A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online “Bucket List” of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “ I've been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn't look like I'm going to win this one,” she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film “The Bucket List”, in which two terminally ill (患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www. alicepyne. blogspot. com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!” she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. “Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me.”
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.

1. 1.

   What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her“Bucket List”?

   1. A.
      The media called on people to help her.
   2. B.
      People sent gifts to her from all over the world.
   3. C.
      A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her.
   4. D.
      People around the world sent messages to support her.
2. 2.

   Alice Pyne wrote her “Bucket List” to     .

   1. A.
      express her last few wishes
   2. B.
      say goodbye to a few friends
   3. C.
      give comfort to two terminally ill men
   4. D.
      catch people's attention
3. 3.

   It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Alice Pyne       .

   1. A.
      is unaware of her own conditions
   2. B.
      is calm to know that death is approaching
   3. C.
      is very sad to know that she will die
   4. D.
      is still quite confident in fighting against cancer
4. 4.

   Which of the following is NOT on Alice Pyne's “Bucket List”?

   1. A.
      To meet a boy.
   2. B.
      To get a cool computer.
   3. C.
      To swim with sharks.
   4. D.
      To ask people to donate bone marrow.
5. 5.

   Take That will arrange to       .

   1. A.
      invite Pyne to join the band
   2. B.
      help Pyne in any possible way
   3. C.
      donate money to Pyne
   4. D.
      meet Pyne in person

A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was, “No charge.” She said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.

As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage(抵押贷款) on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans. It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we to go back. Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me. While he want to England on his one year, paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.

Throughout this painful experience, the kindness of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in humanity. It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel.  

The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of        .

A. unconcern               B. sympathy        C. doubt               D. tolerance

What do we know about James Kemnedy?

A. He was a written of an online magazine

B. He was a poet at the University of Florida

C. He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D. He learned about the author’s sufferings.

It can be inferred from the text that        .

A. the author’s family was in financial difficulty

B. rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster

C. houses were difficult to find in the hurricane stricken area

D. the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank

The author learned from his experience that        .

A. wordy possessions can be given up when necessary

B. generosity should be encouraged in some cases  

C. people benefit from their sad stories

D. human beings are kind after all.

Which would be the best title for the text?

A. Terrible Hurricane Katrina.

B. Hurricane Is Heartless While Strangers Are Kind.

C. Study in Florida.

D. The Importance of Helping Others.

a. 单词拼写：根据所给中文意思或首字母，写出各句中所缺单词的正确形式。(共5小题，每题1分，满分5分)

1. With your ____________(许可), I’ll leave now.

2. We give a 10% __________ （折扣）on cash purchases.

3. I have ________ （受益）a lot from reading different kinds of books.

4. For lack of food, the old man s______ to death.

5. It’s important to keep the b_______ of nature.

b. 完成下面的句子，每空只填一词。（共5小题，每题2分，满分10分）

6. 他们面对面地坐着，怒视着对方。

They sat face to face, _______ _______ each other.

7. 由于负债累累,他每天不得不加班工作。

   Being _____ _____, he has to work extra hours a day.

8. 你所说的使我想起了我悲伤的故事。

What you said ________ me ________ my sad story.

9. 除夕烧香祭祖是中国的社会习俗。

It’s the ____ ______to light incense in memory of ancestors at the Spring Festival Eve in China.

10. 请原谅我忘记了你的生日。

Please ______ me _______ forgetting your birthday.

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment (预约) into the outer ___36___of Harvard’s president. But they were ___37___ by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, ___38___ that the couple would finally become ___39___ and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though ___40___.

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a ___41___ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that ___42___ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was ___43___ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My hus??band and I would like to ___44___ a memorial (纪念物) to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t ___45___ Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this ___46___ would look like a cemetery (墓地).” “Oh, no,” the lady ___47___ quickly, “we don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a ___48___ to Harvard. “The president rolled his eyes and ___49___ at the couple and then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any ___50___ how much a building costs? We have spent over $ 7,500,000 on the cam??pus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was ___51___, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to start a ___52___? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. ___53___ their offer was turned down. Mr, and Mrs Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ___54___, a me??morial to a son that Harvard no longer ___55___ about.

36. A. Lab      B. library       C. hall     D. off ice

37. A. watched       B. stopped      C. followed    D. interviewed

38. A. hoping B. finding       C. realizing     D. imaging

39. A. surprised     B. disappointed C. worried    D. troubled

40. A. hopelessly    B. carefully    C. unexpected D. unwillingly

41. A. pleasant       B. funny  C. cold    D. sad

42. A. attended      B. visited C. studied       D. served

43. A. clever   B. brave  C. proud  D. happy

44. A. set about      B. set up  C. take down  D. take over

45. A. satisfied       B. excited       C. moved       D. ashamed

46. A. house   B. part    C. garden       D. place

47. A. explained     B. expressed   C. refused       D. admitted

48. A. building      B. yard    C. playground D. square

49. A. laughed       B. shouted      C. glanced      D. called

50. A. suggestion   B. idea    C. thought      D. opinion

51. A. bored   B. astonished  C. interested   D. pleased

52. A. department  B. university   C. business     D. club

53. A. Once    B. While C. Since  D. Though

54. A. name    B. character    C. picture       D. sign

55. A. talked   B. knew  C. beard  D. cared