assignment!”
“Because I want to be like yours! To be __44__ ” Tina said.
Silence fell on the whole room when another student cried out, “Tina, we’re not normal! We are teenagers! We get in __45__all the time.”
“I know.” Tina said as a big smile spread across her face. The rest of the students laughed, too.
Tina got only a few __46__ that day, but she got the love and respect of her classmates. To her, that was worth a lot more than a grade. 35. A. her
B. me B. ate B. copy
C. us
D. them
36. A. strong 37. A. gave 38. A. read 39. A. friends 40. A. started 41. A. surprise 42. A. Because 43. A. woke up 44. A. happy 45. A. attention 46. A. points
阅读理解（共44分）
六、阅读理解。（共26分，每小题2分）
阅读下面的四篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
A
Joyce
I often ride my bike to school. First, I live far from my school. Second, I don’t like spending much time waiting for the bus. Third, I can take exercise. Alan
I usually go to school by bus. First, my home is far from the school. Second, it’s safe and cheap
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B. different C. short C. find
D. young
D. brought D. recite D. parents
D. satisfaction D. made up
C. broke
B. students B. planned
B. joy B. After B. gave up
B. thought
C. teachers
C. continued D. failed
C. excitement
D.If
C. stood up
D. true
D. trouble D. exercises
C. touch C.Before C. social
B. normal
B. chances C. mistakes
to go to school. Peter
I usually walk to school. First, my home is close to the school. It only takes about ten minutes to get to school. Second, I can take exercise by walking. Cindy
I often go to school by car. First, my home is very far from the school. Second, my mother can drop me off at the school gate on her way to work. Third, it is fast. It only takes me fifteen minutes to get to school. 47. Joyce usually goes to school . A. by bus A. Joyce
B. on foot B. Cindy
C. by bike C. Alan
D. by car D. Peter
48. It only takes about fifteen minutes to get to school. 49. Peter often walks to school because . A. it’s safe and cheap
B. he can take exercise by walking C. his mother doesn’t like driving D. he doesn’t like waiting for the bus
B
Our three-year-old daughter Becky wanted a dog. But we were too busy to buy one. One day, Becky ran in, shouting, “Mom! Come to see my dog!” Her face was red with excitement.
I followed her to the bush and found a wolf! He was hurt. Seeing me, he stood up suddenly! I could see his teeth! God! My mouth felt dry.
“Don’t be afraid. That’s Mom. She loves you, too,” Becky said. Then he became friendly. It was unbelievable!
I rushed to find my husband and told him about the wolf. We should have killed the wolf, but Becky loved him. Besides, he was gentle to Becky. So we called the vet finally.
Becky named the wolf Ralph and she carried food to him every day. Later, Ralph got well. They played together in the daytime. At night, Ralph would return to the mountains.
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Sometimes he disappeared but came back several days later.
On Becky’s first day of school, we could see Ralph’s sadness. After the school bus left, Ralph lay by the side of the road and waited. When Becky returned, he got happy again. This continued throughout Becky’s school years.
Twelve years passed. One day we heard that a wolf was killed. The other wolf was hurt and ran away. We were worried about Ralph. That night, Ralph returned with a wound(伤口). Becky held his head kindly and comforted him. We hope he could come through. However, he died.
Becky cried. I noticed something strange in the bush---two little yellow eyes! Ralph’s child! Before he died，Ralph brought his child to us! He knew he would be safe here, as he had been. Ralph, Ralph… I was moved.
“Don’t be afraid, Little…Ralphie. That’s Mom. She loves you, too.” 50. When Becky first met Ralph, she was __________ years old. A. three B. nine A. lived with Becky
C. twelve
D. fifteen
51. After Ralph got well, he __________ at night.
B. played with his child D. stayed in the bush
C. returned to the mountains
52. Ralph brought his child to Becky because __________. A. his child had to be cared for at once B. he thought his child would be safe there C. someone wanted to kill his child D. he had to leave to look for food
C
British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires(百万富翁) when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.
Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea.
Doing the research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I knew there
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was a gap (空缺) in the market.” In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in the center of London.
Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has￡30 million a year.
Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.” 53. What kind of company do they run? A. A fast-food restaurant.
B. A tea shop.
C. A coffee shop. D. A big hotel. 54. Where are their Coffee Republic shops?
A. All over the UK. B. All over the US. C. In the center of London.
D. In New York.
55. Which information is mentioned in the passage? A. Sarah was not interested in Bobby’s idea. B. British people never drank coffee before 1995. C. Sarah’s best-selling book is about how to make coffee. D. Sarah found a business chance while doing the research.
D
Psychologists, working with students, say from the time when a child enters school, he/she tends to get impressed with the idea that success is the means to be respected and have a meaningful existence; to say it in simple terms: Success is “the only way” to have a fulfilled life.
Now, the question at hand is— what is our stand on failures? An Indian writer once wrote, “When failures teach us more lessons than success, shouldn’t failures be celebrated more?” There is a lot of insight in that statement. Yes! Failures really are so important in our lives. Only thirst makes us realize the worth of water. If it is true of these natural physical phenomena (现象) and things, then success too amounts to (等同于) any worth only if one experiences the presence of failure.
Norman Peale observesin one of his books that a person who is getting “C” grades in college
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