“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me.
After I graduated from college in 1932, I decided to find a job in a radio station as a sports announcer (广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire (雇佣) an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I applied for the job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration(失意、挫败) boiled over. “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to broadcast (广播) an imaginary(想象出来的) game. He was pleased with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous(先前的) disappointment”.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。（每小题2分，共10分）Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?
| A．Because he never graduated from college. |
| B．Because he was an inexperienced announcer. |
| C．Because he didn’t work hard in college. |
| D．Because he didn’t know about sports. |
Where was the writer born?
| A．In Chicago. | B．In New York. |
| C．In Dixon. | D．In Washington. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The writer’s parents didn’t want him to be a sports announcer. |
| B．There were no radio-announcing jobs in the writer’s hometown. |
| C．The writer became uninterested in sports announcing. |
| D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last. |
The underlined word boiled over means______.
| A．达到极点 | B．随遇而安 |
| C．无影无踪 | D．无法诉说 |
According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him,?
| A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer. |
| B．Disappointment leads to failure. |
| C．He should be proud of himself. |
| D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying. |
Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.
| A．she had paid him for this |
| B．she knew him very well |
| C．she was tired of listening to the piano. |
| D．she enjoyed his singing |
Nat King Cole succeeded because ________.
| A．the lady helped him a lot |
| B．he caught the chance(机会) |
| C．he continued to play in the bar |
| D．he played the piano well |
The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean “________”.
| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use |
| C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
From the story we know if you have some talent, you should __________.
| A．hide it and wait |
| B．ask others for help |
| C．pay no attention to it |
| D．work hard to improve yourself |
Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?
| A．Sing in the Bar |
| B．Achieve Success in Life |
| C．Never Lose Heart |
| D．Find Your Hidden（隐藏的） Talent |
American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE—— American English BrE——British EnglishThe Americans hardly say “_____”
| A．Good-bye. Have a good day! |
| B．Glad to know you! |
| C．Hi! |
| D．Have you got a car? |
What does the 3rd paragraph talk about?
| A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. |
| B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings. |
| C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE. |
| D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The two languages will become separate languages. |
| B．American English will be used more and more. |
| C．The two languages will be closer and closer. |
| D．British English will be used more and more. |
The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.
| A．解释 | B．预言 | C．考虑 | D．证明 |
Now lots of teenagers like smoking. It's a big problem. Some of them smoke, just for fun and some think smoking looks cool. Others smoke because there are many people around them that smoke.
As we all know, smoking is harmful, especially to students. Some teenagers even steal money so that they can buy cigarettes. Besides, smoking does harm to brains and it can influence studies. Finally, it is bad for health because it can cause diseases.
Therefore, we should protect ourselves from smoking. First, we should learn more about the danger of smoking. Second, we should keep away from people who smoke.Now some teenagers like smoking because_________.
| A．smoking is good for them |
| B．their parents want them to do so |
| C．they think it is fun and cool |
| D．smoking makes them comfortable |
Smoking is harmful to_________.
| A．brains | B．legs | C．eyes | D．hands |
The writer of the passage wants teenagers________.
| A．to smoke |
| B．not to smoke |
| C．not to keep away from smoking |
| D．to smoke less |
An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.
| A．to buy something |
| B．to play a joke on someone |
| C．to look for someone |
| D．to talk to the girl |
The assistant was a ________.
| A．woman | B．model | C．robot | D．man |
The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.
| A．she was a plastic model |
| B．she was a robot |
| C．she was not a good assistant |
| D．she had bad hearing |
A gentleman stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver them to his mother, who was far away in his hometown.
The gentleman saw a little girl crying on the road before he entered the shop. The gentleman asked her: “Why are you crying?”
“I want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven’t got enough money,” said the girl.
The gentleman took the girl’s hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered the bouquet (花束) for his mother and bought a rose for the girl.
When he was walking out of the shop, the gentleman asked the girl if she would like a ride home.
“Will you really drive me home?” she asked.
“Of course,” the gentleman replied.
“Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far.”
The gentleman drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery (墓地).
The little girl put the flower onto a new grave (坟墓). In order to send a rose to her mother who had died a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.
The gentleman drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled（取消）the bouquet and bought a big bunch (束) of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home, a five-hour drive from here. He would send the flowers to his mother in person.The word “deliver” in Paragraph 1 means “______________”.
| A．give | B．take | C． send | D．bring |
Why was the little girl crying?
| A．Because her mother died. |
| B．Because she lost her money. |
| C．Because she lost her way home. |
| D．Because she couldn’t afford a rose. |
The little girl asked the gentleman to drive her ______________.
| A．to her home | B．to her school |
| C．to a cemetery | D．to a mountain |
We can tell from the story that ___________.
| A．The little girl loves her mother very much |
| B．The gentleman doesn’t care about his mother |
| C．The little girl’s mother lives far away from her home |
| D．The gentleman’s mother passed away a month ago |
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