14、His father, a famous university professor, who is said to have started his teaching career in Australia, _________ in Nanjing University for more than twenty years.   

A．has worked      B．worked     C．is working       D．will worked

13、—We didn’t find the Blacks _____ the lecture.

—No one had told him about ____ a lecture the following day.

A．attending; there being   B．to attend; there to be                           

C．attended; there be           D．attend; there was

12、In terms of teachers, the school is very good. However, when it ______ building, the school is poor.

A．refers to          B．speaks of         C．comes to         D．talks about

11、_________ I had a few problems to deal with.

A．Hardly have I arrived when                        B．Hardly did I arrive than

C．Hardly had I arrived when                           D．Hardly had I arrived than

10、He has reached the point _________ nothing seems to matter any more.

A．where              B．that          C．when               D．which

9、—Director, Jack is ill, so he can’t be here.

—Then we’ll have no choice but to give the performance ________ him.

A．except for      B．apart from        C．except         D．without

8、Mrs. Black doesn’t believe her son is able to design a digital camera, ___________?

A．doesn’t she          B．does she       C．is he         D．isn’t he

7、It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed（痊愈）from a（n） 1  injury . I had  2  whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was  3  for the 3,000-meter run.

       “Ready … set…” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed  4  me . I felt  5  as I fell farther and farther behind.

       “Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest  6  I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps（圈）ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. “Maybe I should  7 , ” I thought as I moved on.  8 . I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran  9  and decided not to  10  in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it,  11   my foot did heal.

When I finished, I heard a cheer －  12  than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and  13 , the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.”

I was leaving  14  several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.

“Courage? I just  15  a race!” I thought. “I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us? ”

Suddenly I regained  16 . I decided to  17  track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always  18  in medals and victories, but in the  19  we overcome. The strongest people are not always the people who win,  20  the people who don’t give up when they lose.

1．A．slighter                 B．worse                C．earlier                   D．heavier

2．A．expected               B．supposed           C．imagined               D．doubted

3．A．late                       B．eager                 C．ready                    D．thirsty

4．A．from behind          B．ahead of            C．next to                  D．close to

5．A．ashamed               B．astonished          C．excited                  D．frightened

6．A．cheer                    B．shout                 C．cry                       D．noise

7．A．slow down            B．drop out            C．go on                    D．speed up

8．A．Therefore              B．Otherwise          C．Besides                 D．However

9．A．with delight           B．with fear            C．in pain                  D．in advance

10．A．play                    B．arrive                C．race                      D．attend

11．A．even if                 B．only if               C．unless                   D．until

12．A．weaker                B．longer                C．lower                    D．louder

13．A．well enough                                       B．sure enough

  C．surprisingly enough                          D．strangely enough

14．A．while                  B．when                 C．as                         D．since

15．A．finished               B．won                  C．passed                  D．lost

16．A．cheer                  B．hope                  C．interest                 D．experience

17．A．hold on               B．turn to               C．begin with             D．stick with

18．A．measured            B．praised              C．tested                   D．increased

19．A．sadness               B．struggles            C．diseases                D．tiredness

20．A．or     B．nor    C．and   D．but

6、    American grade 3 student Linda Brown had to walk a long way through a railway yard to get to her school in Topeka, Kansas. There was another school closer to home ―but Linda was black and this school was for white children only.

    Then her father made a decision that ended in a court case which changed US society forever. It celebrated its 50th anniversary last Monday.

    The decision was simple: Linda was to study in the nearby all-white school. After the school refused her, Mr. Brown filed a lawsuit against the local board of education.

     The case, now known as “Brown versus the Board of Education”, made it all the Way to the US Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, the court declared that “Separate educational facilities are unequal.” This historic ruling ended racial segregation (隔离) by allowing black children to go to the same schools as white children.

    The court said that the US Constitution guaranteed “equal protection of the laws”, and this meant equal treatment for blacks and whims. This overturned a 19th century ruling that permitted “separate but equal” racial segregation.

    Thanks to the Brown ruling, from the late 1950s segregation was ended on a much wider scale.  Buses, beaches, jobs, housing, voting―black people had equal rights to white people in most areas of society. The ruling also helped improve rights for women and the disabled.

    Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said: “Brown was the most important court decision in US history.” In other countries, these problems may have been solved through violence, she added.

    To mark the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision, a museum was opened at Linda Brown’s old school. Visitors get to walk through the “Tunnel of Courage”, in which they are surrounded by photos of shouting crowds and barking dogs. This gives them a taste of the hardships that Brown faced at the whites-only school.

1．Mr. Brown decided to sent her daughter to the whites-only school because _______.

A．he hated the board of education       B．it is unfair for their black kids

C．the school is close to his home          D．he wanted to change US society

2．The first step to create the equal society in the US was to _________.

A．revise the Constitution of the USA

B．get rid of the racial Constitution completely

     C．allow black people to have the right of voting

D．allow back children to attend the schools for whites

3．According to the passage, during the court case Mr. Brown _________.

      A．was run after by barking dogs of whites

B．was beaten by the shouting crowds of whites

C．decided to build a museum to remember the hardship

D．experienced many hardships facing the whites

4．Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．Brown ruling                                   B．A freedom fighter  

C．A good ending                                   D．A non-violence struggle

5、To help a 7-year-old overcome bedwetting, Dr. Howard Bennett reaches for red water balloons and a superhero named Bladderman. Bedwetting is a problem for many children age 6 or older.

     Alarms and medicines are available, but understanding how their bodies work for many kids is the key to staying dry. Bennett published a book that’s aimed directly at children, not just their parents to help understand bedwetting so that children understand accidents aren’t their fault－it’s not a matter of willpower but of biology－and to outline research-backed steps they can take to help stay dry.

     Bedwetting is hard on youngsters’ self-esteem (自尊). They may decline sleepovers or feel anxious about camp, such as doing their own laundry, to hide the problem. Bennett even had a 9-year-old patient whose younger brother discovered his bedwetting and used it blackmail.

     Children usually get nighttime bladder control between ages 3 and 5. The brain and bladder must learn to work together: First, the bladder signals the brain that it’s filling. The brain then either signals back for the bladder to relax and hold more overnight, or signals the child to awaken. Boys are twice as likely as girls to experience delays in nighttime bladder control.

     For children who don’t want to wait it out, there are ways to help. Most common are alarms that make a sound when they sense wetness. The alarms, which cost from $ 60 to $200, can help train children to wake up. “But the education is important,” stresses Dr. Patrick McKenna. Good training in how the bladder works and how to control it can meet the devices’ effect.

1．The passage mainly tries to tell readers that __________.

     A．bedwetting is a common thing for children

       B．boys are easier to have bedwetting

     C．children’s bedwetting can be overcome                                

       D．bedwetting is a matter of biology

2．According to the passage, bedwetting happens mainly because _______.

     A．brain doesn’t signal them to awaken                                        

       B．these children’s bladders are smaller

     C．they are too young to control themselves                                  

       D．they have too much water before sleep

3．The contents that follow the last paragraph of the passage will be ___________.

     A．how the alarms work in treating bedwetting

B．how to educate children to avoid bedwetting

     C．how bedwetting works for the children

D．how to build youngsters’ self-esteem