Mr. and Mrs. Long had one daughter. Her name was Lena. She was eighteen years old. Lena lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she didn’t like any of the boys very much.

One day she met a very nice man. He was young. His name was Watts and he worked in a post office. They became friends and he came to Lena’s parents house twice. Last week Lena said to her father, “I’m going to marry（嫁給） Watts, Daddy. He was here yesterday.”

“Oh, yes.” her father answered. “He’s a nice boy, but has he got much money?”

　　“Oh, no, both of you are the same,” the daughter answered angrily. I met Watts on the first day of June and the next day he asked me, “Has your father got much money?”

1.Mr. and Mrs. Long had a ______.

　　    

A．son

B．grandson

C．daughter

D．granddaughter

2.Lena worked _________.

　　    

A．in a school

B．in an office

C．in a factory

D．in a hospital

3.Lena had a few friends before she came to know Watts, but she _____.

　　   

A．liked no one very much

B．like all of them

C．didn’t know their names

D．didn’t talk to them about their work

4.Last week Lena asked her father _______.

A．to help her find a good husband	B．to let her marry(嫁給) Ｗatts
C．to give her some money to buy a house	D．to let her work in a big city

5.Lena got angry because ______.

　　     

A．her father didn’t like her boyfriend, Watts

B．her father asked her to make friends with money

C．her father and Watts only thought of money

D．her parents asked Watts to give them too much money

 

Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very   36  life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would   37  my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never   38  again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I didn’t want to be bad enough. She   39  that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school-walking on my own!
When the Great Depression（大蕭條）  40 , my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support（支撐） both of us. At that moment, I decided never to be   41  again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real   42  point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1916. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels for families and was angry that they charged（收費(fèi)）an extra $2 for each child. That was too   43  for most American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a hotel for families that would never charge extra for   44 . There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not   45 , mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of hard time. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my heart, I   46  doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world­ - Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a   47  in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

【小題1】

A．quiet B．boring C．hard D．strange

【小題2】

A．a(chǎn)ccept B．change C．disturb D．check

【小題3】

A．study B．speak C．listen D．walk

【小題4】

A．drove B．expected C．explained D．covered

【小題5】

A．did B．hit C．cut D．fit

【小題6】

A．excited B．brave C．patient D．poor

【小題7】

A．leading B．breaking C．turning D．celebrating

【小題8】

A．expensive B．fantastic C．different D．special

【小題9】

A．husband B．parents C．children D．wife

【小題10】

A．successfully B．surprisingly C．interestingly D．importantly

【小題11】

A．a(chǎn)lways B．sometimes C．a(chǎn)lmost D．never

【小題12】

A．task B．hotel C．company D．wor

閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

  My teenage son Karl became withdrawn(孤僻的) after his father passed away. As a 35   parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him, but the more I tried, 36    he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six failing grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate. I 37    him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleased for 38 . “ Please God(上帝，求求你), I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you. ”

I was at work when I got a phone call. A man 39    himself as the headmaster. “ I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences. ” Before he could say another word, I choked up(說(shuō)不出話(huà)) and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this 40  . “ I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands. ” For a moment there was 41   on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “ Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed a marked 42    in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I 43   that his teachers were astonished(震驚的) at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that 44   from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “ That was me. I thought I’d play a 45   but when I heard what you said, it really hit me 46   I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.” 

35．A．good                   B．single     C．responsible        D．successful

36．A．the best         B．the less     C. the most        D．the more    

37．A．sent         B．forced      C. allowed        D. pushed

38．A．help                   B．method     C．reasons      D．explanation

39．A．regarded        B．considered         C．introduced    D．looked

40．A．student                B．teacher      C．father            D. stranger

41．A．cry                B．silence          C．laugh         D. answer

42．A．a(chǎn)chievement     B．failure      C．improvement   D. exchange

43．A．noticed         B．saw        C. knew           D．learnt

44．A．a(chǎn)dvice          B．report          C．encouragement         D．call

45．A. game            B．match      C．joke                    D．role

46．A. how long       B．how much       C．how often     D．how many

I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang.   36   voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I   37   rudely, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then hung up.

During the    38    days, I often got the    39   call. But I didn’t care much about it.

    Then one day she kept calling me,    40    I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much    41   ! Mom said you were too busy to take care of me. But, dad, please    42    me again, OK?” It was     43    to refuse the innocent(天真的, 無(wú)邪的) ask. I made a    44    kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…h(huán)appy, so…h(huán)appy…”

    Shortly after this, I became curious(好奇）about    45    had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have    46    you. My daughter has had bone cancer since she was born. And her father…died in a car    47    two weeks ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t    48    the painful chemotherapy(化療), she would cry for her dad because her dad always    49    her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random(隨意的) phone number…”

    “How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.

“She has died. You   50    have kissed her on the phone, because she died with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone…”   Tears full of my eyes….

36．A．A boy’s                   B．A child’s                 C．My daughter’s         D．My son’s

37．A．spoke                    B．told                       C．returned                D．replied

38．A．following               B．front                    C．other                 D．coming

39．A．different              B．same             C．wrong           D．funny

40．A．so that                   B．a(chǎn)nd                   C．a(chǎn)s if                   D．though

41．A．danger                   B．trouble                    C．pain                 D．difficulty

42．A．look after               B．kiss                        C．help                  D．encourage

43．A．easy                     B．sad                      C．happy                 D．difficult

44．A．soft                      B．sweet                        C．low                    D．loud

45．A．that                     B．what                    C．who                   D．how

46．A．troubled                 B．a(chǎn)sked                    C．stopped             D．reached

47．A．experiment              B．event                  C．a(chǎn)ccident               D．a(chǎn)ctivity

48．A．receive                   B．fight                       C．stand                   D．face

49．A．encouraged            B．a(chǎn)mused                   C．caught                    D．missed

50．A．must                      B．might               C．should                    D．need

Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system（神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)）.She was unable to __35__. In fact, she could hardly make any __36__. Although she believed that she had a good chance of recovering, the doctors said that __37__ , if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not discouraged. There, lying in her hospital bed, she insisted that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was __38__. 

She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not __39__. It seemed that she was undefeatable(打不敗的). The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about __40__ that she could make it . Every day Angela would lie there, faithfully doing her mental exercise.

One day, __41__ she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle（奇跡）happened: The bed began to move! “Look what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! ”she shouted___42___!

Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was __43__. More importantly, they were running __44__ safety.

People were crying, and equipment was falling .You see, it was an___45____. But don’t tell that to Angela. She has believed that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, She’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can __46__ the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?

35．A．see         B．hear         C．talk         D．walk

36．A．progress     B．difference    C．movement    D．a(chǎn)chievement

37．A．few         B．a(chǎn)ll          C．some        D．most

38．A．true         B．doubtful     C．certain       D．impossible

39．A．get up       B．give up      C．turn up       D．stand up

40．A．thinking     B．expecting    C．pretending    D．imagining

41．A．a(chǎn)s          B．since        C．a(chǎn)fter         D．before

42.  A. quietly       B. happily       C. quickly        D. carefully

43．A．frightened   B．pleased      C．touched       D．encouraged

44．A．in          B．by          C．for           D．with

45．A．a(chǎn)ppointment  B．earthquake   C．a(chǎn)chievement   D．instruction

46．A．push       B．shock        C．save          D．shake