1 . ① On Friday, January 14, 2005, my cousin, Kara Rose, came into the world. ② She looked perfectly healthy from the outside, but on the inside, the doctors had failed to discover a serious problem. ③ She often had trouble breathing and then turned blue. ④ The doctors found that Kara had been born without part of her heart. ⑤ They didn’t think she would live long enough to leave the hospital. ⑥ When she was four days old, she had her first operation. ⑦ My family stayed together during this hard time, hoping everything would turn out for the best.

Kara’s strength and determination to live were strong. Eventually, she could go home. We all waited patiently for new technology that could give Kara a new heart. When she was eighteen months old, her parents took her to a famous surgeon who performed a series of operations. There was no guarantee she would make it through the operation, but she succeeded.

Kara grew stronger every day, and it was not long before she was well enough to be around people. She had an amazing character and always wore a sweet smile. When she fell asleep against my body, happy and content, I realized how valuable life really is. As I took her in my arms with her warm breath against my neck, I decided to live every day of my life to the fullest.

This child, who is 15 years younger than I, has gone through more suffering and pain than I ever have. I admire her strength and determination. Kara has taught me that no matter how bad things seem, they can work out in the end. Knowing this small, beautiful child has made me a stronger person, I now believe that difficulty can be beaten.

1. Kara often had trouble breathing because ________.

A．she didn’t stay long enough in the hospital

B．the doctors failed to discover the problem

C．she was born with an incomplete heart

D．her first operation was not successful

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A．Kara’s determination helped her get through.

B．The new technology gave the family the hope to live on.

C．Kara eventually recovered at the age of 15.

D．Doctors were confident in the success of her operation.

3. The writer wants to tell us that _______.

A．younger people often suffer more pain

B．strong-will helps defeat difficulties

C．experienced doctors can make miracles

D．medical technology is developing fast

4. Where should the sentence in the box be added in Paragraph 1?
I was also anxiously hoping the doctors would be able to make her life longer.

A．After Sentence ①.	B．After Sentence ③.
C．After Sentence ⑤.	D．After Sentence ⑦.

2 . “Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Elizabeth said unhappily. “Who says women can’t be doctors?”
“They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said.
“I won’t. I’ll apply to (申请) Geneva Medical College,” Elizabeth told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Elizabeth Blackwell to study medicine.
In 1848, a year before Elizabeth would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (伤寒流行病) broke out in New York. Elizabeth wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak (爆发) of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.”
Emily replied, “Encouraged by your dream and success, I have decided to study in medical school, as well.”
Having survived the disease, Elizabeth tried to set up a private medical practice. “I graduated first in my class but no one believes a woman can be a good doctor,” she said to Emily one day. “All I hear is that doctors should be men, while women should stay home to cook and clean.”
Emily said worriedly, “I will graduate in June with my medical degree. What shall we do?” Elizabeth thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can practice medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”
Soon with the help of some friends, Elizabeth and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff (员工),” Elizabeth said. “And later, we’ll add a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Elizabeth realized her dream of being a doctor.
1. The underlined word “Rejected” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by _____.

A．Refused

B．Praised

C．Changed

D．Accepted

2. Hearing Elizabeth’s words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _____.

A．excited

B．calm

C．satisfied

D．angry

3. In 1848, Elizabeth wrote to Emily to _____.

A．persuade Emily to come to help the sick	B．ask Emily to study medicine if she died
C．warn Emily the danger of typhoid epidemic	D．tell Emily she would graduate from college

4. We can learn from the text that Elizabeth _____.

A．received strong support from her sister	B．refused to go to study at Yale University
C．founded a medical college after graduation	D．was finally accepted by Harvard after her efforts

5. Which of the following can best be used to describe Elizabeth?

A．Humorous.

B．Honest.

C．Determined.

D．Careful.

3 . A well-known manufacturer of weighing machines produced a new model.
The machine had a computer inside it, and this computer could do wonderful things: it could weigh people very accurately; it could tell them their weight in their own language; and it could tell them what they should eat to reduce their weight.
The manufacturer decided to try out his machine before he sold it to the shops.
He looked around for a good place to put it and finally decided on an airport. There were always people at an airport from many different countries.
The first person to use the machine was an Italian woman. She stood on the machine, put a coin in and waited to hear her weight.
The machine took only a second or two to weigh her, decide on her nationality and the language she spoke, and figure out what kind of food she should eat.
“Good morning, madam,” it said in perfect Italian. “Your weight is 72 kilos, three more than it should be for a woman of your height, age and nationality. This is because you have been eating too much spaghetti. I suggest you eat more fruit and vegetables. Please have a nice day”.
The second person to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine, put a coin in and waited to hear her weight.
“Good morning, Miss," the machine said in perfect Chinese. "Your weight is 38 kilos, exactly the correct weight for your height, age and nationality. Continue to eat what you are eating. Please have a nice day.”
The third person to use the machine was a huge Australian woman. She walked up to the machine and looked at it for a long time. At last she found the courage to stand on the machine and put a coin in. The machine spoke immediately. “Good morning. Will one of you ladies please get off?”
1. What could the computer do?

A．Weigh and talk to people.	B．Translate information.
C．Give them diet pills.	D．Make them lose weight.

2. What did the machine say to the Italian woman?

A．She was a little too light.	B．She was a little too heavy.
C．She disliked spaghetti.	D．She couldn’t speak Italian.

3. What did the machine say to the Chinese woman?

A．She should eat more.	B．She could speak Chinese.
C．She would have a nice day.	D．She was fine.

4. What did the machine suggest about the Australian woman?

A．She was unwell.	B．She was courageous.
C．She was too heavy.	D．She had dieted well.

4 . A twenty-nine-year-old kindergarten teacher from Maryland was named National Teacher of the Year in 2006. On June first she would begin a year as a national and international spokeswoman for education.
Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of the Year from her state. She taught five-year-old children at a public school in Maryland, near Washington, D.C. President Bush honored her and other top teachers at the White House.
Kimberly Oliver said she wanted people to understand that the first several years of a child’s life were the most important for learning. She said investing in children at a very young age would result in great gains later in school and in life. She called on parents to read to children from an early age so they would not fall behind in school. One of the activities at her school was an event called “ Books and Supprer Night ”. Families read together at the school and received free books to take home. Parents, children and teachers also ate dinner together.
Broad Acres Elementary School was in a poor area. Many of the parents were immigrants with limited English. Kimberly Oliver helped improve learning environment at her school. She received money to buy electronic learning systems, tape players and books in English and Spanish and sent them home with students. Parents said she had shown them how to help their children at home.
She was born and raised in Delaware. She held one degree in English and another in Elementary Education. Kimberly Oliver would follow in the footsteps of another teacher Jason Kamras from the Washington area as National Teacher of the Year. Jason Kamras, as honored for his work, teaching math to middle school students in the nation’s capital.
The National Teacher of the Year program began in 1952. A fourteen-member committee choose from among teachers honored as the best in their states.
1. From the text we know that in the state of Maryland, __________.

A．no other teacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honor

B．Kimberly Oliver had been teaching in a middle school for many years

C．Kimberly opened her own school early in Washington in 1952

D．many other teachers were given the honor together with Oliver

2. Oliver hoped that parents should __________.

A．spend more time playing with their children

B．read to their children at an early age

C．not give too much money to their children

D．stay at school with their children more often

3. Kimberly Oliver had been named National Teacher of the Year mostly because ___________.

A．she taught five-year old children at a public school

B．the elementary school she taught in is in a poor area

C．she was helpful ahd had many special and good ideas in teaching children

D．she called on parents to read to children from an early age

4. The National Teacher just before Oliver comes from __________.

A．Delaware

B．Maryland

C．New York

D．Washington

5 . Years ago while lying in my hammock（吊床）and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fence. Upon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next door neighbor’s 10 – year – old daughter’s rabbit. For years I had watched her come home from school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard. I knew that day would be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fast.
The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it with the dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower. Upon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as “natural caused”.
Back to the hammock and JD. Within the hour the neighbor’s Volvo pulled in as usual and out popped the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time she stopped about six feet away and screamed: “D—A—D—D—Y!!!”.
Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor that I am, I rushed to fence and asked if there was anything I could do.
Her father less than calmly shouted, “What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girl’s rabbit and put it back in its cage?”
1. The girl was shocked because           .

A．the rabbit was killed by someone

B．the rabbit was too clean

C．the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage

D．the rabbit was asleep in the cage

2. That day the girl ran to the cage           .

A．because her rabbit was there

B．because she had a habit of going there to see her rabbit

C．because she wanted to see her rabbit again

D．because the rabbit was dead

3. We can infer that the rabbit           

A．was alive before the writer saw his dog dragging it

B．was already dead before the writer saw his dog dragging it

C．was in the cage playing with the dog

D．was at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog

4. According to the story, the writer           .

A．was helpful to his neighbor

B．did a smart thing

C．was honest

D．made a mistake

6 . When I met Mr Jim Lemon I was a seventeen-year-old freshman at Houston's Jackson Junior High.The chances of my finishing high school were____. I was a troubled teenage.

Mr Lemon taught American history and was quite____from the other teachers I had known. Not only was he____, but also he was a great teacher. He pushed and never tolerated the mediocrity(平庸) that had become my standard.

On the occasion of our first semester report cards, Mr Lemon____me aside and asked how it was possible that I was a B student in his class and a C student in the____of my classes. I passionately told him about my____parents, the local gangs, the drugs, the fights, the police---all of the evils I had been____to. It was then that Mr Lemon____explained that the only person____for my situation was me. And the only person with the____to change my situation was me. He____me that I was failing not because I was a failure. He inspired me to become a better student and he____my life.

Ten years later I was preparing to graduate from a university when I spoke to him again .____I did get him on the phone, I told him that I had been saving money so that I could invite him to come to Hawaii at my____to be a part of my graduation.

I'll never forget his____. He said,"Who is this again?" I was just one of hundreds of the students whose life he changed____he had no idea of his influence.

Mr Lemon never came to my graduation, but his____taught me another valuable lesson. His final lesson for me was that we will never know or understand the____we have on other people's lives. He taught me that we all have the____to effect people's lives for the____... Or for the worse.

1.

A．near

B．ready

C．great

D．slim

2.

A．kind

B．excellent

C．different

D．same

3.

A．strict

B．tough

C．sympathetic

D．warm-hearted

4.

A．scolded

B．called

C．pushed

D．dragged

5.

A．rest

B．most

C．others

D．all

6.

A．qualified

B．learned

C．well-educated

D．divorced

7.

A．subjected

B．addicted

C．referred

D．forced

8.

A．nervously

B．patiently

C．strictly

D．confidently

9.

A．blamed

B．capable

C．struggling

D．responsible

10.

A．sense

B．potential

C．direction

D．mood

11.

A．persuaded

B．pointed

C．convinced

D．confirmed

12.

A．changed

B．turned

C．supported

D．arranged

13.

A．While

B．Before

C．When

D．After

14.

A．cost

B．expense

C．treat

D．invitation

15.

A．attitude

B．unwillingness

C．teaching

D．response

16.

A．and

B．however

C．or

D．so

17.

A．absence

B．refusal

C．confusion

D．decision

18.

A．importance

B．ability

C．impression

D．influence

19.

A．duty

B．opportunity

C．responsibility

D．courage

20.

A．easier

B．better

C．happier

D．simpler