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。
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 ________ teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I ________ the same things thousand and one times, do not ________ me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story ________ you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a ________, neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I ________, in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my ________ little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you ________ to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life.
When at some moment I lose the memory or the ________ 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 ________ to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well ________ I need to and when not. When my ________ legs do not allow me to walk, give me your ________, the same way I did when you gave your first ________. And when someday I say to you that I do not want to ________ any more—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, ________ my mistakes, I always wanted the ________ thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, or angry for seeing me ________ you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you ________ living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and ________. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son.
Your father
1.A. paidB. spentC. costD. took
2.A. praiseB. thinkC. repeatD. criticize
3.A. interruptB. disturbC. lookD. avoid
4.A. whenB. afterC. sinceD. until
5.A. restB. wordC. showerD. sleep
6.A. discoveredB. inventedC. noticedD. assumed
7.A. knowingB. fearingC. enjoyingD. consulting
8.A. whatB. whenC. howD. why
9.A. newsB. attitudeC. materialD. thread
10.A. talkingB. listeningC. respondingD. appealing
11.A. whereB. howC. thatD. when
12.A. tiredB. tiringC. tiresomeD. tied
13.A. legB. earC. handD. mind
14.A. stepB. paceC. laughD. cry
15.A. talkB. liveC. writeD. sleep
16.A. thoughB. sinceC. whileD. despite
17.A. lastB. firstC. bestD. most
18.A. nearB. behindC. belowD. against
19.A. madeB. startedC. earnedD. found
20.A. mercyB. careC. excuseD. patience
As a child grows out of being an infant and begins to notice and react to the world around him, you may find yourself wondering how you possibly impart all of the things that he needs to become a responsible, respectful adult. 1. A child who learns to respect all he meets not only receives respect from others, but also learns to respect himself as well.
Show your child respect. This is perhaps the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your child by giving him your full attention and he will learn to listen to you, understanding how important this is in communication.
2. The more you say “please” and “thank you” to your child, the more likely he will learn to use them with you and others. Politeness then becomes a normal part of any conversation.
Agree to disagree. 3. Explain your decision so that he will understand your reasoning and expect respectful responses. Disagreeing with you doesn't equate to disobedience.
Control your impulse to overact. When a situation arises between you and your child that requires calmness, keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behavior. 4.
Praise, praise, praise! So much is focused on what a child does wrong and how to correct it that the accomplishments are not celebrated enough. 5.
A. Teach manners by using polite requests and responses.
B. Try to remember that a child won't always agree with you.
C. Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful life.
D. If he sees you lose temper, he is more likely to respond that way in future.
E. A child may act like he pleases, but will respect being given limits.
F. When you see your child exhibit respectful behavior, make sure he knows just how proud you are of him.
G. Setting a good example is the best way to start a child on the path to respect.
Soaping up your hands may do more than just get rid of germs. It may wash away the inner confusion you feel right after being forced to make a choice between two appealing choices, according to a new study. The study builds on the past research into a phenomenon known as “the Macbeth effect” (麦克白效应）.
It turns out that Shakespeare was really onto something when he imagined Lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her hands.
A few years ago, scientists asked people to describe a past wrong act. If people were then given a chance to clean their hands, they later expressed less guilt than people who hadn't cleaned.
This finding interested W. S. Lee, a researcher. “Anything from the past, any kind of negative emotional experiences, might be washed away,” says Lee.
He decided to test hand washing's effect on one kind of bad feeling：the tension we feel after being forced to choose between two attractive choices, because picking one choice makes us feel that we've lost the other. People usually try to calm this inner conflict by later exaggerating (夸大）the positive aspects of their choice.
He had students rank 10 different music CDs. Then he offered students two of the CDs and told them to select one as a gift. Some students then used liquid soap. Others only looked at the soap or sniffed (闻)it. “Actually, you do not need water and soap,” says Lee.
Later, the students again had to rank all the music CDs. People who didn't wash their hands had the normal response — they scored their take-home CD higher, suggesting that they now saw it as an even more attractive one than before. But this wasn't true for the hand washers. They ranked the music about the same. “They feel no need at all to justify (证明…正确）the choice,” says Lee.
But the effects of it just aren't clear. Schwarz says it’s too soon to know whether people should head for a sink after making a tough choice. He says washing may help decision-makers by cleaning away mental disorder. But perhaps if they don't go through the usual post-decision process of justifying their choice, they might feel more sorrow in the long run.
1.“The Macbeth effect” refers to the fact that ______.
A. Lady Macbeth had a habit of washing hands
B. people feel less ashamed after washing their hands
C. Macbeth knew about the importance of cleaning hands
D. Shakespeare used to wash his hands before writing Macbeth
2.In Lee's experiment, those who didn't wash their hands after making a choice ________.
A. valued their choice more than before
B. felt regretful about their choice
C. wished they had washed their hands
D. didn't care about their choice
3.According to Lee, those hand washers consider justifying their choice ________.
A. scientificB. usefulC. unnecessaryD. convincing
4.What does the author intend to tell us in the passage?
A. Washing hands is a habit in our daily life.
B. Washing hands is to keep hands clean.
C. Washing hands will help you make a better choice.
D. Washing hands can reduce the stress of decision.
It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I'm making you a surprise.” I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught up in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window, I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn — blue, yellow and my favorite pink, with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father's crocuses bloomed (开花） each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses, so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.
On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad's birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn't bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.
1.According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ________.
A. it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was
B. the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise
C. it was not the first time that the author's father had made a surprise
D. the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.
B. The author's father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.
C. The author often thought about her father after he died.
D. The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.
3.The author's father should be best described as ______.
A. a part-time worker who loved flowers
B. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith
C. a full-time gardener with skillful hands
D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Crocuses — My Source of Faith
B. Crocuses— Father's Surprise
C. A Pink Crocus — My Memory
D. Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite
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1.What are these ads for?
A. Food you can order for delivery.
B. Places to go on vacation.
C. Things on sale in a big store.
D. Special offers at a shopping center.
2.Which of the following is true according to the ads?
A. Spending $50 means 3 hours of free parking.
B. One person can buy 5 tickets for the price of three.
C. At Mike's Café, people can get a free drink after spending $6.
D. After buying two CDs, you can get another two CDs for free.
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned at this mall?
A. Toy store.B. Music store.C. Restaurant.D. Clothes store.
4.We can know from this passage ________.
A. you won't get a free soft drink unless you spend more than 10 dollars on the meal.
B. if you buy a book there, you may pay less than half the price.
C. you may get a free one if you buy a shirt, or a tie, or a pair of shoes.
D. there is more than one theater in the center
“Croeso I Gymru!,” If you don't know what this means, read on to find out more.
When you cross over the border from England into Wales, you don't have to show your passport but you do notice a difference immediately. All the road markings and signs are shown in two languages — English and Welsh (威尔士语）. Not all visitors to Britain know that other languages are spoken here. There's the Gaelic (盖尔语) language in Scotland and a few people speak Cornish (康沃尔语）in the southwest of England, but the most widely spoken language in the UK besides English is Welsh.
Perhaps the first Welsh word you'll see on the road into Wales is ARAF. There's a helpful English translation next to it — SLOW. As you can see, Welsh looks quite different from English. It sounds very different, too. Welsh looks and sounds so different from English because it’s a Celtic language. Celtic cultures still exist around the edges of the UK — in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and also in parts of France. For hundreds of years, almost everyone in Wales spoke Welsh, but nowadays there are about 600 thousand Welsh speakers — around 20% of the population.
So is Welsh dying out? Not at all! Nowadays, all school children in Wales study Welsh and many choose to go to an all Welsh-speaking school. You can get public information in Welsh, speak Welsh in court or take a course at university in Welsh. People surf the Internet in Welsh, keep up with friends on Facebook and write blogs in Welsh.
By the way, “Croeso I Gymru!" means “Welcome to Wales!” 一 I hope you'll be able to visit it one day.
1.According to the passage, Welsh ________.
A. has developed from Cornish
B. is still widely used in the UK
C. sounds a little similar to English
D. is more widely spoken than before
2.How does the author feel about the future of Welsh?
A. Optimistic.B. Curious.C. Worried.D. Confused.
3.What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?
A. To explain a typical Welsh term.
B. To compare English with Welsh.
C. To give an introduction to Welsh.
D. To encourage people to visit Wales.
