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            • 1. Two things changed my life:my mother and a white plastic bike basket.I have thought long and hard about it and it’s true.I would be a different person if my mom hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessory into a life lesson I carry with me today.
              My mother and father were united in their way of raising children,but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out.Looking back,I honestly don’t know how she did it.Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task.,but she made it look effortless.If we complained about not having what another kid did,we’d hear something like,“I don’t care what so-and-so got for his birthday,you are not getting a TV in your room a car for your birthday a lsvish sweet 16party.”We had to earn our allowance(零用钱) by doing chores around the house.I can stil l remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table.My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house.Like the two little girls growing up at the White House,we made our own beds (no one left the house unitil that was done)and picked up after ourselves.We had to keep track of our belongings,and if something was lost,it was not replaced.
              It was summer and,one day,my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed---and there it was in the window,White,shiny,plastic and decorated with flowers,the basket winked at me and I knew----I knew---I had to have it.
              “It’s beautiful,”my mother said when I pointed it out to her,”What a neat basket.”
              I tried to hold off at first,I played it cool for a short while.But then Iguess I couldn’t atand it any longer:“Mon,please can I please,please get it?I‘ll do extra chores for as long as you say,I’ll do anything,but I need that basket,I love that basket.Please,Mom.Please?”
              I was desperate.
              “You know,”she said,gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believes was the coolest thing ever,”If you save up you could buy this yourself.”
              “By the time I make enough it’ll bu gone!”
              “Maybe Roger here could hold it for you,”she smiled at Roger,the bike guy.
              “He can’t hold it for that long,Mom.Someone else will buy it.Please,Mom,Please?”
              “There might be another way,”she said.
              And so our paying plan unfolded.My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place I could’t find.Each week I eagerly counted my growing saving increased by extra work here and there (washing the car,helping my mother make dinner,delivering or collevting things on my bike that already looked  naked without the basket in front).And then,weeks later,I counted,re-counted and jumped for joy.Oh,happy day!I made it!I finally had the exact amount we’d agreed upon….
              Days later the unthinkable happened.A neighborhood girl I’d played with millions of times appeared with the exact same basket fixted to her shiny,new bike that already had all the bells and whistles.I rode hard and fast home to tell my mother about this disaster.This horrible turn of events.
              And then came the lesson.I’ve taken with me through my life:”Honey,Your basket is extra-special,”Mom said,gently wiping away my hot tears.”Your basket is special because you paid for it yourself.”

              55.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?    
              A.The children enjoyed doing housework.
              B.The author came from s well-off family
              C.The mother raised her children in an unusual way
              D.The children were fond of the US president’s daughters.
              56.When the author saw the basket in the window,she    
              A.fell in love with it                    
              B.stared at her mother
              C.recognized it at once                  
              D.went up to the bike guy
              57.Why did the author say many“please”to her mother?    
              A.She longed to do extra work.
              B.She was eager to have the basket.
              C.She felt tired after standing too long.
              D.She wanted to be polite to her mother.
              58.By using“naked”(Paragraph 12),the author seems to stress that the basket was    
              A..something she could afford                       
              B.something important to her
              C.something impossible to get          
              D.something she could do without
              59.To the author,it seemed to be a horrible turn of events that    
              A.something spoiled her paying plan
              B.the basket cost more than she had saved
              C.a neighborhood girl had bought a new bike
              D.someone else had got a basket of the same kind
              60.What is the life lesson the author learned from her mother?    
              A.Save money for a rainy day               
              B.Good advice is beyond all price.
              C.Earn your bread with your sweat        
              D.God helps those who help themselves.
            • 2. My business has to come before sleep
              The moment I fall into bed at around 10.30pm,I’m dead to the world…until-ping!-it’s 3a.m.and I’m wide awake.
              I instantly check my phone and spend the next 40minutes in bed (25)     (answer) emails on my computer.By 4 a.m.,my brain is in overdrive and there is only one thing for it:to get up and start working.
              I know most people are foggy at this time,but I find the early morning to be (26)     period of great creativity.I get more done in those few hours than the rest of the day,(27)     I’m constantly interrupted.
              People ask (28)     I find time to run a business,prepare presentations,write books,network with clients and raise a family.Well,this is the answer:by having only four-and-a-half hours of sleep.
              Yes,I probably (29)     just about do everything if I got up at 6.30a.m.,but it would mean working in the evening when I need to spend time with my family.I have lots of friends with the same problem.We have what we jokingly call“Insomniacs(失眠症患者) Group”on Facebook,where we chat with each other in the middle of the night.It has become a real way (30)     friendship,and I’d miss it if we didn’t have that time to chat.
              While I’m often perfectly happy starting my day at 3a.m.,sometimes,(31)     I’m tired,I feel annoyed with myself.Why can’t I just switch off?But then I don’t want to either.There are so many things I have to do,and a 3a.m.start is the only way (32)     (achieve) everything.
            • 3. A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet.He held up a sign(61)    (read),“I am blind,please help.”(62)      were only a few coins in the box.The boy felt sad.A man was walking by.He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box.Then he took the sign,turned it around and wrote some words.He placed the sign (63)      it had been so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.Soon the box was full(64)      coins.A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
              That afternoon,the man,by(65)      the sign had been changed,came to see how things were.The boy (66)    (recognize) his footsteps and asked,“Are you the one who changed my sign this morning?What did you write?”The man said,“I (67)    (simple)wrote the truth.I said what you mid but in a(68)    (difference)way.”(69)      he had written was,“Today is (70)      beautiful day but I can not see it.”
            • 4. I drove to a local supermarket the other day.My shopping list was (41)     and my wallet was light.Still,I needed to get a week’s worth of groceries for my family.I parked my car,looked down at my list,and hoped I could (42)     it all.
              As I (43)     the door,I saw a man with kind eyes and a gentle (44)    .He said he was collecting for a local food bank that helped to (45)     the hungry in my area.He handed me a second shopping list of things they could use and asked me to(46)     if I could I smiled back,took the (47)     and walked into the store.I really wanted to help,but wasn’t sure if I could this time.
              I walked through the store,picking up vegetables,soup,spaghetti,bread,milk,cereal,macaroni,bananas,and a dozen other things.I slowly (48)     each item off my list until I was done.When I looked down at my full cart I (49)     again if I even had enough to pay for it all.Then,as I put my own list back into my pocket,I saw the food (50)     list under it.I smiled and decided to trust my heart.
              With the food bank in mind,I went over and (51)     two of the biggest boxes of rice the store had and put them in my cart.It took(52)     six dollars out of my wallet to pay for them,(53)    my heart felt six times larger when I did.And when everything was (54)    ,I had just enough to pay for it all.
              It (55)     so little to make our world a better place.A few dollars can help to fill a child’s (56)     belly(肚子).A smile and hug can help to (57)     a hurting heart.An encouraging word can inspire someone else to live and to love.A random (58)     of kindness can change another’s day and life.It is up to us,    (59)    .If we can (60)     a few dollars on rice,then we can share a love that will last forever.

              41.A.short        B.long           C.frequent        D.heavy
              42.A.offer        B.exchange      C.afford         D.accept
              43.A.approached    B.painted        C.cleaned         D.left
              44.A.attitude      B.manner         C.smile           D.anger
              45.A.share        B.train          C.protect         D.feed
              46.A.help         B.write          C.advertise       D.search
              47.A.name         B.project         C.list            D.budget
              48.A.signed       B.marked          C.rid            D.separated
              49.A.wandered     B.wondered       C.fancied         D.amazed
              50.A.store        B.cart            C.nutrition       D.bank
              51.A.picked out  B.lifted up       C.picked up      D.folded up
              52.A.other        B.others         C.more           D.another
              53.A.so           B.but             C.and            D.since
              54.A.ordered      B.totaled       C.replaced        D.packed
              55.A.takes        B.spends         C.pays            D.wastes
              56.A.hungry       B.adequate       C.anxious        D.full
              57.A.cure         B.treat          C.heal            D.recover
              58.A.ability      B.allowance      C.appreciation    D.act
              59.A.although     B.though         C.yet            D.still
              60.A.save         B.rescue         C.accumulate     D.reserve.
            • 5. Like many new graduates,I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do.My degree,with honors,in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical.I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow,but I had no idea how to do that.That’s when I learned about the  Lighthouse Project.
              I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers.I knew it would be a lot of hard work,and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time.In short,I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly.Neither did my family.
              Eventually,however,I won the support of my family,and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application.After countless interviews and presentations,I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone.Several months later,I finally received a call asking me to report for the duty.I would be going to a small village near Abuja,Nigeria.Where?What?Nigeria?I had no idea.But I was about to find out.
              After completing my training,I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation.Though the local villagers were poor,they offered their homes,hearts,and food as if I were their own family.I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse.For the next year or so,I taught in that same schoolhouse.But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
              Sometime during that period,I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did,though I did not get anywhere with the local language,and returned to the United States a different man.The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.

              36.What do we know about the author    
              A.His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge.
              B.His dream at university was to become a volunteer.
              C.He took pride in having contributed to the world.
              D.He felt honored to study English literature.
              37.According to the Project Lighthouse,it is likely that the author    
              A.Discussed his decision with his family.
              B.Asked previous volunteers about voluntary work
              C.Attended special training to perform difficult tasks
              D.Felt sad about having to leave his family and friends
              38.In his application for the volunteer job,the author    
              A.Participated in many discussions
              B.Went through challenging survival tests
              C.Wrote quite a few paper on voluntary work
              D.Faced strong competition from other candidates
              39.On arrival at the village,the author was    
              A.Asked to lead a farming team
              B.Sent to teach in schoolhouse
              C.Received warmly by local villagers
              D.Arranged to live in a separate house.
              40.What can we infer from the author’s experiences in Nigeria    
              A.He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture
              B.He had learned to communicate in the local language.
              C.He had overcome all his weakness before he left for home.
              D.He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.
            • 6. One of ray wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift.Unlike other gifts,it came without wrap(包装).
              On September 11th,1958,Mum gave birth to Richard.After she brought him home from hospital,she put him in my lap,saying,“I promised you a gift,and here it is.“What an honor!I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own.I played with it day and night.I sang to it.I told it stories.I told it over and over how much I loved it!
              One morning,however,I found its bed empty.My doll was gone!I cried for it.Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital.It had a fever.For several days,I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as“hopeless“,“pitiful“,and“dying“,which sounded ominous
              Christmas was coming.“Don't expect any presents this year,“Dad said,pointing at the socks I hung in the living room.“If your baby brother lives,that'll be Christmas enough.“As he spoke,his eyes filled with tears.I'd never seen him cry before.
              The phone rang early on Christmas morning.Dad jumped out of bed to answer it.From my bedroom I heard him say,“What?He’s all right?“He hung up and shouted upstairs.“The hospital said we can bring Richard home!“
              “Thank God!“I heard Mum cry.
              From the upstairs window,I watched my parents rush out to the car.I had never seen them so happy.And I was also full of joy.What a wonderful day!My baby doll would be home.I ran downstairs.My socks still hung there flat.But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
              56.What happened to the author on September 11th 1958?    
              A.He got a baby brother
              B.He got a Christmas gift
              C.He became four years old
              D.He received a doll
              57.What does the underlined word“ominous”in Paragraph 3probably mean?    
              A.Impossible.B.BoringC.DifficultD.Fearful
              58.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?    
              A.Excitement.B.Happiness.C.Sadness.D.Disappointment.
              59.What is the passage mainly about?    
              A.A sad Christmas day    B.Life with a lovely baby
              C.A special Christmas gift.D.Memories of a happy family.
            • 7. Peanuts to This
              Proudly reading my words,I glanced around the room,only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.Confused,I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher.Having no choice,I slowly raised the report I had slaved over,hoping to hide myself.“What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
              Quickly,I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task.This was the first real talk I received in my new school.It seemed simple:go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington.Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country,I had never heard of that name before.As I searched the name of this fellow,it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different!One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts,while the other led some sort of army across America.I stared at the screen,wondering which one my teacher meant.I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; flip (掷) a coin.Heads-the commander,and tails-the peanuts guy.Ah!Tails,my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter,George Washington Carver.
              Weeks later,standing before this unfriendly mass,I was totally lost.Oh well,I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong.As a classmate began his report,it all became clear,“My report is on George Washington,the man who started the American Revolution.”The whole world became quite!How could I know that she meant that George Washington?
              Obviously,my grade was awful.Heartbroken but fearless,I decided to turn this around.I talked to Miss Lancelot,but she insisted:No re-dos; no new grade.I felt that the punishment was not justified,and I believed I deserved a second chance.Consequently,I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.Ten months later,that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather,now having an entirely different conversation.I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the sixth grade.Justice is sweet!

              60.What did the author’s classmates think about his report?    
              A.Controversial.    B.Ridiculous.
              C.Boring.           D.Puzzling.
              61.Why was the author confused about the task?    
              A.He was unfamiliar with American history.
              B.He followed the advice and flipped a coin.
              C.He forgot his teacher’s instruction.
              D.He was new at the school.
              62.The underlined word“burning”in Para.3 probably means    
              A.annoyed                           B.ashamed
              C.ready                             D.eager
              63.In the end,the author turned things around    
              A.by redoing his task
              B.through his own efforts
              C.with the help of his grandfather
              D.under the guidance of his headmaster.
            • 8. In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand(木架)with a small notepad(记事本)and a hole for a pencil.
                I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother.Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil,five houses later,the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did.Surely it can’t be the same pencil?The pad is more modern,but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
              “I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.”I say to her,walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil.“You still use a pencil.Can’t you afford a pen?”
                My mother replies a little sharply.“It works perfectly well.I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen.I never knew when I might want to note down an idea,and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”
                 Immediately I can picture her,hair wild,blue housecoat covered in flour,a wooden spoon in one hand,the pencil in the other,her mouth moving silently.My mother smiles and says,“One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline,and I had a brilliant thought,but the stand was empty.One of the children must have taken the paper.So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back.It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
                  This story-which happened before I was born-reminds me how extraordinary my mother was,and is,as a gifted mathematician.I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work.Later,when my mother is in the bathroom,I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards.Sure enough,on the back of the smallest one,are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics.Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years,rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard,invisible(看不到的)exhibits at every meal.

              46.Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?    
              A.To leave messages.
              B.To list her everyday tasks.
              C.To note down maths problems.
              D.To write down a flash of inspiration.
              47.What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?    
              A.It has great value for the family.
              B.It needs to be replaced by a better one.
              C.It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
              D.It should be passed on to the next generation.
              48.The author feels embarrassed for    
              A.blaming her mother wrongly.
              B.giving her mother a lot of trouble.
              C.not making good use of time as her mother did.
              D.not making any breakthrough in her field.
              49.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?    
              A.The mother is successful in her career.
              B.The family members like traveling.
              C.The author had little time to play when young.
              D.The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
              50.In the author’s mind,her mother is    
              A.strange in behavior.
              B.keen on her research.
              C.fond of collecting old things.
              D.careless about her appearance.
            • 9. When something goes wrong,it can be very satisfying to say,“Well,it’s so-and-so’s fault.“or“I know I’m late,but it’s not my fault; the car broke down.“It is probably not your fault,but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation,you are a loser.You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation.However,you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation.This is the winner’s key to success.
              Winners are great at overcoming problems.For example,if you were late because your car broke down,maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly.Or,you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers,so you could call for help when in need.For another example,if your colleague causes you problems on the job for l ack of responsibility or ability,find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person.Ask to work with a different person,or don’t rely on this person.You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.
                   This is what being a winner is all ab out-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens.Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situation to face as anybody else.They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents.So,stop focusing on“whose fault it is.“Once you are confident about your power over bad situations,problems are just stepping stones for success.
              46.According to the passage,winners    
              A.deal with problems rather than blame others
              B.meet with fewer difficulties in their byes
              C.have responsible and able colleagues
              D.blame themselves rather than others
              47.The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to    
              A.avoid   B.accept   C.improve   D.Consider
              48.When your colleague brings about a problem,you should    
              A.find a better way to handle the problem
              B.blame him for his lack of responsibility
              C.tell him to find the cause of the problem
              D.ask a more able colleague for help
              49.When problems occur,winners take them as    
              A.excuses for their failures
              B.barriers to greater power
              C.challenges to their colleagues
              D.chances for self-development
              50.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?    
              A.A Winner’s Secret.
              B.A Winner’s Problem.
              C.A Winner’s Opportunity.
              D.A Winner’s Achievement.
            • 10. Goldie's Secret
                  She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall.No way could I have sent her away.No way,not me anyway.Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before.“We're moving house.';“No space for her any more with the baby coming.““We never really wanted her,but what could we have done?She was a present.“People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal.And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.
                  I called her Goldie.If I had known what was going to happen I would have given
              her a more creative name.She was so unsettled during those first few days.She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her.There was nothing I could do to make her happy,it seemed.Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's.But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down.Always by my side,whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.
                 That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk.We were a long way from home,when she started barking and getting very restless.Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
                By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie.But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them.“We didn't know what had happened to her,“said the woman at the door.“I took her for a walk one day,soon after the puppies were born,and she just disappeared.““She must have tried to come back to them and got lost,“added a boy from behind her.'
                 I must admit I do miss Goldie,but I've got Nugget now,and she looks just like her mother.And I've learnt a good lesson:not to judge people.

              56.How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?    
              A.Shocked.
              B.Sympathetic.
              C.Annoyed.
              D.Upset.
              57.In her first few days at the author's house,Goldie.    
              A.I felt worried                         
              B.was angry
              C.ate a little                           
              D.sat by the fire
              58.Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she    
              A.saw her puppies                     
              B.heard familiar barkings
              C.wanted to leave the author             
              D.found her way to her old home
              59.The passage is organized in order of    
              A.time            
              B.effectiveness   
              C.importance    
              D.complexity                  
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