The boy didn't come to ________ life and the method to start his breathing ended up as ________ failure.

A．/；the? B．the；/? C．a；a? D．/；a

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Richard’s father died when he was five. Later he lost his mother. An old woman felt sorry for the poor boy and often helped him. Of course he had no money to go to school. He had to work for a rich farmer. The man paid him nothing except food and clothes  1. . He found some old books near the school and taught himself to read and write.

2. .It connected the village and the town. One morning people found there was a big stone on it. It stopped them from going to town. They had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountain if they had something to do in the town. But the stone weighed thirty tons at least and the strongest young men couldn’t do that.  3.   Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, “I have a way to move it away.” But few men believed him. 4.  Night fell and people went home. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was gone the next morning. They didn’t know which spirit had moved it away5. .

   “How could he?” the rich farmer called out, “ He’s only fifteen! He couldn’t move it at all.”

   “He dug a big hole beside the stone” said the old woman, “And then he could easily push it into the hole!”  Looking at each other, the farmer couldn’t say a word.

A.  There seemed to be nothing strange in the village.

B.  An old woman said Richard had done it all.

C.  There was a narrow path between two mountains.

D.  But the boy didn’t lose heart.

E.  Some farmer even laughed at the boy.

F.  The boy hoped he could do something for the villagers some day.

They discussed for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.

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This was the morning, when Jeremy, l4 years old, was to begin his duck shooting. He had   31  the whole idea ever since his father had bought him  32  and had promised him a __33__to this island. But he loved his father and wanted to  34  him.
They came to the beach. To ease the sense of fear, he took a  35   of his father, then he put the camera aside and picked up the gun. His father said happily, “I’ve been  36  a long time for this day. I’ll let you  37 .” He leaned (屈身) forward, eyes narrowed. “There is a small flight(一群) now. Keep your head down; I’ll give you the  38  .”
Jeremy’s heart was beating  39  . “No, don’t let them come, please!” But they came, closer, closer... “Now, take them!” cried his father. Jeremy felt his body  40  . He stood up, leaned into the gun the  41  his father taught him. In the same distance, the ducks saw the gunners and flared (突然飞去) wildly. For a second he hung there balanced between life and death. There was no sound. Jeremy stood  42  , seizing the gun.
“What happened?  43   didn’t you shoot?” his father said in a controlled voice. The boy didn’t answer. His lips were trembling.
“Because they were so  44  ,” he said and burst into tears. He sat down, face buried in his hands and wept. All  45  of pleasing his father was gone. He had his chance and he failed  .
For a moment his father was  46  . And then he said, “Let’s try again.” Jeremy didn’t lower his hands. “It’s no use, I can’t.”
“Hurry, you’ll miss them. Here!” Gold metal touched Jeremy. He  47  up, unbelieving . His father was handing the camera to him, and said softly, “Quick!,” Jeremy stood up and pressed his shutter release(快门) button in a flash. “I got them!” His face was bright.
Jeremy saw that there was no disappointment in his father’s eyes,  48  pride and love. “I’ll always love shooting. But that doesn’t mean you  49  . Sometimes it takes as much   50  not to do a thing as to do it.”  He paused. “I think you could teach me how to operate that camera .”
31. A. hated                   B. loved                C. hoped                  D. known
32. A. toy                     B. a camera             C. a bike                  D. a gun
33.A. game             B. prize                 C. trip                   D. holiday
34. A. join              B. praise                C. help                   D. please
35. A. rest              B. breath                C. picture                D. care
36. A. lasting                  B. waiting              C. looking               D. asking
37. A. go               B. shoot                C. catch                 D. play
38. A. word             B. gun                  C. chance                D. fact
39. A. wildly            B. widely               C. tightly                D. nervously
40. A. warm             B. excite                C. delay                 D. obey
41. A. rule              B. road                 C. way                  D. path
42. A. surprisedly       B. quietly               C. still                   D. hard
43. A. How              B. Where               C. Why                 D. What
44. A. lovely             B. sad                  C. frightening            D. friendly
45. A. hope             B. means                C. decision               D. practice
46. A. silent                   B. cheerful              C. calm                  D. worried
47. A. sat               B. looked                     C. stood                  D. put
48. A. almost            B. mostly                     C. even                  D. only
49. A. need              B. might                C. dare to                D. have to
50. A. energy            B. work                C. courage               D. mind

I really hadn’t meant to yell at them. But that grey afternoon saw it just as my son and daughter were making a terrible mess on the floor in the kitchen.

With a tiresome report to write, I felt bothered at my desk. Suddenly, it occurred to me that my kids were at fault. A voice inside me insisted that I do something quickly.

“Ok, you two here, but what an awful thing you are attempting!” I was shouting angrily. I made for them, while it became evident that the boy wanted no part of me. “Get away from us!” he shouted back, there being an expression of support from his sister.

All of a sudden, I found the fault in myself. Quickly I shaped my hands into pincers(钳子) and crawled towards them, “Crabby（暴躁的） Daddy is here. Ha, Ha, Ha, he likes to yell at children, and then eat them!” My son continued to keep me away, but now he was laughing and crying at the same time. My mission to repair the damage caused by my yelling seemed to work well. Still, I regretted not having controlled myself first in a right way.

Need I let them know how badly they were acting by blaming? This is a lesson that serves myself. It only shows just how to get rid of something (ill-feelings, responsibility…) by blaming others. It’s not my “best self”.

We have to search for our “best self” when with our children. They don’t need perfect parents, but they do need parents who are always trying to get better. Here, I am reminded of the words of a great thinker. “When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the book…” Then, in our lifetime, couldn’t we always speak to our kids in such a sweet voice since most of us consider them as the most precious in the world? And before we reach this level, what should we do when we come across various difficult cases with our children?

1. The author couldn’t help yelling at his kids this time probably because________.

A. the weather was so unpleasant         B. he was tired of his boring work

C. the kids didn’t ask him to join them     D. a Daddy has his right to do so

2. Which of the following made the author aware of his fault?

A. No obvious reason.              

B. The boy’s yelling back.

C. His self-awareness.              

D. The girl’s shouting back

3.According to the passage, the author will _____ in another similar situation.

A. play a crab again like this time  

B. apologize to kids in a sincere way

C. avoid blaming kids in a hurry   

D. beat them up about such things

4.What will the writer go on to write about in the next paragraph(s)?

A. How to behave ourselves properly when kids are at fault.

B. How to play with our children in a more interesting way.

C. How to deal with the housework with children around us.

D. How to persuade children to do what they are told to.

5.What does “the boy wanted no part of me” in the third paragraph mean?

A. The boy was happy because I loved them.

B. The boy was curious because I wanted to help them.    

C. The boy was very happy for I was angry.    

D. The boy didn’t want me to join them.

It was several years since Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany. And now his army was marching into some parts of Europe. He must be in the prime of his career.

   One day Hitler went to an exhibition where the works of school children were on show. He seemed to have great interest in the exhibits—inventions as well as carvings, drawings. After having walked around the hall and examined everything, he said he was ready to meet the young artists. And soon a group of children came into the room to salute(向-----敬礼) him.

  “Well, well. You did very good work.” nodded Hitler in satisfaction. “I promise on my honor I’d satisfy you with whatever you want. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

  “A sailor sailing the sea.” one of the boys answered.

  “Good. I’ll have you join my navy and some day you will rule the oceans.”

  “Ask for anything? What’d you wish to be if I were your father?” he asked a second boy.

  “A painter as great as Rembruant.”

  “Good. You are to be sent to the Fine Art School and surely you will make an even greater painter.”

  When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy he frowned(皱眉), then quickly forced a smile, “There my boy, in spite of my point of view towards the Jews, I’d do you a favor and your dream will come true. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

  The boy looked straight at the man.

  “An orphan(the child who has no parents).” he murmured.

Hitler promised to satisfy the children with whatever they want because       .

A. he wanted all the children to live a happy life 

B. he wanted to make a good impression on the children

C. he liked paintings very much              

D. he liked all the children

Hitler frowned when he saw the sad-looking boy because       .

A. the boy was recognized to be a Jew          

B. the boy didn’t come to the front to salute him

C. the boy didn’t want to ask for anything        

D. the boy was sad-looking

Judging by what the boy said we can see that       .

A. the boy’s parents had died                B. the boy had no brothers or sisters

C. the boy hated Hitler very much            D. the boy wanted himself to be an orphan

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Hitler wanted to be the father of the children. 

B. The boy was both clever and courageous (勇敢的).

C. Rembruant was a great painter.            

D. Hitler did not like Jews.