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Think you can't be happy? You'll think again after reading this story.
Barbara Ann Kiper hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to
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over them when someone was
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usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teethwere too big, too. The other kids teased (取笑) her because of the way she
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, and because she wanted to be a sportswriter someday. No matter what she did, she was teased for being
That's
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she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. "It was like a friend, and it
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me that there are good things,
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everything around me is unpleasant,'' she says. She copied the list over and over,
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new things every day.
One day, she decided to
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her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did.
But
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, they make her feel stupid again. "They laughed at me," she remembers, "I was ashamed, and I
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Here comes the
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part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to
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where she left off. "It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life," she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they'd be interested in printing her list as a book.
She kept writing to one company
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, because she liked the types of books it printed. "He kept saying, 'It's just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?
.....
You're not
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to do anything with it. It's
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supposed to remind people of something they did that was really
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."
Finally, the publisher
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to turn Kipfer's list into a book, which sold more than I million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even
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it to be New York Times Best Sellers list.
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being a best-sell- ing author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.
1. A. jump
B. fail
C. turn
D. push
答案：
2. A. nearby
B. around
C. watching
D. laughing
答案：
3. A. dressed
B. lived
C. thought
D. looked
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4. A, silly
B. special
C. different
D. shy
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5. A. how
B. when
C. because
D. where
答案：
6. A, reminded
B. told
C. persuaded
D., helped
答案：
7. A. because
B. but
C. unless
D. even though
答案：
8. A. adding
B. finding
C. making
D. giving
答案：
9. A. talk
B. discuss
C. share
D. write
答案：
10. A. then
B. naturally
C. further
D. instead
答案：
11. A. continued B. stopped
C. enjoyed
D. hated
答案：
12. A. cool
B. important
C. difficult
D. funny
答案：
13. A. find out
B. pick up
C. think of
D. give up
答案： of“想出，想起”；giveup"放弃”都不符合题意。
I4. A. in generalB. at first
C. in particularD. at last
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15. A. made
B. going
C. advised
D. supposed
答案：
16. A. often
B. just
C. also
D. always
答案：
17. A. excellent B. successful
C. fun
D. true
答案：
18. A. hoped
B. agreed
C. refused
D. considered
答案：
19. A. made
B. pushed
C. improved
D. helped
答案：
20. A. Without
B. Instead of
C. While
D. Besides
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There was a time when I thought my dad didn't know a thing about being a good father. I couldn't
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him ever say. lng the words "I love you". It seemed to me his only purpose in life was to say"
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"to anywhere I wanted to go and any thing I wanted to do, including getting a
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Some parents ght their kids cars when they got their driver's licenses._4_my dad--he said that I'd have to get a job and buy ay own.
So that's what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant
and
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every penny I could. And when I had enough to buy my car, I
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! The day I brought that car home, my dad
was the first one I wanted to show it
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to. "Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I'll only
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you five
dollars." I offered with a smile.
"I see," was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father's
truck So he needed a
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to work. The sun wasn't even up
when we left the house,
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it was already getting warm
out. It was going to be a
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day. As I dropped my dad
off, I
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him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his
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from the trunk (尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-
weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were
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lines than 1 ever remembered being there before. I real ized how hard my dad works for his family. My father is a cement filnisher (水泥修整工).
In that instant, it
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to me that he actually got down
on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this
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, no matter how
hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him
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about it. To him we were "worth" it. And never once did he "charge" us
for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he
walked over to my window to
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me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said "Coo&bye, dad.
Keep your five
'dollars. It's
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me. Don't work too hard. I love you."
His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of
his waiting tools, he cleared his
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and said, "Oh, and...
me, too."
1. A. like
B. remember
C. forget
D. care
答案：
3. A.
car
B. friend
C. job
D. bus
答案：A
指导：面提到了作者买车。
4. A. Except
B. As
C. Not
D. Even
答案：C
指导：此处是说别人的父亲总是主动给孩子买车，但自己的父亲没有这样做。此处是否定概念，故用noto此处指作者的父亲不会给自己买车，从否定概念可排除其他选项。
5. A. spent
B. earned
C. kep
D. saved
答案：D
指导：既然父亲不给买车，作者只好“节省”每一个便土来自己买车。
6. A. did
B. changed
C. stopped
D. was
答案：A
指导：此处表示作者最终攒够了钱买了车。Idid是替代性用法，相当于I had enough money to
buy my car。因为此处替代的是谓语动词，因此其他选项不合语法。
7. A. out
B. in
C. up
D. off
答案：D
指导：show sth．off是固定短语，意为“炫耀”。show out 意为“把某人送出去”；show in多表示“领某人进来”；showup意为“出现；露面”。
8. A. pay
B. charge
C. offer
D. accept
答案：B
指导：charge用作动词，当“收钱，收费”讲，此处作者半开玩笑地向父亲收搭车费。由具体的语境可知，此处不表示“付钱”“出钱”等。
9. A. ride
B. leave
C. trip
D. hurry
答案：A
指导：因为父亲的车坏了，所以需要“搭车”上班。ride当“搭车”讲。由父亲要去上班这一语境可知其他选项不合题意。
10. A. as
B. although
C. but
D. since
答案：C
指导；此处说明天气很热，太阳还没有升起来，但已经热起来。前后文是转折关系。从父亲要去上班这一点可排除其他选项。
11. A. ordinary
B. hot
C. work
D. special
答案：B
指导：这又将是一个“大热”天。作者的用意是用炎热的天气来衬托父亲工作的艰辛。
12. A. helped
B. followed
C. left
D. watched
答案：D
指导：从后文看，作者是在观察父亲，因此此处用watched"注视”。
13. A. tools
B. clothes
C. luggage
D. bag
答案：A
指导：从下文看，作者的父亲是一个干粗活重活的工人，因此此处父亲应是从车尾箱里拿出"32具”。从父亲去上班这一语境可排除其他选项。
14. A. fewer
B. more
C. longer
D. deeper
答案：B
指导：此处作者强调的是父亲年龄增长，而且年复一年的辛劳，当然脸上的皱纹比以前“更多”了。根据常识作者不可能说父亲脸上的皱纹更“长”了或更“深”了。
15. A. happened
B. seemed
C. occurred
D. appeared
答案：C
指导：看到父亲脸上的皱纹，作者才联想起父亲的辛苦。It occurred to that表示“我突然想起了什么事情”，it是形式主语，that引导主语从句。it happened that当“恰巧……”讲；“appeared to me that意为“在我看来……”，都不合题意。
16. A. now and then
B. day and night
C. all the time
D. day in and day out
答案：D
指导：此处作者强调父亲工作的辛苦，当然是用“日复一日，夜复一夜”来形容他工作时间之长。day and night当“整天整夜”讲，显然人不可能整天整夜地工作。
17. A. talk
B. complain
C. ask
D. speak
答案：B
指导：此处表示父亲任劳任怨，从不抱怨。此处关键是要明白作者的用意是在赞扬父亲任劳任怨。
18. A. hand
B. pass
C. lend
D. take
答案：A
指导：此处父亲下车后“递给”我搭车钱。handsb．sth．“递给某人某物”。pass sb.sth．指“把什么东西传递给某人”。此处的语境是父亲“交给”作者钱。
19. A. for
B. at
C. on
D. in
答案：C
指导：It's。nme．为固定用法，意为“钱我付了”。
20. A. hands
B. eyes
C. throat
D. clothes
答案：C
指导：此处表示作者父亲非常激动，清了清“喉咙”才说了下面的话：我也爱你。明白了作者父亲此时激动的心情再结合常识可排除其他选项。
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Sheri Straily never knew how far life's highway could take her until her dream for her children helped her find out...
Growing up, Sheri
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thought for a moment that she'd make it to college.
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, she took a job driving a tractor-trail er.
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years passed, Sheri fell in love,
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and had three
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. Because she wanted to be
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to home, she changed her job for a desk one at the trucking company.
But one day after work, as Sheri
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her kids playing, she began to
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:"I want them to achieve so much, but how
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I afford to give them the opportunities they will need, like college?"
Then it came to her.- she was the one who
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college first !
"Go for it," her
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Steve encouraged her. So She enrolled (注册) at the University of Denver's Women's College, which let her take all of her
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on weekends so that she could still
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Though She loved her studies, she
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home: rather than make the two-hour travel home, Sheri
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in a dormito- ry (集体宿舍) on week ends . "I
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I were home with Steve and the kids", she'd think. But Eric, eight, Ryan, sev en, and Kristin,five, backed their mom all the
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. "Just do your best ,' they said.
Sheri did, getting straight A's as she earned a
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in business administration ( 商业管理) . Now she's
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the University of Denver Law School on a merit scholarship(奖学金)!
"It hasn't been
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,' notes Sheri. "But it's reward lng--for me and my family."
1. A. sometimes
B. never
C. often
D. seldom
答案：B
指导：此处指Sheri在此之前“从来没有”要上大学的念头。从后文“她”恋爱、结婚、生孩子等一系列内容都没有提到“上大学”这一事情，可排除其他选项。
2. A. Then
B. Therefore
C. Instead
D. Naturally
答案：C
指导：强调“没有……而……”，要用instead来连接上下文。其他选项都不能表示这一逻辑关系：then"然后”；there—fore“所以”；naturally“自然地”。
3. A. As
B. When
C. After
D. Because
答案：A
指导：as引导时间状语从句，当“随着……”讲。
4. A. developed
B. devoted
C. waited
D. married
答案：D
指导：前后文的并列关系以及生活常识可得出答案：恋爱、结婚、生孩子。
5. A. jobs
B. children
C. chances
D. troubles
答案：B指导：与前文构成并列关系，只能是“生孩子”。
6. A. far
B. free
C. kind
D. close
答案：D
指导：离家“近”反映了Sheri一心想照顾家庭的思想。其他选项都没有把握好人物的心理。
7. A. found
B. knew
C. watched
D. noticed
答案：C
指导：此处指Shed"注视”着孩子们在玩耍。watch当“留心、注意”讲。
8. A. wonder
B. doubt
C. consider D. think
答案：D
指导：此处指Sheri在严肃的“思考”，怎样为孩子们的未来负责。“纳闷”、“怀疑”、“考虑”都不能表示出此处Sheri的严肃思考。
9. A. should
B. will
C. can
D. must
答案：C
指导：can经常与afford搭配在一块用。其他选项不符合搭配的要求。
10. A. liked
B. needed
C. admired
D. demanded
答案：B
指导：此处表示Sheri想上大学的“要求”。demand也当“要求”讲，但语气太强，往往是要求“权利、平等”等。其他两项不合题意。
11. A. friend
B. husband
C. child
D. boss
答案：B
指导：从下文看，这儿指的是她的“丈夫”。
12. A. classes
B. jobs
C. homework
D. holidays
答案：A
指导：此处指Sheri周末上课。从下文看，Sheri周末上课是为了不影响工作，因此不仅仅是做“作业”，C项太片面，其他两个选项不符合逻辑。
13. A. learn
B. rest
C. work
D. remain
答案：C
指导：此处跟上文联系起来考虑是指Sheri一边学习，一边工作。其他选项都脱离了具体的语境。
14. A. loved
B. left
C. lost
D. missed
答案：D
指导：从前面她那么热爱家庭以及后面周末她不回家判断，她“想家”是很自然的事情。
15. A. lived
B. stayed
C. slept
D. settled
答案：B
指导：“呆”在宿舍与前面她“想家”互相照应。其他选项都没有把握好上下文的提示。
16. A. wish
B. imagine
C. hope
D. insist
答案：A
指导：此处进一步说明她“想家”的心情。因为她周末回不了家，故用wish，后面接虚拟语气。从语法要求和前文她“想家”这一提示，可排除其他选项。
17. A. way
B. day
C. year
D. same
答案：A
指导：all the way原意为“一路上”，此处引申为“一直”，即丈夫和孩子“始终”支持她。从家人对她的支持这 一具体的语境可排除其他选项。
18. A. position
B. praise
C. degree
D. respect
答案：C
指导：Sheri学习刻苦，成绩优秀，故获得了“学位”。此处表示她学习成绩优秀，而不是工作方面，其他选项不合 逻辑。
19. A. learning
B. attending
C. enjoying
D. joining
答案：B
指导：此处是动词的固定搭配。“上大学”应用attenda university／college．
20. A. anxious
B. difficult
C. interesting
D. easy
答案：D
指导：最后Sheri发表感慨，这一切都不“容易”。其他选项都没有把握好本文“妈妈上大学”这一特殊的主题。