__________ time went by, we grew older.

A．As

B．With

C．When

D．While

 

__________ time went by, we grew older.

A．As                  B．With                C．When                D．While

As I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart．We always had totally different  opinions．He thought that college was a waste of time，but for me it was important to finish college．He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field，but l wanted a different life．There was a time when we did not talk with each other．

    A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health．When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado back to Tennessee to help him，I knew he was seriously ill．I am his only child and so it was time to meet my father’s requirement．

    Two weeks after moving back，we bought a boat and started fishing again．Fishing was one of the few things that we did while l was young and that we both enjoyed．It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us．We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before．Fishing has been healing the old wounds that have kept us apart．

    It is not important how many fish we catch．It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years．I’m 62 and he is 84．When we are on the lake fishing，it is like two kids enjoying life．It is far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind．I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years．Now my heart is filled with love．A smile always graces my lips．

1.The author and his father became further apart because______________．

A．they lived very far from each other

B．they had different views on things

C．they only communicated by phone

D．they seldom went to see each other

2.Why did the author come back to Tennessee?

A．Because his father invited him to go fishing

B．Because he decided to live in a different city

C．Because his father is ill and needs caring

D．Because he regretted being rude to his father

3.For the author，fishing with his old father___________ ．

A．helps cure his father’s disease

B．is a good way to get close to nature

C．makes him realize the importance of relaxation

D．provides a chance for them to communicate

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer’s car is always breaking down.

B．Father intended me to be a fisherman.

C．I was unwilling to came back.

D．Father uesed to think it was useless to attend college..

5.What can be the best title for the text?

A．Fishing Brings Us Together    B．Forgiving Is Difficult

C．Memories of Old Days        D．My Beloved Father

 

What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel inside.

Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling（摔跤）. I woke up every Saturday to watch my favorite "Superstars." As I grew older, I got a lot of flak for watching this "fake" sport. My peers（同龄人） would laugh at me for following what was called a "man's soap opera." So, I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. Like everyone else, I wanted to be associated with the cool clique. I yearned to be invited to the parties of the in-crowd and hang out with the popular kids. I became pretty successful. Although my Friday evenings were busy with parties, I would still wake up early Saturdays to watch wrestling. It wasn't until freshman year that I realized I wasn't being myself.

That year, I tried many new things and activities and made new friends. In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play football, thinking it might give me a head start in popularity. The team started with 48 athletes. At the end, there were 14 of us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter. That long season taught me a lesson: I wasn't a football player. More importantly, it taught me to be myself.

After that season, I went back to being a wrestling fan. I watched it religiously, no matter what insults were thrown my way. I came across a quote: "Don't Dream It, Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan had the same idea I had.

"What if we build a wrestling ring（拳击场）?" we asked. We acquired the necessary wood and equipment for its construction. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our dream in a pile in his backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great establishment. By Sunday night, our mission was complete. Our hard work (combined with a little creativity) had paid off. We had a real ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to improve every aspect of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. Our show had a start time of 9: 00 p.m. To our surprise, about one hundred family, friends and fans showed up to support us. It was the most important night of my life and a complete success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people turning out. We continue to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do. We are now well known throughout school. When I walk down the halls, I am respected by my peers. Some are the same peers who ridiculed me for watching wrestling when I was younger. When they approach me, they often say, "Good match, Chris." I humbly say, "Thank you," knowing I did something I believed in.

As my senior year winds down, I'll remember all of my high school memories. But what will stick out most is the memory that I did something I loved, despite what everyone said or thought. I accomplished my goal. I lived my dream.

1.What makes the writer different from the others is __________.

A．the different sports he loves

B．the different clothes he wears and the different music he listens to

C．that he is younger than the others.

D．the different ideas he has

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．I practiced wrestling secretly in my spare time.

B．I put the clothes for wrestling on the shelf.

C．I decided to quit following wrestling.

D．I began not to watch wrestling on TV.

3.When the writer was a freshman, he ___________.

A．knew he couldn’t be a good football player  B．realized he was being himself

C．was still sociable                        D．built a wrestling ring

4.The writer built the wrestling ring in order to ________.

A．play football there                      B．make his dream realized

C．be a professional player                  D．have parties there.

5.What is the writer’s attitude towards his experience in high school?

A．Optimistic         B．Pessimistic         C．Doubtful          D．Surprised

 

As I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field, but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each other.
A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado back to Tennessee to help him, I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child and so it was time to meet my father’s requirement.
Two weeks after moving back, we bought a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while I was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before. Fishing has been healing the old wounds that have kept us apart. 
It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. I’m 62 and he is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like two kids enjoying life. It is far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind. I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years. Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.                                                      
【小题1】The author and his father became further apart because       .

A．they lived very far from each other

B．they had different views on things

C．they only communicated by phone

D．they seldom went to see each other

【小题2】Why did the author come back to Tennessee?

A．Because his father invited him to go fishing.

B．Because he decided to live in a different city.

C．Because his father is ill and needs caring.

D．Because he regretted being rude to his father.

【小题3】For the author, fishing with his old father       .

A．helps cure his father’s disease

B．is a good way to get close to nature

C．makes him realize the importance of relaxation

D．provides a chance for them to communicate

【小题4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．Fishing brings us together	B．Forgiving is difficult
C．Memories of old days	D．My beloved father

听力理解

　　第一节　听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选出最佳选项．听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题．每段对话仅读一遍．

1．What does the Woman mean?

[　　]

A．His brother should let them use the car.

B．The subway is fine with her.

C．A car wouldn't be any faster.

2．What does the man have to do now?

[　　]

A．Complete the research.

B．Put the material in order.

C．Finish typing the paper.

3．What do you know about the woman?

[　　]

A．Perhaps she is a doctor.

B．She was badly ill.

C．She didn't like to see the film.

4．What did Jane do after the party?

[　　]

A．She had to finish her homework.

B．She went to bed.

C．She went to the teachers' office.

5．How is the man leaving?

[　　]

A．By bus.

B．By air.

C．By train.

　　第二节　听下面5段对话或独白．每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项．听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间．每段对话或独白读两遍．

听第6段材料，回答第6～8题．

6．What time is it now?

[　　]

A．It’s 10: 10 p. m.

B．It’s 10: 30 p. m.

C．It’s 9: 50 p. m.

7．How long will it take the woman to get lo the railway station?

[　　]

A．Less than fifteen minutes.

B．More than fifteen minutes.

C．Less than fifty minutes.

8．Why did the man invite the woman to his house?

[　　]

A．They had a tea party.

B．They had a dinner party.

C．They had a dancing party.

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题．

9．Why does the man want to have a word with the waitress?

[　　]

A．Because he has been kept waiting for a long time.

B．Because he wants to complain of the food.

C．Because he wants to pay the bill.

10．What do We learn about the restaurant?

[　　]

A．It must be a new one.

B．They don’t know how to serve the people.

C．They need more waiters.

11．If the waitress had known about his opinion, what would have happened?

[　　]

A．She would have served him right away.

B．She would have let him leave the restaurant.

C．She would have turned to her boss for help.

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题．

12．What did the boy mean by asking Mary“How did you do that”?

[　　]

A．How was Mary’s holiday?

B．Why did Mary go to Denver?

C．How would Mary be away from school for such a long time?

13．What can we infer about Washington's Birthday from the dialogue?

[　　]

A．It is perhaps a national holiday.

B．It Was fine that day and nobody wanted to stay in.

C．Maybe there was a national holiday near that day

14．How did Mary go to the mountain on Washington's Birthday?

[　　]

A．By bus.

B．By car.

C．By train.

听第9段材料，回答第15～17题．

15．What did the woman learn about the job from?

[　　]

A．The newspaper.

B．The radio.

C．The TV．

16．If the woman accepts the job, how long does she have to work every day?

[　　]

A．Three hours.

B．Four hours.

C．Five hours.

17．Which of the following statements is true about the job?

[　　]

A．You can get at least 300 pounds for the job per month.

B．You need to come to work before 10 o'clock every morning.

C．No experience and qualifications (条件) are required.

听第10段材料，回答第18～20题．

18．Why does Billy do a part-time job?

[　　]

A．Because he has to make a living by himself.

B．Because he has a strong will to put himself into the society.

C．Because he has to pay for his schooling.

19．How much can Bill get by delivering newspapers in a year?

[　　]

A．About 840 dollars.

B．About 700 dollars.

C．About the money for a new bicycle.

20．How often and when does Bill collect money from his customers?

[　　]

A．Once a day at night.

B．Once a month in the afternoon.

C．Once a month at night.

　　第三节听下面一段独白，每段独白读三遍，第一遍听短文大意，第二遍边听边写下所缺的词或者短语，第三遍检查．

　　Matthew Hobbs was sixteen years old. He had been at the same school for five years, and he (1) ________. He was lazy, he fought with other students, (2) ________, and he did not (3) ________ the rules of the school. His headmaster (4) ________ to make him work and become better, (5) ________, and the worse thing was that, as Matthew grew older, he had (6) ________ .

　　Then at last Matthew (7) ________. He tried to find a job in a company, and the (8) ________ wrote to the headmaster to find out what he could (9) ________ about Matthew. The headmaster wanted to be (10) ________ but he also did not want to be hard. So he wrote, “If you can get Matthew to work for you, you will be very lucky. ”

As I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field, but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each other.

A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado back to Tennessee to help him, I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child and so it was time to meet my father’s requirement.

Two weeks after moving back, we bought a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while I was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before. Fishing has been healing the old wounds that have kept us apart. 

It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. I’m 62 and he is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like two kids enjoying life. It is far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind. I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years. Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.                                                      

1.The author and his father became further apart because       .

A．they lived very far from each other

B．they had different views on things

C．they only communicated by phone

D．they seldom went to see each other

2.Why did the author come back to Tennessee?

A．Because his father invited him to go fishing.

B．Because he decided to live in a different city.

C．Because his father is ill and needs caring.

D．Because he regretted being rude to his father.

3.For the author, fishing with his old father       .

A．helps cure his father’s disease

B．is a good way to get close to nature

C．makes him realize the importance of relaxation

D．provides a chance for them to communicate

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．Fishing brings us together                 B．Forgiving is difficult

C．Memories of old days                    D．My beloved father

 

My grandfather lived only half a mile away from where I grew up in New York. Every day, he would walk down to our house and bring my dad newspapers. Along with the papers he would bring a small bag of treats （美食） for my two brothers and me.

Western NY had terrible winter weather: rain, sleet （雨夹雪）, or even 3 feet of snow. Even when he was 81, he still walked the half mile every single day. As a child, I looked forward to the daily treats, but now I’m older and I realize he braved the rough weather each day just to see us smile; I now value that more than anything else.

My grandfather touched（感动）many lives. A woman who had been in hospital for five years told me her story. She said my grandfather would visit her twice a week at her home: to read to her, play bridge, or just chat. It lasted for years without stop. She had few visitors. Even a hitchhiker who my grandfather had picked up for free told me of my grandfather’s influence on his life. My grandfather took the traveler to his home. After learning that the man was homeless, my grandfather gave him a place to stay. The man told me that no one had ever been so nice to him. He later found a job in a supermarket.

I was touched, but not surprised to know all of the touching stories from which I understood my grandfather’s selflessness. I have since tried to learn from him to help others. Although he died years ago, we still respect（尊重）him.

1．The writer’s grandfather walked to his grandson’s home each day in order to ________.

A．bring his son newspapers                           B．give his grandsons some food

C．take exercise by walking                              D．see his son and grandchildren

2．All of the following can describe（描述）the writer’s grandfather EXCEPT ________.

A．kind                       B．selfless                   C．strict                      D．helpful

3．The underlined word “hitchhiker” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A．a person who gets a free car ride when traveling

B．a person who likes traveling by car

C．a person who is given up by parents

D．a person who travels alone and gets lost

4．From the text we can infer（推断）that ________.

A．the writer didn’t know his grandfather’s selflessness until years later

B．the writer’s grandfather went to his house except on snowy days

C．the writer’s grandfather ever looked after a woman in hospital for five years

D．the writer’s grandfather ever helped a stranger find a job in supermarket

5．After learning about his grandfather’s stories, the writer ________.

A．felt a little surprised at first

B．followed the example of his grandfather

C．was much sad all the time

D．didn’t like his grandfather’s action