It was not a good day today. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.

When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.

I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on(弥补)the schoolwork I had missed.

After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.

When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.

What happened to the writer on this bad day?

  A. The writer argued with his parents.  B. The writer heard some terrible news.

  C. Many small things went wrong.           D. Part of the writer’s house was on fire.

When did the writer’s bad day begin?

  A. At night                                     B. In the morning. 

  C. At lunchtime.                             D. In the afternoon.

What did the writer do after he went home?

  A. He did some homework.                           B. He made a telephone call.

  C. He made fun with his friend.                     D. He was tired, so he went to bed.

When you “burn” something, you ___________________.

  A. give it away                               B. eat it too fast

  C. cook it too long                                 D. make it very well

According to the passage, we can know _______________.

  A. the writer fell off from his bike          B. the writer went to school

  C. the writer got up early in the morning D. the writer doesn’t like eating fish

Twenty-six years after a terrible bicycle accident left her comatose(昏迷) for two months and with permanent brain injuries, Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on September 10 in Beijing, Buchan, at 52, the oldest member of the United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class in the individual 3,000-meter cycling pursuit.

“You can be very upset at the world and have everyone take care of you,” Buchan said by telephone from Beijing, “or get back on your feet again.”

Buchan first dreamed of Olympic gold at age 15 while watching the 1972 Munich Games. She became a top American cyclist by July 1982, when a terrible road-race crash injured her brain and left doctors doubtful about whether she would survive. She was wearing only a soft leather helmet at the time; her accident made the rule put into practice that cyclists wear the hard-shell helmets that are now common.

Buchan recovered enough of her athletic ability to run track in the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul, where she won a silver medal in the 800 meters. Women’s cycling was not included in the Paralympics yet, so Buchan trained to the point where she raced against men in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia — she finished 9th and 10th in two races — and then successfully fought for a separate women’s cycling program beginning in 2004 in Athens, where she did not get a medal.

Even though she was approaching her 50s, Buchan kept racing and again made the United States Paralympic team for Beijing — where she is twice the age of most of her teammates and competitors.

“Barbara’s almost the leader of our team — she’s been through it all,” said Craig Griffin, the United States cycling coach. “She’s never retired. She’s never let her body go and then come back. I don’t think age is as big of a deal as people make it out to be.”

1.According to the passage, after the accident,  ____________.

A.Buchan asked her friends to take care of her

B.cyclists started to wear helmets in competition

C.Buchan could not answer questions correctly

D.doctors doubted whether Buchan could come back to life

2.What’s the right order of the events related to Buchan?

a. She won a gold medal in Beijing.

b. She became a top American cyclist.

c. She won a silver medal in the 800 meters.

d. She suffered a terrible bicycle accident.

e. She took part in a cycling program in Athens.

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

3.What does the underlined phrase “get back on your feet” in the second paragraph mean?

A.rise to your feet                        B.walk on your way

C.go beyond yourself                      D.depend on yourself

4.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A.The Making of a Hero                    B.From a Loser to a Winner

C.All Roads Lead to Rome                   D.Health is Better than Wealth

 

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