When I met his son again,he was already grown ().

1 I was leaving the office when the phone rang.

2 "John？ It's Mike," he said. "Mike Clarke."

3 There was something broken in the sound of his voice.

4 Clarke is a Chicago guy from the Northwest Side who moved his family to a McHenry County farm because he loved the countryside. He's the SBC worker and turkey farmer I've written about.

5 This spring, he was charged with felonies and branded a vigilante in the local papers there. His 19-year-old son also was charged. Clarke's family was shamed. They were the subject of common talk in a small country town.

6 And what exactly was his crime？

7 Protecting his family and his neighbor—a frightened elderly woman—from a hooded stranger late at night.

8 Clarke called 911, but witnesses say it took police almost an hour to get there. The stranger repeatedly refused to identify himself as he walked toward the Clarke home. So Clarke tackled him. Witnesses supported Clarke's account.

9 But he made a mistake. He complained that deputies did not show up on time. And they didn't like that. The trespasser wasn't charged, but Clarke was.

10 "You said they'd break me, that I'd take a deal," he said. "Well, you were right. I took the deal."

11 SBC suspended Clarke without pay and wouldn't reinstate him until the charges were resolved. With no money coming in, he was threatened with the loss of his home and his dream, those few acres, the horses, chickens, the delicious Bourbon Red heirloom turkeys he raised.

12 The law had leverage over a man alone. What began as a felony ended as a misdemeanor, in a technical pleading, so the law could protect itself.

13 And a man who once believed in the law was broken.

14 Without admitting or denying guilt, he agreed that if the case had gone to trial, prosecutors could have proven that Clarke and his son had committed misdemeanor battery. The courtroom word for this is "stipulation," a bloodless word, perfectly legal and perfectly loathsome.

15 Clarke could have fought this and won. There were witnesses to support him. But SBC wouldn't take him back until the matter was resolved. Clarke was out of work and broke. And the law in McHenry County knew it.

16 "I had to get back to work—my supervisor is a good man—I just had to get back to work, that's all," Clarke said. "And my son, I want him out of this. I don't want him to have a record. You met him. He's a good kid."

17 I met him, and the rest of the family, when we drove out to his farm to pick out our Thanksgiving turkey last year. I watched his son, the accused vigilante, playing with my much younger sons and Clarke's other younger children, chasing chickens, tossing a football, walking out among the turkeys, shepherding all the kids on a November Saturday afternoon.

18 Clarke's son is gentle and kind. He's studying to be a teacher. He isn't the thug he was made out to be by the McHenry County deputies.

19 He was a boy alone with his dad, as a stranger walked their land at night, hooded, refusing to identify himself, with police nowhere around.

20 "I taught all my kids to believe in the police, to be about law and order, and now what？" Clarke asked. "This has changed me. It's changed my son. I still want them to be respectful to police, but this has changed everything."

21 How？

22 "I've seen the other side of it now," he said.

23 After "stipulating" on July 7, father and son were placed on three months' supervision and each was fined $ 250.

24 "If they successfully complete their supervision, then they do not have convictions," said Jim McAuliff of the McHenry County state's attorney's office.

25 McAuliff disputed my contention that the Clarkes are the victims here.

26 "They committed a battery," he said. "That's been my position. I feel it was a fair sposition for everybody."

27 Here's another way of looking at it: Prosecutors dropped a bushel of trumped-up felony charges bec

A．had some physical contact with the stranger

B．frightened an elderly lady

C．made a call to police

D．asked the stranger about his identity

原文：M: Good morning, Miss Smith. I’m sorry to trouble you. W: Good morning, nottll. Plese be seted. Wht cn I do for you M: It’sbout my son. W: He isn’t in trouble. I hope he’s doing well inll his lessons. He’ll do well in the exms. M: Except in Chinese, I’mfrid. He sys tht he is little wek in Chinese. W: Is he I’m sorry to her tht. M: Tht’s why I’ve come to see you. I’m worriedbout his Chinese. He my fll the others when he comes bck. W: Wht do you men M: We’ll go bck to London for holidy for two months. We hven’t been bck for three yers. M: I see. I think tht mybe his Chinese techer cn give him some homework to do during the holidy. He won’t fll behind the others when he comes bck. Why does the mn go to see the womn Becuse he will go bck to Englnd. B．Becuse his son will go bck to Englnd. C．Becuse he is concernedbout his son’s studies.

A．Because he will go back to EnglanD

B．Because his son will go back to EnglanD

C．Because he is concerned about his son’s studies．

Bill didn’t know ___1___ he was going to get the money for his wife and himself to make the trip. Bill had worked as a truck driver his entire life, but he never managed to have any ___2__. So with ___3____ Bill walked the mile to the filling station and told the owner, "My son is really sick and I’ve got no cash. Can you trust （）

r. Thompson often went to a bar near his house.But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young.Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time.They drank for an hour.Tom drank a bit.Then Mr. Thompson said to his son,“Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson.How do you know when you’ve had enough？ Well, I’ll tell you.Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar？ When they seem to become four, you’ve had enough and should go home.”

“But, Dad,”said Tom,“I can only see one light at the end of the bar.”

20、Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen()

A.is not

B.are not

C.many

D.must

21、When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar______ taking him()

A.by

B.for

C.with

D.without

22、On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar for ______()

A.the first time

B.once

C.many times

D.eighteen times

23、Father wanted to tell his son ______()

A.the time to drink

B.something about the light

C.when to stop drinking

D.something about the bar

24、In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar

A.was one light

B.were two lights

C.were three lights

D.were four lights

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： [26] Americans who remember "the good old days" are not alone in complaining about the educational System in this country. Immigrants complain, too. Lately a German friend was filled with anger when he learned that the first mathematics test given to his son as a college freshman included multiplication and division. Japanese businessmen in Los Angeles send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported from Japan who teach mathematics at more advanced level.

[27] But I wonder: If American education is so poor, why is it that this is still the country of innovation？ When I was 12 in Indonesia, I had to memorize the name of all the world's major cities. At the same age, my son, who was brought up a Californian, thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good food. However, unlike children of his age in Asia and Europe, my son had studied creative geography. When he was only 6, he drew a map of the route that he traveled to get to school, including the streets, the traffic signs and the houses that he passed. Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas; without this they will not be able to think or to believe in themselves. Critics of American education cannot grasp one thing: freedom. [28] America, I think, is the only country that extends even to children the license to freely speak, write and be creative. Our public education is not perfect, but it is better than any other.

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A．The Japanese mathematic teachers.

B．Both the speaker and his German friend.

C．Both Americans and immigrants.

D．The son of the speaker's German friend.

old, older, elder, oldest, eldest

1. Hisgrandpa is a white-haired ­­­­____ man.

2. He wasabandoned by his father when he was three months____.

3. In the ____days we got a visit from the vet maybe once a year.

4. Tom istwo years ____ than I.

5. I am the____ among my cousins.

6. It's the­­­­____ building I have ever seen.

7. The ____son inherited the bulk of the estate.

8. The ____one is better.

Manners (礼貌) are much more than just saying“Please” and “Thank you”. They are ways of showing kindness.

My husband，Bob，is a pilot，and one day we were invited to a potluck (百味餐) at his flying squadron(飞行中队). The noisy room was filled with mouthy kids and their chatting moms and dads. Our son，Daniel, was only two years old. We let him play with the other kids because it was a safe environment.

After a while，he came back with a package of peanut butter crackers and proudly held them out to us. A pilot who asked “Do you know whose this little boy is？”followed him.

“He is mine,” I answered, wondering what Daniel might have done.

“Well,” replied the pilot, “I've been passing out crackers to the kids for almost two hours，and your son is one of the youngest guys I gave them to. He's the only one who said 'Thank you'. What he did makes me pleased.”

Daniel smiled and proudly repeated，“Thank you.”

1)、Pilots and their family were invited to the potluck.

A.T

B.F

2)、Daniel felt very excited when he showed his crackers to his parents.

A.T

B.F

3)、For nearly two hours at least, the pilot served at the party when he found Daniel.

A.T

B.F

4)、Only one kid said “Thank you” to the man when he gave the kids crackers.

A.T

B.F

5)、The pilot felt surprised when he heard the boy said “Thank you”.

A.T

B.F

t in person，he would come up with an excuse. I thought it was strange-but he told me that he had not gotten over the death of his wife and he was still grieving for her.

I thought that he needed a friend and decided that I could be that friend. We sent cards, exchanged gifts，talked on the phone and I was sure that we would meet someday. I had spoken with his children so I was sure that what he told me was true. I could not wait for the day when we would meet. I was so looking forward to being able to reach out and touch him. To hug him，to hold him and feel his big strong arms around me.

After almost two years of time，thousands of dollars on long distance phone calls，I was very frustrated at the endless stream of excuses as to why we could never seem to make a time to meet. Finally，contacted the website WhoisHe. com and asked if they could check out the man who had taken up so much of my heart，my energy and my life. I had enough information about him and felt that if I could confirm what he had been telling me-I could feel okay about these delays. I had hopes that I didn't want to dash if he was telling the truth. I believed I could wait a little while longer.

Well, I am glad that I decided to have him checked out-he was nothing he claimed to be. He was first and foremost a married man. He was not a man grieving for the loss of his wife. He was a man cheating on his wife，with me-and I found out later，with countless others on the“net”. He did not care that he had hurt me in a very deep and pathetic way. He talked of spending his life together with me. He told my son that he wanted to make me happy. Basically，he just lied. He was such a good liar I did not see it coming. It was as if he had been able to worm his way into my heart-and he didn't care about the effect he had on my hopes and dreams.

Each of us should look at the signs that are so clear if we are willing to see them. Do not let someone keep making excuse after excuse. If something feels wrong-likely it is. It is good to know the truth and be able to deal with it. Next time I will pay more attention. I may never be able to trust someone online again.

It can be inferred from Para. 4 that______.

A．the man was a single person in reality

B．the woman was the man's only girlfriend

C．the man had too many girlfriends on the net

D．the woman had countless online boyfriends

and he quickly spent ___1___ money, so that he had ___2___ left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

"My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will ___3___ to me now？"

"Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."

The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then？"

"No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."

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