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It was a hot June day at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, Texas, Sammy was on a camping trip with his parents and his brothers. He couldn’t to get into the water.

With his father keeping a(n) from the rocks above, Sammy jumped in. Having played in the water for a while, he pulled himself out and watched a group of children walk above. Suddenly, a tiny five-year-old girl to grab a bottle and lost her balance. In an instant, she was over the falls.

Sammy caught sight of the girl’s arm and the of her dark head as the water pushed her into the water . She fought for life in the deep water. Sammy took a few seconds to consider the , and then he dived in. He was next to the girl in a few seconds. She was and tried to climb on top of him. Sammy says, “I stayed calm, but inside, my heart was beating .

When he was an arm’s away from the girl, he carefully the anxious girl onto his back and the rock wall around the edge of the waterfall toward the shore. Soon, someone pulled of them from the water with a swimming float. They were safe then.

When his mother walked onto the and saw the crowd gathering near the swimming hole, she fell into . Then a woman came up and told her that Sammy had saved a little girl’s life. “Sammy says he can’t do it ,” she says. “But I know he can because of who he is.” Now a seventh grader, Sammy , “I didn’t really think about the when I got into the water.”

1.A. help B. pause C. wait D. afford

2.A. eye B. smile C. gesture D. distance

3.A. unwillingly B. immediately C. eventually D. professionally

4.A. reached down B. came up C. turned down D. went around

5.A. wiped B. blown C. beaten D. swept

6.A. image B. top C. appearance D. sign

7.A. beneath B. above C. behind D. around

8.A. request B. operation C. result D. situation

9.A. challenging B. wandering C. struggling D. thrilling

10.A. blue B. panicked C. confused D. upset

11.A. wildly B. irregularly C. slowly D. consciously

12.A. measure B. range C. width D. length

13.A. forced B. pulled C. pushed D. removed

14.A. struck B. followed C. jumped D. felt

15.A. one B. another C. either D. both

16.A. edge B. platform C. ground D. scene

17.A. pride B. embarrassment C. silence D. fantasy

18.A. alone B. again C. then D. altogether

19.A. admits B. denies C. apologizes D. responds

20.A. effects B. consequences C. fame D. condition

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Good ideas often start with really silly questions. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles (华夫饼干) for his son, he what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron. Later, he tried it and the looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather , Bowerman persevered and went on to form his own company, making NIKE shoes.

Sometimes good ideas grow out of . When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he needed to have some paperwork across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery was . He sat for a long while wondering why. Why couldn’t there be a possible overnight mail delivery service? He design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business gave him only a C for his efforts. , Smith was not through. He the ideas in that class project and turned them into one of the first and most overnight mail services in the world—FedEx.

We know today, of course, that each of these ideas an incredibly successful product or service which has the way many of us live. The questions are usually open-ended and are often silly. aren’t afraid to ask such questions, but adults are. Think how different the world might be people never asked “silly” question!

1.A. worried B. wondered C. talked D. learned

2.A. result B. iron C. rubber D. cookie

3.A. waffles B. cloth C. shoe D. car

4.A. annoyed B. excited C. delighted D. discouraged

5.A. athletic B. casual C. travel D. business

6.A. happiness B. frustration C. sadness D. cau tion

7.A. finished B. taken C. delivered D. passed

8.A. slow B. possible C. fast D. impossible

9.A. decided to B. promised to C. refused to D. forgot to

10.A. partner B. boss C. professor D. friend

11.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Still

12.A. improved B. changed C. repeated D. recalled

13.A. hardly B. basically C. absolutely D. eventually

14.A. beautiful B. successful C. grateful D. wonderful

15.A. led to B. wanted to C. aimed to D. failed to

16.A. stopped B. kept C. changed D. enjoyed

17.A. first B. last C. worst D. best

18.A. Students B. Children C. Teachers D. Businessmen

19.A. frequently B. rarely C. constantly D. never

20.A. or B. if C. though D. unless

When my brother Joey was 6 months old, my mother brought him home from the hospital and told me to watch him while she fixed supper. We started playing a game I called “dogs”, rolling on the floor like pups (小狗). Then I looked up and saw my mother watching us. She was crying.

“He’s blind,” she said. “The doctor told me today.”

I looked at Joey. He was laughing. “He can’t be blind,” I said. “He smiles at my face.”

“He smiles at your voice,” she said. “He’ll never see your face.”

That was that. Joey was blind. Mama went back to cooking. I went back to playing a dog. From the age of 8, Joey boarded at a school for the deaf and the blind, learning to read Braille (盲文). When he was 16, the school said he’d learned enough and sent him home with a Braille typewriter. At 21, Joey moved out to live on his own, he said, “like a man,” in an apartment 30 miles (48 km) away. He learned to cook, clean, do his own laundry, and do almost anything else he needed.

Then he met the love of his life. She, too, was blind. When Joey called to tell me, he said: “Even a blind man can fall in love at first sight.”

They shared 10 good years before he lost her to cancer. Painfully soon after, he also lost our mother, who was his champion, and our stepfather, who was Joey’s best friend.

What is left when you lose the loves of your life? My brother clung with an iron fist (拳头) to three gifts: Faith, hope and love.

His faith grew stronger. He always had hope. And his love for his family has never gotten weaker, despite death or disappointment. Loved ones leave, but love remains.

The years ahead may prove to be his hardest. His legs are growing weaker, threatening to take away the independence he’s fought so hard to keep.

My sister and I often wonder what will happen if Joey can’t live on his own. It’s not up to us. We’ll do what we can, but it’s his life. He won’t have it any other way.

You don’t find strength to do something until it’s time to do it. Joey has found it whenever he has needed it. I believe he will again.

1.When the author’s mother brought her little brother Joey back from the hospital, the author _____.

A. was sad because he couldn’t see things clearly

B. immediately introduced him to the family dog

C. worried that he might steal her mother’s love from her

D. had great fun playing a game with him

2.Which of the following order of events is CORRECT according to the article?

a. Joey started learning Braille at a school for the deaf and the blind.

b. Joey moved out to live independently and learned to cook and clean.

c. Joey was sent back home with his Braille typewriter.

d. Joey had a hard time when he lost three beloved family members.

e. Joey fell in love with a blind girl the first time they met.

A. a b e d c B. a c b e d C. a c e b d D. a e c b d

3.What is the key message the author wants to convey through the article?

A. People have to spend more time with their loved ones.

B. The disabled deserve our respect and support so that they can live an independent life.

C. Love, hope and determination can keep a man going despite hardship.

D. People should learn to get over the loss of their loved ones as love always remains.

4.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. The belief in finding love again

B. The strength to deal with difficulties.

C. The love for his family

D. The hope to have stronger legs.

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12-4 pm. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. 2nd St., Scottsdale. 480-994-ARTS (2787).

1. What can children do at Walk in the Wild?

A. Join in the 5-mile walk

B. Attend courses for free.

C. Wear animal-shaped clothes

D. Enjoy good company of wild animals.

2.What qualification is needed to join the Everyday Heroes Club?

A. Do a good deed

B. Donate money to the club

C. Be active in school activities.

D. Be ready to help protect wildlife.

3.Where can one go to buy some works of art?

A. The Phoenix Zoo

B. Scottsdale Civic Center Park.

C. The Children’s Museum of Phoenix.

D. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.

Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.

One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face…I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments…” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”

I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (残疾的) from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”

On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蛎) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.

In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.

1.Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?

A. Because the man said others refused to accommodate him.

B. Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.

C. Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore.

D. Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon.

2.How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?

A. About 1 hour.B. About 2 hours.

C. About 3 hours.D. About 4 hours.

3.From the text we can know that __________.

A. the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man

B. the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family

C. John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms for the patients to live in

D. the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors

4.The author’s family were grateful to know the man because __________.

A. he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden

B. he paid them money for his staying

C. he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint

D. he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family

While the other kids seemed excited about celebrating the end-of-term party by playing games and sharing treats, Jeremy hated the very idea of the gathering.

Afraid to raise the pressure too high, I decided to contribute something that was easy to purchase on the walk to school.

Off we went the day of the party, approaching his school as if nothing was planned. I reminded him of our need to make a purchase, entered his favorite shop, and asked him to select the ripest bunch of grapes. He shot me an anxious look and insisted none of his classmates ever be able to notice he had something to bring to the party. My vision of a successful parenting method, resulting in delivering a sociable child to his school, diverted(转移) sharply from reality.

Back on route, I did my best to hide the sinking feeling of fear. How could I possibly drop him off and then walk into my own classroom to teach a successful class?

My next move was born in the heat of the moment. I said a quick goodbye at the front gate and rushed to his classroom through the emergency exit. I managed to inform his teacher about the grapes in the backpack and be out of the classroom before I could be spied by my son.

So, what happened on that June day? His teacher, a caring educator, worked wonders. My son and I still laugh about the way Mr. B started the day with an unusual question, “Does anyone have any grapes?” While Jeremy admits feeling a bit uncomfortable, the words encouraged him to takeout the fruit. Because of the support he received, he remembers that day with pride for his courage.

1.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “vision” in Paragraph 3?

A. Use.B. Research.C. Understanding.D. Imagination.

2.How did the author feel when she left the shop?

A. Worried.B. Satisfied.C. Grateful.D. Regretful.

3.Why did the author hurry to her son’s classroom?

A. She went to ask the teacher for help.

B. She went there to give her lesson.

C. She was afraid of her son being punished.

D. She was invited to take part in the celebration.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The teacher inspired Jeremy to share grapes.

B. Jeremy prepared for the coming party.

C. The author helped Jeremy to become sociable.

D. The author taught Jeremy to select goods

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