My nephew's 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot，July weekend. I persuaded him to　 inside and joined him in a game. After　 for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I fell into my favorite recliner（躺椅）to let my neck muscles relax. He'd slipped out of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable moments of peace and quiet.

    "Look，Alice，”he said　 as he ran over to the chair where I was sitting"I found a kite. Could we go outside and 　 it?"

    Glancing out a nearby window, I noticed it was　 outside.“I'm sorry, Tripper,.” I said, sad to see his 　 eyes. "The wind is not blowing today. The kite won't fly.”

    The　 10-year-old replied,“I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,”he answered as he ran out to the back door 　 Up and down in the yard he ran, pulling the kite 　 to a small length of string. He ran back and forth，as hard as his ten year-old legs would carry him, looking back　 at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.

    I asked, "How did it go?"

    "Fine，”he said, not wanting to admit 　 ．“I got it to fly some”

    As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, "I guess I'll have to wait for the　 ．”

    At that moment I heard another Voice speak to my 　 . "Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way instead of waiting for the Wind.，，

    And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to 　 what we want to do. We wait for the Wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted（耗尽） our own　  ．We must learn how to rely on Him in the first place!

1.A. live     B. study   C. stay        D. lie

2.A. playing  B. resting  C. challenging  D. arguing

3.A. casually  B. enthusiastically  C. stubbornly  D. deliberately

4.A. decorate  B. drop  C. hang   D. fly

5.A. hot      B. still   C. noisy  D. fine

6.A. bright   B. disappointed  C. dull  D. satisfied

7.A. clever   B. talented  C. determined  D. fearless

8.A. hurriedly   B. curiously  C. suddenly  D. unwillingly

9.A. adapted   B. added  C. attached  D. devoted

10.A. angrily   B. nervously  C. doubtfully  D. hopefully

11.A. win   B. defeat  C. mistake  D. luck

12.A. wind   B. order  C. news  D. sunshine

13.A. heart   B. memory  C. dream  D. world

14.A. imagine   B. decide  C. apply  D. accomplish

15.A. courage   B. patience  C. strength  D. knowledge

A friend of mine named Paul 1 　an automobile from his brother 2 　a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came 3　 his office, a street lad was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister?” he asked.

　 Paul 4 , “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You 5 　your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” he hesitated.

　 Of course Paul knew 6 he was going to wish for. He was going to with he had a brother 7 　that. But what the lad said jarred(使受震动)Paul all the way down to his heels.

　 “I wish,” the boy went on, “that I 8 　a brother like that.”

　 Paul looked at the boy in 9 　 then 10 he added, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?”

　 “Oh, yes, I’d love that.”

　 After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes glowing, said, “Mister, would you mind driving 11 my house?”

　 Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to 12 his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was 13 again. “Will you stop 14 those two steps are?” the boy asked.

　 He ran 15 steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, 16 　he was not coming back fast. He was carrying his little crippled(残废的)brother. He sat him down on the bottom step and pointed to the car.

　 “There it is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And 17 I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

　 Paul 18 and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them 19 a memorable holiday ride.

　 That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said “It 20 more blessed to give…”

1. A. received　　　 B. accepted　　　 C. brought　 D. had

2. A. like　　　 　 B. as　　　　 C. to　　 　 D. at

3. A. into　　　 　 B. out　　　 C. on　　　　 D. out of

4. A. shook　　　　 B. disappointed　 C. nodded　　 D. scolded

5. A. mean　　　 B. tell　　　　　 C. think　　　　 D. speak

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

7. A. as　　　　　　 B. as well 　 C. like　　　　　 D. look like

8. A. should be　　 B. could be　　　 C. shall be　　　 D. will be

9. A. calm　　　 B. nervousness　 C. shame　　 D. astonishment

10. A. impulsively　　　 B. impressively　 C. passive　 D. improperly

11. A. in the front of　 B. in front of　　　 C. in front　　　 D. at front

12. A. show　　　　 B. give　　　　　 C. let　　　 D. make

13. A. right　　　　 B. sure　　　　　 C. wrong　　 D. worse

14. A. which　　　　 B. that　　　　　 C. where　　 D. how

15. A. into　　　　 B. across　　 C. on　　　　 D. up

16. A. but　　　 B. however　 C. for　　　 D. so

17. A. the day　 　 B. till day　　　 C. some day　　　 D. in those days

18. A. got out　　　　　 B. got up　　 C. got on　　 D. got in

19. A. beginning　　 B. began　　 C. to begin　　　 D. begun

20. A. was　　　 B. were　　　　　 C. is 　　　 D. be

　　Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team.“Football, tennis, cricket--anything with a round ball, I was useless.”he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.

　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

　　The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's coldwater exploits（成就）. Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

　　Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy.“John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say,'You're completely crazy,'”Saunders says.

　　In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a close encounter（遭遇）with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

　　Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

　　This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1 800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

(1).The turning point in Saunders' life came when ________.

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A．he started to play ball games

B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

D．he started to receive Ridgway's training

(2).We can learn from the text that Ridgway _________.

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A．dismissed Saunders' dream as fantasy

B．built up his body together with Saunders

C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

(3).What do we know about Saunders?

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A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

D．He was the first kid in his class picked for any sports team.

(4).The underlined word“Intrigued”in the third paragraph probably means ________.

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(5).It can be inferred that Saunders' journey to the North Pole ________.

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A．was accompanied by his old playmates

B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

D．made him well-known in the 1960s