Interview With God
I dreamed I had an interview with God.“So you would like to interview me?”God asked.“If you have the time,”I said.“My time is eternity.”God smiled,“what questions do you have in mind for me?”“What surprises you most about humankind?”God answered,“That they get bored with childhood,they rush to grow up,and then long to be children again.That they lose their health to make money... and then lose their money to restore their health.That by thinking anxiously about the future,they forget the present,such that they live in neither the present nor the future.That they live as if they will never die,and die as though they had never lived.”God’s hand took mine and we were silent for a while.And then I asked,“As a parent,what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?To learn they cannot make anyone love them.All they can do is to let themselves be loved.To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love,and it can take many years to heal them.To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,but is one who needs the least.To learn that there are people who love them dearly,but simply have not yet learned how to express or show their feelings.To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently.To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another,but they must also forgive themselves.”“Thank you for your time,”I said humbly.“Is there anything else you would like your children to know?”God smiled and said;“Just know that I am here always.”
小題1:.In answering how many questions did God give “me” his opinion?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

小題2:To God’s eye,a rich man is one who _________.

A．lives a simple life	B．is content with little
C．doesn’t want to be rich	D．gives others a lot

小題3:Which of the following is best supported by the text?

A．God does exist in the world.

B．He who loves others is sure to be loved by others.

C．When one makes a mistake,he should try to find an excuse to forgive himself.

D．It is easier to lost a friend than to make a friend.

“BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回聲)．It was just standing there, with father standing on one side , and I on the other side．
We were both in great anger” Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father．With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street．
The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling．I wandered aimlessly．
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me．I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree．
But now．．．I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old．We differ in our ways of thinking．He always put his opinions and codes of behavior on me．Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it．We are just like two people coming from two different worlds．It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened．
I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind．My heart was frozen on this hot summer night．As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company．When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived ,I saw that the light was still on．
I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”
In fact, it was nothing．Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps．Perhaps he thought they were useless．I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps．I can’t stand his outrageous(蠻橫的)words: “I can’t throw you away, let alone these old papers ?”
All the lights were off except father’s．
Dad was always like this．Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself．After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret．After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers．
This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature．
The light was still on．“Am I wrong?” I whispered ,maybe．．．With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been．At last, I decided to open the door．As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks．I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all．Love—it second to none．
小題1:Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage．
a．I opened the door and entered the house．
b．Sadly I ran out into the street．
c．I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit．
d．I thought of my father’s kindness towards me．
e．I walked about in the street without any aim．

A．b,e,d,c,a

B．b,e,c,d,a

C．b,e,a,c,d

D．b,e,c,a,d

小題2:What made the writer think of his childhood ?

A．The sight of the street lights．

B．The sight of the empty street．

C．The sight of a father with a child in his arms．

D．The sight of light in his own house．

小題3:Why do you think the father often shouts at his son ?

A．perhaps the father is getting older and older．

B．perhaps the son has already grown up．

C．perhaps they never agree with each other．

D．perhaps the father has got used to doing that．

小題4:What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage ?

A．The father treats his son in an unfair way．

B．The father is actually kind to his son．

C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son．

D．The father is always finding fault with his son．

On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront cafe on a Greek island. Over hundred degrees in   21  air. Crowded. Tempers（脾氣）of both the tourists and waiters had   22  to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment（環(huán)境）.
At the table next to mine sat an attractive,   23  couple, waiting for   24 . They held hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed. Suddenly they stood, picked up their   25  and stepped together   26  the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water. The man stepped   27  for the two chairs. He politely   28  his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself. All people around laughed and cheered.
  29  appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to   30  the table and take their   31 , and then walked back to the   32  cheers of the rest of his   33 . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went
  34  into the water to   35  the wine. The couple toasted（祝酒）each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd   36  by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables   37   to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.
One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes. Why not?
Customers are not served   38 . Why not?
Sometimes one should consider   39  the line of convention（常規(guī)）and enjoy   40  to the fullest.
21. A. fresh                  B. cool                      C. still                  D. thin 
22. A. managed            B. expected            C. attempted         D. risen 
23. A. lonely                B. curious　　       C. well-dressed      D. bad-tempered　　　
24. A. cheers                B. service                     C. attention           D. flowers
25. A. metal table         B. empty bottle　　C. chairs              D. bags
26. A. on                     B. off                   C. around             D. along
27. A. outside               B. forward　　      C. down                      D. back　　
28. A. led                    B. seated               C. watched            D. received
29. A. The manager      B. A friend　         C. A waiter           D. The servant　
30. A. set                     B. wash                C. remove             D. check
31. A. menu                 B. bill                  C. food                 D. order
32. A. loud                  B. anxious             C. familiar            D. final
33. A. tourists              B. customers         C. fellows             D. assistants
34. A. at last                B. in time           C. once more               D. as well
35. A. change                      B. drink　             C. sell                  D. serve　
36. A. replied　            B. insisted　          C. agreed　           D. understood　
37. A. prepared            B. joined in           C. settled up          D. continued　
38. A. with pleasure       B. in the café               C. in the sea          D. with wine
39. A. following           B. keeping            C. limiting            D. crossing　
40. A. life                    B. wine                C. lunch                      D. time　

My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was seven. He told me to throw a__21____into the water. And he told me to watch the____22___created by the stone. Then he asked me to__ 23__ of myself as that stone.
“You may24 lots of splashes (飛濺 ) in your life,___ 25___the waves that come from those splashes will ___26____the peace of all your fellow___27_____,”he said.
“Remember that you are ___28____for what you put in your circle and that the circle will also___29____many other circles. You will need to live in the ___30____that allows the good that comes from your circle to ___31____the peace of that goodness to___32____. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those___33_____to other circles. You are responsible for____34_____.”
That was the first time I ___35_____each person creates the inner peace or discord (沖突) that ____36_____out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are ___37____with inner conflicts, hatred, ____38______, or anger. We radiate (流露) the feelings and thoughts that we hold ____39_____,whether we speak them out or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
We are ____40_____to everything and everyone else around in the universe.
21. A. stick    B. brick     C. stone      D. ball
22. A. holes    B. circles    C. drops      D. waters
23. A. think    B. accuse    C. regard     D. warn
24. A. produce  B. damage   C. prevent    D. create
25. A. but      B. because   C. while      D. for
26. A. cut      B. disturb    C. bring      D. block
27. A. students  B. friends    C. creatures   D. workers
28. A. proud    B. helpful    C. respectful   D. responsible
29. A. hear     B. leave      C. strike      D. touch
30. A. family   B. situation    C. way       D. hurry
31. A. send     B. provide    C. destroy     D. keep
32. A. them     B. nobody    C. someone    D. others
33. A. tastes     B. smells     C. feelings    D. views
34. A. all       B. both       C. neither     D. any
35. A. realized   B. recognized   C. admitted   D. promised
36. A. flows     B. takes       C. picks       D. brings
37. A. prepared   B. filled      C. presented    D. supplied
38. A. honesty    B. truth       C. doubt      D. modesty
39. A. forward    B. outside     C. inside      D. upward  
40. A. referred    B. intended    C. devoted    D. connected

Mother came from our home village. She stayed with us for ten days. When she was ___1____ to leave, she wanted to buy us something ____2___ a present.
“You’ve got ___3____,” she said, “but you seem to have got ___4____. The TV set is yours, but the people who walk back and forth in it are all ___5____, even murderers, corrupt officials and thieves come in and ___6____ it from time to time. The radio cassette player is yours, but it’s all others who __7____ in it. The books on the shelf are yours, but they are all ___8____ by others. The fridge is yours, but all the year round it’s ____9____ frost that comes from God knows where. __10___they make your life easy and comfortable, ___11___ of them BELONGS to you in the real sense of the word.
___12___ the day she was to leave for home, she got up early in the morning and ____13____ back a pickle(泡菜) pot from the market.
“___14____ some pickle in it,” she said, “and have something ____15____ suits your own taste.”
Since then pickles of our own ____16_____ had been added to our diet. When we had guests, we often had pickles ____17____ wine. Slightly intoxicated(excited greatly), everyone would say, “A country flavor, not bad, Not bad, a country flavor (特別的風(fēng)味)”.
____18___ we had something to our own taste. When we looked at the ___19____, it was standing quietly at the corner. Amid the hustle and bustle of our ____20___ life and in the apartment of reinforced concrete, the pot stood there by itself, brewing an old and simple flavor.
1.A. on           B. about        C. for         D. of
2.A. since         B. because      C. as          D. for
3.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing     D. anything
4.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing     D. anything
5.A. murderers     B. thieves       C. actors       D. strangers
6.A. out           B. out of        C. into        D. along
7.A. sing          B. dance         C. plays      D. act
8.A. writing        B. written        C. read       D. reading
9.A. full           B. filled of       C. filled with    D. full with
10.A. As            B. But           C. Because      D. Though
11.A. no one        B. none          C. neither        D. either
12.A. On           B. In             C. During       D. Of
13.A. took          B. brought        C. fetched       D. carried
14.A. Do           B. Cook          C. Make         D. Prepare
15.A. what         B. /               C. that          D. as
16.A. smell         B. sound          C. feel           D. taste
17.A. to go with     B. went with    C. to drink     D. drinking
18.A. But          B. So             C. And           D. Or
19.A. pot          B. TVset           C. radio          D. shelf
20.A. ordinary      B. usual        C. every day     D. everyday

My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. We all began to ___1____ our destination. The girls took the concrete stairs, but the boys ran ___2___ up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence. Without __3___ the boys ahead of me vaulted over the fence bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs and ____4___ a girl, or jump the fence and look ___5____? Then I took my chance with the fence. I placed both ____6___ on the top and jumped, feeling uneasy.
I didn’t ___7___ it. As I tried, my foot ___8___ on the top of the fence. Down I went! I landed on my backside. I tried to ____9___ off the accident, but then I felt something ___10____ under me. Just then I saw ___11____ seemed like hundreds of bees flying toward me. I had landed on a beehive! I ___12___ up and rushed as fast as I could. But the bees flew faster. What a/an __13____ situation I was in!
My clothes were covered with __14____ . I parked myself in the camp and I was at a loss. __15____ this, my teacher quickly took off all my clothes but underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and ___16___ out of my mouth!
I had gained the __17____ of all the campers, but I didn’t feel cool. I had been __18____ almost 40 bees stings(蟄) all over my body. I learned a most ___19____ lesson that day. When we are led by the ___20___ to show off, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive.
1.A. get         B. walk        C. set         D. race
2.A. already      B . happily     C. straight      D. fast
3.A. fear         B. fun         C. help        D. luck
4.A. feel like     B. look like     C. care about   D. wait for
5.A. excited      B. worried      C .strong      D. cool
6.A. hands       B. feet         C. arms        D. legs
7.A. do          B. climb        C. make       D. succeed
8.A. arrived      B. got           C. caught      D. stepped
9.A. fall         B. laugh         C. put          D. take
10.A. beating     B. putting        C. flowing      D. moving
11.A. that        B. what          C. which        D. if
12.A. sat         B. stood         C. picked        D. jumped
13.A. difficult     B. hopeless      C. embarrassing   D. pleasing
14.A. bees        B. grass         C. dust          D. tears
15.A. At         B. For           C. In           D. With
16.A. almost      B. again         C. even         D. still
17.A. attention    B. experience     C. knowledge     D. respect
18.A. got       B. given          C. found         D. put
19.A. successful  B. deepest         C. difficult       D. valuable
20.A. courage    B. desire          C. goal          D. teacher

Dear God，
Now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never  2 1  appreciatedtheir mothers until it was too  22 to tell them．
I am  23 with the dear mother who is still allve．I appreciate her  24 each day．My mother does not  25 ，but I do．  26   I grow older and wiser．Irealize what a(n)  27 person she is．How sad that I alil    28  to speak thesewords in her presence，29 they flow easily from my pen．
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for giving her llfe I  30’ For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into  3 l  a child? For32 a toddler，for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who thinks she knows  33？ For waiting for the day  34  a daughter realizes her mother really is？
How does a    35   wonlan thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice (when asked ) or  36  silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:”I 37you so ,”when she could have spoked these words dozens of  38   ?For being essentially herself-loving ,thoughtful. Patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she  39 and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that 1 will look as good in the eyes of my  40  as my mother looks in mine．
A daughter
21．A fully             B．truly           C．painfully          D mainly
22．A．early           B．slow            C．1ate             D．fast
23．A．satisfied        B．prepared         C．worried           D blessed
24．A much            B．more            C．1ess             D．fewer
25．A．stand           B．move           C．change           D exist
26．A．As             B．With           C．For              D．Because
27．A．ordinary        B．usual           C．strict            D extraordinary
28．A．unable         B．a(chǎn)ble            C．eager            D ready
29．A．therefore       B．otherwise        C．but              D．however
30.A herself      B．itself       C．themselves    D．oneself
31.A．punishing    B．blaming     C．raising      D．praising
32.A．running after  B．running across    C．running out     D．running for
33 A．something   B．everything    C．a(chǎn)nything      D．nothing
34．A．that          B．when             C．in which           D．where
35 A．grown         B．pleased            C．trained           D．well-behaved
36 A interrupting    B．disliking       C．representing    D．remaining
37．A．a(chǎn)sked        B．told              C．ordered            D required
38．A．times       B．days              C．months             D years
39．A．gots        B．gives              C．deserves           D．delivers
40.A．husband   B．children        C．relatives     D．neighbours

It was a cold winter day that Sunday. The parking lot to the  16  was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were  17  among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got 18__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down 19  he was asleep. His hat was 20 down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too 21  for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes 22  out. I guessed this man was  23  and asleep, so I walked on  24 through the doors of the church. We all talked for a few minutes, and someone  25 the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took 26  to ask him to come in, 27  me. A few moments later church began. We were all waiting for the Preacher (牧師) to take his  28  and to give us the Word, __29  the doors to the church opened. In 30 the man walking down the church with his head down. People gasped（喘息）and whispered and made _31  . He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (講壇) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart 32  .
There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”. The preacher took his Bible (圣經(jīng)) and 33  it on his stand.
“ 34 , I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you  35  people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”
16.   A. school               B. lecture               C. park           D. church
17.   A. arguing             B. whispering     C. stating         D. speaking
18.   A. closer               B. clearer               C. lower         D. farther
19.   A. even though      B. so that          C. as if           D. even if
20.   A. dragged            B. pulled         C. dropped         D. pushed
21.   A. big                   B. bad                   C. ugly                  D. small
22.   A. reached             B. went                 C. stuck                 D. ran
23.   A. homeless           B. helpless             C. hopeless            D. careless
24.   A. out                   B. by                    C. across               D. from
25.   A. invited                     B. mentioned         C. took                  D. called
26.   A. pleasure            B. measure            C. courage             D. trouble
27.   A. except               B. besides              C. without             D. including
28.   A. turn                  B. place.                C. time                  D. seat
29.   A. when                B. before               C. as                     D. after
30.   A. rushed                     B. hurried              C. came                 D. entered
31.   A. decision            B. choices              C. faces                 D. jokes
32.   A. sank                 B. fell                   C. broke                D. failed
33.   A. threw                B. set                    C. laid                   D. folded
34.   A. Brothers            B. Folks                C. Supporters         D. Members
35.   A. judge                B. hate                  C. treat                  D. test

Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this __2__ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”
The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy  ___14___  of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David,  a young engineer traveling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.
1. A. sorry                       B. successful             C. first                      D. wonderful
2. A. dance                      B. moment                C. show                    D. party
3. A. voice                       B. face                      C. dress                    D. life
4. A. think of                   B. bring back            C. go back                D. come back
5. A. age                          B. friend                   C. mother                 D. teacher
6. A. musician                  B. pop star                C. lady                     D. girl
7. A. French                     B. music                   C. piano                    D. dance
8. A. actress                     B. student                 C. singer                   D. dancer
9. A. prepared                  B. learning                C. driven                  D. waiting
10. A. some                     B. any                      C. no                      D. enough
11. A. eight                      B. eighteen                C. eighty                   D. eighty-eight
12. A. lucky                     B. sure                      C. afraid                   D. fond
13. A. fill                        B. live                      C. lead                      D. take
14. A. heard                     B. knew                    C. talked                   D. thought
15. A. saw off                 B. learned from         C. heard of               D. met with
16. A. love                       B. feeling                  C. music                   D. touch
17. A. assistant                 B. teacher                 C. wife                     D. student
18. A. him                       B. engineering           C. herself                  D. music
19. A. certainly                B. possibly                C. only                     D. mainly
20. A. thought          B. hope                   C. purpose                D. will

Individuality is the particular character, or aggregate (total) of qualities that distinguishes one person or thing from others. Many artists late in the last century were in search of a means to express their individuality. Modern dance was one of the ways some of these people sought to free their creative spirit. At the beginning there was no exacting technique, no foundation from which to build. In later years, trial, error and genius founded the techniques and the principles of the movement. Eventually, innovators (改革者) even drew from what they considered the dread ballet, but first they had to get rid of all that was academic so that the new could be discovered. The beginnings of modern dance were happening before Isadora Duncan, but she was the first person to bring the new dance to general audiences and see it accepted and acclaimed (稱贊).
Her search for a natural movement form sent her to nature. She believed movement should be as natural as the swaying of the trees and the rolling waves of the sea, and should be in harmony with the movements of the Earth. Her great contributions are in three areas.
First, she began the expansion of the kinds of movement that could be used in dance. Before Duncan danced, ballet was the only type of dance performed in concert. In the ballet the feet and legs were emphasized, with virtuosity (高超技巧) shown by complex, codified positions and movements. Duncan performed dance by using her body in the freest possible way. Her dance stemmed from her soul and spirit. She was one of the pioneers who broke tradition so others might be able to develop the art.
Her second contribution lies in dance costume. She rejected ballet shoes and stiff costumes. These were replaced with flowing Grecian (希臘式的) tunes, bare feet, and unbound hair. She believed in the natural body being allowed to move freely, and her dress displayed this ideal.
Her third contribution was in the use of music. In her performances she used the symphonies of great masters including Beethoven and Wagner, which was not the usual custom.
She was as exciting and eccentric (怪異) in her personal life as in her dance.
小題1:According to the passage, what did nature represent to Isadora Duncan?

A．Something to conquer.	B．A model for movement.
C．A place to find peace.	D．A symbol of disorder.

小題2:Compared to those of the ballet, Isadora Duncan’s costumes were less _________.

A．costly

B．colorful

C．graceful

D．restrictive

小題3:Which of the following is not mentioned as an area of dance that Duncan worked to change?

A．The stage set.

B．The music.

C．Costumes.

D．Movements.

小題4:We can infer from the passage that the author _________.

A．a(chǎn)ppreciates modern dance very much	B．dislikes Isadora Duncan’s dance
C．thinks highly of individuality	D．knows a lot about modern arts

小題5:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Artists of the Last Century	B．Evolution of Dance in the 20th Century
C．Natural Movement in Dance	D．A Pioneer in Modern Dance