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While I was standing at the kitchen window, five-year-old Spencer, my oldest son, ran into the house    1  , “We need a doctor out here! We need a doctor! Hurry , Mom!” “What’s wrong?” I asked. Spencer anxiously told me he had found a dead bird that needed a doctor.

I seized a small plastic bag from the cupboard and took Spencer’s hand.   2    , that’s sort of thing mothers do! While my son led me out of the door and toward the bird, I explained that    3    the creature was indeed dead, a doctor could not    4    . When we arrived at the accident scene, it was obvious that the baby bird was dead. Spencer and I could see the nest high up in the tree. My son and I discussed the probable age of the baby bird, its inability to fly well, and exactly how the    5     had caused its death. “ I think his mommy and daddy really    6     him,” Spencer observed. I    7    my boy’s hand and tried to ease his    8     by saying I was sure they did, but that they would be OK because the little bird had gone to Heaven to be with God and Popo (my dead grandfather). I told Spencer that the bird’s mommy and daddy knew that their little one would be    9    and loved. I also told Spencer that Popo loved little birds and I was sure he was in Heaven holding and playing with the baby bird right then. I    10    the little creature’s body, slipped (悄悄放到) it into my plastic bag and   11    placed the bird in the rubbish bin.     12    else was said about the matter for the rest of the day. Spencer went right back to playing    13    he had never been interrupted, and I returned to my work in the kitchen.

At breakfast the next morning, Spencer sadly explained to his father that he had found a baby bird the day before that had fallen from its nest.

“It was dead, Daddy!”

Trying to   14    Spencer’s spirits and remind him that the little bird was really OK, I asked our son to tell Daddy where the baby bird was. Spencer,    15   solemn (郑重的) faced at his dad, said, “In the rubbish bin with Mama’s granddad, Popo.”

1. A. saying        B. screaming             C. declaring               D. telling

2. A. In all        B. At all                 C. Above all               D. After all

3. A. unless                B. if                         C. whether        D. though

4. A. come       B. save                 C. help            D. support

5. A. fall              B. tree                   C. fly                   D. drop

6. A. hate                B. lose                  C. miss                 D. love

7. A. picked up     B. turned to     C. got to                      D. reached for

8. A. excitement      B. regret                C. sadness              D. disappointment

9. A. enjoyed        B. played                 C. treated         D. cared for

10. A. put up                    B. picked up         C. set up          D. held up

11. A. gently              B. loudly                   C. strongly          D. firmly

12. A. Nothing             B. Nobody               C. Everything       D. Something

13. A. as usual     B. as if                   C. even though      D. though

14. A. break        B. rise                   C. show                D. lift

15. A. pointing    B. shouting                    C. looking                 D. aiming

As a reader，I，as many other book lovers do，often leave with a long sigh after visiting a bookstore.The prices printed on book jackets keep reminding me how thin my wallet is.

The price of books is now so high that I hesitate before buying a book I love.Many people feel the same way.But I remember that only a few years ago，when I was a college student，I bought several books almost every month，using what was left out of the living expenses sent by my parents，and that was not more than 200 yuan.

But now that I am working and the money I earn is only used to support my own expenses，I find I can’t afford many good books.

There is a saying，“Book lovers have no money，but rich people have no feelings for books.” This is exactly the case.Sometimes I wonder about who the books are published for，especially those books with beautiful hard covers.

It is said that usually，the listed price is more than twice as much as the book’s cost and we can see high profits from selling books.But now there is a contradiction.On one hand，readers who want to buy books aren’t able to，while on the other hand，publishers and sellers suffer from the large stockpiles of unsaleable books being stored in their warehouses.This situation is also a disadvantage to intellectual property right protection because many books of bestsellers are sold at a lower price at some book stands.

The key to resolve the problem is to cut the price to an acceptable level to both sellers and consumers.

I wish sincerely that in the near future common readers like me could buy the books we want without worrying about the high prices too much.

46．The first paragraph of this article tells us that________.

A．the prices of some books are too high

B．many readers are too poor to buy expensive books

C．the writer is one of those who can’t afford to buy books

D．all the above are correct

47．The writer ________at college.

A．often bought books when studying

B．was very rich when studying

C．was living a very simple life

D．hesitated to buying anything but books

48．“Book lovers have no money，but rich people have no feelings for books.” means________.

A．those who like reading maybe have not enough money to buy books

B．those who don’t want to study otherwise are very rich

C．everything in the world has been changed to its opposite

D．both A and B

49．From the fifth paragraph，we can see________.

A．publishers shouldn’t have set the prices of books so high

B．booksellers can hardly earn their living by selling books

C．it’s no good for publishers and sellers if the prices are too high

D．the high prices of books were set by many factors

50．The writer of this article wished________.

A．the prices of books could be acceptable

B．the prices of books would be low

C．the prices of books would be lowered down soon

D．he could buy books without worrying about the prices

How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time ? Far too many.

    This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal (排演) and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments.

    We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life.

    In  America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day.

    How often do we say to ourselves, "I'll take up horse-riding (or golf, or sailing) as soon as I get a higher position," only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position.

    When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I was astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal (反常的) mental state. How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area？I wanted to know.

    Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure. He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains.

1.

 The first paragraph of the passage tells us that          .

A. we always try to find some time to write a book

B. we always make plans but seldom fulfill them

C. we always enjoy many of life's best moments

D. we always do what we really want to do

2.

 The underlined phrase "turn his back on" (paragraph 6) most probably means         .

A. leave for           B. return to           C. give up           D. rely on

3.

 The man ( paragraph 6) left his first job partly because he was           .

A. in an abnormal mental state                B. under too much pressure

C. not well paid                            D. not respected

4.

 What is probably the best title for the passage?

A. Provide Homes For Our Family             B. Take Up Horse-riding

C. Value This Very Day                      D. Stay Alive

 

There is a saying that      "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today."

A．will go

B．has gone

C．is going

D．goes

 

Recently in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-trw door salesman.

  I once read a saying. “If somebody wants something of yours, you will be treated as warmly as spring, but if they don’t you may be treated as coldly as winter.” You may consider this an exaggeration (夸张), but if you are a salesman, it is clearly correct.

   You would never have found it to be so true if you hadn’t been a salesman. You needn’t stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments; you needn’t listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right, you needn’t worry about being refused time after time; you needn’t always keep patience and a smile; you needn’t repeat the same sentences over and over again; you needn’t talk to somebody you dislike ....

  I did this work for a month, then I decided to give it up; Apart from the reasons above, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time. The latest test result proved that my grades were getting worse.

  Even worse, I hadn’t enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Some times 1 felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part-time job. Now I don’t think it is worth doing such a thing for even though I was earning money it came at great cost.

  Newspapers and magazines often publish stories about excellent students who do part-time work while also keeping high scores in class. But according to my experience, park-time work can have some strong negative influences on study.

  Most students don’t view the relationship between study and work correctly. In my opinion, if it isn’t a must for financial reasons, students should be careful about taking up a part-time job.

1. From the text, we can tell that the writer is _____.    

  A. an unemployed man                  B. a middle-school student

  C. a college student                    D. a door-to-door salesman

2.Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sacrificing”? 

  A. Losing            B. Wasting        C. Using              D. Getting

3.The writer thought_____. 

 A. doing a part-time job was unnecessary

 B. part-time jobs had good effect upon study

 C. it was hard to deal with the relationship between study and work

 D .part-time jobs would be good for every college student

4.What would be the best title for the text _____.

 A. Part-time Jobs Are Useful             B. Part-time Jobs Can Cost Dear

 C. Students Shouldn’t Take Part-time Jobs  D. Part-time Jobs Are Important to Many Students