When I was nine years old my greatest desire ...

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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I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia.　 My father ______ me　 to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is ______ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ______ my head slightly upward, and looked me　　 right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the ______ one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a ______ boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he ______ with great honors. She moved our family into the city,　 where my father’s career　　 could be more suitable and my brothers and I could be better ______ at school.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand ______ and instucted me how to type in the flesh, telling me that she believed that I would become a ______. I knew her　 enthusiasm, I ______ it, and　 I saw　 how　 it had　 already　 improved　 our lives.　 I accepted　 her ______ and began to ______ for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of writing　 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ______ beneficiary (受益人). My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power ______ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is constantly strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ______.

1.A.sent B.introduced C.handed D.passed

2.A.rewarded B.favored C.distinguished D.praised

3.A.raised B.shook C.dragged D.bent

4.A.stubbornest B.laziest C.proudest D.smartest

5.A.clever B.bad C.stupid D.polite

6.A.graduated B.quitted C.started D.escaped

7.A.entertained B.controlled C.educated D.respected

8.A.bicycle B.radio C.camera D.typewriter

9.A.doctor B.writer C.typist D.teacher

10.A.regarded B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated

11.A.order B.criticism C.belief D.description

12.A.write B.read C.photograph D.edit

13.A.next B.only C.same D.real

14.A.enthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence

15.A.win B.reach C.match D.doubt

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When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how　 1.　 (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other　 2. (choose), though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer--something to pride myself in. But the hard part　 3.　 (lie) in my oral presentation; to read from　 4.　 paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech　 5.　 my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs　 6. (tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 7.　 back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After8.　 seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building　 9.　 , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it, 　 10.　 we will be able to achieve our goals.

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When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “ A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class ! Just imagine how1.(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had only one2. (choose) , though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer – something to pride myself on. But the hard part 3.(lie) in my oral presentation; to read from 4. paper was not allowed ; I had to give the speech 5. my memory and in front of such a big audience !

A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs6.(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by , I didn’t know . My listeners were still waiting patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 7. back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After it seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made8.! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared . Actually with my confidence building9., I now turn out to be a great speaker . Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear. Overcome it,10.we will be able to achieve our goals .

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The memory of Dad flooded into my mind. In the morning when I was nine years old, he would come home from working 18 hours at his bakery and wake me up at 5 a.m. by scratching my back with his strong, powerful hand and whispering, “Time to get up, son.” By the time I was dressed and ready to roll, he had my newspaper folded and stuffed in my bicycle basket. Recalling his generosity of spirit brings tears to my eyes.

When I was racing bicycles, he drove me 50 miles each way to Kenosha, Wisconsin, every Tuesday night so I could race and he could watch me. He was there to hold me if I lost and share the euphoria when I won.

Later, he accompanied me to all my local talks in Chicago when I spoke to Century 21, Mary Kay and various churches. He always smiled, listened and _______ told whomever he was sitting with, “That’s my boy!”

In my dad’s last telephone call to me, he said, “I am going home to Denmark, son, and I want to tell you I love you.” He repeated that line seven times in half an hour. I wasn’t listening at the right level. I heard the words, but not the message, and certainly not their profound intention.

Two days later, Dad passed away. My heart was in pain because Dad was there for me but I wasn’t there for him. Please always, always share your love with your loved ones, and try to be invited to that important period when physical life transforms into spiritual life. Experiencing the process of death with one you love will give you a deeper understanding of life.

（前4个是A种题型,后4个是B种题型）

1.What does the underlined word “euphoria” mean in paragraph 3?

A. Courage　　 B. Sadness

C. Excitement　　 D. Disappointment

2.Why did Dad repeat the line seven times to his son in the last telephone call?

A. Because he had a strong love for his son.

B. Because he was too patient with his son.

C. Because his son was not listening at all.

D. Because he was angry about his son’s response.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. Dad was very strict with his son when he lost the race.

B. Dad drove his son to Chicago and attended his talks.

C. Dad accompanied his son all the way when he grew up.

D. Dad was too busy to accompany him when his son was young.

4.What is the best title of the text?

A. Saying Goodbye to Dad

B. My Love for Parents

C. My Happy Memories

D. Company, the Deepest Love

5.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with an adverb.

6.Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?

When I was reminded of Dad being willing to devote everything to me, my eyes were filled with tears.

7.What did Dad mean by saying seven times “I am going home to Denmark, son, and I want to tell you I love you.”?

8.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese in Paragraph 5.

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When I was nine years old, I went off to summer camp for the first time. And my mother packed me a suitcase full of books, which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do. While reading, you have the animal warmth of your family sitting right next to you, but you are also free to experience the adventure land inside your own mind. And I had this idea that camp was going to be just like this.

On the very first day, our counselor(顾问) gathered us all together and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing every day for the rest of the summer to instill(浸润) camp spirit. And it went like this: “R-O-W-D-I-E, that's the way we spell rowdie. Rowdie, rowdie, let's get rowdie . Yeah！”. So I couldn't figure out why we had to spell this word incorrectly. But I recited the cheer along with everybody else. I did my best. And I just waited for the time that I could go off and read my books.

But the first time that I took my book out of my suitcase, the coolest girl in the room came up to me and asked me, “Why are you being so mellow(安静的)?” Mellow, of course, is the exact opposite of R-O-W-D-I-E. And then the second time I tried it, the counselor came up to me with a concerned expression on her face and she repeated the point about camp spirit and said we should all work very hard to be outgoing.

And so I put my books away, back in their suitcase, and I put them under my bed, and there they stayed for the rest of the summer. And I felt kind of guilty about this. I felt as if the books needed me somehow, and they were calling out to me but I just gave them up.

1.According to the author, what would the coming camp be like?

A.It would be very noisy.

B.It would involve lots of reading.

C.It would be full of danger and excitement.

D.It would make a good chance to get close to nature.

2.How did the author feel about the cheer part?

A.Puzzled. B.Excited.

C.Concerned. D.Frightened.

3.How did the counselor react on seeing the author reading?

A.She got very angry.

B.She praised the author.

C.She asked the author to share the book

D.She indirectly advised the author not to read.

4.Why was the author guilty?

A.She was kind of quiet.

B.She had to leave her books unread.

C.She was unwilling to open her books.

D.She didn't follow the counselor's advice.

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When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?

As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes… The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.

When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.

1.Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?

A. He could not catch a fish.

B. His father was not patient with him.

C. His father did not teach him fishing.

D. He could not influence a fish as his father did.

2.What did the author’s father really mean?

A. To read about fish.

B. To learn fishing by oneself.

C. To understand what fish think.

D. To study fishing in many ways.

3.According to the author, fish are most likely to be found _________.

A. in deep water on sunny days

B. in deep water on cloudy days

C. in shallow water under sunligh

D. in shallow water under waterside trees.

4.After entering the business world, the author found _________.

A. it easy to think like a customer

B. his father’s fishing advice inspiring

C. his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable

D. it difficult to sell services to poor people

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When I was 7 years old,I felt really happy for the first time in my life.I remember that my teacher allowed each student to play various educational games in tum on a computer designed for teaching.One day,I found the source code（编码）for one of these games.Without knowing or being taught any programming language,I was able to figure out some of the BASIG code.I just gave myself an interminate number of lives in the game,so I could continue playing it forever.This was also my first introduction to algebra（代数）,and I didn't even know it at the time.This was a decisive moment in my life.I was quite excited because of what I was learning and what I was able to do.As a result,I was enthusiastic（充满热情的）for the rest of my life about self-learning and computers,and I was quite happy doing them too.

I've noticed that people who are truly content with life are enthusiastic about what they do.This enthusiasm, along with good health,is the key to being happy.It also leads to self-confidence and content in life too.It may also lead to success,wealth,and achievements.

Success,wealth,or achievements can also bring some people happiness,yet I know plenty of rich people who are unhappy.I know many people with successful businesses that are not happy with what they are doing.I know people who continuously buy themselves new toys,such as cars,computers,and televisions,yet never seem content for too long.Please remember,happiness is the journey of life,not the destination.

1.Why did the author mention his childhood experience in Paragraph 1?

A. To explain why he is a wise man.

B. To show he has a talent for algebra.

C. To inform us code is easy to process.

D. To say it makes a difference to his life.

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word "interminate"?

A. Average.　　 B. Illegal.

C. Unlimited.　　 D. Obvious.

3.Who tends to feel satisfied with life?

A. One recovering from a severe illness.

B. One enthusiastic about what he/she does.

C. One in possession of a large fortune.

D. One having achieved great success.

4.What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A. Enthusiasm plays an important role in being happy.

B. A rich material life can lead to real happiness.

C. Human beings never feel satisfied with their life.

D. Happiness is the final target we desire a lifetime.

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When I was a sixteen-old girl, I was asked to deliver a speech titled “　 A Red Test in My Life ,”To talk before the whole class !Just imagine how　 ___1._____(terrible) shy I was　 the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, ___2.___. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer---something to pride myself in. But the hard part ___3.__(lie) in my oral presentation: to read from__4.___ paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech ___5.___my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs __6._____(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found _7._____back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After__8._____seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding, I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the__9.___(great) difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it,___ 10.___we will be able to achieve our goals.

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When I was eight or nine years old, I wrote my first poem.

My mother read the little poem and began to cry. “Buddy, you didn’t really write this beautiful, beautiful poem!” Shyly, I said that I had. My mother poured out her welcome praise. Why, this poem was nothing short of genius!

What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to show him what I had accomplished. My mother said she hoped he would be home around 7. I spent the best part of that afternoon preparing for his arrival. First, I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting. Then I used colored pens to draw a border around it. Then I confidently placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. But my father did not return at 7, Seven-fifteen, Seven-thirty. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. He would be able to appreciate my poem even more than my mother.

It was almost 8 o’clock when my father burst in. He was an hour late, but he could not sit down. I can see him now, a big Havana cigar in one hand, the rapidly disappearing drink in the other, calling down bitter words on his employees.

Suddenly, he paused and glared at his plate. There was a silence. He was reaching for my poem. I lowered my head and stared down into my plate.

“What is this?” I heard him say.

“Ben, a wonderful thing has happened,” my mother said. “Buddy has written his first poem. And it’s beautiful, absolutely amazing”.

“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide that for myself,” Father said.

I kept my face lowered to my plate. It was only 10 lines long. But it seemed to take hours. I remember wondering why it was taking so long. I could hear him dropping the poem back on the table again. Now was the moment of decision.

“I think it’s bad,” my father said.

I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting wet.

“Ben, sometimes I don’t understand you,” my mother was saying. “This is just a little boy. You’re not in your studio now. These are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written. He need encouragement.”

“I don’t know why,” my father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough bad poetry in the world already? No law says Buddy has to become a poet.”

I couldn’t stand it another second. I ran from the dining room, threw myself on the bed and cried.

That may have been the end of the anecdote(轶事) — but not of its significance for me.

A few years later I took a second look at that first poem, and unwillingly I had to agree with my father’s tough judgment. It was a pretty bad poem. After a while, I worked up the courage to show him something new, a short story. My father thought it was overwritten but not hopeless. I was learning to rewrite. And my mother was learning that she could disapprove of me without ruining me. You might say we were all learning. I was going on 12.

As I worked my way into other books and plays and films, it became clearer and clearer to me how fortunate I had been to have had a mother who said, “Buddy, it’s wonderful!” and a father who shook his head no and drove me to tears with his, “I think it’s bad.” In fact all of us in life need that mother force, the loving force from which all creation flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete, even misleading, finally damaging, without the father force to caution, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.” Between the two poles of affirmation (肯定) and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course.

1.What did the mother think of the Buddy’s poem?

A. She was so moved that she cried.

B. She believed Buddy needed advice from his father.

C. She considered Buddy had no talent for poetry.

D. She thought the poem was well written.

2.Which underlined word in the following sentences best reflects Buddy’s eagerness to show his father the poem?

A. Then I confidently placed it right on my father’s place on the dining table.

B. He would be able to appreciate my poem even more than my mother.

C. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting.

D. I could hardly wait to show him what I had accomplished.

3.The underlined sentence “My father held his ground” could best be replaced by ________.

A. My father began to explain his reasons

B. My father thought his comment is unreasonable

C. My father refused to change his opinion

D. My father got so angry that he rose to his feet

4.From the passage, we can infer that the father can be best described as ________.

A. cruel and stubborn                B. loving and matter-of-fact

C. bad-tempered and rude            D. cautious and strict

5.Which of the following statements do you think the author might agree with?

A. The incident helped the writer work his work further as a writer.

B. The author only realized the significance of the incident after becoming a writer.

C. After the incident, the author stopped writing but tried his luck in plays and films.

D. The incident completely changed the author’s course of life.

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