Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m   36  or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers.   37 , I’m happy to try, even though it’ll   38  me a long time to do it.

People say that housewives should have the   39  to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and   40  every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to   41  me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So   42  I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I   43  feeling like a failure as a mom.

After many   44  attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the   45  that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the   46  one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it   47 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said, “Thank you so much for always bringing   48  drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also   49  class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough   50  for everyone.”

I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could   51  remember how many kids were in the class. But her   52  taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.

Not everyone is cut out to be a(n)   53  mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I  54  something to drink. And I think that’s just as   55 .

1.                A．smart          B．lazy            C．tired D．desperate

 

2.                A．However        B．Therefore       C．Otherwise D．Besides

 

3.                A．cost           B．give            C．introduce D．take

 

4.                A．dream         B．ability          C．experience    D．tool

 

5.                A．compare        B．save           C．treasure  D．teach

 

6.                A．reflect         B．puzzle          C．upset D．amuse

 

7.                A．unless          B．because        C．though   D．when

 

8.                A．ended up       B．went on        C．insisted on D．set out

 

9.                A．failed          B．careless        C．successful D．useful

 

10.               A．goal           B．opinion         C．fact  D．impression

 

11.               A．slowest         B．best           C．worst D．quickest

 

12.               A．stood out       B．got out         C．came back D．paid off

 

13.               A．cold           B．soft            C．extra D．fresh

 

14.               A．attend         B．hold           C．enjoy D．leave

 

15.               A．cookies        B．drinks          C．books D．cups

 

16.               A．already         B．always         C．ever  D．never

 

17.               A．contribution     B．appreciation     C．congratulation  D．comprehension

 

18.               A．loyal           B．clever          C．able  D．rich

 

19.               A．provide        B．make          C．buy  D．retell

 

20.               A．believable      B．ridiculous       C．interesting D．important

 

 

Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m   26  or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers.   27 , I’m happy to try, even though it’ll   28  me a long time to do it.

People say that housewives should have the   29  to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and   30  every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to   31  me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So   32  I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I   33  feeling like a failure as a mom.

After many   34  attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the   35  that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the   36  one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it   37 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said,＂Thank you so much for always bringing   38  drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also   39  class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough   40  for everyone.＂

I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could   41  remember how many kids were in the class. But her   42  taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.

Not everyone is cut out to be a(n)   43  mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I   44  something to drink. And I think that’s just as   45 .

1.                A．smart          B．lazy            C．tired D．desperate

 

2.                A．However        B．Therefore       C．Otherwise D．Besides

 

3.                A．cost           B．give            C．introduce D．take

 

4.                A．dream         B．ability          C．experience    D．tool

 

5.                A．compare        B．save           C．treasure  D．teach

 

6.                A．reflect         B．puzzle          C．upset D．amuse

 

7.                A．unless          B．because        C．though   D．when

 

8.                A．ended up       B．went on        C．insisted on D．set about

 

9.                A．failed          B．careless        C．successful D．useful

 

10.               A．goal           B．opinion         C．fact  D．impression

 

11.               A．slowest         B．best           C．worst D．quickest

 

12.               A．stood out       B．got out         C．came back D．paid off

 

13.               A．cold           B．soft            C．extra D．fresh

 

14.               A．attend         B．hold           C．enjoy D．leave

 

15.               A．cookies        B．drinks          C．books D．cups

 

16.               A．already         B．always         C．ever  D．never

 

17.               A．contribution     B．appreciation     C．Congratulation  D．comprehension

 

18.               A．loyal           B．clever          C．able  D．rich

 

19.               A．provide        B．make          C．buy  D．retell

 

20.               A．believable      B．ridiculous       C．interesting D．important

 

 

My sisters and I have dreamt of a home in the city, but when the Alcott family found itself in a small house at the South End without a tree in sight, only a back yard to play in, and no money to buy any of the beautiful things before us, we children all opposed it and longed for the country again.

Anna soon found little pupils, and walked away each morning to her daily task, pausing at the corner to wave her hand to me in answer to my greet with the duster（抹布）. My father went to his office downtown, mother to her helping the poor, the little girls to school, and I, Lousia, was left to keep house, feeling like an aged sea-gull as I washed dishes and cooked in the basement kitchen where the only thing I could hope for was someone talking with me.

Good drill, but very hard, and my only comfort was the evening reunion where all met with such various reports of the day’s adventures, we could not fail to find both amusement and instruction.

Father brought interesting and attractive news from the upper world; mother, usually in low spirits because she would give away her clothes with sad tales of suffering from the darker side of life; gentle Anna gave a modest account of her success as a teacher, for even at seventeen her sweet nature won all who knew her, and her patience gained her the support of the most naughty pupil.

My reports were usually a mixture of sadness and happiness, and the children poured their small joys and troubles into the family where comfort and mercy were always to be found.

1.We know from this passage that the Alcott family was __________.

A．a happy and united family

B．an extremely poor family

C．a family with lots of serious problems

D．a family that remained in the country

2.Anna was a successful teacher because_________.

A．she had a strong sense of duty             B．she was obviously intelligent

C．she knew her subjects well                D．she had wonderful character

3.Lousia’s daily responsibility was_____.

A．to help the poor                        B．to run the house

C．to go downtown                        D．to feed the seagulls

4.According to the passage, what Lousia enjoyed most is _________.

A．the evening reunion                     B．moving to the city

C．joining Anna at her school                 D．telling others her stories

 

 

 People think that writing short stories is easy because they are short. But in fact they are hard to write well. There are only a few writers of good short stories and the American writer O. Henry is one of them.

His real name was William Sydney Porter and he grew up in North Carolina. He was not very successful at school but he loved reading. When he was about twenty years old he left North Carolina and moved to Texas. He thought there would be more opportunities for work there. At first he worked on a newspaper but as this did not provide enough money he changed his job. He decided to work in a bank. All went well until some money went missing. William was believed to have stolen it and was sent to prison. Although this was a horrible experience it helped in one way because he realized that he could write well. William began writing short stories and O. Henry  was born! When he left prison he began writing as a career and published many of his stories. They were mostly about the people that he met or he knew in New York and they had interesting or surprising endings. People enjoyed reading them. His life, however, was not a happy one. He drank too much and died in 1910 in New York but he left behind stories that are still read and enjoyed by millions of people.

66. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.                                   b. Worked in a bank.

c. Travelled to Texas.                            d. Was put in prison.

e. Had a newspaper job.                          f. Learned to write stories.

A. e, c, f, b, d, a                             B. c, e, b, d, f, a           

C. e, b, d, c, a, f                                   D. c, b, e, d, a, f

67. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because          .

A. they had surprise endings            B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed his love for the poor       D. they were about New York City

68. O. Henry went to prison because          .

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B. he broke the law by using violence

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

69. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was well-educated.         B. He was not serious about his work.

C. He was devoted to the poor.        D. He loved reading.

70. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison.    B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. The city and people of New York.    D. His exciting early life as a boy.

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Why do some people have many friends while others do not? You may even imagine that this ability was something they were born with because it seems so effortless to them. However, it is not so. Let’s look at two psychological experiments which will give you the key to happy interpersonal relations.

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The fist experiment is called the “Hawthorne effect” after Hawthorne, Illinois, where the experiment took place. A group of psychologists examined the work patterns of two groups of workers in the Western Electric Company. Before the experiment the management talked to both groups of workers and explained that they wanted to find the best working environment for them. The psychologists changed the working conditions for one group twice but left the other group alone. They were surprised to find that productivity increase on both occasions and in both groups. They concluded that the increase in productivity came from the attention given to the workers by the management. It had increased their motivation (积极性) and so they had worked harder. In other words, if you take an interest in others they will want to please you and you will have good relations with them.

The second experiment shows what happens to personal relations if you are rude to or ignore others. After Martin Luther King, Jr was killed in the 1960s, a teacher, Jane Elliott, living in an all – white town decided to help her class of young children understand why the Civil Rights Movement had been necessary in America.

She divided the class into two groups: one with blue eyes and the other with brown eyes. Other eye colours such as hazel or green were excluded from his exercise. Then she told the class that brown – eyed people were cleverer than blue – eyed ones because of an agent (化学作用) for brown colour found in their blood. Blue – eyed people were stupid, lazy and not to be trusted. Jane Elliott did not need to say any more. The brown – eyed students quickly got used to their new role as the leaders of the class. The blue – eyed students became quiet and withdrawn. Then she discovered something very interesting. Four poor brown – eyed readers began to read fluently in a way they had never done before. Jane Elliott had shown that the way people are treated affects not only their behaviour but also their confidence and their performance.

So if you want to be successful and happy, take an interest in others whether they are your classmates or workmates. Congratulate them on their successes and sympathise(同情) with them in their troubles. Remember that the way you treat others will determine their attitude and behaviour to you.

1．What is the main idea of this passage?

       A．How to affect people around us by our behaviour.

       B．How to build happy interpersonal relations.

       C．How to improve productivity in work.

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       D．How to be successful and happy.

2．In the “Hawthorne effect” experiment,          .

       A．psychologists aimed to improve the workers’ performance

       B．psychologists changed working conditions for two groups once

       C．psychologists wanted to find the relationship between motivation and productivity

       D．workers worked hard to please the psychologists and the group leaders

3．The second experiment aims to           .

       A．tell children to treat each other equally

       B．tell children that brown – eyed people are cleverer than blue – eyed ones

       C．tell children why the Civil Rights Movement was necessary in America

       D．tell children that the way people are treated affects their behaviour

4．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．In the “Hawthorne effect” experiment, both groups worked more efficiently.

      B．Children with hazel or green eyes weren’t included in the second experiment, because they are not suitable for the experiment.

       C．If we want to be treated politely, we should treat others in the same way.

    D．Jane Elliot’s experiment tells us that how people are treated will influence their performance.