A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,”she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened.
Heavily drugged with sleep because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly(隐约) saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out with his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man’s weak ones, expressing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.
All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward(病房), holding the old man’s hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest a while. He refused. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only holding tightly to his son all through the night. Along towards dawn, the old man died.
The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.“Who was that man?”he asked. The nurse was surprised. “He was your father,”she answered. “No, he wasn’t,”the Marine replied. “I never saw him before in my life.”“Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”asked the nurse. “I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed.”he answered.
【小题1】Why did the nurse take the Marine to the old man’s bed?

A.Because he was the old man’s son.
B.Because she knew that he was a warm-hearted man.
C.Because she couldn’t find anyone else there.
D.Because she thought he was the old man’s son.
【小题2】Why did the old man hold the Marine’s hand all through the night?
A.Because he knew he would die the next day.
B.Because he hadn’t seen his son for a long time.
C.Because he was dying and mistook him for his son.
D.Because he enjoyed doing that and so did the Marine.
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The Marine didn’t know the old man at all.
B.The nurse was careless and made a mistake.
C.The Marine happened to be the old man’s son’s friend.
D.The old man passed away peacefully and contentedly.
【小题4】What can we learn from the passage?
A.The next time someone needs you, be there.
B.All the soldiers are as kind as the Marine.
C.We’d better not correct someone else’s mistakes.
D.The young should accompany their parents all the time.


C
Andreea,18,from Romania, sent a photograph of the view from her window and included a brief apology, “Sorry, this picture is plain and boring. No one would like it.”
At home in New Jersey, US, Coreen Burke,16, clicked on the same image on the internet. She saw a village with its rooftops and walls painted in reds and yellows, a distant chimney(烟囱) giving off smoke. “Isn’t this amazingly different from my country?” She thought to herself.
Burke, a teenager with a skill for computers, saw beauty in that photo. She posted it to her blog, Outside My Window, which features a daily snapshot(快照) of someone’s window view around the world.
The concept is simple: We can all relate to the act of staring through a piece of glass, onto the scene on the other side. “Maybe if we understood the way people from all over the world live,” she explained, “we would all get along better than we have been lately.”
With a click of a mouse, you can see Frederic’s window in the south of France, looking out on sailboats anchored (抛锚) in a peaceful harbor. Or Virginia’s view in Canada, a winter scene with trees laced in white.
Like most high school students, Burke has traveled the world. But she says someday she hopes to collect stamps in her passport, starting with Greece and India. Her recent break was devoted to launching the site with a blogger account and recruiting(招募) contributors from deviant ART, an online art community. She posted the first window view from Switzerland, a sunset photographed by an 18-year-old. Then others came flowing in by email, up to seven a day, from as far as Kazakhstan and Indonesia.
Contributors are marked on maps pinned on her bedroom wall: a blue dot indicates their country and a pink dot shows their city, if they provide it. The most responses have come from Europe – Estonia, Poland, Italy, Germany and Sweden, to name a few. She is crossing her fingers, thinking that she’ll receive a photo from Africa or Antarctica, which are unrepresented so far.
While she’s become a cyber crusader(网络革新者) for appreciating the beauty outside our own windows, get this: She has no windows in her bedroom. She has a nice skylight(天窗), though.
51. What does Burke think of the picture she received from Andreea?
A. Boring      B. Charming    C. Strange    D. Plain
52. Outside My Window is a blog intended to show_______.
A. the view from Burke’s window
B. pictures of rural New Jersey
C. photos of window views taken by people all over the world
D. beautiful scenes of famous places of interest
53. We can conclude from the article that Burke _______.
A. believes we should reach out to people of different cultures
B. has traveled around the world and taken many pictures
C. is a member of an online art community
D. has made a lot of money by selling beautiful pictures
54. Which of the following is not true?
A. Burke is likely to receive a photo from Africa or Antarctica.
B. Burke is a junior middle school student.
C. Burke has photos from many countries in the world, including Kazakhstan.
D. Burke wants a photo of window view from Africa or Antarctica.
55.What is the best title of this passage?
A. World Windows
B. Beautiful Pictures
C. Pictures on the Internet
D. Windows in Bedrooms

It was the summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice long   1  , my friends and I had decided to   2   and take some extra courses. We had   3   the top floor of an old house to live in. My bed was   4    into a stuffy (愁闷的)former laundry room and each night was a new   5   in humidity. Still, it felt   6   to be in my own place for the first time. After the first few weeks,   7   , the thrill faded and   8   set in. I found myself sitting alone each night   9   my home and my parents.

My summer holidays had always been a   10   time. I spent hours playing basketball and swimming. I talked to my Mom while she tended her flowers. I   11   helping my Dad drag firewood for the winter. And every night I sat at a dinner table full of delicious food   12   with love while my family filled the room with the sound of sweet   13  . Now I found myself missing them   14   than ever.

Finally when my   15   were at their lowest, I heard a   16   at the door. I opened it and was   17   to see my parents standing there with big smiles to fill my   18   heart and a box full of food to feed my hungry friends. We spent the afternoon eating   19   , and just being together. It felt so good, and I felt so loved.

Victor Hugo wrote that, “The supreme happiness of life is the   20   that one is loved; loved for oneself, or better yet, loved despite oneself.” It was that gift of happiness that my parents gave me that afternoon and every day of my life.

1.A. journey      B. term      C. break    D. way

2.A. leave B. stay       C. relax     D. travel

3.A. rented        B. bought  C. painted D. repaired

4.A. made B. changed        C. jammed         D. hidden

5.A. wish   B. pleasure        C. experiment   D. adventure

6.A. exciting      B. boring   C. astonishing    D. moving

7.A. anyway       B. though  C. therefore      D. instead

8.A. headache  B. loneliness      C. satisfaction    D. homesickness

9.A. forgetting about          B. relying on      C. thinking of     D. referring to

10.A. special     B. terrible C. specific D. difficult

11.A. gave up    B. had trouble in       C. put off  D. took pride in

12.A. frozen      B. prepared       C. tasted   D. kept

13.A. laughter   B. scream C. whistle  D. sigh

14.A. less  B. more     C. worse   D. better

15.A. minds       B. dreams C. spirits    D. thoughts

16.A. kick B. hit          C. crash     D. knock

17.A. disappointed    B. surprised       C. puzzled D. encouraged

18.A. hungry     B. open     C. sick        D. gentle

19.A. making up         B. getting up      C. catching up   D. taking up

20.A. sign B. chance C. secret   D. belief

 

When Han Duan started her professional career at 16, China’s national women’s football team was defeated in the final of the World Cup by the US. While she was asked to play in her first World Cup in 2003, she largely remained on the bench after the first match.

But things have changed. Now, Han is one of the most important players in China’s team. “I can’t wait to play. Life is short. You must make the most out of it,” Han always says like that. 

Han wants every possible honor that a football player can get — an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal. She has always been good at sports, especially swimming and horizontal bars. At school, she was the fastest in the 60m and 100m.

But the reason she picked football was that she wanted to get more compliments (称赞). “Football is for boys. But I feel more fulfilled when I can do better than them and win more compliments,” she said. Later, when she entered a football school, the coach always asked Han to show others what to do.

However, nobody can be good at everything. Han described her singing as “howling” and the only school subject she was good at was Chinese. “I was very happy every time my essay was posted on the wall for my schoolmates to read.” But Han still has some regrets about her school years. Her handwriting was terrible at school. She ever wanted to improve her handwriting but didn’t achieve much.

“My fans ask for my signature (签名), so I’d better practice and practice. It’s not too late,” she says.

1.In the World Cup in 2003, Han Duan was a(n) ______.

A.member of the audience

B.unimportant player

C.team captain

D.fan of a sports star

2.What does the underlined part in the second paragraph imply?

A.Han Duan seizes every chance to learn more to fulfill herself.

B.Han Duan never wastes any of her practicing time.

C.Han Duan seizes every chance to take part in matches.

D.Han Duan has become ill and she will die quite soon.

3.According to the passage, we know that Han Duan ________.

A.has won an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal

B.was good at sports when she was at school

C.did very well in singing and Chinese when she was at school

D.often gets compliments because of her beautiful handwriting

4.From the fourth paragraph, it can be inferred that Han Duan most probably ________.

A.felt sad as the boys laughed at her

B.felt proud as she got compliments from others

C.felt sad as she was too strong as a girl

D.hated herself as she couldn’t do anything else well

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

A.Growth of a sports star.

B.The World Cup.

C.Honor of a football player.

D.Star of tomorrow.

 

Agatha Christin went out at night. She never  36  the night when she met a   37  many years ago.

That evening, she was going to a birthday party which  38  until 2 o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the  39  street alone. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out  40  her. “Good morning, lady.” the man said in a   41  voice, “I don’t think you wish to  42  here!” “ What do you   43  ?”Agatha asked.

“ Your earrings, take them off!”

Agatha suddenly had a  44  idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar of her overcoat while she used  45  hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly  46  them on the ground.

 47  them and let me go, “ she said. The robber  48  that girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to  49  the necklace. It would cost  50  , so he said, “ Give me your necklace.”

“ Oh, sir. It’s  51  worth much. Please let me  52  it.”

“Stop rubbish. Quick!”

With shaking hands Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber  53  , she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends,

The  54  cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken  55  cost only six pounds.

1.A.minded       B.forgot         C.remembered         D.realized

2.A.friend           B.beggar          C.robber             D.stranger

3.A.stayed        B.ended             C.began                 D.lasted

4.A.wide         B.narrow           C.quiet                  D.busy

5.A.at             B.on               C.in                   D.against

6.A.loud          B.low               C.sharp            D.wild

7.A.come         B.die              C.fight                   D.meet

8.A.do           B.make          C.want                D.ask

9.A.bright      B.foolish            C.funny         D.safe

10.A.her right   B.her left         C.the other              D.another

11.A.handed    B.put              C.passed             D.threw

12.A.Take           B.Accept            C.Collect              D.Pick

13.A.considered B.saw              C.felt                 D.thought

14.A.keep          B.own             C.have                D.guard

15.A.more         B.less            C.cheap                D.expensive

16.A.really        B.usually            C.even                D.not

17.A.wear                B.keep             C.save                       D.have

18.A.ran          B.allowed           C.disappeared        D.agreed

19.A.loss          B.luck               C.jewelry               D.earrings

20.A.away          B.out             C.off                 D.down

 

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