It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in an ugly multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’  hoofs(馬蹄) from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d lie on Mom’s bed and stare for hours at the TV screen.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses where she cleaned books. So she came home one day, switched off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned（不滿(mǎn),發(fā)牢騷） and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish（壞脾氣的）boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly（不情愿） among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers（河貍）. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this virtue visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip（快速翻動(dòng)）of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery(兒童神經(jīng)外科)at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom switched off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.
小題1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ___________.
A．the author and his brother had done well in school
B．the author had been very concerned about his school work
C．the author had spent much time watching TV after school
D．the author had realized how important schooling was
小題2:Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?
A．He came from a middle-class family.
B．He came from a single-parent family.
C．His mother worked as a cleaner.
D．His mother had received little education.
小題3:How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?
A．They were afraidB．They were reluctant.
C．They were impatient.D．They were eager to go.
小題4:The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.
A．he began to see something in his mind
B．he could visualize what he read in his mind
C．he could go back to read the books again
D．he realized that books offered him new experience

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
本文作者講述了自己童年的一段經(jīng)歷：他和他的哥哥如何在母親的督促下，放棄看電視轉(zhuǎn)而去圖書(shū)館閱讀書(shū)籍，從一開(kāi)始的不情愿到后來(lái)逐漸被書(shū)中的知識(shí)所吸引，進(jìn)而對(duì)書(shū)愛(ài)不釋手，最終學(xué)業(yè)有成、事業(yè)成功。
小題1: C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段最后一句可知，Wagon Train”， “Cheyenne” “I Love Lucy”,，“Mister Ed”均是電視劇名，最后一句的stare for hours at the tube(顯像管)，指的也是長(zhǎng)時(shí)間看電視。此處tube(顯像管)，at the tube其實(shí)就是指看電視，由下段的前兩句表示轉(zhuǎn)折的話(huà)也可知前段是說(shuō)他兩兄弟花很多時(shí)間看電視。
小題2:A 推理判斷題。由第二段第三句Our mother had only been able to get through third grade.可知D正確；由第二段第四句中in the suburban houses she cleaned可知C正確；由第一段第三句My older bother and I lived with Mom可知B正確；排除B，C和D可知選A。另外，從第一段第三句和第四句描寫(xiě)的他們生活的環(huán)境情況看，也可知選項(xiàng)A不合事實(shí)。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段第一句We moaned and complained…可知，他們最初是“不愿意的”。
小題4:D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第六段第一句but the experience…可知選項(xiàng)D對(duì)；由第二句images forming in my mind可知選項(xiàng)B對(duì)；由There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes可知A 、B均是作者喜歡讀書(shū)的原因；由最后一句I could return to them again and again可知選項(xiàng)C對(duì)。由It didn’t dawn on me at the time可知作者當(dāng)時(shí)并未意識(shí)到讀書(shū)能給他予新的體驗(yàn)，故選D。dawn on sb. 意為“使某人明白什么”。
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D．Amy knew that Zack and Jerry were good friends.
小題2:After Jerry left the orphanage ________.
A．he wasn’t happy in his new home
B．he couldn’t adapt to his new environment
C．he missed his friend very much
D．he left guilty about leaving his friend behind
小題3:What can we learn about Zack from the fourth paragraph?
A．He was found at the orphanage by Amy.
B．He was living in the same city as Jerry.
C．He would be adopted by Amy and Mark.
D．The boy named Zack in the database wasn’t Jerry’s friend.
小題4:Which of the following is TURE according to the last paragraph?
A．The boys met again at Amy’s home.
B．The boys couldn’t get along with each other any longer.
C．When they met again, the boys didn’t recognize each other at first.
D．The boys can keep in touch with each other for the rest of their lives.
小題5:What is the best title for this text?
A．How to Adopt a Child
B．Amy and Her Adopted Child
C．A Story in an Orphanage
D．A Very Special Reunion

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The story happened on a hot heavy rainy day.
After class, I took a few bottles to go and   36  some water from the water room. Oh! There were so many people! I had to wait   37  the rain. My hair didn't get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes  38  .
When at last it was my   39  , I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I began making my way back when I saw a boy   40  towards me. He   41  two umbrellas in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came   42  , I recognized that it was Tom.
He   43  my classmate for nearly three years, but we never   44  more than ten sentences. He was silent, but I liked talking. We were quite   45  people and had nothing in common. I didn't   46  him and even didn't want to see him.
"Hey! What's wrong?" His words   47  me out of my thought. "I saw you   48  in the rain, so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little   49  , your clothes are already wet,"
On hearing this, I was so   50  that I couldn't say a single word.
"Don't just stand there. Let's go!" He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards   51  and this time we talked   52  .
"I know you don't like me, but I want to   53  with you." he said, "You may think I am silent, but it is because I can't find the right   54  to say."
The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, "It is wrong to  55 someone only by his appearance.
小題1:
A．collect B．drink C．move D．hold
小題2:
A．under B．in C．a(chǎn)t D．on
小題3:
A．did B．got C．is D．does
小題4:
A．wish B．duty C．job D．turn
小題5:
A．come B．came C．coming D．comes
小題6:
A．had held B．has heldC．was holdingD．holds
小題7:
A．near B．nearly C．nearer D．nearest
小題8:
A．has been B．had beenC．is D．would be
小題9:
A．shared B．talked C．spoke D．called
小題10:
A．the same B．familiarC．strangeD．the best
小題11:
A．hate B．ignore C．like D．forget
小題12:
A．brought B．made C．got D．surprised
小題13:
A．stoodB．standC．standing D．a(chǎn)re standing
小題14:
A．early B．frequentC．usual D．late
小題15:
A．moving B．move C．moved D．moves
小題16:
A．the meeting room B．the parkC．the playgroundD．the dormitory
小題17:
A．nothing B．too muchC．a(chǎn) lot D．something
小題18:
A．make friends B．have words C．have a speechD．shake a hand
小題19:
A．times B．words C．places D．news
小題20:
A．understand B．see C．judge D．decide

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