Mike was usually so careful，________this time he made a small mistake.(2012·浙江，18)

A．yet? B．still

C．even? D．thus

Mike has loved flying since he was small. When he was three years old, his dad took him to an air show. Mike loved the sounds of the plane and he   31  of becoming an airplane pilot(飞行员) some day. As Mike grew up, he learned as   32   as he could about flying. He wanted to go to flying school  33  university. He kept on 34   his parents about it all the time. At that time, pilot training was very   35  . Mike’s parents couldn’t afford it.
Later Mike became a salesman. He hoped to get lots of money for flying school. He traveled  36  America for his factory. He liked to travel,    37    by plane. To save money, he usually stayed in cheap hotels.
One morning, Mike   38   to Atlanta. On the plane, after breakfast, he went to   39  . Some time later, he woke up. The two men beside him were talking in a   40  voice. When Mike heard the word “hijack(劫持)”, he nearly  41  out of his seat, but he pretended(假装) he was still   42  . He listened when the two men talked. Mike quickly learned what was                  43  . They planned to hijack the plane to Cuba. This made Mike very   44  . He knew he had to stop them before they began their    45   .
Mike pretended to use the washroom. On the way he met a hostess(空姐) and told her about the coming   46  . A moment later, the passengers were told that there was something wrong with the plane. Soon the plane landed at the    47   airport.
The two men received a   48   when they saw twenty police officers were    49    them at the airport.
Later Mike was given free flying training as a reward.    50   he became a pilot and flew happily ever since. Now his story is well known in the United States.

The sun was shining as Kevin walked to the old bench(长凳) where he met Mike every afternoon after school. They were good friends and loved to play football. They didn’t have enough money to buy a real football, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks covered with a piece of plastic. It wasn’t beautiful, but it worked well. The two friends didn’t stop kicking and running until very late.

   The next afternoon, Mike and Kevin met again at the old bench. Soon the home-made ball was spinning(旋转) across the grass as the boys laughed and shouted happily. The ball was stopped by a boy wearing a nice pair of sneakers(运动鞋). Kevin was upset when he saw it was Steven.

   The next morning, Kevin’s mother gave him an envelope(信封). “Your uncle sent you a birthday present,” she smiled. Kevin’s eyes grew big when he saw the $100 bill. Later that day, a pair of new sneaker lay next to his chair, and in the corner, a real football.

   The next afternoon, Steven invited Kevin to play football on the field next to the library. Steven did not want Mike to join them only because Mike’s sneakers were dirty and he was not good at football. When the game was over, Kevin and Steven walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. Steven picked up a stone and threw it at him. Kevin, holding his new football in his hands, walked on and did not look back.

   One afternoon, as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something lying under it. He looked closer and saw it was the home-made ball. Kevin was full of sorrow at the sight of his old home-made ball, and he let out a sad sigh(叹气). As his sadness turned to anger, he picked up his new football and kicked it into the air. Kevin kicked it so hard that it flew past the library and over the school gate. Then Kevin walked to the bench and picked up his home-made ball. Holding it in his hands, Kevin sat down and waited.

The best title for this passage is ______.

     A. A Home-Made Football                 B. Playing Football

     C. Two Close Friends                     D. A New Football

D
Mike Ingrarn had been a guard the Ohio State football team in the late 1950s．I believe he may have been captain in his senior year．He is a tough - looking guy，a hero in Columbus，a brave fighter in a red—and—gray uniform．  
One holiday season Jack and I had been at the F&R Lazarus department store downtown, and we saw，carrying a tall pile of boxes，someone who clearly was working in the Lazarus stockroom(仓库)．It was, Mike Ingram，post—Ohio state football player．
We stared—how could we help it? And Mike Ingram stopped in his track，looked right back at us，and said，with bite in his tone：“Yeah，it's me．”Meaning：Go ahead and stare if you must．
Couldn’t really blame him．There was nothing wrong with what he was doing——be was earning some money in the stockroom．But he was out in the world now, he wasn't where he had been when everything was bathed in sunlight；he was in Ohio Stadium，hearing the supporting shouts from 78，000 people who loved him and his teammates．He had moved past that trust of life’s roles，as everyone does．It was his misfortune to have，been famous very early；there must have been dozens and dozens of men in their twenties working in the Lazarus stockroom that holiday season，but Mike Ingram was the one sure to attract cnrious passers，because he was no longer who he was supposed to be．
68．When the writer met him in Lazarus，Mike was a           ．
A．salesman             B．manager             C．1aborer           D．customer
69．By saying“how could we help it?”the writer means that          ．
A．he and his friend just can’t force themselves not to look at Mike
B．he wonders whether he and his friend can help Mike
C．he and his friend can’t stop looking at each other
D．he and his friend can do nothing to stop Mike carrying the boxes
70．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Mike used to be very popular when he played in the Ohio State football team．
B．Many other people would stare at Mike like the writer when they run into him．
C．Working as an ordinary worker，according to the writer，is Mike’s misfortune．
D．Some people accept what life gives them．
71．We can infer from the passage that when Mike was stared at，he looked           .
A．nice                   B．worried                     C．shy                 D．unhappy

URBANA, ILL. (AP)--Mike dropped out of college to support his pregnant(怀孕的) girlfriend and now works as a manager of a trucking company, Lynn graduated with honors from Harvard University and was hired as a lawyer with a top law firm in a major city. What do these two people have in common? Ten years ago they were both high school valedictorians (致告别辞者).
A University of Illinois study follows the lives of 81 valedictorians and salutatorians (致词的学生代表) who graduated a decade ago from public and private high schools in the state.
Tales of Success and Failure
The study found tales of success and failure. The research on 46 women and 35 men found that some were doctors and scientists, one was a drug addict, another was a waitress with emotional problems.
"There is a popular idea about people who do well in school doing well in life," said Terry Denny, professor of education. Denny conducted the study with Karen Arnold, a former graduate student of Denny' s who is now a professor at Boston College. Denny and Arnold contacted the 81 students before graduation, and then followed up with interviews nearly every other year. They also sent them questionnaires in the mail.
Varied Careers
One-third of the students are lawyers, or have a doctorate. Nineteen are in business and 15 are engineers or computer scientists. Others include a farmer, a stock broker, and an aerobics instructor.
Arnold says many of the students have only average positions in the work world and that "most are not headed for greatness in their careers." Denny, however, says that it is too early to make such predictions. "Who expects someone to be on the Supreme Court at the age of 28 or to be the discoverer of an important scientific invention right after college?" he said. "These students are just getting started in life. They are just beginning to find out what life is all about."
【小题1】What can we conclude from Paragraph 1?