A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words. "PAID IN FULL".
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
小題1:According to the passage we can infer that _________.
A．the author’s father was once very rich.
B．the author’s father didn’t love him.
C．the author’s father had not enough money to buy a run car.
D．the author’s thought was wildly unrealistic.
小題2:When author graduated from his school, his father sent him _________.
A．a(chǎn) beautiful run carB．a(chǎn) new leather-bound Bible
C．a(chǎn) gift he hoped forD．only an empty box
小題3:After graduation, author _________ before his father died.
A．often went to see his fatherB．had never gone home
C．went home once in the whileD．a(chǎn)lways contacted his father by phone
小題4:The passage can imply that _________.
A．Good fortune lies within bad, bad fortune lurks within good.
B．The author’s father didn’t understand his child.
C．where there is a will, there is a way.
D．Every man is the son of his own works.

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A．full-timeB．strangeC．good D．part-time
小題2:
A．indoors B．outdoors C．downD．up
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A．schoolboyB．newspaper boyC．cowboyD．clever boy
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A．thatB．whereC．whichD．whether
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A．makesB．savesC．spendsD．pays
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A．inB．a(chǎn)tC．toD．on
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A．onB．offC．inD．over
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A．callB．letterC．checkD．notice
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A．pointedB．turnedC．workedD．found
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A message on the site read, "Apple has lost an imaginary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring leader."
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"Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple." The Silicon Valley hero who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone had resigned as CEO of the world's largest technology corporation in August, handing the position to current chief executive Tim Cook.
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B．Steve Jobs was thought to have great talent.
C．Steve Jobs had no idea about his death before.
D．Steve Jobs fought against cancer for a year secretly.
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B．It can teach people how to surf the Internet.
C．People can learn the spirit of Apple from it.
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A．to make great achievements, you must lose everything
B．people should try to achieve everything regardless of death
C．people who will be dead soon must make big choices in life
D．in the face of death, nothing is truly important except to follow your dream
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A．Steve Jobs changed the world.
B．Steve Jobs died on Wednesday.
C．Who will be the next Steve Jobs?
D．Steve Jobs, the greatest American CEO.

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On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before, though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”
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A．he asked to see the manager
B．he entered the hall with a bike
C．the manager had to know about all foreign guests
D．the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
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A．China, India, and Pakistan B．India, China, and Pakistan
C．Pakistan, China, and IndiaD．China, Pakistan, and India
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A．The stories about Marco Polo.B．The famous sights in Xi’an .
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小題4:Friedlander can be said to be       .
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