A boy and a girl were a couple of lovers. The girl liked feeling rain, so the boy was always holding the umbrella when it rained and most part of the umbrella was over the girl. Rain showered the boy every time but he said nothing except looked at the gift's face, which was full of silent satisfaction. He felt very happy, so did the girl.

     One day they went out for a walk. They were walking hand in hand passing a building which was under construction. The girl jumped with excitement and said something. The boy seldom talked only feeling excited as she felt looking at her silently. When the girl was talking, a not big or small stone fell down from the building toward the girl's head! At that moment the boy took the girl in his arms so suddenly and so strongly that the girl let out a scream. He meant to protect the gift with his body. But the boy turned over to make his own body downward before they dropped on the ground. As a result, only the girl's hand was smashed by the stone and fractured.

The girl came back to earth and cried with pain, tears weeping up. She thought the saying that “The husband and the wife are birds in the same forest essentially, but when serious tragedy comes, they will fly separately” was really not wrong! With this, she straggled and stood up from. the boy's body keeping from the pains and slowly ran away without glancing at the boy.

At the time, the boy was calling the girl's name in a weak voice, his lips were already white. He took out his mobile phone and dialed the girl's number, but the girl didn't answer. He dialed again she didn't answer again. For several times, he gave up. But his fingers pressed something on the mobile. At that time, beside the boy, the blood spread slowly, his hand hung and the mobile phone lay in the blood, he had no strength to press the “SENT” key yet.

The next day, when the girl heard of the news that the boy was being rescued, she ran to the hospital without considering her anger. When she hurried to the hospital, the doctor had already declared his death; the cause of his death was that his lung had lost too much blood.

It was because, when the boy meant to protect the girl with his body he found that there was a steel stick under them, so he turned over to make it inset(=put into) his own body.

The boy's mother passed the boy's mobile phone on to the gift.

The girl read the message that hadn't been sent: “Honey, I'm sorry, I still couldn't protect you and made you wound... “Upon this, the girl couldn't help crying...

Please treasure the one you love and believe his or her LOVE!

1.The underlined word fractured here probably means ___________.

A. shaken         B. broken        C. abandoned            D. touched

2.The girl didn't want to answer the boy's' call because ____________.

A. she didn't hear it                 B. she was seriously hurt

C. she was angry with him             D. she had her phone broken

3.Which of the following words may best describe the boy’s behavior?

A.gentle and devoted      B.brave and handsome

C.rough and selfish   D.intelligent but silly

4.From this passage we can conclude that          .

A.love is happy and love is pain

B.trust is important between lovers

C.one should express his love in time

D.one should love a person who is brave

Mary Lou

It was my first day to Miss Hargrove’s seventh grade. Past “newcomer” experiences had been difficult, so I was very   36   to fit in. After being introduced to the class, I bravely put on a smile and took my seat.

Lunchtime was a pleasant surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. They were friendly, so I began to   37  . My new classmates told me about the school, the teachers and the other kids. They   38   out the class nerd (书呆子) to me: Mary Lou. She was a pretty girl with dark eyes and olive-skin,   39   she wore a long woolen skirt and an old-fashioned blouse. She looked stupid. The girls whispered and giggled   40   Mary Lou walked by. She ate alone.

After school, the girls invited me to   41   them in front of the school. I was thrilled to be  a(n)   42   of the club. We waited. For what, I didn’t know. Then Mary Lou came down the school steps. The girls started making fun of her, shouting rudely, biting comments. I   43  , then joined right in. Mean remarks fell from my   44  . No one could   45   I’d never done this before. The other girls stepped back and started cheering for me. Feeling   46  , I pulled on her backpack and then pushed her. Her backpack broke, Mary Lou fell and I backed off. Everyone was laughing. I   47   in. I was a leader.

I was not proud. Something inside me   48  . If you’ve ever picked a wing off a butterfly, you know how I felt.

Mary Lou got up,   49   her books and left without a tear or saying anything. She held her head   50   as blood ran down from her knee. I   51   her limp away down the street.

I turned to leave with my   52   friends and noticed a man standing beside his car. He must have been Mary Lou’s father ––– he had the same olive skin, dark hair and handsome look. He remained still and watched the   53   girl walk toward him. Only his eyes ––– shining with both sadness and pride ––– followed. As I passed, he looked at me in silence with burning tears that reminded me of my   54  .

       Mary Lou’s father’s eyes taught me a good lesson that day. I never again hurt someone for my own   55  .

36. A. anxious           B. excited                C. eager                D. afraid

37. A. talk                B. hesitate               C. relax                 D. suspect

38. A. picked            B. pointed                C. worked             D. found

39. A. because                 B. so                       C. and                   D. but

40. A. as                  B. before              C. after                 D. since

41. A. consult           B. fight                   C. support             D. join

42. A. leader             B. member                     C. assistant            D. organizer

43. A. paused            B. refused               C. hurried              D. escaped

44. A. eyes               B. heart                   C. lips                   D. mind

45. A. tell                        B. say                     C. report            D. announce

46. A. ashamed         B. guilty                  C. encouraged     D. powerful

47. A. turned            B. went                   C. took                  D. fitted

48. A. sank               B. hurt                    C. touched             D. screamed

49. A. tore               B. closed                 C. gathered            D. grasped

50. A. cautiously       B. casually            C. low                   D. high

51. A. watched         B. noticed                C. glared            D. glanced

52. A. caring             B. laughing              C. puzzling            D. satisfying

53. A. silly                B. only                    C. lonely             D. friendly

54. A. pain                B. pity                     C. weakness          D. shame

55. A. loss                B. gain                    C. effort             D. duty

III. 阅读 (共两节，满分35分)

第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

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

   “Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle (婴儿包) was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped--the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance．

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms, he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boy…called me－a f... freak.” She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks．

He grew up，handsome for his misfortune．A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that．He developed a gift for literature and music．

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor．Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft (移植) on a pair of outer ears，if they could be donated (捐献) ,” the doctor decided．So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice (牺牲) for a young man．Two years went by．Then, “You’re going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need．But it’s a secret.” said the father．

        The operation was a brilliant success．His talents blossomed into genius．School and college became a series of successes．Later he married and entered the diplomatic (外交) service．“But I must know!” he urged his father．“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him.”

“I do not believe you could,” said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet.” The years kept the secret, but the day did come...one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son．He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材)．Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret．

61．The story is mainly about ________．

A．how a boy had new ears through an operation     

B．what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C．how a disabled boy turned into a useful person   

D．why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

62．From the first paragraph we know that the mother ________．

A．was determined to donate her ears to perfect her son

B．kept her husband unknown about the baby’s situation

C．felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby

D．complained of her bad luck to have a disabled child

63．The underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to “________”．

         A. slow-acting person                                  B．ugly-looking child

         C．badly-behaved student             D．strangely-shaped creature

64．What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The agreement was between the donator and the family．

B．The boy was so popular that he was made class president．

C．Finally the boy came to know who the donator was．

D．The mother donated her ears to her son after she died．

65. What moral (道德的) lesson can we draw from this reading?

A. Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known.

B. It is parents’ responsibility to help their children heart and soul.

C. True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance.

D. Young generations should learn to be grateful.