It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War 3. She’ll talk about my lack of bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.

“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her coworker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I am the type of the person who loved to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of a fame or salary.

I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes home around 5 pm or even 6pm. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.

1.Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?

2.We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother _____.

3.The underlined word “bemoans” in Paragraph 2 most probably means “________”.

4.Which of the following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?

5.We can know from the last paragraph that ____.

 One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of  36  would be considered a very poor family. On their  37  from their trip, the father asked his son, “ How was the trip?”

“It was  38 , Dad .”

“Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked.

“Oh yeah?” said the son.

“So what did you  39  from the trip?” asked the father.

The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that  40  to the middle of our garden and they have a creek (小溪) that has  41  end. We have lanterns in our garden and they have the  42  at night. We have a  43  piece of land to live on and they have fields that go  44  our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve  45 . We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have  46  around our property（财产） to protect us but they have friends to protect them.”

With this the boy’s father was  47 .

Then his son  48 , “Dad, thank you for showing me how  49  we are.”

Too many times we  50  what we have and concentrate on what we don’t have. What is one person’s  51  object is another’s prize possession. It’s all  52  on one’s perspective (视角). Think about what would happen if we all gave  53  for what we have,  54  worrying about what we don’t have.

Be thankful for every single thing in your life, exactly as it is now–and  55  your friends. Be sure to take the time to express your appreciation and gratitude for the people whom you are close to.

1.A. which                  B. that                         C. what                       D. how

2.A. arrival                  B. return                      C. coming                    D. reach

3.A. shameful              B. disappointing          C. surprising                D. great

4.A. suffer                   B. regret                       C. hear                              D. learn

5.A. reaches                 B. gets                         C. arrives                     D. flows

6.A. much                   B. some                       C. no                           D. another

7.A. stars                     B. lights                             C. darkness                  D. torches

8.A. smooth                 B. full                        C. large                        D. small

9.A. through                B. within                     C. beyond                    D. across

10.A. themselves          B. visitors                    C. friends                    D. us

11.A. dogs                   B. walls                       C. soldiers                   D. policemen

12.A. discouraged         B. satisfied                   C. delighted                 D. speechless

13.A. explained           B. announced                      C. informed                 D. added

14.A. poor                   B. wealthy                   C. lucky                             D. proud

15.A. miss                   B. forget                      C. remember                D. consider

16.A. valuable                     B. useful                      C. priceless                  D. worthless

17.A. based                  B. concentrated            C. decided                   D. laid

18.A. love                   B. concern                    C. thanks                     D. interests

19.A. more than          B. along with                C. instead of                D. except for

20.A. especially            B. besides                    C. specially                  D. only

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　　It is ten o'clock at night and you are outside. You can see many stars in the sky. Each star is another sun. The sky is big, and it hag many suns.

　　Our sun is near to us. It warms us and gives us light in daytime. The stars are not near. We can see their light only at night, and they do not warm us.

　　The stars are not all the same. Many stars are quite like our sun. They are the same size, and they have the same colour, yellow. Other stars are bigger or smaller. A “giant(巨人)” star is very, very big. A “dwarf(侏儒)”is a small star—smaller than the sun.

　　Stars have different colours, too. They can be blue, orange, yellow, white or red. There are giants and dwarfs in all these colours. All stars are, of course, very hot. The hottest stars are the blue ones. White stars come next, they are less hot. Then yellow and orange stars are less hot again. Red stars are the least hot, and they are also the oldest stars.

　　Light moves very quickly across the sky, eighteen million (18,000,000)kilometers in a minute. Our nearest star is a red dwarf. Its name is Proxima Centauri ( proxima ＝ nearest), and it gives a weak, red light. We can just see this light. It left Proxima Centauri 4.25 years ago, and now tonight, it is reaching cur eyes. Think about it! In one minute, 18,000,000 kilometres. So, in 4.25 years—well, how many kilometers? You can find the answer yourself.

　　I will just say this: Proxima Centauri is a long way from us.

1．According to the temperatures on stars, the right order from the lowest temperature to the highest is ________.

[　　]

A．red→yellow→white→blue

B．orange→red→blue→white

C．blue→white→yellow→red

D．white→blue→orange→red

2．All the following am right except ________.

[　　]

A．a “dwarf” is smaller than the sun

B．there are dwarfs in different colours

C．a “dwarf” is a small star

D．dwarfs are the least hot

3．How far away is the star Proxima Centauri from us?

[　　]

A．40,208,400,000,000 kilometres.

B．9,460,800,000,000 kilometres.

C．679,140,000,000 kilometres .

D．279,225,000,000 kilometres .

4．When we say “The star Procyon is ‘ten light years’ away.”, we mean ________.

[　　]

A．we can reach the star in ten years

B．we first saw the star ten years ago

C．the light left Procyon ten years ago

D．Procyon has been that far away for ten years

“It was all his own idea,” says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob Peters. Bob had ___36___ made a “motherhood contract(合同)”—declaring that for 70 days this summer he would ___37___  the care of their four children and all the housework. ___38___ he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he sighed, he was very confident.

After40 of the 70 days, he was ready to ___39___. “ I was beaten down, “ admits Bob. “Not only is motherhood a ___40___ task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being. ”

Bob and Pat were married in 1991. After the married, Pat ___41___ a secretary to help put him through university. ___42___ Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids. ___43___ two years ago Pat went back to work. “ I had been ___44___ children so much,” she ___45___, “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up. ” She continued to run the household, ___46___ -- until Bob sighed the contract.

Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were ___47___. For the last three weeks, the family ___48___ a lot--- sometimes having MacDonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.

___49___ housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean ___50___ the bed is made. “ I found ___51___ –I shut the doors,” he says. Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out. “When we went to ___52___ Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts 53 side out so they would look clean. ”

Now that Bob has publicly ___54___  he was wrong, he is ___55___ the child-raising and household tasks with Pat.

36. A. only     B. just     C. nearly D. ever

37. A. stick to B. set about    C. think about D. takeover

38. A. If  B. As      C. Since  D. Although

39. A. carry on       B. give up      C. break down       D. find out

40. A. strange B. pleasant      C. difficult     D. serious

41. A. sent      B. employed   C. learned from      D. worked as

42. A. In time B. Before long       C. Since then  D. Later on

43. A. Then    B. Thus   C. So      D. Still

44. A. near     B. after   C. about  D. around

45. A. insists   B. sighs   C. jokes   D. apologizes

46. A. besides B. therefore    C. however     D. otherwise

47. A. terrible B. tasty   C. expensive   D. special

48. A. starved B. traveled      C. worked out D. ate out

49. A. Due to  B. As for C. Along with D. Except for

50. A. until     B. before C. if D. unless

51. A. an easier way      B. a cheaper way    C. a cleaner way     D. a harder way

52. A. receive B. welcome    C. greet   D. fetch

53. A. good    B. wrong C. right   D. opposite

54. A. admitted      B. suggested   C. agreed D. explained

55. A. operating     B. realizing     C. sharing       D. performing

　　When did you last see a polar bear? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These "Polar Bears" are people who meet frequently in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3℃, and the water temperature was a bit higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island, New York are usually about the age of 60. Members must satisfy two requirements. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group, this is very important because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February.
　　Doctors do not agree about the medical effects of cold-water swimming. Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body's temperature drops so low that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however, point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the air temperature and water temperature is much greater in summer than in winter.
The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits (or advantages) of cold-water swimming. They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system(循环系统) because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and should not try cold-water swimming.
　　The main benefits(or advantages) of cold-water swimming are probably mental. The Polar Bears love to swim year-round; they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says. "When I go into the water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away."
51. The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that_____ .
　A. they should be easy to make friends with
　B. they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months
　C. they must agree to swim outdoors from November through February
　D. they must reach the age of 60
52. Doctors _____ .
　A. encourage people to take part in cold-water swimming actively
　B. point out the possible danger of blood illness during cold-water swimming
　C. believe swimming is helpful both in winter and in summer
　D. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming
53. According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that _____ .
　A. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin color blue
　B. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter
　C. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high
　D. Polar Bears are bears swimming in freezing water
54. The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, for _____ .
　A. they can remain young   B. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter
　C. they find it enjoyable and interesting D. they might meet fewer troubles in life
55. The passage is mainly about _____ .
a group of cold-water swimming lovers                  B. the polar bears' life  
　C. doctors' ideas about cold-water swimming            D. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club