（2011·山东卷）B

     Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she  in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

      Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls.  He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."

      Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters.  Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.

Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”

  The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

62.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A. Give out brochures.                        B .Do something similar.

C. Write books for children                    D. Retire from being a teacher.

63.According to the text, Dollly  Parton is           .

A. a well-known surgeon                     B. a mother of a four-year-old

C. a singer born in Tennessee                  D .a computer programmer

64.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A. To avoid signing up online.

B. To meet Dollywood board members.

C. To make sure the books were the newest.

D. To see if the books were of good quality.

65.What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?

A. He needs more money to help the children.

B. He wonders why some people are so busy.

C. He tries to save those waiting to die.

D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.

(2013·高考山东卷)I used to be a very self?centered person，but in the past two years I have really changed.I have started to think about other people ____ I think about myself.I am happy that I am becoming a ____ person.

I think my ____ started when I was at Palomar College.At first，I just wanted to get my ___ and be left alone.I thought I was smarter than everyone else，so I hardly ever ___ to anyone in my classes.By the end of my first semester，I was really ____.It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun.So I tried a(n)____.I started asking people around me how they were doing，and if they were having trouble I ____ to help.That was really a big ____ for me.By the end of the year，I had several new friends，and two of ____ are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new ____，however，came when I took a part?time job at Vista Nursing Home.One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my ____.Every time I came into her room，she was so ____ because she thought I was her daughter.Her real daughter never ____ her，so I took her place.She let me ____that making others feel good made me feel good too，when she died，I was ____，but I was also very grateful to her.

I think I am a much ____ person today than I used to be，and I hope I will not ____ these experiences.They have ____ me to care about other people more than about myself.I ____ who I am today，and I could not say that a few years ago.

1.A.since?? B．before

C．or?? D．unless

2.A.famous? B．simple

C．different?? D．skilled

3.A.education?? B．career

C．tour? D．change

4.A.balance? B．homework

C．degree? D．interest

5.A.talked?? B．wrote

C．lied?? D．reported

6.A.careful? B．lonely

C．curious? D．guilty

7.A.argument?? B．game

C．experiment?? D．defence

8.A.dared?? B．offered

C．hesitated?? D．happened

9.A.dream?? B．problem

C．duty?? D．step

10.A.us? B．which

C．them?? D．whom

11.A.attitude?? B．hobby

C．hope?? D．luck

12.A.friend? B．partner

C．guide?? D．guest

13.A.polite? B．happy

C．strange?? D．confident

14.A.bothered?? B．answered

C．visited?? D．trusted

15.A.explain? B．guess

C．declare? D．see

16.A.homeless? B．heartbroken

C．bad?tempered?? D．hopeless

17.A.quieter? B．busier

C．better?? D．richer

18.A.forget?? B．face

C．improve?? D．analyze

19.A.forced?? B．preferred

C．ordered?? D．taught

20.A.miss? B．like

C．wonder?? D．expect

（2011·山东卷）C

  Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

  “I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home,’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.

The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

    With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

    At the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,

    “If we go on this way for another 25years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”

    Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

67. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?

    A. They asked their kids to come home.

    B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school.

    C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

    D. They got help from the school and the federal government.

68. Financial aid administrators believe that _______.

    A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses

    B. the government will receive more letters of complaint

    C. college tuition fees will double soon

    D. America’s unemployment will fall

69.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?

A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase.

B. Their income remained steady in the last decade.

C. They will try their best to send kids to college.

D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.

70.According to the last paragraph, the government will       .

A. provide most students will scholarships

B. dismiss some financial aid administrators

C. stop the companies from making student loans

D. go on providing financial support for college students