Tess,a little girl,entered Rexall's Drug Store with one dollar and eleven cents.She waited patiently for the pharmacist(药剂师)to give her some attention.But he was too busy at that moment.

“And what do you want?” the pharmacist asked while he was ___1___ his brother from Chicago.

“Well,I want to talk to you about my ___2___,Andrew,” Tess answered.“He's really,really sick...and I want to buy a miracle(奇迹).”

“I beg your pardon?” said the pharmacist.

“He has ___3___ growing inside his head,and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now.So ___4___ does a miracle cost?’’

“We don’t sell miracles here,little girl.So I ___5___ help you.” the pharmacist said,softening a little.

“What kind of miracle does your brother ___6___?” asked the pharmacist’s brother,a well dressed man.

“I don’t know.I just know he's really sick,and Mommy says he needs an ___7___.But my Daddy can't pay for it,So I want to use ___8___ money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“Only one dollar and eleven cents.”

“What a coincidence(巧合)!” smiled the man.“That's just the ___9___ of a miracle for the little boy.”

It wasn't long ___10___ Andrew was home again and doing well.That man was a surgeon(外科医生).He performed a successful operation on the little boy for free and he did give the family a real miracle.

1.A.calling               B.talking to            C.writing to          D.waiting for

2.A.father                B.mother            C.brother            D.sister

3.A.something good       B.something bad      C.anything good      D.nothing bad

4.A.how much           B.how often        C.how many          D.how soon

5.A.don't                B.can               C.can't              D.shouldn't

6.A.like                 B.use               C.have              D.need

7.A.orange                B.apple              C.operation            D.award

8.A.your                B.my               C.their                       D.his

9.A.price                B.form              C.type              D.way

10.A.after              B.since            C.until              D.before

Teenagers were enjoying exercise with their jumping shoes at the People's Square of Guiyang,on Dec.8,2008.The jumping shoes became popular among teenagers after they were used in the performance

of the Beijing Olympic closing ceremony.

An eatable Christmas card,which is made from potato starch(淀粉)paper and printed with food coloring instead of ink,has been designed by a British company to try to be as “green” as possible.The cards came out quite well last Christmas Day.They're not very tasty but the company will do flavored ones this year.

Li Tongzhu,a 64-year-old retired(退休的)man,finished his paper-cut work

of “Riverside Scenes at the Qingming Festival” in Zaozhuang City,Shandong Province in December,2008.Li had spent 7 months finishing the 3.10-metre-long paper-cut work.

Alison Spooner,a 27-year-old write woman,and her husband Dean' Durant,a 33-year-old black man,are a mixed-race British couple.They had their second black and white twins in November,2008.Their first black and white twins were born in 2001.

1.The jumping shoes became popular among ________.

A.retired people                             B.teenagers

C.British people                           D.mixed-race couples

2.“Riverside Scenes at the Qingming Festival” by Li Tongzhu is a ________.

A.book               B.photo              C.paper-cut work     D.card

3.The eatable card shows that there are many ways to make a difference to ________.

A.lifestyles           B.festivals           C.the environment   D.meals

4.How many black and white twins does the mixed-race couple have?

A.One.             B.Two.                    C.Three.           D.Four.

5.Li Tongzhu began his paper cut work of “Riverside Scenes at the Qingming Festival” ________.

A.in December,2008                      B.in July,2008

C.in November,2008                     D.in May,2008

In choosing Steven Chu as his energy secretary(能源部长),Barack Obama has chosen one of the most prominent U.S.scientists of using science to deal with global warming(全球变暖).

Steven Chu was born in St.Louis,Missouri,in 1948.His father was a college teacher.At that time,they were only the third Chinese family to live there.In high school,Chu played tennis and was on the school club.He took his first physics class in his senior year at Garden City High School and became interested in it.

Steven Chu got his first doctor's degree in maths and physics in 1970.Then he went to California for another doctor's degree.In 1978,Chu worked in Bell Lab where he developed ways to C001 and trap atoms using a laser(用激光冷却和俘获原子).In 1997,he got the Nobel Prize for physics for this.He left Stanford in 2004,after he was made head of the Lawrence Berkley National Lab in California.As the head of the national lab,Chu has tried to find scientific ways to climate change and soon Become a member of the Climate Council working for a new global climate treaty(气候条约)for 2009.

He also insists on the need to end the unnecessary waste of energy.“If I were King of the world,I would spend the next ten years on energy efficiency and conservation(节能和环保),” He said last year.

On December 11th,2008,Barack Obama made him energy secretary.He would be the first Chinese-American to run the Department of Energy and devote himself to sustainable(可持续发展的)energy.

1.Who is Steven Chu?

A.He is a Nobel Prize winner for energy.        B.He is a visiting scientist in America.

C.He is an American-Chinese.                       D.He is a Chinese-American.

2.The underlined word “prominent” in the first paragraph means _________.

A.参与竞选的         B.遵守承诺的         C.才能卓越的         D.出身显赫的

3.Which is the right order of the following events about Steven Chu?

a.He was chosen by Barack Obama as US energy secretary.

b.He got the Nobel Prize for his excellent research work.

c.He studied in California for his second doctor’s degree.

d.He became a member of the Climate Council.

e.He acted as the head of the national lab in California.

A.b,c,d,e,a                                         B.c,b,e,d,a

C.d,a,b,c,e                                   D.a,c,b,d,e

4.In the next part of this passage,the writer would most probably tell us the following EXCEPT _________.

A.Obama's reason of choosing Chu as the energy secretary

B.Chu's plan and work on energy efficiency and conservation

C.Obama's new plan to Chinese-Americans

D.both Obama and Chu's plans and ideas on sustainable energy

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