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I believe in leaving work at five o’clock. In a nation with such a strict work ethic(道德规范) , this is considered strange. Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t know many people who punch out (打卡下班) at five o’clock anymore.
My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and devotion to a career. But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs.
My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired. His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer（糖尿病）. Despite all this, he insisted on traveling a long way to give a lecture. He probably earned a lot of money that day, but he paid the price. He returned to the hospital soon afterwards and was dead within three months, aged just 58.
It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work. I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs exhausted. As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, physically or emotionally. Not taking my work home didn’t come easily to me at first. After all, I am my father’s daughter. In college, I was the girl who sat on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open. I even dreamt about schoolwork.
My dad once told me he was unable to just gaze at a sunset; he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading, playing chess. You could say he was a success: He was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in many languages. That’s an impressive list, but the thing is I want to gaze at sunsets. I don’t want to meet a deadline during them or be writing a column at the same time, or glance at them over the top of a book.
This raises the question: If I leave work at five o’ clock to watch the sunset, what are the consequences? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off after eight hours probably won’t earn me the best promotion. But hey, leaving work at five o’ clock means I eat dinner with my family. I get to hop on my bike and cycle through the streets of my hometown when there is no traffic.
And I get to take in a lot of sunsets. That’s got to be worth something.
1.Which of the following about the author’s father is true?
A. He set a good example to his daughter.
B. He tried to force his values on his daughter.
C. He gained much pleasure from his work.
D. He achieved great success at the expense of his health.
2.What does the author mean by saying “Not taking my work home did not come easily at first” in Paragraph 4?
A. There was so much work to do.
B. All her colleagues took work home.
C. She was educated to be a workaholic.
D. She wanted a promotion in her work.
3.What’s the author’s attitude toward promotion?
A. She doesn’t care about it at all.
B. She is eager to get promoted
C. She thinks it’s for the ambitious people
D. Getting promoted at all costs is not worthwhile
4. This text is developed________.
A. by giving examples B. by making comparisons
C. by describing process D. by order of time
5. What does the writer intend to tell us?
A. To praise his father’s diligence
B. To ask us to take time off work to enjoy life
C. To complain about the strict work ethic
D. To stress the importance of hard work
完形填空
Cary is very popular in his college and nearly everybody knows him. He is a basketball (1) and has played in quite a few important (2) held in his home state. And for this reason, he has become the (3) of the college, envy (嫉妒) of the boys, and (4) of the girls. Among his many admirers (5) a girl called Nola.
Nola is Cary’s classmate, and Professor Johnson’s (6). Mr John-son is a strict father, and in a (7) where a sports star is not so highly (8). Nola never dares to say Cary’s (9) at home. In the school, they (10) speak to each other and always keep a certain distance.
Nola’s family lives near a big sportsground on which every afternoon, after school Cary would spend at least one hour practising basketball (11) returning home. Nola lives on the third (12), and from their balcony (阳台)，she can see the sportsground. As a habit, Nola would sit in a chair on the balcony, reading or doing her homework every day when she comes home. Sometimes she would (13) her head to watch Cary play.
Cary doesn’t seem to pay any (14) to Nola. He would work hard on (15). One afternoon, Nola moved her chair into toe (16) and did her homework at her desk but she could still heard the (17) from outside. Then the noise suddenly stopped and the sportsground became very (18). Nola thought it (19) and looked through the (20).
She saw Cary there (21) something on the ground with a (22) of chalk. What he was writing? She wondered. Cary finished writing and stood up. He (23) his bag and left for home.
After Cary was away. Nola came down quickly and walked quietly to the place (24) Cary had just stayed, she found these words:“Nola, why didn’t you watch me play?”
Nola picked up the chalk and added (25) the line:“but yes, I did.”
| 1．A．teacher | B．lover | C．star | D．trainer |
| 2．A．races | B．parties | C．meetings | D．matches |
| 3．A．head | B．pride | C．centre | D．pioneer |
| 4．A．hero | B．friend | C．leader | D．admirer |
| 5．A．is | B．has | C．with | D．of |
| 6．A．wife | B．student | C．son | D．daughter |
| 7．A．class | B．college | C．family | D．town |
| 8．A．developed | B．kept | C．regarded | D．paid |
| 9．A．experience | B．name | C．address | D．age |
| 10．A．seldom | B．often | C．always | D．never |
| 11．A．by | B．before | C．and | D．or |
| 12．A．roof | B．grade | C．floor | D．ground |
| 13．A．grow | B．shake | C．raise | D．move |
| 14．A．dollars | B．money | C．visits | D．attention |
| 15．A．his research | B．his lessons | C．experiments | D．basketball |
| 16．A．house | B．room | C．balcony | D．ground |
| 17．A．boy | B．noise | C．voice | D．sound |
| 18．A．quiet | B．clean | C．clear | D．empty |
| 19．A．right | B．wrong | C．nice | D．strange |
| 20．A．room | B．balcony | C．window | D．sportsground |
| 21．A．reading | B．writing | C．playing | D．working |
| 22．A．little | B．colour | C．kind | D．piece |
| 23．A．collected | B．turned over | C．picked up | D．caught |
| 24．A．since | B．because | C．when | D．where |
| 25．A．within | B．on | C．below | D．into |
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）
阅读下面的短文，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。
She was known to millions as the "Queen of Crime" or the "Duchess (女公爵) of death". But surprisingly, she hated violence and blood, and knew nothing of the weapons most often used in murder. "I don't think I dare look at a really horrible and damaged body." Agatha Christie once said.
But her pen dared travel where her eyes would not. In a 50-year writing career, Christie's murder stories made her the world's best-known mystery writer. She is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare.
Her works have been turned into films and TV series, and a line of computer games is to be released over the next six years.
"My grandmother liked to use new ways to reach people who wanted to enjoy her work," said Christie's grandson, Mathew Pritchard. "Turning her stories into PC games allows us to introduce classic mysteries to new audiences."
Born in 1890 in England, Christie was educated at home and began her writing career while working as a nurse during World War I. She went on to produce 79 novels and numerous short stories, dying at the age of 86.
"With her knowledge of murder, Christie could have been a teacher at police academies," said one fan.
56. By saying "her pen dared travel where her eyes would not", the writer means
A. she would like to make a trip with her pen rather than other things
B. she couldn't live without her pen
C. she could describe anything with her pen that she would not like to face
D. she made up stories with her pen
57. By which means can't we learn the works of Christie?
A. Watching TV. B. Going to the cinema. C. Reading novels. D. Playing computer games.
58. Mathew Prichard's words suggest that _
A. Christie had been trying to write different stories in different styles
B. Christie was fond of changing styles while writing
C. Christie's works are short of audiences
D. People began to lose interest in Christie's works
59. The fifth paragraph mainly
A. tells us Christie is a productive writer B. gives us a brief introduction of Christie
C. tells us when Christie took up writing D. tells us why Christie was popular
She was known to millions as the "Queen of Crime" or the "Duchess (女公爵) of death". But surprisingly, she hated violence and blood, and knew nothing of the weapons most often used in murder. "I don't think I dare look at a really horrible and damaged body." Agatha Christie once said.
But her pen dared travel where her eyes would not. In a 50-year writing career, Christie's murder stories made her the world's best-known mystery writer. She is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare.
Her works have been turned into films and TV series, and a line of computer games is to be released over the next six years.
"My grandmother liked to use new ways to reach people who wanted to enjoy her work," said Christie's grandson, Mathew Pritchard. "Turning her stories into PC games allows us to introduce classic mysteries to new audiences."
Born in 1890 in England, Christie was educated at home and began her writing career while working as a nurse during World War I. She went on to produce 79 novels and numerous short stories, dying at the age of 86.
"With her knowledge of murder, Christie could have been a teacher at police academies," said one fan.
By saying "her pen dared travel where her eyes would not", the writer means
A. she would like to make a trip with her pen rather than other things
B. she couldn't live without her pen
C. she could describe anything with her pen that she would not like to face
D. she made up stories with her pen
By which means can't we learn the works of Christie?
A. Watching TV. B. Going to the cinema. C. Reading novels. D. Playing computer games.
Mathew Prichard's words suggest that _
A. Christie had been trying to write different stories in different styles
B. Christie was fond of changing styles while writing
C. Christie's works are short of audiences
D. People began to lose interest in Christie's works
The fifth paragraph mainly
A. tells us Christie is a productive writer B. gives us a brief introduction of Christie
C. tells us when Christie took up writing D. tells us why Christie was popular
She was known to millions as the "Queen of Crime" or the "Duchess (女公爵) of death". But surprisingly, she hated violence and blood, and knew nothing of the weapons most often used in murder. "I don't think I dare look at a really horrible and damaged body." Agatha Christie once said.
But her pen dared travel where her eyes would not. In a 50-year writing career, Christie's murder stories made her the world's best-known mystery writer. She is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare.
Her works have been turned into films and TV series, and a line of computer games is to be released over the next six years.
"My grandmother liked to use new ways to reach people who wanted to enjoy her work," said Christie's grandson, Mathew Pritchard. "Turning her stories into PC games allows us to introduce classic mysteries to new audiences."
Born in 1890 in England, Christie was educated at home and began her writing career while working as a nurse during World War I. She went on to produce 79 novels and numerous short stories, dying at the age of 86.
"With her knowledge of murder, Christie could have been a teacher at police academies," said one fan.
【小题1】By saying "her pen dared travel where her eyes would not", the writer means
| A．she would like to make a trip with her pen rather than other things |
| B．she couldn't live without her pen |
| C．she could describe anything with her pen that she would not like to face |
| D．she made up stories with her pen |
| A．Watching TV. | B．Going to the cinema. | C．Reading novels. | D．Playing computer games. |
| A．Christie had been trying to write different stories in different styles |
| B．Christie was fond of changing styles while writing |
| C．Christie's works are short of audiences |
| D．People began to lose interest in Christie's works |
| A．tells us Christie is a productive writer | B．gives us a brief introduction of Christie |
| C．tells us when Christie took up writing | D．tells us why Christie was popular |
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