53. How many students‘ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark？

　　 　 A. None　 B. Three　 C. Fifty-fiv　　 D. All

52. The Essential 55 is ___________.

　　　 　A. a show　 　B. a speech　 　C. a classroom rule　　 　D. a book

51. Without Mr. Clark， the writer _________.

　　 　　A. might have put into prison　　　　 　B. might not have won the prize

　　　 　C. might have joined a women‘s club　 　D. might not have moved to Atlanta

50．From the text, we can infer that the writer_____

A would stop working at night　　　　 B would stay on in San Francisco

C would make friends with cleaners.　 　 D would give up her job at the bank

C

　　　　 　When I met him， I had a lot of anger inside of me. I‘ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem， but in my neighborhood， there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way， too， but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.

　　　　 　 Mr. Clark worked long hours， making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact， the scores of our whole class rose. One day， he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera， and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show， he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.

　　　　 　Mr. Clark was selected as Disney‘s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat； those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names， Mr. Clark said， “You’re all going.”

　　 　　　On graduation day， there were a lot of tears. We didn‘t want his class to end. In 2001， he moved to Atlanta， but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education， and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules， The Essential 55. In 2003， Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages (孤儿院)。 It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women‘s clubs，

　　 　helping people from all backgrounds.

49. In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?

A .Someone offered to take her back home　 B .A red-haired man came to see her.

C. She heard someone call her name　　 D. Her wallet was found in a garbage truck

48. On her way home the writer_____

A lost her wallet unknowingly　　　 B. was stopped by a garbage truck driver

C was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife

　D. found some homeless people following her

47. From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.

A. solving her problem at the bank　　 　　 B. taking part in various city activities

C. learning acting in an evening school　　　 D. preparing for the first night show

46. How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

A .Cold and sick　　　　　　 　　 B. Lucky and hopeful

C. Satisfied and cheerful　　　 　　 D. Disappointed and helpless

45. The title of this passage could probably be_____

A .Let Us Teachers Stop Work　　　　　　 　 B. Let Us Make Children Learn

C. Let Children Correct Their Exercises　　 　 D. Let Children Learn by Themselves

B

　　 　　That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.

　 　As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.

　　 About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.

　　 Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

　　 Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.

　　 It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.

44. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are____

A. different from learning other skills　　 B. the same as learning skills

C. more important than other skills　　　　 D. not really important skills