_______ what they said, we would go on with what we were doing.

A．In contrast with     B．In relation to         C．On behalf of         D．Regardless of

_______ what they said, we would go on with what we were doing.

A．In contrast with        B．In relation to  

C．On behalf of           D．Regardless of

The other day in school, we were discussing jobs. Our teacher, Mrs. Bolt said that career was very important and that it was never too early to think about your life’s work. Most of the young boys really were not too sure about what they wanted to be. But I knew exactly what I wanted to be, and when Mrs. Bolt asked me, I replied “A truck driver.”

“A truck driver?” repeated Mrs. Blot. “Why do you want to be one, Tom?”

“Because truck drivers are always on the move. They do not have to sit at desks all day. They are out on the road and they see a lot of the country. The pay is good, too. And you never have any homework.”

The class laughed.

“Well, Tom.” answered Mrs. Bolt. “You certainly sound quite enthusiastic (熱情的). I guess that you don’t like sitting at a desk or doing homework. Is that correct, Tom?”

“Yes, I guess so, ” I said.

“Well, since you are so interested in becoming a truck driver, I think you should look into the field a little further. I want you to go to the library and take out a book on truck driving. And I want you to write a paper on it and hand it in at the end of the month.”

That’s the last time I’ll never tell anybody my secret ambition (雄心).

46．Mrs. Bolt suggested Tom write a book report because         .

       A．she was angry with him.

       B．she wanted him to learn about the other side of truck driving.

       C．she was making fun of him.

       D．she wanted the whole class to follow him

47．Which of the following is NOT true?

       A．The writer thinks that truck drivers are well paid.

       B．What Tom said made his classmates laugh.

       C．It seemed as if Tom did not enjoy doing his homework.

       D．Mrs. Bolt didn’t want Tom to become a truck driver.

48．Tom wouldn’t tell about his ambition any more because          .

      A．he didn’t think his ambition could come true.

       B．he just got more homework to do.

       C．he was laughed at by the whole class.

       D．he would not be able to become a truck driver.

49．What can we infer about Mrs. Bolt?

       A．She was unkind to her students.     B．She was unfit for her position.

       C．She was a teacher with ripe experience.  D．She always did something strange. 

 I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble.
I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of
my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
【小題1】The story took place（發(fā)生） exactly ____________ .

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (負(fù)責(zé)任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

1.The story took place exactly ____ .

2.The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

3.The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

4.The thing(s) emphasized in the teacher’s talk was (were) ____ .

5.The boy knew everything ____ .

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (負(fù)責(zé)任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

1.The story took place exactly ____ .

2.The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

3.The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

4.The thing(s) emphasized in the teacher’s talk was (were) ____ .

5.The boy knew everything ____ .

 I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble.

I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of

my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

1.The story took place（發(fā)生） exactly ____________ .

2.The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____________ .

3. The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____________ .

4.The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____________ .

5.The boy knew everything ____________ .

Yesterday I had a walk with a friend in the street.When we were passing by a house，I__1__a BlackBerry cellphone.I picked it up and it still__2__！I started checking the contact list and calling numbers.I wanted to see__3__I could get some information about the owner of the phone.__4__，only one person answered and she didn’t recognize the__5__that I was calling from.In the end，she said，“It is just so nice that you are trying to__6__whose phone it is.”

Since that lady didn’t know whose phone it was，my friend__7__me to go back to the street.I__8__.We went back to the street and to the house__9__which we had found the BlackBerry cellphone.I__10__the door.Two college students__11__and said they hadn’t lost their phones.But when I told them the story and__12__some names on the contact list，one of them said that he__13__had those names so it must be the phone of one of his__14__.

They said it was__15__that I took the time to find the__16__.I really didn’t have anything to say because in my mind I was just doing the__17__thing.I never considered__18__the phone—it wasn’t mine.I immediately tried to find the owner because that is exactly what I would want__19__to do if any of my family members__20__their phones.

[語篇解讀]　作者撿到一部手機(jī)，她想盡辦法找到機(jī)主，歸還手機(jī)

1．A.bought                                                 B．dropped

C．repaired                                                  D．found

2．A.rang                                                    B．sang

C．worked                                                   D．shook

3．A.that                                                     B．if

C．what                                                      D．how

4．A.Probably                                              B．Interestingly

C．Finally                                                    D．Unluckily

5．A.number                                                B．street

C．man                                                       D．name

6．A.talk about                                             B．think of

C．find out                                                  D．care about

7．A.advised                                                B．pushed

C．helped                                                    D．showed

8．A.laughed                                                B．understood

C．a(chǎn)rgued                                                    D．a(chǎn)greed

9．A.at the back of                                       B．in front of

C．on the top of                                           D．far away from

10．A.turned to                                            B．looked for

C．knocked on                                             D．broke into

11．A.answered                                            B．shouted

C．ran                                                         D．passed

12．A.spelled                                               B．wrote

C．mentioned                                               D．remembered

13．A.sometimes                                          B．a(chǎn)lso

C．hardly                                                     D．a(chǎn)lways

14．A.kids                                                   B．parents

C．students                                                  D．friends

15．A.exciting                                              B．necessary

C．wonderful                                               D．impossible

16．A.phone                                                B．information

C．buyer                                                     D．owner

17．A.important                                           B．right

C．strange                                                   D．brave

18．A.giving                                                B．borrowing

C．mending                                                 D．keeping

19．A.them                                                  B．him

C．someone                                                 D．myself

20．A.lost                                                    B．described

C．needed                                                    D．lent

Yesterday I had a walk with a friend in the street. When we were passing by a house, I  36  a BlackBerry cell phone. I picked it up and it still  37 ! I started checking the contact list and calling numbers. I wanted to see  38  I could get some information about the owner of the phone.  39  , only one person answered and she didn’t recognize the   40  that I was calling from. In the end, she said,” It is just so nice that you are trying to   41  whose phone it is.”
Since that lady didn’t know whose phone it was, my friend   42  me to go back to the street. I   43  . We went back to the street and to the house   44   which we had found the BlackBerry cell phone. I   45  the door. Two college students   46  and said they hadn’t lost their phones. But when I told them the story and    47  some names on the contact list, one of them said that he   48  had those names so it must be the phone of one of his   49  .
They said it was   50  that I too the time to find the   51  .I really didn’t have anything to say because in my mind I was just doing the   52  thing. I never considered   53  the phone----it wasn’t mine. I immediately tried to find the owner because that is exactly what I would want   54  to do if any of my family members   55  their phones.

When my daughter, Sophie, was admitted to a college we were very happy, but a little worried about becoming empty nesters. I knew I had to do something to help myself adapt, starting with the summer before she left.

Sophie had a pack of colorful T-shirts. I knew she wouldn’t wear them any more, so I decided to make a quilt out of them for her bed at college. It focused my energy, and also let me relive some memories. I tried to work on the quilt when Sophie wasn’t at home----which turned out to be often. She was very busy with her friends. Even when she was around, her door was shut more than usual. I felt a bit hurt. After all, we didn’t have much time together before she went to college, I was already missing her, and she hadn’t ever left yet.

When we arrived at the college, a wave of emotion flooded me. I tried to hold it back, but Sophie saw it in my face. She took a big red book from her bag. “I made this for you, Mom,” she said. Then I knew why she had been staying behind a closed door that summer. It was an album of photographs documenting the life of our family over the last 17 years.

I broke into tears. Some of it was sadness at having to let her go, but some of it was joy. I knew that our connection was more powerful than ever, and that we’d always be connected by the strongest of threads, the love that went into every stitch of her quilt and every photo of my album.

In Sophie’s dormitory I unfolded the quilt on her bed. For a moment she was speechless. Then she threw her arms around me. “Mom, I love you,” she said. One of her new friends was calling her outside. Sophie turned, and I let her go.

1.

What do we learn about Sophie from the passage?

2.

Why did the author feel hurt, according to the second paragraph?

3.

How did the author feel when they arrived at the college?

4.

Why did the author finally let her daughter go?