I became lame (瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand  36  the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “ 37 ” .
I still remembered the first day at 38 . When I appeared at the door,   39  in the classroom stared (凝视) at me in  40 . My face turned  41  . I couldn’t help  42   
back. It was the  43  and sympathy (同情) in their eyes that  44  me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.
Being lame, I didn’t dare to  45 in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be  46  at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking   47 .
One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really   48  . They encouraged me with a(n)  49  smile and   50  me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was   51  to them for giving me a chance to see the   52  of our lovely school with my own eyes.
After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always   53   
to help me. It made me   54  I am handicapped (残疾的).
Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation (犹豫) I said, “ It is the   55 .”

The annual marathon in my town usually took place in summer. My job was to   21    behind the runners in an ambulance   22     any of them needed medical attention. The driver and I were in an air-conditioned ambulance behind nearly one hundred athletes    23    to hear the sharp crack of the starting gun.

“We’re supposed to stay behind the   24    runner, so take it slowly ,” I said to the driver , Doug , as we began to creep forward .

“Let’s just hope all the runners are fast!” he laughed.

As they began to pace themselves, the front runners started to   25    . It was then that my   26   were drawn to the woman in blue silk running shorts and a baggy white T-shirt.

“Doug, look!”

We knew we were already watching our “last runner”. Her feet were turned in, but her left knee was turned out. Her legs were so crippled and bent that it seemed impossible for her to be able to walk , let alone run a marathon .

Doug and I watched in   27    as she slowly moved forward. We didn’t say a thing. We would move forward a little bit, then stop and wait for her to gain some distance. Then we’d slowly move forward a little bit more.

Finally, she was the  28    runner left in sight. Tears streamed down my face as I sat on the edge of my seat and watched with amazement and even respect as she    29        forward with strong determination through the last miles.

When the    30    line came into sight, rubbishes lay everywhere and the cheering crowds had already gone home.    31   , a man waited proudly there. He was   32   one end of a ribbon (带子) tied to a post.   33   slowly crossed through, leaving both ends of the ribbon fluttering behind her.

I do not know this woman’s name, but that day she became a part of my life –a part I often depend on. For her, it wasn’t about   34    the other runners or winning a competition, it was about finishing what she had set out to do, no matter    35   . When I think things are too difficult or too time-consuming, I think of the last runner. Then I realize how easy the task before me really is.

1.

A．interview          B．watch          C．follow         D．fall

2.

A．when               B．since          C．because        D．in case

3.

A．searching          B．sitting        C．wishing        D．waiting

4.

A．slow               B．last           C．wounded        D．helpless

5.

A．run                B．miss           C．disappear      D．lose

6. 

A．attention          B．mind           C．eyes           D．sight

7. 

A．happiness          B．silence        C．disappointment D．hope

8. 

A．single             B．only           C．last           D．careful

9. 

A．pushed             B．fought         C．pulled         D．jumped

10.

 A．close             B．end            C．match          D．finish

11.

  A．Yet              B．But            C．Thus           D．Therefore

12.

 A．catching          B．handing        C．holding        D．bringing

13.

 A．He                B．She            C．I              D．They

14.

  A．winning          B．competing      C．beating        D．fighting

15.

A．what               B．where          C．when           D．why

When I was a child ,I spent most of the time near the sea watching the ships, large and small, go in and out of the harbor. At the age of eighteen I   1   home to take a job on a passenger   2   that sailed between San Francisco and YokohamA．I was   3   about my new adventure and a little afraid, too. For over a year, I    4   the Pacific on the Rosa Lee. The brilliant blue waters were   5   in the sunlight; under stormy skies the angry   6   became dark, dangerous, and exciting. I   7   the sea in all its glorious beauty — both when it was quiet and when it was violent.   8  , I knew it was the life for me.

After a year, during a rip from Melbourne to Honolulu, I had a very strange   9  . I have never forgotten it. We couldn’t get   10   the way in time and were hit by a violent 11  . The wind grew stronger and stronger —  12   fifty miles an hour, and mountains of water   13   the Rosa Lee over on its side. The ship rolled back only to be   14   again by the next wave. All during the rain-filled night, we worked in a frantic   15   to save the ship, but there was a breakdown in the engine room and the motors   16  . We knew that there was   17   more we could do. At dawn the Captain   18   the order to leave the ship. A few minutes later Rosa Lee   19   beneath the angry seA．All that could be   20    were a few lifeboats here and there among the waves.

1．A．left          B．went          C．landed         D．forgot

2．A．bus          B．ship           C．plane           D．train

3．A．worried    B．narrow        C．excited         D．sure

4．A．struck       B．imagined        C．remarked        D．sailed

5．A．shallow     B．terrifying       C．irregular         D．beautiful

6．A．situation  B．gains          C．waters          D．management

7．A．hated        B．loved         C．improved       D．greeted

8．A．In the end B．What’s more    C．That’s to say    D．From the beginning

9．A．dream       B．practice        C．imagination    D．experience

10．A．in         B．up              C．out of         D．down

11．A．purpose  B．storm          C．soul            D．rock

12．A．up to      B．far from       C．less than         D．behind

13．A．pushed    B．pulled          C．drew           D．looked

14．A．protected        B．attacked        C．destroyed       D．applied

15．A．request    B．decision        C．sense           D．attempt

16．A．worked  B．based           C．stooped         D．finished

17．A．nothing  B．space          C．light           D．recognized

18．A．gave       B．threw          C．forced          D．recognized

19．A．floated    B．sank           C．fell            D．pushed

20．A．enjoyed  B．criticized        C．seen           D．climbed

Many years ago  my dad was diagnosed (诊断) with a terminal illness . He was unable to work at     36   job . He would be fine for quite a while , but would then fall suddenly   37     and have to be admitted to the hospital .

He wanted to do something to keep himself    38    , so he decided to volunteer at the local children    39    . My dad loved kids . He would talk to them and play with them .Sometimes , he would    40    one of his kids . In certain instances , he would give   41     to the sad parents of these children .

One of his kids was a girl who had been admitted with a    42    disease that paralyzed (使…瘫痪) her from the neck down . I don’t know the    43    of the disease , but I do know that it was very sad for a little girl . My dad decided to try to help her . He started    44    her in her room , bringing paints , brushes and paper . He stood the paper up    45    a backing , put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint . He didn’t use his hands at all . Only his    46    would move . He would visit her    47    he could and paint for her . All the while he would tell her , “see , you can do    48    you set your mind to .”

  49     , she began to paint using her mouth , and she and my dad became friends . Soon after , the little girl was discharged (允许出院). My dad also    50    the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Sometime later after my dad had recovered and    51    to work , he was at the volunteer counter one day and    52    the front door open . In came the little girl who had been paralyzed , but this time she was    53    . She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tight . She gave my dad a picture she had done using her   54     . At the bottom it read, “thank you for helping me walk .” Sometimes love is more    55    than doctors , and my dad-who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture-loved every single child in that hospital .

1.. A．an important         B．a steady             C．an easy      D．a good

2..．A．ill         B．behind           C．asleep       D．down

3..．A．well                B．wealthy          C．busy         D．healthy

4.. A．palace           B．hospital         C．center       D．park

5..．A．teach               B．miss             C．lose         D．treat

6..．A．speech          B．comfort          C．praise       D．help

7..．A．special         B．curious          C．strange      D．rare

8.. A．result               B．reason           C．name         D．course

9..．A．observing       B．drawing          C．painting         D．visiting

10..．A．with               B．across           C．against      D．over

11..．A．head           B．neck             C．fingers      D．eyes

12..．A．with whoever       B．whenever         C．as if            D．as soon as

13.. A．everything      B．something        C．anything         D．nothing

14.. A．Basically           B．Naturally            C．Eventually       D．Suddenly

15.. A．left                B．entered          C．rushed to        D．stayed at

16..．A．stopped            B．returned             C．hesitated        D．refused

17..．A．pushed             B．noticed          C．observed         D．kicked

18..．A．shouting           B．lying            C．walking      D．jumping

19..．A．hands          B．pens             C．paper    D．mind

20..．A．thankful           B．useful           C．thoughtful       D．powerful

 A new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the US．Amy Chua, the author of Battle Hymn （颂歌）of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law School, also a mother of two．

The  36   methods she used with her daughters would seem   37   to Westerners．In school her daughters weren't allowed to have grades   38   than As．They had to   39  playing the piano or violin even for hours a day．

There has been wide criticism (批评) of Chua's book in the US．"It's a(n)   40   way of parenting," said a professor at New York University, "standards of parenting need to be  41  ．Children need parents to   42   them, not to force them to do things they're probably not interested in．”

Now the criticism seems to have   43   to China．Sun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his   44   .  He argued Chua's method of   45   would limit children from developing their full   46   ．"Some Chinese parents do focus too much on test scores and good degrees," Sun said, "What gets sacrificed (放弃) along the way is their kids’  47  to develop fully and to enjoy life．"

48   critics(批评家)might have sympathy for kids who experience this parenting style, some teenagers quite   49   it．"I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough,” said a 17-year-old boy, "A   50   mother is there to help her kids work hard．"

Others think that Chua has a（n）  51  in setting challenging goals for kids．"It's important for children,” said an American professor, "  52  speaking , kids need to be   53   sometimes．If you urge kids to do well, they are good at it, and they   54   from it．It's good to have high   55  ．”

1.A．rough          B．reasonable        C．vivid          D．strict

2.A．unnecessary  B．uncomfortable  C．uninteresting  D．unimaginable

3.A．higher             B．fewer                C．less      D．lower

4.A．drill         B．practise         C．exercise    D．experience

5.A．skilful            B．extreme          C．excellent  D．merciful

6.A．practical          B．high             C．convenient      D．low

7.A．replace            B．love                 C．force     D．guide

8.A．spread             B．belonged         C．turned        D．referred

9.A．concern            B．delight          C．caution     D.regulation

10.A．caring            B．fond         C．supporting   D．parenting

11.A．goal              B．potential  C．achievement   D．possibility

12.A．strength          B．power            C．force       D．ability

13.A．Why               B．Because          C．While        D．What

14.A．resist            B． state               C．object   D．appreciate

15.A．lion             B．monkey          C．tiger         D．sheep

16.A．angle             B．point           C．opinion          D．view

17.A．Honestly         B．Positively     C．Hopefully   D．Finally

18.A．pushed            B．picked           C．lifted         D．dragged

19.A．count             B．work             C．help       D．benefit

20.A．levels            B．expectations    C.marks       D．results