Abbie, shy and quiet, started her ninth grade in a new school. She soon found herself  1   her old class. This new school was much too cold and  2   !

       No one at this school seemed to  3   if Abbie felt welcome or not. She walked the halls every day almost invisible; her  4   was never heard.

       Her parents were very worried about her and they knew since they got divorced（离婚）,she probably needed a  5   very badly. They tried everything they  6   to help her fit in. They bought her clothes and CDs, but it didn’t  7  .

       Believing that no one would ever become her real friend, Abbie often  8  herself to sleep. She was all alone with  9   to do but let her mind run  10   .

       She once tried  11   a Christian youth group at a local church, hoping to make friends but her   12   failed her again. Abbie was so upset that she was thinking of ending her life. She decided that she would jump  13   the local bridge on Christmas Eve, while her parents were at a party.

         14   she left her warm house for the bridge, she decided to leave her parents a note in the mailbox. When she opened the mailbox, she found some letters already there.

       She  15   the letters out and found one addressed to her. It was a card from one of the guys in the youth group:

       Dear Abbie,

       I want to apologize for not talking with you   16   You know, my parents are in the middle of a divorce, so I am hoping you could help me with some questions I have about divorced kids. I think we could become friends. See you at Youth Group on Sunday!

                                                                             Sincerely your friend, Wesley Hill

       She  17   at the card and read it over and over again. “Become friends,” she smiled,  18 that someone cared about her life and wanted her as a friend. She felt so special.

       She called Wesley. I guess you could say he was  19   Christmas miracle（奇迹）because

  20   is the best gift you can give anyone.

1．A．missing                 B．enjoying              C．impressing           D．reminding

2．A．cruel                     B．lonely                  C．painful                D．unfriendly

4．A．sound                   B．whisper               C．noise                   D．voice

5．A．relative                  B．friend                  C．roommate            D．brother

6．A．should                  B．would                 C．could                  D．might

7．A．affect                   B．match                 C．work                  D．attract

8．A．screamed              B．cried                   C．waited                 D．fought

9．A．everything             B．anything              C．nothing               D．something

10．A．sad                     B．calm                   C．excited                D．wild

11．A．joining                 B．forming               C．creating               D．inserting

12．A．pride                   B．shyness               C．guilt                    D．shame

13．A．beyond                B．across                 C．off                      D．into

14．A．Though               B．Unless                 C．Since                  D．As

15．A．opened                B．pulled                  C．read                    D．tore

16．A．faster                  B．sooner                 C．quicker               D．longer

17．A．glanced               B．stared                  C．pointed                D．worked

18．A．realizing              B．judging                C．meaning              D．guessing

19．A．the                      B．a                         C．this                     D．that

20．A．friendship      B．satisfaction        C．security            D．marriage

Too shy, too broke, too busy, too lazy to hit the gym these days? With FitTV, a cable station that offers 20 hours of fitness and health programing every day, another excuse for not exercising doesn’t work. But you'll still have to get up off that couch.

"FitTV is currently the only network for fitness and keeping exercise and fitness programing fresh and accessible to everyone," Carole Tomko, president and general manager of FitTV, said in an interview.

Part of Discovery Communications Inc., the station offers the workout choices, ranging from Pilates and aerobics（有氧运动）to body sculpting, yoga, belly dancing and hip hop.

"I wanted FitTV to be a clear and inviting alternative to 'hitting the gym,'" Tomko said from her headquarters in Silver Springs, Maryland.

There are exotic locations. You may be in your living room, but decathlon champion Gilad Janklowicz, an aerobics instructor, is helping you develop you from the golden sands of Hawaii's Waikiki Beach.

In the "Namaste" yoga classes, bendy young women in sports bras and shorts execute their poses（摆姿势）as the scene behind them shifts from park to beach to sun-flooded studio.

FitTV also delivers lifestyle programing on nutrition and weight loss, and a video-on-demand service allows viewers to call up favorite shows at will.

Dr. Kenneth McCulloch, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery of New York University School of Medicine, said that in general, the concept is a great idea.

"It seems that they recognize that diet and exercise go hand in hand," McCulloch said. "The other major benefit is accessibility."

FitTV targets adults ages 25-54 and is available in 47 million homes nationwide, according to Tomko, who says the subscriber base has increased steadily since 2003.

1.What does the underlined sentence in the first paragraph mean?

  A. FitTV makes exercising come true.             B. Exercising is quite necessary.

  C. It’s convenient to exercise with FitTV      D. FitTV can be helpful to certain people.

2.Which of the following is not the service FitTV provides?

  A. Yoga classes         B. Weight loss               C. Sculptures         D. Favorite shows

3.The sixth paragraph is intended to tell us that_________.

  A. yoga classes are of great interest                B. young women can subscribe this class

  C. there’re different locations for yoga            D. yoga classes take place in the park

4.Which of the following can be true according to the passage?

  A. Many people are nowadays too lazy to hit gyms.

  B. FitTV has fresh programes and is accessible for subscribers.

  C. Dr McCulloch doesn’t think too much of FitTV.

  D. Teenagers can be subscribers to FitTV programs.

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 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 cold-water 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 are 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 closer 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 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
【小题1】The turning point in Saunders'life came when ________.

Fat 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 one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England．
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him．At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest．Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend． Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength．At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon．
The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway's cold - water exploits．Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future．
In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long - distance expedition towards the North Pole．It took unbelievable energy．He suffered frostbite （冻疮） ,ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply -loaded sled （雪橇） up and over rocky ice． Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900 - kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis．
【小题1】What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 yeas old?

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 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 cold-water 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 are 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 closer 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 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
【小题1】The turning point in Saunders'life came when ________.