郝昌明

(A)

My mom was an embarrassment to me. I remembered we had a field day, and she suddenly came to my school. “Your mom only has one eye!” they laughed at me. So I said to my mom, “Mom, you make people laugh at me. Why dont you just die?” My mom did not respond.

That night, I woke up to find she was crying quietly as if she was afraid she might wake me up. Even so, I disliked her. I told myself I would leave her and become successful.

Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and got accepted into Seoul University. Now Im married and living happily as a successful man. But one day someone unexpected came to see me. “What? Whos it?” My little girl ran away, scared of my moms eye.

“Who do you think you are?” I shouted at her. “How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!” My mother calmly answered, “Oh, Im so sorry. I may have got the wrong address,” and then she disappeared.

Then one day, I received a letter regarding a school reunion. After the reunion, I went to the old house I used to live in. To my surprise, I found my mother lying on the cold ground with a piece of paper in her hand:

My son, I wont visit you any more, but I miss you so much. Im sorry I only have one eye and make you feel embarrassed. You see, when you were very young, you had an accident and lost your eye. I couldnt stand watching you grow up with only one eye, so I…I was never upset with you for anything you did because I love you. You mean the world to me!

1. Why did the writers mother have only one eye? ____.

A. Because she was born with only one eye

B. Because an accident made one of her eyes blind

C. Because she gave one of her

eyes to the writer

D. Because she gave one of her

eyes to an unknown patient

2. The writer is a ____ man.

A. selfish B. kind C. strict D. considerate

3. How did the writer feel when

he wrote the article? ____.

A. Regretful

B. Calm C. Light-hearted D. Disappointed

4. Why did the writer write the

article? ____.

A. To admit he was wrong B. To let readers punish him

C. To advise readers to learn a

lesson from him

D. To let his mother pardon

him

5. What is the best title of the

passage? ____.

A. Stop Regarding Mom As an

Embarrassment

B. Every One Has a Mom

C. Mom Is The Greatest Person

in The World

D. A Great Mom

(B)

This heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a pay raise. All day she felt nervous. Late in the afternoon she built up some courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to give her a raise.

The woman arrived home that evening to find a beautiful table set with the best dishes. Candles were softly burning. Her husband had come home early to prepare a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had told him about it.

She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They happily hugged each other and then sat down for a wonderful meal. Under her plate, the woman found a beautiful card. It read:“Congratulations, darling!I knew youd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you.”

After the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed a second card fall from his pocket. Picking it on the floor, she read:“Dont worry about not getting the raise!You deserve(值得)it anyway!These things will tell you how much I love you.”

Someone says that the measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and love, whether she succeeds or fails. His love celebrates her victories and heals her wounds.

He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction. He may say that he loves her to death, but he doesnt. He loves her to LIFE. His love nourishes(滋養(yǎng)) her life like nothing else can.

1. Why did the boss gave the

heroine a raise? ____.

A. Because she worked hard B. Because she was in trouble

C. Because she had given the

boss much help

D. The passage doesnt tell us

2. The husband prepared two

cards to ____.

A. celebrate her wife on her raise or comfort her if she

failed

B. celebrate her on her

birthday

C. celebrate their marriage

D. show he still loved her

3. What does “it” in the second

paragraph refer to? ____.

A. a card B. a festive meal

C. the office

D. her bosss agreeing to give

her a raise

4. What is true love in the

writers eyes? ____.

A. Love the other without

measure

B. Love the other without aim

C. Love the other when in

trouble

D. Love the other when feeling

happy

5. What is the best title of the

passage? ____.

A. Prepare a Wonderful Meal

for Your Lover

B. Help Your Lover to Get a

Raise

C. How to Write a Card for

Your Lover

D. Love Your Lover Through Thick and Thin

(C)

When I was waiting for the red light to change to green at a busy crossing in our city, I saw an elderly man trying to get up of the ground. He had fallen off his bike which had turned over. It seemed that his leg was terribly hurt and he was crawling slowly forward to get his vegetable basket which was now in the way of the coming traffic.

Without giving it a second thought, I hurried to get out of my car, rushed to him and helped him sit on the side of the road. Quickly I picked up the basket for him. Then I walked to his bike and stood it back up again.

As he looked at me, he smiled and said “Thank you”. I made sure that he was OK and then I returned to my BMW, which I had left at the crossing. At that time, there had been a long line of cars, waiting for me. But to my surprise, those drivers just looked at me and nobody was honking (按喇叭). In fact, I clearly remembered a man looking at me from across the street and giving me a big smile.

Generally, most people think rich men are cold and perhaps they found it strange that I would help a poor old man on the street. The funny thing is that at first I think the other drivers only thought of me as a selfish rich person. They were judging me by my shining clothes and expensive car. And they thought I was the last person who would offer a helping hand to someone in need. However, looks can be cheating sometimes.

Today the smiles on peoples faces satisfied me. Now I know that I can be judged by what I do but not what I own.

1. Which of the following about

the elderly man was wrong?

____.

A. He was riding his bike just

now

B. His leg might be terribly

hurt

C. He had been hit by a car

D. He was crawling on the

ground

2. What is BMW? ____.

A. A vegetable basket

B. A bike

C. The writers car

D. The elderly mans car

3. The writer had thought the

drivers waiting for him would

____.

A. drive away quickly B. get off to help him

C. beat him D. get angry

4. What does the fourth paragraph

mainly tell us? ____.

A. Most people think rich

people are not so helpful

B. Most people think rich people arent so generous

C. Most people think rich people always have an

expensive car

D. Most people think rich

people needn't others

to help them

5. The writer wishes to ____.

A. be judged by what he does

but not what he owns

B. be helped by others

C. be praised by others

D. help others every day

Key(2)