In the fall of 1992, when Vicki was ten, she and her father, Jim, happened to notice an advertisement for a new flight school. Her father suggested to her that since she wanted to be an astronaut, she might want to take a flying lesson, just see if she liked it. She was excited.
　　Vicki continued with her flying lessons. She was so brave and devoted that she impressed her teacher and soon passed ground school with straight—A’s. She would have passed her pilot exam, too, if she had been old enough. Instead, she’ll have to wait until she is 16 to get her pilot’s license.
　　Vicki made her first record-breaking flight in September 1993, at the age of 11. She flew a small plane across the United States, from Augusta to California. Although by law she had to have a licensed pilot at her side, he never touched the controls or helped her in any way. She was the youngest woman pilot to fly across the U.S. and the youngest pilot ever to fly across the U.S. from East to West. That direction is considered the most difficult flight because it means flying against the wind. And in fact on part of her flight she had to fight her way through strong headwinds. Because she was flying a small plane and FAA rules limited her to flying no more than eight hours each day, the trip took several days with eight stops. Her parents followed along on commercial flights, meeting her at each stop.
　　40. Which of the following is TRUE?
　　A. Jim took Vicki to the flight school.
　　B. Vicki asked her father to send her to the flight school.
　　C. Jim advised Vicki to take the flying lessons.
　　D. Vicki didn’t like the flight school.

　　41. What made Vicki’s first record-breaking flight difficult?
　　A. The strong winds.　　 B. Her age.　　 C. Her plane.　　 D.Her experience.

　　42. Vicki was the youngest pilot _____.
　　A. in history in America
　　B. to fly across the U.S. alone
　　C. to fly across the U.S. from East to West
　　D. to break the first flight record in the world

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　This year 1 twenty-three hundred teenagers from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. 2 . They will attend U. S, schools, meet U. S. teenagers, and form 3 of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new 4 and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

　　Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George's family. 5 , George's son Mike spent a year in Fred's home in America.

　　Fred, a lively young man; knew little German when he arrived, but after two months' study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected－much 6 . Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects 7 the six that are usual in the United States：There were almost no 8 activities.

　　Family life, too, was different. The father's word was 9 , and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. 10 , he missed having a car.

　　“Back home, you 11 some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

　　At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly 12 boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize American school,” he says. “It is far too easy by our 13 . But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but 14 . Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for 15. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

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　　The Shute family lived in the southern part of the U.S.A..Mr Shute was a farm worker, and he didn't have much money. Mr and Mrs Shute had a daughter called Jane.

　　　　Then they had a second child-a son. How happy they were ! They called him James. James was quite a small baby, but he was a fine 　　boy. His parents loved him very much.

　　　　But there was something wrong with the child. He did everything very slowly. His parents did not know what was wrong. So one day 　　they took him to a doctor. The doctor found that there was something wrong with James' eyes. He could not see anything. The doctor could 　　not help him.

　　　　James' parents were very sad. James grew bigger but he could not look after himself. His sister or his parents had to help him.

　　　　One day a good doctor in a town not far away helped James. He did one small operation.（手术） At last James could see. How happy 　　everyone was!

　　1. The Shuter lived _______. 

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　　 A. in the south

　　 B. in the southern part of the U.S.A.

　　 C. in the northern part of the U.S.A.

　　 D. Britain

　　2. James did everything slowly because ______. 

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　　 A. he didn't know how to do if

　　 B. he didn't like doing anything

　　 C. there was something wrong with his eyes

　　 D. there was something wrong with his hands　

　　3.James' parents had to take him _________. 

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　　 A. to see a doctor　　　B. to see a teacher

　　 C. to a school　　　　　D. to a town

　　4. James could not see anything and he _______. 

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　　 A. could look after himself

　　 B. could do everything himself

　　 C. couldn't look after himself

　　 D. couldn't do anything

　　5. At last a good doctor did ________. 

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　　 A. one small operation on him

　　 B. some small operations on him

　　 C. one large operation on him

　　 D. a lot of work for him