It was my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened．On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers：“I am nine years old．I was born here but I haven't lived here since I was two．I was living in Farley．It's about thirty miles away．I came back to London two months ago．” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age．I hoped they would decide not to risk(冒险)it．
No one took any notice of me before school．I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me．When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all．
My teacher was called Mr．Jones．There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn't stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon．Mr．Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens' birthplace, but no one guessed right．A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said：“Timbuktu”, and Mr．Jones went red in the face．Then he asked me．I said：“Portsmouth”, and everyone stared at me because Mr．Jones said I was right．This didn't make me very popular, of course．
“He thinks he's clever,” I heard Brian say．
After that, we went out to the playground to play football．I was in Brian's team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal．No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper．
“He's big enough and useless enough．” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me．
I suppose Mr．Jones, who served as the referee(裁判), remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty(惩罚)．As the boy kicked the ball to my right, I threw myself down instinctively(本能地)and saved it．All my team crowded round me．My bare knees were injured and bleeding．Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me．
“Do you want to join my gang(帮派)?” he said．
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger．
(1)
The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “________”．
[ ]
A．
How old are you?
B．
Where are you from?
C．
Do you want to join my gang?
D．
When did you come back to London?
(2)
We can learn from the passage that ________．
[ ]
A．
boys were usually unfriendly to new students
B．
the writer was not greeted as he expected
C．
Brian praised the writer for his cleverness
D．
the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper
(3)
The underlined part “I didn't stand out” in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not ________．
[ ]
A．
noticeable
B．
welcome
C．
important
D．
foolish
(4)
The writer was offered a handkerchief because ________．
Karen Churches has been dreaming of becoming the first woman to walk the entire length of the Great Wall for six years．Her dream is about to become a reality．She stopped her job as a manager in London early this month to set out on her expedition：to follow the Great Wall from Yumenguan in the Gobi Desert to Shanhaiguan on the east coast where the Wall meets the Yellow Sea．
“It will truly be a life－changing adventure．To say that I am excited is an understatement(保守的说法), ” she said at Monday’s press conference in Beijing．She reckons the journey will take her seven months．That time will be divided up into 22 different 10 to 15 day sections on which she will be joined by women from around the world．“Up to now, 250 women from all over the world have enrolled(登记)to join me on different sections．
“The walk is largely in aid of charity, ” Churches said, “for the British charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer and two other Chinese based charities－Plan International(a charity to help women and children living in deprived(缺乏足够食品的)rural areas and Roots & Shoots which aims to raise awareness of environment and wildlife protection)．” Actress and comedienne(喜剧女演员)Josie Lawrence will join Churches for the first two and a half months and also will rejoin her at the end of the journey for two months．“I never feel I give myself a real challenge．When I am on stage or on TV, I do not feel afraid．But in my normal life, I often find myself afraid．Joining this walk is a way of facing my fears．”Also walking the first section, an 80 kilometer four－day trek(艰苦跋涉), will be three other British women．Erica Jackson, a part time doctor who has recently recovered from breast cancer, says she is taking part in the walk to show that women can completely overcome the disease．
“My daughters support me but my husband says I am crazy, ” says Fiona Leslie, a nurse who has also recently overcome breast cancer．“I think it will be great fun．”“I am not that strong,” says Samantha Pinder．“But I think if I can try this then other people might take on similar challenges．” She says she wants to lead by example．
(1)
Karen Churches started her journey along the Great Wall mainly to _________．
[ ]
A．
exercise herself
B．
recover from breast cancer
C．
show women can overcome difficulties
D．
help charity
(2)
Karen Churches thinks this expedition will be _________．
[ ]
A．
great fun
B．
more difficult
C．
easy
D．
pleasant
(3)
From the passage we can see _________．
[ ]
A．
Josie Lawrence will joined Karen Churches all the way through the expedition
B．
Josie Lawrence is afraid of nothing
C．
altogether three women will be walking the first section
D．
Lawrence joined Karen Churches in this expedition to overcome her fears
(4)
This passage mainly talks about _________．
[ ]
A．
the life of Karen Churches
B．
how to overcome breast cancer
C．
one expedition along the Great Wall
D．
how to overcome fears
阅读理解
First Day at School
It was my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened．On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers：“I am nine years old．I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two．I was living in Farley．It’s about thirty miles away．I came back to London two months ago．” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age．I hoped they would decide not to risk(冒险)it．
No one took any notice of me before school．I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me．When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all．
My teacher was called Mr．Jones．There were 42 boys in the class, so Ididn’tstandout there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon．Mr．Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right．A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said：“Timbuktu”, and Mr．Jones went red in the face．Then he asked me．I said：“Portsmouth”, and everyone stared at me because Mr．Jones said I was right．This didn’t make me very popular, of course．
“He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say．
After that, we went out to the playground to play football．I was in Brian’s team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal．No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper．
“He’s big enough and useless enough．” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me．
I suppose Mr．Jones, who served as the referee(裁判), remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty(惩罚)．As the boy kicked the ball to my right, I threw myself down instinctively(本能地)and saved it．All my team crowded round me．My bare knees were injured and bleeding．Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me．
“Do you want to join my gang(帮派)?” he said．
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger．
(1)
The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “__________”．
[ ]
A．
How old are you?
B．
Where are you from?
C．
Do you want to join my gang?
D．
When did you come back to London?
(2)
We can learn from the passage that __________．
[ ]
A．
boys were usually unfriendly to new students
B．
the writer was not greeted as he expected
C．
Brian praised the writer for his cleverness
D．
the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper
(3)
The underlined part “I didn’t stand out” in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not __________．
[ ]
A．
noticeable
B．
welcome
C．
important
D．
foolish
(4)
The writer was offered a handkerchief because __________．
