摘要： In which order did the following things happen to Liz? a. Mum died b. Worked at the petrol station c. Got admitted into Harvard d. Had trouble finding a place to sleep A. badc B. abdc C. dbac D. bdac 2. What decision did Liz make that changed her life? A. To go back to school. B. To go to the best university. C. To survive. D. To live a different life from her parents’. 3. What actually drove her on towards her goal? A. Envy. B. Her love for her parents. C. Her mum’s death. D. Her willpower and determination. 4. When she wrote: “I had only experienced a small part of the society she . A. wanted to encourage herself B. suggested something she wanted for her life. C. suggested people often look back D. meant that she had little experience. Passage 44 At a loss for words Hell has no place in American primary and high school textbooks. And you can't find anyone sailing a yacht or playing polo on the pages either. The texts also won't talk about blind people, or the best man for the job, or a bookworm. All these words are now banned from US textbooks because they are thought to be either elitist , offensive or just too strong. God is also banned because he is too religious . A book called "The Language Police" lists all the 500 words that are banned and explains why. It is written by Dianne Ravitch, a New York University professor of education. Some people say banning those words pays more attention to family values and equality among ethnic groups . But Ravitch jokes that many people will have fun finding new titles for famous US writer Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea". The title presents problems with every word except "and" and "the". According to the book, "old" can't be used because it doesn't include young people, and "man" doesn't include women. "Sea" also can't be used in case a student who lives inland doesn't know about large bodies of water. Ravitch said all this is because textbook publishers try not to offend anyone. "They don't want problems so that sales can be as wide as possible," she said.

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When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station．When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street．But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University．And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.

Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination．Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents．There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house．Liz was the only member of the family who had a job．Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old．The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life．Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.

Liz went back to school．She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless．At night, she lived on the streets．“What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being．I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.

She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on．She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”．She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University．But Liz decided to leave her top university for a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS．“I love my parents so much．They are drug addicts．But I never forget that they love me all the time.”

Liz wants moviegoers （影迷） to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”．

1．In which order did the following things happen to Liz?

a．Her Mum died of AIDS．

b．She worked at a petrol station．

c．She got admitted into Harvard．

d．The movie about her life was put on．

e．She had trouble finding a place to sleep．

     A．b, a, e, c, d      B．a, b, c, e, d      C．e, d, b, a, c      D．b, e, a, d, c

2．What decision did Liz make that changed her life?

       A．To write Breaking Night.

       B．To go to the best university.

       C．To live through the difficult time.

       D．To live a different life from her parents’．

3．When she wrote, “What drove me to live on … I had only experienced a small part of the

   society”, she meant that ________.

A．she had little experience of social life

B．she could hardly understand the society

C．she would do something for her own life

D．she needed to travel more around the world

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　　When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station．When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street．But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University．And her amazing story has inspired a movie,“Homeless to Harvard：The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April．

　　Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination．Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents．There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house．Liz was the only member of the family who had a job．Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old．The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life．Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it．

　　Liz went back to school．She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless．At night, she lived on the streets．“What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being．I had only experienced a small part of the society,”she wrote in her book Breaking Night．

　　She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on．She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that“next to nothing could hold me down”．She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University．But Liz decided to leave her top university for a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS．“I love my parents so much．They are drug addicts．But I never forget that they love me all the time．”

　　Liz wants moviegoers(影迷)to come away with the idea that changing your life is“as simple as making a decision”．

(1)

In which order did the following things happen to Liz?

a．Her Mum died of AIDS．

b．She worked at a petrol station．

c．She got admitted into Harvard．

d．The movie about her life was put on．

e．She had trouble finding a place to sleep．

[　　]

A．

b, a, e, c, d

B．

a, b, c, e, d

C．

e, d, b, a, c

D．

b, e, a, d, c

(2)

What decision did Liz make that changed her life?

[　　]

A．

To write Breaking Night．

B．

To go to the best university．

C．

To live through the difficult time．

D．

To live a different life from her parents'．

(3)

When she wrote,“What drove me to live on…I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that ________．

[　　]

A．

she had little experience of social life

B．

she could hardly understand the society

C．

she would do something for her own life

D．

she needed to travel more around the world

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