John Thomas was an 18-year-old student,but he had been a famous champion (冠军) . Everybody at Boston University liked this tall,quiet boy. Once he was hurt,everybody at Boston University was 1       . People all over the country 2        about John Thomas and often asked, "Will he ever jump again?"

  John's mother went to the hospital to see her son. She looked at his 3        leg. Then she looked into his 4       . She knew what her son would 5        . " You're going to jump again,John,I know it," she said. "   6        will be all right."

  If John hoped to jump again,he would have a 7        to do. He began at once. Even in his hospital bed John started to exercise. He used a wheel (轮子) and other metal things. Soon his 8        looked like a machine shop！

  It was May when John 9        the hospital. "Is it all right if I go camping (宿营) this summer?" he asked the doctors.

  "Yes," the doctors said. "But take it easy on that foot."

  John took only 10        walks at first. He was taking it easy on his foot. But not on anything else. He went swimming and did other kinds of exercises. He exercised 11        his body cried for a rest. Some days later,he exercised a little 12       ,In late summer John went back to 13       . He asked if he could practise with the football team. Football wasn't his favorite,but he had to get that leg 14        again!He worked hard. "No one pushed him as hard as he pushed himself," said one of his friends. "To 15        a champion fighting back is a wonderful thing to watch."

(   ) 1. A. sorry   B. afraid   C. alone   D. tired

(   ) 2. A. thought   B. talked   C. heard   D. moved

(   ) 3. A. broken   B. lost   C. missing   D. dead

(   ) 4. A. face   B. foot   C. eyes   D. leg

(   ) 5. A. make   B. use   C. agree   D. do

(   ) 6. A. Nothing   B. Anything   C. Something   D. Everything

(   ) 7. A. little   B. lot   C. few   D. bit

(   ) 8. A. chair   B. classroom   C. home   D. bed

(   ) 9. A. reached   B. called   C. left   D. found

(   ) 10. A. short   B. long   C. quick   D. fast

(   ) 11. A. after   B. if   C. until   D. when

(   ) 12. A. later   B. better   C. more   D. less

(   ) 13. A. school   B. hospital   C. shop   D. church

(   ) 14. A. thick   B. strong   C. straight   D. hard

(   ) 15. A. look   B. hear   C. know   D. see

  Churchill was born in a famous family. His father was a successful politician (政治家) . However,when he was a child,Churchill was 1       a slow student in school.

  Later he entered the 2        and fought in different countries. In October 1900,he began his political career. For the next sixty years his work as a great politician was both brighter and more 3        than his father's had been.

  In 1939,Germany attacked Poland. Churchill 4       to fight. In 1940 he became the Prime Minister of Britain (英国首相) .France was beaten. The Germany took most parts of the western Europe. It looked as if Britain was 5        to lose the war. Was it not possible to 6        peace,and listen to Hitler?

  Churchill spoke, "I have 7        to offer but blood,hard work,tears and sweat . . . You ask what is our policy (政策) ？I will tell you: it is to 8       ,by sea,by land and air,with all our force and with all the strength that God can give us. You ask what is our 9       ?I can answer in one word: victory."

  The Germans began to move their armies to the French coast and prepared to go round. Churchill gave the answer, "We shall defend (保卫) our island,10       the lost may be,we shall fight on the coast,we shall fight on the landing grounds,we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,we shall fight in hills,we shall never 11        "

  By his courage and hard work,he 12        his people and other nations to fight together 13        Hitler. Victory finally came when the Germans lost World War Ⅱ .

  Churchill 14        in 1965 and was given a State Funeral (国葬) .This was fitting payment to one of the greatest men the world had 15        seen.

(   ) 1. A. felt   B. regarded   C. looked   D. considered

(   ) 2. A. school   B. college   C. army   D. factory

(   ) 3. A. relaxing   B. difficult   C. anxious   D. troubled

(   ) 4. A. prepared   B. thought   C. waited   D. liked

(   ) 5. A. about   B. around   C. off   D. on

(   ) 6. A. talk about   B. ask for   C. care for   D. think about

(   ) 7. A. everything   B. anything   C. something   D. nothing

(   ) 8. A. lose   B. fire   C. fight   D. win

(   ) 9. A. task   B. opinion   C. end   D. aim

(   ) 10. A. whatever   B. however   C. whenever   D. wherever

(   ) 11. A. give out   B. give away   C. give up   D. give off

(   ) 12. A. advised   B. needed   C. called   D. encouraged

(   ) 13. A. with   B. for   C. against   D. about

(   ) 14. A. disappeared   B. died   C. succeeded   D. left

(   ) 15. A. never   B. always   C. ever   D. little 

 Tim was a twelve-year-old boy and he studied in a middle school. His father,Mr Black,was an engineer. Tim liked to tell his father e 1       about his school life. He thought his father was his b 2       friend.

  One night,Mr Black went into Tim's room and sat on the chair. Tim jumped onto b 3       and was going to sleep. "How was everything going at school today?" Mr Black asked.

  "It was too bad for me”， Tim answered. " I got a C in the English exam. Our teacher has told you about it on the p 4       ,right?"

  "Yes,but it was only a small part of the day”， said Mr Black. " There were also good parts,so tell me the best thing to you today."

  Tim s 5      and said, "We had a football match against Class 2 and we won the match！" "That's great!I am glad you had a good time," said Mr Black. "Just think about it b 6       you go to sleep. Now I'm going to turn o 7      the light. Have a good dream!" " Good night,Daddy," said Tim.

  Every night Mr Black and Tim had a little talk like this. Every night Tim answered the same question "w 8       was the best thing to you today?" Every night Tim went to sleep t 9      about the best thing. It was a good way to end his day.

P 10       you want to try it. If so,just do it tonight.

1. e       2. b      3. b       4. p       5. s         

6. b       7. o      8. w       9. t       10. P       

  My father and I were very close friends. I am fond of pleasing him,and he was always 1        of my success. If I won a spelling contest (竞赛) at school,he was on top of the world.2        in life no matter when I got a promotion (提升) ，I'd ring up my father at once and he'd rush out to tell all his friends excitedly. In 1970,when I was 3        president of the Ford Motor Company,I don't know which of us was more 4        .

  Like many 5        Italians,my parents were very open with their feelings and their loves not only 6       ,but also in public. Most of my friends would 7        hug their fathers. But I hugged and kissed my dad at every opportunity (机会) because nothing could have 8        more natural.

  He was a curious man who was always willing to 9        out new things. He was the 10        person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle. Unfortunately,my father and his motorcycle didn't 11        along too well. He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after 12        it. As a result,he never again trusted any vehicle with 13        four wheels. Because of that motorcycle,I wasn't 14        to have a bicycle when I was growing up. Whenever I wanted to ride a bike,I had to borrow one from a friend. On the other 15,my father let me drive a car as soon as I became sixteen.

(   ) 1. A. proud   B. known   C. surprised   D. interested

(   ) 2. A. Earlier   B. Later   C. Ever   D. Always

(   ) 3. A. called   B. led   C. named   D. treated

(   ) 4. A. excited   B. embarrassed   C. revealed   D. disappointed

(   ) 5. A. foreign   B. native   C. American   D. Chinese

(   ) 6. A. at school   B. at home   C. between people   D. in the office

(   ) 7. A. forever   B. always   C. never   D. sometimes

(   ) 8. A. felt   B. filled   C. combined   D. convinced

(   ) 9. A. use   B. get   C. try   D. equipped

(   ) 10. A. last   B. fastest   C. slowest   D. first

(   ) 11. A. go   B. appear   C. turn   D. get

(   ) 12. A. selling   B. hiring   C. employing   D. buying

(   ) 13. A. less than   B. more than   C. rather than   D. other than

(   ) 14. A. agreed   B. considered   C. allowed   D. let

(   ) 15. A. face   B. hand   C. foot   D. head 

  Tropical rain forests grow in warm,wet areas―Central America,South America,Africa,and Southeast Asia. Because it rains a lot there. With 1        rain,the soil in rain forests is 2        dark and rich for plants to grow. More than half of the 3        plants in the world grow in rain forests. Thousands of animals live in them,4        .

  Rain forests 5        less than 8% of the earth,but more than 50% of the plants and animals on the earth live in them. Thick plants make 6        to go very far into the forest. Most exploring must be done on foot,or 7       .   Therefore,there are large areas that haven't been 8        yet.

  Tropical rain forests are rich 9        food,medicine and other useful things.

  Today,10        ，rain forests are threatened (威胁) by such things 11        acid rain (酸雨) from factory smoke emissions (散发) around the world and from farm expansion (扩张) .A lot of rain forests are burned or cut down each year. The land 12        farming or for building factories. 13       the loss of rain forests,1000 kinds of plants and animals become extinct (灭绝) .

  Many people understand the importance of saving the rain forests. Many countries are making rain forests into national parks. Farmers are being taught 14        crops without hurting the rain forests.

  Perhaps you can do 15        to help protect the rain forests of the earth.

(   ) 1. A. so much   B. so many   C. such many   D. such much

(   ) 2. A. too   B. enough   C. very   D. even

(   ) 3. A. famous   B. known   C. tropical   D. extinct

(   ) 4. A. too   B. either   C. also   D. as well

(   ) 5. A. make of   B. make from   C. make in   D. make up

(   ) 6. A. this is hard   B. it difficult

      C. it's difficult   D. that difficult

(   ) 7. A. on boat   B. by boat   C. in a car   D. on a bike

(   ) 8. A. made   B. produced   C. invented   D. discovered

(   ) 9. A. on   B. about   C. in   D. to

(   ) 10. A. luckily   B. sadly   C. happily   D. still

(   ) 11. A. as   B. like   C. that   D. so

(   ) 12. A. is used as   B. is used by   C. is used for   D. is used to

(   ) 13. A. Thanks for   B. Thanks to   C. Because of   D. Since

(   ) 14. A. how to grow   B. how do they grow

       C. where to grow   D. what to grow

(   ) 15. A. everything   B. nothing   C. something   D. anything

  Some people do not like anything to be o 1       of place―they are never late for work,they return their books to the library on time,they remember people's birthdays,and they pay their bills (账单) as soon as they arrive. Mr Dodds is s 2       a person.

  Mr Dodds works in a bank and lives on his own. The o 3       family he has is in the next town. His sister lives there with her h 4       and her son,Mark. Mr Dodds does not see his sister or her family from one year to the next. But he s 5       them Christmas cards,and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays.

  Last week Mr Dodds had quite a s 6       . He drove from the bank at the usual time,driving n 7       too slowly nor too fast,he stopped his car as usual,out of the way of other cars,and he went inside to make his evening meal. S 8       away,there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door,to find a policeman standing on the doorstep. "What have I done wrong?" Mr Dodds asked himself. "Have I d 9       on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some t 10       at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?" "Hello,Uncle," said the policeman, "My name is Mark."

1. o       2. s       3. o       4. h       5. s         

6. s       7. n       8. S       9. d       10. t         

  I will always remember my mother's last few days in this world.

  On February 14th,2008,our class 1        on a trip to the mountain. I had great fun. When we came back to school,my teacher 2        me to go to the headmaster's office. When I entered the office,I saw a police officer. 3        I realized something was wrong. The police officer told me 4        had happened and we went to pick my sister up. After that,we went to the 5        and waited. Time went slowly. Finally,we got to see our mother. It was 6        .

  On the next day,the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened. I was taking a rest that day. I knew it had 7        to do with my mother. I 8       thinking that she either died or had gotten better. How I wished that she had got better. When my teacher took me outside,my sister ran up to me. She started crying, "She's 9        . Teresa. She's dead."I couldn't believe it. We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my 10        were there. The silence was terrible. I knew I had to say goodbye.

  Today when I 11        back,I still miss my mother very much,but I know that I must live happily. My mother was a strong and great mother,who had the biggest 12       . I will always remember her as living. When someone is 13        who their hero (英雄) is,they usually say someone 14       ,like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is,I tell them,my mother. My mother lives every day. That is what 15        her a true hero.

(   ) 1. A. worked   B. went   C. took   D. brought

(   ) 2. A. ordered   B. hoped   C. wished   D. told

(   ) 3. A. Suddenly   B. Soon   C. Finally   D. Long

(   ) 4. A. who   B. which   C. what   D. whatever

(   ) 5. A. home   B. house   C. school   D. hospital

(   ) 6. A. terrible   B. wonderful   C. happy   D. sad

(   ) 7. A. anything   B. something   C. nothing   D. everything

(   ) 8. A. kept   B. went   C. walked   D. got

(   ) 9. A. missing   B. lost   C. gone   D. disappeared

(   ) 10. A. classmates   B. teachers   C. friends   D. family

(   ) 11. A. moved   B. looked   C. watched   D. thought

(   ) 12. A. brain   B. mind   C. heart   D. thought

(   ) 13. A. talked   B. considered   C. asked   D. remembered

(   ) 14. A. good   B. famous   C. useful   D. gifted

(   ) 15. A. let   B. makes   C. regard   D. find

  The world of the out-of-doors is full of secrets. And they are 1        interesting that quite a lot of people are busy 2        them.

  All around us are birds,animals,trees and flowers. The facts about how they 3        and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

  Do you know that one of the great presidents of the USA 4        hours and hours 5        birds? A businessman who lives near New York became so 6        in insects that he began to get 7        together. He now has more than one thousand different kinds of insects carefully 8        in glass boxes.

  Come then with me,and I will help you find some nature's secrets. Let us go 9        through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other there is danger. We shall 10        a mother bear and her young ones as they look for 11        and get ready for winter sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let other bees know 12        they can find food. I will 13        you many other interesting things,but the best thing that I can 14        you is to keep eyes and ears 15        when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.

(   ) 1. A. so   B. such   C. very   D. too

(   ) 2. A. study   B. to study   C. studying   D. studied

(   ) 3. A. fly   B. live   C. speak   D. come

(   ) 4. A. took   B. spent   C. used   D. cost

(   ) 5. A. eating   B. finding   C. catching   D. studying

(   ) 6. A. busy   B. careful   C. friendly   D. interested

(   ) 7. A. it   B. whom   C. them   D. those

(   ) 8. A. locked   B. put   C. kept   D. filled

(   ) 9. A. quickly   B. quietly   C. hurriedly   D. happily

(   ) 10. A. hear   B. follow   C. help   D. catch

(   ) 11. A. fruit   B. vegetables   C. water   D. food

(   ) 12. A. how   B. why   C. where   D. when

(   ) 13. A. show   B. see   C. give   D. learn

(   ) 14. A. make   B. pass   C. play   D. teach

(   ) 15. A. closed   B. open   C. safe   D. clean

  Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their n 1      There can be many reasons. Aanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be e 2       for people to remember. On the other hand,Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an u 3       name because she wants to be different.

  People have a lot of reasons for c 4       their names. Film stars,singers,sportsmen and some other f 5       people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary,or that have special sound. They chose the " new name" for t 6       instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.

  Some people have a 7       reason for changing their names. They have m 8       to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example,Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he came to the United States. He uses name Ken at his job and at school. But with his f 9       and Chinese friends,he uses Li Kaiming. For some people,using d 10       names makes life easier in their new country.

1. n       2. e       3. u       4. c       5. f         

6. t       7. a       8. m       9. f       10. d         

  I had said goodbye to my husband,Joe,so often,but this time was 1        .

  We now had our first child. After nights of talks,we made the difficult 2        that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the sixmonth training course,and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I 3        my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends 4        I could turn to for help.

  On Joe's 5       evening at home,I bathed little Joey,got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched 6        on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms,he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.

  They headed down the hall,and I busied myself with meaningless tasks,7       Joe toturn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by,and 8       he had not come back. Thinking he was having 9        getting our son to fall asleep,I walked quietly to the baby's room and 10        into the dimlylit (灯光暗淡的) room.

  Sitting in the rocking chair,moving slowly back and forth,was my husband with 11        in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms 12        he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine,he said, "I just can't put him down."

  That night we stood over Joey's bed,holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be 13        again soon.

Joey is six now,and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes 14        that night,yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to 15        once again in service to his country and give his boys that last,long hug goodbye.

(   ) 1. A. dangerous   B. different   C. impossible   D. terrible

(   ) 2. A. promise   B. wish   C. suggestion   D. decision

(   ) 3. A. miss   B. keep   C. get   D. accept

(   ) 4. A. whom   B. whose   C. which   D. what

(   ) 5. A. first   B. next   C. other   D. last

(   ) 6. A. us   B. them   C. me   D. her

(   ) 7. A. expecting   B. remembering   C. agreeing   D. allowing

(   ) 8. A. again   B. still   C. then   D. ever

(   ) 9. A. excuse   B. fun   C. trouble   D. chance

(   ) 10. A. moved   B. talked   C. turned   D. looked

(   ) 11. A. colors   B. tears   C. joys   D. fears

(   ) 12. A. even though   B. as if   C. so that   D. now that

(   ) 13. A. sure   B. proud   C. alone   D. together

(   ) 14. A. on   B. for   C. since   D. through

(   ) 15. A. visit   B. sleep   C. leave   D. play