11．Eve was waiting in the corridor outside her class．She was feeling sick．She had two exams that day——青夏教育精英家教网—

11．Eve was waiting in the corridor outside her class．She was feeling sick．She had two exams that day and physics was first．She really hated physics．It was her worst subject．Lisa looked back at her，and then looked away quickly．Eve thought she looked guilty．She didn't have a problem  with physics．She didn't have a problem with anything…Miss Perfect!
"Hi，Eve!So what's wrong with you and Lisa？"asked Tina，"I thought you were friends．""Yes，so did I，"said Eve．"But she hasn't spoken to me for two weeks now．She promised to help me review for the physics exam too，but then she's ignored（忽略）all my calls and texts．"
While in the exam，Eve found Lisa was holding her phone on her knee under the table and reading from it．Eve couldn't believe it!Is that how Lisa always got such good grades？She thought about telling the teacher，but she hesitated．The next exam was history．That was Eve's favorite subject but she couldn't concentrate．She didn't know what to do about Lisa．Just then，Mr．Reed，their teacher，walked past．"Mr．Reed…"
Lisa was called to the teachers'office and there waited Mr．Reed…
The history test was over．Eve was walking towards the school gate when she heard footsteps behind her．It was Lisa．Eve could see that she had been crying．"Listen，"said Lisa．"I'm really sorry I haven't answered your calls，but my dad had a heart attack two weeks ago and he's in hospital．He had a big heart operation today and I was very worried about him．So I was reading texts from my mum，but Mr．Reed caught me．He thought I was cheating．He believes me now，but I have to take the exam again．I'm sorry I didn't tell you what was happening．Will you forgive me？"

21．The reason for Eve's feeling sick is most probably thatC．
A．she found Lisa was looking back at her
B．she had to take two exams within one day
C．she was worried about the physics exam
D．she had been waiting for too long a time
22．Lisa didn't help Eve review for the physics exam becauseA．
A．she had to look after her sick father
B．she herself was quite bad at physics
C．she didn't consider Eve as a true friend
D．she was selfish and hated to waste time
23．At the end of the story Eve probably feltB．
A．confident and optimistic
B．regretful and sorry
C．sad and angry
D．glad and inspired
24．What lesson can we learn from this passage？D
A．A friend in need is a friend indeed．
B．A life without a friend is a life without sun．
C．Old friends and old wines are the best．
D．Friendship should be based on trust．

8．From time to time I travel to town from my new country home．On this particular Saturday，it was Adam's turn to accompany me on the forty-five-minute drive----a coveted（渴望的） pleasure．
Adam has a deep fondness of candy．If he knew there was a candy treat on the other side of a mountain，he would move the entire mountain，stone by stone，to get the treat．
When we arrived，we walked toward the store．But I found Adam had fallen silent-his stare falling on something further down the street．
There an old man sat by the store entrance，begging．His gray sweater had many holes exposing a dirty T-shirt．He sat with his back to the wall，his hands cupped around an empty hat．
"Can I have my dollar，daddy？"I pulled a dollar and handed it to Adam and thought he would use it to buy his candy．"Thank you，daddy．"He went away and I went on to choose something we needed．After a while we left the store and walked a few feet to the corner．While waiting for the light，I felt Adam gently slip his hand from mine．I turned watching him as he walked back to the beggar giving his dollar．
When he came back，I hugged Adam saying，"Daddy is very proud of you，Adam．That was very thoughtful．"
"It certainly was，"confirmed（证实） a female voice to my right．I turned and watched a middle-aged woman place five dollars in the man's hat．"May I？"she asked as she leaned over to kiss Adam's cheek．I nodded and smiled-Adam smiled．
"Look，daddy．"Adam was looking over my shoulder to the beggar．A small group of people had gathered around him placing money in his hat．I couldn't help but recall a thought：A child shall lead them．

16．Why did Adam become silent when walking to the store？B
A．Because he felt tired after the drive．
B．Because he noticed a beggar sitting by the store．
C．Because the beggar asked money from him．
D．Because he saw an old man sat before the store entrance．
17．What made the writer feel proud of his son？D
A．Adam dared to walk alone on the busy road．
B．Adam was able to buy something for himself．
C．Adam shared his sweet with poor beggar．
D．Adam gave his money to the poor beggar．
18．What did the woman want to do by asking"May I？"A
A．She wanted to show her praise by kissing Adam．
B．She asked if she could give the beggar some money．
C．She intended to give five dollars to Adam in return．
D．She hoped to kiss the writer for his act of kindness．
19．From the passage，we can make a conclusion thatB．
A．a child is often the first to love others．
B．a child can take the lead in loving others．
C．a child usually needs others to lead him．
D．a child sometimes should be led to do things．

7．Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia，on August 27，1910．She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen．At that time，some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India，and they often wrote to the school about their work．She decided to join them one day．
When she left school，she went first to Britain．Then a year later she went to India，where she began to train to be a teacher．After training，she was sent to Calcutta，where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress．
However，although she loved teaching，in 1946Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta．Later she trained to become a nurse in Patna，and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city．Slowly，others came to help her，and her work spread to other parts of India．
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person．Many photos have been taken of her，as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries．In 1979，she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor．
32．Where did Mother Teresa receive her education？A
A．In Yugoslavia and India．
B．In Yugoslavia and Britain．
C．In Britain and India．
D．In Yugoslavia，Britain and India．
33．What first made Mother Teresa work in India？C
A．Her visit to the poor parts of Calcutta．
B．Her visit to Britain after she finished school．
C．The medical workers'letters to her school．
D．The work of the nurse in the city of Patna．
34．Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted A．
A．to look after the poor
B．to travel to poor countries
C．to build hospitals for the poor
D．to train nurses to care for the poor
35．Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has D．
A．saved many poor people in India
B．helped to bring about world peace
C．helped to make India a more peaceful place
D．taken care of many poor people in the world．

6．Once upon a time，there lived a young father and his old neighbor．One day the young father paid a visit to his old neighbor．They were standing in the old man's garden，and talking about children．The young man said，"How strict should parents be with their children？"
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．"Please untie（解开）that string，"he said．The young man untied it，and the young tree bent （弯）over to one side．"Now tie it again，please，"said the old man，"but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．"
The young man did so．Then the old man said，"There，it is the same with children．You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away．"
25．The story is about A．
A．how strict parents should be with their children
B．how to take care of young trees
C．how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
D．how to tie and untie the string
26．The young man untied the string B．
A．in order to let the old man teach him
B．only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
C．so that both of the trees would grow straight
D．in order to throw it away
27．When can the string be taken away？． C
A．After you have untied it
B．When the old man has left
C．When the young tree grows strong enough
D．When the young man has untied it next time
28．From the story the relation of the big strong tree to the thin one is like that of A．
A．parents to their children
B．grown ups to their parents
C．the young father to the old neighbor
D．the old neighbor to the children of the young father．

5．Once，a peasant exhausted by illnesses and burdens of life came to a wise man．He sat in front of the wise man who gave him a social and warm smile，and breathed out heavily，letting out a wave of mourning．He began complaining that he had a hard burden and that he didn't see the bright daylight at all．It seemed that one problem fell on his head after another．They had twisted （扭曲） him so much that he couldn't even breathe in some fresh air．Later，he began blaming all of his relatives，who，in his opinion，were guilty for his misfortune．
The wise man listened to him in silence，and when the peasant once again inquired why it was so unfair，what he should do and how to find peace，the wise man got up from his seat and invited the peasant to follow him．They came out of the hut and went to a lakeside，which was not far away and where from time to time flying fishes were jumping fast above the surface，catching food．
The wise man led the peasant to the lakeside and said to him，"You see the smoothness of the lake？The depths are full of life．There are fishes that always stay in water，and if suddenly the lake gets polluted，they can't see further than their own noses．They will hardly recognize where the source of pollution is，and they will keep swimming in circles．And there are also fishes that get wings and they can rise above the water of the lake，looking at it from the height of their flight．So this is my advice：instead of complaining about your life，come to this lakeside from time to time，watch the flying fishes and try to understand what I wanted to say to you．"
25．The peasant went to the wise man because D．
A．his house lacked fresh air
B．his relatives were unkind to him
C．he had been ill for long
D．he thought his life was hopeless
26．In fact，the peasant's misfortune was caused by D．
A．his lack of guidance
B．other people's unkindness
C．his relatives
D．his attitude to life
27．Why did the wise man lead the peasant to the lakeside？C
A．To help the peasant relax
B．To catch flying fishes．
C．To make his message easy to understand．
D．To comfort the peasant．
28．What was the advice that the wise man gave to the peasant？C
A．To learn to swim freely in the lake．
B．To enjoy beautiful scenery to relax．
C．To learn from the flying fishes．
D．To learn from the fishes that stay in the water．

4．Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored realistic literary figures （文学家）．But his fame came late in his life．
He was born in San Francisco，California in 1874．He lived in California during his early childhood．He was named after the chief Southern general in America's Civil War．The officer's name was Robert Edward Lee．The poet was named Robert Lee Frost，because his father wanted to honor the general．
Someone once asked another American writer，Ernest Hemingway，how to become a writer．The best thing，he said，was to have an unhappy childhood．If this is true，Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good poet．Robert Frost's father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician．He often drank too much wine and became angry．Robert was the victim （受害者） of his anger．
Robert Frost finished high school in 1891．After high school，Robert's grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College．But Robert left the school after a few months．He did not like it．He spent the next few years working at different jobs．At one time，he worked in a factory．Later，he repaired shoes．He was a teacher．He was a reporter．Always，he wrote poetry（诗歌）．
Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years．After that，he returned to the many jobs he held before．For a while，Frost tried to take care of a farm in the state of New Hampshire．He was not a successful farmer．And he continued to write poetry．He said that until 1930，he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing．
In 1912，he decided to try to make a new start．He took his family to Britain．The cost of living was low．In Britain，Frost found a publisher （出版商） for his first book of poems．The book was called A Boy's Will．When it appeared in 1913，Frost received high praise from British readers．Praise was something he had not received in his own country．
Ezra Pound，another American poet living in Britain，read the poems and liked them very much．He wrote a magazine article about Frost．He also helped to get Frost's second book of poems published in America．That book was called North of Boston．

26．All the followings are literary figures EXCEPT A．
A．Robert Edward Lee
B．Robert Lee Frost
C．Ernest Hemingway
D．Ezra Pound
27．The passage wrote about what Hemingway said to tell us that C．
A．Hemingway had great influence on Frost's poetry and life
B．Frost's poetry style was the same as Hemingway's
C．Frost's sad childhood may contribute to his success as a poet
D．Frost lived a really unhappy life in his childhood
28．It was not until C that fame came finally in Frost's life．
A.1891
B.1912
C.1913
D.1930
29．According to the passage，we can know B．
A．Frost was good at writing poetry when he studied in high school．
B．Robert Frost's father didn't realize his dream of being a politician．
C．After leaving Harvard University，he began to learn to write poetry．
D．Once Frost's first book was published he gained praise in his country．
30．What's the passage mainly about？D
A．Robert Frost's unhappy childhood．
B．Robert Frost's first and second book．
C．Robert Frost's family and jobs．
D．Robert Frost's life and poetry．

3．He is not just a classical music superstar．He is a global superstar．Only 27years old，the Chinese pianist Lang Lang has become an inspiration to tens of millions around the world．
Among his dazzling long list of titles，Lang considered UNICEF goodwill ambassador the most special one．
"Being a UNICEF goodwill ambassador is the best decision I have made and will definitely be the best experience in my life，"Lang said in a recent interview with Xinhua at the UN headquarters in New York．"I love children very much，and playing piano for them is my favorite，"Lang said，beaming with delight．
Named this year by Time magazine as one of the 100World's Most Influential People，the pianist said he hoped music could"bring children happiness and enlighten their life．"
Three months after his nomination （提名），Lang went to Tanzania with the UNICEF team to visit children threatened by malaria（疟疾） and AIDS．
Although the southeastern African country's underdevelopment and harsh living conditions surprised Lang who landed the continent for the first time，he was touched by local children's passion for music．
"Most of the kids had never seen a piano before，"Lang said．"When I played Chopin's nocturne or waltz to them，those who were too shy to talk to me suddenly became active and began to share with me about their dreams．How amazing it is!""Music can bring hopes to the kids and open their mind，"he said．
Following his visit to Africa，Lang began to organize fundraising concerts for children．Now it has become his routine to do 15to 20fundraising concerts every year．
Except for his efforts on fundraising，Lang also established his own international music foundation last year to assist young talents to play piano．
So far Lang has chosen five children from the United States and Germany，providing them with scholarships and opportunities to perform at world-class music halls，he said．
In December，he will start the selection in China where he would like to"focus more on physically challenged kids，like blind kids．"
28．The best title of the passage isB．
A．Lang Lang and His Music
B．UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
C．An Unforgettable Visit to Africa
D．Lang Lang's Fundraising Concerts
29．As a UNICEF goodwill ambassador，Lang Lang's work is mainly toA．
A．help children who are in great need
B．hold more concerts for children in the world
C．assist young talents from different countries play piano
D．create more beautiful music for the people of the world
30．Why did Lang Lang go to Africa 3months after his nomination？C
A．To finish his plan of global performance．
B．To experience the local music there
C．To help those children facing serious diseases．
D．To create new music of different styles．
31．What moved Lang most when in Africa？B
A．The poverty of Africa
B．Children's passion for music．
C．Children's gifts for music
D．The deadly diseases in Africa．

2．I was in a rush as always，but this time it was for an important date I just couldn't be late for!I found myself at a checkout couter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries．A PhD student with not a lot of money，I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers．I was in a huge rush，thinking of my upcoming evening．I did not want to be late for this date．
We were in Boston，a place not always known for small conversation between strangers．The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me．She smiled．It was a nice smile---warm and reassuring----and I returned her gift by smiling back．
"Must be a special lady，whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers，"she said．
"Yes，she's special，"I said，and then to my embarrassment，the words kept coming out．
"It's only our second date，but somehow I am just having the feeling she's‘the one'．Jokingly，I added，"The only problem is that I can't figure out why she'd want to date a guy like me．"
"Well，I think she's very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her，"the woman said．""My husband used to bring me flowers every week-even when times were tough and we didn't have much money．Those were incredible（难以置信的） days； he was very romantic and-of course-I miss him since he's passed away．"
I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries．There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her．I touched her on the shoulder and said，"You were right，you know．These flowers are indeed for a very special lady．"I handed her the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation．
It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just bught．"You have a wonderful evening，"I said．I left her with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers．
I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story．A couple of years later，when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me，she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her-that was the night that I won her heart．
60．Why was the writer in a hurry that day？A
A．He was to meet his girlfriend
B．He had to go back to school soon．
C．He was delayed by an elderly lady
D．He had to pick up some groceries．
61．What does the underlined phrase"her gift"（Paragraph 2）refer to？B
A．Her words
B．Her smile
C．Her flowers
D．her politeness．
62．Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady？C
A．She told him a nice story
B．She allowed him to pay first
C．She gave him encouragement
D．She liked flowers very much．
63．What can you learn from the story？C
A．Flowers are important for a date
B．Small talk is helpful．
C．Love and kindness are rewarding
D．Elderly people deserve respecting．

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