1 . Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them, because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，
New York．
1. Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because      

A．they wanted to make her happy

B．she called them brothers

C．no one else wanted to do it for them

D．she knew the rules well and was fair

2. Amanda went to Hawarden in order to      

A．serve as umpire

B．make money

C．watch her brother play

D．help the local teams

3. Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game       .

A．in her P．E．classes at school	B．in an umpire training school
C．by watching and playing the games	D．from her mother，a baseball umpire

4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire

B．A Family of Baseball Fans

C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa

D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

2 . Passing Your Love On
Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind ____ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only ____ seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts（石膏绷带）, a black-and-blue face, and a sad ____ “No way am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I ____ to move to that seat.
The girl was named Kathy. She had been in a car accident and ____ was on her way for ____
When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to ____ that Kathy would not be able to ____ herself. I considered ____ to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too ____ to offer a service to a ____ But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more ____ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and ____ she was uncomfortable to accept, she ____ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart had ____, and the time was really ____ spent than if I had just sat by myself.
I was very glad I had reached ____ my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love ____ flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us ____ When we stretch to serve another, we grow to live ____ a larger and more rewarding world.1.

A．leaving

B．changing

C．taking

D．giving

2.

A．comfortable

B．suitable

C．available

D．favorable

3.

A．heart

B．expression

C．action

D．thought

4.

A．decided

B．wanted

C．regretted

D．promised

5.

A．immediately

B．lately

C．recently

D．now

6.

A．treatment

B．travel

C．pleasure

D．business

7.

A．know

B．say

C．realize

D．recognize

8.

A．eat

B．feed

C．choose

D．support

9.

A．offering

B．needing

C．stopping

D．trying

10.

A．impolite

B．far

C．close

D．fast

11.

A．girl

B．neighbor

C．passenger

D．stranger

12.

A．unusual

B．direct

C．important

D．shameful

13.

A．when

B．although

C．since

D．as

14.

A．refused

B．wondered

C．cried

D．did

15.

A．warmed

B．jumped

C．broken

D．cheered

16.

A．good

B．worse

C．better

D．bad

17.

A．below

B．through

C．across

D．beyond

18.

A．seldom

B．never

C．hardly

D．sometimes

19.

A．separate

B．independent

C．silent

D．upset

20.

A．of

B．in

C．at

D．for