一、完形填空
The summer before I went to college, Mom said, "I'm going to teach you to iron."
Mom explained her for this lesson. I was going to be independent. Also, I would
meet new people, and ironed clothes would help me make a good impression(印象).
"Learn to iron a ," Mom said, "and you can iron anything."
But ironing shirts was not work. It didn't make use of long muscles we used to
throw a baseball, and it wasn't a operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car
on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet. Moreover, an iron produced steam (蒸汽) and it
carried an element(元素) of . If you touched the wrong part of it, you'd get burnt.
As for technique(技术), Mom ______ me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always
pushing the iron forward into wrinkled(有褶皱的) parts. Collars(衣领) had to be done right.
Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would see them.
Ironing gives me a sense of . Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt
tells me I am good at something. , through ironing I've learned to solve even the most
troublesome problems. " wrinkles one at a time," as Mom might have said, "and before
long everything will get ironed out."
()1. A. reasons B. rules C. causes D. methods
()2. A. quickly B. easily C. properly D. highly
()3. A. scarf B. coat C. sweater D. shirt
()4. A. useful B. easy C. special D. suitable
()5. A. direct B. single C. smooth D. strange
()6. A. doubt B. stress C. surprise D. danger
()7. A. taught B. chose C. forced D. sent
()8. A. honesty B. freedom C. direction D. pride
()9. A. Instead B. Also C. Otherwise D. However
()10. A. Make up B. Deal with C. Ask for D. Work out

一、1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.B

二、阅读理解
There was a young man who was in trouble. He went bankrupt (破产) and his wife went away
from him. From then on, failure was all that he had seen. Struggling (挣扎) with this, he went into
the forest alone. There, he met an old man who had lived there for a long time. He shared his story
with the old man and asked, "Can you give me one good reason not to give up?"
"Look," the old man said. "Do you see that fern (蕨类植物) and bamboo there?" "Yes,"
the man answered.
"When I planted the fern and bamboo seeds, I watered them carefully. A few days later,
the fern quickly grew from the land," the old man went on.
"However, I watered the bamboo seeds for years, but it still didn't sprout. But I didn't
give up and continued looking after it. In the fifth year, a small sprout came out of the land.
After a few months, the tree grew very, very tall."
"The little bamboo tree had been growing underground in the past four years, developing a
root (根) strong enough for its ground growth in the fifth year. If it hadn't done this, it would
not be so strong. So you know, all the time you were struggling, you were actually growing
strong roots," the old man said. Finally, the man thanked the old man deeply. Then he left the
forest with the hope for life.
()1. What happened to the young man?
A. He was badly hurt. B. He was seriously ill.
C. He went to a bank with his wife. D. He went bankrupt and his wife left him.
()2. The difference between the fern and the bamboo mentioned in the passage is their
.
A. colours B. growth C. weight D. looks
()3. The underlined word "sprout" in Paragraph 4 means "" in Chinese.
A. 发芽 B. 开花 C. 枯萎 D. 结果
()4. The young man felt after hearing what the old man said to him.
A. nervous B. sad C. hopeful D. unhappy
()5. Which can be the best title for the passage?
A. Never Lose Hope When in Trouble. B. Practice Makes Perfect.
C. The Early Bird Catches the Worm. D. Learn to Share with Others.

二、1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.A