One day,when I was a freshman in high school,I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was 1        all of his books. I thought to my?self, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd (书呆子) .”I had quite a weekend 2       (parties and a football game with my friend the following afternoon) ,so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking,I saw a bunch of kids 3        toward him. They ran 4        him,knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping (姅跌) him so he 5        in the dirt. His glas?ses went flying,and I saw 6        land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this 7        sadness in his eyes.

My heart went out to him. So,I jogged (慢跑) 8       to him,and as he crawled around looking for his glasses,I saw tears in his eyes. I handed him his glasses and said, "Those guys are jerks (条蛋) .They really should get lives."He looked at me and said, "Hey,thanks!" There was a big 9        on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real 10       . I helped him pick up his books,and asked him where he lived. It 11      out he lived near me,so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school 12        coming to this school.

I would have never 13        out with a private school kid before. We talked all the 14        home,and I carried his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool 15       . I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. We hung all 16        and the more I got to know Kyle,the more I liked him. And my friends thought the 17        of him. Monday morning came,and there was Kyle with the huge 18        of books again. I stopped him and said , " Damn boy,you are gonna really 19        some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!". He just laughed and 20        me half the books. Over the next four years,Kyle and I became best friends.

(   ) 1. A. carrying   B. fetching   C. lifting   D. delivering

(   ) 2. A. planned   B. projected   C. programmed   D. prepared

(   ) 3. A. going   B. coming   C. running   D. racing

(   ) 4. A. at   B. to   C. after   D. around

(   ) 5. A. lay   B. touched   C. dropped   D. landed

(   ) 6. A. this   B. that   C. them   D. it

(   ) 7. A. afraid   B. terrible   C. awful   D. dreadful

(   ) 8. A. on   B. over   C. out   D. up

(   ) 9. A. look   B. smile   C. expression   D. feeling

(   ) 10. A. admiration   B. recognition   C. emotion   D. gratitude

(   ) 11. A. set   B. found   C. came   D. turned

(   ) 12. A. before   B. after   C. when   D. as

(   ) 13. A. handed   B. put   C. hung   D. turned

(   ) 14. A. path   B. road   C. way   D. route

(   ) 15. A. pupil   B. child   C. kid   D. youngster

(   ) 16. A. weekend   B. day   C. afternoon   D. evening

(   ) 17. A. alike   B. different   C. opposite   D. same

(   ) 18. A. mass   B. stack   C. heap   D. group

(   ) 19. A. raised   B. build   C. developed   D. created

(   ) 20. A. threw   B. passed   C. offered   D. handed

  I have shorter arms because of some birth defect (缺陷) ,but I never thought of myself as different. I don't like being labelled as a " 1       " person because I feel like I can do anything I want. With the 2        of my parents,friends and a special 3        for youth with disabilities,I have learned how to fight for myself,and how to be 4       .

  That doesn't mean it has been easy. I 5       some bad experiences,like being picked last for baseball games or the way people looked at me in a funny way when I was 6        in public. But mostly,people 7       me and helped me.

  My family had come here from Poland specifically so that I could get 8      ,because my country didn't have the technology to help me. I 9       some school,for a series of surgeries to 10        my forearms. I had to work hard to keep up academically. Luckily,my 11 were always there for me. They'd go with me and carry my 12        for me.

  When I went to the seventh grade,I 13       a lot more. Would I be able to find people who could see me as ME and not as someone with a disability? 14       my efforts,I made some friends and we had great times together.

  In junior high school,as classes got harder,I 15       more. I need more time to 16        things,to take notes,write or type on the computer. I also got much help.

  When I was at college,I 17       an article about myself for the school newspaper,and people started asking me 18        my disability was like. They told me I was 19        for having gone through the 15 surgeries I needed to help correct my 20       . It felt good to help people get to know me better.

(   ) 1. A. special   B. disabled   C. awful   D. curious

(   ) 2. A. sympathy   B. advice   C. support   D. patience

(   ) 3. A. program   B. design   C. performance   D. decision

(   ) 4. A. active   B. clever   C. normal   D. strong

(   ) 5. A. got through   B. resulted from   

       C. went through   D. suffered from

(   ) 6. A. out   B. inside   C. over   D. ahead

(   ) 7. A. ignored   B. affected   C. remembered   D. accepted

(   ) 8. A. protection   B. treatment   C. suggestion   D. opportunity

(   ) 9. A. missed   B. delayed   C. attended   D. rejected

(   ) 10. A. examine   B. adjust   C. lengthen   D. control

(   ) 11. A. parents   B. classmates   C. neighbours   D. friends

(   ) 12. A. tools   B. books   C. photos   D. medicine

(   ) 13. A. received   B. recovered   C. hesitated   D. worried

(   ) 14. A. By   B. Under   C. With   D. Along

(   ) 15. A. spent   B. struggled   C. gained   D. achieved

(   ) 16. A. memorize   B. create   C. make   D. do

(   ) 17. A. published   B. found   C. wrote   D. chose

(   ) 18. A. how   B. what   C. whether   D. when

(   ) 19. A. brave   B. lucky   C. safe   D. healthy

(   ) 20. A. intention   B. function   C. infection   D. condition

  The following is from UFO,believe it or not.

  Mary and peter were having a 1        with some friend near a river when Mary 2      there was an object overhead. "Look," she shouted to her friends, "That's a spaceship 3        there and it's going to land here."

  4       by the strange silvercovered spaceship,most of the young people got into their cars and 5        away quickly. Peter was fond of Mary and was always staying close to her. They,more 6       than terrified and frightened,watched the spaceship land and saw a door open. When 7       came out,they went to the spaceship and looked carefully insight. In the centre of the floor,there was a pile of food. Peter 8       Mary into the spaceship and did not hear the door 9        behind him. The temperature 10        rapidly and the two young people lost con?sciousness.

  When they 11      ,they were surprised to see that they were back by the 12        again. Their car was nearby.

  "What happened?" asked Mary.

  Peter scratched his head 13        slowly, " Don't ask me. Perhaps we had a 14 . Did you see a spaceship?"

  "Yes," said Mary, "and we both went into it. " Then she looked at her wrist. "That's 15      . My watch has stopped. Oh,well,come on. It's time to go home."

Driving about fifty metres,they found their way 16        by a trick wall made of something like 17       . They got out and tried to find their way round the wall 18        discovered that they were inside a circular wall. It was like a mirror and prevented them from seeing 19        it.

  On the other side of the wall,strange creatures were walking slowly. A few 20        to stare and read the latest notice that,translated into English,said: " New arrivals at the zoo:a pair of Earthlings in their natural surroundings with their car."

(   ) 1. A. picnic   B. dinner   C. visit   D. travel

(   ) 2. A. heard   B. watched   C. noticed   D. observed

(   ) 3. A. over   B. up   C. forward   D. down

(   ) 4. A. Surprised   B. Inspired   C. Excited   D. Frightened

(   ) 5. A. walked   B. drove   C. came   D. flew

(   ) 6. A. anxious   B. strange   C. curious   D. interested

(   ) 7. A. anybody   B. somebody   C. nobody   D. everybody

(   ) 8. A. watched   B. guided   C. showed   D. followed

(   ) 9. A. open   B. close   C. break   D. move

(   ) 10. A. fell   B. rose   C. kept   D. appeared

(   ) 11. A. got up   B. set off   C. woke up   D. turned back

(   ) 12. A. car   B. bank   C. river   D. spaceship

(   ) 13. A. speaking   B. talking   C. asking   D. saying

(   ) 14. A. dream   B. wish   C. journey   D. flight

(   ) 15. A. bad   B. funny   C. wonderful   D. OK

(   ) 16. A. paused   B. blocked   C. broken   D. opened

(   ) 17. A. earth   B. mirror   C. glass   D. wood

(   ) 18. A. and   B. but   C. so   D. or

(   ) 19. A. into   B. from   C. without   D. through

(   ) 20. A. hurried   B. continued   C. stopped   D. went

 A teenager from Thousand Oaks received a warm welcome as he sailed into Marina Del Rey on July 16,2009,becoming the youngest person to circle the globe by sea alone.

Zac Sunderland arrived in Marina Del Rey with his 36-foot boat Intrepid at about 10 a. m. local time. During his 28,000-nauticaI-mile journey,he braved storms,equipment failures and a conflict with suspected pirates.

  "It's great to be back," Sunderland,of Thousand Oaks,California,said after he was wel?comed home by a group of friends.

  Fewer than 250 people have sailed around the globe alone,according to the American Sail?ing Association,which certified Sunderland's feat.

  He left Marina Del Rey,just south of Los Angeles,on June 14,2008,and celebrated his 17th birthday at sea while off Africa's Cape of Good Hope.

  His return was delayed near the end of his voyage when his boat had a broken bulkhead in rough seas off Mexico,forcing him to stop at Puerto Vallarta long enough to wait for his father to fly there to make repairs.

  Another tense moment occurred in the Indian Ocean off Indonesia where the Intrepid was approached by a suspected pirated boat.

  "The intruders fled after a plane flew overhead and Sunderland climbed onto its deck with a gun to keep them off," said Cilarlie Nobles,executive director of the association.

  Sunderland,who remained in contact with his father by satellite telephone during the voy?age,threw the gun away before entering Mexican waters,where it is illegal to carry private fire?arms.

  He becomes the first person under 18 to travel around the globe by sea alone,and the youngest to date. The previous recordholder was David Dicks of Australia,who completed his voyage in November 1996 at the age of 18.

(   ) 1. Which statement about Sunderland's voyage is true?

   A. He completed his voyage in about 13 months.

   B. He is the first one to travel around the globe by sea.

   C. His father flew a plane to drive the pirates off.

   D. On June 14 ,2008,he reached the Cape of Good Hope.

(   ) 2. Why did Sunderland stop at Puerto Vallarta?

   A. To avoid the terrible weather.

   B. To delay the time of his return.

   C. To wait for help from his father.

   D. To avoid the intruders.

(   ) 3. The youngest person who sailed around the globe alone was         .

   A. Charlie Nobles   B. David Dicks

   C. Marina Del Rey   D. Zac Sunderland

(   ) 4. What is the best title for the text?

   A. A Brave Young Man

   B. The Hardship Sunderland Experienced

   C. Who Has Sailed Around the Globe Alone?

   D. The Youngest Person to Circle the Globe Alone

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