In 1980，Candy Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter Cad was killed by a drunk driver as she walked down a suburban street in California. “I promised myself on the day of my daughter’s death that I would fight to make this needless accident count for something positive in the years ahead,” Candy Lightener later wrote.
The drunk driver received a two-year prison sentence. However, he avoided prison by serving time in a work camp and a halfway house. Ms. Lightner was very angry about that and so organized Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), which later changed to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The aim of her organization was to raise public awareness of the serious nature of drunk driving and to promote tough legislation against the crime.
Before Ms. Lightner’s MADD, intoxication (醉酒), including drunk driving, was not taken seriously. Intoxication was often used as an excuse for otherwise unacceptable behavior: “I didn’t know what I was doing—I was drunk.”
Candy Lightner appeared on major television shows, spoke before the US Congress, addressed professional and business, groups, and worked tirelessly for years to change public attitudes, change judicial(审判的) behaviour, and promote tough new legislation. Ms. Lightner left MADD because the organization that she herself created is changing its focus. “I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving.”
The President of the United States awarded her the President’s Volunteer Action Award and she was the subject of the movie “Mothers Against Drunk Drivers: the Candy Lightner Story”.
1.One of the purposes of MADD was to______ .
A. make the public aware of the danger of drunk driving
B. fight against the drunk hit-and-run drivers on the road
C. make new laws against crimes caused by drinking
D. warn people not to drink alcohol while driving
2.which way didn’t Ms. Lightner use to achieve her MADD’s goals?
A. Talking on major TV shows.
B. Giving a talk to businessmen.
C. Applying for a job with the government.
D. Giving suggestions to the US Congress.
3.We can learn from the passage that______.
A. the drunk driver had not been caught
B. drunk driving didn’t receive enough attention before MADD
C. Candy Lightner played a leading role in a film
D. MADD didn’t get much support from society
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Ways to prevent drunk driving
B. Purposes of founding MADD
C. New law against drunk driving
D. Candy Lightner and her MADD
Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy life.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. But mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.
Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
1.A person who lives an unhappy life can be described as “_______”.
A. becoming sick as a dog B. leading a dog’s life
C. living in a dog-eat-dog world D. Working like a dog
2.The underlined word “mean” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “_______”.
A. violent B. selfish C. wild D. Poor
3.What can we learn from the text?
A. Everyone can be successful if he learns from the old.
B. It might be difficult for the young to learn new skills.
C. Junkyard dogs are careful in money arrangement.
D. Fierce persons aren’t so awful as their appearance sometimes.
4.To support his idea, the author develops the text mainly by _______.
A. listing reasons B. using idioms
C. giving examples D. Making comparisons
My interest in Chinese food started years a90, when l was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown, where I found some very good Chinese restaurants．
The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. I noticed the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why it has this special feature.
Many years ago, China had an energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forests. This loss was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get，so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their valuable wood，or learn how to use it better. There weren’t any substitutes so people found ways to economize.
In order to economize in cookin9, they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil．That way，the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in this way kept its fresh flavor一and it's this flavor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.
1.This text is mainly about________.
A. what caused Chinese food to taste fresh
B. how Chinese food is cooked in the US
C. when the author started to make Chinese food
D. why most foreigners like cooking Chinese food
2.The author mentioned the energy crisis to show________.
A. it is important to protect the forests
B. it is necessary to find substitutes for wood
C. why the Chinese changed their way of cooking
D. what problems a big population is causing China today
3.It can be inferred from the text that before the energy crisis Chinese food________.
A. was cooked in rather large pieces
B. was cooked in water but not oil
C. didn’t taste good
D. didn’t look fresh
The day that I met my best friend for the first time, I was full of anxiety. I was trying to do some ______ for an important oral exam in the local library, but people kept ______ me. I was getting annoyed and of course, I wasn’t able to ______. Suddenly I heard someone singing behind me. I ______ and glared at the person who was singing. It was a tall girl about the same age as me.
She looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn’t matter. If anything, it made me even angrier.” How could she be so selfish?” I thought ______.
I picked up my books, glared at her and whispered coldly, “Thanks to your ______, I’ve been unable to study. You’re so ______!”
I left the library in such a hurry, I left the most important textbook ______. when I got home two hours later, I found that textbook gone. I was so ______ that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang. a gentle voice ______ the speaker as Jenny and asked if I was Jane. After ______ that I was, she said that she had noticed I’d left my book in the library and as my ______ was in it, she’d asked a librarian to get my phone number f. She said that she didn’t live far away and could bring it around for me if I needed it.
I sighed with ______and agreed to meet her at the convenience store down the road. Of course you’ve ______ who Jenny was. She was the girl I had shouted at for singing in the library. When I recognized her in the convenience store, I was filled with ______ and apologized for my ruled behavior I felt so ______, but Jenny just laughed, saying she was glad to see that I’d also left my ______ in the library! I couldn’t help laughing at this and I invited her back to my apartment for a quick cup of tea.
Ever since then we’ve been best friends and we got along really well. To be honest, I trust her more than any one else. I often think how ______ I am. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to ______ my shortcomings, I would ______ have experienced such true friendship.
1.A. research B. revision C. work D. experiment
2.A. watching B. asking C. warning D. disturbing
3.A. speak B. improve C. concentrate D. follow
4.A.turned around B. turned down C. turned off D. turned over
5.A. sadly B. hopelessly C. angrily D. crazily
6.A. practice B. noise C. attitude D. existence
7.A. selfish B. active C. sensitive D. stupid
8.A. out B. around C. aside D. behind
9.A. nervous B. careless C. upset D. forgetful
10.A. introduced B. considered C. took D. remembered
11.A. deciding B. conforming C. realizing D. thinking
12.A. address B. class C. writing D. name
13.A. comfort B. relief C. confidence D. satisfaction
14.A. recognized B. found C. guessed D. heard
15.A. courage B. energy C. doubt D. shame
16.A. worried B. sorry C. terrible D. excited
17.A. glare B. expression C. virtue D. friendship
18.A. considerate B. pleased C. luck D. grateful
19.A. overcome B. share C. hide D. forgive
20.A. ever B. never C. seldom D. Fstill
Jenny is quite good at taking notes. She can _______ almost every word her teachers say in class.
A. set about B.set aside C.set down D. set out
---Have you read any novels written by the famous writer Mo Yan?
--- Yes, of course. I ______ several of his works when I was studying abroad.
A. read B.had read C.have read D. was reading
