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     Taylor Bernard and her twin sister were born 12 weeks early. As a result, Taylor suffers from
cerebral palsy (CP). It is a condition that affects the brain. Kids who are born with CP have trouble
controlling the muscles in their body. Taylor is 8 years old now. She uses a powerwheelchair to get
around. Her twin sister Sydney participates in sports, but Taylor has a different interest: art.
     Taylor submitted(提交) a watercolor painting of a sunset in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, to an art
contest. Of the more than 5,500 students who took park in the contest, only 51 were selected. Taylor
was one of them. Her winning painting is now being displayed in Union Station, in Washington, D. C.
After leaving Union Station, the exhibit will tour the country.
     The contest was sponsored by VSA, the international organization on arts and disability. The
nonprofit group was started to give people with disabilities an opportunity to participate in the arts.
Submissions for the contest came from students with and without disabilities. The exhibition is part of
VSA's International Arts Festival and was also sponsored by CVS Caremark's All Kids Can program.
     Art Changed Her Life
     Amanda LaMunyon represented Oklahoma in the exhibition. She just finished her freshman year of
high school. When Amanda was in elementary school, she had problems focusing and following rules.
She has Asperger Syndrome, which is a form of autism.
     "People started looking at her differently," her mother, Sherry LaMunyon, said. "They stopped
looking at her as a girl who was struggling and started looking at her as an artist. It's changed her whole
life."
     The president of VSA, Soula Antoniou, said that the point of the exhibition is to focus on students'
abilities, rather than their disabilities. "What we're trying to do is make sure each student finds something
they're good at," she said.
     That's exactly what Taylor's done. While she has some difficulty with fine motor skills, she's found that
she's talented with wide brush strokes(笔画) in painting.
     Inspiring Others
    Before finding painting, Amanda said she had trouble fitting in. "I didn't have anything that I felt was my
talent," she said. Now she's more focused on school and is interested in studying fashion design and
theater.
    Amanda hopes that the exhibition will show others that even if they have disabilities, they have abilities
they don't even know yet. You can see more of Amanda's artwork at amandalamunyon.com.

1. How could Amanda's mother feel when they learned Amanda could paint?

A. Disappointed.  
B. Surprised.
C. Doubt.  
D. Pleased.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Only the disabled students can enter the art contest sponsored by VSA.
B. Amanda, Taylor's sister, has trouble in focusing and following rules.
C. Amanda has improved a lot in study after finding painting.
D. Sydney prefers art to sport because of her disability in the brain.

3. What is the text mainly about?

A. Students with disabilities show their creativity at an international art festival in Washington, D. C.
B. Students with disabilities are more talented in art according to the result of an international art festival
     in Washington, D. C.
C. An international art festival in Washington, D. C. gives people with disabilities an opportunity to
     participate in the arts.
D. More than 5,500 students submitted their paintings at an international art festival in Washington, D. C.

4. We may infer from the passage that ________.

A. Amanda had Asperger syndrome before she went to the elementary school
B. Some children who are disabled even don't know their situation
C. Taylor has trouble controlling the muscles, but her sister is healthy
D. Amanda is good at painting with wide brush strokes
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Example: FEAR, CAN--FAR, CANE
①DREAR,SPOT →______,______ .
②STEAM,EAT→______,_______ .
③PLAIN,ATE→ _______,_______.
Answer: _____________________________________________________
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根据短文内容，从下框的A～F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余项。
A.Suggestions on having interviews
B. Be yourself
C. Listen before talking
D. Use your eyes and smile
E. Focus your energy
F. Qualities of good communication
1.________
     Good communication is vital in modern society. We know that much of the communication is unspoken. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. Your
good qualities can make good communication. The personal qualities include physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others. What should we do so that our communication will be effective? Here are my suggestions.
2. ________
     Firstly, the trick is to be consistently you, at your best. The most effective people never change
character from one situation to another. They're the same whether they're having a conversation with their
close friends, addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their
whole being.
3. ________
     Secondly, whether you're talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them.
Don't break eye contact while talking. As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, and then look
directly at those in the room and smile. This shows clearly that you are at ease. Smiling is important. The
best type of smile and eye contact is gentle and comfortable, not force.
4. ________
     You should also absorb other people before showing yourself. You can't learn anything when you talk. When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, don't immediately start throwing your opinions. Stop
for a second. Absorb what's going on. What's the mood of the others-are they down, up, happy,
expectant? Are they eager to learn from you, or do they show resistance? If you can sense what's
happening with others, you will be better able to reach them. So, listen before you talk.
5. ________
     How do you get your energy up? Before the meeting, collect your thoughts about the goal of the
meeting-yours and the other's. Once you go through the doorway, no longer think about yourself. Focus
on the person you are meeting to find out what he is interested in. Properly collected energy comes across when we sincerely believe something. When you speak with energy, you are involved with your audience
and your message. You create an air of certainty. The audience may disagree with you, but they can't
question your belief.
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     Jim suffered heart problems.In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was
drawing to a close.
     When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was
expected.Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly.Jim was rushed back to operation,
but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness.He died on the operating table on the day before
his 48th birthday.
     Dr.Bruce Smoller, a psychologist, had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the
stranger he realized Jim's case was.When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack
and stayed home to recover.One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to
come home from school at noon to pick it up.His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had
died.Jim's father was 48.
      "I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father, " Dr.Smoller says."He felt that if he had not asked
him to look at his homework, his father would have lived.Jim had been troubled by the idea.The operation was the trial he had expected for forty years." Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.
     Jim's case shows the powerful role that attitude plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce farreaching effect on the health of grownups.Although most cases are less direct than Jim's, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness.

1.  Jim was sent back to operation because ________.

A.  his heart didn't work well    
B.  he expected a full recovery
C.  his life was drawing to a close    
D.  the first one wasn't well performed

2.  What made Dr.Smoller feel strange about Jim's case?

A.  Jim died at a young age.
B.  Jim died on the operating table.
C.  Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.
D.  Jim's death is closely connected with his father's.

3.  From Smoller's words, we can infer that ________.

A.  Jim's father cared little about his study
B.  Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father
C.  Jim thought he would be punished some day
D.  Smoller believed Jim wouldn't live to the age of 48

4.  Which of the following could have strong effect on one's physical health according to the text?

a.  One's genes.
b.  One's life in childhood.
c.  One's physical education.
d.  The date of one's birthday.
e.  The opinions one has about something.
A.  a, b, d  
B.  a, b, e
C.  a, c, e  
D.  b, c, d

5.  Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.  Both Jim and his father died at the age of 48.
B.  Jim often asked his father to do his homework.
C.  Jim was believed to kill his father.
D.  Most childhood events can cause cancer, heart disease and mental illness.
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     Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative, usually a child, killed unfortunately. Some
parents can understand that wish, but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new baby and
not the lost child. Here lies the_difficulty,_for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of
the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests,
would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible, however, that the copy would
develop quite differently. Is it fair to the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatural expectations?
     Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples
might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interests. But
because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance, conflicts would be sure to arise if the
cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no
interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success_also_depends_on_fortune. What if
the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of their parents simply because of bad luck?
     Every child should be wanted for itself, as a person. In making a copy of oneself or some famous
person, a parent is purposely specifying the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years,
particularly in the U. S., much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in
ways that they wish. So I suggest there should be a greater need to consider the interests of the child and
to reject these suggested uses of cloning.

1. The underlined part "the difficulty" in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.

A. cloning a baby is difficult
B. it's difficult to give birth to a new baby
C. the dead child can't come back again
D. the cloned baby can't replace the lost child

2. According to the passage,one of the reasons why couples usually decide to clone babies is ________.

A. to bring back a child killed unfortunately
B. to exchange their children
C. to develop the same interests as their child
D. to succeed in making fortune

3. The sentence "Success also depends on fortune" implies that ________.

A. the result may be unpredictable
B. the child does not live up to the parents' hopes
C. the cloned child fails to develop the same interest as the original
D. the baseball player turns to acting

4. We CAN'T conclude that ________ according to the observation made by the author.

A. it's important to consider the interests of the child rather than the suggested uses of cloning
B. parents can't expect to get the lost child back by cloning a new baby
C. much importance should be placed on the right of parents to reproduce babies in ways that they wish
D. every child should be wanted as a unique individual
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    A 13yearold American boy on Saturday became the youngest climber to conquer Mount Everest,
the world's highest mountain.
     Jordan Romero from Big  Bear, California, climbed up the 8,850 meter summit (峰顶) from the
Tibetan side.On the same day, a Nepali (尼泊尔的)  man, Apa Sherpa, broke his own world record
of climbing Everest when he reached the summit for the  twentieth time.Apa Sherpa's team set off from
Nepal's  capital, Kathmandu, last month, heading for the base camp  (大本营) on the Chinese side of
the mountain.
     "The team has just called in and believe that they are standing on top of Mt.Everest, " Romero's blog
said."Their  dreams have now come true.Everyone is happy."
     The climbing has put Romero one step closer to reaching his goal of climbing the highest mountains on
all seven continents (大洲). "It is just a goal, " Romero said.He had already climbed five peaks  (高峰),
and needs to climb only Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica, to hit his goal.
     The youngest person before to climb Everest was 16yearold Temba Tsheri Sherpa of Nepal.Romero
climbed together with a team including his father Paul and three local guides.He wanted to pick a small
piece of rock from the top of the world and wear it in a necklace.
    While Nepal insists that anyone planning to climb Mount Everest must be 16, China does not have any
age restrictions  (限制). Some mountain climbers haven't agreed with the Romero family for letting him try
it but his father said the climbing from the Chinese side is less dangerous.
1. Jordan Romero climbed up Mount Everest mainly to________.
A. meet Apa Sherpa      
B. build his body
C. break the world record  
D. realize part of his goal
2. To stand on the highest mountains on all seven continents, the next act of Jordan Romero is
    to climb the peak in________.
A. Asia  
B. Antarctica  
C. Europe  
D. Africa
3. Why did Jordan Romero choose to climb from the Chinese side of Mount Everest?
A. China allows climbers of any ages to climb Mt.Everest.
B. It wasn't far from Jordan's base camp on the Chinese side.
C. There were more challenges on the Chinese side.
D. There were more local guides on the Chinese side.
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Apa Sherpa climbed up Mount Everest from the Tibetan side to the base camp on the Nepali side.
B. Jordan Romero's father and three American guides climbed up Mount Everest with Romero.
C. The youngest person who has climbed up the world's highest mountain is 16 years old.
D. Apa Sherpa has reached the summit of Mount Everest twenty times.
5. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The great dream of picking rocks from top of Everest
B. California teen becomes youngest to climb Everest
C. The most number of successful Everest climbs
D. Mount Everest climbing becomes more popular
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     Gao Xiaosong, the 42-year-old singer, music producer and director was three times over the legal
alcohol limit when he crashed his Infiniti SUV into a car stopped at a red light in Beijing May 9. A blood
test showed Gao had 243.04 milligrams of alcohol for 100 milliliters of blood, well over the 80 milligram
limit within a 100 milliliters of blood.
     On Tuesday afternoon the man known to million for his harsh (严厉的) comments to participants on
China's Got Talent had to face the judge himself at Beijing Dongcheng District People's Court under
China's newly amended(修改的) Road Traffic Safety Law.
     "I've nothing to defend myself only regret," he told the courtroom filled with people. "I always thought
alcohol could bring me freedom, but it never occurred to me that drunk driving will rid others of their
freedom. I'll be responsible for all the loss it has caused. This incident showed my irresponsibility for life. I'm willing to be a volunteer for my life promoting the non-drunk driving."
     A day earlier at an administrative(行政的) punishment hearing, wearing an orange detention suit, he
was banned from driving for five years and fined 1, 000 yuan for having an expired(过期的) license.
     On May 10 he was pictured at Beijing's traffic police headquarters where he turned down requests for
interviews, but wrote on a piece of paper, "sorry, never drive when drunk."
     Now he has become the first celebrity(名人) to be punished under the tough new rules that came into
effect on May 1. Guo Shudong, the first driver sentenced since the new law was introduced, was jailed
for four months for being twice over the legal limit on May 9.
     Gao, famous for campus song "My Deskmate" in the 1990s, was replaced by music producer and
composer Antonio Chen during the recording of China's Got Talent on May 10.
1. According to the passage,anyone whose blood test indicates           milligrams of alcohol for
    100 milliliters of blood is not considered to have broken the newly amended Road Traffic Safety Law.
A. over 100
B. over 80
C. below 243.04
D. below 80
2. It is suggested in what Gao Xiaosong said in Paragraph 3 that            .
A. he promised to pay for those injured in the accident caused by him
B. he was a responsible person as he answered for what he had done actively
C. he used to rely on drinking for relaxation and relief
D. he didn't feel regretful for what he had done.
3. Which of the following is NOT true about Gao Xiaosong?
A. He was the first driver sentenced since the new law was introduced.
B. His comments often made the participants in China's Got Talent embarrassed.
C. He became famous in the 1990s for a song about school life.
D. His SUV knocked into the car waiting for the light to change.
4. What is the author's attitude toward Gao Xiaosong?
A. Support    
B. Pity      
C. Doubt    
D. Hatred
5. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Gao Xiaosong,the Famous Musician
B. Famous Musician Sentenced for-Drunk Driving
C. China Battles Against Drunk Driving
D. Amended Road Traffic Safety Law Came into Effect
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      In our life, we face situations where we are either asked to choose between trust and disbelief.
Many of us would say we have to choose trust over disbelief.Actually we are given intellectual (智力
的) power to choose what we want, and what we choose certainly need not be the one that sounds
pleasing.That is, we can choose both trust and disbelief, but we have to know when to choose between
these two.
      We should all realize that we are living in a world which is unfortunately mixed with people of various
types.We have been given the power of judging who we are working with and who we are partnering
with.We cannot give an excuse for believing a scheming (诡计多端的) person, just because he looked
or sounded nice, unless we consider ourselves mentally unskillful.
      This world was there before us and it does not owe us a single thing.We are asked to take care of
ourselves and our:belongings.Trust,too, has to be saved for the deserving (值得的) people.When we
give trust universally to all, we end up troubled by the undeserving common cheat.People say trust is life.
True! But only wisely exercised trust is life.
      When we start a conversation with someone, the first things that we usually notice would be their
dress, behavior, style and their language.What sometimes we all forget to look at is the person's intention.Now how to look at a person's intention is a lesson everybody has to learn for themselves in their own
way-there is no single standard for it.But it is certainly possible to discover the purpose if we seek a little
bit more.
      Certainly a false offer of friendship or guidance cannot stand undiscovered for long；we_are_
therefore_called_to_exercise _disbelief_over_trust_at_least_momentarily_till_we_find_out_that_we_
certainly_are_in_agreement_with_a_mutual(相互的)good willed_person.
      The world teaches you lots of lessons and if we are willing, we can learn all that we want.

1. In the first paragraph, the author________.

A. concentrates on the reason why we make different choices
B. focuses on how to choose between trust and disbelief
C. suggests that trust should be wisely exercised
D. implies that people are forced to make the choice

2. We can infer from the passage that________.

A. people who we are working with are in fact those who we are partnering with
B. the first thing we notice tends to mislead our judgment
C. the mentally healthy people will not judge a person by his looks
D. the standards of looking at a person's intention are not various

3. The underlined sentence means________.

A. trust and disbelief go hand in hand with each other
B. disbelief is necessary if you aren't wise
C. trust is established if two people know each other
D. doubt may serve as the precondition for trust

4. Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?

A. Trust or Disbelief? 
B. Trust Is Life.
C. Trust over Disbelief?  
D. Disbelief over Trust?
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     The right to pursue happiness is issued to us all with our birth, but no one seems quite sure what it is.
     A holy man in India may think that happiness is in himself. It is in needing nothing from outside himself.
If wanting nothing, he lacks nothing. We westerners, however, are taught that the more we have from
outside ourselves, the happier we will be, and then we are made to want. We are even told it is our duty
to want. Advertising, one of our major industries, exists not to satisfy these desires but to create them---
and to create them faster than any man's money in his pocket can satisfy them. Here, obviously someone is trying to buy the dream of happiness and spending millions upon millions every year in the attempt. Clearly the happiness-market is not running out of customers.
     I doubt the holy man's idea of happiness, and I doubt the dreams of the happiness-market, too.
Whatever happiness may be, I believe, it is neither in having nothing nor in having more, but in changing
--- in changing the world and mankind into pure states.
     To change is to make efforts to deal with difficulties. As Yeats, a great Irish poet once put it, happiness we get for a lifetime depends on how high we choose our difficulties.
     It is easy to understand. We even demand difficulty for the fun in our games. We demand it because
without difficulty there can be no game. And a game is a way of making something hard for the fun of it.
The rules of the game are man-made difficulties. When the player ruins the fun, he always does so by
refusing to play by the roles. It is easier to win at chess if you are free, at your pleasure, to cast away all the rules, but the fun is in winning within the rules.
     The same is true to happiness. The buyers and sellers at the happiness-market seem to have lost their
sense of the pleasure of difficulty. Heaven knows what they are  playing, but it seems a dull game. And the Indian holy man seems dull to us, I suppose, because he seems to be refusing to play anything at all.
     The western weakness may be in the dreams that happiness can be bought while eastern weakness
may be in the idea that there is such a thing as perfect happiness in man himself. Both of them forget a
basic fact: no difficulty, no happiness.
1. Who shares the same idea of happiness with the author?
A. The Indian holy man                
B. The great Irish poet Yeats
C. Advertisers
D. The buyers and sellers at the happiness-market
2. What does "happiness-market" mean in the second paragraph?
A. It means a place in which people can buy things happily
B. It means a market which lacks happy customers
C. It means a pure state for the world and mankind
D. It means a market where people try to buy happiness with money.
3. According to the passage, which of the following is Right?
A. The Indian holy man is much happier than westerner.
B. The westerners understand happiness better than the Indian holy man.
C. There is no fun without playing by the rules
D. Both the eastern weakness and western weakness are the same.

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