"I didn't hear them call my name," explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA 2004. "Are you ready?" is what she heard. Then she said, "I shook my head no, and then they said ‘yes’ and it was announced again."

 It was four days after that life changing moment for the seventeen-year-old high school student from Destrehan, Louisiana----she was still on cloud nine．

 "I was so shocked! I never believed that it could actually really happen." Present in the audience（观众）that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher.

Understanding why members of her family and her friends would be there, AT asked why her

dance teacher had traveled so far to see her compete（比赛）．"She's always been my role model．I've danced with her since I was six. She's been through so many difficulties and came through them all. I've learned to get over bad life's experiences and learned how to move on because of her."

One of those bad life's experiences for Shelley happened three years ago when her brother Brad was killed in a drunk driving accident. He was 18. She found writing helped her get through the rough days. She said, "I write a lot about my brother. I write a lot, a lot, a lot...”

As Miss Louisiana Teen, she traveled around the state speaking to teens（青少年）about the dangers of drinking and driving. In her role as Miss Teen USA, Sheiley will continue to speak to youth about safe driving, in addition to many other things to help the youth.

When AT asked Miss Teen USA if she had any advice for our readers, she said, "Don't let anyone change you. Hang out with people that make you feel good about yourself. That way, it is easy to be yourself."

1.What do the words “on cloud nine” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. frightened       B. troubled       C. very happy      D. very angry

2.Shelley takes her dance teachers as a role medel mainly because she is        .

A. determined      B. friendly       C. strict        D. experienced

3.How many children did the Hennigs have according to the text?

A. 1.           B. 2.            C. 3.            D. 4.

4.What suggestion does Shelley give to the teens?

A. Be yourself with the support of friends

B．Meet friends whenever possible

C. Go easy on yourself and others

D. Have a good role model

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In the 60s, people asked about your astrological (about star) sign. In the 90s, they want to know your website.   1  Your website is an electronic meeting place for your family, friends and potentially, millions of people around the world. Best of all, you may not have to spend a cent. The web is filled with all kinds of free services and all it takes is some time and creativity.
  2  Like the table of contents of a book or magazine, the home page is the front door. Your site can have one or more pages, depending on how you design it.
While web pages vary greatly in their design and content, most use a traditional magazine layout（版面设计）. At the top of the page is a banner（横幅）. Next comes a greeting and a short description of the site. Pictures, text, and links to other websites follow.
  3  Think about whom the site is for and what you want to say. Next, gather up the material that you want to put on the site.
While there are no rules you have to follow, there are a few things to keep in mind:   4   If you are too much at the beginning, you may never get the site off the ground. You can always add to your site.
Less is better. Most people don’t like to read a lot of long text online.   55 
Smaller is better. Since it can take a long time to download large image files, keep the file sizes small.
Have the rights. Don’t put any material on your site unless you are sure you can do it legally. Always remember to get the permission from the writer first.
Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and start building.

Just as the world’s most respected scientific bodies have confirmed that the world is getting hotter, they have also stated that there is strong evidence that humans are driving the warming. Countless recent reports from the world’s leading scientific bodies have said the same thing. For example, a 2010 summary of climate science by the Royal Society stated that: “There is strong evidence that the warming of the Earth over the last half-century has been caused largely by human activity.”

The idea that humans could change the planet’s climate may be counter-intuitive(与直觉不符的), but the basic science is well understood. Each year, human activity causes billions of tons of greenhouse gases to be released（释放）into the atmosphere. As scientists have known for years, these gases hold heat that would otherwise escape to space, wrapping the planet in an invisible blanket.

Of course, the planet’s climate has always been changing thanks to “natural” factors(因素) such as changes in solar or volcanic（火山的）activity, or cycles relating the Earth’s going around the sun. According to the scientific literature, however, the warming recorded to date matches the pattern of warming we would expect from a build-up of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere – not the warming we would expect from other possible causes.

Even if scientists did discover another reasonable explanation for the warming observed so far, that would beg a difficult question. As Robert Henson puts it in The Rough Guide to Climate Change: “If some newly discovered factor can account for the climate change, then why aren’t carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）and the other greenhouse gases producing the warming that basic physics tells us they should be?”

The only way to prove with 100% certainty that humans are responsible for global warming would be to run an experiment with two identical Earths – one with human influence and one without. That obviously isn’t possible, and so most scientists are careful not to state human influence as an absolute certainty.

In most scientists’ opinion, the global warming is mainly caused by ________.

   A. solar activity                       

B. volcanic activity   

C. the Earth’s going around the sun       

D. human activity

The text is developed by ________.

   A. giving typical examples

   B. following the order of space

   C. analyzing a theory and arguing it

   D. comparing and finding differences

The underline word “identical” means ________.

   A. totally different                    

B. exactly the same

   C. extremely important                  

D. relatively independent

Which of the following can be the best title?

   A. Are All the Scientists Really Scientific?

   B. Where Is Global Warming Leading Us to?

   C. Are Humans Definitely Causing Global Warming?

   D. What’s Relation of Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases?

No One Is Too Poor to Give

When Teresa，a widow with four young children，saw a notice from her church for all members to gather to deliver presents and food to a  16  family，she took $10 out of her savings jar and bought some ingredients to make three dozen  17  ．She got to the church parking lot just in time to join the convoy going to the home that was to  18  the people’s help．

     The route was  19  ，and she was astonished when the cars pulled up in front of her house．When the pastor saw her，he said，“ We  20  expected you to join us ,

Teresa．We know it’s been a great  21  since your husband died，and we all wanted

to  22   you．”

Although she was   23   being the object of charity，Teresa didn’t want to  24  anyone so she  25  said，“ Well，at least I can share these cookies with our    26  ．”

     This parable teaches us that no one is too  27   to help others and that true charity is rooted in love and compassion．  28    of spirit is worse than economic distress．Teresa’s story  29  us that very few of us give as much as we could and should．

     My friend Larry Rosen，president of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

30  me to the concept of “ sacrificial giving”—  31    in a large quantity up to a

point where one must  32  something that is desired．

     You can start out easy．Take whatever  33  you are thinking of giving to charity，then   34   it．If that’s too much, increase it by 50 percent instead．The  35  is to stretch yourself．It will mean a lot to those you help，but it will mean as much to your heart．

1.A．wealthy    B．big      C．noble           D．needy

2.A．cookies    B．cakes     C ．buns          D．rolls

3.A．offer      B．receive    C．expect          D．refuse

4.A．pleasant    B．1engthy    C．familiar        D．rough

5.A．never      B．just        C．even           D．seldom

6.A．failure     B．comfort     C．success        D．struggle

7.A．satisfy     B．support     C．invite          D．remember

8.A．unnatural   B．unhappy    C．uncomfortable   D．unfortunate

9.A．embarrass   B．trouble     C．bother         D．annoy

10.A．humbly    B．openly     C．clearly         D．cheerfully

11.A．children    B．friends     C．relatives       D．neighbors

12.A．weak      B．generous    C．poor          D．patient

13.A．Poverty    B．Power      C．Importance    D．Source

14.A．ensures    B．informs     C．proves        D．reminds

15.A．introduced  B．presented   C．1ed           D．directed

16.A．taking      B．giving     C．going         D．asking

17.A．reject      B．win        C．quit          D．obtain

18.A．weight     B．size        C．load          D．amount

19.A．double     B．calculate     C．record       D．analyze

20.A．way       B．idea         C．advice       D．guidance

At a rough estimate, Nigeria is ____ Great Britain.

A. twice big as    B. as twice big as  C. three times the size as         D. three times the size of