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1.There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so __21__. The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben’s __22__, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __23__. “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. “He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”Well, Ben not only __24__ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.Ben later went on to the __25__ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.Top slow class answer knew

2.Passage 11 There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so __21__. The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben’s __22__, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __23__. “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. “He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”Well, Ben not only __24__ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.Ben later went on to the __25__ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.选项：选项： A: top B: slow C: class D: answer E: knew

3.Passage 11 There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so __21__. The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben’s __22__, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __23__. “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. “He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”Well, Ben not only __24__ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.Ben later went on to the __25__ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.选项：选项： A: top B: slow C: class D: answer E: knew

4.Passage 11 There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so __21__. The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben’s __22__, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __23__. “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. “He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”Well, Ben not only __24__ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.Ben later went on to the __25__ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.选项：选项： A: top B: slow C: class D: answer E: knew

5.Passage 11 There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so __21__. The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben’s __22__, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __23__. “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. “He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”Well, Ben not only __24__ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.Ben later went on to the __25__ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.选项：选项： A: top B: slow C: class D: answer E: knew

6.Passage 11 There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so __21__. The mother decided that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben’s __22__, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __23__. “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. “He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?” Well, Ben not only __24__ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were surprised. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports. Ben later went on to the __25__ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States. 选项： A:top B:slow C:class D:answer E:knew

7.One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. "Could you help me in the library?" she asked. I said, "Send him along." Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. "Do you have a job for me?" he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, "Is it a kind of a detective (侦探) job?" I answered yes, and then began his work. He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, "Time for rest!" he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won. The next morning, he arrived early, "I want to finish these books," he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes. After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. "Who will find the lost books?" he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different. Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.91)Why did the teacher go to the library to find a job for Bill Gates? 选项： A: Because the teacher found the librarian quite busy. B: Because Bill Gates wanted to find a job. C: Because Bill Gates finished his study quickly and had more free time than the others. D: Because the library needed a new worker.

8.[单选题]Passage 2 Once upon a time there was a poor boy who lived in Denmark. His father, a shoemaker, had died, and his mother had married again. One day the boy went to ask a favor of the Prince of Denmark. When the Prince asked him what he wanted, the boy said," I want to write plays in poetry and to act at the Royal Theater."The Prince looked at the boy, at his big hands and feet, at his big nose and large serious eyes, and gave a sensible answer. "It is one thing to act in plays, another to write them. I tell you this for your own good; learn a useful trade like shoemaking." So the boy, who was not sensible at all, went home .There he took what little money he had , said good-bye to his mother and his stepfather and started out to seek his fortune . He was sure that someday the name Hans Christian Andersen would be known all over Denmark. To believe such a story one would have to believe in fairy tales! Hans Christian knew many such tales. He had heard some of them from his father, who had worked hard at his trade, but liked to read better than to make shoes. In the evenings, he had read aloud from The Arabian Nights. His wife understood very little of the book, but the boy, pretending to sleep, understood every word. By day, Hans Christian went to house where old woman worked as weavers .There he listened to the tales that the woman told as they worked at their weaving .In those day, there were almost as many tales in Denmark as there were people to tell them.Why did Hans Christian go to house where old woman worked as weavers? A Because he wanted to listen her tales. B Because the old woman would give him food. C Because he wanted to earn money. D Because the old woman asked him to do so.

9.According to the text, what did Monty Roberts do after being asked to rewrite the pape 选项： A、He didn't pay any attention to it. B、He complained about his teacher. C、He told his teacher that it was his dream and he didn't want to change it. D、He changed his paper at the teacher's suggestion.

10.According to the text, what did Monty Roberts do after being asked to rewrite the pape 选项： A、He didn't pay any attention to it. B、He complained about his teacher. C、He told his teacher that it was his dream and he didn't want to change it. D、He changed his paper at the teacher's suggestion.

11.When her lover turned and looked at her, and his eye met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her, he saw, by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are , that she knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. He had her to know it. He understood her nature, and his soul was that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself this thing, hidden to all other lookers-on, even to the king. The only for the youth in which there was any element of certainty was based upon the success of the princess in discovering this mystery; and the moment he looked upon her, he saw she had succeeded, as in his soul he knew she would .

12.Kindness of StrangersAt the store where I worked, I noticed a young boy of about ten shopping alone with his school list. He placed thing in his basket and went to the checkout.The young shop assistant told him the total price,$37.60. The boy was instantly disappointed and said he had only been given $20. He took out one thing at a time until he got down to his $20. With eyes full of tears, he asked if he could phone his mum to pick him up. When he got through, it appeared that even this was inconvenient for his mother.He bit hard on his lip to stop the tears and walked outside to wait on the bench in front of the shop. This Was all too much for the young assistant who had served him and she said, "I wish I could afford to pay for the rest of his things." One of the other girls said she had a few dollars. Then two others said they could help as well.These four young girls pooled their money and found that they had more than enough money for the boy’s extra purchases. So they upgraded his pens and pencils to top-quality ones, then took the bag out to the boy on the seat. His young face changed from sadness to the most beautiful smile. His mother arrived much later to pick him up. Instead of running to the car, he ran back into the store and called out, "Thank you!”I was so proud of my team that day. They did something wonderful for that boy and also found the pleasure of giving was as great as receiving

13.When her lover turned and looked at her, and his eye met as she sat there, paler and whiter than any one in the vast ocean of faces about her, he saw, by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are one, that she knew behind which door crouched the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. He had expected her to know it. He understood her , and his soul was assured that she would never rest until she had made plain to herself this thing, hidden to all other lookers-on, even to the king. The only hope for the youth in which there was any element of certainty was based upon the of the princess in discovering this mystery; and the moment he looked upon her, he saw she had , as in his soul he knew she would succeed.

14.Why did Jeff look at the teacher from time to time while taking the test? 选项： A: He was afraid that the teacher might find out what he was doing. B: He had a question for the teacher but was afraid to ask. C: He wanted to get the teacher's attention. D: He wanted to hand in his paper as he was done with it.

15.Atzel finally wished to kill himself because( ).选项： A:he knew that one had to work hard to live a meaningful life B:only thus could he be able to return to his parents and Aksah C:it was obvious to him that he would never be able to see his parents and Aksah again D:he had a desire to do something but there was nothing for him to do in his paradise

16.[单选题]Passage 7 Two people in a difficult situation, no food, cold and hunger; one of them, Bill, saw that his companion's foot was injured and ignored it. He ran for his own life. Another people, suffering from pain and hunger, was heading for their camp, where he could find food and possibly rescue. Eleven days passed, days of rain and cold. One day he found the bones of a deer. There was no meat on them. The man broke the bones and he sucked and chewed on them like an animal. Would he, too, be bones tomorrow? And why not? This was life. Only life hurt. There was no hurt in death. To die was to sleep. Then why was he not ready to die? He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on. One morning he woke up beside a river. Slowly he followed it with his eyes and saw it emptying into a shining sea. When he saw a ship on the sea, he closed his eyes. He knew there could be no ship, no sea, in this land. A vision, he told himself. He heard a noise behind him, and turned around. A wolf, old and sick, was coming slowly toward him. This was real, he thought. The man turned back, but the sea and the ship were still there. He didn't understand. Had he been walking north, away from the camp, toward the sea? He stood up and started slowly toward the ship, knowing full well the sick wolf was following him. In the afternoon, he found some bones of a man. Beside the bones was a small sack of gold, like his own. So Bill had carried his gold to the end. He would carry Bill's gold to the ship. Ha—ha! He would have the last laugh on Bill. His laughing sounded like the low cry of an animal. The wolf cried back. The man stopped suddenly and turned away. How could he laugh about Bill's bones and take his gold? The man was very sick, now. he crawled about, on hands and knees. He had lost everything—his blanket, his gun, and his gold. Only the wolf stayed with him hour after hour. At last he could go on no further. He fell. The wolf came close to him, but the man was ready. He got on top of the wolf and held its mouth closed. Then he bit it with his last strength. The wolf's blood streamed into his mouth. Only love of life gave him enough strength. He held the wolf with his teeth and killed it, then he fell on his back and slept. The men on the ship saw a strange object lying on the beach. It was moving toward them—perhaps twenty feet an hour. The men went over to look and could hardly believe it was a man. Three weeks later, when the man felt better, he told them his story. But there was one strange thing—he seemed to be afraid that there wasn't enough food on the ship. The men also noticed that he was getting fat. They gave him less food, but still he grew fatter with each day. Then one day they saw him put a lot of bread under his shirt. They examined his bed and found food under his blanket. The men understood. He would recover from it, they said.Why did the sick Wolf keep following the man? A Because the man was carrying some food. B Because the sick Wolf wanted to eat him when he was weak. C Because the Wolf wanted the man to be his master. D Because the Wolf wanted the man to help him.

17.He knew what he had to do, and he got up and did it before he changed his ________.

18.[单选题]Kindness of StrangersAt the store where I worked, I noticed a young boy about ten of shopping alone with his school list. He placed everything in his basket and went to the checkout.The young shop assistant told him the total price, $37.60. The boy was instantly disappointed and said he had only been given $20. He took out one thing at a time until he got down to his $20. With eyes full of tears, he asked if he could phone his mum to pick him up. When he got through, it appeared that even this was inconvenient for his mother.He bit hard on his lip to stop the tears and walked outside to wait on the bench in front of the shop. This was all too much for the young assistant who had served him and she said, “I wish I could afford to pay for the rest of his things ” One of the other girls said she had a few dollars. Then two others said they could help as well.These four young girl pooled their money and found that they had more than enough money for the boy's extra purchases. So they upgraded his pens and pencils to top-quality ones, then took the bag out to the boy on the seat. His young face changed from sadness to the most beautiful smile. His mother arrived much later to pick him up. Instead of running to the car, he ran back into the store and called out, “Thank you! ”I was so proud of my team that day. They did something wonderful for that boy and also found the pleasure of giving was as great as receiving.The boy walked out of the store to . A wait for his mother B rest on the bench C get more money D look for a friend

19.CA famous study was done in a school by a professor from a university. At the start of the school year, the teachers were given the names of five children. They were told that these five were the most excellent students in the class. But the fact was that these students were only average, and they were not the best students at all. Well, guess what? At the end of the year, all the five average students scored among the highest in the class.What made these average students change so much to become top students? The only difference was the change in their teachers’ attitude. Because the teachers believed that these five kids were the top students，they expected more from them. And so these five average students began to believe and expect more from themselves. So they worked harder to do as well as they could.Do you know why? If you expect the best from people，they’ll usually want to give you their best. A great leader said，“Treat a person just how he appears to be on the outside, and you’ll make him even worse. But treat a person like he’s already a success, and you’ll help make him the best he can be.”Like the true story of 7yearold Johnny, his teacher got so angry with him that one day she said, “Johnny, you’re the naughtiest boy in this class. I’m sure you’ll never change.” The next year Johnny had a new teacher. And on the first day of class, she met with Johnny after school and said，“Johnny, I’ve heard a lot about you! But do you know that I don’t believe a word of it？” And every day after that，this new teacher treated Johnny as if he had been one of the smartest students even when Johnny did naughty things. Later on, Johnny became a school leader.Because that’s the power of our belief and attitude toward children.29.The five average students became top students mainly because of ________．选项： A:the professor’s study; B:the teachers’ hard work; C:the change in the teachers’ attitude; D:the change in the professor’s attitude

20.“Was his father very strict with him when he was at school?” “Yes. He had never praised him _______ he became one of the top students in his grade.”

21.Why does Miller especially admire about Blaise Cendrars?? He had a very adventurous life.He was a great writer.He knew what to do with his time.He read as well as wrote a lot.