Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I spent teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not interrupt me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to breathe. When you see my knowing little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you how to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life… When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not. When my tired legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand, the same way I did when you made your first step. And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live anymore—that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you starting living. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
1.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A. To show that he needs his son’s understanding.
B. To show he has educated his son well.
C. To teach his son how to be a good father.
D. To tell his son why he couldn’t behave well.
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. My life is so hard that I cannot live longer.
B. I cannot live so long for my old age.
C. If you treat me better, I can live longer.
D. I cannot live so long although I am in good health.
3. What does the father mainly want to say to his son in short?
A. “ Help me to understand my life.”
B. “ Teach you how to live and survive.”
C. “ Share you how I taught you.”
D. “ Help to end my way with your love and patience.”
以“The Way to Keep Healthy”为题
内容如下：1.有益：新鲜水果和蔬菜，有规律的锻炼，每天睡眠应约八小时；2. 有害：过量的糖果和咖啡，香烟，工作过度劳累
1.He is heavily ____ _____.他负债累累。
2.When she was in trouble, I did _____ I could _____ help her.
她陷入困境时，我尽一切帮助她
3.I’m _____ _____ ____ cleaning at home. 在家我负责清扫工作。
4.Please move that curtain as it _____ ______ ______ the light.
请移动一下窗帘，它挡住光线了
5.In spite of these insults, she _____ _____ to get angry.
尽管受到这些侮辱，她还是忍住了没发火。
1.The bus crashed. Luckily, only a few passengers aboard were ______(轻微) injured.
2.What _______(使印象深刻) me most is that he is a kind and thoughtful young man.
3. Even if the job is not perfect, the interview helps you _____(聚集) experience.
4.What is a ______(平衡) diet?
5.I have _______(查阅) a number of law books in our library.
6.If we solve the problem in this way, it may do more h_____ than good.
7.The oceans and seas s_______ the island are more or less polluted.
8.They produced young generally by l____ eggs.
9.We went there to do so in hope of s______ our fortune.
10.Soon he began to find f___ with me, but I didn’t do anything wrong.
When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others adopt older children, some couples adopt children from their own countries, and others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason --- they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children, or adoptees, have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed. The information is secret so no one can see it. Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adopted parents want them, love them and will care for them.
1.According to the passage, some couples adopt children because_________
A. They care a lot about children.
B. They need looking after in their old age.
C. They want to enrich their life experience.
D. They want children to keep them company.
2.Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents?
A. They are usually adopted from distant places.
B. Their birth parents often try to conceal（隐藏）their birth information.
C. Their birth information is usually kept secret.
D. Their adoptive parents don’t want them to know their birth parents.
3.Adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for their birth parents, because____
A. They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
B. They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
C. They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.
D. They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
74.4.What does the underlined word “infants” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?
A. teenagers B. babies over 2-year old
C. new babies D. persons under the age of 18
5.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship.
B. Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.
C. Understanding is the key to successful adoption.
D. Adoption has much to do with love.
If cars had wings，they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2011.The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2012.
“It’s the next ‘wow’ vehicle，”said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh.“ Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don’t fly.”
The car plane has wings that unfold for flying—a process the company says takes one minute—and fold(折叠) back up for driving. A runway is still required to take off and land.
The Transition is being marketed more as a plane that drives than a car that flies, although it is both. The company has been working with FAA to meet aircraft regulations, and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to meet vehicle safety regulations.
The company is aiming to sell the Transition to private pilots as a more convenient and cheaper way to fly. They say it saves you the trouble from trying to find another mode of transportation to get to and from airports: You drive the car to the airport and then you’re good to go. When you land, you fold up the wings and hit the road. There are no expensive parking fees because you don’t have to store it at an airport—you park it in the garage at home.
The car-plane is designed to fly primarily under 10,000 feet. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, including fuel and passengers. Terrafugia says the Transition reduces the potential for an accident by allowing pilots to drive under bad weather instead of flying into marginal(临界)conditions.
The Transition’s price tag: $194,000, But there may be additional charges for options like a radio, transponder or GPS. Another option is a full-plane parachute. “If you get into a very awful situation, it is the necessary safety option,” Gersh said.
So far, the company has more than 70 orders with deposits. “We’re working very closely with them, but there are still some remaining steps,” Brown said.
1.We can learn from the first paragraph that .
A. car- planes will be popular in 2012
B. people might drive a car-plane in 2012
C. both Transition and Ferrari can take off and land
D. Richard Gersh is the vice president of Massachusetts
2.lt takes the car-plane one minute to .
A. fold and unfold its wings
B. unfold wings for flying
C. land in the airport
D. meet flying safety regulations
3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.The car-plane needs a runway to take off and land.
B.To meet aircraft regulations, the company has been working with FAA.
C.The car-plane may fly as high as normal planes.
D.People can park the car-plane in the garage at their home.
4.The underlined word“it”in the last but one paragraph refers to .
A.the radio B.the transponder
C.the GPS D.the full-plane parachute
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. A more Convenient and Cheaper Way to Fly.
B.Which to Choose: A Ferraris or a Car Plane?
C. Cars With Wings May Be Just Around The Corner.
D.Cars With Wings Can Fly as Fast as Planes.
