“I would rather die than go home!” said 13-year-old Liang. Liang is a Junior student from Hunan. Earlier this month, people found him in the undercarriage(起落架)of a plane! The plane was flying from Kunming to Chongqing. Liang stayed inside for more than one hour while the plane was high in the sky!

   It was very cold, very noisy and the winds were strong. Luckily, Liang survived. But his 12-year-old friend was not so lucky. He fell to his death during the take-off.

   So why did Liang do such a dangerous thing? Liang said his parents were divorced (离婚). He felt nobody cared for him. He was very sad so he left home.

   Kids face lots of problems these days, don’t they? They have too much homework to finish. They have a lot of exams to worry about. They sometimes fight with friends. Sometimes their parents don’t get on well. It can feel like the end of the world.

   How should we deal with these things? Do you just keep it secret and let it be? Do you write it down in your diary? Or do you do what Liang did and leave home? You don’t need to hide in a plane to get away from bad things. It’s very dangerous. Why not try talking to your parents?

1.Liang is a 13-year-old boy from ___________.

A. Chongqing      B. Hunan      C. Kunming       D. Beijing

2.Liang’s friend ___________ during the take-off.

A. died      B. went home     C. was saved      D. lived

3.While Liang was flying, he met with ___________.

A. serious cold      B. loud noise     C. strong winds     D. all of the above

4.Which of the following may NOT be the direct reason for Liang’s dangerous action?

A. His parents were divorced             B. He hated his school life.

C. He felt nobody cared for him.          D. He was very sad.

5.The easiest way to deal with your problems is ___________.

A. to hide in a plane to get away from them

B. to write them down in your diary

C. to share them with your parents

D. to leave home

It is three in the morning on a Tuesday, and I’m walking toward table eighteen, the one I call home. I pass the waiters, give a brief nod to the  1.  and take my seat. I  2.  the “usual,” water and peanut butter pie. Yes, I’m at an all-night diner.

I start to take out my books,  3. full well that I will be  4. on the same page of Socrates that I’ve been on for the better part of the semester. Of course, it’s   5.  —for my group that is. I wait for the empty chairs around me to be   6.  .

Just as the Muzak songs start to repeat themselves, Shana and Jenny walk in. I am   7.   with the usual big hugs and smiles. 8. , the diner stops being a twenty-for-hour restaurant with bad service and becomes my place—my home   9. the prisonlike dorm room. For the next couple of hours, we will joke about people we know, talk about books, reflect on the meaning of life, quote movies and  10. new private jokes. Table number eighteen is our  11.  home.

During my senior year of college, I started going to the diner for a temporary escape from a dorm room that felt like it was closing in on me. Not to 12.  the phones, the stereo and the computer. How could anyone seriously  13.   to have good study habits? Some friends of mine told me about the place; they went there to study, and they really liked it.

So I tried it. It felt remarkably freeing. I start going there every night (except weekends, of course), and, believe me it was not because the pies were   14.  great either. Maybe it would force me to open my books and my  15.  would improve. Right? Well….

But that’s not the   16. . I mean, anyone who has gone to college knows that it’s not only about forcing yourself to wake up at 7:45 A.M. (after you had gone to sleep two hours earlier) to listen to a professor spoon-feeding you information  17. the significance of the Battle of Hastings. It is  18. about finding a little haven where you can create what will be the most important thing in your life—yourself. At a school of thirty-five thousand people, I found a small place that was as   19. to me as my Social Security number.

Through laughter, tears, learning, growing and the   20. free ice cream, we found a sanctuary. A place where we could be ourselves.

21.               A．friends         B．strangers       C．regulars   D．waiters

22.               A．make          B．take           C．bring D．order

23.               A．remembering    B．knowing        C．deciding   D．learning

24.               A．stuck          B．focused .       C．fixed D．turned

25.               A．certain         B．early           C．late  D．clear

26.               A．washed        B．cleaned        C．filled D．covered

27.               A．armed         B．satisfied        C．occupied  D．greeted

28.               A．Finally         B．Suddenly       C．Actually   D．Particularly

29.               A．away from      B．similar to       C．apart from D．close to

30.               A．create         B．play           C．write D．hear

31.               A．inner          B．outer          C．warmer   D．smaller

32.               A．answer         B．talk            C．mention   D．mend

33.               A．choose         B．determine      C．pretend   D．expect

34.               A．pretty          B．that           C．too   D．rather

35.               A．health         B．friendship       C．conditions D．grades

36.               A．place          B．benefit         C．point D．view

37.               A．relate          B．requiring       C．reflecting  D．regarding

38.               A．also           B．still            C． more D．even

39.               A．available        B．beneficial       C．familiar    D．encouraging

40.               A．special         B．occasional      C．unusual   D．natural

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you: Get a life－a real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure but it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

1.. The best title of this passage probably is ____________.           

    A．Live a real life                 B．Love your friends

    C．Don’t waste time                                  D．Be a good mother and wife

2. How did the author form her view of life?

    A．Through social experience.        B．By learning from her friends

    C．Through an unfortunate experience.                 D．From her children and husband.

3.. By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to ____________.

    A．make a living rather than live a real life

    B．work rather than enjoy life

    C．waste a lot in life

    D．forget the most important lessons in life

4.. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.

    A．the author is a success

    B．the author didn’t try her best to work well

    C．the author spent all her time caring for her children

    D．the author likes traveling very much

I am a good mother to three children . I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent .

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe . I show up . I listen . I try to laugh . I am a good friend to my husband . I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约) mean what they say . I am a good friend to my friends , and they to me . Without them , there would be nothing to say to you today .

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today : Get a life . A real life , not a desire of the next promotion (提升), the bigger paycheck , the larger house .

Get a life in which you are not alone . Find people you love , and who love you . And remember that love is not leisure (休闲) , it is work . Pick up the phone . Send an e-mail . Write a letter . And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted .

It is so easy to waste our lives , our days , our hours , and our minutes . It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago . Something really , really bad happened to me , something that changed my life in ways that , if I had my choice , it would never have been changed at all . And what I learned from it is what , today , seems to be the hardest lesson of all :

I learned to love the journey, not the destination . I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it , completely and totally .And I tried to do that , in part , by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this : Read in the backyard with the sun on your face . Learn to be happy . And think of life as a deadly illness , because if you do , you will live it with joy and passion (激情) as it ought to be lived .

56．The best title of this passage probably is          .

      A．Love your friends                                B．Live a real life

      C．Don’t waste time                               D．Be a good mother and wife

57．How did the author form her view of life ?

      A．Through social experience .                   B．By learning from her friends .

      C．Through an unfortunate experience.       D．From her children and husband .

58．By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph , the author really means that people tend to        .

      A．make a living rather than live a real life     

      B．work rather than enjoy life

      C．waste a lot in life  

      D．forget the most important lessons in life

59．What’s the author’s attitude toward work ?

      A．Do it well to serve others .

      B．Earn enough money to make life better .

      C．Try your best to get higher position and pay .

      D．Don’t let it affect your real life .

60．It can be inferred from the passage that        .

      A．the author is a success in personal life

      B．the author didn’t try her best to work well

      C．the author spent all her time caring for her children

      D．the author likes traveling very much

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you: Get a life－a real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure but it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

1．The best title of this passage probably is ____________.                

       A．Live a real life                                      B．love your friends

       C．Don’t waste time                                 D．Be a good mother and wife

2．How did the author form her view of life?

       A．Through social experience.                   B．By learning from her friends

       C．Through an unfortunate experience.       D．From her children and husband.

3．By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to ____________.

       A．make a living rather live a real life

       B．work rather than enjoy life

       C．waste a lot in life

       D．forget the most important lessons in life

4．It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.

       A．the author is a success

       B．the author didn’t try her best to work well

       C．the author spent all her time caring for her children

       D．the author likes traveling very much