One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son and his girlfriend in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children and the younger children would do a wonderful job of accompanying（陪伴）the older ones. Later, I discovered that I was completely wrong.

I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with this happy news. But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.

It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m., when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson, ” I said．I decided they must be outside．Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a winter night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with.

Finally, in desperation（绝望）, I called his girlfriend’s house. His girlfriend answered. “Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here.”

He came on the phone．I was not my usual calm, patient. After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers. “Where are the children?” I said. He said they were with him. They had done nothing wrong. My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake. Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it. It was only part of the truth.

The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday. My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts — a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend.

1.The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because________.

A．she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby-sitter

B．she believed he could take good care of the younger ones with the help of his girlfriend

C．the older children have always loved the younger ones

D．she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night

2.Shortly after the author left home one evening, she discovered that _________.

A．her son had brought his girlfriend home

B．her son had left home with his girlfriend

C．she shouldn’t have completely trusted her son

D．she should have taken the children along with her

3.“It was only part of the truth.” implies that the children not only enjoyed ice-cream but also _________.

A．had their pictures taken                  B．received some gifts

C．had a birthday party                     D．showed off their best clothes

4. Which is the best title of this passage?

A．An Evening Out                         B．Modern Teenagers

C．Mother and Children                     D．A Precious Birthday Gift

 

Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a series of discomfort for their fellows. Medical scientists have expressed their concern about effect of smoking on the health not only of those who smoke but also those who do not smoke. In fact, non-smokers who take in the air polluted by tobacco smoke suffer more than the smokers themselves. A great number of students are trying to persuade the university to forbid smoking in classrooms. Believe they are completely right in their aim. However, I think it more important to achieve this by calling on the smokers to use good judgment and to show concern for others. Smoking is not allowed in theaters, cinemas and in other public places. Therefore, smoking must be forbidden in our classroom. Although many people have passed away for having smoked a lot and we call on people to give up smoking, yet many more that are following will turn down what we say every day, above all, the young people smoke a lot more.
【小题1】 In the writer’s opinion, smoking does good to ________.

A．nobody

B．some people

C．smokers

D．young people

【小题2】 The phrase “pass away” probably means ________.

A．leave one’s home

B．lose one’s life

C．pass by

D．go away

【小题3】According to the selection, which of the following is true?

A．Smokers suffer from the polluted air more than the non-smokers.

B．Non-smokers suffer from the polluted air more than the smokers.

C．Non-smokers suffer as much from the polluted air as the smokers.

D．Non-smokers don’t suffer so much from the polluted air as the smokers.

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Mrs. Green is a nurse in a hospital in London. She has a lovely daughter. She

    often says to her, "Hey, Baby! Look at you,. looking at me, looking at you looking

    at me." She is going to send her daughter to Grade 1 this September and buy a

    book with 40 pages for her.

Joe enjoys reading picture books about animals.He often buys some new ones.

    Last Saturday he bought a new book. There is such a sentence on the first page:

    "In a heart-warming twist on the ‘I-can-do-anything-you-can-do-better' theme,

    Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth

    of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare."

Tong Tong is five years and two months old now. Her father bought him a story

book for his birthday on July 2. Now he is reading "But as the boy grew older

he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave..."

Mr. Smith lives in New York City. He has a two-year-old grandson; who likes to

    listen to some stories about animals and read picture books with a hide-and-seek

    adventure and lots of pop-up surprises on every page!

Susan's mother bought her a new book today. In this book, there are many good

bedtime activities---a reappearing little mouse is particularly pesky: By the

end of the little rabbit's goodnight poem, the story has quieted to a whisper,

and the drawings have darkened with nightfall. As you turn the last page, you

can expect a sleepy smile and at least a yawn or two.

I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us   36  chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell   37 . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I   38  the countryside for some place I could rent for the   39  possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road   40  the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was   41 , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and   42  a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me,   43  slowly, they started teaching me the   44  of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began   45  around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a   46  American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of   47 .

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were   48  for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.   49  on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my   50  with my neighbors.

Four years later, I moved back into   51 . I saw many people were having a really hard time,   52  their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to   53  a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in   54  if we hadn’t banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about   55  we can all get by together.

1.                A．separately      B．equally         C．violently  D．naturally

 

2.                A．off            B．apart           C．over D．out

 

3.                A．crossed        B．left            C．toured   D．searched

 

4.                A．fullest          B．largest          C．fairest    D．cheapest

 

5.                A．at             B．through         C．over D．round

 

6.                A．occupied       B．abandoned      C．emptied  D．robbed

 

7.                A．turned         B．approached     C．cleared   D．cut

 

8.                A．but            B．although        C．otherwise D．for

 

9.                A．benefit         B．lesson          C．nature   D．art

 

10.               A．sticking         B．looking         C．swinging   D．turning

 

11.               A．wild           B．real           C．different  D．remote

 

12.               A．neighborliness   B．happiness       C．friendliness D．kindness

 

13.               A．unique         B．expensive       C．rare  D．necessary

 

14.               A．Up            B．Down          C．Deep D．Along

 

15.               A．cooperation     B．relationships     C．satisfaction D．appointments

 

16.               A．reality         B．society         C．town D．life

 

17.               A．creating        B．losing          C．quitting   D．offering

 

18.               A．put in          B．turn in         C．take in    D．get in

 

19.               A．yards          B．shelters        C．camps D．cottages

 

20.               A．when          B．what           C．whether   D．how

 

 

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what "keeping up with the Joneses" is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

　　The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City.. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

　　It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They had to move back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses” because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States. "Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

　　People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are "Joneses" in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.

A. want to be as rich as their neighbors

B. want others to know or to think that they are rich

C. don't want others to know they are rich

D. want to be happy

2. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.

A. live outside New York City

B. live in New York City

C. live in apartments

D. live with many neighbors

3.What's the author's attitude to keeping up with the Joneses?

A. Negative.    B. Positive. 　　C. Supportive.    D. Objective.