Imagination and fantasy can play an important role in achieving the things we fear. Children know this very well. Fred Epstein, in his book If I Make It to Five, tells a story he heard from one of his friends about Tom, a four-year-old boy with a cancer in his back bone. He came through several operations and a lot of pain by mastering his imagination.

Tom loved to pretend, and he particularly loved to play superheroes. Dr. Epstein explained that it was actually a brilliant way for his young mind to handle the terrifying and painful life he led.

The day before his third trip to the operating room, Tom was terribly afraid. “Maybe I could go as Superman,” he whispered to his mom. Hearing this, the mother hesitated for a while. She had avoided buying the expensive costume (戏装), but finally she agreed.

The next day Tom appeared as the powerful Superman, showing off through the hospital halls and coolly waving his hand to the people greeting him along the way. And Tom, with the strength of his fantasy, successfully made it through the operation.

The power of imagination need not be reserved for children only. We all have the power to use our fantasies to attempt things we never thought possible, to go through those things that seem impossible, and to achieve what we never believed we could. Just as Dr. Epstein puts it, “If you can dream it, you can do it.”

It doesn’t mean that you should dress as a superhero for your next job interview. But, next time you are tested in a way that seems impossible, imagine what it would take to overcome it. Become the person you need to become to win over your challenge (挑战) and do it in your mind first. So, let your imagination run wild, and dare to dream.

1.What do we know about Tom?

A. He was seriously ill                                   

B. He was a dishonest boy.

C. He was crazy about magic.                      

D. He was Dr. Epstein’s patient.

2.What can be inferred about Tom’s mother?

A. She was a rich lady.               

B. She wanted to get Tom through the pain.

C. She wanted Tom to be a superhero.              

D. She refused Tom’s request.

3.In the last paragraph, you are advised ______.

A. to go through some difficult tests 

B. to wake up from your wild dreams

C. to become a powerful person in your mind  

D. to wear expensive clothes for job interviews

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell us an interesting story.                

B. To help us make right decisions.

C. To advise us to care about children.              

D. To encourage us to use our imagination.

根据上下文及给出首字母或汉语意思的词填写单词。 (共10题；每小题1分, 满分10分) 注意：给出首字母的词, 需将首字母一起填写到答题卷上
【小题1】Let’s give thanks for our soldiers _______(冒…的危险) their lives to defend the country.   
【小题2】I have seen the film star many times - she looks much older in the f________ than in her photographs.
【小题3】Illegal hunting is threatening the s________ of the species.
【小题4】I had to run to work this morning because I got up late. I was in a real ________ (出汗)when I arrived. 
【小题5】— When is the next train arriving? —It's ________ at 7:30. 
【小题6】It was an e________ situation, because the restaurant was too expensive for us but we didn’t want to just leave.
【小题7】There are large ________ (数量) of rain in the area of the country every summer.
【小题8】Several cars are available within this price ________ (范围).  
【小题9】I tried to remember her name, but my mind went b_________.   
【小题10】If you tell someone to have f______, you are encouraging them to stay confident.

下面五人想要寻找有意思的活动来放松自己。阅读下面活动的介绍（A, B,C,D,E和F）,选出符合各自需求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。
______ 1. Li Ling is a university student who studies music. He hopes to get some practical experience of foreign music from western band.
______ 2. Albert is interested in Chinese literature, so he came to China with his parents. During his stay in Beijing. He wants to know more about Chinese contemporary Literature.
______ 3. Li hua is a eighteen-year-old boy. He is studying in a high school. After many month’s study, he is tired of his lessons. He would like to experience something adventurous.
______ 4. Alice is an American girl who studies Art in Beijing University. She has no classes on September 14. She hopes she can enjoy some wonderful oil paintings.
______5. Victoria is fond of Chinese music. She hopes to listen to various songs performed by different bands. She doesn’t care much about what kinds of songs they are.

完成句子

1.现在她想跑开，可恐惧让她挪不动脚步。

Now she wanted to run, but fear         her      .

2.与许多人想象的正好相反，证据表明鲨鱼很少攻击人。

               what many people might assume, evidence shows that sharks seldom attack humans.

3.鲨鱼攻击你是因为它误把你当成鱼了。

The shark attacks you because it         you         a fish.

4.在此期间，发音也经历了巨大的变化。

Pronunciation also                 huge changes during this period.

5.他把纸片卷起来，放进一个小盒子里，然后伸手探入一个笼子，捉出一只鸟来。

He rolls up the paper and puts it into a small case, and then                 a cage and gets a bird.

Bungee jumping is not a new activity. Men on Pentecost Island in the South Pacific have been doing land jumping for hundreds of years. The men tie long vines(藤) from plants around their ankles（踝关节）. They spend days building tall towers out of vines and logs(圆木). Then they jump off them.
According to their beliefs, the first land diver was a woman. She decided to run away from her rude husband. So she climbed up a tall tree and tied some vines around her feet. Her husband also climbed up the tree and tried to catch her, but the woman jumped and the man followed. The vines saved her life, but her husband died.
This ancient custom caught the interest of some students at Oxford University in England. In the late 1970s, they formed a group called the Dangerous Sports Club. They were some of the first people to test several of what are now called extreme sports. They are said to have invented modern bungee jumping.
In the spring of 1979, members of the group jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. They were attached to the bridge by a bungee cord, a long elastic rope that stretches. The group soon received even more attention when they organized a bungee jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
A man named A. J. Hackett of New Zealand decided to make the sport into a business. He started developing bungee ropes and material with a friend. They held a major jump in 1987 off the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. They later got permission to open the first bungee jumping operation on the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand. Many people paid 75 dollars to jump off the bridge with a bungee cord attached to their ankles.
【小题1】The second paragraph tries to tell us________________.