55.What does the author believe as important in life?

A.To own a farm.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 B.To satisfy his needs.

C.To be free from worries.　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 D.To live in the countryside.

答案　 51.B　 52.C　 53.C　 54.D　 55.C

Passage 28

(07·山东A篇)

A month after Hurricace Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house,

reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up

the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was,

“No charge.” She said, and firmly shock her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I

went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.

As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage(抵押贷款)on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans. It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we to go back. Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me. While he want to England on his one year, paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months. Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers back my faith in humanity .It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel.

54.The underlined words“the loss”in the last paragraph refer to　　　　 .

A.the money the author lost in buying the farm

B.the sale of the garden in the Hollowell place

C.the removal of the trees around the house

D.the failure to possess the Hollowell place

53.Why did the author want to buy the farm in a hurry?

A.He was afraid the owner might change his mind.

B.He hoped to enlarge the forest on the farm.

C.He wanted to keep the farm as it was.

D.He was eager to become a farm owner.

52.Why did the author decide to buy the Hollowell place?

A.It was of good market value.　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B.It was next to the highway.

C.It was in a good position.　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 D.It was behind a nice garden.

51.What do we know about the author?

A.He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he lived.

B.He made a study of many farms before buying.

C.He made money by buying and selling farms.

D.He had the money to buy the best farm in the country.

59.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.A Quilt Show　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B.Mother’s Home

C.A Monday Dinner　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 D.Grandmother’s Quilt

答案　 56.C　 57.A　 58.C　 59.D

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Passage 27　　　

(08·四川E篇)

At a certain time in our lives we consider every place as the possible sites(地点)for a house.I have thus searched the country within a dozen miles of where I live.In imagination I have bought all the farms,one after another,and I knew their prices.

The nearest thing that I came to actual ownership was when I bought the Hollowell place.But before the owner completed the sale with me,his wife changed her mind and wished to keep it,and he offered me additional dollars to return the farm to him.However,I let him keep the additional dollars and sold him the farm for just what I gave for it.

The real attractions of the Hollowell farm to me were its position,being about two miles from the village,half a mile from the nearest neighbor,bounded(相邻)on one side by the river,and separated from the highway by a wide field.The poor condition of the house and fences showed that it hadn’t been used for some time.I remembered from my earliest trip up the river that the house used to be hidden behind a forest area,and I was in a hurry to buy it before the owner finished getting out some rocks, cutting down the apple trees,and clearing away some young trees which had grown up in the fields.I wanted to buy it before the owner made any more improvements.But it turned out as I have said.

I was not really troubled by the loss.I had always had a garden,but I don’t think I was ready for a large farm.I believe that as long as possible it is better to live free and uncommitted(无牵挂的).It makes but little difference whether you own a farm or not.

58.The underlined word “crooked” in the passage most probably means 　　　　.

A.unfinished　　　　　　 　　 B.broken　　　　 　　　　 C.bent　　　　　　　　　 　　 D.unusual

57.The author was surprised because 　　　　.

A.the quilt looked very strange

B.her grandmother liked the quilt

C.the quilt was the best she had seen

D.her mother had made some changes

56.Why did the author go to her mother’s home?

A.To see her mother’s quilts.

B.To help prepare for a show.

C.To get together for the family dinner.

D.To discuss her grandmother’s life.

71.Which of the following is closest to the main idea of the passage?

A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B.Where there is a will,there is a way.

C.A misfortune may turn out a blessing.

D.Kill two birds with one stone.

答案　 68.A　 69.A　 70.D　 71.C

Passage 26

(08·重庆A篇)

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner.The smells of food flew over from the kitchen.Mother was pulling out quilt(被子) after quilt from the boxes,proudly showing me their beauties.She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church.When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes,I noticed something at the bottom of one box.I pulled it out.“What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said,“That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt.It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together;irregular designs,childish pictures,a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said,surprised.My grandmother was a master at making quilts.This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes,right before she died.I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said.“I’m still working on it.See,this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely.She had made straight a crooked line.At the center of the quilt,she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:“My mother made many quilts.She didn’t get all lines straight.But I think this is beautiful.I want to see it finished.Her last quilt.”

“Ooh,this is so nice,Mom,”I said.It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt,my mother was honoring her own mother.I realized,too,that I held in my hands a family treasure.It started with the loving hands of one woman,and continued with the loving hands of another.”