Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didn’t think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.”

During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he saw—barefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.

Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.

He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings’ organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.

Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate（协调）the group’s building efforts on the ground.

Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.

1.At the beginning of his organization, ________.

  A. Fujiyama was supported by many friends     B. things didn’t go on smoothly

C. Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras         D. many famous people joined in

2.We can infer that Fujiyama is a _______ man.

  A. diligent         B. mean           C. sympathetic        D. cheerful

3.The underlined word “siblings’ ” can be replaced by __________.

  A. brothers’        B. brother and sister’s        C. friends’        D. couple’s

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

  A. Help the people in need

B. Students lend a hand in America

C. Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village”

D. Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance

Whenever I recall my childhood, there is one thing I remember clearly. My father used his   36 to let my mother   37  her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the   38 . One evening, our father came home and there was no   39 , not even a piece of bread. My father had no money and he was as   40  as we were. My brother and I went to bed without having anything.
  41  I knew from the expressions on my father’s face that he could not   42  us be hungry for long. He left the house, and about two hours later he   43  and woke us up. He had two small potato pies in his hands. I didn’t know where he got the money for the food but somehow he   44  to find a way. It was clear that he wanted to get his children   45  .
My father did not eat and had   46  all day but he sat there and felt   47  at seeing us eat. This has always stuck in my   48 . At that moment, I felt   49  knowing that he tried his best not to let us   50 , and he wanted us to know he was always there with us.
In   51  times, I think, it is important not to   52  weakness but strength.   53  the mother is the cement(黏合剂)that   54  a family together, then the father is the steel that strengthens that cement.
It is his values and   55  that have carried me forward and helped me deal with my own problems in life.

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

I was working in a store three years ago. I remember one girl who started   36   there a few months after me. I remember always meeting her. I don’t know   37   but for a strange reason we would never talk. We would just see each other and smile.

She would    38   smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the    39   department again. She    40   as if she was the happiest girl in the world. But I had a strange feeling. So I went up to her and asked,“What’s wrong with you?”She answered, “Why?”I said,“I could feel you’re very   41   today and you’re trying to hide it.”

She was shocked(震惊的) as if I had    42   her deepest secret, so we started    43 .

She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was    44   to hide it and we had a good time together. Time    45   and we became good friends. She’d always tell me I had changed her    46   in so many ways, but I could not    47   how it had happened. I would just smile, not understanding what she    48   by that.

Today this girl is one of my best    49  . I really don’t know what I would do    50  

her. She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be.

I guess what I’m trying to say is you     51    know when you’re helping yourself. I

52   this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a(n)

53    friend.

So the next time you see a    54   and he looks as if he needs    55   who will listen to him, listen to what he has to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.

36．A．playing                   B．learning                  C．working                  D．living

37．A．why                       B．when                      C．where                     D．how

38．A．secretly                  B．hardly                    C．perhaps                   D．always

39．A．great                      B．same                      C．modern                   D．small

40．A．shouted                  B．cried                      C．spoke                     D．smiled

41．A．happy                     B．angry                            C．proud                     D．sad

42．A．kept                       B．told                        C．discovered                     D．watched

43．A．talking                   B．quarrelling              C．discussing               D．arguing

44．A．planning                 B．trying                     C．refusing                  D．failing

45．A．went off                 B．went by                  C．went up                  D．went down

46．A．life                        B．hobby                     C．habit                      D．manner

47．A．introduce                B．promise                  C．suggest                   D．imagine

48．A．meant                     B．wanted                   C．offered                   D．received

49．A．classmates               B．sisters                     C．friends                    D．workers

50．A．with                       B．without                   C．through                  D．besides

51．A．often                      B．sometimes               C．forever                   D．never

52．A．helped                    B．accepted                 C．recognized              D．praised

53．A．kind                       B．rich                        C．true                        D．honest

54．A．student                   B．stranger                  C．manager                 D．listener

55．A．someone                 B．anyone                   C．none                       D．everyone

“Can I see my baby?”asked the happy new mother. The bundle(婴儿包)was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped-the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance．

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms，he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boy…called me－a f—…freak．”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks．

He grew up，handsome for his misfortune．A favorite with his fellow students,he might have been class president,but for that．He developed a gift for literature and music．

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor．Could nothing be done?“I believe we could graft(移植)on a pair of outer ears，if they could he donated(捐献)，”the doctor decided．So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice(牺牲)for a young man．Two years went by．Then,“You’re going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need．But it’s a secret．”said the father．

The operation was a brilliant success．His talents blossomed into genius．School and college became a series of successes．Later he married and entered the diplomatic(外交)service．“But I must know!”he urged his father．“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him．”

“I do not believe you could,”said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet．”The years kept the secret,but the day did come …one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son．He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材)．Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret．

41．The story is mainly about____________．

A．hew a boy had new ears through an operation

B．what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C．how a disabled boy turned into a useful person

D．why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

42．From the first paragraph we know that the mother____________．

A．was determined to donate her ears to pedect her son

B．kept her husband unknown about the baby’s situation

C．felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby

D．complained of her bad luck to have a disabled child

43．The underlined word“freak”in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to“____________”．

A．slow—acting person                            B．ugly—looking child

C．badly—behaved student                D．strangely—shaped creature

44．What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The agreement was between the donator and the family．

B．The boy was so popular that he was made class president．

C．Finally the boy came to know who the donator was．

D．The mother donated her ears to her son after she died．

45．What moral lesson can we draw from this reading? A．Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known．

B．It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul．

C．True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance．

D．It is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful．

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We16 a lot of time and 17  in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.
We did the best to cultivate(耕种) it and called this area our rock garden. 18   We had found flowers and plants, Denise or I will plant them, just to bring some 19 to the area.
Last summer I found a tiny little  plant that I could not immediately
20. I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 21 to grow until we could  22  what it was.
Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 23  plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 24 to nurture(培育) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 25, I noticed something 26 . The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(茎）appear. 27  it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 28 the sun.
That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower wouldn't let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the29 to do the same.  30 we believe in ourselves, like that little sunflower, we can
31 the type of nourishment(营养）and growth. We need to believe in
32,  knowing that we have the ability to 33 our desires. If you stand all like the sunflower and are 34 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 35 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles( 障碍）in order to reach your goals.
16. A. took         B. spent        C. cost         D. pay
17. A. strength     B. energy       C. power        D. force
18. A. However      B. When       C. Whenever     D. Whatever
19. A. weed         B. color        C. water        D. soil
20. A. classify      B. accept       C. clarify      D. identify
21. A. remain       B. prevent      C. continue     D. leave
22. A. figure out    B. hold out      C. stand out    D. try out
23. A. endangered   B. convenient    C. mysterious   D. enormous
24. A. refused      B. decided      C. adapted      D. proposed
25. A. seeds        B. stalks        C. rocks        D. weeds
26. A. unusual      B. common       C. fantastic    D. unnatural
27. A. Casually     B. Basically      C. Actually     D. Strangely
28. A. enlarge      B. expand       C. reach        D. spread
29. A. chance       B. choice       C. power        D. ability
30. A. What if      B. As far as      C. Only if      D. As long as
31. A. inspire      B. attain         C. lose         D. refuse
32. A. ourselves    B. yourselves     C. themselves   D. myself
33. A. preserve     B. comfort        C. achieve      D. suggest
34. A. ashamed      B. pride         C. proud        D. ambitious
35. A. ensure       B. support       C. satisfy      D. protect