As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses (老茧) and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a    16  , including all his struggles.

One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾) hit Ontario, turning it into a   17   desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last  18  from the grocery shore. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which  19   took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t   20  quickly. After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we    21   needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and    22   . Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves!” Dad    23   , “Just think, my little girl, only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re    24   . ” Such is Dad—whatever problem he    25   , he never gives up.

   26   , the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our country. It was a challenging time for everyone,   27   Dad remained optimistic. He    28   to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates. Only then did I truly begin to    29   Dad and his faith guided us through the hard times.

Dad is also a living example of real    30  . From dawn to dark, he works countless hours to    31   our family. He always puts our happiness    32   his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games    33   his exhaustion after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and    34  , putting others first.

Dad, the life    35   I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.

1.                A．teacher        B．gardener        C．farmer   D．grocer

 

2.                A．stormy         B．lively           C．disappearing   D．burning

 

3.                A．order          B．form           C．gap  D．position

 

4.                A．repeatedly      B．normally        C．finally    D．really

 

5.                A．go             B．begin          C．occur    D．change

 

6.                A．yet            B．still            C．even D．nearly

 

7.                A．surprised       B．nervous        C．angry D．frightened

 

8.                A．apologized      B．cried           C．complained    D．laughed

 

9.                A．lost            B．done           C．gone D．touched

 

10.               A．meets with      B．brings up       C．works out  D．thinks about

 

11.               A．Thankfully      B．Hopefully       C．Unfortunately   D．Strangely

 

12.               A．or             B．for            C．so    D．but

 

13.               A．happened      B．seemed        C．continued D．aimed

 

14.               A．face           B．appreciate      C．examine   D．question

 

15.               A．love           B．pride          C．friendship D．honesty

 

16.               A．support        B．settle          C．start  D．impress

 

17.               A．after           B．before         C．beside    D．under

 

18.               A．in spite of       B．in terms of      C．in control of    D．in place of

 

19.               A．careful         B．regretful        C．considerate    D．humorous

 

20.               A．history         B．motto          C．patterns   D．lessons

 

 

It seems parents have long been right. Going to bed early is key to getting enough sleep and helping adolescents feel on top of the world, a new study reported.

A   1   of sleep among youngsters may    2   depression and suicidal (自杀的)thoughts, according to the study by the Columbia University Medical Center.

"Our results are   3   with the theory that inadequate sleep is a risk factor for depression, working with other   4   and protective factors through multiple possible causal pathways to the development of this   5   disorder," said lead author James Gangwisch.

"  6   quality sleep could therefore be a preventative measure against   7  and a treatment for depression," he added in the study   8   in the Friday issue of Sleep magazine.

The study followed the nightly habits of some 15,659 college and high-school students, and   9  those who consistently went to bed   10  midnight had a 24 percent higher risk of depression than those who turned in before 10:00 pm.

Night owls（夜猫子）also ran a 20 percent   11  risk of battling suicidal thoughts, the study added.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine   12   that adolescents should sleep at least nine hours or more a night. Those who were tucked in before 10:00 pm reported they slept    13   about eight hours and 10 minutes.

But that amount of sleep   14  significantly for those in bed after midnight.

And adolescents who slept five hours or less a night were 71 percent more   15  to suffer depression and 48 percent more     16   becoming suicidal, the study said.

"It is a common perception and societal   17  that adolescents do not need as much sleep as pre-adolescents, yet studies suggest that adolescents may  18   require more sleep," said Gangwisch.

"Studies have found that adolescents do not go to bed   19  enough to make up for earlier school start times, and transitions to earlier school start times have been shown to be   20  with significant sleep deprivation（剥夺）. "

(    ) 1. A. night               B. moderation       C. limit               D. lack

(    ) 2. A. result in           B. lie in               C. come about       D. bring in

(    ) 3. A. opposed           B. mixed              C. related              D. consistent

(    ) 4. A. risk                  B. chance              C. potential           D. reason

(    ) 5. A. mood                      B. body               C. feeling             D. mind

(    ) 6. A. little               B. lack                 C. Adequate          D. over

(    ) 7. A. suffering          B. depression               C. disorder            D. sadness

(    ) 8. A. reported           B. published          C. reflected           D. noted

(    ) 9. A. found                      B. investigated      C. appraised          D. supported

(    ) 10. A. before            B. from               C. by                    D. after

(    ) 11. A. lower             B. higher              C. more               D. less

(    ) 12. A. appeals           B. recommends     C. calls                 D. plans

(    ) 13. A. on average      B. in place            C. ahead of           D. in number

(    ) 14. A. increased               B. disappeared       C. strengthened     D. dropped

(    ) 15. A. likely             B. probable           C. possible            D. perhaps

(    ) 16. A. at sight of      B. at risk of          C. in front of               D. as a result of

(    ) 17. A. wish                   B. expectation       C. suggestion               D. attempt

(    ) 18. A. exactly           B. immediately      C. directly            D. actually

(    ) 19. A. early                  B. lately                      C. soon                 D. quickly

(    ) 20. A. separated               B. associated        C. divided             D. depended

— Could you _____ take care of my dog

—The expertthoughtthe coins the farmer had found under the ground were just copper _____ gold．

A．instead                   B．rather than             C．more than              D．in place of

When 16-year-old Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage to perform at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in 1934, she had no idea that her life was about to change. Her childhood had been    36 . After the death of her parents, Fitzgerald had been placed in a boarding school.   37 , the teachers at the school mistreated her,   38  she ran away. Homeless and orphaned, Fitzgerald was trying her best to   39  on the streets of New York City when she won a contest to perform during an amateur night at the Apollo. She had   40  planned to dance, but at the last second, she decided to sing her mother’s favorite song   41 . Her performance earned her   42  from several well-known musicians. Ella Fitzgerald went on to become a   43  jazz singer.

During a musical career that spanned six decades, Fitzgerald   44  more than 200 albums. She won 13 Grammy Awards, the last of which she received in 1990. She worked with some of the greatest American singers of the twentieth century, including Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Dizzy Gillespie. Her talent and charm   45  a wide range of listeners around the world. The worldwide   46  of Ella Fitzgerald helped make jazz a more popular genre.

Until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the United States   47  African American citizens the same treatment   48  white citizens received. Fitzgerald’s manager and her band   49  to perform at places where discrimination was practiced. They also decided not to perform unless they were paid the same   50  as white singers and musicians. Ella’s fight for   51   received support from numerous celebrity admirers, including Marilyn Monroe. Fitzgerald never took her good fortune for granted. She gave money to charities and organizations that contributed to   52  disadvantages children. For her many civic contributions, in 1992 President George Bush   53  her the Presidential Medal of Honor, one of the highest honors   54  to civilians.

In 1991, Fitzgerald gave her   55  performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Although Ella Fitzgerald died in 1996, the American “First Lady of Song” continues to live in the hearts and ears of music lovers worldwide.

1.                A．rich            B．rough          C．tiresome D．happy

 

2.                A．Importantly      B．Unforgettably    C．Naturally  D．Unfortunately

 

3.                A．therefore       B．but            C．so   D．then

 

4.                A．survive         B．experience      C．learn D．stand

 

5.                A．strangely       B．blindly          C．originally D．probably

 

6.                A．in spite         B．instead         C．in place   D．though

 

7.                A．jealousy        B．recognition      C．reputation D．gratitude

 

8.                A．creative        B．dependent      C．undiscovered  D．distinguished

 

9.                A．released        B．sold            C．copied   D．showed

 

10.               A．compared with   B．appealed to     C．composed of   D．depended on

 

11.               A．celebration     B．admiration      C．relaxation  D．indication

 

12.               A．denied         B．supported      C．offered   D．hated

 

13.               A．which          B．what           C．that  D．like

 

14.               A．decided        B．refused        C．started    D．afforded

 

15.               A．number        B．quantity        C．amount   D．lots

 

16.               A．wealth         B．future          C．equality   D．agreement

 

17.               A．caring for       B．playing with     C．preferring to   D．taking after

 

18.               A．rewarded       B．awarded        C．paid  D．presented

 

19.               A．accessible      B．inadequate      C．available   D．official

 

20.               A．best           B．vivid           C．open D．final

 

 

I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.

In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I  21  a room with two double beds and a bathroom which was too  22  for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was   23   and my stepmother had   24   us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no   25_   what to do with me. And that’s when my other family   26  .

Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home   27   their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I   28   with them for the next seven years.

Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She   29   I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.  30  I could tell, for the Beaches there was no  31  between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.

When Su and I  32  college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.

The Beaches knew  33  about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _34  his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely   35__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

 36  the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)  37  that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(使瘫痪 ,使麻痹 ,使无能力)by my _38   , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

I   39  family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was   40   , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.

1.A. lived      B. shared          C. possessed          D. bought

2.A. cheap     B. noisy        C. small             D. limited

3.A. in trouble  B. in sight        C. in place         D. in parts

4.A. struck         B. removed        C. kicked D. knocked

5.A. plan          B. choice   C. chance          D. idea

6.A. looked after    B. showed up     C. turned over    D. came cross

7.A. so            B. because       C. until                    D. while

8.A. worked        B. traveled       C. lived                 D. learned

9.A. worked out     B. called up      C. watched out       D. made sure

10.A. As long as        B. As far as         C. As soon as    D. As many as

11.A. change    B. problem       C. conflict             D. difference

12.A. set off           B. left for          C. entered into           D. admitted into

13.A. all   B. little     C. something    D. nothing

14.A. supply      B. teach   C. encourage   D. raise

15.A. different          B. unfair   C. easy          D. hopeful

16.A. Thanks to         B. In spite of     C. Except for     D. But for

17.A. home      B. house C. ability       D. lesson

18.A. choice     B. failure C. past       D. present

19.A. doubt about    B. call on C. center on     D. believe in

20.A. born        B. accepted      C. educated      D. deserted