Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant(移植)her life was in constant   21  . 

  Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very   22  : finding a donor heart that   23  Maria’s blood type could take years.   24  , Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   25   hospitals all over the country.

  Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble   26  from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a   27  of the hospital, crying.

“Are you okay?” a man asked.            

Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her   28  . This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   29  it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to   30  something from herself. Could her   31  go to Carmen’s mother?

After reviewing the data, doctors   32  Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect   33  for Carmen’s mother. They were able to   34  the transplant.

That cold night, when Cheryl was   35  dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was   36   for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange   37  as they hugged and cried.

On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s   38  with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”

One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria   39  with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was   40  in another loving mother’s chest.

1.A. change                B. danger               C. disorder                   D. pain

2.A. small                    B. distant                      C. hard                         D. precious 

3.A. matched           B. replaced               C. controlled            D. cooperated

4.A. Certainly            B. Otherwise               C. However                  D. So

5.A. finding                  B. phoning                   C. touring                     D. interrupting

6.A. rolling                B. running                    C. walking                   D. jumping

7.A. corner                  B. bed                         C. man                        D. nurse

8.A. mother            B. story                C. error               D. dream

9.A. put                       B. support                    C. pass                         D. make 

10.A. save                        B. recycle                     C. donate                      D. separate

11.A. heart                       B. brain                        C. husband                   D. spirit                            

12.A. informed            B. warned                    C. congratulated           D. reminded

13.A. copy                       B. fit                           C. variation                  D. baby

14.A. give up                   B. carry out                 C. search after              D. put off

15.A. noticed                   B. predicted                  C. found                      D. declared

16.A. praying        B. begging            C. decorating           D. singing

17.A. belief                  B. love                         C. bond                        D. relief

18.A. funeral                B. operation                  C. performance             D. anniversary

19.A. passed away         B. woke up                  C. left behind                D. dressed up

20.A. active            B. alive               C. necessary                D. changeable

 

In the library new books have to be ___ before they are put on shelves for reader’s use.

A．listed

B．combined

C．classified

D．made

 

Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly pubs can be dangerous places of potential gaffes (失礼) for the newcomers. A team of researchers have discovered some of the unknown customs of British pubs-starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have no waiters-you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to fetch their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose.

Pub culture is designed to promote sociability (社交) in a society known for its reserve. Standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others waiting to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely suitable and really quite normal behavior. “If you haven't been to a pub, you haven't been to Britain.” This tip can be found in a booklet, Passport to the Pub: The Tourists' Guide to Pub Etiquette, a customers' rule of conduct for those wanting to sample “a central part of British life and culture”．

The trouble is that if you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall flat. For example, if you are in a big group, it is best if only one or two people go to buy the drinks. Nothing annoys the regular customers and bar staff more than a group of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and hesitate about what to order.

1. The underlined word “sample” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．

A．taste

B．experience

C．test

D．record ．

2.The culture of pub in Britain is so developed to ______.

A．encourage people to communicate with each other

B．encourage more people to consume drinks

C．attract more tourists to the pubs

D．form its own character of culture

3.If you don't follow the local rules in a pub, ________.

A．you won't buy good local drinks

B．you may annoy the regular customers and bar staff

C．you may fail to feel the local culture

D．you might get into a dangerous place

4.What may be the best title for the passage?

A．Self-service Pubs in Britain	B．British Local Pubs: Special Chat Places
C．Local Pub Culture in Britain	D．Manners in British Local Pubs

 

Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub．But these friendly pubs can be dangerous places of potential gaffes（失礼）for the newcomers．

         A team of researchers have discovered some of the unknown customs of British pubs - starting with the difficulty of getting a drink．Most pubs have no waiters - you have to go to the bar to buy drinks．A group of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to fetch their own．This may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose．

         Pub culture is designed to promote sociability（社交）in a society known for its reserve．Standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others waiting to be served．The bar counter is possibly the only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely suitable and really quite normal behavior．“If you haven’t been to a pub, you haven’t been to Britain．” This tip can be found in a booklet, Passport to the Pub: The Tourists’ Guide to Pub Etiquette, a customers’ rule of conduct for those wanting to sample “a central part of British life and culture”．

         The trouble is that if you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall flat．For example, if you are in a big group, it is best if only one or two people go to buy the drinks．Nothing annoys the regular customers and bar staff more than a group of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and hesitate about what to order．

1.The underlined word “sample” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．

    A．taste                         B．experience                

         C．test                      D．record

2.The culture of pub in Britain is so developed to ________．

    A．encourage people to communicate with each other

    B．encourage more people to consume drinks

    C．attract more tourists to the pubs            

         D．form its own character of culture

3.If you don’t follow the local rules in a pub, ________．

    A．you won’t buy good local drinks

    B．you may annoy the regular customers and bar staff

         C．you may fail to feel the local culture

    D．you might get into a dangerous place

4.What may be the best title for the passage?

    A．Self-service Pubs in Britain

    B．British Local Pubs: Special Chat Places

    C．Local Pub Culture in Britain

         D．Manners in British Local Pubs

 

In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition(学会) of each new skill---the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is usual that parents hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, and a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.

Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters, other are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality (准时) for meals. In general, the controls imposed (强加的) represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child’s own happiness.

As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parent teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is not foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. If they are not sincere and do not practise what they preach (说教), their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.

A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents’ principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.

1. Eagerly watching the child’s acquisition of new skills ________.

A. should be avoided      

B. is universal among parents

   C. sets up dangerous states of worry in the child

   D. will make him lose interest in learning new things

2.When children are learning new skills, parents should _________.

A. encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read

B. not expect too much of them

C. achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own

D. create as many learning opportunities as possible

3.The second paragraph mainly tells us_________.

A. parents should be strict with their children

B. parents controls satisfy only the needs of the parents and the values of the community

C. parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children alone

D. parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation

4.In moral matters, parents should _________.

A. observe the rules themselves

B. be aware of the marked difference between adults and children

C. forbid things which have no foundation in morality

D. satisfy their children’s needs