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Recently I understood the true meaning of love. That would have been, Kane, a boy. Kane was the two-year-old son of Joline, my new neighbor, who moved here from California.

Kane was born with hard sticks for    . And on that morning I        the effect that Kane’s physical        had on his family. But I also witnessed so much        that.

 I saw an extraordinary family that embraced this special child, a family that wouldn't allow Kane to know he was       . Joline had constructed a small cart just a few inches        the floor for his son to get around. Using his hands to move about, the cart       Kane to “go to” any place just as        else was able to do. Kane was more than just a member of the family, he was the       .

 Much later in my life, I came to        that God had sent this child to help some of us who just weren’t getting what        was all about. Even with my limited capacity for understanding at that time I knew that Kane was a        developed spirit with great wisdom.

 Kane demanded attention,        not because of his mobility challenges or other apparent shortcomings. In his mind, he had no        or shortcomings. The truth is that he received        because he was alive and real and had so much to offer.

 Kane was and        is lots of warm and powerful energy       to us all so we might learn that       ： Love surpasses all things. If you met this kid, you’d want him for a friend        he was with so much to       .

1.A. hands                                     B. feet                                   C. legs                                   D. arms

2.A. witnessed                         B.observed                            C. concluded                       D. mentioned

3.A. faults                             B. mistakes                           C. obstacles                          D. shortcomings

4.A. rather than                            B. more than                        C. other than                       D. or rather

5.A. irregular                                B. different                          C. normal                              D. unfortunate

6.A. down                             B. away                                 C. back                                  D. off

7.A. arranged                                B. allowed                            C. transformed                    D. removed

8.A. everybody                   B. somebody                        C. anybody                           D. nobody

9.A. symbol                                   B. signal                                C. soul                                   D. mark

10.A. recognize                            B. experience                      C.imagine                    D. realize

11.A. love                             B. confidence                      C. wisdom                   D. power

12.A. probably                    B. generally                          C. highly                                D. largely

13.A. and                                  B. but                                      C.or                                       D. as

14.A. commitments                B. promises                           C. expectations          D. challenges

15.A. attention                       B. attraction                            C. description                      D. impression

16.A. even                                     B. yet                                     C. almost                               D. still

17.A. created                                B. released                           C. sent                                   D. responded

18.A. lesson                                  B. message                           C. notice                               D. note

19.A. once                                     B. while                                 C. before                              D. because

20.A.receive                                 B. give                                   C. handle                              D. change

Billy and Bobby were small boys. They were brothers, and they often fought each other.
Last Saturday their mother said to them, “I’m going to cook our lunch now, go out and play in the garden……and be good.”
“Yes, Mum,” the two boys answered, and they went out.
They played in the garden for half an hour, and then Billy ran in. “Mum,” he said, “Bobby’s broken a window in Mrs Allen’s house.” Mrs Allen was one of their neighbours.
“He’s a bad boy,” his mother said. “How did he break it?”
“I threw a stone at him,” Billy answered, “and he quickly moved down.”
【小题1】Billy and Bobby were           .

Everyone wants to win a first-place blue ribbon, to be the best in something. Even kids in Kindergarten want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race, I was always  36 . In baseball I was likely to be  37  on the head or drop the ball. During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park in a town about twenty miles away. Making that drive now is no big  38  but when you’re six and you’ve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a couple of thousand people is really something.

I don’t remember too much about it. But there was one that I will never forget —the __39__ race. The parents tied our feet together. One little boy got me for a  40  . He was the second most   41 boy in our class so he usually won at everything and I knew that with me tied to him he didn’t have a chance. And I’m sure he knew he was in trouble. The gun sounded and we were off. Some couples were falling and stumbling all around us,  42   we stayed on our feet and made it to the other side.  43  , when we turned around and headed back for home, we were in the lead! Only one couple had a chance to win, and they were a good several yards behind us.

A few feet from the finish line, disaster struck: I tripped and fell. We were   44  enough that my partner could have easily dragged me across the finish line and won. But he didn’t. Instead he stopped,   45   down and helped me up — just at the other couple crossed the finish line. As a result, we received a small red ribbon for coming in second.

I still remember that moment when the young boy decided that helping a friend get on her feet was more important than winning a blue ribbon. And 13 years later, I still have that little ribbon because it’s a   46   that a friend like this boy is one who really   47  .  

1.                A．last            B．first            C．quick D．successful

2.                A．touched        B．felt            C．hit   D．beaten

3.                A．question        B．event          C．one  D．deal

4.                A．one-legged      B．two-legged      C．three-legged   D．four-legged

5.                A．partner         B．helper          C．supporter D．competitor

6.                A．tallest          B．youngest        C．athletic   D．handsome

7.                A．but            B．therefore       C．however  D．and

8.                A．Obviously       B．Unbelievably     C．Secretly  D．Undoubtedly

9.                A．strong          B．brave          C．clever    D．close

10.               A．lay            B．slowed         C．moved    D．reached

11.               A．warning        B．reminder       C．gift   D．notice

12.               A．depends        B．counts         C．supports   D．worthy

For eighty four days old Santiago had not caught a single fish. At first a young boy, Manolin, had shared his bad fortune, but after the fortieth luckless day the boy’s father told his son to go in another boat. From that time on, Santiago worked alone. The boy loved the old fisherman and always helped him with money and food. Usually, they would talk about the fish they had taken in luckier times or about American baseball after supper, while at night, alone in his cottage, Santiago dreamed of lions on the beaches of Africa, where he had gone years before. He no longer dreamed of his dead wife.

On the eighty-fifth day, Santiago set off to fish before dawn. Two of his baits(饵) were fresh tunas(金枪鱼) the boy had given him, as well as sardines(沙丁鱼) to cover his hooks. Then he set his lines which went straight down into deep dark water.

    As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore. A bird showed him where dolphins were chasing some flying fish. This time Santiago saw tuna jumping in the sunlight. A small one took the hook on his line. Pulling the fish aboard, the old man thought it a good fortune.

    Toward noon a marlin, a common fish in the sea, started eating the bait which was one hundred meters down. Gently the old man played the fish, a big one, as he knew from the weight on the line. At last he struck to settle the hook. The fish did not come out of the surface. Instead, it began to pull the boat to the northwest. The old man followed it. Although he was alone and no longer strong, he had his skill and knew many tricks. He waited patiently for the fish to be tired.

    It was cold after the sunset. When something took one of his remaining baits, he cut the line with his knife. Once the marlin leaned suddenly, pulling Santiago forward on his face and cutting his cheek. By dawn his left hand was cramped(抽筋的). The fish had headed northward; there was no land in sight. Hungry, he cut pieces from the tuna and chewed them slowly.

That morning the fish jumped. Seeing it, Santiago knew he had hooked the biggest marlin he had ever seen. Then the fish went down and turned toward the east. Santiago drank a little water from the bottle during the hot afternoon.

Close to nightfall a dolphin took the small hook he had rebaited. He lifted it aboard, careful. After he had rested, he cut meat from the dolphin and kept also the two flying fish he found in its stomach. That night he slept. He awoke to feel the line running through his fingers as the fish jumped. Feeding line slowly, he tried to tire the marlin. After the fish slowed its run, he washed his cut hands in sea water and ate one of the flying fish. At sunrise the marlin began to circle. Faint, he worked to bring the big fish nearer with each turn. Almost exhausted, he finally drew his big fish alongside and drove in the harpoon(鱼叉). The fish was two feet longer than the boat. No fish like it had ever been seen in Havana harbor.

    An hour later, he sighted the first shark, a fierce Mako, and it came in fast to chase after the dead marlin. The old man struck the shark with his harpoon. The Mako rolled and sank, carrying the harpoon with it and leaving the marlin bloody. He knew the smell would spread. Watching, he saw two sharks closing in. He struck at one with his knife and watched it sliding down into deep water. The other he killed while it tore at the flesh of the marlin. When the third appeared, he thrust(刺) it with the knife. The other sharks came at sunset. At first he tried to beat them with the tiller(舵柄) from the boat, but his hands were bleeding and there were too many in the sea. In the darkness, as he steered toward the harbor of Havana, he heard them hitting the boat again and again. But the old man thought only of his steering and his great tiredness. He had gone out too far and the sharks had beaten him. He knew they would leave him nothing but the stripped skeleton of the big marlin.

   All lights were out when he sailed into the little harbor and beached his boat. He could just make out the white backbone and the upstanding tail of the fish. Once he fell under their weight and lay patiently until he could gather his strength to go on. In his cottage he fell on his bed and went to sleep.

1.The above story is adapted from __________.

A. Treasure Island                  B. The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

C. The Old Man And The Sea          D. The Son Of The Sea

2.Why did the man feel that he could be lucky this time?

A. Because a small tuna took the hook on his line.

B. Because he dreamed about the American lions.

C. Because he saw many flying fish were chased by the dolphins.

D. Because a lot of sharks followed his boat.

3.According to the text, which statement is NOT true about the boy?

A. The boy had mercy on Santiago.

B. The boy often shared his stories with Santiago.

C. The boy showed his great concerns to Santiago.

D. The boy was Santiago’s adopted son.

4.Why does Santiago let the marlin lead his boat instead of pulling the big fish up?

A. He wanted to kill the marlin first before he pulled it up to the boat.

B. He was too tired and hungry to pull the big fish up.

C. His experience told him not to do so before the fish was tired out.

D. He wanted to use the marlin as a bait to catch the sharks.

5.Which sentence below can be used to best describe Santiago’s character?

A. “He no longer dreamed of his dead wife.”(Para 1)

B. “Although he was alone and no longer strong, he had his skill and knew many tricks.”(Para4)

C. “Almost exhausted, he finally drew his big fish alongside and drove in the harpoon.”(Para7)

D. “Once he fell under their weight and lay patiently until he could gather his strength to go on .”(Para 9)

6.According to the text, what will be talked about in the next paragraph?

A. the man’s action to realize his dream about the lions.

B. people’s reflection when they saw the giant marlin outside.

C. people’s discussion about how they ate the giant marlin.

D. a funeral held by the boy and the local people after his death.

NEW YORK (AP) — The investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz has gone through decades and countries, from basements to rooftops and seemingly everywhere in between.
No one has ever been charged criminally — and the little boy with sandy brown hair and a toothy grin was declared dead in 2001.
This week, the six-year-old boy who went missing from the Soho area of New York City in 1979 is back in the news. Police and the FBI are investigating a possible lead into the 33-year-old case of Etan Patz, the first missing child to appear on the side of a milk box.
The child disappeared on the way to school on the morning of May 25, 1979. It was the first time he was allowed to walk the two blocks to the bus stop alone.
A tip seemed to have led officials to the basement of a building on the corner of Prince and Wooster streets, about a block and a half from where Etan had lived with his family.
The name Etan Patz has become a hot topic on Twitter as people weigh in on the case. Shirley Brady noted: “As mom to a 6 years old in Soho, it’s still held out by locals as cautionary tale (警示故事).” Another wrote, “Boy who disappeared on his way to school in 1979 has been REOPENED! Crazy.” One wondered, “Why is FBI and NYPD searching for a kid that disappeared in 1979?”
Good question. This is a case that Stuart Gra Bois, as an assistant U.S. lawyer under Rudolph Giuliani, followed for years. It became the most famous missing-person case in New York City, turned a nationwide spotlight on missing children, and created headlines around the globe. No one was ever stated guilty of the crime.
The case led to the creation of National Missing Children’s Day, marked on May 25, the day the blond-haired, blue-eyed child went missing.
The case has even pointed to a suspect, charged with child molester (猥亵者) Julio Antonio Ramos, who is currently in prison. Patz’s babysitter had been dating the man, and Ramos did know the kid, but has denied taking him away.
New evidence in the case suggests another suspect who lived in the apartment at the time: a local handyman named Othniel Miller, who gave Etan $1 for helping him the night before the disappearance.
The man’s name had come up in an earlier investigation, but he was a friend of the Patz family, and the NYPD did not follow the lead.
Investigators plan to be at the site, 127 B Prince St., which is now a Lucky Brand jeans store, for the next two to three days to search for human remains. The Associated Press reports that the excavation (挖掘) has been the result of a recently ordered review of the case by Manhattan’s police. 
【小题1】We can learn from the first three paragraphs that ________.