I met Ryan, a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), in my biology class. My simple "Hello!" and his cheerful reply were the   36  to our friendship from the first day of school. There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school. He was in a great deal of   37    after having a surgery on his legs, but he   38  his sufferings from everyone.
In our junior year, we found that we didn't   39  a single class. This was not a problem, though. We just talked a little more in the hallway   40  passing periods. That year seemed to fly by. One day, Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner's flag that would   41  the spot where Ryan would   42  his Olympic torch run. He gently explained that he would be honored   43  I would accept this position for him. The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone   44  to him. He said I was the only true friend he had   45  made that talked to HIM and not to his wheel chair. How could I   46  such a request?
On the morning of June 5th, as I walked down the sidewalk, my heart   47  and my mind became a factory of questions. I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would   48  the huge crowd of thousands of people.
After the van arrived, the other runners got out and lined up outside the van, chanting his name, "Ryan! Ryan!" Then all of the people   49  in, “Ryan! Ryan!” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground. There he was, in all his   50 .
It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch. The runner lit Ryan's torch and then Ryan began his   51 . As he took off down the street, the chanting became louder and louder. The   52  filled the air and even I felt like I was on cloud number nine. I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！ He   53  this moment in time --a historic moment--a moment that he was a part of and   54  me to be a part of, too.
Mr. Weinheimer, the next torch runner, bent over and gave Ryan a hug. That moment will last in time forever. It symbolized the whole   55  of the flame: love, excitement, enthusiasm, brotherhood, and life of any man. The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.

I met Ryan, a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), in my biology class. My simple "Hello!" and his cheerful reply were the   36  to our friendship from the first day of school. There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school. He was in a great deal of   37    after having a surgery on his legs, but he   38  his sufferings from everyone.

In our junior year, we found that we didn't   39  a single class. This was not a problem, though. We just talked a little more in the hallway   40  passing periods. That year seemed to fly by. One day, Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner's flag that would   41  the spot where Ryan would   42  his Olympic torch run. He gently explained that he would be honored   43  I would accept this position for him. The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone   44  to him. He said I was the only true friend he had   45  made that talked to HIM and not to his wheel chair. How could I   46  such a request?

On the morning of June 5th, as I walked down the sidewalk, my heart   47  and my mind became a factory of questions. I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would   48  the huge crowd of thousands of people.

After the van arrived, the other runners got out and lined up outside the van, chanting his name, "Ryan! Ryan!" Then all of the people   49  in, “Ryan! Ryan!” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground. There he was, in all his   50 .

It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch. The runner lit Ryan's torch and then Ryan began his   51 . As he took off down the street, the chanting became louder and louder. The   52  filled the air and even I felt like I was on cloud number nine. I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！ He   53  this moment in time --a historic moment--a moment that he was a part of and   54  me to be a part of, too.

Mr. Weinheimer, the next torch runner, bent over and gave Ryan a hug. That moment will last in time forever. It symbolized the whole   55  of the flame: love, excitement, enthusiasm, brotherhood, and life of any man. The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.

1.                A．solutions        B．keys           C．routes    D．responses

2.                A．danger         B．fear            C．pain D．puzzle

3.                A．hid            B．prevented       C．released D．relieved

4.                A．change         B．miss            C．attend    D．share

5.                A．except         B．for             C．during    D．before

6.                A．mark           B．test            C．number   D．decorate

7.                A．cover          B．begin           C．continue D．lead

8.                A．while          B．although        C．if    D．unless

9.                A．polite          B．kind            C．grateful   D．important

10.               A．ever           B．never          C．also D．even

11.               A．admit          B．refuse          C．make D．repeat

12.               A．ached          B．raced          C．stopped   D．sank

13.               A．explain to       B．differ from      C．respond to D．call on

14.               A．joined          B．stepped        C．poured    D．broke

15.               A．potential        B．preference      C．glory D．surprise

16.               A．training         B．journey         C．life   D．struggle

17.               A．anxiety         B．satisfaction      C．harmony   D．excitement

18.               A．deserved       B．recalled        C．treasured D．chose

19.               A．promised       B．encouraged     C．allowed   D．followed

20.               A．mystery        B．power          C．information D．meaning

For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said, “Victor and Elizabeth, my children, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university. I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. This is why God made you intelligent—to help other people.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped me, too. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years, I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.
After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast about 150 meters high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.

1. 1.

   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Elizabeth married shortly after Victor’s mother died.
   2. B.
      Elizabeth was a brave girl who loved Victor and gave him much help.
   3. C.
      Victor’s mother was very angry when she knew he loved Elizabeth.
   4. D.
      Victor did not want to leave his family because his mother died not long before.
2. 2.

   Victor did all the following during his research in the university EXCEPT that       .

   1. A.
      he discovered many things and built a scientific machine
   2. B.
      he learnt much about death both in the hospitals and in the university
   3. C.
      he worked hard and took only one day’s holiday during the next two years
   4. D.
      he built a tall mast to catch lightning and send the electricity down to the lab
3. 3.

   According to the author, the secret of life is to        .

   1. A.
      give life to things that were dead
   2. B.
      use electricity to help others
   3. C.
      build the best machine to learn about death
   4. D.
      become the greatest scientist of tomorrow
4. 4.

   Which is the correct order about the life of Victor?
   ① Victor’s mother passed away.
   ② Victor got help from the professor and other scientists.
   ③ Victor went to university and attended the professor’s talk.
   ④ Victor found the answer to giving life to things that were dead.
   ⑤ Victor experienced a storm, seeing the lightning destroying the tree.

   1. A.
      ①②③④⑤
   2. B.
      ⑤①②④③
   3. C.
      ①③②⑤④
   4. D.
      ⑤①③②④

   请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was caught in the war and put to prison．I was sure that I was to be killed，I became  terribly nervous．I reached in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes(香烟)，which had   1__ their search．I found one and because of my  2hands，I could only get it to my lips.But I had no  3．

       I looked   4the bars(铁栏)at my jailer(狱警)．He did not make eye contact with me．I called out to him,“Have you got a light?” He looked at me，and came over to  5my cigarette．

      As he came close and lit the match，his eyes met with mine．At that moment，I smiled I don't know  6I did that，Perhaps it was  7，perhaps it was because，when you get very close，one to another，it is very hard not to  8．In any case，I smiled．It was   9a spark(火花)jumped across the distance between our two hearts．I know he didn't want to，but my smile jumped through the bars and caused a smile on his lips．He lit my cigarette but stayed near，looking at me  10_ in the eyes and continuing to smile．

     I kept smiling at him，now   11of him as a person and not just a jailer．And his looking at me seemed to have a new   12，too．“Do you have kids?” he asked．

    “Yes，here，here．”I took out my wallet and nervously searched for the pictures of my family．He, too，took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his  13and hopes for them．My eyes were filled with   14．I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again，never have the chance to see them grow up．Tears came to his eyes，too．

     Suddenly，  15，he unlocked my cell(牢房)and silently led me out．Out of the prison，quietly and by   16routes，out of the town．There，at the edge of town，he set me   17．And without another word，he turned back toward the town．

     My life was  18by a smile．

     Yes, the smile—the unaffected，unplanned，natural connection between people．I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could   19each other，we wouldn’t be enemies．We couldn’t have  20or envy or fear．

1.A. avoided          B.escaped           C.followed        D.prevented

2.A.interacting         B.trying             C.shaking          D.upsetting

3.A.energy           B.strength           C.daylight      D.matches

4.A.over              B.through              C.below            D.above

5.A.1ight             B.smoke             C.accept          D.operate

6.A.when              B.where             C.why             D.how

7.A.embarrassment   B.confidence    C.disappointment    D.nervousness

8.A.smile             B.smoke             C.call                D.glare

9.A.as though          B.even though        C.if only        D.what if

10.A.deliberately     B.thankfully     C.directly              D.immediately

11.A．certain         B.aware             C.tired           D．careful

12.A．motivation       B.belief               C.response        D．meaning

13.A．plans               B.procedure         C.accomplishment   D.concern

14.A．admiration       B.shame           C.tears          D.ambition

15.A．without difficulty  B.without another word C.with reason       D.with safety

16.A．1eft             B.front           C.back            D.right

17.A．out             B.up                C.off             D.free

18.A．saved           B.inspired          C.delivered      D.approached

19.A．realise         B.adapt             C.comfort             D.recognize

20.A．love           B.sympathy          C.hatred         D.worry