His father was not so pleased and made his feelings known as he and Stephen were on their daily walk. It was the first step in his plans for Stephen to take over the estate（地产）when the time came, and although Stephen was well aware of this, he could think of no reason not to accompany him.
"Thought you'd forgotten that nonsense. Still, I dare say I could pull a few strings to get you to the Army..."
"No, Father! I have told you I want to learn to fly. What chance would I have to do that in the Army? I'd be better off in the Navy——at least they've got the Fleet Air Arm. But I have been put in the RAF and that's where I want to be, so let's leave it at that." His face went red. Sent to his father's school and then to Cambridge, much to his satisfaction, he had never had to defend his own desires and his father was a hard man to oppose.
The father glared at Stephen, "No, I won't leave it at that. I want to know what other ridiculous ideas are in your head. For a start, what's all this about America?"
"America?"
"Yes. All those books I saw in your room the other day. Brochures about emigration（移民）."
The big, silvered head lowered, like that of a bull about to charge."Don't trouble to deny it."
"I won't, Father. Some men at Cambridge have been talking about it. They want people like us here, mathematicians and scientists, for all kinds of research——the sort of research I could do.It would be a worthwhile life for me."
The father responded exactly as his son had known he would."You've got a worthwhile life here！You've got an estate to run！"
"No, Father. You've got an estate to run. I never asked for it. Why not ask Baden to do this stuff? He perhaps can make a good job of it, but I..."
"If he were here, I might think about this silly idea of yours——only think about it, mind you but..."

1. 1.

   If Father wanted Stephen to take over the estate, the first thing he did would__________.

   1. A.
      take a walk with Stephen as usual
   2. B.
      wait till his son graduated from Cambridge
   3. C.
      persuade Stephen not to go into RAF
   4. D.
      send Stephen to the Army instead of RAF
2. 2.

   Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Stephen preferred to go into the Navy rather than the Army.
   2. B.
      Stephen also received his call-up papers as Roy.
   3. C.
      The father didn't like Stephen's idea of going to America.
   4. D.
      Stephen was eventually forced to stay to run the estate.
3. 3.

   After reading this passage, we can infer that__________.

   1. A.
      Stephen had never had to defend his desires before
   2. B.
      Baden might be one of Stephen's family members
   3. C.
      Stephen wanted to fly in RAF and become a pilot in America
   4. D.
      if somebody took over the estate, Stephen could realize his dream
4. 4.

   What do we learn from the underlined sentence?

   1. A.
      It looked as if the father was angry when mentioning the brochures.
   2. B.
      The father was very angry and wanted to beat his son Stephen.
   3. C.
      Stephen was annoyed when his father referred to the brochures.
   4. D.
      A big red bull was about to charge at Stephen.
5. 5.

   Which would be the best title for this passage?

   1. A.
      RAF——a better choice than the Army
   2. B.
      A talk between Father and Son
   3. C.
      The dreams of a Cambridge student
   4. D.
      Conflict between Father and Son

“Hurry, Mommy! Let’s go trick-or-treating!” My daughter waited by the door in her pink princess skirt while I prayed in the living room. Usually I liked taking her out on Halloween, but this year I was sad. I was worried about my mother, who was in China on vacation. I got a call that afternoon that she had slipped and fallen on the hard floor of her hotel and broken her leg. She was taken to a hospital in Beijing. Mom was nervous because she couldn’t understand any of the doctors. If only I could do something to help her!
I knew I couldn’t let my worries spoil my daughter’s fun. There was nothing I could do for Mom except pray, I thought. We left the house and went down the block. I was so upset that I hardly took notice of the kids around me. There came the man to whose son I’d once given piano lessons. “Hello there,” I said, greeting him and the boy at his side.
“Hello,” the father answered. “Having fun?”“I’m trying,” I said. “Why, what’s wrong?” he asked. I told him the whole story. “My mother, in China, broke her leg and didn’t understand any of the doctors. And I’m too far away to do anything!” I said.
He raised his eyebrows. “Beijing, you said?” he asked. I nodded. He smiled. “Believe it or not, my sister is a doctor at an English-speaking hospital there. If you want, I’ll make a call right away and we’ll try and get your mom transferred (转移).”
A few days later I sat in the living room with my daughter as she finished the last of the candy. “Mommy, how far away is China?” she asked. “Not as far as I thought,” I said.
【小题1】What did the author’s daughter want to do?

I met him first in 1936. I rushed into his ugly little shop to have the heels of my shoes repaired. I waited when he did it. He greeted me with a cheerful smile. “You’re new in this neighborbood, aren’t you?”

    I said I was. I had moved into a house at the end of the street only a week before.

    “This is a fine neighborhood,” he said. “You’ll be happy here.” He looked at the leather covering the heel sadly. It was worn through because I had failed to have the repair done a month before. I grew impatient, for I was rushing to meet a friend. “Please hurry,” I begged.

    He looked at me over his spectacles. “Now, lady, we won’t be long. I want to do a good job. You see, I have a tradition to live up to.”

    A tradition? In this ugly little shop that was no different from so many other shoe repair shops on the side streets of New York?

    He must have felt my surprise, for he smiled as he went on. “Yes, lady, I inherited a tradition. My father and my grandfather were shoemakers in Italy, and they were the best. My father always told me, ‘Son, do the best job on every shoe that comes into the shop, and be proud of your fine work. Do that always, and you’ll have both happiness and money enough to live on.’”

    As he handed me the finished shoes, he said: “These will last a long time. I’ve used good leather.”

    I left in a hurry. But I had a warm and grateful feeling. On my way home I passed the little shop again. There he was, still working. He saw me, and to my surprise he waved and smiled. This was the beginning of our friendship. It was a friendship that came to mean more and more to me as time passed.

    Every day I passed his shop, we waved to each other in friendly greeting. At first I went in only when I had repair work to be done. Then I found myself going in every few days just to talk with him.

    He was the happiest man I’ve ever known. Often, as he stood in his shopwindow, working at a pair of shoes, he sang in a high, clear Italian voice. The Italians in our neighborhood called him la luce alla finestra—“the light in the window”.

    One day I was disappointed and angry because of poor jobs some painters had done for me. I went into his shop for comfort. He let me go on talking angrily about the poor work and carelessness of present-day workmen. “They had no pride in their work,” I said. “They just wanted to collect their money for doing nothing.”

    He agreed. “There’s a lot of that kind around, but maybe we should not blame them. Maybe their fathers had no pride in their work. That’s hard on a boy. It keeps him from learning something important.” He waited a minute and said “Every man or woman who hasn’t inherited a prideful tradition must start building one.”

    “In this country, our freedom lets each of us make his own contribution. We must make it a good contribution. No matter what sort of work a man does, if he gives it his best each day, he’s starting a tradition for his children to live up to. And he is making lots of happiness for himself.”

    I went to Europe for a few months. When I returned, there was no “light in the window”. The door was closed. There was a little sign: “Call for shoes at shop next door.” I learned the old man had suddenly got sick and died two weeks before

    I went away with a heavy heart. I would miss him. But he had left me something—an important piece of wisdom I shall always remember: “If you inherited a prideful tradition, you must carry it on; if you haven’t, start building one now.”                                            

1.The shoemaker looked sadly at the shoes because __________

A. they were of poor quality.

B. he didn’t have the right kind of leather

C. he thought they were too worn to be repaired

D. the author hadn’t taken good care of them.

2.The author was surprised when she heard that the shop had a tradition because the shop ________.

A. looked no different from other shoe repair shops        

B. had a light in the window

C. was at the end of a street

D. was quite an ugly and dirty one

3.What does the underlined word “inherit” mean in paragraph 6 mean?

A. develop                             B. receive                           C. learn                                  D. appreciate

4.The author later frequently went into the little shop __________.

A. to repair her worn shoes

B. only to chat with the shoemaker

C. to look at the new shoes there

D. only to get comfort from the shoemaker

5.Why was the shoemaker called “the light in the window” by his neighbors?

A. Because he always worked late at night.

B. Because he always put a light in the window.

C. Because he was always guiding the others.

D. Because he was always happy and cheerful.

6.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. A Proud Shoemaker                                                     B. A Prideful Tradition

C. The Light in the Window                                             D. Treasure Your Shoes

“Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning．“I wish you  1  let me stay at home． Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school．”

Mr. Williams took his little boy   2   the hand, and said kindly to him, “Come, my son． I want to  3   you something in the garden．”

Harry walked into the garden with his father, who led him along   4  they came to a bed in which peas（豌豆） were growing．Not a weed（杂草） was to be  5   about their roots．

“See how beautifully these peas are   6 , my son,” said Mr. Williams． “How clean and healthy the vines（藤） look．We shall have a good   7  ．Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden．”

Mr. Williams then   8 Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines．

After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you   9  Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”

“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy．“I never saw such   10 looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as   11  as the peas themselves．There won’t be half a crop!” “   12   are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”

“Because they have been left to grow as they   13  ．I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them   14  ”

“Yes．A garden will soon be overrun with weeds   15  it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams  16  , “and so it is with the human garden． Children’s minds are like garden beds．They must be   17   cared for．I send you to school in order that the garden of your  18   may have good seeds and   19  plentifully．Now which would you   20  , to stay at home or go to school?”

“I would rather go to school,” said Harry．

1．A．could                    B．should                 C．might                  D．would

2．A．in                         B．with                   C．by                      D．of

3．A．offer                     B．show                  C．give                   D．remind

4．A．when                   B．where                 C．before                D．until

5．A．made                   B．changed              C．seen                   D．planted

6．A．growing                B．moving               C．shaking               D．dancing

7．A．result                    B．harvest               C．match                D．present

8．A．forced                  B．ordered               C．followed             D．led

9．A．think of               B．look at                C．hear of              D．deal with

10．A．ugly                   B．fine                     C．dirty                   D．poor

11．A．deep                   B．long                   C．high                   D．wide

12．A．When                 B．Why                   C．Where                D．How

13．A．pleased               B．stayed                C．left                     D．belonged

14．A．ahead                 B．outside               C．forward              D．afterward

15．A．as                      B．or                      C．if                       D．so

16．A．required              B．answered            C．explained            D．announced

17．A．carefully              B．correctly             C．gently                 D．slightly

18．A．school                B．mind                  C．family                D．dream

19．A．produce              B．develop               C．decrease             D．drop

20．A．find                    B．support               C．know                  D．prefer

When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me.I never had a father, though in my neighborhood that's not1.I know some kids just like me.You have to2yourself.
There are fights and killings all the time.I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant.1 could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark and my mom3let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work.My grades rose.In fact, I did so well that in sixth grade, I entered the4class, and Mr.Clark was the teacher.I felt so5to have him for a second year!
He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera.Before the show, he6us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full.We didn't want to let him7, so we listened to him attentively.
8of us were surprised when Mr.Clark was selected as Disney's 2000 Teacher of the Year.When he learned he'd won, he said he would9three names out of a hat; he would go to Los Angeles to get the10with those students.But11it came time to draw names, Mr.Clark said, "You're all going."
He got12to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton.People were13, but Mr.Clark really cared about us.There's no way I can14most teachers doing that.No way.But he saw something in us that nobody else saw.
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears.We didn't want his class to15.In my new school year, we were all happy when Mr.Clark16in our class once again.He's been a17in our lives.
In 2003, Mr.Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to18school supplies and visit orphanages.It was the most amazing19of my life.It's now my20to one day start a group of women's clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      common
   2. B.
      normal
   3. C.
      real
   4. D.
      unusual
2. 2.
   1. A.
      comfort
   2. B.
      encourage
   3. C.
      watch
   4. D.
      tolerate
3. 3.
   1. A.
      couldn’t
   2. B.
      wouldn’t
   3. C.
      shouldn’t
   4. D.
      mustn’t
4. 4.
   1. A.
      local
   2. B.
      general
   3. C.
      gifted
   4. D.
      scared
5. 5.
   1. A.
      sudden
   2. B.
      lucky
   3. C.
      annoyed
   4. D.
      anxious
6. 6.
   1. A.
      treated
   2. B.
      directed
   3. C.
      showed
   4. D.
      swapped
7. 7.
   1. A.
      off
   2. B.
      out
   3. C.
      up
   4. D.
      down
8. 8.
   1. A.
      Some
   2. B.
      Any
   3. C.
      None
   4. D.
      Many
9. 9.
   1. A.
      give
   2. B.
      enter
   3. C.
      draw
   4. D.
      register
10. 10.
    1. A.
       reward
    2. B.
       bonus
    3. C.
       diploma
    4. D.
       award
11. 11.
    1. A.
       after
    2. B.
       when
    3. C.
       before
    4. D.
       since
12. 12.
    1. A.
       donations
    2. B.
       suggestions
    3. C.
       requests
    4. D.
       messages
13. 13.
    1. A.
       excited
    2. B.
       satisfied
    3. C.
       ashamed
    4. D.
       amazed
14. 14.
    1. A.
       suggest
    2. B.
       advocate
    3. C.
       imagine
    4. D.
       complain
15. 15.
    1. A.
       end
    2. B.
       start
    3. C.
       continue
    4. D.
       last
16. 16.
    1. A.
       picked up
    2. B.
       showed up
    3. C.
       rang up
    4. D.
       packed up
17. 17.
    1. A.
       colleague
    2. B.
       sponsor
    3. C.
       success
    4. D.
       constant
18. 18.
    1. A.
       deliver
    2. B.
       collect
    3. C.
       display
    4. D.
       recommend
19. 19.
    1. A.
       adventure
    2. B.
       experience
    3. C.
       vacation
    4. D.
       interview
20. 20.
    1. A.
       dream
    2. B.
       conclusion
    3. C.
       turn
    4. D.
       demand