My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling , but I always knew he was . He never criticized us, but used to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die. ” I as a child I said something about somebody, and my father said, “ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection（反映）of you. ” He explained that if I looked for the best people, I would get the best . From then on I’ve always tried to the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very . At 15, I started a magazine. It was a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine. I decided to leave, and Dad tried to get me to change my decision, any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad me to go into law. And I’ve regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, __ I didn’t realize my . You know what you want. Go achieve it. ”
As turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national for young people in the U. K. My wife and I have two children, and I’ d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad me.
A．biologist B．manager C．lawyer D．gardener
A．strict B．honest C．special D．learned
A．praise B．courage C．power D．warmth
A．think B．imagine C．remember D．guess
A．unnecessary B．unkind C．unimportant D．unusual
A．Another B．Some C．Any D．Other
A．on B．in C．at D．about
A．in case B．by turns C．by chance D．in return
A．process B．set C．review D．follow
A．understanding B．experienced C．serious D．demanding
A．taking up B．making up C．picking up D．keeping up
A．suggestion B．decision C．notice D．choice
A．and B．as C．even if D．as if
A．helped B．allowed C．persuaded D．suggested
A．always B．never C．seldom D．almost
A．rather B．but C．for D．therefore
A．promise B．task C．belief D．dream
A．this B．he C．it D．that
A．newspaper B．magazine C．program D．project
A．controlled B．comforted C．reminded D．raised
It was the summer I was eight. I visited my grandma in New York City.
Grandma had something planned every day. She had saved a few so we could go to a picture show. One day we threw bread to pigeons（鸽子）; Another day we watered the trees. At the end of the week Grandma to curl（使卷曲）my hair. She told me I was going to Shirly Temple, the most popular American child star.
She spent a long time on each curl, and I could tell she enjoyed my hair. When she was finished she sighed with . She was so proud that she had me stand on a chair to look in the mirror. My heart sank. I looked
“You can go out and play now,” Grandma said, smiling. I and slowly walked down the stairs. Reaching the vestibule(门厅), I looked out of the small window and could see the playing games. My best friend, Ducky, me and began to jump up and down. She at me to ask me to come outside, but I couldn’t move. I knew everyone would the curls. At the same time I couldn’t go back and tell Grandma how I felt.
Finally I went . I could hear my heart pounding with every step. I began to feel . I knocked on Grandma’s door. When she opened it, I said in a voice, “Grandma, my hair is too and I can’t stand it.”
She never said a word. She placed a in water, combed(梳理) out all the curls, then stood me back on the chair I could see myself in the mirror. Afterwards I went off to play.
It was when Grandma took out the curls that I knew she me. She had put my before hers. That is the kind of love I try to pass on today.
A．important B．special C．familiar D．humorous
A．chances B．stamps C．photos D．Coins
A．decided B．managed C．threatened D．failed
A．deal with B．make use of C．look like D．catch up with
A．washing B．cutting C．pulling D．styling
A．respect B．delight C．fear D．anger
A．ridiculous B．serious C．honest D．attractive
A．cheered B．succeeded C．disagreed D．nodded
A．boys B．women C．kids D．adults
A．admired B．spotted C．praised D．accepted
A．stared B．sang C．aimed D．waved
A．laugh at B．dry out C．play with D．worry about
A．downstairs B．outside C．upstairs D．forward
A．lucky B．sick C．proud D．calm
A．tired B．clear C．pleasant D．scared
A．curly B．long C．short D．thick
A．plate B．flower C．comb D．mirror
A．until B．though C．so D．but
A．hated B．loved C．ignored D．cheated
A．feelings B．difficulties C．benefits D．joys
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Life can seem unfair, even in the land of opportunity. You have a dream but find yourself ____ without any hope. You are depressed, and in your depression you cannot get the ____ to pull yourself up. You become unwilling to believe that there ____ is a “cure” for your failure.
Bernie Kopell was a ____ as a vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器) salesman. He had come to California to be a (n) ____, but for even the few parts he was able to ____, he received no pay. He ____ that was what he deserved. Then, one day as Bernie was cleaning in the back room of the vacuum cleaner store, the owner put on a record. “What a (n) ____ job,” Bernie thought. But he heard the sentences ____ as he was trying to ignore the ____, “Your mind is like the ____. Whatever you plant in it ____. If you plant potatoes you get potatoes. If you plant roses you get roses.” Bernie began to ____.
Soon he was paying attention to the record, ____ it wasn’t long before he began reading and attending lectures. Bernie began to ____ that he was given talent, and he became ____ to be who he was and considered himself worthy of success. Acting parts and paying roles began to ____ his way. He got his first public television show in 1961 on The Brighter Day. He ____ on Get Smart, That Girl, and on other television comedy programs. His big ____ came when he was ____ the role of Dr Adam Bricker on The Love Boat. The Popular show aired (播放) from 1977 until 1986 and made Bernie Kopell a well-known star.
A．shy B．sad C．angry D．bored
A．energy B．advice C．right D．time
A．just B．almost C．really D．hardly
A．success B．failure C．hero D．fool
A．writer B．teacher C．cleaner D．actor
A．get B．learn C．plan D．enjoy
A．agreed B．hoped C．thought D．remembered
A．tiring B．bad C．exciting D．common
A．frequently B．in turn C．carefully D．by chance
A．job B．owner C．record D．cleaner
A．sun B．air C．water D．earth
A．begins B．grows C．helps D．happens
A．listen B．read C．speak D．write
A．and B．but C．or D．since
A．expect B．believe C．notice D．guess
A．powerful B．pleasant C．popular D．proud
A．feel B．know C．come D．make
A．stood B．appeared C．remained D．rested
A．increase B．difference C．break D．game
A．offered B．shown C．taught D．returned
完型填空1（共12小题；满分12）
As a teacher, my daily activity involves driving to a new school almost every day.
On one particular day during my lunch break, I drove to a nearby square to get a coffee. Upon returning to the , I realized I had locked my phone and my inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the . So I hurried into a McDonald’s in the same square, and asked the man at the counter, who happened to be the , to call a taxi for me. After I explained my situation to him, he rushed inside to make the phone while I waited anxiously in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to to my school at this point.
A moment later, the manager returned only to tell me that the line was , and that he had not been able to the taxi yet. I think both and fear could be seen in my face.
Without a thought, he grabbed his coat and to drive me to the school. Without hesitation, I followed him into his car and got back to the classroom with two minutes to before the bell rang!
This experience made me that out of every seemingly hopeless situation, there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to happen, which has an unimaginable influence on those who receive them.
A．shop B．bar C．counter D．car
A．textbooks B．cards C．keys D．gloves
A．home B．school C．party D．restaurant
A．manager B．secretary C．guest D．waiter
A．slowly B．briefly C．effectively D．successfully
A．get across B．get around C．get back D．get over
A．busy B．broken C．full D．ready
A．take B．repair C．drive D．get
A．excitement B．anger C．hopelessness D．surprise
A．offered B．refused C．wanted D．hesitated
A．wait B．go C．waste D．spend
A．doubt B．argue C．regret D．realize
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
If you ever feel as if you are being knocked about by life, think about the amazing bird called the Water Ouzel. I can’t imagine this waterbird knows what it is to have a day. The little creature is often found living next to waterfalls and rivers rushing fast. And however threatening the weather, however the water, in snow and rain, the tough and cheerful Water Ouzel can be chirping and singing. What's more, while the of most songbirds, however melodious in warm weather, fall over long winter months, the hearty Water Ouzel on through all seasons and every kind of . I have to wonder: does this little creature know anything I don't?
It's as if the knows that every violent storm will eventually sunshine; every dark night will finally fade into . And isn't it true? Even our bleakest and stormiest times do not forever. Like the poor man in the cement mixer(混凝土搅拌机), there is almost always an end to the .
As the incredible humanitarian novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe said, “ you get into a tight place and everything you till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will .” I have had that more times than I can remember.
Maybe this is one of those days you feel as if you are the cement mixer. If so, do you need to a little longer?
A．dull B．long C．bad D．wonderful
A．violent B．distant C．calm D．slow
A．deep B．cold C．clear D．dirty
A．recorded B．kept C．taught D．heard
A．sizes B．colors C．voices D．shapes
A．silent B．sleepy C．ill D．deaf
A．lives B．sings C．survives D．flies
A．time B．river C．music D．storm
A．bird B．novelist C．man D．farmer
A．take place of B．get away from C．give way to D．catch up with
A．dawn B．dusk C．noon D．night
A．come B．last C．stay D．go
A．concerned B．cared C．complained D．puzzled
A．party B．story C．trouble D．day
A．when B．because C．although D．whether
A．takes in B．goes against C．gets over D．cuts off
A．end B．go C．rise D．turn
A．experience B．memory C．idea D．sight
A．beside B．on C．in D．with
A．take up B．hold on C．put off D．bring in
完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
In schools all over the world boys and girls are learning foreign languages. knows his own language, but is very useful, especially when we travel to other countries. If we go to France, we ought to be able to speak , and in Germany people will us to understand German.
How many languages are there in the world? There are about fifteen hundred, but many of them are not very . English is one of the most important languages so many people use it, not only in England and the USA, in other parts of the world. More than 200 million people speak it their native language, and about another 200 million people use it as a second language. It is to say how many people are learning it. Many millions of school boys and school girls are trying to do so.
English children study French, is also a very important language. An Englishman can find someone in almost all parts of the world who is able to talk to him in either English or .
Which is the best way to learn a language? We should remember that we all learnt our own language well when we were children. If we could learn a second language in the same way, it would not seem so . Think of what a child . It listens to what people say, and it tries to imitate(模仿) what it hears. When it wants something, it ask for it. It is the language, talking in it, and thinking in it all the time. If people had to use a second language all the time, they would learn it quickly.
is also important to remember that we learn our own language by hearing people speak it, not by seeing they write. We imitate what we hear. In school, you learn to read and write as well as to hear and speak, it is to learn all the new words first through the ear. You can read them, spell them, and write them later.
A．No one B．Someone C．Everybody D．Any one
A．one B．the one C．the others D．another one
A．France B．French C．Language D．English
A．hope B．insist C．expect D．help
A．necessary B．easy C．important D．difficult
A．because B．although C．when D．and
A．and B．or C．but D．nor
A．as B．like C．for D．with
A．easy B．interesting C．different D．difficult
A．as B．which C．that D．what
A．hardly B．sometimes C．easily D．freely
A．German B．Russian C．Japanese D．French
A．useful B．easy C．difficult D．useless
A．does B．speaks C．learns D．likes
A．ought to B．is able to C．has to D．decides
A．learning B．using C．studying D．trying
A．That B．This C．It D．What
A．what B．how C．why D．as
A．because B．although C．as soon as D．among
A．necessary B．best C．better D．possible