I met Jane Black in university, and soon we became friends．The first time I went to her home I found her family quite different from my own．
In my family, it was always important to place   1 when anything bad happened．
"Who did this? "my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen．
" This is all your  2 , Katharine, " my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher  3 .
From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other．We set a place for blame at the dinner table．
4 ,the Whites didn't worry about who had done what．They picked up the pieces and 5 with their lives．The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died．
In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car  6 from their home in Florida to New York．The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently  7 sixteen．Proud of having a new driver' s license, Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip．She  8 her license to everyone she met．
The big sisters  9 the driving of Sarah' s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached _10_ crowded areas, they let Amy  11 ．Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat．After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel．She came to a crossroads with a stop sign．Whether she was nervous or just didn't see the sign no one would  12 know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping．The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car．
Jane was killed immediately．I was only  13 injured．The most difficult thing that I’ve ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died．Painful __14_ it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child．
When Mr．and Mrs．White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room．Sarah had a few cuts on the head and Amy' s leg was broken．They hugged us all and cried tears of   15 and of joy at seeing their daughters．They  16 away the girls' tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches （拐仗）.
To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, "We' re so glad that you' re alive．"
I was  17 ．No blame．No accusations．
Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign．
Mrs. White said, "Jane' s gone, and we miss her  18 ．Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back．But Amy has her whole life ahead of her．How can she _19____ a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister' s death?"
They were right．Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago．She works   20  a teacher of learning-disabled students．She' s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane．

  “Eddy，no!” I screamed at my dog when I realized what he had done．My finished homework was completely ruined by Eddy．This had actually happened to me，unlike most kids just looking for an excuse．But Eddy looked at me with a cocked(竖起的)head as if to say．“What，cant a dog be hungry?”

    I couldn’t believe it；my dog had actually eaten my homework! Jenny．my step-mom, came into the room and saw my sadness, but assured me that the teacher would understand．I did not believe her. So Jenny wrote my teacher a note to explain the unfortunate incident. The next morning I didn’t want to go to school. I couldn’t  imagine how the teacher would punish me．

    I went into the classroom with the remains of my homework in my backpack．Maybe she wouldn’t check homework today. What if she found out that my homework was not intact(完整无缺)? I would disappoint her for sure．I didn’t want to disappoint her. “kids，take out your homework，”the teacher said just the same as she did  every day. I could feel my heart beating hard and fast. The teacher began checking everyone’s homework．She got closer；I hunted for homework that looked similar to avoid embarrassment．No luck. She came closer “Kyle, where is your homework?” she asked．Unable to produce a similar worksheet, I reluctantly(不情愿地)handed over my sorry excuse for homework．

    She began to laugh. Why was she laughing? Was I going to disappoint her? Would I be forever laughed? “I never thought I would see the day that excuse would actually be true，”she gasped(喘息).

    Every year since then she has told my story to her students．“Unlike you, her dog did eat her homework. So don’t use this excuse again.” she says.

    56. In the author’s opinion，homework was         ．

      A. the dog’s favorite food       B. too difficult to be finished

      C. often eaten by students’ dogs  D. seldom eaten by students’ dogs

    57. Why didn’t the author want to go to school the next morning?

      A. Because she didn’t finish her homework．

      B. Because she was afraid of her teacher’s punishment

      C. Because her step—mom explained nothing to her teacher．

      D. Because her step—mom would punish Eddy after her leaving

   58. It can be learned from the passage that      ．

      A. the teacher checked homework every day

      B. the teacher didn’t believe the author at all

      C. the author re—did her homework at last

      D. homework was the only way to judge a student’s score

    59. When the teacher checked homework，the author felt ——．

      A. calm and quit      B. lucky and happy

      C. excited and pleasant  D. unwilling and sorry

   60. The teacher tells the author’s story to her students in order to——．

     A. tell them as a joke for fun    B. warn them to be careful of their dogs

     C. tell them to be honest people  D. tell them an excuse of not doing homework

  “Eddy，no!” I screamed at my dog when I realized what he had done．My finished homework was completely ruined by Eddy．This had actually happened to me，unlike most kids just looking for an excuse．But Eddy looked at me with a cocked(竖起的)head as if to say．“What，cant a dog be hungry?”

    I couldn’t believe it；my dog had actually eaten my homework! Jenny．my step-mom, came into the room and saw my sadness, but assured me that the teacher would understand．I did not believe her. So Jenny wrote my teacher a note to explain the unfortunate incident. The next morning I didn’t want to go to school. I couldn’t  imagine how the teacher would punish me．

    I went into the classroom with the remains of my homework in my backpack．Maybe she wouldn’t check homework today. What if she found out that my homework was not intact(完整无缺)? I would disappoint her for sure．I didn’t want to disappoint her. “kids，take out your homework，”the teacher said just the same as she did  every day. I could feel my heart beating hard and fast. The teacher began checking everyone’s homework．She got closer；I hunted for homework that looked similar to avoid embarrassment．No luck. She came closer “Kyle, where is your homework?” she asked．Unable to produce a similar worksheet, I reluctantly(不情愿地)handed over my sorry excuse for homework．

    She began to laugh. Why was she laughing? Was I going to disappoint her? Would I be forever laughed? “I never thought I would see the day that excuse would actually be true，”she gasped(喘息).

    Every year since then she has told my story to her students．“Unlike you, her dog did eat her homework. So don’t use this excuse again.” she says.

    56. In the author’s opinion，homework was         ．

      A. the dog’s favorite food       B. too difficult to be finished

      C. often eaten by students’ dogs  D. seldom eaten by students’ dogs

    57. Why didn’t the author want to go to school the next morning?

      A. Because she didn’t finish her homework．

      B. Because she was afraid of her teacher’s punishment

      C. Because her step—mom explained nothing to her teacher．

      D. Because her step—mom would punish Eddy after her leaving

   58. It can be learned from the passage that      ．

      A. the teacher checked homework every day

      B. the teacher didn’t believe the author at all

      C. the author re—did her homework at last

      D. homework was the only way to judge a student’s score

    59. When the teacher checked homework，the author felt ——．

      A. calm and quit      B. lucky and happy

      C. excited and pleasant  D. unwilling and sorry

   60. The teacher tells the author’s story to her students in order to——．

     A. tell them as a joke for fun    B. warn them to be careful of their dogs

     C. tell them to be honest people  D. tell them an excuse of not doing homework

阅读理解

　　I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately, Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long lost cousin.

　　In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened.

　　“Who did this?” my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen. “This is all your fault, Katharine,” my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke.

　　From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and T told on each other. We set a place for blame at the dinner table.

　　But the Whites didn't worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died.

　　In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York. The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud of having a new driver's licence(驾照), Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed off her licence to everyone she met.

　　The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah's new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached less crowded areas, they let Amy take over. Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat. After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel. She came to a crossroads with a stop sign Whether she was nervous or just didn't see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping. The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car.

　　Jane was killed immediately.

　　I was slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I've ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died. Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child.

　　When Mr, and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room. Sarah had a few cuts on the head; Amy's leg was broken. They hugged(拥抱) us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters. They wiped away the girls' tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches(拐杖).

　　To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, “We're so glad that you're alive.”

　　I was astonished. No blame. No accusations.

　　Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign.

　　Mrs. White said, “Jane's gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back. But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister's death?”

　　They were right. Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago. She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She's also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane.

1．The author of the passage is ________.

[　　]

A．Mrs. White's niece

B．Jane's school friend

C．The Whites' cousin

D．Sarah's friend from college

2．How did the author's parents differ from the Whites?

[　　]

A．The author's parents were less caring.

B．The author's parents were less loving.

C．The author's parents were less friendly.

D．The author's parents were less understanding.

3．How did the accident occur?

[　　]

A．Amy didn't stop at a crossroads and a truck hit their car.

B．Amy didn't know what to do when she saw the stop sign.

C．Amy didn't slow down so their car ran into a truck.

D．Amy didn't get off the highway at a crossroads.

4．The accident took place in ________.

[　　]

5．The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane's death because ________.

[　　]

A．they didn't want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her life

B．Amy was badly injured herself and they didn't want to add to her pain

C．they didn't want to blame their children in front of others

D．Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best

6．From the passage we can learn that ________.

[　　]

A．Amy has never recovered from the shock

B．Amy changed her job after the accident

C．Amy lost her memory after the accident

D．Amy has lived quite a normal life