1\ When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点).
Wee k by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too
proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my
father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you
ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list
of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she
said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some
of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I
wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said.“You know
better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your
ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help
to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to
them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better
piece of advice.
56. What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her“enemy” had said.
B. He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.
C. He told her to write down all that her“enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to
the things that were true.
D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it.
57. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomi ngs and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was
growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
58. Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by
keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
59. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend
B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C. My Father
D. My Childhood
56-59 CAAB
2\Mr.Clinton and his 13-year-old son Tony are basketball fans. Last October 10th was Tony’s
birthday, so Mr.Clinton decided to drive him to New York, for the first game of the World Series. They had no ticket but hoped to buy a pair from scalpers.
It was a two hours’ ride. After they arrived, they walked in the street for two hours, carrying a
sign(牌子) that read, “ We need two tickets.” There were many scalpers around, but the cheapest
ticket was $200. They were about to leave when suddenly a man stopped them. He took out two
tickets and handed them to Mr. Clinton.
“How much do you want?”
“Just a present,” said the man. “Enjoy the game.”
Mr. Clinton wouldn’t accept, so the man explained, “I’m Jackson. Hans is my boss. He and his
wife haven’t missed a World Series in 18 years. But he is ill and can’t watch the game this time.
So he told me to give the two tickets to people who I thought would actually enjoy the game. A lot
of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and sell them. Then I saw you and I followed
you for a while. You seemed very disappointed. You made me think of my dad and me when I was
a chi ld. I dreamed of going to a World Series game with my father. But my dream never came
true.”
How do you suppose this made Mr. Clinton and his son feel? Here is what Mr. Clinton said:
“This is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to
each other over 30 times and said, ‘I can’t believe this.’ We still never forget Jackson and Hans.”
54. The underlined word scalpers in the first paragraph means ______.
A. people who buy tickets at a reasonable price
B. people who sell tickets at a reasonable price
C. people who buy tickets at a high price
D. people who sell tickets at a high price
D
3\ I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society
until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined
to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was
astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the
person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor
can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that
I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or
three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me
$115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He
knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He
simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he
made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company
the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a
cent.
66. The author’s roommate offered to help him because________.
A. he felt sorry for the author
B. he thought it was a chance to make some money
