More Than I Had Dreamed Of
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Student Union. I always ___1___my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.
Years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections（选举）, ___2___I would win. But the reality struck that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it took to ___3___a school election. I was ___4___.
As I cried in my room that evening, I ___5___took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decided that I would ___6___for elections again in my final year at school—and I would win. 
I recognized that my ___7___had a lot of advantages. What strengths did I have? I had good grades, and I was ___8___and helpful. And my biggest ___9___was the faith（信念）I had. I would not allow my ___10___appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I ___11___my election plans for the next year.
I realized that girls would have get to know me and recognize that I had the_12_to
speak for them. I love to making friends and I liked being helpful,__13_ decided that
perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantange.In order to learn how to
give an election__14_ ,I also took a course on successful public speaking.
The day after election,when the head teacher announced I won the second highest
number of votes,the students___15__.That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my success was__16__theirs.
Suddenly, I realized that I had ___17__much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people ___18___the way. I had won the ___19___and love of my schoolmates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and ___20___their day.    

It was a cold winter day that Sunday. The parking lot to the  1 was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were   2    among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got  3__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down  4  he was asleep. His hat was  5  down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too  6   for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes  7  out. I guessed this man was  8  and asleep, so I walked on  9  through the doors of the church. We all talked for a few minutes, and someone 10  the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took  11 to ask him to come in, 12  me. A few moments later church began. We were all waiting for the Preacher (牧师) to take his  13  and to give us the Word, _14   the doors to the church opened. In  15  the man walking down the church with his head down. People gasped（喘息）and whispered and made _16  . He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (讲坛) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart  17  .

There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”. The preacher took his Bible (圣经) and  18  it on his stand.

“ 19  , I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you ＿20＿   people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”

1.A. school                           B. lecture               C. park              D. church

2.A. arguing                B. whispering          C. stating               D. speaking

3.A. closer                            B. clearer              C. lower            D. farther

4.A. even though       B. so that                C. as if               D. even if

5.A. dragged               B. pulled           C. dropped        D. pushed

6.A. big                        B. bad                          C. ugly                          D. small

7.A. reached              B. went                        C. stuck                        D. ran

8.A. homeless            B. helpless                  C. hopeless                 D. careless

9.A. out                       B. by                   C. across                      D. from

10.A. invited                        B. mentioned             C. took                         D. called

11.A. pleasure           B. measure                 C. courage                  D. trouble

12.A. except                        B. besides          C. without          D. including

13.A. turn                   B. place.                      C. time                         D. seat

14.A. when                          B. before                     C. as                    D. after

15.A. rushed                        B. hurried          C. came                       D. entered

16.A. decision            B. choices          C. faces                        D. jokes

17.A. sank                            B. fell                           C. broke                      D. failed

18.A. threw                          B. set                            C. laid                           D. folded

19.A. Brothers           B. Folks                        C. Supporters             D. Members

20.A. judge                          B. hate                         C. treat                        D. test

Perhaps every older generation since ancient times has complained about young people, and today is no different. Isn’t it obvious that kids these days are self-absorbed social network addicts?

However, this summer, my impression of today’s kids has been restored by the story of Rachel Beckwith. She could teach my generation a great deal about maturity (成熟) and unselfishness — even though she’s just 9 years old, or was when she died on July 23.

At age 5, Rachel had her long hair cut off and sent to Locks of Love, which uses hair donations to make artificial hair for children who have lost their own hair because of cancer or other diseases. After that, Rachel announced that she would grow her hair long again and donate it again. And that’s what she did.

Then when she was 8 years old, her church began raising money to build wells in Africa through an organization called “charity: water”. Rachel was astonished when she learned that other children had no clean water, so she skipped her ninth birthday party. Rachel set up a birthday page on the charity: water website with a target of $300. Instead of presents, she asked her friends to donate $9 each to charity: water. Finally Rachel raised only $220 — which had left her just a bit disappointed.

Then, on July 20, a serious traffic accident left Rachel critically injured. Church members and friends, seeking some way of showing support, began donating on Rachel’s birthday page — charitywater.org/Rachel — and donations reached her $300 goal, and kept rising.

When it was clear that Rachel would never regain consciousness, the family decided to remove the life-support machine. Her parents donated her hair for the final time to Locks of Love, and her organs to other children.

Word spread about Rachel’s last fund-raiser (募捐行动). Contributions poured in, often they donated $9. The total donations soon topped $100,000, then $300,000.

This is a story not just of one girl, but of a young generation of outstanding problem-solvers working creatively.

1.Which of the following is TRUE of Rachel?

2.The underlined word “skipped” in Paragraph 4 probably means “      ”.

3.According to the text, Rachel set up the birthday page to       .

4.How does the author feel about the young generation now?

5.What would be the best title for the text?

Many Tuesday mornings. I have coffee with my father. Although my father is a man of few words, I really   1 the time along with him.
One recent Tuesday, I found it a bit  2 when I rang the doorbell, no one seemed to be home. I climbed in through the window, noticing the lights that shone from the kitchen, and  3 that my dad must be there, but he wasn’t. I  4 through his home, checking every room. I tried not to   5 . Yet, upstairs, downstairs, no Dad anywhere.
I was worried .   6 , my father was seventy-one years old. Anything could have happened to him. Then, I got in my car and drove to my mother’s aerobics（有氧运动）class.
On the drive, I thought a lot about my father and our  7 together. Suddenly, I was three years old and he was   8 me up to the living room window to see the Christmas lights. In his  9 , I was safe and secure. At age ten, he used to wake me up with warm breakfast in bed. Then I was twelve and my dad was   10 all the kids at my birthday party with his magic tricks. I was so   11 of my father for being so  12 and talented. He’d made my party a  13 .
As I entered my mother’s class. I was nervous. My mom looked at me in   14.
“Mom, where’s Dad?” I asked, “He’s working in the   15 on the side of the house!” she answered.
And I hurried to my car and   16 back to the yard. “Hey, Dad!” I yelled out and told him about my fears of the last half hour. My dad  17 laughing his typical laugh that was always  18 . I was so thankful that I still had my daddy. And so , as I  19 the door to my father’s house, we went inside for our usual cup of coffee.
Thanks, Daddy, for all the   20 and more importantly, for all your love.

Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating partners, a new research suggests.

Kids fed a diet packed high in fats, sugars, and processed(加工) foods had lower IQs than those fed pasta(意大利面食), salads and fruit, it was found.

The effect is so great that researchers from the University of Bristol said those children with a “healthier” diet may get an IQ improvement.

Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early as the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.

This indicated head growth at this time is linked to intellectual ability and “it is possible that good nutrition(营养)during this period may encourage excellent brain growth”

Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of around 14,000 children born in 1991 and 1992 as part of the West Country’s Avon Longitudinal(纵向的)Study of Parents and Children(ALSPAC).

Parents were questioned about the types and frequency of the food and drink their children consumed when they were three, four, seven and eight and a half years old. According to their different changing form, these children were marked and given grades which ranged from minus two for the most healthy to 10 for the most unhealthy.

In the research, IQ was measured of 4,000 children when they were eight and half years old, using a validated(经过认证的)test-the Wechsler Intelligence Scale(韦氏儿童智力量表)for Children.

The results found after taking account of some influential factors, a leading processed food diet at the age of three was associated with a lower IQ at the age of eight and a half, whether the diet was improved after that age.

Every 1 point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a 1.67 fall in IQ.

1.          Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early life because   .

2.          Which of the following in NOT true?

3.          The recults found if a child ate a leading processed food diet when he was 3, he would      .

4.          Parents were questioned except when their children were      years old.

5.          What is the best title of the passage?