ its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football，I ________．The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't ________．
My disappointment must have ________．“Everything happens for the best，” Mom ________me. Dad ________ me one car for me to job hunt. I________ WOC Radio in Davenport. The program ________，a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur，told me they had already
________ a contract with another announcer.
I often ________ what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward and if I didn't persist.
1.A. go on B. give up C. look up D. stay up
2.A. disappointments B. successes C. lives D. results
3.A. carried out B. looked out C. turned out D. figured out
4.A. Since B. Before C. After D. During
5.A. announcer B. athlete C. hostess D. performer
6.A. firm B. station C. store D. school
7.A. beautiful B. cruel C. strict D. kind
8.A. money B. knowledge C. appearance D. experience
9.A. bad B. small C. big D. good
10.A. walked B. saw C. turned D. added
11.A. run B. buy C. sell D. show
12.A. refused B. applied C. managed D. yelled
13.A. fired B. satisfied C. fitted D. employed
14.A. disappeared B. fallen C. shown D. responded
15.A. reminded B. asked C. advised D. recited
16.A. lent B. offered C. sold D. promised
17.A. visited B. passed C. tried D. poured
18.A. actor B. singer C. photographer D. director
19.A. designed B. knew C. signed D. resigned
20.A. doubted B. wondered C. intended D. expected
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I tried to grow a gardenia （梔子花）．I had tried everything my mother taught me about caring for houseplants—more light, less water, spraying, even replanting, but _1_ seemed to work．
I _2_ Mom were here now．Mother’s Day was coming up, the second one since her death, and the pain of losing her was still so fresh．There is a Mother’s Day _3_ I follow．One wears a red flower if one’s mother is _4_ and a white one if she is not．I had hoped that planting a white gardenia, Mom’s favorite flower, would help me through the sorrow of her _5．
Mom had a way with all things _6_．My sister and I always joked, “Mom could _7_ a telephone pole grow leaves and bear fruit．”
Why can’t I? I thought．Still, I couldn’t stand throwing the dead plant away．Instead, I placed it into a dark corner of our bathroom．I didn’t even water it．I just left it there _8_ I could deal with it．
My husband asked me if I was going to wear a white flower to church that Mother’s Day．“Yes,” I told him, “but I need a _9_ gardenia．” I added silently．
Sunday morning I woke up early to get dressed and made for the _10_．Still _11_, I walked to the bathroom．Suddenly I was woken up by a pleasant scent （香味）．I pushed the door open and stepped into the bathroom．That morning I knew I would be ready to wear a small white flower for Mom．In that dark corner, _12_ as if it had a light of its own, bloomed a perfect white gardenia!
1.A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something
2.A．feel B．believe C．wish D．think
3.A．way B．method C．habit D．tradition
4.A．alive B．healthy C．dead D．ill
5.A．passing B．getting C．giving D．dying
6.A．white B．blue C．green D．yellow
7.A．cause B．make C．use D．allow
8.A．when B．until C．while D．if
9.A．red B．plastic C．paper D．fresh
10.A．market B．school C．church D．office
11.A．excited B．angry C．happy D．sleepy
12.A．bright B．dark C．large D．small
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When I was a child, my mother didn't force me to eat everything in my dish. She said I had to______every food three times. Her ____ was the first time to try it, the second time to get over the fact that you had just tried it, and the third to ______that you don't like it. After that, if I still______the taste, she would ____make me eat it again. Her reasonable approach _______almost every time----except with bananas, which I still don't eat now.
As I grew older, I brought that simple _____ into my life. I had been _____the diving(跳水) board at the pool, but I had______ to make the first jump off the board. When I breathed in water, my mother jumped in to ____ me. Before she could even reach me, I was up and out of the pool, heading back to that diving board. I jumped off______．More coughing followed, but I was determined to get over the fear. When I ______the pool the second time, my mom tried to cover me with a towel._____, I threw off the towel and_______trying. The third time there was no _____ and no water in my nose. In fact, there were_____ from the others at the pool. At that point, I fell in love with the pool.
In my mid-thirties, I ____ a successful job that didn't satisfy me in order to achieve my dream of being a writer. Having been ____ twice, I tried for a third time. I have been happily living the life of a writer ever since. We are all afraid of something _____. But how can we be sure that something won't be ____ unless we give it a try.
1.A.smell B.cook C.try D.share
2.A.reason B.decision C.dream D.order
3.A.point out B.make sure C.agree D.imagine
4.A.remembered B.required C.missed D.hated
5.A.even B.never C.still D.ever
6.A.worked B.changed C.formed D.developed
7.A.answer B.plan C.game D.rule
8.A.excited about B.afraid of C.bored with D.proud of
9.A.hoped B.waited C.managed D.continued
10.A.help B.watch C.warn D.praise
11.A.as usual B.by chance C.just now D.once again
12.A.fell into B.looked at C.got out of D.ran away from
13.A.Instead B.Besides C.Therefore D.Moreover
14.A.began B.regretted C.avoided D.kept
15.A.fear B.sadness C.surprise D.anger
16.A.invitations B.cheers C.replies D.thanks
17.A.left B.needed C.took D.offered
18.A.forgotten B.punished C.refused D.caught
19.A.dangerous B.unknown C.difficult D.strange
20.A.important B.special C.enjoyable D.similar
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When I was nine years old my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick(蹦蹦跷). My mother told me they were too _______ and that we simply couldn't _______ one. One day before Christmas, my _______ and I went to the department store to pay our credit bill. While my mother and I were at the counter paying the _______, my dad said he needed to see something in the tool department. Soon he _______ with a long thin box. I remembered _______ at the very moment if it was a pogo stick in that box.
When we got home my dad put the box in the barn (谷仓). While my parents were _______ with their housework, I _______ out to the barn and found the box. I was so _______ and I knew that as soon as I opened that ________ box, my bright shiny pogo stick would ________.
No such ________！Inside the box was a silly old ________. And so Christmas morning was both great and ________. I got some nice gifts but I didn't get the present that I ________ wanted.
After all the packing paper was cleaned up my dad said he needed to tend to something in the barn. When he came back in, he was ________ my beautiful pogo stick. I couldn't believe it, how they were able to ________ the money for it and how they ________ me with the broom.
________ we didn't have much money, my parents gave me the most important ________ of all, an abundance of love.
1.A.heavy B.expensive C.ugly D.dangerous
2.A.afford B.order C.handle D.make
3.A.mother B.father C.parents D.friend
4.A.fine B.price C.bill D.fee
5.A.came back B.went away C.passed by D.walked around
6.A.asking B.checking C.examining D.wondering
7.A.tired B.familiar C.busy D.satisfied
8.A.helped B.slipped C.jumped D.escaped
9.A.upset B.worried C.anxious D.excited
10.A.magical B.strange C.broken D.delicate
11.A.arrive B.leave C.change D.appear
12.A.luck B.fun C.hope D.joy
13.A.stick B.book C.broom D.toy
14.A.annoying B.disappointing C.frightening D.disturbing
15.A.usually B.shortly C.secretly D.really
16.A.cutting B.decorating C.carrying D.repairing
17.A.save B.lose C.donate D.offer
18.A.cheated B.tricked C.taught D.hurt
19.A.If B.Since C.Unless D.Although
20.A.tool B.gift C.advice D.promise
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Before the exams began, God told me in my mind several times, ''Don't cheat. '' But I did not listen because I knew it was not easy for me to get good marks in exams. Taking out my notebook, I copied the answers from it and passed the exams with very good marks.
I felt guilty and ashamed and asked God to forgive me, which I thought was all I needed to do to give me peace. Using my good exam results I went on further with my education. Studying in Kwara State College of Education, I could not have peace in my mind, thinking, ''You have done wrong. The result is not yours. ''
At last I went to the leaders of my church to ask for help, who told me that it is not enough to say sorry to God. I must show that I am sorry by putting right what I did wrong. For me, that meant telling the principal(校长)of the college that I cheated in the exams and that I should not have got into the college. I wrote a letter to him, telling him what I had done and took the letter to the principal's office and gave it to his secretary, who read it first. '' If this gets to the principal you will go to prison," she said. ''Go away and think about it. ''
I went back to the church leaders and told them what the secretary said and they said I must still go to the principal. So the next day, I went back to the secretary, who took me to see the principal this time. To my surprise, he told me not to be afraid but to go to the person who was in charge of the exams. I did as required and that person let me take the exams again. I passed! Now I am back at the college, but, more importantly, God has taken away the feelings of guilt and I have peace in my mind.
1.What does the writer tell us?
A.Why he cheated in an exam.
B.Why he wrote to the principal.
C.How he recovered a peaceful mind.
D.How he prepared for the college entrance exam.
2.Which of the following played the most important part in correcting what the writer did wrong?
A.Working hard at his lessons.
B.Doing as the church leaders said.
C.Going to the church to say sorry to god.
D.Communicating with the school leaders.
3.How did the principal react when the writer saw him?
A.He was good to him.
B.He was angry with him.
C.He refused to accept his apology.
D.He thought he had done nothing wrong.
4.What finally helped the writer feel good again?
A.His honesty. B.His tolerance.
C.His hard work. D.His generosity.
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Once my mother told me a story that in Africa, when an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “I must be 36 to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed.” 37 , a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the 38 antelope, or I will starve to 39 .” So almost simultaneously(同时地), the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the 40 sun.
This is 41 : full of chances and challenges. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go 42 when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we don’t study hard, sooner or later, we will 43 the other students. At first I didn’t know what the word “exam” 44 . Later, I knew an exam was a kind of 45 . In competitions, there are always winners and 46 . As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people can 47 .
Each time I saw children playing games and heard their 48 , I wished I were that age again. 49 , I remembered my parents’ words: You must work very hard for a good future. So I 50 my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not sure what competition 51 meant. One day, I was 52_in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. Suddenly I 53 what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the 54 : it is kind and necessary.
I learned a lot from realizing this 55 . Now I understand better about the world. Competition is important for us all.
1. A．able B．willing C．ready D．eager
2. A．On the contrary B．At the same time C．In other words D．In the first place
3. A．fastest B．weakest C．slowest D．strongest
4. A．death B．survival C．disease D．suffering
5. A．sinking B．setting C．shining D．rising
6. A．rule B．life C．study D．exam
7. A．over B．through C．ahead D．beyond
8. A．fall behind B．pass by C．catch up D．hold back
9. A．felt B．meant C．referred D．doubted
10. A．victory B．defeat C．process D．competition
11. A．competitor B．players C．losers D．failures
12. A．improve B．conclude C．acquire D．handle
13. A．crying B．laughter C．whisper D．delight
14. A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Otherwise
15. A．put up B．brought up C．made up D．picked up
16. A．commonly B．simply C．obviously D．really
17. A．succeeding B．participating C．taking D．getting
18. A．doubted B．acknowledged C．knew D．admitted
19. A．tough B．important C．content D．opposite
20. A．experience B．knowledge C．fact D．consequence
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