Liz, a graduate at the University of Wales, w...

Liz, a graduate at the University of Wales, was going to spend a year at the University of Massachusetts. She had been invited to stay with the Van Dyke family. Alex, the eldest son, met her at the airport and drove her home, where Mrs. Van Dyke was waiting at the door.

"Welcome to America, Liz! "

They shook hands.

"How do you do, Mrs. Van Dyke? "

"Just call me Mary, " Mrs. Van Dyke said.

Liz looked round her, "Oh, what a lovely road! "

The road stretched(延伸) in a straight line as far as the distant highway. It was lines with trees and all the houses were built of wood and painted white.

"Your front gardens have not got any bedges(树篱) or walls between them. "

"We call them front yards over here, Liz! No, our front yards belong more to the street as a whole. We're more sociable than you are. We drop in on each other. You like to be more private. An Englishman’s home is his castle. Isn't that right, Liz? "

"Well, you're right. "

"Come on in! " Mrs. Van Dyke said. "I'll show you your room. "

Then Alex arrived in Liz's room with two suitcases(行李箱), saying, ''The closets(衣厨) are all empty. Know what I mean? ''

"Yes, cupboards! " Liz answered with a laugh. "I read somewhere not long ago, " she went on, "We call the things in the suitcases 'luggage', while you name it 'baggage'. I think British English and American English would soon be two separate languages. "

"Nonsense! " Alex replied, laughing. "In another ten years, you British may all be speaking American English. But I hope you don’t change your accent! "

1.Who was Liz?

A.A student graduated from Massachusetts.

B.A graduate from Great Britain.

C.Mrs. Van Dyke's old friend.

D.Alex's schoolmate.

2.What are American front yards like according to Mary?

A.They are open. B.They are small.

C.They have wooden doors. D.They have hedges or walls.

3.Which of the following is a British English word?

A.Yard. B.Closet.

C.Baggage. D.Cupboard.

4.What is Alex's opinion about the two languages?

A.They will have more speakers.

B.They will show important changes.

C.They may become one language in ten years.

D.They may be influenced by foreign accents.

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In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl going to Howard University, aiming at a law career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different story to tell.

My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to leave college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.

Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a mix of adopted(收养)and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To put eyes on him was wonderful---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy then followed son No.3. in 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can imagine how engaged I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each term

The hardest part was feeling sorry about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to give up, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.

In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!

I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you are looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you are in the middle of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process(过程). Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.

1.When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________ .

A. a judge　 B. a teacher

C. a writer　 D. a doctor

2.Why did the author give up school in her second year of college?

A. She wanted to study by herself.

B. She fell in love and got married.

C. She suffered from a serious illness

D. She decided to look after her grandma.

3.What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.

B. She ignored her sorry feeling for her sons.

C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.

D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.

4.What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. failure is the mother of success.

B. little by little, one goes far.

C. every coin has two sides.

D. well begun, half done

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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.

When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.

Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.

People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.

Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."

1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____.

A. improving worker's houses　

B. providing the children with a good education

C. helping people to save money　

D. preventing men from getting drunk

2.From the passage we may infer that Owen was born _____.

A. into a rich family　　　　　　　 　 　 B. into a noble family

C. into a poor family　　　　　　　　　　 D. into a middle class family

3.Owen's experiment in the United States failed because _____.

A. he lost all his money　

B. people who visited it were not impressed

C. he did not buy enough land　

D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly

4.We may infer from the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until _____.

A. 1771　　　　　　 B. 1816　　　　　　 C. 1825　　　　　　　　 D. 1860

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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.

When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers’ houses or their children’s education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.

Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.

People came from all over the country to visit Owen’s factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.

Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. “If you give people good working conditions”, he thought, “they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people.”

1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____________.

A. improving worker’s houses

B. helping people to save money

C. preventing men from getting drunk

D. providing the children with a good education

2.From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ___________.

A. into a rich family　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. into a noble family

C. into a poor family　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. into a middle class family

3.We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until ___.

A. 1771　　　　　　 B. 1816　　　　　　　 C. 1825　　　　　　　　 D. 1860

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Julie was at a crossroads. She had just graduated from university 1.was ready to begin life as an independent adult. She had already received some great job 2.(offer) from several major companies and was very3.(excite)about the opportunities. While4.(clean) out her dormitory room on her last day at university, she 5.(receive) an unexpected phone call. The6.(call) greeted her in careful English and then introduced himself as representing 7.international association. He had met Julie a few weeks ago at a job fair(招聘会)and 8.(impress) with her spoken English. The only difficulty was 9.his company was in the country of Colombia. Julie was 10.(curiously)to find out more, so after talking with her parents that evening, she booked a flight to South America.

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It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor. On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues（同事）turned to me and said, “Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life.” At my request, he answered, “Because the students you have got to know have to leave.”

As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague’s words no longer existed. When I came across naughty students, I had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher. It obviously isn’t the money. Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change. He was working at Nintendo Corporation. His salary was higher than my present one, though I have more education and have worked for over 10 years. With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired, I thanked him, but refused his kind offer.

A few days before this graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework. She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class – not about math, but about life – would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away. As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher.

Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with a deeper sense of satisfaction – I will always be grateful that I am a teacher.

1.Hearing his colleague’s description of graduation for the first time, the author ______.

2.The computer science student called the author because he ______.

3.The underlined phrase blue hats and gowns refers to ______.

4.We can learn from the text that the author ______.

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John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to _______ for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was _______, everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them _______. John was very satisfied with his performance and was very _______ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager's phone _______. He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important _______ now. Please give me the book with the red _______ on that desk.” John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him _______. Holding the book, the manager _______ the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was ________ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three ________. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn't ask me which one I needed and you took one ________. Third, I was answering the call. You should ________ to the desk to save time. These ________showed you are not a careful person.” Therefore, John didn't get the job.

We can learn a(n) ________ from John's experience. Some people don't ________ the details in our life. But it is the details that ________. Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even ________ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the ________between quantity and quality. We should keep in mind that ________ comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.

1.A. vote　　 B. apply　　 C. prepare　　 D. wait

2.A. questioned　　 B. contacted　　 C. asked　　 D. interviewed

3.A. generally　　 B. fluently　　 C. immediately　　 D. slowly

4.A. confident　　 B. lucky　　 C. grateful　　 D. excited

5.A. answered　　 B. rang　　 C. lost　　 D. called

6.A. arrangement　　 B. information　　 C. response　　 D. insight

7.A. picture　　 B. character　　 C. cover　　 D. mark

8.A. politely　　 B. eagerly　　 C. purposely　　 D. quickly

9.A. held on　　 B. picked up　　 C. hung up　　 D. searched for

10.A. disappointed　　 B. surprised　　 C. helpless　　 D. worried

11.A. reasons　　 B. results　　 C. collections　　 D. methods

12.A. regularly　　 B. randomly　　 C. finally　　 D. certainly

13.A. go　　 B. walk　　 C. move　　 D. run

14.A. facts　　 B. details　　 C. parts　　 D. stories

15.A. idea　　 B. lesson　　 C. skill　　 D. subject

16.A. provide　　 B. mention　　 C. ignore　　 D. mind

17.A. count　　 B. trouble　　 C. interest　　 D. impress

18.A. describe　　 B. determine　　 C. replace　　 D. value

19.A. balance　　 B. importance　　 C. selection　　 D. competition

20.A. quantity　　 B. safety　　 C. quality　　 D. promise

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It was the start of another summer session at the university. I was enrolled to(报名) a psychology class. It was extremely difficult to get into, _______ the class was very popular. Lots of students were put on a _______ list but I was lucky and succeeded on my first _______

I had enrolled in this class not only because of the subject matter but also because of the professor. I had heard _______ things about her. She had published many books which had been translated into many languages. It would be a(n) _______ to learn from her. And I had a(n) _______.

Today was the first day of class. The professor entered the _______ lecture hall and made her way to the front. She faces us, quieted us and _______ around. Could she see me? She was my mother.

It was _______ seeing my mother giving a lecture. _______, we had just had breakfast together that morning and talked about the usual mother/daughter things. Could I get past the _______ that the professor was my mother and _______ learn something?

My mother first gave an overview of what we could _______ in the following eight weeks. Then she started the lecture. I listened and took notes and somewhere _______ the way my mother turned into a professor. She was so good a professor that I got completely_______ in the subject matter and forgot that my mother was the person lecturing.

That summer school session passed quickly. Did the other students in the class ever learn my secret? Well, yes they did. Did I _______ it? No. But _______ else did. On the last day of the session, the professor asked me to stand. She _______ me, telling that the class that she was very proud of me.

My mother, who had so many important _______ in her life, was telling her students that the thing she was proudest of was me! Over the years I heard her lecture many times but I have _______ been prouder as her daughter than I was that day when she introduced me to the class.

1.A. though　　 B. as　　 C. while　　 D. yet

2.A. writing　　 B. reading　　 C. mailing　　 D. waiting

3.A. try　　 B. class　　 C. experience　　 D. taste

4.A. normal　　 B. satisfying　　 C. wonderful　　 D. embarrassing

5.A. honor　　 B. comfort　　 C. success　　 D. action

6.A. story　　 B. secret　　 C. answer　　 D. expression

7.A. crowded　　 B. warm　　 C. distant　　 D. cold

8.A. smiled　　 B. moved　　 C. walked　　 D. looked

9.A. enjoyable　　 B. strang　　 C. surprising　　 D. valuable

10.A. First of all　　 B. Above all　　 C. After all　　 D. All in all

11.A. feeling　　 B. fact　　 C. pressure　　 D. fault

12.A. nearly　　 B. really　　 C. properl　　 D. completely

13.A. expect　　 B. prepare　　 C. suffer　　 D. handle

14.A. on　　 B. in　　 C. along　　 D. by

15.A. excited　　 B. started　　 C. stuck　　 D. lost

16.A. keep　　 B. tell　　 C. learn　　 D. agree

17.A. everyone　　 B. anyone　　 C. someone　　 D. no one

18.A. protected　　 B. upset　　 C. comforted　　 D. introduced

19.A. achievements　　 B. moments　　 C. lectures　　 D. memories

20.A. once　　 B. never　　 C. ever　　 D. often

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Each of the students，working hard at his or her lessons，________ to go to university.

A．hope             B．hopes            C．hoping            D．hoped

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Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, __________ to go to university.

A. hope             B. hopes             C. hoping        D. to hope

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