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 you 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 or 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 chequebook（支票本）. “If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much it is. There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than one thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind students 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, and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would miss the cool wind and the life where your thinking was done for you.
Then my dad reached down beside his seat and took out the old, broken Bible that he had read many times, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours. 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 read it.”
Did it help? I went to college without being a burden（负担） on the family. I had been able to make money since then.
1.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?
A. To tell 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 readers what present he got from his father.
2.Why didn’t the father ask his son not to do this or do that?
A. Because he had never been to college and he didn’t know what was going to come up.
B. Because he was born in a poor family.
C. Because he was a man of few words.
D. Because he didn’t want to be much too strict with his son.
3.What can we learn from this passage?
A. How to live happily.
B. How to stand on one’s own feet.
C. What a good father should do.
D. What self-confidence is.
4.The underlined phrase “financial gaps” means “________” in Chinese.
A. 闲暇 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 to 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.
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is very popular with people.
MOCA Hours | |
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday | 11 a.m.~6 p.m. |
Thursday | 11 a.m.~9 a.m. |
The museum is closed to the public on Monday, in addition to the special dates.
MOCA Holiday Hours 2015 |
New Year’s Day—Thursday, 1/1 Thanksgiving—Thursday, 11/26 Christmas Day—Friday, 12/25 |
Admission (入场费) | |
General Admission | $10 |
Seniors (65+ w / ID) and Students (w / school ID) | $5 |
Children under 12 in groups less than 10 | free |
MOCA Members | free |
First Thursday of the month (starting Jan 1, 2015) | free |
1.If Tom wants to visit the MOCA on Friday, he can visit it at ________.
A. 6:00 in the morning B. 9:00 in the morning
C. 11:00 in the morning D. 9:00 in the evening
2.If Mr Green wants to visit the MOCA with his wife and an eight-year-old son, he will
spend ________.
A. $10 B. $15 C. $20 D. $25
3. Thanksgiving is on ________ 2015.
A. January 1st B. November 26th
C. December 25th D. December 26th
4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. People can’t visit the museum on Monday.
B. Christmas Day in 2015 is on Friday.
C. David is a MOCA member, so he needn’t spend money visiting the museum.
D. Mr Green went to visit it on New Year’s Day in 2015, and he paid ten dollars.
5.The passage may be ________.
A. an advertisement B. a stor
C. a novel D. a report
完形填空（共15 小题；每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
You want to run across the street to catch the bus which is leaving soon. But ____! You’d better not. If a policeman sees you, you’ll be fined.
The new traffic law says that ____ people cross the street when the light is red, they will be fined as much as 50 yuan.
Traffic accidents ____ more than 200,000 people in China every year. Chinese cities have ____ cars than before. Drivers and pedestrians(行人) must work together to make the streets ____.
The law has new rules for drivers and pedestrians. Drivers have to ____ down when they are close to crosswalks. If people are in a crosswalk, cars must ____ to let them go first.
There are ____ for bus drivers too. If bus drivers smoke, drink or make phone calls __ driving, they will be fined. Buses that carry too many people are ____ against the law.
Pedestrians will have to walk more carefully under the new law. They must cross streets at crosswalks. Also they shouldn’t climb over the fences(栅栏) ____ streets.
Do you ride a bike to school? It’s not a good idea to ____ classmates on the back. You will be fined 50 yuan. And stay in the bike lane when you’re riding. The big roads are ____ cars and buses.
If you see a hit-and-run(肇事逃逸), tell the police. They may give you a reward. And don’t be ____ to help people to go to hospital if they are hurt in an accident. Don’t worry about money. The new law says that ____ must take care of them even if they can’t pay right away.
1.A. hurry B. look C. wait D. listen
2.A. if B. when C. so D. though
3.A. do B. kill C. die D. run
4.A. fewer B. more C. less D. larger
5.A. safer B. happier C. lighter D. slower
6.A. slow B. play C. run D. pass
7.A. like B. go C. turn D. stop
8.A. rules B. articles C. letters D. exercises
9.A. if B. while C. because D. for
10.A. also B. sometimes C. never D. often
11.A. through B. across C. into D. along
12.A. carry B. take C. bring D. move
13.A. in B. on C. for D. at
14.A. happy B. afraid C. sad D. great
15.A. policemen B. doctors C. teachers D. farmers
---Tomorrow will be fine. Shall we go out for a picnic?
--- _______.
A. Sounds great B. Good luck
C. Have fun D. Have a good trip
---Why do you eat vegetables every day, Mum? --- _____ healthy, my dear!
A. Keeping B. Keep C. To keep D. Kept
--- How do you like The Voice of China?
--- ____ amazing program it is! Many people like to watch it.
A. What an B. What a C. How an D. How
