Directions:

In this part there are passages and one listing, each followed by

five questions or unfinished statements．For each of them, there

are four choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the best one and mark your answer on  the ANSWER SHEET with a  single  line through the center．

 Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage:

As our van pulled up to the ranch to start a three-month program for troubled boys, we passed a cowboy on his horse. Bill was the owner of  the  ranch. We  made  eye  contact  through  the  dusty window  and  he  winked  at  me  and  touched  the  brim  of  his cowboy hat in welcome.

         All  summer  long  Bill  and  his  ranch-hands  taught  us  to ride horse,  chop  wood,  and  round  up  cattle.  We started tounderstand the value of working with our hands. Knowing how important  it  was  for  boys  like  me  to  know  that  someone believed in them, he trusted us to do the job and do it right. We never let him down.

        The last day at the ranch, bill pulled me aside and praised me for  the work  I had done-not only on  the  ranch, but also on myself. He told me  if  I  ever needed anything  I could count onhim.

           Four years later, I took him up on that offer. I called him up and asked for a job, I told him how his confidence in me had given me the courage to change my life. He offered me a job on the spot. I am proud to say that each summer I am the one in the ranch  to  open  the  gate  for  a  van  full  of  young men who  need someone  to  believe  in  them,  so  they  can  learn  to  believe  in

themselves.

1. The author＇ s first impression of Bill was probably his _____ .

A. friendliness                           B. seriousness

C. authority                               D. generosity

2. The author implies what  the  troubled boys needed most was

____ .

A. strict guidance in proper behavior

B. challenging demand in hard work

C. understanding and trust from others 

D. sympathy and tolerance prom adults

3. By " Four years  later,  I  took him up on  that offer"  (Para 4),

the author means that ____ .

A. he admired Bill for that offer

B. he offered Bill help in return

C. he remembered Bill＇s offer

D. he accepted Bill＇s offer

4. The author＇s pride comes from the fact    that ____ .

A. he has become the owner of the ranch

B. he has earned complete trust from Bill

C. he has been able to offer help to others

D. he has found a way to support himself

5.  Through  his  own  experience,  the  author  tries  to  tell  us

something important in ___ 

A. off-campus education

B. interpersonal relationship

C. career selection 

D. self-discipline

正確答案：ACDCA