27、从方框内选出单词，用其适当形式填空。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

1．How clever she is! She can             answer the question．

2．You look so         ．What’s the trouble with you?

3．1 will go to college in a few         time．

4．The children enjoyed            at the party．

5．Don’t touch the machine．It’s                   ．

6．Jim jump            than any other boy in his class．

26、用括号内所给的动词适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词

  I  1  (1ove)my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough  2  (see)above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters．Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle，pens，and white paper, I decided that the act of   3  (write)must be the most wonderful thing in the world．

   Years later, during her final illness，Mother    4  (keep)different things for my sister and brother．“But the desk”，she said，“is for Elizabeth”．

   I never saw her angry , never saw her    5   (cry)．I knew she loved me，she showed it in action．But as a young girl．1 wanted heart—to—heart talks between mother and daughter．

  They never happened．And a gulf opened between us．1 was “too emotional”(感情易激动的)．But she lived “on the surface(表面)”

  As years passed I had my own family．I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family．I wrote to her in careful words and asked her  6  (1et)me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅)me．

  I posted the letter and waited for her answer．None came．

  My hope turned to disappointment(失望)，then little interest，finally, peace—it seemed that nothing happened．I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother．I only knew that I   7 (write)it，and I could stop    8    (try)to make her into someone she was not．

    Now the present of her desk told me，as she’d never been able to，that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work，I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside a photo of my father and a one—page letter, folded and refolded many times．

Give me an answer, my letter asks，in any way you choose，Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words．

1．           2．           3．            4．            

5．           6．           7．            8．            

23、Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of either by watching TV or reading newspapers people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day.

     Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors (编辑) decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

     Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.

     Secondly, a new story has to be interesting and unusual. People don't want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kinds of danger and seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safety, instead they print stories about plane accidents.

Another factor (因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read smiles about people places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

1. According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?

     A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.

     B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.

     C. They watch TV or read newspapers.

     D. They listen to the radio every day.

2. The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that__    

     A. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper.

     B. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper.

     C. people can read news stories in other countries.

     D. people can read news stories about their own country.

3. To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?

     A. Two   B. Three    C. Five    D. Six

4. According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?

     A. You often play football with your friends after school.

     B. Your teacher has not got a cold.

     C. A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn't been caught.

     D. The bike in front of your house is lost.

5. Which of the following is Not True in this passage?

     A. News stories on the front page of every country are always the same.

     B. People like to read interesting and unusual news,

     C. Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world.

     D. Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred year.

22、When someone says "Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music", it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced.

   The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from?

   The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He said -- in 1851-- that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue to go on, they often said, "It's time to go to face the music." And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra(交响乐团) which was just below the stage.

    An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out.

     So, "to face the music" came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.

     The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection(检阅) by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment(装备) clean---

shiny enough to pass inspection? Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do?

1. According to the passage, the word "music" means

     A. your boss's criticism (批评)               B. your leader's inspection

     C. something unpleasant to be experience       D. sour pop music

2. The phrase "to face the music" was the first used by _      _

A. all the Americans       

B. the American writer James Fenimore Cooper

C. some American actors   

D. the American orchestra

3. An actor might feel frightened or nervous when going on stage. One of the reasons is that _   

     A. his performance might not satisfy most of the audience

     B. he might not remember what he should say on stage

     C. he had to face the unfriendly audience

      D. most of the audience might be his friends

4. "To face the music" is also used to mean that soldiers were not willing _   _.

A. to be examined about their equipment    

B. to be found weak

C. to show themselves up in public            

D. to be inspected by their leader

5. The passage is mainly about _     _.

A. the meaning of the phrase "to face the music"

B. how to deal with something unpleasant

C. the phrase "to face the music" in America    

D. how to go through difficulty

21、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．

20、根据短文内容回答下列问题。

In a classroom in any country，the teacher teaches more than art or history or language．He or she teaches what is known as the “hidden course”-- the culture（文化）of that country．

   In a society such as the United States，people with different history, culture and language join together and think highly of individualism(个人主义)．Their education as a part of the society(社会)，also think of this greatly．Teachers try to make each student special．Students do not have to remember a lot of information；instead，they work alone and find answers by themselves．There is often a discussion in the classroom．At an early age students learn to have their own ideas．Their education encourages personal thought．The importance is put on how to arrive at an answer and not simply to get the correct answer．

   In most Asian countries，the people have the same languages，history, and culture．Perhaps for this reason，the education there shows society’s ideas in group goals rather than individualism．Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other on homework．In the classroom，the teacher often teaches in a public way．He says，and the students listen．There is not much discussion．Instead，the students repeat rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind．

   In many ways these differences come from different educational psychology(教育心理学)．In Western countries teachers make it easier for the students to learn for themselves．In the Eastern，however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students，or the students can’t learn anything．

1．What is the “hidden course” according to the passage?

2．What do American teachers do in class?

3．What do Asian teachers do in class?

4．What’s the main difference in education between the East and the West?

5．What do you think the proper title for the passage is?