I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I slow up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows（誓约）mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

　 So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life — a real life, not a desire of the next promotion（提升），a bigger paycheck, or a larger house.

　 Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work, Pick up the phone. Send an e — mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

　 It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in some ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all. 　 I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

　 Tell them this :Read in the backyard with the sunshine on your face, Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness. Because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

1．It can be inferred from the passage that 　　　　

A the author think love is not leisure, it is work,

B．the author likes traveling very much

C．the author spends all her time caring for her children

D．．the author is a success in personal life

2．How did the author from her attitude towards life ?

A Through her own experience.　 B．By learning from other people

C．Through social experience.　 D．From her children and husband.

3. By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live? ” the author really means that people tend to 　　　 .

A．waste a lot in life

B．work rather than enjoy life

C．forget the most important lesson in life

D．make a living rather than live a real life

4．What ’s the author’s attitude toward work ?

A．Do it well to serve others.

B．Earn enough money to make life better.

C．Don’t let it affect your real life.

D．Try your best to get higher position and pay.

5．What’s the text mainly about ?

　 A．People should love their friends 　 B．We should live a real life

　 C．In your life ,you shouldn’t waste time D．Be a Good Mother and Wife

 

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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear Daughter,

As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write to tell you that is on my mind.

First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is real testament (证明) of what a great well – rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.

    Your college years will be the most important of your life. It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period when you go from teacher taught to master inspired, after which you must become self – learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn is of no practical use in real life, the learning skills you get will be something you will value forever.

　　Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don’t be bothered by what others think or say, but make up your own mind. Most importantly, make true friends and be happy. Don’t worry about their hobbies, grades, looks, or even personalities.

Start planning early what you’d like to do. Where would you like to live? What would you like to learn? I think your plan to study fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver’s seat – this is your life, and you need to be in corral. Being in control feels great. Try it, and you’ll love it!

So please treasure your college years – make the best use of your free time, become an in depended ticker in control of your destiny, and learn through your successes and challengers.

May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you grow into just what you dream to be .

Love,

Dad (& Mom)

(Excerpt from Kai – Fu Lee’s letter to his daughter)

56．We can read between the lined that__________.

      A．Dad has s strong love for his daughter

       B．Dad is very strict with his daughter

       C．Dad always worries about his daughter

       D．Dad is much concerned about his daughter’s health

57．The underlined word “destiny” in the passage is the closest in meaning to “__________ ”.

       A．weight      B．life    C．position    D．time

58．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．Plan thing – before you do them.

       B．Self – learning as very important in college.

       C．Follow your passion and what other people say.

       D．Leading a life is just like driving a car.

59．The purpose of the author in writing the letter is to tell his daughter to__________ .

      A．smile to her trouble in life      B．fight till she succeeds

       C．be confident and happy       D．make the most of the college