We tried so hard to make things better for our kids but we made them worse. For my naughty boys, I’d know better. I’d really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf. I really would.
My cherished boys, I hope you learn humility (谦逊) by surviving failure and that you learn to be honest even when no one is looking. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it is all right to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl (爬) under the covers (被子) with you because he’s scared, I hope you’ll let him. And when you want to see a Disney movie and your kid brother wants to tag along, I hope you take him.
I hope you have to walk uphill with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books, and when you learn to use computers, you also learn how to add and subtract (减) in your head.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on the stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole (旗杆). I hope you get sick when someone blows smoke in your face. I don’t care if you try beer once, but I hope you won’t like it.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandpa or go fishing with your uncle.
I hope your father punishes you when you throw a baseball through a neighbor’s window, and that your mother hugs you and kisses you when you give her a plaster of pared mold (一个石膏模型) of your hand.
These things I wish for you—tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.
1.Who wrote the letter?
A．A grandmother. B．A grandfather. C．A father. D．A mother.
2.What does the author hope for the boys?
A．they learn a lesson from a fight with others.
B．they know how to calculate with computers.
C．they get on well with family members.
D．they burn their hand on the stove and stick their tongue on a frozen flagpole.
3.It can be inferred from the text that the boys _________________.
A．often fight with others B．are to develop good qualities
C．always keep their grandpa company D．score high in the exam
4.Why does the author write the letter?
A．To show the boys it’s not easy growing up.
B．To teach the boys dos and don’ts on the way growing up.
C．To help the boys to avoid making mistakes on the way growing up.
D．To encourage the boys to fully experience life on the way growing up.
One cold, rainy night in 1979, staying on the deck of the nuclear attack submarine(核攻击潜艇) USS Birmingham entering Hampton Roads Harbor, a soldier who was called Jeff Harris was suddenly hit by a huge wave that took away his ship’s ball cap.
Months later, while walking along Chesapeake Boulevard beach in Hampton, Will Miller, a Vietnam veteran(退伍军人) and Navy(海军) commander, happened to find Harris’ cap which was half-buried in the sand then. Knowing how important a ship’s cap was to its owner, Miller saved the hat, hoping one day to find its owner. The cap was packed away for years but recently appeared again at Miller’s home in Florida.
“It suddenly fell out of a box onto my computer keyboard, right in front of me,” said Miller. “I guessed it was telling me, ‘It’s time to get me home.’”
An extensive Internet search led Miller to a USS Birmingham website and finally to Harris. The two sent e-mails back and forth, and one night Miller’s phone rang.
“This is Jeff Harris,” the voice on the phone said. “You have my hat!”
The two sailors talked for almost half an hour, telling sea stories to each other and thinking of the common relationship between seamen.”
“Most non-seagoing people wouldn’t understand how much a sailor likes his hat,” Miller said. “Your hat protects you from sun, wind, salt and cold, and when you lose it, especially one with your ship’s name on it, it’s a big thing. I’m delighted to get it back to Jeff.”
1.What is the main idea of the story?
A．A sailor looked for his hat for years.
B．Hats are important for sailors.
C．A sailor reunited with his hat years after losing it.
D．Friendship was based on a hat.
2.Jeff Harris’s hat dropped off into the sea because of ______.
A．a sudden wave B．his carelessness
C．a strong wind D．something wrong with his hat
3.Will Miller kept the hat for years because ______.
A．he wanted to leave it to his child
B．it was valuable as a gift
C．he wanted to return it to its owner
D．he wanted to sell it one day
4.From the passage we can know Jeff Harris and Miller ______.
A．had been friends before the story happened
B．didn’t know the importance of the hat
C．often told sea stories to each other
D．once worked at sea
A man and his girlfriend got married. It was a large celebration. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was 36 .
Some months later, the wife said to the 37 , “I read in a magazine about how we can strengthen our 38 . Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying(恼人的) with 39 person. Then, we can talk about how we can 40 them together and make our life happier together.”
The husband 41 . So each of them went to a separate room and thought of the things that 42 them about the other.
The next morning, at the 43 table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife.
She took out her list. It had 44 items on it. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she 45 that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “ 46 ,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”
The wife continued to read 47 she had read all the three pages. She carefully placed her list on the 48 and crossed her hands over top of it.
“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said 49 . Quietly the husband said, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are 50 as you are. You are lovely and wonderful. I don’t want you to 51 anything for me.”
The wife, touched by the depth of his love for her and his 52 of her, turned her head and wept(流泪).
We have a wonderful 53 that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why 54 time looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can 55 us and see the wonderful things before us?
1. A．true B．false C．kind D．happy
2. A．boyfriend B．husband C．father D．mother
3. A．home B．family C．house D．marriage
4. A．some B．other C．the other D．another
5. A．repair B．solve C．set D．raise
6. A．agreed B．admitted C．refused D．laughed
7. A．interested B．surprised C．troubled D．puzzled
8. A．lunch B．supper C．breakfast D．dinner
9. A．such B．few C．no D．many
10. A．guessed B．understood C．knew D．noticed
11. A．Nothing B．Something C．Everything D．Anything
12. A．unless B．until C．after D．when
13. A．floor B．bed C．chair D．table
14. A．sadly B．happily C．angrily D．crazily
15. A．perfect B．beautiful C．gentle D．rich
16. A．read B．write C．change D．do
17. A．belief B．doubt C．understanding D．acceptance
18. A．home B．earth C．world D．country
19. A．waste B．spend C．take D．devote
20. A．look at B．look around C．look after D．look for
I’m for that he’ll stay here.
A．one B．it C．all D．what
If you dare do it, so I .
A．will B．dare C．do D．would
His arms were sunburnt because he in the sun all day.
A．had sat B．sat C．is sitting D．had been sitting
