I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can't tell anything," he finally said. "I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this and do that, because everything is different and I don't know what is going to come up. I can't help much with money either, but I think things will work out. "

     He gave me a new check-book (支票簿) . "If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell." In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.

     "You know what you want to be, and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a job，be sure it’s honest(诚实的)，and work hard．”I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town．and l would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you．

    Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old，broken Bible that he had read so often．the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbors．I knew he would miss it．I knew，though，that I must take it．

    He didn’t say read this every morning．He just said，“This can help you if you will let it．”

    Did it help? I got through college without being a burden(负担)on the family．I have been able to make money since．

1．What is the writer’s main purpose(目的)in writing this passage?

      A．To tell the readers his life story．

      B．To tell people what kind of person his father was．

      C．To let people know how poor he was．

      D．To tell the readers what present he got from his father．

2．Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

      A．Because he felt quite confident of him．

      B．Because he was born from a poor family．

      C．Because he was a man of few words．

      D．Because tie didn’t want to be much too strict with him．

3．What would someone learn from this passage?

A．How to live by oneself．   

B．How to stand on one’s own feet．

C．What a good father should do．

D．What the self-important is like．

4．What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?

      A．闲暇时光．    B．学费．    C．经济不足．    D．精神空虚．

5．What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?

      A．It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others．

      B．There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

      C．It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

      D．It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble．

补全对话

( At the beginning of the trip to Mount Hood)

J=Jack  L=Lynn  S=Sue

J: OK, everybody. I’m very glad to lead the team. Are we all ready?

L: Wait! Has everyone put on sunscreen?

S: Oh, dear! ___1___

L: Here you are. Use mine. Put on some quickly. It can stop the sun from hurting your skin.

S: Thank you.

J: ___2__ especially because this is Sue and Lynn's first time to have such a trip.

L: All right, Jack.

J: Rule number one, don't walk by yourself. We don't all have to stay together, but don't go somewhere by yourself.

S: No problem. ___3____

J: OK. And rule number two, keep the mountain beautiful. ___4_ Don't litter around. We want others to be able to enjoy this beautiful place, too.

L: I know what you mean. ___5____.

J: Well, those are the two most important rules. If I think of anything else, I'll tell you on the way. So let's go!

All: Yeah! All right! Let's go!

A．Don't pick the flowers.

B．We all know we are a team.

C．I've put on some.

D．I forget.

E. And I have to give you a couple of rules before we start,

F. It also makes me sad when I see people have littered all over.

 

Every day cars kill or hurt many people on roads. Sometimes the drivers drive too fast or do not, drive c  1  enough. Some of them break the traffic rules and cause accidents.
According to some researches, it is usually the pedestrians（行人）who cause the accidents. A lot of road users are very careless. They walk or run a  2 the roads in front of the cars. They walk in the roads but not on the walkways. They get i  3  or out of cars in the middle of the road. Some do not take the trouble to wait for the green lights and s   4 cross the roads against the red lights.
Many people think accidents often h   5 in busy roads in large cities, but this is not always t  6 For example, Tokyo is one of the world’s l  7  cities and probably one of the busiest cities; however ,there are a few a  8 to pedestrians. The reason is that the police there are very strict and the pedestrians are very careful. Pedestrians never cross against a red light and they always f  9 traffic rules.
Do you know alcohol（酒精）is a  10  main cause of traffic accidents? It delays people’s response. Those who have drunk alcohol are slow in making decisions. They n  11 a few more seconds to react（反应）.Alcohol drinking is e  12 dangerous for motor car drivers. It is not only drivers who may have accidents after drinking. drunken pedestrians may put their lives in danger as well.

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Here is a question I have often asked at dinner parties:

You're on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He's d   1.   of cancer. In his f 2. days, he tells you, "I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make s  3. my son goes to medical school." Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no i 4.  in going to medical school and will w  5.   that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is w  6.  to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school?

   I've asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university t 7. an ordinary young soldier, and it has never f  8. to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them c 9. . Sometimes this one topic l 10. the whole evening.

 

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Lots of people in the world like listening to folk songs. A folk song is a song that is “from the p 1.”. Every c 2. has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g 3. of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o 4. that no one knows who wrote them or when they were written. Other folk songs are by songwriters who are interested in people’s l 5. and experiences. Woody Guthrie was one of those songwriters.

Woody Guthrie was born in a very small town in Oklahoma in 1912. Guthrie first learned to play the guitar from his grandfather in 1917. He soon began to p 6. with other people in the area. Step by step, people liked his music.

In 1929, the economy was bad. Many people were not working, and there were many poor people. Guthrie began to travel around the country looking for work. Guthrie became interested in singing about people and their p 7. during this period.

In the winter of 1940, Guthrie decided to go to New York. On his way, he created “This Land is Your Land.” The song talks about places and things people love. The last line of the song says, “This land was made for you and me.” These words tell people that e 8. is equal.

Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l 9. on. His music is an important part of American h 10. and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.