If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch
perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to
it up. The next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to
by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator(校准器) is to be pushed up
your watch is four minutes
.”
I tried to stop him, and tried to him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time. It faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it
all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately he asked me to come in a week’s time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to
down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he
it to pieces and said that he could finish this work
three or four days. I could do nothing but
. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest main in the world could not the time by my watch. The thing was getting
. My watch had
two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy
watch, which I did.
A. for reality B. for truth C. for certain D. for certainty
A. kept B. told C. observed D. struck
A. turn B. wind C. pick D. put
A. be turned B. be taken C. be put D. be set
A. as B. as if C. when D. if
A. fast B. slowly C. faster D. slow
A. get B. persuade C. make D. explain
A. gained B. lost C. went D. won
A. had remained B. had left C. had stayed D. had fallen
A. however B. and C. but D. therefore
A. go B. walk C. slow D. take
A. the third B. the second C. the first D. the forth
A. broke B. took C. tore D. cut
A. after B. before C. over D. in
A. to agree B. agree C. agreeing D. agreed
A. taking B. bringing C. carrying D. fetching
A. recognize B. tell C. know D. understand
A. seriously B. pleasant C. badly D. serious
A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid
A. another B. the other C. one D. one more
Section B (18 marks)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in , it was more than $100,000.
It nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
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It was a cold Saturday morning．An old man walked slowly into the ．With shoulders bent forward，he leaned on his trusty stick with each _step．
His shabby clothes and warm personality made him _out from the usual breakfast crowd．Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips _in a steady smile．
A young waitress named Mary him drag toward a table by the window．She ran over to him，and said，“Here，sir．Let me give you a with that chair．”
Without saying a word，he smiled and ．She pulled the chair away from the table．Steadying him with one arm，she helped him get comfortably ．Then she moved the table up close to him，and leaned his _against the table where he could reach it．
In a soft，clear voice，he said，“Thank you for your ．”
“You’re welcome，sir．” She replied_ ．“And my name is Mary．I’ll be back in a moment，and you need anything at all in the meantime，just wave at me！”
After he had finished his breakfast，Mary brought him the change from his ticket．Then she _him out from behind the table．She handed him his stick，and walked _him to the front door．Holding the door open for him，she said，“Come back and see us，sir！”
He turned with his whole body and nodded with a smile．“You are very kind，” he said softly．
When Mary went to clean his table，she was to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin(餐巾纸)．Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill！
The note on the napkin _，“Dear Mary，I respect you very much，and you respect yourself too．It shows by the way you _ _others．You have found the secret of happiness．Your kind gestures will _through those who meet you．”
The next day she was told that the man she had on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working．
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完形填空（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共计10分）
阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Will the sky ever fall? The answer is no. But if it________, there’s no need to be afraid!
Chicken Little is an American cartoon film. It’s very popular around the world. Its story teaches us: don’t worry too much in your________.
One day Chicken Little is in the forest when an acorn（橡果）falls on his head! This makes him________ . He thinks a piece of the sky is falling!
He can’t wait to tell________about it. They run for their lives!
When people________the truth, no one likes Chicken Little. They laugh at him. He gets a bad name in the town. It’s time for him to change others’ ________.
Chicken Little begins to play baseball. He is not bigger than a ball, ________he plays it very well! He helps his team________ . Now they think he’s great.
Just then, a spaceship really does fall from the________! The aliens （外星人）have bad plans. Once again he must tell people about it.
Will he get help from his friends in the town? Can he show himself a /an ________ person? You will get the answer from the cartoon film.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big________on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been your growth in this company passed ________ . We invite you to join the funeral(葬礼) prepared in the ________ .
In the beginning，they all got ________ for the death of one of their colleagues. ________ after a while they started getting ________ to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The _______ in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were ________ to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin(棺材), the more the excitement ________ up. Everyone whispered to each other:“________ on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they________ inside it, they ________ became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in________, as if someone had ________ the deepest part of their soul.
There was a ________ inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that________ : there is only one person who is ________ to set limits to your growth：IT IS ________ !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of ________；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!
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阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A couple of weeks ago, I made a trip to Toronto with my granddaughter who just turned three years old. The two of us were on our way to her parents, and my wife---her . who had been gone for over a week. We were all anxious to again and as I pulled out of Mamere and Papere's driveway in Chelmsford, Hailee and 1 were both about the trip and couldn't wait to arrive at our .
When we completed the "SEVEN"-hour trip to Toronto later that day, the reunion was absolutely________ and I can sincerely say I enjoyed every single minute of that journey.
Hailee is at that“1 want to it myself' stage of her life. And if you can just get over the "hurry-up syndrome" we acquire as ,it is wonderful to witness Who knew that putting a straw into the in a juice box for the very first time could be such an earth-shattering（惊天动地的）event? Or being enough to actually open the fridge door for the first time? Or putting on your own on the right feet-would be so ？
I'll never forget the look on her face the day she was able to into my truck by herself. She finally on my seat, holding onto the steering wheel(方向盘) and declared ，“I did it!" And when she could actually put her own seat belt on -what a(n) ！
Have you ever watched a three-year-old to sip a McDonald's milkshake through a straw? It is hard enough for an adult, too. And every time the icy solution(溶液) touched her lips, you could see the in her eyes. I learned that you can't hurry a child through a milkshake.
A. follow B help C. bless D. visit
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A truck B moment C. example D. goal
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A when B. then C. though D. yet
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