(2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（辽宁卷）)D

All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all things clean and tidy.

You could turn your back for a moment in my mother's house, leave a half written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had "put it back where it belonged." as she explained.

My wife, on one of her first visits to my mother's house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused(疑惑的), she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.

These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to (有......的倾向) forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find the every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. "Do you remember what I was doing?" was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.

Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.

68. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?

A. She enjoyed removing others' drinks.             B. She became more and more forgetful.

C. She preferred to do everything by herself.      D. She wanted to keep her house in good order.

69. My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother's house because _______.

A. she had already finished them                        B. my mother had taken them away

C. she forgot where she had left them                 D. someone in my family was holding them

70. The underlined part to the fifth paragraph suggests that my sister _______.

A. is happy to clean windows                                   B. loves to clean used windows

C. is fond of clean used windows                       D. likes clean windows as my mother did

71. This passage mainly tells us that _______.

A. my mother often made us confused                B. my family members had a poor memory

C. my mother helped us to form a good habit     

D. my wife was surprised when she visited my mother

（2006年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试湖南卷，26）As the busiest woman in Norton,she made_________her duty to look after all the other people’s affairs in that town.

A.this              B.that           C.one             D.it

(2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（浙江卷）)E

I began working in journalism(新闻工作)when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence(自信), and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

56. Why did the boy start his job young?           

 A. He wanted to be famous in the future.                 B. The job was quite easy for him.

 C. His mother had high hopes for him.                    D. The competition for the job was fierce.

57. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

 A. excited          B. interested                       C. ashamed   D. disappointed

58. What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

 A. She forced him to continue.                      B. She punished him.

 C. She gave him some money.                       D. She changed her plan.

59. What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

 A. The war between the boy’s parents.                    

 B. The arguing between the boy and his mother.

 C. The quarrel between the boy and his customers.

 D. The fight between the boy and his father.

60. What is the text mainly about?

 A. The early life of a journalist.                       B. The early success of a journalist.

 C. The happy childhood of the writer.        D. The important role of the writer in his family.

（2007年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试陕西卷，16） —There is still a copy of the book in the library. Wall you go and bottow          ?      

—No, I’d rather buy         in the bookstore.

A.it; one                       B.one; one                              C. one; it                     D.it; it

（2006年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试浙江卷，4） _______ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.

  A. As   B. That     C. This      D. It