After their 15-year-old dog Bailey died in 2007, Ron and his wife, Ann, looked for months to find the right new pet. “I love dogs,” says Ron, a worker at a health club in Waukesha, Wisconsin. “I can’t imagine not having one.”
Finally, the couple spotted a young dog at the Humane Society in Milwaukee. His name was Oscar. “He was very attractive,” says Ron, 65. Oscar quickly made himself at home, sleeping on his new owners’ bed at night.
A diabetic(糖尿病人) for 25 years, Ron faithfully took his medicine four times a day and generally had no problems. But on March 17, at about 3 a.m., he got out of bed to use the bathroom. Suddenly, he fell down to the floor. “I must have taken the wrong amount of medicine before I went to sleep, because my blood sugar was dangerously low,” he says.
“Normally, Oscar is very quiet and well-behaved,” says Ron. “But when I hit the floor, he let out sounds like a wild animal.”
“Honestly, it sounded like the dog from hell,” says Ann, who was awakened by the sound.” I didn’t know what the sound was. Then I saw my husband lying on the bathroom floor. He was cold.” She ran for the phone and called an ambulance.
Ron spent several hours in the hospital. By 6:30a.m., he was well enough to go home. “You would never suspect Oscar of any heroism.” says his grateful owner. “He’s a wonderful little guy. We are lucky enough to own him.”
Even before Oscar’s heroic action, the couple had given their pet a new nickname(昵称). “We felt the name Oscar wasn’t good enough,” says Ron, “so sometimes we call him Eduardo”—more suitable, they think, for their dog.
【小题1】What was Ann doing when Ron went to the bathroom?

A．She was sleeping.

B．She was watching TV.

C．She was taking care of Oscar.

D．She was talking with someone on the phone.

【小题2】Why did Ron fell onto the floor in the bathroom?

1. He forgot to take his medicine.
2. The floor in the bathroom was too wet.
3. He took the wrong amount of medicine.
4. He is a diabetic and accidentally ate some sugar.

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

1. Oscar was 15 years old when he was found.
2. The sound of Oscar was usually like a wild animal.
3. Ron got diabetes when he was 40 years old.
4. Ron had to take his medicine three times a day.

【小题4】From the passage we can learn that Oscar_______________.

1. is a little noisy at home
2. sleeps with his owners at night
3. got his new nickname after the story
4. was found at a health club in Waukesha

　　Do you have any childhood fears? The writer of this passage will describe what he felt in her childhood．

　　As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments．

　　Maybe it was the strange 　1　 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 　2　 me so much．There was never total 　3　 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 　4　 clothes hung over a chair take on the 　5　 of a wild animal．Out of the corner of my 　6　．, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 　7　 ．A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight．My 　8　 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast．I would 　9　 very still so that the enemy would not discover me．

　　Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 　10　 on the way home from school．Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home ?that was no 　11　 After school, 　12　 , when all the buses were 　13　 up along the street, I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some 　14　 neighborhood．On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn't 　15　 the leaders out of my sight．

　　Perhaps one of the worst fears 　16　 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 　17　 by others．Being popular was so important to me 　18　 , and the fear of not being liked was a 　19　 one．

　　One of the processes (过程) of growing up is being able to 　20　 and overcome our fears．Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life．

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There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work．The  1reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper（会计）----- it was then that I worked for  2, and now with my children working, I wanted to do something  3, something new and exciting．

Money wasn't too important now, as my husband made a very  4living for us．But what should I do? What sort of   5should I look for? I knew I needed to be  6as to what I became involved with．I am not a "quitter"（容易放弃的人） and so I hoped to  7becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me．

While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was   8of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring  9the gold was wearing thin．My husband and I shopped and shopped for one,   10we went, even when we were on vacation． 11this nonstop searching got my poor   12to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don't   13, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the  14I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn't have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would  15be patient.

Fortunately, that summer while I  16my twenty-fifth high school class reunion（重聚）, I heard a former classmate  17what she did for a living．She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just  18from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers．WOW, that  19like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a  20: I know what to take up!

1.A．possible                   B．obvious               C．believable           D．good

2.A．money                     B．fun                     C．children               D．employers

3.A．valuable                   B．reasonable           C．worthy                D．different

4.A．interesting                B．comfortable         C．successful           D．meaningful

5.A．pleasure                   B．place                   C．job                      D．man

6.A．careful                    B．useful                  C．joyful                  D．painful

7.A．finish                      B．miss                    C．avoid                  D．forget

8.A．recalled                   B．reminded             C．warned               D．robbed

9.A．where                     B．while                   C．if                        D．as

10.A．nowhere                B．somewhere          C．wherever             D．everywhere

11.A．Actually                 B．However             C．Finally                 D．Once

12.A．children                 B．classmates           C．employer             D．husband

13.A．care                      B．know                  C．understand          D．find

14.A．way                      B．time                    C．style                   D．thought

15.A．really                     B．ever                    C．just                     D．certainly

16.A．joined                    B．left                      C．started                D．attended

17.A．complaining           B．explaining            C．describing           D．considering

18.A．returned                 B．rested                  C．came                  D．stayed

19.A．looked                   B．seemed                C．sounded              D．felt

20.A．travler                   B．wife                    C．employer             D．bookkeeper

 

I was shown into the waiting-room which, as I had expected, was full．Any waiting-room, especially a dentist’s , is not the best place in the world to __36___ an afternoon．No matter how hard a dentist（牙医）tries to make his waiting–room look __37___, it always has an atmosphere of its own----the unpleasant smell and disordered（混乱的）__38___ in the room．

       This waiting-room was no exception．There were ___39__ pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table __40__ like a great pile of waste paper．I took my __41__ and decided to pass the time ___42___ the people around me．

       A little man beside me was ___43__ the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously．It was __44___ to understand what he was looking at, for __45__ three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the __46___, take another, and sink back into his chair．Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to __47__ her son from making a ___48__．He had placed an ash-tray（烟灰缸）on the floor and was making plane-noises _49___he waved a pencil in his hands．The boy had clearly become uninterested in ___50___．Near him, an old man was fast asleep, and the boy’s mother was __51___ sooner or later her son would __52__ the gentleman up．There was a deep silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse __53__．The people looked __54___ with hope in their eyes, then murmured something as the next lucky __55___ was led out of the room．

36．A．spend          B．take                   C．cost            D．stay

37．A．unpleasant      B．happy              C．funny              D．pleasant

38．A．teeth           B．people             C．things        D．books

39．A．dirty              B．nice               C．valuable      D．modern

40．A．tasted            B．sounded           C．looked       D．felt

41．A．chair             B．seat               C．bench        D.desk

42．A．talking with        B．watching           C．thinking about      D listening to

43．A．turning over       B．counting           C．looking up          D looking at

44．A．interesting        B．possible            C．easy               D.hard

45．A．each            B．every              C．about              D.certain

46．A．chair             B．floor            C．bed           D.table

47．A．prevent        B．allow                C．forbid        D.fight

48．A．song           B．noise         C．mistake            D．model plane

49．A．as             B．if               C．so                 D．though

50．A．reading        B．talking          C．waiting             D．singing

51．A．sure           B．sorry           C．angry              D．afraid

52．A．make          B．wake                 C．call                 D．turn

53．A．left           B．entered         C．smiled              D．spoke

54．A．down          B．around        C．up                 D．behind

55．A．patient         B．doctor               C．boy                D．mother

The lady with the white fence taught me to leave the gate to life open………

When my husband died of a brain disease, I became very angry. Life was not   1  . I hated being alone. One day, as I was  2  down a busy street in town, I suddenly noticed a new fence, www.ks5u.com which was being set up  3  a house. I pulled off to the side to really admire the fence. The carpenter had done such a good job that my eyes almost   4   up with tears. I could not  5  myself away. I stopped the engine, went over and touched the fence. It still  6  of fresh paint. I could hear a lady was trying to start the lawn mower（除草机） in the back garden.

“Hello!” I shouted and   7   at her. “Well, hello!” She stood up and wiped her hands in the apron. “I ——I came to see the fence. It is so beautiful!” I said.

“The fence is not there for my  8  ”, the lady explained to me in a(n)9    voice. “I live alone. But so many people drive by every day, and I thought they  10  be glad to see something really nice. People see my fence and wave.  11   stop like you and come up to veranda(走廊) to have a chat.”

“  12  weren’t you sad when they expanded the road and everything changed so much?” I asked.

Her reply  13  my life. “Change is a part of life and takes part in  14 us who we are. When something we do not like happens to us, we have two choices: to become a  15  person or to become a better person.”

I carefully left the gate  16  and drove on with a new feeling inside me. I could not  17  what it was, but I could feel the  18  stone wall around my angry heart breaking off. And  19  a pretty white fence was built. I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my   20  .

1．A．fair                      B．unhappy            C．successful            D．unknown

2．A．walking                B．driving               C．wandering            D．running

3．A．near                      B．beside                C．around                 D．in

4．A．welled                  B．dried                  C．took                     D．kept

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5．A．put                      B．tear                    C．send                    D．carry

6．A．felt                       B．tasted                 C．sounded               D．smelled

7．A．looked                  B．stared                 C．waved                  D．glared

8．A．sake                     B．street                 C．job                       D．income

9．A．angry                    B．frightened           C．doubted                D．pleasant

10．A．ought to             B．should                C．might                  D．have to

11．A．Everyone             B．Nobody              C．A few                  D．Few

12．A．So                      B．But                    C．Thus                    D．Though

13．A．gave                   B．changed             C．charged                D．cost

14．A．making                B．leaving               C．finding                 D．catching

15．A．better                  B．bitter                  C．best                     D．worst

16．A．open                   B．closed                C．broken                 D．locked

17．A．discuss               B．speak                 C．talk                      D．tell

18．A．thin                     B．weak                  C．broken                 D．thick

19．A．unfortunately       B．besides               C．disappointedly       D．instead

20．A．position              B．way                    C．route                    D．method