I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”
“ Son, hold on,” he said.
“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”
“ Wait, let me tell you…”
“ Would you like me to throw it away from you?” I asked.
“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”
When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
小題1:Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?
A．Because it smelt terrible.
B．Because it was mixed with something else.
C．Because his father drank too much that night.
D．Because it had been kept for years.
小題2:What the author’s father said __________.
A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child.
B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author.
C．threw the author into deep thought then.
D．was an excuse to drink the wine.
小題3: In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.
A．do it betterB．save much time
C．graduate from college more quicklyD．miss something useful to us in life
小題4: Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?
A．Well begun is half done.B．More haste（匆忙）, less speed.
C．Failure is the mother of success.D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:B

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從對(duì)話里的“This wine is too old to drink.”可知作者是因?yàn)榫频臅r(shí)間太長(zhǎng)了，不能喝了。選D。
小題1:從文章倒數(shù)第三段的句子：When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, 可知作者很驚訝。選A
小題1:推理題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.可知作者認(rèn)為太匆忙的話，會(huì)錯(cuò)過生活中的重要事情。選D。
小題1:主旨題：從全篇文章和最后一段的句子：Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.可知是表達(dá)：欲速則不達(dá)。選B
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A．The author was a capable and independent woman.
B．The author was so lazy that she wouldn’t shovel the walk.
C．Finally the author got through hardest work bravely.
D．When facing the worst fear, you will get strength.
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A．To talk about her hardest work in her life.
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Mark took a deep breath, pushed the T-bar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first of the 7, 000 pull-ups needed to reach the top. High above, Peter let out a cheer. “You’re on your way.”
Seven years before, at the age of twenty-one, Mark had fallen while mountain climbing, injuring his backbone. The fall cost him the use of his legs, but he never lost his love of adventure or his joyful spirit.
For the first four days the two men progressed steadily upward without incident. But on the fifth day an unbearably hot wind began to blow, and as time went by, it became stronger and stronger, causing Mark to sway(搖擺) violently on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. In spite of that, he had to admit that he felt a lot better when the wind finally died down and his body touched solid rock again.
It took them one day more than they had expected, but on July 26 at 1:45 in the afternoon, the crowd of people waiting on the top went wild with joy as the two heads appeared. Mark Wellman had shown that if you set your heart and mind on a goal, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.
小題1:What had Mark Wellman long desired to do?
A．To finish one of the most difficult rock climbs in the world.
B．To be the first to climb El Capitan.
C．To climb the highest mountain in California.
D．To help his friend Peter climb El Capitan.
小題2:How did Mark climb the mountain?
A．He fastened the rope to his wheelchair.
B．He hammered in pitons so that he had something to hold on to.
C．He held on to the T-bar and Peter pulled him up.
D．He pulled himself up using a T-bar and special equipment.
小題3: How did Mark lose the use of his legs?
A．He lost his footing and fell from the side of a mountain.
B．He fell during his first attempt on El Capitan.
C．His legs were broken by falling rocks.
D．While working out in the gym, he injured his backbone.
小題4:What was the worst problem Mark had during the climb?
A．He struck against the rock and hurt his arms.
B．A strong wind blew him away from the rock.
C．He kept falling several inches.
D．While swaying in space, he became terrified.
小題5:How did Mark react to difficulties during the climb?
A．He admitted that he was frightened.
B．He often worried about his friend’s condition.
C．He was able to remain clam and determined.
D．He was joking to cheer himself up.

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