When I was six years old, my parents and I were in London for a one-month vacation. One day when my mother and I were   36  down Oxford Street, I felt too   37  to walk any more, so I asked my mother to take the subway.

At first, she    38  to take it because she said the weather was very    39  and it was better to walk. I started    40  . She told me to stop immediately, but I didn’t pay attention to what she was    41 . For about an hour, I didn’t stop crying. My mother became very   42 with me. I didn’t stop. I just ran away from her. I ran as    43 as I could.

The street was really crowded, so she couldn’t    44  me. Then, I entered one of the biggest shops. There was a coffee house on the second floor. I went    45 , sat in a chair, and started crying again. All of the people in the coffee shop came around me. They were   46 to me, but I didn’t understand English at all. After that, they    47  the police station, and a policeman came to the coffee shop. He tried to talk to me, but I just    48  crying. Then he took the small bag that I was    49  , opened it and found my hotel address and     50  number. When he phoned the hotel, my    51  answered the phone.

In the end, the policeman took me to the    52 . My father was standing in front of the hotel door. He talked to the policeman, and then he asked me what had    53  and where my mother was. I told him everything, and I also told him that I was    54  that my mother was very angry with me.

When my mother came back, she was crying. But when she saw me, she hugged me and kissed me. She talked to my father about everything.    55  of them told me not to do anything like that in the future because maybe one day I wouldn’t find anyone to help me. They wouldn’t forgive me if I did it again.

1.                A．running        B．walking         C．visiting   D．driving

 

2.                A．tired           B．mad           C．happy    D．sad

 

3.                A．agreed         B．refused         C．suggested D．managed

 

4.                A．horrible        B．windy          C．nice D．cold

 

5.                A．talking         B．laughing        C．singing   D．crying

 

6.                A．hearing         B．regarding       C．thinking  D．saying

 

7.                A．angry          B．strict           C．satisfied  D．familiar

 

8.                A．excitedly       B．slowly          C．quickly   D．carelessly

 

9.                A．search         B．educate        C．forgive   D．follow

 

10.               A．outside         B．inside          C．upon D．down

 

11.               A．advising        B．talking         C．listening   D．coming

 

12.               A．called          B．remembered    C．measured  D．left

 

13.               A．stopped        B．preferred       C．regretted  D．continued

 

14.               A．catching        B．carrying        C．gaining    D．buying

 

15.               A．serial          B．lucky          C．phone D．license

 

16.               A．mother         B．guide          C．father D．waiter

 

17.               A．hotel          B．shop           C．street D．station

 

18.               A．forgotten       B．happened       C．damaged  D．lost

 

19.               A．worried        B．concerned      C．afraid D．angry

 

20.               A．None          B．Either          C．Neither   D．Both

 

 

Several years ago, a well- known writer and editor Norman Cousins became very ill. His body ached and he felt constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even   1  around. His doctors told him that he would lose the ability to move and eventually   2   from the disease. He was told he had only a 1 in 60   3   of survival.

  4   the diagnosis( 诊断) , Cousins was determined to overcome the disease and survive. He had always been interested in   5   and had read a book, which discussed the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative( 消极的)  6  . The book made Cousins think about the possible   7  _ of positive attitudes and emotions. He thought, “Is it possible that love, hope, faith, laughter, confidence, and the will to live have positive treatment value?”

He decided to focused all his   8   on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms of his disease. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would bring about positive emotions. “Laugh therapy” became part of his treatment. He   9   time each day for watching comedy films, reading humorous books, and doing other activities that would draw out positive emotions. Within eight days of starting his “Laugh therapy” program his pain began to  10   and he was able to sleep more easily. He was able to return to work in a few months’ time and actually achieved complete recovery after a few years.

1. A. run             B. pass                   C. move                        D. travel

A. suffer               B. die                  C. separate                    D. recover

A. time              B. value                 C. chance                      D. opportunity

A. A part from             B. In spite of     C. Instead of      D. Rather than

A. medicine      B. sports              C. books                       D. chemistry

A. attitude             B. beliefs             C. goals                        D. positions

A. shortcomings       B. harm        C. benefits                    D. interests

A. money              B. time                C. hobbies                     D. attention

A. afforded           B. appointed         C. offered                     D. arranged

A. escape        B. decrease            C. increase                    D. end

In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web（蜘蛛织网）. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English… Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.

So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?

Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about his question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.

The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”

1.This passage deals with two sides of failure. In paragraph 1, the author talks mainly about________. 

A．the value of failure	B．how people would fail
C．famous failures	D．the cause of failure

2.The underlined phrase “made it” means________.

A．succeeded

B．failed

C．gave

D．got

3.The lesson the spider taught Robert Bruce seems________.

A．productive

B．straight forward

C．sorrowful

D．deep

4.The author tells you to do all things except________.

A．to think about the cause of your failure

B．to check out whether your goals are right for you

C．to consider failure as a part or life

D．to bear in mind that you will never fail in your life

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Bruce and Edison were successful examples.

B．Failure may be regarded as a way toward success.

C．Edison learned a lot from the lesson the spider taught Robert Bruce.

D．One may often raise a question whether his goals are worth attempting.

 

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

1.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.

2.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because__________.

A．they had surprise endings                 B．they were short

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

3.O. Henry went to prison because__________ .

A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B．he broke the law by not using his own name

C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners

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

4.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 was very good at learning.

5.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.

 

______for a long time, but he tried his best to make up for what he missed.

A. Being ill staying in hospital                B. Having been ill staying in hospital

C. To be ill staying in hospital               D. He was ill staying in hospital