A beautiful woman took a plane on business. She found her seat and sat down next to a young man. The man was just thinking of making a few dollars on the plane. When he saw the woman, he got an idea.
¡°Hey! Would you like to play a game?¡± he asked the woman. ¡°No, thank you. I just want to take a nap (´òíï),¡± the woman answered.
¡°It¡¯s really easy. All you have to do is to answer the questions that I ask you. If you don¡¯t know the answer, you give me five dollars. If I don¡¯t know the answer to your question, then I¡¯ll give you five dollars.¡±
¡°No,¡± the woman still refused.
¡°OK. If I don¡¯t know the answer to your question, I¡¯ll give you five hundred dollars. How about that?¡± the man said. Then the woman became interested and decided to join in the game.
¡°OK. How many moons does Jupiter (ľÐÇ) have?¡± asked the young man. The woman reached into her purse and took out a five-dollar bill.
¡°What goes up the mountain with three legs and comes back with four?¡± the woman asked. Then the young man took out his computer and searched the Internet for an answer. Minutes later, the young man handed five hundred dollars to the woman.
After a few hours, the young man really wanted to know the answer to the question. So he asked the woman, ¡°What is the answer to your question?¡± The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Why did the man ask the woman to play a game?
| A£®He wanted to show his kindness. |
| B£®He wanted to have a pleasant journey. |
| C£®He wanted to earn some money from it. |
| D£®He wanted to make friends with the woman. |
| A£®$ 500. | B£®$ 5. | C£®$ 10. | D£®$ 490. |
| A£®The woman told the man the answer to her question. |
| B£®The woman gave the man¡¯s money back to him. |
| C£®The woman asked the man another question. |
| D£®The woman didn¡¯t know the answer, either. |
| A£®clever | B£®friendly | C£®polite | D£®honest |
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In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal 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 tale 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 withdraw from 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 combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic---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 fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 18. 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 the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling guilty 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 quit, 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¡¯re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you¡¯re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won¡¯t arrive in your life on one day.
It¡¯s a process. Remember: Little steps add up to big dreams..
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿ When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be________
| A£®a writer | B£®a teacher | C£®a doctor | D£®a judge |
| A£®She wanted to study by herself. |
| B£®She decided to look after her grandma. |
| C£®She suffered from a serious illness. |
| D£®She fell in love and got married. |
| A£®Failure is the mother of success. |
| B£®Every coin has two sides. |
| C£®Little by little, one goes far. |
| D£®Well begun, half done. |
| A£®Caring and determined. |
| B£®Honest and responsible. |
| C£®Ambitious and sensitive. |
| D£®Innocent and single-minded. |
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I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors¡¯ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.
Several months later, I found I couldn¡¯t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, ¡°Why doesn¡¯t she clean her window? It looks terrible!¡±
One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!
The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging others.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage?
| A£®One years | B£®Two years. | C£®Three years. | D£®Four years. |
| A£®Read by her window. | B£®played tennis on the grass. |
| C£®Danced in her house. | D£®sang in front of the house. |
| A£®the writer¡¯s window was dirty |
| B£®the woman¡¯s house was too far |
| C£®the woman didn¡¯t open her window |
| D£®there was something wrong with his eyes. |
| A£®¸ßÐ赀 | B£®·ÅËÉµÄ | C£®ÐßÀ¢µÄ | D£®×ÔºÀµÄ |
| A£®clean the house | B£®judge others | C£®help neighbors | D£®learn English |
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When the swim season began, my 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I cut a deal. She would go to practice three times a week and try really hard, and I wouldn¡¯t make her compete in the swim meets because on the day of a meet, she would be nervous all day. Her nerves rooted from the possibility that she would do something horribly wrong and let everyone down.
Recently, they had a T-shirt relay, which works like this: one person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt and a pair of socks, swims 50 meters, and gets out of the pool. She takes off the clothes and puts them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.
By the last leg, Elizabeth¡¯s team had built up a moderate lead. Then it was Elizabeth¡¯s turn to swim. She seemed to swim faster in the T-shirt and socks than when she wasn¡¯t wearing them.
Approaching the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then one of Elizabeth¡¯s socks fell off and was floating in the pool. ¡°She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,¡± a swimming official told her team, ¡°or you will be disqualified.¡±
Everybody on her team started screaming, ¡°Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Stop! Get the sock!¡± But she couldn¡¯t hear them. As she started her last 25 meters, a girl in Lane 2 was gaining on Elizabeth. It was time for desperate measures. A girl on my daughter¡¯s team jumped in the pool, grabbed the sock, and swam after Elizabeth. She grabbed Elizabeth¡¯s foot. ¡°You have to put the sock on,¡± the girl screamed. Elizabeth continued swimming while her teammate put on the sock.
By now, the girl in Lane 2 was about to pass Elizabeth. With the sock finally on, Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters. It was close, but Elizabeth beat the other girl to the wall for the victory.
On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. She told me that if the T-shirt relay was an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal. I told her that in my professional opinion, she was absolutely right.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Elizabeth was nervous about swim meets because she _______.
| A£®was afraid of disappointing everyone |
| B£®didn¡¯t expect to lose the swim match |
| C£®didn¡¯t want to compete against other girls |
| D£®was worried about making errors in public |
| A£®socks contributed greatly to Elizabeth¡¯s victory |
| B£®the match nearly drove Elizabeth desperate |
| C£®good luck finally fell on Elizabeth¡¯s team |
| D£®Elizabeth¡¯s team narrowly won the match |
| A£®swim faster in the T-shirt |
| B£®enjoy swim meets later on |
| C£®experience the moment again |
| D£®take part in an Olympic event |
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When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (ͼÕÂ) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(ÐÕÃûÊ××Öĸ) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced". We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything¡ªso most of the " new" stuff (¶«Î÷) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. " You'll recognize this one," she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".
| A£®fashionable | B£®available | C£®practical | D£®renewable |
| A£®13 years old | B£®15 years old | C£®26 years old | D£®28 years old |
| A£®The writer¡¯s family moved several times. |
| B£®The writer never stopped looking for her ring. |
| C£®The writer¡¯s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner. |
| D£®The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off. |
| A£®My New Ring |
| B£®Lost and Replaced |
| C£®Lost and Found |
| D£®An Expensive Ring |
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Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap£¬strong and fast£®He was able to sell millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time£»that is£¬he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind£®Ford¡¯s father hoped that his son would become a farmer£¬but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit£¨µ×ÌØÂÉ£©where he worked as a mechanic£¨»úеʦ£©.By the age of 29£¬in 1892£¬he had built his first car£®However£¬the car made in this way£¬the famous ¡°Model T¡± did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford had started his great motor car factory.This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty years.Since Ford¡¯s time£¬this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive£®
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿56.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars£®
| A£®cheap and strong | B£®cheap and long |
| C£®fast and expensive | D£®strong and slow |
| A£®he made many greet cars | B£®his cars are many |
| C£®he made lots of cars of the same kind | D£®both A and B |
| A£®which was his father¡¯s will |
| B£®which was against his own will |
| C£®which was against his father¡¯s will |
| D£®which was the will of both |
| A£®in 1903 | B£®in 1908 | C£®in 1913 | D£®in 1897 |
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Goldie¡¯s Secret
She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. ¡°We¡¯re moving house.¡± ¡°No space for her any more with the baby coming.¡± ¡°We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present.¡± People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.
I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner¡¯s. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down, always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.
That¡¯s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn¡¯t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (Ìò) the four puppies (Ó×È®) I started to feel sympathy towards them. ¡°We didn't know what had happened to her,¡± said the woman at the door. ¡°I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared.¡± ¡°She must have tried to come back to them and got lost,¡± added a boy from behind her.
I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I¡¯ve learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?
| A£®Shocked. | B£®Sympathetic. | C£®Annoyed. | D£®Upset. |
| A£®felt worried | B£®was angry | C£®ate a little | D£®sat by the fire |
| A£®saw her puppies | B£®heard familiar barking |
| C£®wanted to leave the author | D£®found her way to her old home |
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We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home.
On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (¹ñ³ø) outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow.
¡°Buy it, ¡± my wife said at once. ¡°We¡¯ll carry it home on the roof rack. I¡¯ve always wanted one like that.¡±
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was ¡ê20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack.
It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, ¡°There¡¯s a long line of cars behind. Why don¡¯t they overtake, I wonder?¡±
In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
¡°Right, sir, ¡± he said. ¡°Do you need any more help?¡±
I was a bit puzzled. ¡°Thanks, officer, ¡± I said. ¡°You have been very kind. I live just on the road.¡±
He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. ¡°Well, well, ¡± he said, laughing.
¡°It¡¯s a cupboard you¡¯ve got there! We thought it was something else.¡±
My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s a cupboard, but thanks again.¡± I drove home as fast as I could.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿In fact the husband _______ the cupboard.
| A£®would like very much to buy | B£®badly wanted |
| C£®was glad to have bought | D£®would rather not buy |
| A£®carrying a cupboard to the church |
| B£®sending flowers to the church |
| C£®carrying nothing but a piece of furniture |
| D£®going to attend a funeral(ÔáÀñ) at the church |
| A£®driving in gathering darkness |
| B£®in great sorrow (±¯Í´) |
| C£®driving with wild flowers in the car |
| D£®carrying furniture |
| A£®It was very strange. | B£®He felt ashamed of it. |
| C£®He took great pride in it. | D£®He was puzzled at it. |
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I really hadn't meant to yell at them. But that grey afternoon saw it just as my son and daughter were making a terrible mess on the floor in the kitchen.
With a tiresome report to write, I felt bothered at my desk. Suddenly, it occurred to me that my kids were at fault. A voice inside me insisted that I do something quickly.
¡°OK, you two here, but what an awful thing you are attempting!¡± shouting angrily, I made for them, while it became evident that the boy wanted no part of me. ¡°Get away from us!¡± he shouted back, there being expression of support from his sister.
All of a sudden, I found the fault in myself. Quickly I shaped my hands into pincers£¨ó¦Ð·òü;ǯ×Ó£©and crawled towards them, ¡°Crabby£¨ËÆó¦Ð·µÄ£©Daddy is here. Ha, Ha, Ha, he likes to yell at children, and then eat them!¡± My son continued to keep me away, but now he was laughing and crying at the same time. My mission to repair the damage caused by my yelling seemed to work well. Still, I regretted not having controlled myself first in a right way that my children could do after.
Need I let them know how badly they were acting by blaming? This is a lesson that serves myself. It only shows just how to get rid of something£¨ill-feelings, responsibility£©by blaming others. It's not my ¡°best self¡±.
We have to search for our ¡°best self¡± when with our children. They don't need perfect parents, but they do need parents who are always trying to get better. Here, I'm reminded of the words of a great thinker, ¡°When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook¡¡± Then, in our lifetime, couldn't we always speak to our kids in such a sweet voice since most of us consider them as the most precious in the world? And before we reach this level, what should we do when we come across various difficult cases with our children?
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿The author couldn't help yelling at his kids this time probably because___________.
| A£®the weather was so unpleasant | B£®a Daddy has his right to do so |
| C£®the kids didn't ask him to join them | D£®he was tired of his boring work |
| A£®No obvious reason. | B£®The children¡¯s reaction. |
| C£®His self-control. | D£®The mess made by the children. |
| A£®play a crab again like this time | B£®apologize to kids in a sincere way |
| C£®avoid blaming kids in a hurry | D£®beat them up about such things |
| A£®How to behave ourselves properly when kids are at fault. |
| B£®How to blame our children in a more interesting way. |
| C£®How to deal with the terrible mess made by our kids. |
| D£®How to persuade children to do what they are told to. |
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