1 . More excited than ever, Benjamin Giroux, a 10-year- old boy with autism (自闭症), came home from school on April 7. To celebrate National Poetry Month, his fifth-grade teacher asked her students to write a poem about themselves and every sentence should begin with an “I”.

Benjamin couldn’t wait to start writing his poem, so he sat down and didn’t look up until he finished it. He showed the poem to his parents, who immediately choked up.

“I am odd (奇怪的). I am new. ” Benjamin wrote in the poem. “I wonder if you are too. I hear voices in the air. I see you don’t and that’s not fair. I feel like a boy in outer space. I touch the stars and feel out of place.”

“At first, we feel hurt that he feels lonely, misunderstood and odd at school,” Mr Giroux said. “As the poem goes on, we realize that he understands that he’s odd and that so is everyone else in their own way. This is what Benjamin wants everyone to know.”

Benjamin was supposed to read his poem aloud to the class the following day, but upon waking up that morning, he refused to go to school and stayed at home. He didn’t think his poem was any good, so his dad posted it on the Internet in the hope of getting some encouraging comments from families and friends. When the National Autism Association saw the poem, they posted it on their page, where thousands of strangers shared how much the poem inspired them. The family has heard from hundreds of parents thanking Benjamin for showing how their own kids may be feeling at school.

1. Why did Benjamin feel excited on April 7?

A．He wrote a good poem.	B．He was praised at school.
C．He had a poem to finish.	D．He had good news to share.

2. How did Benjamin’s parents feel upon reading the poem?

A．Touched.

B．Worried.

C．Surprised.

D．Sad.

3. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Everyone has odd hobbies.	B．Everyone is odd as they are.
C．Everyone is worth respecting.	D．Everyone has their own lifestyle.

4. What happened to Benjamin’s poem after being posted on the Internet?

A．It received many thanks.

B．It caused a heated debate.

C．It was read aloud in his class.

D．It changed parents’ ideas about raising kids.

3 . 语法填空

My uncle worked hard in the day time. In his free time, he went on studying the     1    (character) of those plants. He is said to have placed some samples in his bedroom. Just at that time he began to think about how they     2     (evolve) from their ancestors. Although no income     3     (generate) from his study, he was crazy about it. He often used some primitive methods to carry out his experiments,     4     (detect) how the seeds grew into some tall plants. There was a time when the number of those plants was on     5     decline. He managed to find out the reason and came up with a new way to solve the problem. Later, he achieved a lot in this field. Many people had suspected him     6     his talent, but he succeeded!

7 . 语法填空

Mr. Li was good at music and also liked folk     1     (tale) when he was young. After he retired, he began to travel around the country to collect them. Whenever he collected a folk tale, his face     2     (light) up. About two years later, he returned to his hometown with a great many interesting folk tales. It was he     3    set the program Reading Tales in his village in motion. There was a trend that each family set aside some time for reading tales every day. In addition, he was so innovative that he     4     (compose) a lot of soft music for the old people in his village. In his spare time, he also made some lovely toys using some used wires and other materials.       5    contrast, his wife was less active. She often did some housework and seldom went out.

9 . 语法填空

Known as an     1     (inspect), Mike insisted that he     2     (make) a weekly examination on the production procedure of the factory carefully. One morning, he went to work.Suddenly, there was something on the ground so he bent     3    and found some feathers of goose. He continued his way to the factory.There he saw some cleaners     4     (sweep) the ground thoroughly and other employees were busy unloading some piles of wheat from the wagon. He was     5     (puzzle); therefore, he questioned them     6     (gentle) what they were doing. The workers answered     7    tremble that they did nothing wrong. However, Mike was alert to that and he found     8     (dozen) of faults in what they had said. He thought it was his duty to protect the reputation of the factory and avoid any mistakes that would happen.