试题列表2-人物传记类阅读-高中英语-n多题

人物传记类阅读的试题列表

人物传记类阅读的试题100

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Wishing to e On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to __36__ and the subway system almost came to a stop.Unfortuna Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir（回忆录）of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the Danielle Steel, America's sweetheart, is one of the hardest working women in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, s Louis Armstrong had two famous nicknames (绰号). Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him Pops, Susan Sontag (1933 — 2004)was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature.For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everyth People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous When Babbage was working at Cambridge, a new idea occurred to him. He wanted to construct a calculating machine to work out the solutions（解法）to maths problems Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16,1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, althoug When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships（奖学金）. The Alcindors decided to send their only chi Paul Zindel’s death on March 27,2003 ended the brilliant life of a famous writer. Not only did Paul Zindel win a Pulitzer Prize as well as an Obie Prize for h Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title(冠军), says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games Outside her shabby cottage, old Mrs. Tailor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children lay hidden in the leaves of a nearby tree watchin Kate said “Hello” to Mr Patel as she entered. She picked up a wire basket and walked towards the back of the store 1_____ the rice was kept. The room was quite “The pen is more powerful than the sword(剑).” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe was James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 1_____ that he didn’t know what to do with 2 ______. The person who had gone in 3 _____ him A little old couple walked slowly into McDonald’s one cold winter evening. They looked out of place among the young families and young couples eating there th It was the first mow of winter -- an exciting day for every, child but not for most tether. Up until now, l had been able to dress myself for recess（课间休息）, 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分）请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡 Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new computer games. yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card（信用卡）Instead We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class. “You could win prizes，’’our teacher told US as she wrote the poster information on the blackbo I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened Looking down I immediately recognized that something was wrong and ran down to the edge of the near bank Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these 21are 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Chinese 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。以下是为留英学生编写的系列留学指南读写任务 (共1小题,满分25分)阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。Hi, I am Mike. I just went through my first year of college. The toughest par People unhappy with the rich: PollThere is growing dissatisfaction toward rich people, according to a new online poll. The poll by the China Youth Daily in coll 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。AImagine landing in a foreign country where you cannot speak the language, understand the culture and don Our daughter Kerrin, a student at Boston University, had been home for a week-end visit, and I dropped her off at the bus station just in time for her back to co In the age of reality television, success isn’t the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong Long ago, in days of the Roman Empire, people used to believe a god of farmings called “Saturn”. They believed that Saturn could make the weather good or bad, a He was once referred to as the Picasso of poetry. Beloved by Chileans of all classes, he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. And thi There was a story many years ago of a school teacher--- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a WASHINGTONLaura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.It’s After inventing dynamites(炸药), Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel prefe Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way,my br others and sisters so Buckminster Fuller once said, “The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it’s a different kind of life.” If you want to live abundantly, decide w You want something you can’t get by behaving within the rules, and you want it badly enough you’ll do it regardless of any guilt or deep regret, and you’re wi A traveler was passing through a desert on a hot day. He was tired, feeling thirsty and hungry. At least, he needed a shady spot to rest for a while. A big le Think of some of your favorite singers. When you listen, they can make you happy or sad, peaceful or angry. They can make you relax or want to get up and dance I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, “ Hey, Butterfly Man,” his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.Arthur Bonner 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-10各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。If you have been dreaming of becoming an astronaut af 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1—10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of one of the country’s great Bill Javis took over our village’s news-agency at a time of life when most of us only wanted to relax. He just thought he would like something but not too much A qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said: “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover.” Russia One day Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. The more Walt dreamed of a "magical park," t Material Girl no more? Madonna says writing children’s books is more satisfying than being a movie star.Her book, The English Roses, wen t on sale on Septembe Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867-1934. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements (radium and polon Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir（回忆录）of Ralph W. Tyler who is one of the Danielle Steel, America’s sweetheart, is one of the hardest working woman in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, s MOST recently, my world has been shaken by the death of a teacher at my school. He was Dr Allan Woolley and he was only 52. Suddenly he took his own life, whic 第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Tales of the Dorothea Dix left home at an early age—of her own free will—to live with her grandmother.At fourteen, Dorothea was teaching school at Worcester, Massachusetts.Since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1 Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the well-known German composer(作曲家), was far from being handsome. Along with a rather short stature(身材), he had a hun Use your American Express Card to enjoy one-day privileges at four of America’s greatest museums. Note the participating museums, and their exciting special ex When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was badly crippled (跛脚), and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balanc November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison’s eagerly anticipated(期待) eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis Cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless, “he s CNapoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse 1996 Production of the United StatesDirector: Charles RussellMajor Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (As John Kruger)Vanessa Williams (As Lee Cullen)James Caan (As Rob A severely handicapped teenager who cannot walk, talk or hold a paintbrush has won a place at Oxford to study fine art. Hero Joy Nightingale, 16, who communicat Isn’t it cool to surf in summer? You catch a wave and enjoy the ride with skill and gift. Surfing is not only our favorite pastime, though. A group of pengui The 12—year—old CEO（首席执行官）of a Web site design company will be one of 300 business and political leaders accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien Heroes of Our TimeA good heart Dikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa among great poverty and disease. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarship(奖学金) to s Women, Race & Class Angela Y Davis £7.99 Analysing the differences and similarities between the experiences of black and white women, Davis casts ne David Beckham was born in 1975,in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was football, he played it whenever he ha Mary Cassatt is one of the first great women American painters. At first her father did not want her to become an artist. But she followed her dreams and becam John Steinbeck once said, “All American believe they are born fishermen. For a man to admit to a distaste in fishing would be like speaking publicly against mot Imagine being the only person in the Forbidden City. You could stay there all day without swarms of people crowding around. You'd be able to look at the ancie “Keep an eye on Esther. I’ll be back in a second,” Joy Warren said to her three-year-old son Stephen, who was sitting in the back of the Buick. She didn’t li Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加 James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the American agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug has received the Congressional Gold Medal. Norman Borlaug is often called "the man who saved a billion lives" a Sherlock Holmes is considered by many people as the greatest detective in fictional literature. He is, in fact, more famous than his own creator, Sir Arthur Con My name is Liana Wexler. I’m 12 years old, and I am the founder of “Kids for Kerry”. “Kids for Kerry” is a grassroots organization of kids that support John K One kilogram——that was all it took to crown（给……加冕） the world's strongest man.German weightlifter Matthias Steiner pulled ahead of Russian rival Evgeny Chigi On May 29, 1973, Thomas Bradley, a black man, was elected mayor of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is the third largest city in the United States, with a population of In October 1961 at Crowley Field in Cincinnati Ohio an old deaf gentleman named William E. Hoy stood up to throw the first ball of the World Series. Most peopl At the time, I would go out in the evening with my parents. But this time I had borrowed a bicycle from a friend of mine. I didn’t know why, but once I was on A Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the Jack used to curse(咒骂) the front yard as if it were a living thing. He was the man who lived with my grandmother for thirty years. He was not my grandfather,I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if I’d lik My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (柜厨) outside When Johnson called again, the manager received him very politely. “That is a most remarkable oil you brought us, Mr Johnson,” he said. Johnson nodded his smoo In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location.The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes — from Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr.Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human bein Christmas is over. And I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___1___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.For over a Jonathan James looks like just another kid about to graduate from high school. But this 19-year-old Swede is anything but ordinary, from the computer in his par After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletics have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletics and fans will I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility (责任) of Boxing was long viewed sickly. Generally forbidden by law in earlier days, the fighting was usually done with bare fists, and matches often lasted forty or fift 阅读短文，选出最佳答案。I Don’t Think I Wrote WrongLao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were 阅读短文，选出最佳答案。Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office.

人物传记类阅读的试题200

After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear wo Mr Reese was born in a big city. His father had several companies and got a lot of money. He could give his son all the young man wanted. He was busy with his Robert was born in a small town in England. His father has a farm and can supply him enough money to finish university where he's studying law. The young man American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19. 2003. Hundreds of people came to watch the end Ruben lived in a small village. There was no school there and he had to study in a school in the town. It was nearly five kilometres away from his village. Hi Mr. Smith is well known in Washington because of his many social blunders. He always likes to attend the various social functions because he wants to exp Paul was a good athlete when he was a middle school student. He liked running and jumping and won some medals at the sports meetings. So he was tall and strong TYPINGThis course is for those who want to learn to type, as well as those who want to improve their typing. The course is not common. You are tested in the fi Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been wa My husband, Tom, is a born shopper. He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same things in different stores. He w I feel very excited at the thought that in another week I shall be with you again on holiday. I have enjoyed my stay in England very much indeed. Mr Brown and When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big po He could have been president of Israel or played violin at Carnegie Hall, but he was too busy thinking. His thinking on God, love and the meaning of life graces Asian athletes have had a spare time in the first two days of the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England. But Chinese hurdler(跨栏运动员) Liu Xiang s The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤 I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most __1__ and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and ___2___ we p Now let’s talk about doing well by doing good—many people who have ever been volunteers for the community find their place in relative jobs or even make their w Anna Koumikova was born on June 7th, 1981 in Moscow. Her parents' names are Allah and Sergel. When she was 5 years old, her parents sold their TV to buy her t Holmes’ KnowledgeHis ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing. Up An elderly woman died and several other passengers were critically injured when a crowded Virgin express train crashed in Cumbria last night. A huge rescue oper Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became worse and then, at the age of 13, he lost his sight completely. However, he did Meditation in Indonesian Business It looked like a typical business meeting. Six men, neatly dressed in white shirts and ties filed into the boardroom of a sma Christopher Reeve is best known as the man who played Superman always fighting against the forces of evil(邪恶). He came to ___1___ the victory of good over bad A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear getting back her pet was more important than her car．“Odland remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver. The ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and Zoe Chambers was a successful PR (Public Relations) consultant and life was going well—she had a great job, a beautiful flat and a busy social life in London. T George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his ___1___ and traveling.Then, after retur Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learn Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar(美洲狮) saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both h Sitting and eating quietly on his father’s lap, the 18-month-old was oblivious to the infection in his veins(血管).But his father a strong farmer, knew only to Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fat A tourist comes out of the airport. There are a lot of taxis, but he asks every taxi-driver’s name, and takes the third taxi. It costs 5 from the airport to t A brother and sister have been reunited after more than 60 years, thanks to a letter in the Welwyn and Hatfield Times. For years John Hannant Kept a photograph One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, and my son’s team was in the lead.A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work..He may have the idea that he is not capable of it. It is easy to get such “If it rings one more time, I’ll hang up,” Amy thought hopefully, as she waited for someone to answer. Apologizing wasn’t an easy thing to do.“Hello,” a woma My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing At five he was collecting old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.Now 20, third-year Cambr A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found his brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a walking tour with his wife, The following is a true story. It happened in the northern end of Queens land, Australia, where all kinds of animals live in the forest. Lisa, a 33-year-old wo “It was all his own idea, ” says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto, California high school football coach Bob Peters, 39. Bob had just drawn up a “m An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him. You may say something like this, “I’m a Connecting with Patients Dr. Paris often treats several generations of a family over many years. “He’s seen us through two births, one operation, multiple ear Help or NotDear editor,During last year's winter holiday, I went shopping with my grandmother. We saw several beggars. Some of them were disabled, which made From poor beginnings to most expensive player ZINEDINE Zidane，who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month，has always preferr When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school play. For Weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines .But once on stage, ever The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄 It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll 1that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet The Abominable Snowman喜马拉雅雪人He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Moun My Forever Valentine我永远的“情人”Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天 Stand Beside You Forever永远站在你身后题材：感人故事难度：＊＊＊＊词数：272标准时间：15分钟完成时间：______ 正确数：______The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically Tilly Smith, the 11-year-old British girl, who was called as “Angle of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach hit by the tsunami① in 2004 and has been Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined th Every year between February and April,when the southwest monsoon (季风)blows ,a fever seizes the Thais (泰国人).It is the kite flying in Thailand __1__a strong Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconscious①for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treat On Wednesday afternoon Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or so she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). He’d 36 his life brewing beer for local breweries only The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June,During a recent holiday I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the former West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression 1 me. I arrived at Dussedorf airport A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I 1 look for one all by myself and 2 them about it till I'd get one. I ha President Bush may talk about a plan to Mars, but Bruce Jones thinks there is still a healthy thirst for exploration into underwater worlds on our own planet. A Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have 1 how difficult it is to write a 2 children's Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the children came running through the trees with sharp cries of ___1___. They rushed up to the ___2___, leaning over the cl The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult __1___ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits t Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.An American soldier called his parents from San Francisco after a war. The man who invented Coca-Cola was not a native Atlanta, but on the day of his funeral every drugstore in town shut up the shop in honor of him. He was John Sty 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Policeman：Now， Jimmy， did you get a good view（看清） of the accident？Jimmy：Oh，根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。----- Can you help me?----- Sure, what’s the problem?----- ____81___.----- 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。—Excuse me， can you tell me where the nearest restaurant is？—____1____—Where i 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。—Can I help you?— 61—Let me see. One lady’s skirt and one man’s overcoat.—根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。- Mary, do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?- 1- Ah, it was 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。－Mary, do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?－61－Ah, it was g 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。—Mary， we are going to have a party on New Year‘s Eve. I’m sure we‘ll have 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Sandy is at home. She is now calling Lisa, her classmate.Sandy: Hi, Lisa. Ha 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。—Hello. Can I speak to Wu Ming please？—____1____—Hello， Wu Ming. This is Wan 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。—Honey, what would you say if we have a Christmas party at home this year?—61 I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test.He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援)Carolyn Stradley is the founder of C&S Paving Ine.(铺路公司)in Atlanta,USA.In the following account,she recalls the job that challenged her 36and skill bu I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real 36 .He had gone out of the study for some 37 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looke Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the we The first reality TV show in the world was called Expedition Robinson and it was shown in Sweden in 1997. Half the population of the country watched the final e The Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, A The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond， California， USA. “Police station？ A train for Santa FE collide(碰撞)with a(n)31at the McDonald Street Cr 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。While I was standing at the kitchen window, five-year-old Spencer, my oldes On a cold evening I was waiting for a taxi in New York. About 5 minutes later, I was picked up by a driver, and he said how horrible some people were. I knew t A few years ago when my youngest son Matt was eight years old, we were getting things together to take to the Salvation Army (救世军) at Christmas time. The boy It is an exciting start to the college football season. A team that many people never heard of defeated one of the best in the country. If you follow American Beijing (Xinhua): When she appeared on stage, singing a Japanese song, hundreds of excited teenagers crowded around shouting, "Curarpikt (酷拉皮卡)！It’s Curarp Athens Olympic 110m hurdle champion Liu Xiang felt so relieved to return to racetrack after getting out of the great number of social activities.Liu arrived in Yao Ming edged Kobe Bryant as the top votegetter in fan balloting①for the 55th NBA All-Star game Thursday, and Shaquille O’Neal became the fifth player in leagu Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his vast① fortune, largely to the cause of global health, during the course of his l It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip t Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-On the New York set of the film Hide and Seek, ten-year-old Dakota Fanning spends her time playing a deeply disturbed girl who deals with her mother's suicide (I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was 41, below the elbow (肘部). Then he gave her some

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Devra Davis was an American epidemiologist (流行病学家) and writer. In When Smoke Ran Like Water, Devra Davis takes the reader from killer smoke to the serious I'll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe(对技术有恐惧感的人）.Who would have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan? I'1l always Moreover, insofar as any interpretation of its author can be made from the five or six plays attributed to him, the Wake field Master is uniformly considered to As a solo artist, Brightman has sold 26 million albums and two million DVDs in 34 countries. Her musical styles put opera, pop and jazz together. She is popula 下面是几篇有关英国博物馆的信息, 请阅读下列资料和相关信息, 并按照要求匹配信息。首先, 请阅读下列资料介绍:a. Explore the natural history of the planet Earth from t A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess（女家庭教师）Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia, ”I said, “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most li 下面是几篇有关户外运动的信息, 请阅读下列资料和相关信息, 并按照要求匹配信息。首先, 请阅读下列有关户外活动的资料介绍:a. Baja offers you exceptional scuba diving, Britons stranded（搁浅）at sea or in flooded homes could find a real-life prince riding to their rescue. Prince William announced on Monday that he is to train to One kilogram --- that was all it took to crown（给……加冕） the world's strongest man.German weightlifter Matthias Steiner pulled ahead of Russian rival Evgeny Ch Microsoft founder Bill Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the US money heap, taking the place of investor Warren Buffett as America's richest person, Fo I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the topic we ___1___ in our classes is the ___2___ of quality employees.What has __One evening, Mr Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had ___1___ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and ask As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smil One day when the famous American scientist Edison was on his way home, a young man stopped him and required to have a word with him. Edison accepted his request Michael, a typical (典型的) American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal (接线端) in order to connect with the office. After “Billy! It is February 25, 2099, seven o’clock. Time to 1and go to school.” said the clock-robot 2a mental voice. Then the kitchen-robot gave him toast and e Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of ___1___ is a 完形填空（每空1分，共20分）When I woke next morning, I was dying of _1__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _2__. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the di Do you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did foolsexperiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that othe Francis Bacon, one of the most important philosophers(哲人) of England, was born in London and educated at Cambridge University. When he was only 15, he went to There was a little boy 26his grandparents on their farm.He was given a slingshot（弹弓）to play with,out in the woods.He 27in the woods,but he could never hit th Robeson was born in a very poor family.At seven,he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home,then he sold26he had picked and earned a few coins to help Bill and his family has been living in the six－family building for years.All the neighbours got along fairly well with each other until recently.An old man and When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’11 most certainly be right．”It made a deep 36o Two thieves came to a house to steal something.They dug a hole in the wall of the house.There lived many mice in the house.The woman in the moonlight saw a mo When Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age of 65, he had little to show for himself, except an old Caddie roadster, a $105 monthly pension check ,and a rec 任务型读写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。The USA is the first country where It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their 36.This was the beginning of another 37 day in Alexis was hot and tired. With rage (愤怒) in her voice she shouted,“Pull me up! I give up. I hate this. This is stupid!” It was at that moment when Jason, th 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Ann: Well, Bob, what a surprise! It's nice to see you again! Bob: Hello, Ann! A man who served 11 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murdering his wife was officially cleared yesterday, walking free from Jingshan County Peopl Visitors from space may have landed on our planet from time to time, maybe hundreds of times during the long, empty ages while Man was still a dream of the far f President Clinton was born in the little southern town of Hope, Arkansas, on August 19,1946. But his name was not Bill Clinton. It was William Jefferson Blythe There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result o You must have been troubled by when to say "I love you" because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life.What if you say it first and your partner doesn’There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present, we real I was six when I joined my father and two brothers at sunrise in the hayfields of Eufaula,Oklahoma.By the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up low-income r Ted Shreds doesn't like cars.He wants people to stop driving because cars make the air dirty.Ted had an idea.He said,“I'm going to cycle around North Americ There are no exact differences between physics and other natural sciences because all sciences overlap(重叠）.In general,however,physics is the scientific study Picasso,the famous Spanish painter,was born in 1881.His father was an art teacher.Picasso began to paint very early.He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Ar Early one morning,more than a hundred years ago,an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep.He had been working all night on the design of a sewi It was four o'clock when we left Micatlan,and we traveled quickly until it became almost completely dark.It was our intention to return to our general quarters Bill Clinton was born on Aug.19,1946.Three months before his birth,his father had died when driving home to his pregnant wife,Virginia,he went off a high way,w My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared head of the family. When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. 26the I was born and raised in the shadow of the Capitol(美国国会大厦), in Washington, D.C., as were my parents and my mother’s parents. Our row house was on a tre The old idea that child prodigies (神童) “burn themselves” or “overtax their brains” in the early years, therefore, suffer from failure and (at worst) mental ill Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, in the US. Last Thursday, she didn’t go to school. She went to work with her father instead. Every year When Dave was eighteen,he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 1 than by bus.It worked quite well for a few years,but 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1 分，满分20分）A few years ago I was at an international conference with nearly 700 participants. One afternoon I_1a very crowded talk 信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先，请阅读下面有关购车的五条建议：Here are five letters from readers listed in 1-5. All the greetings and signatures are left out. Suppose you are a secretary of the magazine CR (Crazy English A1 Smith，former governor of New York State，was a famous honest politician．He was born very poor on the East side of New York City．He hadlittle education．He wo Mrs. Janes gave music lessons at a school. She had a good voice and enjoyed singing, except that some of her high tones sound like a gate that had forgotten to A man named Smith was sitting on his roof during a flood, and the water was up to his feet. Before long a fellow in a canoe passed and shouted, "Can I give you I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which 1 their search. I I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18. When the1rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles, the 2was Marty Banderas, a liter In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Th Andy was born with a developmental disorder. The two sides of his 36. _______were not joined normally with each other. The right side of his body could not 37 I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that's a 1thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to2it.The 3 started when my friend Katy found Grandm The party began shortly after Mr. Wood, who lived in the flat below, signed to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had1 some wor Peter Fern was crazy about mountains. Climbing was the 1of his life. Church towers，seaside cliffs, rock faces, ice mountains，anything “If it is there” , he u An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard h When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of Dece In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most success 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从26－45各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中选出最佳选项。On my first day of the sixth grade, I noticed one little girl called Amy on When Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 1947, he changed baseball forever. As the first African American to play in th Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context.Because neither she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see When 7-year-old Warren Buffett said,“I will be the richest man one day,” his friends made fun of his “daydreaming”. But ever since then the little boy has set a 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Dear Mr. Takashhi, I am writing to apologize for any misunderstandings t Dear Florence,We arrived in India last week, and the voyage was the worst experience of my entire life. I’m lucky to be alive!The first part of the journey was Abby Subark is a mother of two from Boston. “For my kids, I’m nervous. I don’t know if they’ll be able to achieve their American dream.” She may be right.完形填空（共10小题；每小题２分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21－30各题所给的ABC和D项中，选出最佳选项．The finest and most sought-after violins were hand Jeremy Wirick, 9, has been back in school for less than two months, but he has already had several asthma(哮喘)attacks. A recent attack happened on October 2, a How I Turned to Be OptimisticI began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might so 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。（1） Hello. It’s one of the first words we learn as babies, I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.My friends told us that taking the “hard 36”to Beijing would be really My grandfather came from Hungary and was the only one in his family who settled down in the United States. The rest of his family remained in Europe. When Worl Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate．He is always in a good 36 and always has something 37to say． If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there t When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from China．When India had not opened up its markets to the world, I Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits t Hey there,So you’re about to spend four years of your life and tens of thousands of dollars of your patent’s money, and all you really know about college is th July 21st, 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was ami Honesty comes in many forms. First there’s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try Cities alarmed by deaths and injuries of pedestrians are taking efforts to make crosswalks safer for people on foot, especially seniors and children who need mor All too often , a choice that seems sustainable（可持续的）turns out on closer examination to be problematic. Probably the best example is the rush to produce eth 阅读下面短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题.Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）. They will, in a 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）首先请阅读下列深圳书城的畅销书的封面及基本信息：A．ForewordThe Antidepressant Survival Guide: Beat the Side Effects of Your M I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times,What is Math Anxiety?Math anxiety or fear of math is actually quite common. Math anxiety is quite 1to stage-fright. Why does someone suffer 2? Fear of someth Eddie McKay, a once-forgotten pilot, is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in Canada.It all started when Graham Broad, a professor at th It was the first snow of winter — an exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. Up until now, I had been old enough to dress myself, but today woul Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard. “I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast. “And yo Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is on e extra heading which you do not need.小题1:You’re proba ●A 78-year-old grandmother whose education was cut short by the second world war celebrated an A-level with her 50-year-old daughter. Betty Allen and daughter C The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3—old—daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became angry when the chi The story goes that some time ago, a man had a very lovely little daughter. One day the man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from china,When India had not opened up its markers to the world, I It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more. But in order to work up the desire to rewrite, it is important to learn to like wha Every year, on the International Volunteers Day, the world thinks highly of the work of millions of people who give their time to help others. The work they are Peter and Paul had a permission from their parents to camp in a field close to their farm. But, being adventurous boys, they know it would be more 36to camp in

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请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。K="Karen" S=SelinaK: You’re late aga Four people in England back in 1953, stared at Photo 51,It wasn’t much—a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。We arrive 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Roberta appeared on the stage.She t 完型填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。In th 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。Lang Lang is 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A young girl, Hattie, stood outside a small church.Our listener question this week comes from Abdullahi Farah, who wants to know about the life and work of Doctor Benjamin Carson.Doctor Carson is an internationa 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。W: How can I help you, Mr Martin?M: Well, I started having a bad headache wee Louis Armstrong had two famous nicknames(绰号).Some people called him Bagamo.They said his mouth looked like a large bag.Musicians often called him Pops,as a 根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。Li Hua,who is planning to travel with his 对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I grew up 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。When I was young,my parents ran 对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。Travel Cathy,Jason,Kate,Wayne和Frank各自打算订一份杂志。第61至65题是他们的个人情况介绍。阅读下面六种杂志的简介(A、B、C、D、E和F)，选出符合各人需要的最佳选项，并在答题纸根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项多余选项.小题1:——Can you help me?——Sure, what’s the problem?——____81___.小题2:——Well, Over three years ago, the French director Jean—Pierre Jeunet and actress Audery Tautou won people's hearts with their popular comedy "Amelie". The fairytale-We have completed our first month of preschool .Matthew seems to 36it ,He is catching on to the routine (常规)quite nicely .I didn’t leave him there 37 much t A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,0 对话填空 (满分10分)K="Kathy" M=MumM: Kathy, have you decided what you’re going to do in the vacation?K: I need to (76) e______ some money. I’d try to find Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(温度根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? ___71___. Do 当今社会“感恩”话题盛行，总有一些有关感恩的人和事会让我们思考良久。这篇阅读表达题会给我们一些很好的启示，让我们有深深的感悟。Our little boy came up to his mother 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项对话填空（满分10分）请认真阅读下列对话，并根据各题所给的首字母的提示，在答题卡右栏中标有题目的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。--- Math depa 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities il A long road leads through the woods to Don Robinson’s unfinished house. Wearing dirty sneakers and a shirt with holes, Don Robinson is an 81-year-old Missouri 对话填空（满分10分）请认真阅读下列对话，并根据各题所给的首字母的提示，在答题卡右栏中标有题目的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。--- Excuse me Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best f Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.He always rose early to enjoy at least two hours of staying alo Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answer Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage. Write ONE WORD for each answer.A technical secondary Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing __1__ was something she picked up by herself. After her first__2__, teaching disabled child It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n) ___1___ injury. I had ___2___ whether or not I should attend the meet. But there A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s __1__, she said she would go. This __2__ be the firs One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to 36 a great climbing pla One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed 36 . The people who laughed as they walked past The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to 36 the sweat off my forehead and l I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it ?” I wondered . I 36 it over . There , in faded ink , Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 36 : giving-away m A few years ago, I was with a close woman friend in a grocery store in California．As we walked along the aisle (过道), we saw a mother with a small boy moving in On a hot day,I decide to mow our extremely hilly lawn. It was likely to 21 a jungle（丛林）with weeds growing wildly. I need to mow it at once.After several fal 旅行难道只能让人们享受美景放松心情吗？不，它还可以很有效果的降低犯罪率，这一点你相信吗？来看这篇文章吧Americans think that travel is good for you, some even think London has more than nine million visitors every year.They come and visit some of the most famous places in England:Big Ben,the Tower of London and the River T All people, ____they are old or young,black or white,all hold the same dream to have a peaceful world.A．whetherB．howeverC．no matterD．even thoughOur teacher,Miss Chua,is nearing retirement.However, she still commands our great 1 for being an excellent teacher.  She has short hair that is gradually 2 wh I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad,Benjamin,injured his back when working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist.He 1 space i He wishes the holiday season would end already. His back aches, his red suit feels like a spacesuit, his cheeks have gone tight from smiling for 12 hours — and My parents were in a huge argument, and 1 was really upset about it. I didn't know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me With the rapid increase of economic rate in western countries,more and more married young couples tend to have no child or only one.At the meantime,many develop Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t1 dri Last Sunday, in my return from a weekend in the country, I took a taxi from Waterloo Station to my home in North London. We hadn’t gone very far 1 we had to st It was a warm April day when a big fat envelope came in the mail from the only college I had ever imagined attending. I tore open the packet. 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As I was leaving, a nurse brought me one Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I w Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired（退休），but she needed to keep 1.S Martha had been working for Miller Laboratories for two years,but she was not happy there.Nothing significant had happened in the way of promotions or salary in Native TongueAt first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English.Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said.Kate was in charge of s What am I doing with my daughter at home? Rather than read aloud from books, we go to dinner and have a very good time. This is usually when her Mom isn't aro I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them. And carried t The easy way out isn't always easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I glanced through my co Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials (商业广告) for the hamburger At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop．I thought the job would be easy and stress-free．I pictured myself pourin Thanksgiving time came and all the relatives were gathered around the long table, or seated behind TV trays．The television was on and some folks were watching i Who Is Kimberly Kirberger? Kimberly Kirberger is the president and founder of Inspiration and Motivation for Teens, Inc．(I．A．M．for Teens, Inc．) a corporation fo Do you know of Guo Degang? In recent months he has become well known in China as a crosstalker．He has never performed on TV before, but attending his crosstalk I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 21 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 22 but a failure.”After five years of 23 jobs,When I was a child ,I spent most of the time near the sea watching the ships, large and small, go in and out of the harbor. At the age of eighteen I 1 home to t Stop wasting your time on the wrong mountainI have two friends who are backpackers. There is a portion of New York’s Adirondack Mountains called the High Peaks I was a single parent with my son. Two jobs allowed me an apartment, food, and child care payment. Little money was left over for clothes, 1 I kept us nicely d A funny story circulated recently about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle clearly told of a time when he climbed On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clake locked the door and went to the women’s club as usual. It was a pleasant way of ___1___ time for an old woman who lived ___2___A 61-year-old woman was saved on Saturday evening by Russian rescuers after being buried for up to 127 hours in rubble in the quake-ravaged southwest China's Si The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did 15 years ago, which reminded me of my girlhood.It was my second day o When I was in high school, I had a recurring(反复的) dream of my teeth falling out. I dreamt about my teeth just about every night for at least three weeks. So Mary Buendia once spent a day in an airplane, looking for a cat．She didn't find it that day．The plane flew around all over the world for three weeks with the ca My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau(衣橱) and picked out a wonderful skirt. 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A few weeks ago I got a computer, but I an For many of us, printed books are satisfying in ways beyond the words they contain. Billions of printed books have been published, read and saved in the 600 yea In the very early 1800’s, a young boy about 14 years old named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) in Old England along with several other children. Orphan mea Georgia was waking up to a new president Monday but it was also getting as its first lady a greeneyed linguist from Holland who has already managed to cast a sp Human Relations ----- By Marion Williams A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and you can imagine how excited th During the years of depression(萧条), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade things with each other. One day I was 36 some potatoes from A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant , and ancient for a sportsman, Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all things clean and tidy.You could turn your back for a mo