I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”

AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher's words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cold. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn't want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

1.Which of the following statements about Kerrel’s father is true?

A．He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.

B．He depended on the nurses in his final days.

C．He told no one about his disease.

D．He worked hard to pay for his medication.

2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．Kerrel couldn't understand her teacher.

B．Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

C．Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.

D．Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher's words.

3.Why did Kerrel keep her father's disease a secret?

A．She was afraid of being looked down upon.

B．She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.

C．She found no one willing to listen to her.

D．She wanted to obey her mother.

4.The purpose of the passage is ________.

A．To tell people about the sufferings of her father.

B．To show how little people knew about AIDS.

C．To remember her father.

D．To draw people's attention to AIDS.

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden（负担）with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless. I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

60．What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

A．He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.

B．He depended on the nurses in his final days.

C．He worked hard to pay for his medication.

D．He told no one about his disease.

61．What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.

B．Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

C．Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.

D．Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words.

62．Why did Kerrel keep her father’s disease a secret?

A．She was afraid of being looked down upon.

B．She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.

C．She found no one willing to listen to her.

D．She wanted to obey her mother.

63．Why did Kerrel write the passage?

A．To tell people about the sufferings of her father.

B．To show how little people knew about AIDS.

C．To draw people’s attention to AIDS.

D．To remember her father.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

    I was 9 years old when I found out my father was   36  ．It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it   37   yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food   38   your father, because he has AIDS．Be very careful when you are around him．”

    AIDS wasn’t  39   we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family   40  ．My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone．For a while, he could take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition worsened．My father’s   41   children lived far away, so it   42   to me to look after him．We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and   43   Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t  44  buy food for dinner．I would sit  45   feeling completely  46  , the teacher’s words muffled（压低）as I tried to figure out   47   I was going to manage．

    I didn’t share my burden with anyone．I had seen how people reacted to AIDS．Kids __48__ classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be cruel．When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was __49__ weak to feed himself．I had known that he was going to die, __50__ after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days．Sad and __51__, I __52__ a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support．That day, she __53__ me on the phone for hours．I was so lucky to find someone who cared．She saved my life．

    I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me．He didn’t want to call attention to __54__．I __55__．

1.A．bad     B．ill   C．good                         D．well

2.A．were        B．was             C．had been       D．has been

3.A．to            B．from          C．in             D．on

4.A．anything      B．everything    C．something     D．all

5.A．secret         B．problem C．trouble             D．matter

6.A．another      B．other          C．the other     D．others

7.A．came          B．fell          C．felt           D．turned

8.A．before    B．after             C．because        D．so

9.A．still                          B．even           C．yet        D．already

10.A．at homeB．in the hospital C．on the chair    D．in class

11.A．lost                          B．sad            C．puzzled        D．curious

12.A．what                          B．where          C．how        D．when

13.A．laughed at  B．smiled atC．played a joke about D．made fun of

14.A．too          B．so                              C．enough         D．very

15.A．and         B．but            C．however        D．yet

16.A．hopeful B．excited            C．disappointed   D．hopeless

17.A．visited     B．called         C．asked          D．advised

18.A．kept        B．told           C．spoke          D．talked

19.A．him         B．me             C．disease        D．AIDS

20.A．do          B．did            C．am             D．will

I suppose that having been brought up in the countryside and close  to animals，it wasn’t remarkable(不平常的)when I decided  to become a vet(兽医)．Luckily I was also good at all the necessary science subjects. So after the college entrance examination I found myself at a veterinary college，training to look after animals in all kinds of situations. I hoped that I would be able to work in the research field so that I could find cures for animal diseases.

    Much to my surprise，I found public health care was a very important aspect of my course. This is an area of animal medicine where a vet’s work has many things in common with the work of a doctor of human diseases. I particularly liked it because I recognized that the study of animal diseases can help human medicine. As we know，many infectious diseases come from animals—including SARS and bird flu.

Some of the infections have only been understood after carefully analytical work in labs by animal doctors. They helped identify the animal source for diseases such as SARS. They were also the first to identify various kinds of viruses. Sometimes vets are also able to suggest a cure for human illnesses. When I found this out I was determined to make public health medicine my chosen career.

After graduation，I applied for a job in public health. Soon I found myself concerned with the problem of bird flu. This is  an illness that attacks birds，but humans can catch the disease  if they are in close contact with infected birds. Though the job  is dangerous，it makes me proud that vets and other animal  disease researchers are in the front line helping to fight these  unknown human diseases

1.The writer wanted to become a vet mainly because______.

A．he did well in all necessary subjects

B．he wanted to help animals

C．he was close to animals in his early life

D．he wanted to find cures for human diseases

2.What made the writer particularly like the course of public health care was that________.

A．it was both important and interesting

B．it could help him connect many human diseases with animals

        C．it made a vet’s work very much like a doctor’s

D．it could help human medicine by studying animal diseases

3.What can be followed if this passage continues?

A．The writer’s happy family life.

B. How the writer did research work in studying bird flu.

C．How the writer dealt with the relationship with other workmates.

D．What difficulty the writer met in the research work.

4.Which of the following is implied in the passage?

A．Animals with infectious diseases should be killed.

B．Keeping animals is dangerous to humans.

C．Dangerous as a vet’s job is，it is significant to the human race.

D．Animal researchers work in the same way as human doctors.

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Being a vet is helpful to both animals and humans.

        B．Vets can cure both animals and humans.

C．Vets helped identify animal resources for SARS.

D．Both SARS and bird flu are infectious diseases coming from animals.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was   36 ．It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it   37  yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food   38  your father, because he has AIDS．Be very careful when you are around him．”
AIDS wasn’t  39  we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family   40 ．My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone．For a while, he could take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition worsened．My father’s   41  children lived far away, so it   42  to me to look after him．We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and   43  Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t  44  buy food for dinner．I would sit  45  feeling completely  46  , the teacher’s words muffled（压低）as I tried to figure out   47  I was going to manage．
I didn’t share my burden with anyone．I had seen how people reacted to AIDS．Kids __48__ classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be cruel．When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was __49__ weak to feed himself．I had known that he was going to die, __50__ after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days．Sad and __51__, I __52__ a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support．That day, she __53__ me on the phone for hours．I was so lucky to find someone who cared．She saved my life．
I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me．He didn’t want to call attention to __54__．I __55__．