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It’s 5:00 in the morning when the alarm (闹钟) rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD, Insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart races as I face my body to finish each movement. As I near the end of the exercise, I feel extremely tired, but a smile is of my face. It’s a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.

Some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother’s chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you,” or by my choice to have a salad. Over the years , I have learned it’s okay to just say “no.” I shouldn’t feel sorry for refusing food that I don’t want to eat.

So what drives me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.? What gives me the reason to just say to ice cream? Commitment. A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety, increases self –confidence and energy, extends life and above all improves my body shape. This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right. It’s through commitment and sweat that I can make a difference within myself inside and out.

41. Why is there a smile on the author’s face in the morning?

A. Because she sees her family sleeping peacefully.

B. Because she finishes her favorite exercise

C. Because she enjoys the interesting DVD

D. Because she feels a sense of achievement

42. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph?

A. She doesn’t like others r politely

B. She likes to make others surprised

C. Others don’t understand what she dose

D. Others try to help her by offering her food

43. What does the underlined word “commitment” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Good health B. Firm belief C. A strong power D.A regular habit

44. What can we learn about the author from the text?

A. She acts in a strange way

B. She wants to look different from others

C. She aims to develop a good body shape

D. She has difficult getting along with others

【答案】1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

A little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill and as she grew she would play in the small garden. There, she was able to see over the garden fence and across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers. Although she loved her parents and her family, she yearned to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

When she got to an age when she gained enough skill and sensibility to go outside her garden fence, she asked her mother if she could go for a bike ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she should keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.

As she dismounted her bike and leaned it against the gate post, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were plain and rather dirty, reflecting nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that was derelict.

So sad she didn’t go any further and turned, and heart broken as she remounted her bike. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.

She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the ’golden house’. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

1. Why did the girl long for the house on the hill?

A. Because there was a small garden. B. Because it’s magic.

C. Because it’s ordinary. D. Because its windows looked golden.

【答案】D

【解析】细节理解题。根据This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers.因为小女孩认为那是一个有金窗子的房子，希望长大后住在金窗子的房子里，而不是像她家的普通房子，故选D。

2. Which statement is True according to Paragraph 2 and 3?

A. The girl’s mother finally allowed her to go to the golden h ouse alone.

B. The golden house was on the hill where the girl lived.

C What disappointed the little girl was that the house was locked.

D. Actually , the windows of the golden house were common and covered with dirt.

【答案】D

【解析】细节理解题。根据She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were plain and rather dirty,她走到金窗子的房子那里一看它的窗子是非常平常的并且还相当的脏，故选D。

3. What amazed the girl was that_____

A. Her home was another golden house

B. There was no golden house indeed

C. She could see the golden house only when she looked up

D. The golden house disappeared when the sun shone on it

【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。根据As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.当她向她家的房子看去时她的房子在阳光的照射下竟然地金色的窗子，故选A。

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The mother thought that she needn’t keep an eye on her daughter.

B. The girl was determined to go to the golden house at the beginning.[来源:Z.xx.k.Com]

C. The girl had no idea where she was heading after leaving home.

D. The girl didn’t love or care for her parents .

【答案】B

【解析】推理判断题。根据This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers.可以推出这个女孩在起初就想去金色房子那里，故选B。

5.The passage is intended to tell us that_____.

A. girls often have amazing imagination B. not all dreams will come true

C. what we dream of may be just around us D. nothing is impossible to a willing heart

【答案】C

【解析】写作意图题。根据She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the ’golden ho use’. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!自己梦想得到的东西其实就在自己的身边，故选C。