阅读下面短文，简要回答问题。（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

    I was shopping in the supermarket when I．heard a young voice boom from across the aisle．“Mom，come here! There’s this lady here my size！”

    The mother rushed to a boy she called Mickey；then she turned to me to apologize．

   I smiled and told her，“It’s okay．”Then I talked to the boy，“Hi，Mickey，I’m Darry

Kramer．How are you?”

   He studied mc from head to toe，and asked，“Arc you a little mommy?”

   “Yes．I have a son”I answered

   “Why are you so little?”he asked．

   …It s the way I was born．”I said．“Some people are little．Some are tall．I’m just not going to grow any bigger．”After about five more minutes of answering questions，I shook Mickey’s hand, and he returned to his mother．

    My life as a little  person is filled with stories 1ike that．I enjoy talking to children and Explaining why I look different from their parents．it has taken many years to develop my confidence to be able to do that．

    It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness．I stand three feet．nine inches tall I was born an achondroplasia dwarf（侏儒）．Despite this，my parents encouraged me to do all the things the kids around me did when I was growing up When my neighbors got two-wheel bikes，I got a two-wheel bike When they roller-skated, I roller-skated．

    I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school There，a few kids 1picked on me，calling me names．Then I knew．After that，I began to hate the first day of school cach year．I didn’t know who was new and would stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs．

    As time went on，I just tried to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life．I was determined to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage．

What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality．

    I’m 47 now，and the stares have not diminished as I’ve grown older．People 1ook in disbelief when they see me get out of my car off the driver’s side．During those times，I try to keep a good attitude When people are rude，I remind myself，“Look what else I have—a great family．Nice friends．”

    And it’s the children’s questions that make my 1ife special．When I talk with children．They leave content that their questions have been answered My hope is that in taking time with them，I will encourage them to accept their peers whatever size and shape they come in，and treat them with respect．

How was the author brought up?（回答词数不超过9个）

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Why does the author enjoy talking to children?（回答词数不超过12个）

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Please Use several words to describe the author’s personalities．（回答词数不超过5个）

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On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon(????).They started early in London. The headman was Auguste Gaudron,and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.

   Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope(????),and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight(????).It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.

   After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metes, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.

   At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had traveled 1,797 kilometers from London!

1.Three men flew in balloon ________.

  A. for nearly 1,800 kilometers                  B. to another city

C. to visit Poland                           D. more than a century ago

2.The metal box was used for ________.

  A. carrying the bags of sand                 B. keeping drinking-water

C. carrying ropes of the basket                  D. changing weight

3.When the balloon went up higher,________.

  A. the temperature of the balloon began to fall  

B. They saw the sun go down

C. They made a hole in the basket with their knives

D. They could see a black hole on the ground

4.The balloon landed ________.

  A. in London       B. on the sea        C. on a lake      D. in a foreign country

5.Which of the following is NOT true ________

  A  The three men started their journey before the sun rose.

  B.  The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.

  C.  When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.

  D.  The three men had to land because they felt cold.

At least thirty times Bobby has attempted to climb the big snowy mountain, but he had never reached the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures,  26  Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of  27  and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glassed, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very  28  . They’ll help you.” Bobby accepted the gift without much thought.
The day came when he was to have another try. About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he  29 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but  30 the sunglasses he could see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.
31  , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the  32  through the clouds. He kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of  33  was extremely good, almost as great as that  34  view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t that the clouds were as  35  as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the secret. Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses,  36  Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!
Bobby  37  that the only obstacle (障碍) to reaching the top had been losing  38  when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little  39  to help him see that his  40  was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) - Nepal has given its security personnel permission to shoot pro-Tibet demonstrators during China's Olympic flame climb to Mount Everest's summit early next month.

"About 25 soldiers and policemen have established camps on the mountain and they have been ordered to use force if necessary to stop any anti-Chinese activities," Mod Raj Dotel, spokesman for the home ministry, said Sunday. "This could mean shooting if necessary."

Security personnel will also check mountain climbers for non-essential expedition materials, Dotel added.

"If anyone is found with anti-Chinese material their permit will be canceled and returned from the mountain," he said.

Chinese climbers plan to take the Olympic flame to the top of the world's highest peak, at 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) as part of the global relay leading up to the August 8 opening of the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Spring is the most popular season for climbing Mount Everest, which straddles(跨越) the border between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.

The Nepali government has given permits to dozens of climbers from 30 expeditions this season.

But between May 1 and May 10, climbers are barred from going above 6,400 meters until the torch run is completed. China plans to take the Olympic flame to the summit sometime then.

Bad weather conditions allow only about two opportunities in May for a push to the summit.

The Chinese have not allowed any expedition to climb the mountain from the north side, according the Kathmandu representative of the Tibet China Mountaineering Association.

Almost every day in the past month, Nepalese police have arrested pro-Tibet protesters from in front of the Chinese Embassy and the United Nations offices. The demonstrators are released later in the evening.  

Supporters of Tibet punish the government's attitude toward the autonomous region, and many believe China should not have been awarded the honor of hosting the Olympic Games.

Earlier torch relay stops in London, England; Paris, France; and San Francisco, California attracted tens of thousands of demonstrators. They led to attacks on the torch and relay participants, and prompted police to make dozens of arrests.

Subsequent stops in Argentina, Tanzania and Oman were trouble-free.

In Pakistan, authorities closed the relay to the public. And India shortened the relay and kept thousands of anti-Chinese protesters at bay by sealing off roads and shuttering buildings along the route.

The relay went smoothly in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, amid heavy security and scattered protests along the route.

The flame arrived in Malaysia on Sunday. About 1,000 police officers will be on hand to watch for protesters during a relay in the capital city Kuala Lampur Monday.

61．When will China's Olympic flame probably reach Mount Everest's summit?

A．April 28     B．May 12        C．June 10        D．May 7

62．The underlined word “barred” means_____________.

A．permitted      B．stopped        C．encouraged     D．introduced 

63．How many times Climbers can reach the top of the mountain at most in May?

A．once             B．twice   

C．three times            D．as many times as they can

64．Where did the torch relay meet no trouble?

A．India          B．Nepal     C．Tanzania         D．France

65．What is the attitude of the Nepali government towards towards China's Olympic flame climb to Mount Everest's summit?

       A．negative         B．positive        C．ambiguous           D．Indifferent

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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A priest(牧师) had a cat that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. The priest persuaded, offered warm milk, et  The kitty would not come down. The tree was not strong enough to climb, so the priest decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitty. He did so, checking his progress in the car frequently, then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be bent enough for him to reach the kitty. But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke.

The tree went “boing!” and the kitty at once sailed through the air —out of sight. The priest felt terrible. He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they’d seen his kitty. Nobody had seen a lost kitty.

So, he prayed, “God, I just give this kitty to your keeping,” and went on about his business.

Several days later he was at the grocery store, meeting one of his church members. He happened to look into her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food. Now this woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, “Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much?”

She replied, “You won’t believe this,” and told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child begged again, so the Mom finally told her little girl, “Well, if God gives you a cat, you can keep it.” She told the priest, “I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God for a cat. You won’t believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A cat suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws spread out, and landed right in front of her.” 

The priest drove his car to bend the tree in order to ________. 

A. get his kitty down from the tree

B. persuade his kitty to come down

  offer the kitty some warm milk

D. see if the rope was strong enough

The underlined sentence probably means that the priest _______.

A. was happy he didn’t have to care for the kitty

B. hoped his neighbors would look after his cat

  thought his kitty might be lost or killed

D. didn’t want to see his kitty any more

Why was the priest amazed when he saw the woman had bought much cat food?

A. Because he couldn’t imagine she had her own cat.

B. Because the woman was his church member.

  Because he thought she would live on cat food.

D. Because he knew clearly she didn’t like a cat.

Which may be the best title of this passage?

A. A flying cat                            B. A lucky girl

  God sent her a cat                    D. An unlucky priest