1 .                                                                            You Did More Than Carry My books

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark _______ down and helped the boy pick up these articles. _______ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _______ the boy’s name was Bill, that he _______ computer games,baseball and history, that he was having a lot of _______ with his other subjects and that he had just broken _______ with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was _______ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed _______ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They _______ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before ________, Bill asked Mark if they ________ talk.

Bill ________ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ________ wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I ________ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(脏乱) ________ anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to ________ my things. But after we spent some time together ________ and laughing, I realized that ________ I had done that, I would have ________ a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You________ my life.”

1.

A．fell

B．bent

C．lay

D．sat

2.

A．Although

B．After

C．Since

D．Until

3.

A．realized

B．discovered

C．said

D．decided

4.

A．played

B．made

C．tried

D．loved

5.

A．questions

B．ideas

C．trouble

D．doubt

6.

A．up

B．out

C．off

D．away

7.

A．called

B．helped

C．invited

D．allowed

8.

A．peacefully

B．pleasantly

C．freely

D．willingly

9.

A．continued

B．agreed

C．forced

D．offered

10.

A．movement

B．graduation

C．separation

D．vacation

11.

A．would

B．should

C．could

D．must

12.

A．reminded

B．told

C．spoke

D．asked

13.

A．even

B．usually

C．ever

D．never

14.

A．checked

B．took

C．cleaned

D．put

15.

A．over

B．into

C．with

D．for

16.

A．find

B．pack

C．pick

D．hold

17.

A．talking

B．playing

C．reading

D．watching

18.

A．before

B．as

C．while

D．if

19.

A．lost

B．passed

C．left

D．forgotten

20.

A．helped

B．changed

C．improved

D．recovered

2 . It was a painful time for me, for I suffered from an illness and might never be able to have a child. As my 40th birthday approached, I began, for the first time, to notice babies and their happy, smiling mothers wherever I went.

One night, I came to a cafe to kill the boring time. An elegantly dressed, sightly older woman was seated next to me.

“Would you like to see a picture of my daughter?” she asked me, handing me a photo of a smiling Chinese girl. The child was about seven years old and was wearing a Snow White costume. That's Melanie, now in the first grade," she said. I could hear the motherly pride in her voice. “She's pretty,” I said. "I love her costume." The woman explained that she felt strongly about teaching her daughter about Chinese customs and maintaining ties to her shoes. “What made you decide to adopt her?" I asked. "I didn't want work to be my whole life," she said.

I'm not sure if she saw the tears in my eyes as I replied, I don't either, but I'm afraid it's too late." I was 51 when I adopted Melanie, she said. "And it's the most rewarding, exciting thing I've ever done."

When my husband and I returned from China with our nine-month-old daughter, Madeline, in November 2017, Jill was one of the first people I e-mailed. I did it!" I wrote. “I’m a mother and she's beautiful"

“Congratulations,” she wrote back. We recently reconnected on Facebook, and I told her, “You changed my life.”

1. What can be inferred from Paragraph 1?

A．The author regretted her marrying too early.

B．The author was recovering from a serious disease.

C．The author didn't have a child of her own due to some illness.

D．The author had been eager to be a happy mother for a long time.

2. Which words can best describe Jill according to Paragraph 3?

A．Elegant and generous.	B．Caring and considerate.
C．Friendly and determined.	D．Practical and independent.

3. What can we learn about the author from the text?

A．She wouldn't devote her whole life simply to work.

B．She appreciated the picture drawn by Melanie.

C．Her husband was against her adopting.

D．Her dream was eventually realized in the company of Jill.

4. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A．To stress the influence of the kindness.

B．To show us the hidden beauty in our world.

C．To call on us to adopt more homeless children.

D．To share her meaningful adoption story with us.

3 . The Apple iPhone’s impact was widely evident (明显的) at the Consumer Electronics Show, as new touch－screen devices could be found everywhere.
The consumer electronics industry came unbuttoned in Las Vegas this week. At the annual Consumer Electronics Show, companies from around the world unveiled many devices boasting (以拥有…而自豪) touch – sensitive technology, rather than traditional push-button controls.
Motorola, Sony, and LG Electronics all showed off touch-screen phones this week. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates praised and offered a touch-screen computer, the Surface, related to a flat panel TV for a tabletop. Even camera makers, such as Kodak，included touch-screen LCDs in their devices. Touch-screen tech has been in use for years，but the push to develop and weave it into consumer electronics gathered steam with the June introduction of Apple’s iPhone. “The touch-screen industry is really getting hot,” says Jennifer Colegrove, a senior analyst at iSuppli. “Since the iPhone came out, there are a lot of companies that did not have a relationship with touch screens before that decided, ‘OK, I want to make a touch screen, too.’”
The touch－screen tech ecosystem now includes more than 100 companies specializing in everything from smudge-proof (防污的) screens to sensors (传感器) able to detect fingers before they even contact the screen. Sales of leading touch-screen technologies，such as those used in mobile phones and navigation (航行) devices，are expected to rise to $ 4.4 billion in 2012, up from $ 2.4 billion in 2006，according to iSuppli estimates.
1. What did the writer think about the Apple iPhone？

A．The Apple iPhone was beautiful.

B．The Apple iPhone was popular.

C．The Apple iPhone was expensive.

D．The Apple iPhone was attractive.

2. What is the meaning of the underlined word “unveiled” in the second paragraph？

A．Invented.	B．Unlocked.
C．Discovered.	D．Showed.

3. The touch-screen tech was used in consumer electronics mainly because of _______.

A．traditional push-button controls

B．Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates

C．the introduction of Apple’s iPhone

D．the touch-screen tech ecosystem

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The touch-screen technology will disappear.

B．The touch-screen technology will be replaced by traditional push-button controls.

C．The touch-screen technology will be as important as traditional push-button controls.

D．The touch-screen technology will be more widely used in electronics devices.