1.It would have been a success story if Fullerton High School senior Fernando Rojas,the son of Mexican immigrants whose schooling stopped in the eighth grade,was accepted to college.But the 17-year-o1d achieved a surprising clean sweep-he was accepted to every Ivy League  school.
"I didn't think I could get into any,"Rojas told The range County Register on Saturday."When I got all eight,it was a blessing and a curse because I had to choose.I was excited and scared and everything at the same time."
The first call came from Yale University in February.Within weeks calls,emails and letters followed from Dartmouth College,Brown University,the University of Pennsylvania,Cornell University,Columbia University,Harvard University and Princeton University.Rojas also was accepted by Stanford University and two nearby schools,the University of California,Irvine,and California State University,Fullerton.
He is one of four children of Raul Rojas and Mafia,who moved to Fullerton from Jalisco,Mexico in the early 1980s.
A national speech and debate champion,Rojas reasoned that if he applied to the eight Ivy League schools,he might get into one.Sal Tinajero,Rojas'speech and debate coach at Fullerton,told the newspaper that Rojas is a hardworking self-starter who thrives (茁壮成长) on competition."His biggest motivation for speech and debate was his parents to know that their hard work meant something,"Tinajero said.
After visiting several campuses,he settled on Yale,which costs﹩64,000a year with room and board.He is responsible for﹩6,000; Yale scholarships and federal grant money cover the rest.
He'll mostly take it easy during the summer before heading to Yale in late August.He's considering majoring in Latin American studies and perhaps a career as a lawyer or in international affairs.

25.What can be learned about Fernando Rojas from Paragraph 1?C
A.His schooling stopped in the eighth grade.
B.He often did some cleaning in the school.
C.His admission to famous universities was unexpected.
D.People were confident that he would be successful.
26.How many universities accepted Rojas altogether?D
A.8.B.9.C.10.D.11.
27.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5mean?C
A.Rojas's parents knew Rojas loved them deeply.
B.Rojas was good at speech and debate competition.
C.The hard work of his parents inspired Rojas greatly.
D.Rojas's motivation was misunderstood by his parents.
28.What does the author want to tell?A
A.God blesses the hard-working.
B.Detail is the key to success.
C.All roads lead to Rome.
D.Every dog has its day.
18.Mark Twain was a great writer.He was from the USA.He was born in 1835.He was also a famous speaker.He was famous for his sense of humour.Many people liked to listen t o him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing.Before he was going to leave,one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he'd better not go there.Mark Twain waved his hand and said,"It doesn't matter.The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine.I don't think they will come to visit me."
After he arrived at the town,Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station.He went into his room,but when he was just about to have a rest,quite a few mosquitoes flew about him.The waiters felt very sorry about that."I'm very sorry,Mr.Mark Twain.There are too many mosquitoes in our town."One of them said to him.
Mark Twain,however,made a joke,saying to the waiter,"The mosquitoes are very clever.They know my room number.They didn't come into the wrong room."What he sa id made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well.Do you know why?That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

29.Why did Mark Twain go to the town?B
A.To make a speech.
B.To do something for his writing.
C.To see one of his relatives.
D.To see one of his friends.
30.Why did the w aiters feel sorry?B
A.Their hotel was too small.
B.There were quite a few mosquitoes in the room.
C.They did something wrong to Mark Twain.
D.The room was not very clean.
31.All the people present laughed heartily becauseD.
A.the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain's room numbe
B.Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
C.the mosquitoes didn't come into the wrong room
D.Mark Twain made a joke
32.Which of the following is true according to the text?C
A.Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night.
B.There were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer.
C.No mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night.
D.The owner of the hotel looked after Mark Twain well at night.
15.The Ramayana tells the story of a battle between the Hindu (印度教的) god Vishnu and a demon (魔鬼) called Ravana.None of the gods could fight Ravana because of a promise they had foolishly made earlier.So Vishnu decided to be reborn as a man,and then he would be able to fight Ravana.
So Vishnu was born as the prince Rama.Rama was supposed to be king when his father died,but at the last minute his father decided to make his brother king instead.Rama and his other brother Lakshmana and Rama's wife Sita went away to live a simple life in the forest,where the demon Ravana's sister fell in love with Rama and tried to get Rama to leave Sita.When Rama said no,Ravana's sister attacked him,but Rama and his brother Lakshmana fought her off.
The demon went back to her brother Ravana on the island of Lanka and complained to him that Rama had attacked her.Also,Ravana's sister told him how beautiful Rama's wife Sita was.So he went to the forest to see for himself.
When Ravana got to the forest,he found itwas true.So he took Sita back to Lanka.Sita was very sad there and missed Rama very much.
Rama and his brother Lakshmana needed help to rescue Sita,so they went to see the king of the monkeys,Hanuman,who had the magic power to make himself bigger or smaller.Hanuman found Sita on the island of Lanka and told her that Rama was coming to save her.Sita was very happy,but then the demon Ravana caught Hanuman and set his tail on fire!In the end,however,Hanuman escaped and set fire to the whole island of Lanka.
Hanuman went back to the forest and got Rama and Lakshmana,and they all went together with the whole monkey army to attack the island of Lanka.The monkeys made a bridge over to the island.There was a terrible battle,but finally Rama killed the demon Ravana.

21.We can learn from the first paragraph thatD.
A.the gods agreed with Vishnu's plan
B.Ravana often fought with the gods
C.the gods were afraid of Ravana
D.Vishnu was brave and clever
22.Why did Rama and Ravana's sister fight each other?C
A.Because the demon hurt Rama's wife.
B.Because Rama knew the girl was a demon.
C.Because Rama refused the demon's request.
D.Because the girl discovered Rama's true identity.
23.The underlined word"it"in Paragraph 4 probably refers to the fact thatB
A.Rama attacked Ravana's sister
B.Sita was a good-looking woman
C.Rama was indeed the god Vishnu
D.the two brothers lived in the forest  
24.We can infer from the end of the text thatA.
A.Sita was rescued at last
B.Rama became king of his country
C.Ravana's sister was killed in the battle
D.the princes chose to stay in the forest forever.
14.In 1943,when I was 4,my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene,Idaho,to Fairbanks,Alaska,where adventure was never very far away.
We arrived in the summer,just in time to enjoy the midnight sun.All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden.Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off,so she didn't care much about my bedtime.
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk.That left me in a mess.I usually managed to find some trouble to get into.Once I had a little Are going in the dirt basement of a hotel.I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going.The smoke got pretty bad,though,and when 1 made my exit,a crowd and the police were there to greet me.The policemen took my matches and drove me
Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me,and they did!I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me.1 hadn't turned 5 yet.
As I entered kindergarten,the serious cold began to set in.Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?
As for Leonhard Seppala,famous as a dog sledder (驾雪橇者),I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday.At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was,but I do remember the ride well.I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.
In 1950,we moved back to Coeur d'Alene,but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.

21.What can be inferred about the author's family?C
A.His father was a cruel man.
B.His parents didn't love him.
C.His parents used to be very busy.
D.His mother didn't have any jobs.
22.What happened when the author was 4?D
A.He learned to smoke.
B.He was locked in a basement.
C.He was arrested by the police.
D.He nearly caused a fire accident
23.Which of the following is true?A
A.Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.
B.The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.
C.Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.
D.The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.
24.What is the author's purpose of writing the text?A
A.To look back on his childhood with adventures.
B.To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.
C.To express how much he misses Leonhard.
D.To show off his pride in making trouble.
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