IMAGINE a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone in your   26 . You can’t walk anywhere with your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you   27  at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs(四肢), so life was not   28  for him. At school many students played jokes on him   29  he looked different from everyone else. He was refused to be   30  friends, so he always felt   31 . However, he faced that bravely. He   32  to type and write with two toes(脚趾)at the age of six, and he could   33  surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the   34  students in the studies. And he decided on   35  to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular   36  in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story   37  difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you   38 , not what you don’t have.” he said. His   39  encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they   40  and to always love themselves,” he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”
【小题1】
A.armsB.earsC.eyesD.teeth
【小题2】
A.laugh B.cryC.smileD.shout
【小题3】
A.oldB.easyC.modernD.difficult
【小题4】
A.becauseB.ifC.untilD.although
【小题5】
A.hisB.myC.theirD.our
【小题6】
A.happyB.relaxedC.lonely D.surprised
【小题7】
A.failedB.forgotC.helpedD.learned
【小题8】
A.evenB.everC.neverD.hardly
【小题9】
A.tallB.lazyC.sleepyD.excellent
【小题10】
A.how B.whoC.what D.where
【小题11】
A.doctorsB.speakersC.scientistsD.managers
【小题12】
A.atB.forC.intoD.against
【小题13】
A.makeB.haveC.lose D.want
【小题14】
A.storyB.sadnessC.friend D.family
【小题15】
A.fallB.playC.listenD.exercise
Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday fun day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the mint festival every year, One summer she served food, another year she organized an art programme.
After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading.
She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and grandchildren.
After a hurricane( 飓风 ) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says,” I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees( 难民 ) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia. Sahra is reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book  together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about
her everyday life.
Helen says, “The most rewarding( 有益的 ) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help, They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”
【小题1】When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?
【小题2】 What did Helen do after she retired?
【小题3】 Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
【小题4】Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?
【小题5】 How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?
【小题6】Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?
【小题7】 What can you learn from Helen?

Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. 
A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉) .
A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.
A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
【小题1】According to this passage, a hero is a person who always __________.

A.gives us courageB.thinks highly of others
C.shares great fameD.stands on the mountaintop
【小题2】If you want to live like a hero, you should __________.
A.experience a new and meaningful life
B.listen to something worth talking about
C.serve your own fame and try to be famous
D.know where and how you want to live and die
【小题3】The underlined word “vision” in the passage means “__________”.
A.风景B.想象
C.远见D.形象
【小题4】 Black people in America used to __________ before Martin Luther King, Jr..
A.shop at the white’s stores
B.drive buses with the white
C.take walks in the white’s parks
D.eat in restaurants without the white
【小题5】 What can we learn from the passage?
A.We don’t need heroes anymore at some point now.
B.Heroes are all the same though different in cultures.
C.People get power from heroes to move to a new place.
D.Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history.

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