A few years ago, I was with a close woman friend in a grocery store in California．As we walked along the aisle (过道), we saw a mother with a small boy moving in the opposite direction and met us head-on (正面的) in each aisle．The woman barely noticed us because she was so angry with her little boy, who wanted to pull items off the lower shelves．As the mother became more and more annoyed, she started to yell at the child and several aisles later had progressed to shaking him by the arm．k+s-5#u 

At this point my friend spoke up．A wonderful mother of three and founder of a progressive school, she had probably never once in her life treated any child so harshly(严厉地)．I expected my friend would give this woman a solid mother-to-mother talk about controlling herself and about the effect this behavior has on a child．Instead, my friend said, “What a beautiful little boy．How old is he?” The woman answered cautiously, “He’s three．” My friend went on to comment on how curious he seemed and how her own three children were just like him in the grocery store, pulling things off shelves, so interested in all the wonderful colors and packages．“He seems so bright and intelligent,” my friend said．

The woman had the boy in her arms by now and a shy smile came upon her face．Gently brushing his hair out of his eyes, she said, “Yes, he’s very smart and curious, but sometimes he wears me out．” My friend responded sympathetically(表示同情地), “Yes, they can do that; they are so full of energy．”

As we walked away, I heard the mother speaking kindly to the boy about getting home and cooking his dinner．“We’ll have your favorite — macaroni(通心面) and cheese,” she told him．

The mother was angry with her baby because 　  　　．

A．the mother was very tired k+s-5#u 

B．the baby asked for more things

C．the baby ran madly in the store

D．the baby was pulling the goods off the shelves

We can learn from the passage that the author’s friend 　　   　．

A．treated her children well only     

B．was probably good to any child

C．liked the boy very much         

D．always wanted to help others

The author’s friend talked with the mother in that way to 　  　　．

A．show her sympathy for the woman

B．know something about the boy first

C．show her anger with the woman k+s-5#u 

D．make the woman realize children’s natural quality

With the story, the author most probably intends to tell us that 　　　  ．

A．we should respect a child’s nature

B．we should never blame a child

C．mothers usually share the same interest

D．mothers should try to be gentle and polite k+s-5#u 

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady(女房东) came in and asked, “You don’t   36  the house any more?” He kept silent and she   37  shook her head.

The landlady began   38  the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   39  my house? The walls are full of nails(铁钉)! How could I rent it to others?”

She began looking around her   40  room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   41  to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   42  you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”

This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   43  . At that time, she threw all her stuff(填充物)such as her bag and umbrella on the   44  once she entered the room, staring at the whole   45  and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   46  more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   47  his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   48  their wedding photo frame.

The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   49 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   50  nonstop through these holes.

　　She   51  to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   52  we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.

She   53  realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   54  and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  55  , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

1.                A．like            B．clean           C．rent D．keep

 

2.                A．simply          B．barely          C．coldly    D．proudly

 

3.                A．observing       B．examining       C．watching  D．spotting

 

4.                A．shared         B．ruined          C．kept D．decorated

 

5.                A．familiar         B．dirty           C．empty    D．bright

 

6.                A．devoted        B．attached        C．optimistic D．guilty

 

7.                A．leaving         B．having          C．asking    D．getting

 

8.                A．clothes         B．pictures        C．umbrellas D．hats

 

9.                A．floor           B．wall            C．ceiling    D．door

 

10.               A．trouble         B．mess           C．confusion  D．order

 

11.               A．putting         B．striking         C．driving    D．beating

 

12.               A．hung          B．fastened        C．dropped   D．swung

 

13.               A．connect        B．fix             C．hang  D．put

 

14.               A．replaced       B．separated       C．unfastened D．removed

 

15.               A．crying          B．aching         C．bleeding   D．disturbing

 

16.               A．jumped        B．held           C．stuck D．got

 

17.               A．if             B．unless          C．as    D．until

 

18.               A．especially       B．eventually      C．fortunately D．sadly

 

19.               A．chaos(混乱)     B．troubles        C．quarrels   D．challenges

 

20.               A．Therefore      B．Besides         C．Thus  D．However

 

 

阅读理解

　　It is difficult for a visitor to India to avoid noticing the poverty, which surrounds him. The truth is that the land will yield only enough food to support two thirds of India's 480 million people. In a frank examination of Indian poverty, Ronald Segal in The Crisis of India observes, “Not only is the Indian economy overwhelmingly agricultural, it is less productive, land measure for land measure, than the agricultural economies of most other states too marry people struggle to wrest survival from the earth, and the earth yields far too little in return.”

　　“The stark consequence is that India produces only enough to feed a little less than two thirds of its population adequately. In a recent year, with a population of 438 million, food production reached 78 million tons. Together with three million tons of imported food, this permitted an average consumption of ounces a day, or ounces less than the essential minimum recommended nutritionists. If a diet necessary to sustain health was provided for as many people as possible, some 150 million people in India would have nothing whatsoever to eat. If everyone received the same food, 438 million people would eat less than two thirds of what their bodies required. As it is, a few are able to buy more food than they need, some can just afford the necessary diet, most live in constant—if manageable—want, and many ( no one knows how many, but they are numbered in tens of millions)exist in a state of starvation.”

　　And time is not on India's side. While production moves barely perceptibly, the population gallops along at something like 9,400,000 a year.

1．If sufficient food could be imported, how many people in India would it have to support to make up for the shortage of food?

[　　]

A．160 million people.

B．480 million people.

C．438 million people.

D．9,400,000 people.

2．According to the second paragraph, if 150 million people did not eat anything, ________.

[　　]

A．the remainder would probably die

B．they would all have 8.5 ounces less than the minimum diet

C．the rest would have 25 ounces a month

D．they would have a diet necessary to sustain their health

3．The current increase in the production of food ________.

[　　]

A．will gradually remedy the shortage

B．is not less than the rate of increase in the population

C．is a factor which will improve the situation eventually

D．is inadequate to cope with the rising population

4．The writer uses Segal's statement ________.

[　　]

A．to back up his own remarks

B．to appeal for foreign assistance

C．to stress the need for family planning

D．to refute the statement made in the last paragraph

5．The article suggests that agricultural methods in India ________ .

[　　]

A．are comparatively inefficient

B．are likely to improve in time

C．provide an average of 16.5 ounces a day for each person

D．less wasteful than those of most other countries

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t   31   the house any more?” He kept silent and she   32   shook her head.

The landlady began   33   the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   34   my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”

She began looking around her   35  room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   36   to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   37   you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”

This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   38  . At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the   39   once she entered the room, staring at the whole   40   and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   41   more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   42   his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   43   their wedding photo frame.

 The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   44  , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   45   nonstop through these holes.

　　She   46   to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   47   we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.

She   48  realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   49   and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  50  , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

1.A. like                   B. clean                C. rent                 D. keep

2.A. simply                B. barely          C. coldly               D. proudly

3.A. observing             B. examining       C. watching             D. spotting

4.A. shared                 B. ruined               C. kept                 D. decorated

5.A. familiar              B. dirty                C. empty            D. bright

6.A. devoted                B. attached             C. optimistic      D. guilty

7.A. leaving               B. having          C. asking           D. getting

8.A. clothes               B. pictures             C. umbrellas       D. hats

9.A. floor                 B. wall            C. ceiling              D. door

10.A. trouble                   B. mess             C. confusion            D. order

11.A. putting                   B. striking             C. driving              D. beating

12.A. hung                 B. fastened        C. dropped         D. swung

13.A. connect                   B. fix              C. hang            D. put

14.A. replaced                  B. separated       C. unfastened           D. removed 

15.A. crying                    B. aching           C. bleeding        D. disturbing

16.A. jumped               B. held             C. stuck           D. got

17.A. if                   B. unless           C. as              D. until

18.A. especially                B. eventually      C. fortunately          D. sadly

19.A. chaos                B. troubles         C. quarrels             D. challenges

20. A. Therefore                B. Besides         C. Thus             D. However