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I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head．Now I am thirty two．I can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is．It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity（灾难） can do strange things to people．It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind．I believe in life now．I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise．I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes．I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left．
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself．That was basic．If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life．When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone．That is part of it．But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit．
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance．It had to start with the simplest things．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt．"I can't use this．" I said．"Take it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around．" The words stuck in my head．"Roll it around! "By rolling the ball I could hear where it went．This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball．At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball．We called it ground ball．
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time．I had to learn my limitations．It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure．I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress．
小题1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _______
A．the author lost his sight because of a car crash．
B．the author wouldn't love life if the disaster didn't happen．
C．the disaster made the author appreciate what he had．
D．the disaster strengthened the author's desire to see．
小题2:What's the most difficult thing for the author?
A．How to adjust himself to reality．
B．Building up assurance that he can find his place in life．
C．Learning to manage his life alone．
D．How to invent a successful variation of baseball．
小题3:According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author __________
A．would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life．
B．would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chair．
C．would lose his will to struggle against difficulties．
D．would sit in a chair and stay at home．
小题4:According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man _____
A．hurt the author's feeling．
B．gave the author a deep impression．
C．directly led to the invention of ground ball．
D．inspired the author．
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?
A．A Miserable Life
B．Struggle Against Difficulties
C．A Disaster Makes a Strong Person
D．An Unforgettable Experience

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:C

试题分析：本文讲述了灾难挫折是如何成就一个人的。作者在年幼时失明，在经历了多年的彷徨无助之后，终于在亲人朋友的帮助下，找回了自信，学会了如何面对困难，并且在纷杂的社会中找到了自己的一席之地，实现了自己一个又一个的梦想。
小题1:C细节理解题。 文章第一段It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind .那天我突然想到如果我没有失明的话我可能不会像现在这样爱上生活，由此判断C选项正确。
小题2:B细节理解题。从文章第三段 The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. 可知作者需要学会的是自信，而且下文从that somewhere in the sweeping, intricatepattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.也可知道对作者来说在纷杂的社会找的适合自己的位置是最难的，故B选项正确。
小题3:C词意猜测题。从上文可知作者是因为意外而失明，所以下文的collapsed是指精神的崩溃，意志的消沉，从而失去面对困难挫折的勇气。故判断C选项正确。
小题4:D 推理判断题。从文章倒数第二行This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball.可知，作者在滚动球的时候想到了如何去实现一个自己认为是不可能的事情，所以他是受到了启发，由此判断D选项正确。
小题5:C主旨大意题。文章开头讲述了自己的遭遇，提出a calamity can do strange things to people .然后叙述自己是如何找到自信，如何克服困难一步一步取得成功的。这些都说明了一个道理：只要意志坚强，逆境挫折不会击垮一个人，相反会成就一个人，所以C选择正确。
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When 19－year－old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make－A－Wish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about.But Sophia knew just how important Make－A－Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends .We were interested in finding out more，so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.
Sophia told us that Make－A －Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.“It's a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses.Make－A－Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true ，” Sophia explained .
We asked Sophia how Make－A－Wish had first started.She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ，who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman .Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris's dream come true—so, with everybody's help, Chris, only seven years old at the time，had been a “policeman” for a day.” When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too，and that was the beginning of Make－A－Wish，” explained Sophia.
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time.A Make－A－Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world.Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary，or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
小题1:Sophia found out about Make－A－Wish because her best friend had________.
A．benefited from itB．volunteered to help it
C．dreamed about itD．told the author about it
小题2:According to Sophia，Make－A－Wish________.
A．is an international charity
B．was understood by nobody at first
C．raises money for very poor families
D．started by drawing the interest of the public
小题3:What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?
A．He has been a policeman since he was seven.
B．He gave people the idea of starting Make－A－Wish
C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true.
D．He was the first child Make－A－Wish helped after it had been set up.
小题4:Which of the following is true about Make－A－Wish volunteers?
A．They are important for making wishes come true.
B．They try to help children get over their illnesses.
C．They visit sick children to make them feel special.
D．They provide what is necessary to make Make－A－Wish popular.
Once I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, on one evening, three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit alarmed, for it was laid out as a studio. In front of each easy chair there was a microphone at head height, with wires leading to a tape-recorder in the middle of the floor. I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.
I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn seriously counted from one to twenty in their best accent. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks, and for the rest of the evening there was general cheerful conversation—interrupted only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room, which unfortunately lasted some time.
Or at least that was how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one, which was turning happily away in the kitchen. The participants, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.
I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the event was over, and gave them the choice of destroying the tape. None of them wanted to—though for some years afterwards it always seemed to be my round when it came to the buying of drinks. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.
小题1:The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _______. 
A．he wanted to record the numbers for his research
B．he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working
C．he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started
D．he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record
小题2:The writer went into another room to ________.
A．get a natural recording of his friends’ conversation
B．stay away from too much drinking with his friends
C．bring a telephone into the front room
D．answer a long distance phone call
小题3:The writer turned off the tape-recorder because _______.
A．he had to answer a phone call
B．he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinks
C．he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friends
D．he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recording
小题4:Which one is true according to the passage?
A．The writer destroyed the tape.
B．The writer’s friends destroyed the tape.
C．The writer did tell his friends what had happened.
D．The writer’s friends like to drink.
Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had—not legs but stumps(残肢) that could be fitted with a kind of special boots. People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.
Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he had always wanted to be—a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.
Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.
When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. he marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.
小题1:Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because _____.
A．he didn’t talk to them
B．he kept away from them
C．he couldn’t use his arms
D．his arms touched the ground when he moved
小题2:It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is _____.
A．too tall for an average person
B．an average height for a fully grown person
C．too short for an average person
D．none of the above
小题3:The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross_____.
A．was not willing to give him a job at first
B．gave him a job because he was a good soldier
C．gave him a job after he talked to someone he knew in the organization
D．was only glad to give him a job
小题4:The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _____.
A．had no friends
B．was very shy
C．never saw himself as different from others
D．was too proud to accept help from others
I never knew how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died．I discovered something I had       forgotten, something that happened to me as a child．
One day, as I went to sleep after my sisters and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how       I had behaved toward Mother．“I must make things right now,”I thought．
Quietly I       out of bed and picked up the pencil and paper from the dresser, and then tiptoed into the hall．The       from the living room shone dimly． I knew Mother was downstairs still doing some sewing．
I quickly       a note asking Mother to excuse me for being so       ．I didn’t want my sisters to know my       so I added a postscript, “Please don’t let anyone else see this．”
Then I       moved into my parents’bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow．
The next morning when I       my bed after breakfast, I       found a return note under my pillow．Mother wrote that she loved me and       me．This became my way of       whenever I talked back or disobeyed．Mother always left a return note, but she never       our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family．Even when we were       , she never mentioned them when we sisters       our childhood．
When Mother passed away, I had to go through her personal belongings．In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon．On top was a message in handwriting which read,“In the event of my death, please       these．”
I       the package and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom．To my       , I recognized my childish writing, “P．S．Please don’t let anyone else see this．Love, Edie．”I gently placed the unopened bundle in the       along with other things for the rubbish burner．“Lord,”I prayed,“Make me like       ．”
小题1:
A．never B．hardly C．long D．often
小题2:
A．well B．badly C．happilyD．politely
小题3:
A．went B．rushed C．slippedD．moved
小题4:
A．moon B．lamp C．gas D．light
小题5:
A．wrote B．sent C．found D．took
小题6:
A．lazy B．late C．careless D．naughty
小题7:
A．mistakes B．business C．relation D．message
小题8:
A．quietly B．quicklyC．calmly D．hurriedly
小题9:
A．searched B．left C．made D．folded
小题10:
A．secretly B．unexpectedly C．happilyD．fortunately
小题11:
A．favored B．understood C．supported D．forgave
小题12:
A．touching B．connecting C．apologizingD．contenting
小题13:
A．spoke aboutB．put onC．gave out D．got round
小题14:
A．aloneB．curiousC．grown D．interested
小题15:
A．reminded B．forgot C．missed D．recalled
小题16:
A．keep B．destroyC．hide D．announce
小题17:
A．turned overB．tore open C．looked through D．picked up
小题18:
A．sadness B．embarrassment C．surprise D．excitement
小题19:
A．drawer B．wastebasketC．bedroomD．dresser
小题20:
A．God B．an angel C．a bird D．Mother
Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain’s wealthiest woman entrepreneur（企业家）, because he says he doesn’t like being rich and is ‘not in the habit’ of spending lots of money.
The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a £1.5million house in Surrey.
Li, who is now worth $1.2billion (£700million) according to Forbes, quickly settled into a life which included sipping a £900 bottle of wine on a luxurious yacht.
However, Mr Hawken says he felt more comfortable getting lunch in his local Wetherspoon’s.
Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops, and shunned dear clothes.
In an interview with The Times, he said: ‘I think it made me uncomfortable because I’m not in the habit, I don’t like spending lots of money — I’ve been brought up that way.
‘Until recently I was never a wealthy person. I’ve been moderately comfortable because I have been careful with my money.’
Now the couple have decided to part, Mr Hawken will walk away with just £1million, but says it will be enough for him.
He added: ‘I have got a settlement which is not great, but it’s enough for me because I don’t have an extravagant lifestyle. I won’t have to work if I’m careful.’
On a recent trip to China, Mr Hawken said his wife took him on a yacht and treated him to a £900 bottle of wine, but he prefers his local Wetherspoon pub.
‘I’m getting a little pay when you consider her potential wealth, but I don’t really want to fight it.’
Mr Hawken met Li on a blind date while he was still a teacher and she was studying English.
The couple married, but as Li’s business took off the couple spent more and more time apart. Mr Hawken says the couple have spent most of the relationship apart.
Far from driving them apart, Mr Hawken believes the distance kept them together, and says they would have divorced a long time ago if they were under the same roof.
Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner, but he didn’t push for it over fears it would affect the couple’s teenage son William, now 17.
Mr Hawken no longer teaches full-time, but instead gives free tuition to under-privileged children. 
小题1:Tony Hawken is divorcing his wife Xiu Li because________.
A．he doesn’t affect his son.
B．they spent less and less time together.
C．he is no longer a teacher.
D．he isn’t used to spending a lot of money.
小题2:what does the underlined word “shunned”mean in the fourth paragraph？
A．enjoyB．preferC．avoidD．expect
小题3:From the passage， we inferred that ________.
A．Tony Hawken gave up teaching, because of his sudden wealth.
B．Tony Hawken wanted to divorce sooner.
C．Tony Hawken lived a rich life.
D．Tony Hawken didn’t care about his son.
小题4:From the passage，we know that Xiu Li________.
A．doesn’t like Mr Hawken.
B．is richest woman in China.
C．is wealthiest woman entrepreneur in Britain.
D．is studying English now.
小题5:which of the following statements is true according to the passage？
A．Mr Hawken wants to get a lot of money by divorcing
B．When Mr Hawken dated Xiu Li，she was an English teacher.
C．Mr Hawken believes it was the distance that kept them apart.
D．As many passed, Mr Hawken still kept his own lifestyle.
One day，some of the girls in our neighborhood started acting a bit strangely towards me．They     talking to me．After a day or so of this，I finally     what was going on．I'd said something to a（n）       girl the night before that she didn't like．I'd had a few      that night, and like everyone I sometimes say things that     severer than I mean them to．
Anyway，it seemed that the girl had told many of her friends，and now they were all     at me．They found a great     to think of all the other supposed“crimes”I'd committed over the past year．    they'd all really liked me before, suddenly they     I was a really bad guy．
This was a difficult problem．I     to get along well with these people and I liked them all．I didn't want them to     me because of something stupid I'd said when I was drunk．It didn't    much whether they or I was wrong．All I wanted was things to be     to normal again．
So I wrote the popular girl a note     saying：“I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings．I didn't mean to”．And that was it．The problem was solved．   ．the girls who were angry with me now liked me     than ever．They felt I'd done something     in admitting I was wrong and apologizing．
Learn how and when to     ．Often，the pride and stubbornness you hold onto by refusing to back down isn't worth the     of a lasting argument．An apology can     for healing a difficult situation．And often, people will think better of you for it．
小题1:
A．beganB．continuedC．avoided D．regretted
小题2:
A．found outB．picked outC．gave out D．spoke out
小题3:
A．specialB．popularC．familiar D．ordinary
小题4:
A．quarrelsB．commentsC．problems D．drinks
小题5:
A．lookB．soundC．feel D．appear
小题6:
A．surprisedB．angryC．excited D．amazed
小题7:
A．rightB．opportunityC．space D．need
小题8:
A．AsB．SinceC．As if D．While
小题9:
A．convincedB．admittedC．decided D．promised
小题10:
A．happenedB．usedC．prepared D．agreed
小题11:
A．forgetB．forgiveC．hate D．respect
小题12:
A．matterB．changeC．care D．explain
小题13:
A．aroundB．upC．about D．back
小题14:
A．simplyB．generallyC．regularlyD．gently
小题15:
A．At firstB．In factC．At leastD．As usual
小题16:
A．ratherB．worseC．lessD．better
小题17:
A．doubtfulB．interestingC．braveD．shameful
小题18:
A．cheerB．forgiveC．worryD．apologize
小题19:
A．effortB．priceC．result D．cause
小题20:
A．permitB．failC．work D．Last
Lulu has been my closest and best friend in the past five years. In fact, he always follow my order especially when I look after other animal friends in our      .
This summer, many forests are damaged by fire. Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire. Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out terrible      . At that moment, I no longer had any      that Lulu could come back to the shelter.     , I was waiting for the firemen to tell me his death in the forest. Suddenly, a fireman rushed into to tell my office and informed me that my dog Lulu succeeded in      four lovely little      trapped by the flames. According to the fireman, Lulu held the cats in his mouth, one by one moving them to a      place.
Upon knowing this, I      went to the forest with the fireman to      the cats. Once on the scene, we found Lulu wasn’t there. Then we heard the sound of a dog coming from the      . I recognized it was the sound of my dog Lulu. The fireman      the tracks of the dog until he found him barking      by the side of another fireman who was badly hurt. He was lying on the ground and waiting for help.
Thanks to Lulu, four cats and a fireman were saved.
That day, I was vey      of  Lulu for his two heroic actions towards the cats and the fireman. Lulu had pity on both animals like him and a human being who was      to put out the fire with his teammates.
I      the fireman in his house with my dog Lulu. What a memorable      when the fireman hugged Lulu tightly to his chest.
This      story shows us that pets are      and caring. We should love and      them. One day they could      us in return for our kindness. So don’t look down upon little animals.
小题1:
A．zooB．laboratoryC．tentD．shelter
小题2:
A．heatB．energyC．smellD．sound
小题3:
A．timeB．problemC．interestD．hope
小题4:
A．In allB．As usualC．In factD．At least
小题5:
A．chasingB．savingC．trainingD．attracting
小题6:
A．dogsB．catsC．birdsD．rabbits
小题7:
A．safeB．secretC．highD．small
小题8:
A．sincerelyB．normallyC．immediatelyD．peacefully
小题9:
A．play withB．pick upC．wait forD．worry about
小题10:
A．courtyardB．forestC．marketD．village
小题11:
A．clearedB．crossedC．followedD．recorded
小题12:
A．happilyB．angrilyC．regularlyD．loudly
小题13:
A．independentB．proudC．jealousD．careful
小题14:
A．tryingB．preparingC．continuingD．planning
小题15:
A．defendedB．calledC．visitedD．interviewed
小题16:
A．tripB．seasonC．dayD．scene
小题17:
A．strangeB．trueC．newD．funny
小题18:
A．annoyingB．excitingC．challengingD．loving
小题19:
A．controlB．protectC．describeD．feed
小题20:
A．respectB．informC．helpD．tolerate
I am a mom of two young children whom we home-school. This       that they are with me almost constantly. Whenever possible I will       random acts of kindness;       things like paying for the order behind me in the drive-thru lane, holding doors, etc. So, they are very       with the concept and are, of course,       to also do "nice" things for others.
Just a few days ago we stopped       our local grocery store to pick up a few things which quickly turned into an entire cart load of stuff. We got into one of the two open checkout lanes and waited our      . While waiting a young man came up behind us with only a few       in his basket. I told him to go ahead of us as we were in no      . 
He seemed very pleasantly surprised and graciously      . As he began putting his items on the belt the clerk began to       her till tape so we had a fairly long wait in line. My kids were very      behaved but they were still children; they asked questions, they talked      , they moved around and they were generally very entertaining. (To me, anyway.) 
I could see the young man watching and listening with a smile on his face.  
We were putting our groceries on the       when the clerk finished with       order. What I didn't know was that he had heard my kids       bubble gum. I had agreed they could have some.      , he picked up a pack of bubble-gum and asked the clerk to ring it through twice before putting it back. He then told my kids that he bought their gum       their mom was       enough to let him go ahead in the queue.
The experience really drove home the       that good begets(产生，引起) good for my lovely little kiddos（亲呢的称呼：小伙子）.
小题1:
A．tellsB．leavesC．means D．ensures
小题2:
A．entertainB．serveC．functionD．perform
小题3:
A．importantB．impressiveC．suitableD．simple
小题4:
A．satisfiedB．occupiedC．familiarD．pleased
小题5:
A．supportedB．taughtC．encouragedD．supposed
小题6:
A．nearB．by C．withD．against
小题7:
A．opportunityB．returnC．turnD．time
小题8:
A．fruitB．vegetablesC．itemsD．sales
小题9:
A．timeB．hurryC．caseD．sense
小题10:
A．acceptedB．collectedC．carriedD．agreed
小题11:
A．changeB．removeC．continueD．stop
小题12:
A．badlyB．poorlyC．wellD．ill
小题13:
A．constantlyB．immediatelyC．usuallyD．rudely
小题14:
A．beltB．benchC．basketD．cart
小题15:
A．herB．hisC．their D．our
小题16:
A．complain aboutB．allow forC．ask forD．concern about
小题17:
A．SoB．ButC．OrD．For
小题18:
A．when B．unlessC．becauseD．until
小题19:
A．happyB．helpfulC．seriousD．nice
小题20:
A．ideaB．rewardC．chance D．instruction

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