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In my whole childhood I focused on training to play professional soccer. Through the mid 90’s I  36 through Olympic training and on June 13,1997 I was  37 with a minor league team, when a 16-year-old boy ran a stop sign(闯红灯).That night 38 my life. I was on my motorcycle and got 39 by a car, partly disabling me six months. I lost most of my memory, 40 coma (昏迷)symptom and had to learn to 41 all over. During the coming 24 months of physical treatment I changed my 42 of life.
I began making 43 as if each day was my last day 44. Before the 45 , I was studying at a university. I was taught that the 46 of life was to study career skills and pursue financial 47. After returning from near death I went 48 searching. I traveled through the native reservation of the northern USA and witnessed the most extreme 49. I slowly realized there was so much more to 50 than just doing things for myself. I started listening to the people I met and 51 to help them any way possible.
Everywhere I stayed I met 52 people telling me stories about 53 the earth and making better use of nature’s energy. In 2005 my father quickly died from cancer and I 54 the desire to do much of anything for myself. I started looking for well-off people to aid those 55. I’ve accumulated a list of people nearing life threatening situations or those trying to make a major effect on the world and now I try to help them full time.
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A．advancedB．foughtC．lookedD．won
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A．playingB．workingC．competingD．coming
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A．correctedB．influencedC．destroyedD．changed
小题4:
A．runB．hitC．knockedD．stuck
小题5:
A．spreadB．caughtC．showedD．suffered
小题6:
A．walkB．talkC．eatD．drive
小题7:
A．dutyB．viewC．courseD．dream
小题8:
A．decisionsB．discoveriesC．promisesD．studies
小题9:
A．possibleB．availableC．presentD．alive
小题10:
A．eventB．experienceC．difficultyD．disaster
小题11:
A．realityB．valueC．purposeD．content
小题12:
A．balanceB．situationC．stabilityD．expense
小题13:
A．headB．spiritC．heartD．soul
小题14:
A．povertyB．anxietyC．angerD．simplicity
小题15:
A．natureB．societyC．lifeD．happiness
小题16:
A．refusedB．volunteeredC．tendedD．learned
小题17:
A．wonderfulB．famousC．wealthyD．cautious
小题18:
A．developingB．exploringC．respectingD．understanding
小题19:
A．realizedB．controlledC．gainedD．lost
小题20:
A．in despairB．in needC．in touchD．in season

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Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April. People _36_forget the significance （意义） of the day.
In March 1980. I was   37   at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had   38   to go to another university after graduation and had   39          application (申请)  forms to several  40  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 41   came.
On April 1st, as I was eating my   42  , Huang came in , with a toothbrush  43  in his hand. 44   fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the  45 . “Morning  , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it  46  possible.” I jumped with   47 .
I  even didn’t   48  my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s  office but  he wasn’t   49   .  I then went to the secretary’s room and    50    everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  51 or simply left it to me.”
Greatly  52  , I walked out of the room and   53  the  secretary lock it. 54    the secretary’s eyes   55  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”
小题1:A sometimes         B. never                   C. always            D. seldom
小题2:
A．stayingB．workingC．visitingD．studying
小题3:
A．continuedB．plannedC．managedD．remembered
小题4:
A．returnedB．takenC．handedD．sent
小题5:
A．peopleB．collegesC．citiesD．offices
小题6:
A．applicationB．reportC．replyD．chance
小题7:
A．dinnerB．lunchC．supperD．breakfast
小题8:
A．stillB．evenC．yetD．already
小题9:
A．Because ofB．As ifC．AfterD．While
小题10:
A．messageB．signC．letterD．notice
小题11:
A．ifB．as soon asC．whenD．as fast as
小题12:
A．the newsB．the letterC．joyD．luck
小题13:
A．takeB．finishC．completeD．have
小题14:
A．anywhereB．inC．atD．away
小题15:
A．askedB．toldC．explainedD．answered
小题16:
A．the officeB．his deskC．the roomD．an obvious（明显的） place
小题17:
A．disappointB．disappointedC．disappointingD．disappointment
小题18:
A．watchedB．madeC．sawD．let
小题19:
A．QuicklyB．StrangelyC．FinallyD．Suddenly
小题20:
A．closedB．openedC．brightlyD．darkened
As a palace, the Tower of London．was a great place to live．As a prison, it, wasn’t so nice ——especially since so many prisoners lost their heads．Today tourists can explore 5the Tower in the
United Kingdom．Here are some reasons why the Tower was and still is a cool place．
Ravens（渡鸦） are like superheroes．
Well, sort of．Legend says if the ravens that live on the Tower grounds ever leave, the Tower will fall apart．No one knows when the ravens first showed up, but Charles II took the legend so seriously that in the 1670s he gave an official order that six ravens be kept there all the time．Today
there are still always six．
You might have lived at a zoo．
In 1204, King John kept a collection of animals, including lions and elephants．About 50 years later, King Henry III received a polar bear．the bear was kept on a piece of rope so it could fish from the Thames River that flows by the Tower．
If you lived at the Tower today, your mom or dad might be in charge．
The 35 Yeoman Warders（伦敦塔卫士）and their families are among the few still allowed to live at the Tower．Established in 1509 a;? bodyguards! for the king, today they give tours and  manage the day-to-day details of the Tower．They’re called "beefeaters," possibly because their job once allowed them to eat beef from the king’s; table．
You need a secret password at night．
Called the "Word," the password changes every 24 hours and is a must-have to enter the Tower
after hours．It’s written on a piece of paper and delivered to the Yeoman on duty for, the night．
You could find buried gold．
In 1662, a goldsmith（金匠） named John Barfcstead supposedly hid more than $40,000 worth of stolen gold somewhere on．the Tower grounds．Many have searched for the gold, but it has never
been found．
小题1:Charles II decided to keep six ravens in the Tower probably because ____,．         ;
A．he loved animals a lot
B．he believed ravens helped protect the Tower
C．he wanted to train the ravens to watch the prisoners
D．he thought the Tower was a cool place for the ravens to live
小题2:According to the passage, the Yeoman Warders ______． 
A．have to part from their families to work at the Tower
B．are currently working as bodyguards for the king
C．sometimes serve as tour guides
D．are fond of eating beef
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about the Tower of London?   
A．King Henry III kept lions and elephants in it．
B．It stands on the bank of the Thames River．
C．Nobody is allowed to enter it at night．
D．It is also used as a prison nowadays．
The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its website, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.
Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a standard and fixed fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the newspaper’s print edition will receive full access to the site.
But executives of The New York Times Company said they could not yet answer fundamental questions about the plan, like how much it would cost or what the limit would be on free reading. They stressed that the amount of free access could change with time, in response to economic conditions and reader demand. Still, publishers fear that money from digital subscriptions would not make up for the resulting loss of audience and advertising income.
NYTimes.com is by far the most popular newspaper site in the country, with more than 17 million readers a month in the United States, according to Nielsen Online, and analysts say it is the leader in advertising income, as well. That may make it better positioned than other general-interest papers to charge—and also gives The Times more to lose if the move produces an opposed result.
The Times Company has been studying the matter for almost a year, searching for common ground between pro-and-anti pay campaigns—a debate mirrored in dozens of media-watching blogs-- and the system will not go into effect until January 2011. Executives said they were not bothered by the possibility of absorbing barbs(挖苦) for moving cautiously.
“There’s no prize for getting it quick,” said Janet L. Robinson, the company’s president and chief executive. “There’s more of a prize for getting it right.”
小题1: What’s the function of the first paragraph?
A．It servers as a comment.
B．It serves as a background
C．It serves as a lead-in
D．It serves as a conclusion.
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Non-paying subscribers will get no access to NYTimes.com.
B．Readers will be charged more to read articles on NYTimes.com.
C．Readers will get more free online articles to log on NYTimes. com more often.
D．Subscribers to the paper’s print edition will also enjoy full access to the site.
小题3:Which of the words can best describe The Time Company’s attitude towards its announcement?
A．Unwilling.
B．Serious.
C．Hasty
D．Doubtful
小题4: What is the main idea about the passage?
A．The Times to offer free access to its web site.
B．The Times to increase audience to its web site.
C．The Times to attract advertisement to its web site
D．The Times to charge for frequent access to its web site.
The air bag is a piece of safety equipment in cars. It was first designed by John W. Hetrick in 1952. Like many inventions, he came up with the idea as a result of an event that had occurred in his life. He says:
“In the spring of 1952, my wife, my seven-year-old daughter, Joan, and I were out for a Sunday drive in our 1948 Chrysler Windsor. About three miles outside Newport we were watching for deer jumping across the road. Suddenly, there was a large rock in our path. I hit the brakes and we went into a ditch(壕沟).
“As I applied the brakes, both my wife and I threw our hands up to keep our daughter from hitting the car. There was soft mud in the ditch, so the car wasn’t damaged, and no one was hurt.”
“During the ride home I couldn’t stop thinking about the accident. I asked myself,‘Why couldn’t some object come out to stop you from striking the inside of the car?’As soon as I got home that night I drew some sketches(草图). Each evening for the following two weeks, I’d add or reduce something from the sketches.”
Hetrick applied an event he had observed while in the Navy to the design of the air bag. He was repairing a torpedo(鱼雷) which had a cloth covering. When the compressed（压缩的） air that was in the torpedo was let out, the covering was suddenly filled with air and was shot to the ceiling.
With this knowledge, he developed his design until he was able to obtain a patent on the invention on August 5, 1952. The idea was similar to the air bag designs of today. Compressed air is stored in a container and when a traffic accident occurs and the car slows down at a rapid enough rate, the air will be released into the air bag. The idea was ingenious, but Hetrick’s air bag never would have functioned properly. It was really a breakthrough, but it would require years and years of designing and testing by some top car designers before it could be used.
小题1:The car accident Hetrick was involved in ________.
A．damaged his carB．happened in 1948
C．was caused by a deerD．caused no harm to his family
小题2:Hetrick’s experience in the Navy________.
A．turned out to be dangerousB．was helpful to his invention
C．involved designing torpedoesD．inspired him to design an air bag
小题3:The underlined word “ingenious” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A．creativeB．ridiculousC．crazyD．complex
小题4:What do we know about the air bag Hetrick designed?
A．It came into use in the 1950s.B．It performed perfectly in car accidents.
C．It prepared the way for air bags nowadays.D．It took Hetrick about two months to develop it.
小题5:The text is mainly about ____.
A．the great inventor HetrickB．The invention of air bags
C．a terrible car accidentD．road safety in the 1950s
British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights （强调) the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many goods.
In a study of ten of the largest European countries, Britain, which was considered a popular country to live in, now comes last followed by Ireland, with France and Spain topping the table.
Though British families enjoy the highest income in Europe, they still have to fight with a high cost of living, with fuel, food and alcohol all costing more than the European average.
With the high price of petrol, the UK is the second most expensive country in Europe. However, diesel (柴油) is more expensive in the UK than anywhere else in Europe.
The report by the website uSwitch analyses 10 European countries against 17 different benchmarks(基准点), from the price of gas, electricity, fuel, food and drink to the money each country spends on education, health to working conditions and the weather.
The top three countries are France, Spain and Denmark, with Sweden, Ireland and Britain coming eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
The study comes less than a week after the United Nations moved Britain out of the top 20 list of most desirable countries to live in for the first time.
Although France and Germany were at the beginning hit hard by the global financial crisis, both have officially got out of the trouble, while Britain has yet to prove this has happened. Later this week, despite (尽管) signs of recovery in the housing market and rising sales, unemployment is still expected to have climbed to above 2.5 million for the first time since 1994.
小题1:Which country has the best quality of life in Europe according to the report?
A．Ireland.B．France.C．Sweden.D．Denmark
小题2:Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A．British families are suffering from the high cost of living.
B．The report comes after the website uSwitch analysed 10 Asian countries.
C．The price of petrol is higher in Britain than anywhere else in Europe.
D．The quality of British life is reported to be terrible because of the bad working conditions.
小题3:The underlined word “desirable” probably means          .
A．terribleB．attractiveC．expensiveD．different
小题4: What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Britain is still struggling to get out of the global financial crisis.
B．Unemployment in Britain is expected to go down soon.
C．Recovery in the housing market leads to unemployment in Britain.
D．Britain has recovered from the crisis together with France and Germany.
Friendship Day in India falls on the first Sunday of August every year. It is celebrated with many activities.
Young people in India spend the day with their closest friends and have fun together. Most youngsters in India plan a movie or have a meal with their friends. Many friends may go on a drive to tourist places or make a plan for camping. Some friends go to the supermarket to do some shopping. On Friendship Day, most stores offer discounted prices for customers and it is the perfect day to buy something for friends.
Some friends go to parties that are organized by many restaurants in order to attract youngsters. Such parties are very enjoyable. You can get food at a discounted price. Some friends just decide to meet up (碰头，相聚) at someone’s home and talk about their happy time. The time good friends spend sitting together and talking over a cup of coffee is precious and unforgettable.
Long-distance friends call up each other on this day and wish each other with warm feelings. Some of them even plan to meet up on this particular day. Yet some others plan a surprising visit just to see their friend gasp (喘息) in shock!
In 2009, Friendship Day in India falls on August 2nd.So don’t forget to celebrate it with your friends.
小题1:When is Friendship Day celebrated in India?
A．On August 2nd every year.B．On the third weekend of August every year.
C．On August 1st every year. D．On the first weekend of August every year.
小题2:According to the text, which of the following is the most popular way that youngsters in India celebrate Friendship Day?
A．Traveling with friendsB．Seeing a film with friends
C．Dancing with friendsD．Going shopping with friends.
小题3: How many ways are discussed in Paragraph 3 that friends spend Friendship Day together?
A．Two B．ThreeC．FourD．Five
小题4:The underlined phrase “a surprising visit” in Paragraph 4 refers to “____”.
A．a visit to a friend who hasn’t expected it
B．a visit to a friend who has dreamed of it for a long time
C．a visit to a friend who tries to avoid it
D．a visit to a friend who lives in a faraway place
As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English?
Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health.
The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.
The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money.
小题1:Americans use “red hot” to describe the following EXCEPT _______.
A．something unfairB．small hot-tasting peppers
C．the person who is very angryD．popular music like Dixieland Jazz
小题2:When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _______.
A．enjoys himself in boatingB．is hit by a high wave
C．has a stomachacheD．likes trees and grass
小题3:In the writer’s eyes, what is related to a black day?
A．Being sent a beautiful gift.B．Passing a very difficult test.
C．Failing in an important interview.D．Being invited to an exciting party.
Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the leader of the League of American Bicyclists. His group supports bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.
Clark says this is good news for the environment. He says riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fuel or creates dangerous pollutions. Experts say the effects are the most important on short trips. The Department of Transportation says fifty percent of Americans drive eight kilometers or fewer to work. Shorter car trips set out more pollution into the air for each kilometer drive. This is because the car engine will set out the harmful air when it warms up before it can work well.
James, a members of Congress (国会), is a strong supporter of bicycle use. He says cities, counties, state governments and state highway transportation agencies are planning the roadways of the future. They are creating roads and paths for bicycles in cities and between communities.
Last year, Portland, the Pacific Northwest city in the state of Oregon, had the highest percentage of bicycle users in the United States. Portland has been doing progressive city planning for many years to create special paths for bike riders.
小题1: What happened in America now according to the news?
A．Many Americans lost jobs now.
B．Many Americans prefer short trips.
C．There are more and more bicyclists now in America.
D．The pollution is getting worse and worse in America.
小题2: Where is Portland?
A. One  of the cities in the USA.    B. One of the counties in the USA.
C. One of the states in the USA.    D. A country in the northwest of the USA.
小题3:What does the underlined word “harmful” mean in the second paragraph? The closest meaning is “_______”.
A．pollutedB．dangerousC．cleanD．foolish
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Many Americans like bike-riding for fun.
B．Short car trips can reduce pollution.
C．American government suggests people riding bicycles.
D．Many Americans ride bicycles to support environment protection.

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