B
Tom lived a long way from the town．One day he went into the town to buy something in a shop，and after he bought it，he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table． When he looked round，he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their books，so after lunch he went to a shop to buy glasses，too． He walked along the road，and soon found a shop．The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses，but each time Tom said，"No，l can't read with this pair． "The man became more and more puzzled． At last he said，"Excuse me，but can you read at all?"No，l can't!"Tom said，"lf I can read，do you think I will come here to buy glasses?"
( )26． Tom saw some old people _______'
A． far away from the town
B．in a shop
C． in a restaurant
D． in the village
第1题：
D
My father was 44 and knew he wasn’t going to male it to 45. He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.
Since the day 1 was 12 and first read his letter, some of his words have lived in my
beart. One it aways times out. “Right now, you are pretending to be a time-killer. But I know that one hay, you will do something great that will set you among the very best.” Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself. “You will do something great.” He didn’t know what that would be, and neither did I, but at times in my life when I’ve felt proud of myself, I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask. “Is this what you were talking about, Dad? Should I keep going?”
A long way frim 12 now, I realize hew would have been proud when I made any progress. Lately, thongn. I’ve come to believe he’d want me to move on to winat com next: to be nrood of and believe in, somebody else. It’s time to start writing my own letters to my children. Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had. Our kids don’t hold back because they’re afraid to fail. They’re only afraid of failing us. They don’t worry about being disappointed. Their fear－as mine was until my father’s letter－is of being a disappointment.
Give your chikdren permission to succeed. They’re witing for you to believe in them. I always knew way parents loved me. But trust my That elic will be more comlece, that love will be more real, and their belief in the nelces whi be greater if you write the words on their hearts; “Don’t worry; you’ll do something great.” Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.
68.We learn from the text that the author .
A.lost his father when he was young
B.worked hard before he read his father’s letter
C.asked his father permission to believe in himself
D.knew execty at thing his father wanted him to do
第2题：
Why does the woman plan to go to town？
A To pay her bills in the bank. B To buy books in a bookstore. C To get some money from te bank.
第3题：
A. on your way to home
B. to your way home
C. on your way home
D.at your way to home
第4题：
He went from door to door, gathered waste papers and magazines.()
第5题：
I arrived in the United Stated on February 6, 1966, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my hotel. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I stared in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their man-made beauty. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left me because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.
Shortly after my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn't speak a word of English, I couldn't tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some gestures, but the waiter didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway until I came to Times Square with its movie theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I continued to walk around the city. I wanted to see everything on my first day. I knew it was impossible, but I wanted to try.
When I returned to the hotel, I was tired out, but I couldn't sleep because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens during the night. I lay awake and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings, big cars, and full of noise and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.
1. On the way to his hotel, the writer _____.
A. was silent all the time
B. kept talking to his friend
C. looked out of the window with great interest
D. showed his friend something he brought with him
2. He went to _____ to get something to eat.
A. a tea house
B. a pub
C. a café room
D. a nearby restaurant
3. He did not have what he really wanted, because _____.
A. he only made some gestures
B. he did not order at all
C. he could not make himself understood
D. the waiter was unwilling to serve
4. The waiter _____.
A. knew what he would order
B. finally understood what he said
C. took the order through his gestures
D. served the same thing the man at the next table was having
5. After dinner, he _____.
A. walked back to the hotel right away
B. had a walking tour about the city
C. went to the movies
D. did some shopping on Broadway
第6题：
Why does the woman plan to go to town?
A．To pay her bills in the bank.
B．To buy books in a bookstore.
C．To get some money from the bank,
第7题：
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
①Many of today’s most trusted sales techniques were invented over a century ago by a young merchant named Eaton in Toronto.21 When he was young, Eaton worked briefly with his brothers in small-town stores. In 1869, he set up his own shop in downtown Toronto. He had many competitors, but he was also ambitious and had a plan for success. He offered a unique style. of trade, but as was expected, all the other shopkeepers laughed at him, believing he would eventually fail. However, Eaton was not a man to be easily defeated; he came up with（To bring forth or discover ） a brand new notion of business – “Goods satisfactory, or money refunded.(to give back)” He sold all his goods at fixed prices and only for cash.23
②With a sharp sense of what the public wanted, he went out of the way(To inconvenience oneself in doing something beyond what is required.不怕麻烦地：超出要求之外做某事而使自己麻烦) to meet their needs. His business grew rapidly. He set up new branches and started mail order service that allowed people to buy from a list of his goods.
③Eaton’s list—advertisements of his day—was the first of its kind. It was distributed and read all over the country. It was the only way to access good-quality goods at reasonable prices for people living far away from big cites.25 It became part of their life. They even called it The Wishing Book. The secret of the list’s success was that Eaton gained the respect of these customers22; they trusted him for good prices and quality goods. Probably because he remembered his miserable early days in Ireland, Eaton thought much of the welfare of his employees: better working conditions, shorter weekday（除了周日或者除了周六周日）hours than his competitors and Saturday afternoons off in the summer. In all this, he was a leader.
21. The best description of Eaton is that ______.
A. he was the richest merchant in Toronto
B. he was a successful technical inventor
C. he introduced new sales practices
D. he changed people’s ideas about businessmen
第8题：
A. went to our way
B. went out of our way
C. went away from our way
D. went on our way
第9题：
A、with
B、in
C、among
D、about
第10题：
A、how long have you lived here
B、how long you lived here
C、how long you have lived here
D、you have lived here how long