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17．Walk into the California home of Anne Bells and her husband，Jim Silcock，and you'll see kids everywhere playing video games，doing homework，and getting ready for diner．There are 30boys in this house and Anna Belles is their mom．Belles has wanted to help children since she was a kid．"I was intrigued by the movie Oliver!in the 1960s，a musical based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist．I told my mom，That's what I want to do．"
Anne's boys are from 3to 25years old．All of them are challenged in some way．"They each have special needs---physically，mentally（精神上），or at school，"says Belles．Every day，a small army of childcare workers，nurses，and volunteers comes in to help cook and clean，wash 30loads of laundry a day，and take care of health needs．
To find out how much such a large family costs，we followed Jim Silcock to the grocery store．He spent 880on food for one week．Every month they spend 2，000to run five cars，15，000for the fourteen paid helpers，and more than 10，000on medical costs．The family receives 26，000a month from the state government，and makes some money from a family business．All the money is spent on the children； having new clothes and fancy cars isn't important to Belles．
How do the kids feel？17-year-old Anthony says，"The family is there whenever I need something…I feel like I am loved．"
"Everything I'm doing now is what I wanted to happen in my life，"says Anne Belles．"So，no regrets； this is perfect．I couldn't ask for it to be better---maybe a bigger house，you know，would be nice．"
28．The underlined word"intrigued"in the first paragraph means"A"．
A．attracted
B．fooled
C．frightened
D．disappointed
29．The boys Anne has raisedB．
A．are all ready to accept a challenge
B．all have disabilities
C．all like Oliver Twist
D．are all teenagers
29．For Anne and her husband，raising 30boysC．
A．is their dream
B．is a piece of cake
C．is no small task
D．is their family tradition
31．What do 17-year-old Anthony's words mean？D
A．He is still looking for his own family．
B．He has learned how to love others．
C．He wants to get more care and love．
D．He is satisfied with his family．

16．These days I realize one thing which amazes me so much：how perfect everything is in the world we are living in!Just look，all day long we are busy working and just when we get tired，the night comes in，so we may sleep and relax．One day we may enjoy the bright sun and another day，when we get tired of the sun，the rain pours down．
A few months ago I was so happy with my life．Later，I got tired from the happiness．I wished I would have some trial to strengthen my character and learn something new about life．I got what I wanted．Shortly after I got severe angina （心绞痛），so I had to stay home for several weeks．During this period I had time to rethink my life and discover myself．The lessons were terrific，but I felt grateful for this time．
Another example：I have a friend，who primarily thinks about having fun．Once I thought why we get along well with each other and what in me attracts her．A couple of days ago I found the answer．I like calmness and silence．She likes noise and agitation （热闹）．We attract each other just to balance ourselves，in other words，to give some drive to me and some calmness to her!
So remember that the universe is so wise that it will try to balance you．As for me，this is perfect because extremes create suffering：too much food-too little food，too cold-too hot，too much fun-too little fun．
1．We can learn from the first paragraph that the authorB．
A．always feels down on rainy days
B．feels happy with everything in life
C．always tries his best to do everything
D．is amazed at the changes in life
2．The example given in the third paragraph is to show thatC．
A．it's necessary to get along with different people
B．a person shouldn't just think of fun in life
C．there exists a kind of balance in life
D．one should put others'interests above his own
3．The author would probably agree thatD．
A．life can be annoying sometimes
B．we should be nice to others and ourselves
C．we should adapt ourselves to changes in life
D．we shouldn't go to extremes in life
4．Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude towards life？D
A．Curious．
B．Aggressive．
C．Doubtful．
D．Objective．

15．On ourarrival（到达），the party had begun．

14．What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common？Stories about both of them were created by one mans：Mark Twain．Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens，Mark Twain was his pen name．When Twain was 4，his family moved to Hannibal，Missouri，lying on the west bank of the Mississippi．Twain grew up there and was attracted greatly with life along the river-the steamboats，the big wooden boats，and the people who worked on them．
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country is one of Twain's best-loved short stories，and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels．Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days．There's also a fence-painting competition to see who can paint the fastest．The idea for this competition comes from a scene in Torn Sawyer，in which Torn has been told to paint the fence in front of the house be lives in．It's a beautiful day，and he would rather be doing anything else．As his friends walk by，he persuades them to paint with him for fun，and they all join in the"fun"．By the end of the day，the fence has three coats of paint!
Although the story of Tom Sawyer is not true，it's based on fact．If you go to Hannibal，you'll see the white fence，which still stands at Twain's boyhood home．
33．Mark Twain created Tom Sawyer and jumping frogsC．
A．at the age of four
B．in the same book
C．in different stories
D．on the steamboats
34．The fence-painting competition comes fromD．
A．Mark Twain's suggestion
B．a story in Jumping Frog
C．the life of people in boats
D．a scene in Tom Sawyer
35．The sentence"the fence has three coats of paint!"means that"B"．
A．all of Tom's friends wear three coats
B．the fence has been painted three times
C．three new coats are hanging on the fence
D．they have drawn three coats on the fence．

13．The project is unlikely to succeed if not carefully planned．

12．Some of the spots on your trousers are hard to remove，which seem too dirty．

11．His words cleared my mind of doubt just now，so I trust him now．

10．The naughty boy attacked the passers-by with stones on the road，hurting them seriously，so he was punished by his parents and teacher．

9．Philip Pullman spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force（皇家空军）．As a child，he went on several long ocean voyages，and he lived in Africa and in Australia．"Before I was 11I had been to eight different schools．"
"In Australia，I made a great discovery．TV hadn't reached Australia yet，but everyone listened to the radio．I remember listening to gangster serials（黑帮剧），and cowboy serials，and best of all-----Superman!When I first saw a superman comic（连环漫画），it changed my life．I'd been reading books for a long time，but I'd never　known comics before．Soon afterwards，I discovered Batman，too，whom I loved even more．"
Pullman started writing his first novel the day after he had finished his final exams at Oxford University．"I discovered after about an hour that it was much harder than I'd expected．It still is!I found that the amount I could write comfortably every day was about three pages，so that's what I've done ever since．"
Before he became a full-time writer，Pullman had been teaching for many years．"What I enjoyed most during that time was telling stories over and over，until I knew them as well as I knew my own life．"He had always loved telling stories----as a schoolboy he had entertained his friends by reading stories to them，or by making up his own．
One day he got a letter that had arrived at his door even though the writer of the letter didn't know his address．The envelope（信封） just said，"Philip Pullman，The Storyteller，Oxford．"
14．What can we learn about Pullman？D
A．He was a pilot in the Royal Air Force．
B．He went to eight different schools in Africa．
C．He was encouraged to write by his father and stepfather．
D．He traveled a lot when he was a young child．
15．The discovery mentioned in Paragraph 2refers toB．
A．the fact that there was no TV in Australia
B．a Superman comic
C．the popularity of cowboy serials
D．the fact that everyone listened to the radio
16．Receiving the letter，Pullman might feel veryA．
A．happy
B．angry
C．calm
D．worried
17．What is mainly described in the text？C
A．Pullman's life at Oxford．
B．Why Pullman chose to be a teacher．
C．How Pullman grew into a storyteller．
D．Pullman's childhood．

8．-Look，Jane is performing so well on the stage!
-Yeah!She has practiced a lot and that's why she stands on the stage，_______{___}．（　　）

	A．	confident and attractively		B．	confidently and attractive
	C．	confidently and attractively		D．	confident and attractive

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