In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader. Her school’s coaches were less than enthusiastic. “They said, ‘I don’t know how you’ll be able to do it,’ she recalls. “‘You won’t be able to do it. ’”
But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persisted(坚持). And when the junior team cheerleaders won a tournament last year, she was right there, dancing and cheering with the rest of the team.
Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old.
Brittany, 18, was born without shinbones(胫骨)--“just blood and muscle tissue”, as she puts it. When she tried to walk, her legs twisted.
After the operation, she adapted quickly. “From day one, I basically jumped up and wanted to do everything,” she says. Prosthetic legs(假腿) allowed her to move around upright, but too slowly to keep up with her friends. Brittany’s solution: take the legs off and walk on her knees---sometimes she still does when safety and comfort permit.
She’s rarely daunted. Other children laughed at her through the years, especially in junior high school, but she says the challenge only made her stronger. Now she’s trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flyer, the cheerleader who’s thrown in the air and caught by her teammates.
Brittany doesn’t think her problems are more difficult than the next person’s. “My disability was the first thing I had to get through, and that’s going to prepare me for the future,” she says. “It’s all just a test: If someone throws you a curve ball(给你出难题), what are you going to do?”
【小题1】What was the school’s coaches’ attitude towards Brittany’s idea of being a cheerleader?

Jennifer walked into the hospital and shivered (寒颤). She did not like them because ___36___ were always so cold, and everything in them was so white. Unwillingly, she ___37___ her mother and father into her grandmother’s room. Up to her chin in blankets, her grandmother looked small and ___38___. Jennifer saw a tube in her grandmother’s arm and all types of machines beside her. [

Her mother gently kissed her grandmother on the cheek, ___39___ Jennifer was afraid to get too close. Her grandmother smiled at her and ___40___ for her to come closer, and ___41___ Jennifer walked over and took her grandmother’s hand. “Hi, Sweetie,” whispered her grandmother. “Don’t be ___42___ by all these machines. It’s still me.”

The nurse came in to ___43___ on her grandmother. She used a thermometer to take her grandmother’s ___44___ and a stethoscope (听诊器) to listen to her heart. Jennifer found everything the nurse did for her grandmother extremely ___45___. She asked about the medical instruments, and the nurse ___46___ how they were used. Jennifer listened closely, examining each instrument carefully.

The nurse was really ___47___ toward her grandmother. She softened her pillows and made sure she was ___48___ comfortably. She supplied her with ___49___, food, and reading materials. Jennifer could see what a positive ___50___ the help had on her grandmother. She asked, “Do you enjoy being a nurse?” “Yes, I love taking care of people,” the nurse replied, “and I find it ___51___ to watch people get better. It’s exciting to be a part of all these different people’s lives.”

As the nurse left the room, Jennifer ___52___ at her grandmother and her parents. She was filled with excitement as she ___53___ herself attending Nursing School and learning to care for sick people. For the first time, she didn’t ___54___ being in a hospital. She was starting to like the smell and the white walls of the hospital. They were ___55___ of people trying to help other people.    

36. A. patients                B. hospitals                    C. doctors                  D. nurses

37. A. followed              B. led                            C. showed                  D. invited

38. A. angry                   B. kind                          C. weak                     D. young

39. A. so               B. or                   C. for                D. but

40. A. headed                 B. longed                       C. gestured                 D. looked

41. A. rapidly                 B. immediately               C. surprisingly            D. hesitantly

42. A. frightened            B. unsatisfied                 C. discouraged          D. disappointed

43. A. visit                     B. call                           C. meet                      D. check

44. A. hand                    B. temperature               C. blanket                   D. tube

45. A. meaningful           B. interesting                  C. perfect                   D. useless

46. A. explained              B. wondered                  C. learned                   D. promised

47. A. hopeful                B. special                       C. attentive                 D. serious

48. A. recovering            B. laying                        C. sitting                    D. resting

49. A. machines             B. water                        C. pillows                   D. support

50. A. behavior               B. effect                        C. attitude                   D. experience

51. A. tiresome               B. painful                       C. rewarding               D. amusing

52. A. stared                  B. laughed                     C. waved                    D. smiled

53. A. imagined              B. found                        C. admitted                 D. enjoyed

54. A. mind                 B. escape                       C. forbid                    D. regret

55. A. signals                 B. signs                         C. marks                    D. images

“Who made you T-shirt?” A Geo letdown University students raised that question. Piertra Rivoli, a professor of business, wanted to find the answer. A few weeks later, she bought a T-shirt and began to follow its path form Texas cotton, rim to Chinese factory to charity bin (慈善捐赠箱). The result is an interesting new book, The tran’s of a T-shirt in the Global Economy (经济).

Following a T-shirt around the world in a way to make her point more interesting, but it also frees Rivoli from the usual arguments over global trade. She goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner. In China, Rivoli shows why a clothing factory, even with its poor conditions, means a step towards a better care for the people who word there. In the colorful used-clohting markets of Tanzania, she realizes that, “it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market,” where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and is different by its size and even color, Rivoli’s book is full of me able people and scenes, like the noise, the bad air and the “muddy sweet smell (泥土香味) of the cotton,” she says. “Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like shallot water Texas.”

Rivoli is at her best when making those sorts of unexpected connections. She even finds one between the free traders and those who are against globalization. The changes opened up by trade are vase, she argues, but free markets need the correcting force of politics to keep them in check. True economic progress needs them both.

1.What do we learn about Professor Rivoli?________

A. She used to word on cotton farm.

B. She wrote a book about world trade.

C. She wants to give up her teaching job.  

D. She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes.

2.By saying T-shirt “meet a real market”, Rivoli means in Tanzania _______.

A. cheaper T-shirts are needed  B. used T-shirts are hard to sell

C. prices of T-shirts rise and fall frequently  D. prices of T-shirts are usually reasonable

3.What does the word “them” underlined in the last paragraph refer to? _______

A. Free markets.        B. Price changes.  

C. Unexpected connections.  D. Chances opened up by trade.

4.What would be the best title for the text? ________

A. What T-shirts Can Do to Help Cotton Farms                B. How T-shirts Are Made in Shanghai

C. How T-shirts Are Sold in Tanzania   

D. What T-shirts Can Teach Us

A mom in Australia was told by a doctor that her newborn son was “dead”，but she helped bring him back to life by holding the baby against her body.She used a method known as “kangaroo care”．The child，named Jamie，was born after only 27 weeks with his twin sister，Emily，at a hospital in Sydney.Her birth went well，but his was a different story.The doctor struggled for 20 minutes to save him before declaring him dead.

“His little arms and legs were just falling down away from his body，” Kate Ogg said.“I took my coat off and put him on my chest with his head over my arm.” She and her husband，David，spoke to the child as she continued to hold him for nearly two hours.During that time，the two­pound baby showed signs of life.She said，“I told my mom，who was there，that he was still alive.Then he held out his hand and grabbed my finger.”

The doctor at first ignored the baby’s movements，but when he put the stethoscope (听诊器) to its chest，his mouth fell wide open and he said，“It’s my fault.It’s a miracle (奇迹)．”

“The care helps the baby keep body warmth，” Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said.“It also regulates (调节) heart and breathing rates and is believed to help weight gain and improve sleeping habits.Fathers can also use ‘kangaroo care’．The key to the method is skin­to­skin contact.”

The practice began in less developed nations.It has become a recognized practice in helping premature_babies.The technique is good for babies，and is used in many baby care units.

68．When the baby first showed signs of life，the doctor________.

A．didn’t believe a miracle had happened

B．was too shocked to do anything

C．was cheered and tried to save the baby at once

D．was moved by what the mother did to the baby