Li Shizhen was born in 1518. When he grew up, he liked his father’s job and he was interested in medicine. He read many books about medicine and found something wrong in them. So he decided to write a new one. He tried his best to study medicine. He set out many times on long trips to collect herbs(采集草药)and talked with old farmers. In this way, he learned a lot from the working people.

After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen at last finished his great work, the Ben Cao Gang Mu in 1578. The book was one of the most important books in the medical science of the world.

1.Li Shizhen’s father was a           perhaps.

2.He decided to write a new medical book because there were         .

3.He often traveled long way for          .

4.“his great work” means his           Ben Cao Gang Mu.

5.He finished his work when he was          years old.

When Ron Clark began teaching in 1995, his teacher gave him this advice, “If you can  1  the life of one child, you’ll be a success.” Up to now, Ron still doesn’t agree with that advice. When Ron entered a class, he decided to change every student’s life for the better.

Ron never planned on being a teacher. After  2 , he travelled around the world, living a life  3  of adventures(冒险), but after getting terribly sick, he went back to his hometown, North Carolina. Then he got  4  again and taught at a school there. “From then on it was like magic — I fell in love with teaching.” said Ron. After five years of teaching, he heard that some schools in East Harlem, New York were failing because there were  6  good teachers. “At that moment I had a(n)  6— it was like a calling,” he said. “And so I said, ‘I’m going to do it.”

Before school started, Ron went to every single student’s home to  7  with their families. He gave his students his home phone number, so if they had any  8  with their homework, they could call him. To connect with his students, Ron knew he should use special  9  of teaching. He learned to play funny games with them, gave them  10  lessons, and spent his time showing students  11  New York’s tourist attractions. His students studied harder and behaved better in  12 .

Because of his  13  in North Carolina and Harlem, Ron Clark has become one of the most successful teachers in America. And his book called The Essential 55, more than  14  else, has become very popular in the world.

Sold in over 25  15 , The Essential 55 has encouraged teachers around the world to influence the lives of all of their students. Ron Clark is now starting a new school in Atlanta, Georgia — probably his biggest adventure!

1.                A．live            B．influence       C．make D．choose

2.                A．school         B．work           C．class D．college

3.                A．filled           B．fond           C．proud    D．full

4.                A．terrible         B．well            C．sick  D．pleased

5.                A．some          B．few            C．many D．more

6.                A．feeling         B．idea           C．view D．mind

7.                A．play           B．study           C．deal D．meet

8.                A．information     B．advice          C．task  D．trouble

9.                A．ways           B．goals           C．rules D．aims

10.               A．friendly        B．nicely          C．lively D．lovely

11.               A．across         B．along          C．around    D．at

12.               A．subject         B．lesson          C．return D．score

13.               A．effects         B．affects         C．works D．efforts

14.               A．anywhere       B．anyone         C．anything   D．nothing

15.               A．towns          B．cities          C．countries  D．universities

With long brown hair，deep blue eyes，a tall and thin figure，Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his   26    appearance in a film in 1990.Though he    27    in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next    28   ,Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film    29    ，he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．

Pitt，caring    30    about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles.After reading the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"，he was attracted by the  leading character. He asked for a lower    31    from the shooting team and was  willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film    32    the chance to know life, I shall    33    remember the time when we were    34    the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．

Pitt started his    35    of art when he was in university．    36    born in an ordinary family in 1964,he showed his    37   in film at an early age.After leaving high school,he went to university to  study law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he    38    out of school for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in    39   ,sometimes as a porter    40    a waiter.Thanks to his hard work,he  finally opened up a new field of his own． 

1.A． last    B． first   C． second   D． other

2.A． was    B． worked C． stayed   D． appeared

3.A． part    B． cinema  C． film    D． appearance

4.A． earlier  B． later    C． better   D． cheaper

5.A． more   B． less    C． nothing  D． much

6.A． price   B． pay    C． money   D． degree

7.A． finds   B． leaves   C． gives   D． misses

8.A． always  B． never   C． ever    D． hardly

9.A． playing  B． making  C． seeing  D． directing

10.A． work   B． job     C． dream   D． show

11.A． Because  B． When  C． Since   D． Though

12.A． hope    B． interest  C． success  D． feelings

13.A． fled    B． stopped   C． dropped D． ran

14.A． hand   B． book     C． head    D． bag

15.A． but    B． and       C． or      D． so