Although I admire you _____ your work on soil, I think you should apologize _____the villagers for the water pollution.

A. for; to           B. to; for          C. for; for          D. to; to

I received pictures of my daughter floating (漂浮) on a lake in California. Right there under the sun during the hottest time of the day, she has only her swimsuit to cover her.
When I showed it to my students, it was as if I had shown them scenes from a horror (恐怖) movie.
“But she will get dark,” they said.
“That’s what she wants,” I told them. “We think darker skin (肤色) is beautiful.”
They looked at me in disbelief. It was as if I came from the moon.
For years, American girls spend their summer trying to get as tanned (晒黑) as possible. In China, on the other hand, girls use umbrellas all year round.
What in the world is going on?
The pale skin we think looks unattractive (不漂亮) is what Asian women want. Both groups want to meet their culture’s standard (标准) of beauty.
In the US, if you can afford to go on vacation in the summer, you head for a river, a lake or a beach, where you try to get as much sun as possible. If you are rich you take a winter vacation in some sunny spot. Your winter tan shows your wealth.
In China, once upon a time, the few wealthy were the ones who didn’t have to work out in the hot sun. So the whiter the skin, the richer the woman. The folk opera performers who play these ladies wore lots of white makeup (妆容). The tradition survives to this day.
So it comes naturally that none of my students wishes to follow the Western ways in this regard.
But now I am noticing that a new business – the tanning booth (美黑店) – started up in China. I admire those brave enough to define（给…下定义）their own idea of beauty, but I do wonder what their grandmothers would have to say to them about it!
【小题1】The students were shocked at the picture the writer showed them because ______.

A．Women with blond hair.	B．Women with a slim figure.
C．Women with tanned skin.	D．Women with pale skin.

A．is hard-working	B．doesn’t have to work
C．has a lot of money and spare time	D．is from a very poor family

When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years   36   a back support．I began running seven days a week to   37  my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I   38   before I graduated from high school．

    When I was thirty-one, I was in   39   car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The   40   told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41   " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized  43   program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．

    While on one of my runs, a   44   thought entered my mind: what   45   I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46   the prized finish line, even if it  47   I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very  48   depended on it——actually, it did．I   49   that if I didn't train to my fullest, my body would   50   and the doctors' diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn't about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life's greatest   51   ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．

    Finally, my hard efforts   52   ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．

    I'm often asked why I run, to which I always   53   ,"I run because I can．" I   54  myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are  55   , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．

1.A, dressing          B．wearing                              C．designing       D．decorating

2.A．relax              B．comfort                              C．protect         D．strengthen

3.A．recovered          B．cured                                C．quitted         D．shook

4.A．other              B．one             C．another          D．some

5.A．doctors            B．patients                             C．coaches         D．pioneers

6.A．frequently         B．normally         C．attractively                   D．carefully

7.A．determined         B．excited          C．unsatisfied                    D．disappointed

8.A．working            B．sharing                              C．training        D．walking

9.A．suitable           B．reasonable                           C silly            D．crazy

10.A．if               B．whether                              C．unless           D．once

11.A．skip              B．slip             C．complete         D．cross

12.A．meant             B．proved           C．agreed           D．explained

13.A．patience          B．existence        C．appearance       D．absence

14.A．suggested         B．knew             C．noticed          D．declared

15.A．look out          B．come out         C．break down       D．fall down

16.A．promises          B．reputations      C．goals            D．levels

17.A．worked out        B．turned out       C．paid back        D．paid off

18.A．react             B．reply            C．relate           D．refer

19.A．show              B．ask              C．remind           D．teach

20.A．something B．anything C．everything   D．nothing

                                     B
People come in all shapes and sizes，colors and races (种族). Some speak differently while others act differently.
My mother is in a wheelchair. I would like to say something about this special woman I call "Mommy".
My mom does what a mom needs to do every day. She picks me up from school，drives me to meetings，cooks dinner，and helps me with my homework. This is just part of what makes her great，though.
She is my best friend and can immediately notice when I am unhappy. She helps me solve problems that my friends do not understand. Mommy makes me laugh when times are tough. I look forward to coming home because I know there is someone there who cares about what I have done.
Mommy has always tried to be like a "normal" mom. But I think my mother is a wonderful woman and she doesn’t need to change. She teaches me life lessons that no teacher or friend can. She shows me how to accept everyone for what is inside，rather than what is on the outside.
You may have realized that all the qualities (品质) I admire have nothing to do with what she looks like. Everyone could be the way she is，but most are not.
I want everyone to look beyond the surface and see what is inside others. You may fail to notice someone who is very special like my mom because you cannot accept their outside features.
【小题1】 What’s the function of Paragraph 1？

People have different opinions about Karen, but I admire her, ___ she is a great musician.

   A. after all           B. above all            C. at all           D. first of all