Dear Alcohol,
You’ve been around forever. I can remember all the pain you’ve caused for me.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father’s life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He’s addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn’t the only one hurt by you that night.
Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. “I’m so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (呕吐). “I’m sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. “This won’t happen again,” they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn’t realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it’s all your fault.
I wish you’d walk out of my life forever. I don’t want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you’ve caused. Sure, you’ve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you’ve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring（诱惑）in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
1.What is author’s purpose in writing to alcohol?
A. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers
B. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.
C. To show how much alcohol can hurt people.
D. To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people’s life.
2.What did alcohol do to the author’s father?
A. It made him crash into two other cars and took his life.
B. It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.
C. It made him kill two other people when driving.
D. It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.
3.What is the tone of the article?
A. Critical. B. Doubtful.
C. Unconcerned. D. Humorous.
4.What is the main writing technique of the passage?
A. Making something less noticeable than usual.
B. Representing something in the form of a person.
C. Describing something by listing its harmfulness.
D. Comparing one thing with another to make his point clear.
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阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
From my second year of primary school on, there was one event I dreaded(害怕) every year: the piano recital(独奏会). A recital meant I had to practice a ______ piece of music and perform in front of strangers who knew the ______ much better than I. Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And he ______ say something about building self-confidence and working toward a goal.
So it was with great satisfaction that I stood in church one recent Sunday, and watched my father ______ in his shirt and tie before rising to play the piano in his very first recital. My father had ______to play music when he was small. But his mother couldn’t afford lessons. A ______ couple helped him, but he soon ______ after being teased by other boys. Three years ago, when he retired he asked his church music director, Charles Staples, to take him as a/an ______. One recent Sunday just before the recital, he told me my dad was playing “the best I’ve ever seen him. I keep waiting for him to reach his ______, but he hasn’t yet.”
For a moment ______ my father sat down at the keyboard to play, he simply stared ______ at his fingers, and I wondered whether he would even begin. He’s forgotten the notes, I worried, remembering those moments decades ago when my mind would go ______ and my fingers would ______. But then Aram Khachaturian’s melody came, and I realized he has been doing what music teachers always tell their new students to do: focus on the music and ______ the rest of us aren’t there.
My dad______ it through Melody and then through another one. What he lacked in skill, he more than ______ in feeling. He rose, turned to his audience and bowed, making us laugh ______ relief and affection (爱).
Also in the audience was my 11-year-old son Jeff.
“So what did you think about your granddad?” I asked Jeff later.
“He was great,” Jeff replied.
“I’m proud of him for starting something new at his age,” I said.
“Yeah, and doing it so well,” Jeff added.
My father may not have reached his peak ______, but as far as his grandson is concerned, he’s at the top of the mountain.
1.A. sweet B. bright C. boring D. sad
2.A. profession B. notes C. recital D. event
3.A. would B. should C. could D. might
4.A. wearing B. sweating C. gathering D. switching
5.A. longed B. learned C. managed D. started
6.A. senior B. rough C. gifted D. kindly
7.A. started B. stopped C. enjoyed D. progressed
8.A. student B. teacher C. player D. assistant
9.A. goal B. aim C. peak D. standard
10.A. after B. while C. since D. as
11.A. away B. down C. out D. through
12.A. mad B. wild C. blank D. cool
13.A. move B. apply C. slide D. freeze
14.A. ignore B. pretend C. guess D. announce
15.A. made B. got C. reached D. played
16.A. put hands on B. made up for C. take the place D. came to life
17.A. with B. at C. from D. by
18.A. purposely B. thoroughly C. musically D. originally
----How does the story The Emperor's New Clothes ________?
----Once upon a time, there was a silly Emperor who loved clothing more than anything else…
A. clarify B. spread C. go D. advance
The watchdog will allow residents to smoke meat in an enclosed environment without polluting the air. __________ at in this way, the future situation doesn’t seem so disappointing.
A. Looking B. Looked C. Having looked D. To look
----What did he do last week as a press man?
---- He __________ the Ethiopian famine for CCTV news.
A. assisted B. approved C. assessed D. covered
My colleague is tearing up what he has written _______ and beginning over again.
A. constantly B. amazingly
C. efficiently D. skeptically
