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三、阅读理解
The other day in school, we were discussing jobs. Our teacher, Mrs. Bolt said that career was very important and that it was never too early to think about your life’s work. Most of the young boys really were not too sure about what they wanted to be. But I knew exactly what I wanted to be, and when Mrs. Bolt asked me, I replied “A truck driver.”
“A truck driver?” repeated Mrs. Bolt. “Why do you want to be one, Tom?”
“Because truck drivers are always on the move. They do not have to sit at desks all day. They are out on the road and they see a lot of the countries. The pay is good, too. And they never have any homework.”
The class laughed.
“Well, Tom,” answered Mrs. Bolt. “You certainly sound quite enthusiastic（热情的）. I guess that you don’t like sitting at a desk or doing homework. Is that correct, Tom?”
“Yes, I guess so,” I said.
“Well, since you are so interested in becoming a truck driver, I think you should look into the field a little further. I want you to go to the library and take out a book on truck driving. And I want you to write a paper on it and hand it in at the end of the month.”
That’s the last time. I’ll never tell anybody my secret ambition（雄心）.
1. Mrs. Bolt suggested Tom write a book report because________. A. she was angry with him
B. she wanted him to learn about the other side of truck driving C. she was making fun of him
D. she wanted the whole class to follow him
2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The writer thinks that truck drivers are well paid.
B. What Tom said made his classmates laugh.
C. It seemed as if Tom did not enjoy doing his homework.
D. Mrs. Bolt didn’t want Tom to become a truck driver.
3. Tom wouldn’t tell about his ambition any more because_______.
A. he didn’t think his ambition could come true
B. he just got more homework to do
C. he was laughed at by the whole class
D. he would not be able to become a truck driver
4. What can we infer about Mrs. Bolt?
A. She was unkind to her students.
B. She was unfit for her position.
C. She was a teacher with ripe experience.
D. She always did something strange.
四、阅读表达
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Everyday I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel(钎) one year to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor(脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
1. What’s the best title of the passage? (within 10 words)
2. Fill in the blank in the last but two paragraphs with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (within 10 words)
3. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
I had wanted to stop and dig them but I didn’t make it anyhow.
4. Translate the underlined sentence in the last but one paragraph into Chinese.
5. What do you learn from the passage? (within 30 words) |
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