初二英语

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The tail

It began as the worst summer of my life. The evening before the first day of summer vacation, my mother broke the 31 to me.

“Nancy, your father and I decided that you’re old enough now to take on certain responsibilities. You need to look after Jackie for this summer.”

“Not that, Mom! That’s not fair. All summer with Jackie! I won’t be able to play with my friends.”

“Life isn’t always 32 .”

I knew she would say that. Jackie is my seven-year-old brother and has been following me like a tail ever since he learned how to 33 . I’d rather be in school rather than minding Jackie all day.

“You’ll still be able to play with your friends,” she continued, “but Jackie comes first. He is your 34 . We’re a family and we all have to help out.”

Jackie turned up and raised his right hand. “I promise to do whatever Nancy says.”

When I was out 35 jumping ropes for the summer competition, he was there in front of me. When I was riding bikes with friends, he was there, too. “Jackie, you’re not going to be in our faces all day,” I shouted at him.

“Mom said you have to 36 me, so I have to be in your face.”

Later on, my friends and I decided to climb the hills which mom had warned me not to do. We were afraid that Jackie would tell mom the 37 , so we lied to him we would play hide and seek (捉迷藏) in the park. But in fact, we went to the hills leaving Jackie behind. When we came back in an hour, Jackie was nowhere to find. We checked everywhere in the park, back at home, all the corners of the street …

“Jackie!” I cried, “You’re my only baby brother. Dear God, please let me find him. I’ll play any game he wants. I’ll never lie to him ...”

Suddenly, we heard some sound up above a big tree. When we looked up, Jackie was there laughing at us. “So all of you have 38 of finding me, yeah? ” ...

“Everything’s OK, Nancy? Nothing happened?” Mom asked me when she came back from work. “No, mom. Everything is fine. Nothing happened at all.” Jackie shouted.

Well, the summer didn’t turn out to be so 39 after all. My parents both got pay rise, me and my friends won the rope – jumping competition, and I’d play a game with Jackie or read him a story. And Jackie never told my parents that I’d lost him. I found out that you 40 miss a tail until you almost lose it.



31． A．bad news B．good news C．long news D．big news 32． A．exciting B．surprising C．busy D．fair

33． A．speak B．walk C．cry D．eat 34． A．necessity B．responsibility C．confidence


D．expectation 35． A．getting B． playing C．practicing D．beginning 36． A．watch B．see C．keep D．carry 37． A．reason B．truth C．fact D．story 38． A．agreed B．believed C．failed D．confused 39． A．wonderful B．lucky C．terrible D．dangerous

40． A．always B．usually C．sometimes D．never

Most of us say that God, or destiny or whatever superior force that may exist in this universe （宇宙）is what makes us our future and guides us throughout our existence.

I don’t claim there isn’t such a force that can guide us and take care of us, but the main element(要素) that helps us build up our future is our way of being. Our personality, our character, our way of perceiving（感知） reality and everything that surrounds us are what may bring us to the top, or opposite it, make us miserable. It’s simply your own choice if you don’t want to study, go to college or have a career. It really doesn’t matter if your parents threaten you, punish you or scold（责骂） you all the time. If you stick to be yourself and you think you know it all, then these are useless.

You are the one who decides what job to have, in which city or country to live. It’s your choice and your responsibility. The moment you get hurt or something goes wrong, you blame yourself, and you start everything from the very beginning.

You consider that you can’t find your place in your own country, so you risk the comfortable but modest（谦虚的） life you have with your parents and you go abroad. Maybe there will be moments when you can’t stand any more the loneliness, the strangers around you, or your job. But remember that nobody made you take that decision, so you have to take a deep breath, and then go on, as it’s very difficult to find a guilty person when you know it well that you are the only one to be blamed. If you fall in love with a man from the very first moment you set your eyes on him and you don’t want to meet somebody else, to see how they are, it’s your wish. If you get married and the marriage ends in a year’s time, you can’t blame the rest as they all have told you to be careful and never to take hasty （轻率的）decisions. You play the Lottery each day and there are two choices: each you hit the jack pot and your life changes totally or you lose and you have to restart it from the very beginning. It’s known that if you don’t risk, you can’t win. So the best solution is always to think over your decisions, and to see what they can represent in your future. Only afterwards is proper for you to make up your mind.

You are the only architect（建筑师） of your future. The best are only workers who help you create your own dream.

52. All the following build up our way of being EXCEPT __________. A. our character B. our existence


C. our personality D. our way of perceiving reality

53. The underlined word “miserable” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “________”

A. unhappy B. lonely C. positive D. careful

54. Which of the following is NOT right according to the writer’s opinion?

A. You meet difficulties when you go abroad, but you should take a deep breath and go on.

B. You must think it over before you make a decision for yourself.

C. You get hurt after you choose to live in another city, but you blame your parents.

D. You cannot make too fast decision before you marry a person. 55. What is the best title for the passage? A. Character Influences Life B. A Good Beginning is Half Done C. Stick to What is Right for Us D. Every Man Is the Architect of His Future 完形填空：31-35 ADBBC 36-40 ABCCD 阅读理解：BACD

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