Elizabeth lived on the other side of a valley. One winter there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses down below Elizabeth’s were washed away. Elizabeth’s house was  21  enough to escape the flood, so when the water  22  and the other houses were standing there with no  23  and no walls and all covered with  24 ,her house was still quite all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was  25  and she had six children to support. Ten dollars a week, which was the total of their income, didn’t leave much for  26  . Expenses were always greater than Elizabeth had  27  , but she didn’t hesitate to help one of the families that lost everything in the flood and she  28  her house with them until it was  29  for them to move into their own houses.
Elizabeth’s friend was very  30  when she saw Elizabeth do this. She couldn’t understand why Elizabeth wanted to give  31  so much work and trouble to help others.
“Well,” Elizabeth  32  to her friend, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself  33 , because her husband had been killed in the war in Germany and she had a lot of  34 , as I have now.”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have  35  presents for all of us. I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who was in  36  clothes and crying in deep sorrow. The girl was an orphan(孤儿). ‘Here’s our  37  . She said to the children.
“The children were very  38  to have such a present. They  39  the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was that  40  present.”

【小题13】

A． living B．wounded C．rich D．poor

第三节：完形填空（共两部分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项（18分）
Have you ever run in the rain?
It was raining outside. We all stood near the door of the  41 , waiting. Suddenly I heard a 
sweet voice. “Mom, let’s  42 the rain,” said a six-year-old girl, with beautiful red hair, who had been shopping with her mum in Wal-mart. 
“What? No, honey. We’ll __43__until it stops raining so hard,” the mother replied.The girl waited about one minute and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll  44  if we do,” the mother said. “No, we won’t, mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she   45  out of her mom’s arm.
“This morning?” “Yes, when you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!’”
The whole crowd became   46 . We couldn’t hear anything but   47 . We all stood there silently. Her mom__48___ for a moment and said, “Honey, you’re right. Let’s run through the rain. If God lets us get wet, well, maybe we just need __49__.”
Then off they ran. We all stood there, watching and smiling as they ran through the rain. They held their shopping bags over their __50__just in case. Yes, they got wet. But they were followed by many __51__ who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
Memory is a fortune, a precious gift. I believe that somewhere down the road in life, the mother will   52 herself looking back on this moment and she will smile. So Don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day and take the time to run through the rain.
41. A. cinema                B. school                   C. supermarket                 D. park
42. A. run through                B. go through             C. look through                D. get through
43. A. leave                B. wait                      C. imagine                  D. jump
44. A. get tired                      B. get confused        C. get paid                       D. get wet 
45. A. pushed                 B. pulled                 C. carried                         D. monitored 
46. A. noisy             B. calm                C. silent                      D. thrilled
47. A. her mum              B. the girl                  C. laughter                       D. the rain
48. A. thought             B.       claimed            C. asked                           D. cared
49. A. running                      B. waiting            C. walking                       D. washing
50. A. hands               B. backs                     C. heads                          D. coats
51. A. adults               B. children                     C. parents                 D. drivers
52. A. stop                     B. find                   C. make                           D. impress

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 form 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.
【小题1】
According to Paragraph 1, why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?

完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
One of the most important events in the Olympic Games is the Marathon race. It _ 16_ one of the great events in Greek history.
In 490 B.C .about 10,000 Greeks fought _ 17_ the Persian army at a place _18__ Marathon. It is said that the Persians were ten times as many as the Greeks .However , __19_ the brave attack of the Greeks , the Persians were badly beaten and _20__ away from the plain of Marathon . When the Persians had run away, a soldier, who was the most famous _ 21 _in Athens, was ordered to carry the good news to the city _22_ full speed.
Although he had fought through the battle and received many wounds, the soldier at once started off towards the _23_ city. It was twenty-six miles _24__ the plain of Marathon to the marketplace of Athens, where the elders of Athens had gathered waiting for news. He ran and ran __25_ hills and across plains. As he went on, his lips became dry and he breathed hard. But he thought of the _26__ of the people of Athens __27_ hearing the news, and he ran harder than ever.
The elders of Athens heard a great shout and saw a soldier staggering (蹒跚）towards them . "Rejoice! Rejoice! We won!" gasped the soldier, and fell down __28__ .
In __29_ of this noble soldier, the Marathon race _30__ the athletes run this same distance became an event in the Olympic Games.

【小题1】	A．came from B．came about C．came out D．came round
【小题2】	A．in B．against C．for D．with
【小题3】	A．call B．calling C．to be called D．called
【小题4】	A．in B．with C．by D．because
【小题5】	A．taken B．made C．driving D．driven
【小题6】	A．player B．runner C．soldier D．officer
【小题7】	A．in B．by C．on D．at
【小题8】	A．far B．distant C．away D．off
【小题9】	A．to B．from C．in D．at
【小题10】	A．above B．across C．through D．over
【小题11】	A．sadness B．joy C．anger D．surprise
【小题12】	A．on B．in C．from D．with
【小题13】	A．dead B．death C．died D．dying
【小题14】	A．remember B．front C．honour D．the hope
【小题15】	A．by which B．from which C．through which D．in which

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。

Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big 36 , and a lot of houses down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was 37 enough to escape the flood, so when the water had 38 and the other houses were  39  there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.

　  Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, 40 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 41 in the flood and she 42 her home with them until it was 43 for them to rebuild their house.

　　Anna’s friends were 44 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 45 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 46 .

   “Well,” Anna  47  her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very  48 , because her husband had been killed in the  49  and she had a lot of children, 50  I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 51 only one present to all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a  52  who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our 53 ,’ she said to her children.

　　The children were 54 and happy to get such a present. They 55 the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. Such was that Christmas present.”

A. earthquake          B. accident           C. flood                  D. fire

A. below                 B. high                  C. big                D. small

A. reduced                  B. come            C. appeared             D. disappeared

A. rising                 B. flowing           C. falling              D. standing

A. so                    B. but                     C. for               D. since

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

A. gave                B. found               C. shared             D. built

A. possible            B. necessary            C. important           D. obvious

A. worried             B. disappointed      C. puzzled           D. satisfied

A. them                B. herself                  C. him               D. us

A. support            B. supply           C. grow              D. educate

A. explained to               B. asked for         C. talked with        D. turned up

A. sad                 B. poor              C. rich              D. happy

A. war                 B. storm                   C. rain                D. flood

A. because            B. as              C. which              D. that

A. get                  B. send           C. buy                D. make

A. boy                 B. girl          C. student              D. teacher

A. child                B. daughter         C. sister               D. present

A. angry               B. excited           C. lovely              D. sorry

A. disliked           B. gained         C. welcomed          D. led