I get off the bus and walk a few blocks. I stop when I get to a garage-like place and walk to the metal door with brown paint. I turn the knob(把手)and walk in. A thousand eyes look at me as I take my place at the end of the long line. When I finally get up to the window, I hand the officer my ID. “I’m here to visit Mr C. Yes, I’m his daughter.”
I learn that line by heart. The officer hands me a piece of paper with my name as the visitor and my father’s as the prisoner. It tells me which floor to go to. As I get on the elevator, a rush of excitement runs through me. Then I go to the eighth floor, look around and see the faces I see here every Sunday and Thursday.
There he is. I stand on tiptoe(脚尖)to get a better view since I can hardly see him. He doesn’t look like my father. He’s got a beard now and he looks a lot weaker. He’s the dad that I see through a window. My dad who is separated from the world. The only place he now knows is his room in the prison. When I look deep into his eyes, I see emptiness and pain.
It’s difficult to hear him through the thick glass and over everyone else who is trying to talk. We try to carry on a normal conversation about simple things including my day and what I’m doing in school, but we mostly talk about how we can’t wait until he gets out. After an hour my time is up. We say our good-byes and love-yous.
I get on the bus to go home. My favorite place is where my father is—prison. I know, how can prison be anyone’s favorite place? But it is because my father is there. It’ll no longer be my favorite place once he gets out, though—home will be.
【小题1】The author goes to the prison_________.

A．to talk with the officer	B．to visit her father
C．to get a piece of paper from the officer	D．to pay a visit to her favorite place

【小题2】It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s father is ____________.

A．working there for a long time	B．just in prison for a short while
C．still healthy and strong in prison	D．seldom keeping in touch with people outside

【小题3】What does the author mainly talk of with her father?

A．Her behavior in school.	B．Simple things in everyday life.
C．Difficulty and trouble in her life.	D．The feeling of expecting him home.

【小题4】What can we know from the passage?

A．The author’s father will never go home.	B．The author meets her father once a week.
C．The author’s favorite place will change.	D．The author hates her father.

此题要求改正所给句子中的错误，按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词, 并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，在该行右边横线上写该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线, 在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

1.For convenience England is divided rough into three zones.                ________

2.Hearing her name calling, she rushed out of the room.                ________                

3.The driver lost the sight of the car he was following.                  ________

4.I can’t concentrate in what I’m doing while the noise is going on.          ________

5.Sending e-mails has almost taken place of writing letters.                 ________

 

根据所给汉语或首字母写出单词或短语，每空一词 ( 每小题1分，共10分 )

1.Work hard, and you will realize your ____________(志向).

2.When the old man fell down on the road, several ______(过路人) immediately called 120.

3.He stood there _________(呼吸) deeply.

4.It's ____________(难以置信的) that he survived the earthquake.

5.Hard work is f_____________(重要的) to success.

6.I’m sorry you are ______ _______ ______ _______(不明白) what I’m saying.

7.When a robbery happens, you should _____ ______ _____ (与……取得联系) the police.

8.After retirement, my father became involved in ______(自愿的) service in the local community.  

9.If you ______ (对比) one thing _____another, you point out the differences between those things.

10.The plane _______ _______ ______ _______(失控)  and crashed into the sea.

 

 

         We arrived at the hospital only to find Dad weak, but his smile was as sure as ever. My husband and I had to work, so our relatives would help him get home from the hospital and look after him. But I wanted Dad to know that we cared about him, too, even when we weren’t with him.

         Then I remembered a family tradition (传统) when our children were small. When leaving their grandparents’ home, each child would write a love note for their grandparents to find after we were gone. They hid notes in the food box, or even in the fridge. For days their grandparents would smile as they discovered these notes of the children’s love.

         So as I cleaned Dad’s room downstairs before he got home, I began writing notes. Some showed my love. Most notes were in his room downstairs where he would be able to find, but one note was hidden upstairs under his pillow. “Dad, if you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”

         My notes were a reminder (提醒的事物) of our love for Dad. Just like his medicines made him better physically (身体上), these would improve his mental (精神的) health. Several weeks later, I made a phone call to Dad and asked what he was doing. He said, “I’ll tell you what I’m doing. I am just reading the note you left under my pillow upstairs!”

64. Which of the following did the author NOT do for her father?

A. Writing notes.            B. Driving her father home. 

C. Making phone calls.       D. Helping to clean her father’s room.

65.  The underlined word “these” (in Paragraph 4) refers to “______”.

A. medicines                   B. the relatives’ care and help

C. notes                           D. delicious foods

66. The author hid most notes _____.

A. in Dad’s room downstairs         B. in the food box

C. in the fridge                   D. under Dad’s pillow upstairs

67. From the passage we can know the author’s notes couldn’t ______.

A. show her love for Dad             B. make Dad remember something

C. make Dad healthier mentally            D. improve Dad’s physical health

 

Dear Cary,

I’m writing because I’ve understood you’ve struggled with alcoholism(酗酒)．I’ve been fighting mine ever since I went through 9-11．After that，I’ve been more or less useless professionally –I’m a lawyer–and have had to resign from my job because I was discovered passed-out drunk in front of my computer. I’ve taken some medicine and it has helped somewhat. I can manage about a month without drinking，but after that I end up having a crazy stage where nothing matters except drinking．After a week or so of heavy drinking，I start having nightmares of people jumping. After that，it’s a week of not being able to get out of bed.

   I was supposed to travel to a conference but didn’t make it because I got so drunk at the airport that I fell down on my face and spent the rest of the day in the emergency room. I have been hiding from my family since then．Fortunately they won’t be expecting me to come back for a week or so. Otherwise, they would notice the bump on my forehead and two black eyes．

I don’t really know what I’m asking you．Cary, I need a way out that doesn’t involve causing pain to my family．I’m taking medicine，but I still have these attacks every few months．If there’s alcohol in the house，I can’t stay away from it．It seems that this will never end. I’m afraid of what will happen if something bad happens，like a family member dying, or getting fired again．

  Thanks for reading．

  Yours T

1.The underlined sentence shows us all the following EXCEPT____________．

A．that the author is a lawyer by profession

B．that the author is a lawyer and he seldom gets drunk

C．the reason why the author had to resign

D．that the author was once discovered drunk as a fish

2.The author writes to Cary in order to____________．

A．offer advice                                                       B．tell a story

C．avoid nightmares                                               D．ask for help

3.What is the author worried about?

A．Losing his job                                                     B．Missing the conference

C．Bring pain to his family                                     D．Giving up drinking

4.What do we learn from the passage?

A．T’s family members don’t want to see him because of his alcoholism．

B．Getting drunk once prevented T from attending a conference．

C．T will have nightmares when he stops drinking．

D．T never attempted to give up his alcoholism．

5.We know from the passage that Cary____________．

A．likes to talk about the details of his life．

B．is an expert on treating alcoholism

C．is probably a recovered alcoholic

D．never suffered from alcoholism