Twelve-year-old Kitty O’Neil asked her coach, “Let me try.” She was already on the swim team, but this was different. One of the divers had not arrived, and Kitty needed much help. Her coach looked 36  at her. She had been practicing dives, but could she really stand up to the competition? Besides, 37  was completely deaf. Many people thought a person who was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well. However, Kitty 38 , and she won first place at that swimming meet and went on to win the Junior Olympics in the area.
Kitty began diving with Dr. Sammy Lee, a famous coach and former Olympic diving champion. The teenager went to school in the morning and then spent most afternoons diving. It was 39  work, and Kitty often hit the water the wrong way. However, she was able to 40  practicing. While she was diving , Kitty won many gold medals, but she wanted 41 . Perhaps she learned something from her 42 . Kitty lost her hearing at the age of four months. Because she wanted Kitty to lead a normal life, Kitty’s mother went to college to 43  about teaching people who are deaf. Kitty’s mother finally started a school for those who are deaf.
Kitty’s life was 44  but normal, and as an athlete, Kitty was much bettter than others. When she gave up diving, she wanted danger and adventure. She raced cars, boats, and motorcycles. Many of these 45  usually require at least some hearing. For example many racers judge their speed by the sound of the engine. Kitty did it by  46 .
In 1972 she began to learn doing dangerous action for movies and television. Soon she became one of the   47  women in Hollywood. In 1976 Kitty O’Neil also became the fastest woman in the world in a rocket-powered car that went more than 512 miles per hour.
【小题1】
A.upB.downC.carefullyD.closely
【小题2】
A.sheB.heC.ID.it
【小题3】
A.workedB.didC.practicedD. came
【小题4】
A.easyB.usualC.pleasantD.hard
【小题5】
A.likeB.finishC.keepD.begin
【小题6】
A.fewerB.moreC.someD.many
【小题7】
A.fatherB.motherC.coachD.teacher
【小题8】
A.learnB.readC.writeD.listen
【小题9】
A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything
【小题10】
A.classesB.meetingsC.activitiesD.parties
【小题11】
A.listeningB.learningC.speakingD.feeling
【小题12】
A.latestB.fastestC.prettiestD.busiest
阅读短文,根据短文内容,从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处 的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。(共8分,每小题2分)
Not everyone has a chance to be a detective(侦探), but I got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 1988.
One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father’s new car.  【小题1】  , but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. “She has stolen my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car in front,” and I told him why.
 【小题2】 , so I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker(喇叭). The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, “This is not your car. It’s my father’s car.”
The woman smiled and said, “Oh, You’re Mr Johnson’s younger son, right? I’ve seen your photo in your father’s office.”
Before I could say another word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant(店员). My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired.    【小题3】  . After hearing this, we called my father and he told us what she said was right. The police and taxi driver laughed. 【小题4】  . It was both the first and last time I worked as a detective.
A.I felt sorry
B.He lent her his car
C.The taxi driver had car phone
D.Just then a police car was coming
E. I expected to see my father in the driver’s seat
 
Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday fun day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the mint festival every year, One summer she served food, another year she organized an art programme.
After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading.
She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and grandchildren.
After a hurricane( 飓风 ) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says,” I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees( 难民 ) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia. Sahra is reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book  together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about
her everyday life.
Helen says, “The most rewarding( 有益的 ) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help, They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”
【小题1】When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?
【小题2】 What did Helen do after she retired?
【小题3】 Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
【小题4】Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?
【小题5】 How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?
【小题6】Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?
【小题7】 What can you learn from Helen?
The Spring Festival is the    36   New. Year's Day. It usually comes    37  February. Everyone in China   38  the Spring Festival very much.    39   the Spring Festival comes, Wei Fang usually   40  her parents    41  their house,    42 do some shopping and   43  housework..    ___44 that day everyone in China   45  Jiaozi , New Year's cake and   46  other delicious food. Wei Fang likes New Year's cake, but  47   parents say Jiaozi is    48   than New Year's cake. Many  49  usually wear new clothes on Spring Festival. The Chinese people eat the New Year's cakes and Jiaozi   50  their house. How happy they are!
【小题1】 A. China       B. Chinese           C. English  
【小题2】 A. in             B.on                       C. at          
【小题3】 A. like             B. is like             C. likes     
【小题4】 A. After       B. How               C. When
【小题5】 A. help            B. is helping        C. helps    
【小题6】 A. clean        B. cleans          C. cleaning 
【小题7】 A. but           B. /              C. so         
【小题8】 A. some       B. other           C. others  
【小题9】 A. In            B. On                   C. At       
【小题10】A. eats         B. is eating           C. eating 
【小题11】 A. any             B. much               C. some          
【小题12】 A. hers              B. she                  C. her
【小题13】 A. nice              B. more nice         C. nicer           
【小题14】A. child          B. children           C. boys           
【小题15】 A. in         B. over                 C. on       

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