He was 50 years old when I was born, and a "Mr. Mom" long before anyone had a name for it. I didn't know why he was home instead of Mom, but I was young and the only one of my friends who had their dads around. I considered myself very lucky.

  Dad did so many things for me during my grade-school years. He asked the school bus driver to pick me up at my house instead of the usual bus stop that was six blocks away. He always had my lunch ready for me when I came home----usually a peanut butter and sandwich that was shaped for the season. My favorite was at Christmas. The sandwiches would be covered with green sugar and cut in the shape of a tree.

  As I got a little older and tried to gain my independence, I wanted to move away from those "childish" signs of his love. But he wasn't going to give up. In high school and no longer able to go home for lunch, I began taking my own. Dad would get up a little earlier and make it for me. I never knew what to expect. The outside of the bag might be covered with his way of a mountain scene （it became his trademark）or a heart with the word "Dad-n-Angle" in its center. Inside there would be a note with that same heart or an “I love you”. Many times he would write a joke or a riddle. He always had some silly saying to make me smile and let me know that he loved me.

   I used to hide my lunch so no one would see the bag or read the note, but that didn't last long. One of my friends saw the note one day, caught it, and passed it around the lunch room. My face burned. To my astonishment, the next day all my friends were waiting to see the note. From the way they acted, I think they all wished they had someone who showed them that kind of love. I was so proud to have him as my father. Throughout the rest of my high school years, I received those notes, and still have a majority of them.

    And still it didn't end．When I left home for college（the last one to leave）, I thought the messages would stop．But my friends and I were glad that his action continued.

    I began getting letters almost every Friday．The front-desk worker always knew who the letters were from----the return address said, “The Hunk.” Many times the envelopes were addressed in crayon, and along with the enclosed letters were usually drawings of our cat and dog, pictures of him and mom and if I had been home the weekend before, of me racing around town with friends and using the house as a hotel．He also had his mountain scene and the hearten-cased inscription （题词）,“Dad-n-Angie”.

1．The author lists so many details in order to show        .

   A．she had a childish father                B．she had a caring father

    C．her father didn’t want her to be lonely    D．her father was not manly enough

2．The author tried to hide her lunch from her friends because        .

  A．she did not want her friends to share her father's love

  B．she did not like her father's notes

  C．the food had been badly prepared

  D．she was afraid her friends might laugh at her

3．"He was 50 years old when I was born, and a ' Mr．Mom' long before anyone had a name for it．Here "Mr．Mom" means          .

  A．a mother who works outside to support the family

  B．a father who is responsible for doing housework

  C．a mother who is responsible for doing housework

  D．a father who cares too much for his children.

4．Her father didn't give her independence when the author grew a little older because        .

   A．she had no mother and needed someone to look after her

  B．she was not clever and needed someone to help her

  C．she had no ability to do things all by herself

      D．he loved his youngest daughter very much

Around the World by Wheelchair

Rick Hansen was always an active kid and loved to fish. 里克·汉森是一个十分活跃又喜欢钓鱼的孩子。When returning in a truck one day from a fishing trip, he had an accident and suffered injuries to his spine (脊柱). 一天在他钓完鱼坐卡车回家的路上，一次意外的事故中使他的脊椎受了伤。This 15-year-old young man awoke to find that he had lost the use of his legs.这个年轻人醒来时发现他的双腿已经不听使唤了。 However, he didn’t give up. Many months later he began to compete in wheelchair sports. At the age of 27, he decided to wheel around the world 好几个月之后他开始参加轮椅运动的比赛。  to raise awareness and money for spinal cord research. 很快他就开始为脊髓研究工作而奔走效力。他决定通过自己坐轮椅周游世界这一途径来为脊髓损伤的研究工作来筹募资金并引起世人的关注。His tour took him through 34 countries around the world between 1985 and 1987. 在1985年到1987年间，他的旅程遍及世界上的34个国家。In this Man of Motion World Tour, he wheeled 24,901.55 miles, which is equal to the distance around the earth.

Bad weather and difficult, rocky roads often provided challenges for Rick, but he continued to push himself to complete the trip. 恶劣的天气以及艰难坎坷的道路经常成为里克所面临的挑战，但是他一直强迫自己坚持完成了这次旅行。He was determined to succeed. 他一定会成功的。Even mountains did not stop Rick Hansen. 就算是崇山峻岭也无法阻止里克·汉森。He wheeled himself up the Rocky Mountains and several other major mountains in the world. 他坐着轮椅登上了落基山脉和世界上几座其他的主要山岭。He even wheeled himself along the Great Wall of China!

“Never Give Up On Your Dreams” was his motto and he hasn’t given up yet. “不要放弃你的梦想” 是他的座右铭，而且他从来没有放弃过。He completed his world tour raising $24 million. 他完成了他的环游世界的行程并从加拿大的资助者那里筹集了两千四百万美元的资金。He continues to work to increase knowledge of spinal cord injury. 他继续着他的工作以不断积累关于脊髓损伤方面的知识。He is a true Canadian hero who shows what determination can achieve.

54. What happened to Rick after the accident?

A. He lost the ability of living.               B. He had to spend his life in hospital.   

C. He couldn’t walk any more.             D. He couldn’t do sports any more.

55. When did Rick begin his tour around the world?

A. At the age of 15.                                          B. Soon after the accident.

C. A year after the accident.                        D. At the age of 27.

56. Why did Rick take his tour around the world in his wheelchair?

A. To gather money for the spinal cord research. B. To learn about the people of other countries.

C. To travel to different countries for fun.           D. To take photos of beautiful mountains.

57. From the passage we can see Rick is a(n) ________ person.

A. unhappy         B. determined       C. careful           D. quiet

B
When people lose legs after accidents or illnesses, emergency care and artificial limbs（假肢）often allow them to walk again. Newts （蝾螈） in the same situation, on the other hand, can grow limbs back on their own! Scientists have known for a long time that certain animals can re-grow limbs, but they haven’t quite figured out how these creatures do it.
Researchers have now come up with some new ideas. Their work may give people the ability to re-grow lost limbs. The researchers started with two simple experiments：when you cut a newt’s leg at the ankle, only the foot grows back；when you cut off a leg at the very end, the whole leg grows back. In both cases, the re-growth begins with stem cells. Stem cells can develop into nearly any type of cell in the body.
How do a newt’s stem cells know when to grow only a foot and when to re-grow a whole leg?
This question relates to another mystery. In newt’s, a cut-off leg will grow back only if the nerve bundle（神经束）in it also grows back , but if something prevents the nerve bundle from growing, the stem cells at the wound won’t re-grow a new leg.
In its study, a British team focused on a protein called n-AG. When the team prevented nerves in a limb from growing, but added the n-AG protein to stem cells in the limb, the limb still re-grew. That protein seems to guide limb re-growth. People have proteins that are similar to n-AG. Further research into these materials may someday help human limbs recover by themselves.
40. In the experiments, the researchers cut off a newt’s foot or leg to find out _____.
A. what stem cells were                     B. whether they would grow back
C. how long it would take to re-grow    D. how they would re-grow
41. A newt will re-grow its leg if _____.
A. its ankle was cut off but the nerve bundle was good
B. its leg was cut off and the nerve bundle stopped growing
C. its leg was cut off and the nerve bundle could grow back
D. its ankle and the nerve bundle were cut off
42. What do the underlined words “these materials” refer to?
A. Nerve bundles and proteins.         B. Proteins similar to n-AG.
C. Stem cells and proteins.               D. Stem cells and nerve bundles.
43. The first sentence of the passage _____.
A. acts as a lead–in                       B. shows where researchers got their new ideas
C. states the author’s opinion           D. describes the result of researchers’ studies

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The story of how I got my job was a funny one .
One day , I was  36  along a street to the interview  37  a yellow car suddenly cut in front of me .  38  another car coming in the other  39  , I had to brake hard and  40  another cyclist . We both fell , but  41  neither of us was hurt . I became angry and cycled as fast as possible to the driver of the yellow car to tell him  42  I considered him . I told him what a bad  43  I thought he was and he was a(n)  44  to other people on the road . His face turned  45  . I warned him not to drive  46  in the future so that everyone else could enjoy a long life .
I was in time for the  47  . Having walked into the room , to my  48  , I found one of the three interviewers  49  to be the driver of the yellow car . We looked at each other for a while ,  50  silent . Then I decided to look  51  the whole matter as a great joke !
I laughed and told him that I talked  52  the last time we met and this time it was turn for him to talk a great deal .
Lost in thought for a while , he  53  that I was not going to say anything about his bad driving . The interview went  54  . Two days later , I received a letter offering me the job . I was pleased that the manager—the driver of the yellow car , didn’t  55  my rudeness to him .
Through the experience , I find something that seems impossible at first sometimes turns out to be good .
36.   A.      cycling                B.    walking              C.   running              D.    driving
37.   A.      then                    B.    when                  C.   while                 D.    as
38.    A.      As                       B.    For                     C.   With                  D.    By
39.    A.      condition             B.    position              C.   location              D.    direction
40.    A.      knocked               B.    bumped              C.   beat                   D.    rushed
41.    A.      happily                B.    unfortunately       C.   luckily               D. disappointedly
42.    A.      which                  B.    that                    C.   what                  D.    how
43.    A.      driver                  B.    worker                C.   cyclist                D.    boss
44.    A.      pity                     B.    idiot                   C.   risk                    D.    fool
45.    A.      black                   B.    white                  C.   pale                   D.    red
46.   A.      carelessly             B.    carefully             C.   slowly                D.    patiently
47.    A.      job                      B.    interview            C.   meeting              D.    appointment
48.    A.      excitement           B.    joy                     C.   anger                 D.    astonishment
49.    A.      happened             B.    wanted                C.   seemed               D.    planned
50.    A.      making                B.    keeping               C.   breaking             D.    stopping
51.   A.      up                       B.    at                       C.   on                     D.    into
52.    A.      much                   B.    little                   C.   more                  D.    less
53.    A.      hoped                  B.    found                 C.   heard                 D.    wished
54.    A.      fast                     B.    terribly               C.   well                   D.    slowly
55.    A.      realize                 B.    want                   C.   know                 D.    mind

A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the   1  – five dollars was far beyond Reuben Earle’s money. Five dollars would   2  almost a week’s food for his family.
But hearing the sound of hammering (捶打的声音) from a side street, Reuben had a(n)   3 . He ran towards the sound and discovered he could   4  the hessian sacks (麻袋) which were thrown away and sell them for five cents a piece.
Every day   5 , Reuben walked down the town, collecting   6  . On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more   7 than Reuben, for he had more time for his “work”. Then one day the time had   8 .
Reuben ran down Water Street to the   9  . “Please, Mister. I have to sell the sacks now.” The man took the sacks,   10  into his pocket and placed four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben said a thank you and   11  home. On arriving home, Reuben uncovered the tin can   12 he kept the money. He poured the coins out and began to count. He had   13  .
Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he told the owner   14  . The man went to the window and   15  Reuben’s treasure. He wiped the dust off, carefully wrapped (包裹) it in brown paper and   16  it to Reuben.
Racing home, Reuben shouted, “Here, Mom! Here!” He placed a small   17  in her hands. She unwrapped it carefully. A jewel box   18 . Dora lifted the lid (盖子), tears beginning to fill her eyes. Dora had   19  received such a gift; she had no jewelry   20  her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled and gathered her son into her arms.