1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It’s never easy for     1     Asian athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian, 28,     2     (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter (短跑运动员) to win a     3     (globe) medal in an individual event.     4     March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds, breaking the Asian record of 6.43, which he also     5     (set) last month in Germany.

The last time a Chinese athlete achieved a milestone was in 2004,     6     Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably (不可避免地), Su is compared to Liu. “Liu Xiang     7     (be) my idol and also my friend,” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected     8     (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver     9     bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in many major world     10     (compete).” he said.

2 . If there's one place outside Argentina that can match its sadness over Diego Maradona's death, it's in the Italian city Naples. While Maradona, who was born in Lanus, Argentina, but raised in Villa Fiorito, a poor town to the south of Buenos Aires, was respected around the world as perhaps the greatest football player ever, in Naples he was more than that.

“Maradona wasn't just a player. He represented the spirit of Naples for years," said president Corrado Ferlaino, who owned Napoli club when Maradona played there.

Upon hearing the news of his death, thousands of people in Naples poured out into the city's streets to honor Maradona and light candles in his memory. Many of them stood below huge pictures of their hero that cover the whole sides of buildings in the center of the city.

Naples official Luigi De Magistris immediately suggested that the city's San Paolo Stadium be renamed for Maradona—and ordered the stadium's lights be turned on all night even though there was no game being played there.

“Maradona is Naples. The passion for him here is known to everyone, De Magistris wrote on Twitter. "Because it was real love. A great love. Naples lost part of its soul today. You were, and will always be, an inspiration to all of us. Naples cries tonight.

Maradona, of course, already made Naples cry when his Argentina team defeated Italy in Naples in the 1990 World Cup semifinals. However, many Naples fans cheered for Maradona and Argentina——not their own country—during that game, because he was treated as God in Naples.

Maradona led Naples to a number of successes that have raised the spirits of the southern Italian city, which was left far behind by the country's football capitals of Milan and Turin. In 1987 , he led Naples to its first Italian Championship and repeated it in 1990. In 1989, he helped Naples win the UEFA Cup by beating VfB Stuttgart in the final with 2 to 1, Maradona scoring one of the goals.

1. Where did Maradona grow up?

A．In Lanus.

B．In Villa Fiorito.

C．In Naples.

D．In Buenos Aires.

2. What did Luigi De Magistris do on hearing Maradona's death?

A．He made a public speech to honor the city's hero.

B．He joined the people to light candles in his memory.

C．He immediately changed the name of the city's stadium.

D．He had the lights turned on all night in San Paolo Stadium.

3. Which of the following best explains “passion" underlined in paragraph 5?

A．Love.

B．Loss.

C．Success.

D．Spirit.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The scoring records in Maradona's career.

B．The people's sadness over Maradona's death.

C．Maradona's contributions to Naples' football games.

D．The Italians' anger over their defeat in the 1990 World Cup.

5 . When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job，she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standard­based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.

For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges，she’s been named national teacher of the year.

Principal Waynes Kettler said he had worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator，but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before”．

Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.

When students were reading S．E.Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom，Peterson helped them write a 30­minute play with scenes from the book.Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race，equality and social justice，the themes of the book.Peterson composed two other songs by herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.

The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Falls.It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors.

As national teacher of the year，Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom，as a national and international spokeswoman for education.

Not surprisingly，she is a big believer in the value of arts education.She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as art，music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.

1. The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means________.

A．discouraging	B．interesting
C．creative	D．unbearable

2. What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?

A．She concerned herself with current social problems.

B．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.

C．She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.

D．She made great efforts to arouse students’ interest in literature.

3. Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?

A．She wrote plays on themes of race，equality and social justice.

B．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.

C．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.

D．She helped students compose songs by themselves.

4. In Peterson’s opinion，________.

A．art，music and PE classes are all important

B．more subjects should be offered to students

C．students should be motivated to attend art classes

D．arts education is more important than other subjects

5. It can be inferred from the text that________.

A．Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people

B．Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school

C．Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music

D．Peterson will change her profession next year