On a snowy and windy afternoon, An-drea, a ten-year-old girl, went out for play. She was walking along the sands when she was blown into a ditch (沟) by the seashore. She was frightened and tried her best to climb out. But the ditch was too deep and she was too weak to get out of it. So Andrea cried at the top of her voice for help. But what she could hear over the snow ditch was nothing but the terrible noise of the wind. Nobody came to her and nobody knew where she was. She struggled (挣扎) again and again. Her face was whipped by the strong wind, snow and sand, and she was almost fro-zen. Her hands began to feel stiff (僵硬). She also felt her strength running out of her. She started to cry hopelessly. Just at the moment Andrea saw a black dog appearing, through the heavy snow. It was Villa, her true friend. She was glad to see the sign of life. And the dog set out to work as soon as she got to An-drea. She cleaned away the snow around her with her paws and hind leg's, then reached out her big strong fur head to Andrea. The little girl closed her arms round Villa's neck. The dog backed away slowly, pulling her out of the ditch inch by inch.

　　Successfully, Andrea got out of the ditch at last. Then she struggled to her feet. With great difficulty, led by her true friend Villa,she was saved.

　　Villa, the black dog, was given a gold medal and honoured as Brave Hero Dog of America.

(1) The purpose (目的) of this passage is to tell us________.

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A．the excellent relation between a girl and her dog

B．how a brave girl survived a serious ac-cident

C．what people did to a dog that saved a girl

D．how a brave dog managed to save her little master

(2) Andrea ________when stuck in the snow ditch.

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A．tried every possible means to save her-self

B．did nothing but wait for help to come

C．believed that her dog would come to help her

D．was sure that people were to give her a hand

(3) Describe how the dog pulled the girl out of the ditch.

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A．She pushed the girl out with her head.

B．She caught the girl by the arm and pulled hard.

C．She let the girl hold her head and stepped back.

D．She held the girl's clothes in her mouth and ran back.

(4) The underlined phrase “struggled to her feet” means “________”.

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A．tried to go away on foot

B．stood there with difficulty

C．managed to stand up

D．fought hard to protect her feet

When a 13-year-old Virginal girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted worldwide attention.

Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from “put a clothes pin on her nose” to “have her stand on her head” poured in. But nothing did any good. Finally, she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where Dr. Leo Kanner, one of the world’s top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling (难以理解的) problem with great speed.

He used neither drugs nor surgery for, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition(迷信) about the amazing bodily reaction we call the sneeze. It was all in her mind, he said, a view which Aristotle, some 3,000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily.

Dr. Kanner simply gave a modern psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubled; and he began to treat the girl accordingly.

“Less than two days in a hospital room, a plan for better scholastic and vocational（职业的） adjustment, and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis（肺结核） quickly changed her from a sneezer to an ex-sneezer,” he reported.

Sneezing has always been a subject of wonder, awe and puzzlement. Dr Kanner has collected thousands of superstitions concerning it. The most universal one is the custom of begging for the blessing of God when a person sneezes— a practice Dr. Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that a sneeze was an indication that the sneezer was possessed of an evil spirit. Strangely, people over the world still continue the custom with the traditional, “God bless you” or something else.

   When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism（身体机制） which, without any conscious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done. When you need to sneeze you sneeze, this being nature’s clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose. The object may be just some dust in the nose which nature is trying to remove.

51. The girl sneezed continuously because she __________.

   A. was ill                                B. was mentally ill

   C. had heavy mental burden                 D. had attracted world-wide attention

52. When the girl began to sneeze continuously, ___________.

   A. a lot of people offered their advice

   B. she was taken to John Hopkins Hospital

   C. she was given a treatment found in ancient superstition

   D. many doctors treated her in different ways

53. Dr. Kanner cured the girl by ___________.

   A. using Aristole’s method                   B. giving her psychological treatment

   C. practicing superstition                    D. treating her tuberculosis

54. When a person sneezes, we say “God bless you” because____________.

   A. it’s a tradition                           B. the person is possessed of an evil spirit

   C. the person is ill                          D. God will bless those who sneeze

55. According to scientists, people sneeze because _____________.

   A. they are ill                              B. to sneeze is human nature

   C. they do not need any conscious help         D. there are unwanted things in their noses

I found out one time that doing a __36__ for someone could get you into a lot of trouble．I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test．During the test, the girl sitting next to me ___37__ something, but I didn’t understand．So I __38___ her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen．She showed me that hers was ____39_ and would not write．I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and __40__  it on her desk．

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were____41___．As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about ____42__ it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to____43___ your own two feet and be responsible for your own ____44__．For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact __45__ when people do something  ___46__  , they are really cheating themselves．She made me      __47_ that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then  she told me I could leave．I walked out of the room ___48__ why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．

____49____, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test．When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers ____50____ the girl’s test paper．I ___51__ to explain about the pen, but all she __52__ say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen ____53__ she talked to me right after the test．____54__  I tried to explain that I was just doing a favor for the girl by letting her use my  pen, I was sure she___55_ to believe that I had cheated on the test．

36．A．help                 B．hand                  C．favor                D．fever

37．A．whispered             B．talked                  C．told                D．spoke

38．A．turned over          B．came over              C．leaned over            D．looked over

39．A．out of sight             B．out of work             C．out of place            D．out of ink

40．A．place              B．put                     C．gave                D．lent

41．A．punished               B．dismissed              C．praised                D．parted

42．A．what                B．that                    C．which                 D．how

43．A．stand up                 B．stand on               C．stand for             D．stand by

44．A．attitude             B．activity                 C．action                 D．behavior

45．A．what                  B．if                      C．that                     D．where

46．A．honest　　           B．dishonest　　         C．modest　　            D．disappointed

47．A．promise　　     B．permit　                 C．recognize　　        D．prove

48．A．wandering　　　 B．reflecting　　            C．understanding         D．wondering

49．A．Long before　        B．Therefore　           C．Ever before　         D．Later on

50．A．of                 B．in                      C．from                D．on

51．A．managed　　　　   B．planned　　           C．tried　　　        D．promoted

52．A．could　　        B．would　　             C．can               D．will

53.  A. that day          B. yesterday         C. today             D. this day

54．A．After　　　         B．Until　　                C．As if　　          D．Even if

55．A．remained　　         B．continued　            C．kept　　　　       D．wanted

The girl _______ by the thunder and lightening in the night did not dare to sleep alone in her own room.

A．being frightened       B．was frightened       C．having frightened       D．frightened