I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large   16  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would   17  his taxi on the road. I  18  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then, one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  19  work, leave his taxi and go out for his   20 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was    21  .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  22 to be outside one evening two weeks  23 , when the garage door was   24 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（勞斯萊斯）! It shook me completely   25  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  26 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  27 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and   28  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）  29 .
We go to bed every night and   30  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a   31  as close friends or go for a vacation as a   32 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  33 the social ladder(階梯)—how much bigger and better a  34 we have. And we ignore(忽視)our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on   35  we are than what we do!
小題1:
A．windowB．garageC．doorD．yard
小題2:
A．park B．stopC．checkD．repair
小題3:
A．knewB．understoodC．a(chǎn)skedD．wondered
小題4:
A．forB．out ofC．without D．from
小題5:
A．businessB．nationalC．personalD．public
小題6:
A．wastefulB．meaningfulC．wonderfulD．plentiful
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)ppearedB．intendedC．expectedD．happened
小題8:
A．later B．moreC．a(chǎn)goD．before
小題9:
A．brokenB．fineC．shutD．open
小題10:
A．once B．beforeC．whenD．until
小題11:
A．farB．deepC．longD．little
小題12:
A．driverB．engineer C．fatherD．son
小題13:
A．calledB．madeC．electedD．turned
小題14:
A．experience B．earningC．lifeD．position
小題15:
A．stay upB．wake up C．stay homeD．go home
小題16:
A．competitionB．performanceC．debateD．party
小題17:
A．familyB．companyC．teamD．whole
小題18:
A．buildB．climbC．standD．lay
小題19:
A．houseB．garageC．carD．taxi
小題20:
A．who B．whatC．whichD．where

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:A
小題7:D
小題8:A
小題9:D
小題10:C
小題11:B
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:B
小題16:D
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:D
小題20:A
文章通過一個小故事告訴我們生活是生活，工作是工作，我們要認清自己的角色。我們會把我們生活中所有的開心和成功都映射到我們在社會中的地位，我們要想想我們是怎么樣的人再考慮怎么去做�。�
小題1:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文可知那是一個帶車庫的房子。
小題2:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文he did not park it in the garage.可知他把車停在路上。
小題3:動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知：他想知道為什么他不把車停進車庫。
小題4:介詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知每天晚上下班回家。
小題5:形容詞辨析。A生意；B國家；C個人；D公共的；根據(jù)句意可知他是開著自己的車去處理個人事務(wù)。
小題6:形容詞辨析。一個人用兩輛車，我認為他這樣是浪費。
小題7:動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知我是兩個星期以后碰巧外出。
小題8:副詞用法。一段時間+later一段時間以后；解析同上。
小題9:形容詞辨析。A壞的；B好的；C關(guān)著得；D開的；根據(jù)句意可知是車庫打開以后。
小題10:連詞辨析。句意:當(dāng)我意識到開勞斯萊斯意味著什么的時候，我徹底驚呆了。
小題11:固定詞組。Deep inside內(nèi)心深處。
小題12:上下文處理。根據(jù)下句的his children可知在工作以外他把自己當(dāng)成了勞斯萊斯的車主和孩子的父親。
小題13:動詞辨析。A稱呼；B制作；C選��；D轉(zhuǎn)變；根據(jù)句意可知是別人稱呼他司機。
小題14:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文的for a living，可知這里的for a life.
小題15:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文go to bed可知這里的早晨醒來。
小題16:名詞辨析。A競爭；B表演；C爭論；D聚會。下文as close friends可知作為親密朋友而去參加聚會。
小題17:名詞辨析。A家人；B公司；C隊伍；D整個；根據(jù)句意可知：是一家人去度假。
小題18:動詞辨析。根據(jù)后面的ladder，可知這里應(yīng)該是climb .
小題19:上下文串聯(lián)。常常，我們會把我們生活中所有的開心和成功都映射到我們在社會中的地位—就像我們會擁有多大多好的出租車一個道理。
小題20:語義辨析。我們要想想我們是怎么樣的人再考慮怎么去做！！
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b. Video and 小題3: _____ music
c. Video news programs: 小題4:________ four times a day
d. Internet access: quicker and 小題5:__________
Impressive
小題6:______
a. Offer map services, helping you find your way
b. Provide two-way video小題7:____________
3G phones in China
a. China is busy 小題8:________ its 3G-based technologies, networks and services.
b. 3G phones should be 小題9:_____out before being put into market.
c. 3G phones are 小題10:______ to be seen late next year.

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The hardworking blacksmith(鐵匠) Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith everyday and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the blacksmith worked. "Young man, why don't you try to learn to make shoe tacks（鞋釘）, even if it is only to pass the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you." The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr. Smith died and the son because of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and settled down in another country. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers' shoes.
Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that he had learned how to make tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.
"How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune（財富）.”
小題1:From the passage, we can learn the young Mr. Smith became rich ______.
A by selling shoes  B by making shoe tacks  C with his father’s help D by making bread
小題2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A The young Mr. Smith’s father was very wealthy.
B The young Mr. Smith was lazy before learning to make shoe tacks.
C The shoemakers offered him a working place to make shoe tacks.
D The shoemakers were unwilling to buy the young Mr. Smith’s tack.
小題3:What can we learn from the young Mr. Smith’s success?
A．It is no use crying over the spilt milk.
B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C．All roads lead to Rome.
D．Seeing is believing.
小題4:What is the right order of the events related to the young Mr. Smith?
a. He was born in a rich family.
b. He became rich by selling tacks.
c. His father died and he became poor.
d. He was asked to learn to make shoe tacks.
e. He settled in another country.
A．a(chǎn)-d-c-e-bB．a(chǎn)-d-b-c-eC．b-d-c-e-aD．b-d-a-e-c

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