On some level, I always knew that I wanted to be a doctor－at least from the age of eight or ten years old, anyway.

Although my father wasn’t a doctor, he made his own brand of “house calls”. I followed him as he brought a plate of my mother’s home cooking to an elderly man named Frank on all major holidays and when Frank was sick. As far as I know, their only connection was that Frank was an occasional customer at Dad’s small gas station. Frank’s home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with an old front porch (门廊) where you could fall if you weren’t careful. Frank had no relatives and as far as I could tell, no other visitors either. Through his attitude and by caring, my father was teaching me to be a doctor, although neither of us knew it at the time.

When I was 13, my father developed lung cancer. He brought home a diagram the doctor had drawn showing where his cancer was and told me that he was going to die. He asked me to take care of my mother when he was gone. I was an only child. He said he loved me on the night when he died.

When you’re 13 and your father dies, you have some choices to make. You can use the situation as an excuse for letting your actions and graded go down, or you can honor his memory and try to do something positive with yourself. I focused my energy on my schoolwork and my goal of becoming a doctor.

1. What’s the father’s “own brand of ‘house calls’”?

         A. his treatment for frank’s serious illness.

         B. his care for Frank.

         C. his attitude towards the author.

         D. his wish that his kid would be a doctor.

2. The author began to want to be a doctor when_________

         A. father helped frank regularly      

B. Father developed lung cancer

         C. father asked him/her to take care of Mother    

D. father died

3. what was the influence of Father’s death on the author?

         A. The author began to think seriously about his/her career.

         B. The author was too sorrowful to carry through his /her study.

         C. The author used the situation as an excuse for quitting school.

         D. The author made great effort at his/her goal of becoming a doctor.

4. The best title for the text would be_________.

         A. What Made Father Respectable         

B. What Led Me to Be a Doctor

         C. How to Help Strangers       

D. How to Deal with Death

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Although my father wasn’t a doctor, he made his own brand of “house calls”. I followed him as he    46    a plate of my mother’s home cooking to an elderly man named Frank    47    all major holidays, and when Frank was    48   . As far as I know, their only    49    was that Frank was an occasional    50    at Dad’s small gas station. Frank’s home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with a rotten front porch(门廊) that you could fall through if you weren’t    51   . Through his caring    52   , my father was teaching me to be a doctor,    53    neither of us knew it at the time.

    When I was 13, my father    54    lung cancer. He brought home a    55    the doctor drew showing    56    his cancer was and told me that he was going to    57   .

    The big green oxygen tank with plastic tubing    58    a central feature of our living room next to his easy chair. Several months passed and his condition    59   . He asked me to    60     my mother when he was gone. He said, “I love you, son.” That night he died.

    When you’re 13 and your father dies, you have some    61    to make. You can use the circumstance as a (n)    62     for letting your behavior and grades go down the drain, or you can honor his memory and try to do something    63    with yourself. I    64    my energy on my school work and my goal of becoming a    65   .  .

A. lent     B. brought           C. bought         D. showed   

A. for         B. in                C. at             D. on      

A. happy    B. well              C. sick           D. homesick    

A. function B. connection        C. information       D. instruction  

A. patient      B. doctor            C. customer       D. passenger  

A. careful     B. strong            C. reasonable     D. punctual    

A. words    B. attitude          C. attention      D. appearance  

A. and       B. because        C. although       D. as      

A. developed B. found             C. constructed       D. recovered   

A. photo    B. picture           C. report         D. film     

A. where    B. how            C. which          D. what    

A. rest     B. retire            C. die        D. leave     

A. decorated B. remained          C. equipped       D. became   

A. worsened B. decreased         C. increased      D. bettered   

A. take care of B. make friends with C. make up for        D. look into  

A. mistakes B. friends           C. choices    D. changes    

A. reason      B. guide             C. cause          D. excuse     

A. positive    B. active            C. productive     D. motive    

A. attracted   B. consumed          C. focused    D. depended   

A. doctor       B. driver             C. teacher    D. nurse 

Neither of them knew what        was doing.

A. other        B. others      C. the other     D. another

I have bought two pens, _______writes well.
A. neither of them     B, neither of which        C. none of which        D. both of which

Changsha,
Hunan Province
May 6, 2010
Dear editor,
Under China’s current (现在的) educational system, there are those who do nothing but study. They of course are thought to be model students.
But I feel that there is another type of student who, perhaps not as diligent (勤奋的) as the first type, uses his time more efficiently and achieves a lot academically.
Last year, a classmate of mine was accepted by a top university. It surprised all of us. It was because, unlike most of us, he didn’t spend too much of his time studying.
When I asked him the secret of his success, he said that the key was properly and scientifically arranging his time.
“ I spent a lot of time keeping fit and as a result, I was able to better concentrate (集中) on my class work.”
The moral (教训) of the story is: it isn’t necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic (学术) grades.
Yours,
Zhang Zishu
【小题1】What does the letter-writer (a reader) think leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study?