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  When I was growing up,I was embarrassed(局促不安)to be seen with my father.He was severely crippled(破的)and very short,and when we  1  walk together,his hand on my arm for  2 ,people would  3 .I would inwardly squirm(局促不安)at the unwanted attention.But as we started out,he always said,“You set the pace.I will try to adjust to(适应)you.”

  Our usual walk was  4  the subway, 5  was how he got to work.He went to work,and, 6  bad weather,he always never  7  a day.

  When snow or ice was on the ground,it was impossible for him to walk,even with help. 8  my sister or would  9  him through the streets on a child's sleigh(雪撬)to the subway entrance.

  He never talked about himself as an object of pity, 10  did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able.What He  11  in others was a“ good heart,”and if he found one,the owner was good enough for him.Now that I am older,I believe that is a  12  standard by which to judge people, 13  I still don't know exactly what a“good heart”is.But know the times don't have  14  myself.

  Unable to engage in many activities,my father still tried to take part in some may.

  When a local sandlot baseball team found itself without a manager,he  15  it going.I now know he  16  some things indirectly through me.When I played ball,he“ played”too.

  He had been  17  many years now,but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my un-willingness  18  with him during our walks.If he did,I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was,how I regretted it.I think of him when I get unhappy with something unimportant,when I am envious of another's good  19 ,when I don't have“good heart.”At such times I put

my hand on his arm to  20  my balance,and say,“You set the pace.I'll try to adjust to you.

1.

[  ]

A.would
B.need
C.were used to
D.could

2.

[  ]

A.pleasure
B.balance
C.advice
D.good

3.

[  ]

A.glance
B.see
C.notice
D.stare

4.

[  ]

A.outside or inside
B.round
C.to and from
D.past

5.

[  ]

A.that
B.where
C.which
D.what

6.

[  ]

A.because of
B.according to
C.instead of
D.in spite of

7.

[  ]

A.missed
B.escaped
C.enjoyed
D.lost

8.

[  ]

A.At one time
B.At a time
C.At such times
D.At times

9.

[  ]

A.lead
B.show
C.bring
D.pull

10.

[  ]

A.how
B.nor
C.so
D.not

11.

[  ]

A.looked around
B.looked down
C.looked on
D.looked for

12.

[  ]

A.high
B.low
C.proper
D.strict

13.

[  ]

A.as though
B.even though
C.in case
D.no matter

14.

[  ]

A.it
B.them
C.that
D.one

15.

[  ]

A.kept
B.made
C.helped
D.watched

16.

[  ]

A.employed in
B.interested in
C.joined in
D.served in

17.

[  ]

A.died
B.gone
C.left
D.lost

18.

[  ]

A.being seen
B.having been seen
C.seen
D.to be seen

19.

[  ]

A.house
B.father
C.friend
D.fortune

20.

[  ]

A.regain
B.receive
C.repay
D.reuse

David Beckham was born in 1975 in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was in football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for schools of Essex and also for his county team.

In 1991, he become a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practise football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21. In April, 1995 he played his first football league game against Leeds United. During 1995and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.

His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996~1997 season, he scored a surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, Beckham sent the ball over the goalkeeper’s head and into the goal. It was a wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, Especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.

Which word can take the place of the underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 1?

  A. success            B. interest.            C.prize                 D. skill

The unusually surprising way that he scored goals___________.

A.helped him to gain many prizes for Essex

B.kept him playing for Leeds United

C.offered him the chance to join the national team

D. made him popular in many British homes

Which of the following shows the right order of what Beckham experienced ?

a. Beckham played his first football league game.

b. Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award.

c. Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team.

d. Beckham went to Spain to join a football training camp.

e. Beckham played for the schools of Essex.

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

The passage is mainly talking about_________.

A.how Beckham became a successful football player

B.what abilities Beckham had to score so many goals

C.when Beckham became famous all over Britain

D.why Beckham could win in football league games

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Our brains work in complex and strange ways. There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two. Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.
Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887.He called these people idiot savants. An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment (损伤) , such as in autism or retardation.  At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people.The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory.
One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr.Benjamin Rush, an American doctor.His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724. It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds.Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write.
Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s. Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully.
In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly.
Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment.Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills.Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills. However,few people wish to participate in such experiments. There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain. The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate. Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots.
48.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities.
B.Human Beings have complicated thinking process.
C.The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired.
D.The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary.
49.Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?
A.He can play wonderful pieces of classical music.
B.He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life.
C.He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast.
D.He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly.
50.What can you infer from the passage?
A.Idiot savants have real talents for art and math.
B.Dr.Down is the first person who found idiot savants.
C.Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations.
D.Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants.

One day, when I was working as a psychologist in England,an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me.  "This boy has lost his family," he wrote.  "He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I'm very worried about him. Can you help?”

I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically

The first two times we met, David didn't say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children's drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon--in complete silence and without looking at me. It's not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.

Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?

"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.

"It’s your turn," he said.

After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.

Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one一without any words一can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.

1.When he first met the author, David .

A. felt a little excited         B. walked energetically

C. looked a little nervous      D. showed up with his teacher

2.As a psychologist, the author .

A. was ready to listen to David

B. was skeptical about psychology

C. was able to describe David’s problem    

D. was sure of handling David’s problem

3.What can be inferred about David?

A. He recovered after months of treatment.

B. He liked biking before he lost his family.

C. He went into university soon after starting to talk.

D. He got friends in school before he met the author.

4.What made David change?

A. His teacher’s help.

B. The author’s friendship.

C. His exchange of letters with the author.

D. The author’s silent communication with him.

 

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