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To everyone's surprise, the three-year-old boy recited Three-Character Canon without making a single 　 .

A.slide B.slip C.sneeze D.squeeze

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The morning after an evening struggle to care for my three-year-old daughter, I couldn’t wait to get her to school. I, as a mother, was tired from the anger and her inability to communicate because of her slowed language development.

As I accompanied her into the car, I felt desperate. Nothing was right with our world. She’d been born around the same time when the nation was witnessing the birth of another Great Recession. My job and my house had been victims. Then this happened. My child’s language delay was identified, but doctors struggled to properly help her, I felt like we both needed to he rescued.

I returned that afternoon as disenchanted with the little girl 1 loved as when 1 left. Walking slowly toward the school’s playground gate, I found her preschool teacher racing to greet me.

“You should have seen her today!” His breathy words were supported by excitement. I didn’t interrupt. “See that climber. ” He pointed to a wooden piece of playground equipment that looked like a rock wall. I nodded. “Well, every day since she started school, she’s tried and failed to make it to the top. ” He took a breath. “And today she did it!”

He expressed his joy just as he’d witnessed her conquering Mount Everest! “She cheered and celebrated! I wish I’d recorded it!” His words comforted me. My daughter had conquered her mountain.

As she ran toward me, I recognized something I hadn’t before. I saw her perseverance(毅力). I saw her strength. I saw a Hero.

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1.Why did the author rush her daughter to school?

A. She was busy with her work as a doctor.

B. She had a fight with her daughter last night.

C. She broke down when dealing with her daughter.

D. She had to sell their house due to Great Recession.

2.Which of the following best explains “disenchanted” underlined in paragraph 3?

A. Happy. B. Concerned.

C. Careful. D. Disappointed.

3.Why did the little girl’s preschool teacher feel excited?

A. She succeeded in standing on Mount Everest.

B. She managed to climb up the wooden equipment.

C. She got the first place in the school sports meet.

D. She began to communicate with others normally.

4.From which is the text most probably taken?

A. The radio. B. A magazine.

C. A newspaper. D. The Internet.

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My three-year-old granddaughter, Tegan, went with her parents to a family gathering at the home of her other grandparents. Everyone was having a wonderful time visiting and catching up on all the latest family news.

Like most children, Tegan was having a good time playing with all the toys that were different from her own and that were kept for children to play with at her grandparents’ house. In particular, Tegan had found a little tea set and had begun pretending that she was having a tea party. She set up all the place settings and arranged her table with the great care and elegance that only a three-year-old can create. Meanwhile, her Daddy was engrossed in conversation, and as he continued to chat with his family, Tegan would hand him a cup of "tea". Her Daddy, who always tries to participate in her games, would pause for a few seconds from his conversation, and say all the proper words and gestures for her tea party which would thrill Tegan. He would request two lumps of sugar. He would tell her how wonderful her tea tasted, and then he would continue his adult conversation with his family.

After going through this routine several times, her Daddy suddenly awoke to reality as he had a flash of concern in his mind: "She is only three years old, where is she getting this ‘tea’ that I've been dutifully drinking?" He quietly followed her, without her knowing, and his fears were growing stronger as he saw her turn and go through the bathroom door. Sure enough, there she was stretching up on her tippy toes reaching up to get her ‘tea’ water -- out of the container of water that grandpa used to soak his false teeth!

1.At the family gathering, the adults __________.

A．watched their favorite TV programs

B．talked about what happened at home

C．drank tea while chatting　　　　　　

D．arranged tables for children’s games

2.Which of the following phrases can replace the underlined phrase “was engrossed in” in Paragraph 2 ?

A．got tired of　　　　　　　　　　　　         B．got annoyed by

C．was absorbed in　　　　　　　　         D．was puzzled at

3.What can be learned from the text ?

A．Tegan was unhappy to be left alone at the gathering.

B．Tegan’s father often played with her in games.

C．Tegan refused to apologize for what she had done.

D．Tegan’s father cared nothing about what she was doing.

4.Tegan’s Dad followed her secretly to find out __________.

A．whether there was any tea left

B．how she made tea so wonderful

C．where she got the sugar for tea

D．what kind of tea he had drunk

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To everyone’s surprise, the CEO fled to the U.S, 　　　 his company in a mess.

A. left B. leaving C. to leave D. having left

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To everyone’s surprise , the student should have been praised for putting forward an idea which __________ their teacher’s.

A. contradicted　　 B. concerned　　 C. competed　　 D. confused

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To everyone’s surprise, the student should have been praised for putting forward an idea which_________ their teacher’s.

A. contradicted　　　　　 B. concerned

C. competed　　　 　 　　　 D. confused

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Much to everyone’s surprise, the ordinary-looking man with a worn coat was _______ other

than Einstein himself, who was well-known for his Theory of Relativity.

A. none              B. nothing              C. not              D. nobody

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It was three o’clock in the afternoon _____ a villager telephoned to tell me the surprising discovery of an ancient tomb.

A. that             B. which        C. where       D. when

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Last year, when our three-year-old great-granddaughter Kylie was taken to see Santa Claus, she made sure to give him her wish list of toys. A week later, she ran into a different Santa in a mall. He stopped to ask what she wanted for Christmas. Kylie was surprised and let him know: “If you can’t remember what I told you last week, how are you going to remember on Christmas Eve?!”

Mary Paul, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

As my son Mike and I drove to the mall, we passed a Salvation Army Santa ringing his bell. “Mike,” I said, “there’s Santa!” He shook his head. “That’s just some guy in a Santa suit,” he said. It saddened me to think that maybe my son no longer believed in Santa, and we drove the rest of the way in silence. At the mall, we spotted another Santa greeting young believers. Suddenly, Mike took off toward him. Turning back to me, he shouted. “Now, there’s the real Santa!”

Michael E. Fahey, Huntley, Illinois

We immigrated to America from China when I was six. Because I was shy and didn’t speak English, I had few friends. My days were spent at home with my brother. Sometimes we’d help our neighbor Mr. Mueller pull weeds. One Christmas Day, there was a knock at the door. Grandma opened it, and there stood a big fellow in red with a snow-white beard, laughing, “Ho, ho, ho!” He handed out presents and made us laugh. I had so much fun. It was years later when I learned that our special Santa was our neighbor Mr. Mueller.

Joanne Tang, Litchfield Park, Arizona

1.Why was Kylie surprised when running into a different Santa?

A. Because she got what she wished.

B. Because she knew who the Santa was.

C. Because she wished to get another toy.

D. Because she thought they were the same Santa.

2.What would Mike’s parent feel as to Mike’s different attitudes towards Santa?

A. Angry.　　 B. Sad.

C. Confused.　　 D. Understandable.

3.What did Mr. Mueller do on Christmas Day?

A. He stood outside our house.

B. He gave out gifts by acting as Santa.

C. He continued to pull weeds.

D. He stayed with us in our home.

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I am a single working mother and going to college for a better life for my three-year-old child and myself. I am taking a nurse course called “Urban Community（社区）”. We were asked to do a major project on problems in urban communities. I chose the topic “Homeless”.

Each day I would walk down the streets of the homeless and offer them something to drink and to eat. I know it’s tough to survive on the streets. Last night I ran into a group of 30 kids who were living on the streets in New York. My heart went out to them and I just wanted to cry. But I had to be strong.

I asked about their families and if they contacted them to let them know they were alive. Most of them said, “NO!” They all looked like a happy family and they took care of one another. I tried to persuade them to get help and to contact their families but they did not want to. I did not want to make them to do it as they had their own reasons.

All these kids were very respectful. None of them was high on drugs nor were they drinking. Some of them enjoyed reading and writing. Some of them enjoyed skateboarding, dancing and playing music.

One girl asked me if I could give her a hug and I did so. She started to cry and said, “Thank you for not treating us as freaks（怪人）like everyone else does. People don’t realize that we all have our own problems and some are worse than others.” She told me that her stepfather （继父） was extremely mean to her and her mother did not believe her. She ran away. Her street name was Little Mary.

They were good kids just trying to make ends meet. I told them that I didn’t have much to offer because I was a single mother just making ends meet. I had offered them sandwiches and drinks. They were so happy to have something to eat and told me that I couldn’t change the world but at least there was someone who really cared.

1.The author is _______.

A. a homeless mother with a three-year-old kid

B. a single mother who attends college in New York

C. a teacher who teaches the “Urban Community” course

D. a full-time housewife with a three-year-old kid

2.What does “My heart went out to them” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. My heart was taken away by them.

B. I wanted to hug them

C. I felt sympathy for them

D. I fell in love with them

3.What kind of feeling did the author show when she failed to persuade the children to contact their families?

A. Sorrow　 B. Anxiety　　 C. Anger　　 D. Understanding

4.Little Mary left home and became a wanderer because ________.

A. her stepfather didn’t want to live with her

B. her stepfather treated her so badly that she was injured

C. her mother treated her so badly that she felt hurt

D. her mother didn’t believe her and her stepfather treated her badly.

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A Story of a Single Mother

B. Care for the Homeless Kids

C. An Urban Community

D. How to Survive on the Streets

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