3 . During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.

Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA. One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.

It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The “birth of basketball” is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets.

Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the Games in Berlin.

1. Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?

A．Teach P.E in school.	B．Write some books.
C．Work at a hospital.	D．Take part in the Olympic Games.

2. In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

A．Summer.

B．Winter.

C．Spring.

D．Autumn.

3. Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?

A．It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball.

B．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born.

C．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game.

D．It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played.

4. At the time of Dr Naismith’s death, which of the following was true?

A．Basketball was already a worldwide game.

B．Basketball was played with 9 players on each side.

C．Basketball was an Olympic sport.

D．Basketball was still played using footballs.

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文，续写的词数应为150左右。

When I was ten years old, I lived with my family in a small house in rural South Jersey. I often accompanied my mother to the A&P to buy groceries. Without a car, we walked, and I would help her carry the bags.

My mother had to shop every carefully, as she was a waitress, and her salary barely sustained (勉强维持) us. One day, while she was weighing prices, a promotional display for the World Book Encyclopedia (百科全书) caught my eye. The volumes were beautifully cream-colored. Volume I was ninety-nine cents with a ten-dollar purchase.

All I could think of while shopping was the book. I stood at the register (收银台) with my mother, holding my breath as the cashier rang up the items. It came to over eleven dollars. My mother produced a five, some singles, and a handful of change. As she was counting out the money, I somehow found the courage to ask for the encyclopedia. “Could we get one?” I said, showing her the display. “It’s only ninety-nine cents.”

I did not understand my mother’s increasing anxiety; she did not have enough change and had to sacrifice a large can of peas to pay the amount, “Not now, Patricia,” she said sternly. “Today is not a good day.” I packed the groceries and followed her home, upset.

The next Saturday. my mother gave me a dollar and sent me to the A&P alone. Two quarts of milk and a loaf of bread — that’s what a dollar in 1957. I went straight to the World Book display. There was only one first volume left, which I placed in my cart (购物车). I didn’t need a cart, but took one so I could read as I went up and down the aisles. A lot of time went by and I knew I had to leave, but I couldn’t bear to part with the book. With no detective in sight, I, impulsively (冲动地), put it inside my shirt and zipped (扣上拉链) up my jacket. I was a tall, skinny kid, and I am certain the shape of the book was obvious.

Paragraph1:

My heart beating rapidly, I headed for the register.

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Paragraph2:

Back home, I told my mother what I had promised the detective.

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5 . When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guang Dong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive (敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description (描述) “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

By Jack

1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.

A．the manager asked him to do so	B．he respected the elderly
C．the couple wanted him to do so	D．he wanted more pay

2. In Jack’s hometown, _______.

A．people dislike being called “old”

B．people are proud of being old

C．many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D．the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

3. After this experience, Jack _______.

A．lost his job in the restaurant	B．made friends with the couple
C．no longer respected the elderly	D．changed his way with older people

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B．Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C．The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D．From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

6 . I wandered into the small store where I usually buy milk，when the store owner received a call from a customer. The customer and his wife had shopped there several months earlier. He noticed that his wife really liked one thing in the store，so he wanted to buy it as a surprise.

But the customer was in Tennessee，far away from the store which was in Maine. What was more，he had been to the store several months earlier，and it was difficult to believe that the store owner would remember him，or what he was looking for.

The store owner took a few close-up photos with her camera，and e-mailed them to the customer on the computer. The customer looked at the photos，and decided which one he wanted. They talked and discussed a price over the phone. She took care of the credit card transaction (交易) online，and promised the gift would be shipped out that afternoon.

The store owner was really smart. She was willing to push herself to find new ways to make the transaction actually happen. And it did work. However，it was the first time she had ever done it.

I was amazed that the store owner discovered a creative solution that could lead to a new way of doing business. I was impressed by what she did—so easily，but how difficult it is for many of us to make that leap (飞跃). I'm not just talking about technology，but about learning how to adapt to change. Most people hate or fear change unless they get to know exactly what change needs to be made. However，we should realize that challenge and opportunity go hand in hand.

1. According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？

A．The customer had ever been to the store before.

B．The owner often did business by using her camera.

C．The owner and the customer discussed the price on the computer.

D．The gift was sent out by train that afternoon.

2. The author was impressed by the store owner because     .

A．she was always ready to help others

B．she told the writer how to run a store

C．she managed to find a new way when facing change

D．she was a successful businesswoman

3. What's the correct order of the store owner's solution？
a. e-mailing the photos to the customer on the computer
b. taking care of the credit card transaction online
c. taking a few close-up photos with her camera
d. talking about the price of the gift with the customer

A．bcda

B．abcd

C．cabd

D．cadb

4. Which of the following words can best describe the store owner？

A．Tumorous

B．Creative

C．Confident

D．Honest

7 . 阅读一篇材料，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The story is mainly about a retired teacher in poor health     1     received a thank-you letter from one of his successful students.

What a     2     (move) story! It reminds me of my favorite teacher, Jeffrey, who sets a wonderful example for his students to follow through the rest of their lives. And for me, Jeffrey is always a role model     3     whom I can learn a lot. His energetic     4     (devote) to work always earns him respect and praise from both his colleagues     5     students. I feel lucky to have such     6     excellent instructor who didn’t give me up when I failed so many times in English test. Instead, he     7     (patient) cultivated （培养） my interest in English,     8     (give) me timely help with my study, and praised me for my small progress. Little by little, I felt increasingly confident in     9     (me) and showed more and more enthusiasm in English learning. At last, I made up my mind     10     (become) an English teacher like him.

8 . My daughter is only two years old and, like most girls, already has a nurturing spirit growing inside of her. She tries to _______ everything that she has. She already has favorite suits, favorite toys, and even a favorite blanket.

This blanket is a pink one that was purchased for her before she was born. It seems to be the one she _______ the closest. I always see her dragging that blanket around. She sits and eats with it, and even jumps right out of the bath to run to it. She won't turn it _______ ! It gets washed many times in the course of a week yet it is almost always _______ .

Normally I just laugh at the thing but recently my daughter has had a cold. Any parent will tell you that germs can get into the things the child _______ and cause them to stay sick instead of getting better. So, unwillingly, we _______ the blanket out of my daughter's daily life. Of course, she wasn't _______. It was something that she loved, _______ was hers, and had established familiarity with. However, since the blanket is gone, she has a better _______ of getting over her cold faster and not getting sick again. She doesn't know it but the blanket is part of what was keeping her trapped in a state of sickness. We, as ________, know a lot of things that are keeping us from our true purpose, or even, true happiness. But we won't let them ________ We have friends, habits, and guilty pleasures that keep us trapped in a state of sickness, disappointment, suffering or ________. We'd rather keep them ________ because they are familiar. But sometimes change is beautiful. ________ our security blankets is a tall order but a ________step for us to grow.

1.

A．reserve

B．collect

C．love

D．study

2.

A．watches

B．holds

C．follows

D．touches

3.

A．loose

B．soft

C．easy

D．low

4.

A．broken

B．dirty

C．warm

D．old

5.

A．makes fun of

B．holds in

C．has power over

D．has contact with

6.

A．kicked

B．led

C．forced

D．sent

7.

A．excited

B．pleased

C．confused

D．ashamed

8.

A．guessed

B．proved

C．knew

D．hoped

9.

A．idea

B．sense

C．habit

D．chance

10.

A．researchers

B．doctors

C．adults

D．friends

11.

A．go

B．hide

C．happen

D．develop

12.

A．pity

B．pain

C．curiosity

D．burden

13.

A．completed

B．safe

C．close

D．open

14.

A．Observing

B．Keeping

C．Repairing

D．Dropping

15.

A．possible

B．perfect

C．unique

D．necessary

9 . It was late one evening. I can’t remember what it was about, but my Dad and I had a very big argument when my mother was away. We both said things we didn’t mean, and in the end I said, “I’m leaving.” And he said, “Good. The sooner, the better.”

I threw a few things in the suitcase and closed the door violently behind me, not knowing where I was going. After walking aimlessly for 20 minutes, I stopped at a local supermarket. Then my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Hey, Mary. Where are you? Dad is worried about you.”

“How can he worry about me? I’ve been away for nearly half an hour, but he didn’t call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the hateful things he’d shouted to me. “Listen, Mom. You can tell Dad that I’m fine. I’ll call you tomorrow.” I said and hung up.

I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my purchases, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I left the supermarket, a large piece of white paper was in front of me. On the piece of white paper were these words: “Please come home! I miss you and I’m worried about you!”

Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my Dad. Besides him, smiling gently, sat my mom. And that’s when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried. Despite(尽管) my best effort to run away from home, my father finally managed to track me down. I couldn’t leave now, not with him sitting there with caring eyes.

1. Why does Mary leave home ?

A．had to make her own living	B．had a bad performance at school
C．had an argument with her mother	D．had a big argument with her father

2. What does Mary do, after her mother called her,?

A．tried to calm down	B．forgave her father
C．became angrier than before	D．agreed to go home

3. What does the underlined word “purchases” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．goods Mary bought	B．actions Mary regretted (后悔)
C．telephone calls Mary made	D．lessons Mary learned

4. What probably happened at the end of the story?

A．Mary still refused to go home.	B．Mary returned home happily.
C．Mary’s father became angry again.	D．Mary’s mother was angry with her father.

10 . For hundreds of years, Japan has been hit, from time to time, by tsunami（海啸）, which is caused by earthquakes or underwater volcanoes. The story of the boy Yuuki is the story of such a disaster.

Yuuki lived with his family in a seaside village, below a small mountain. One day, as he played on top of the mountain, Yuuki felt a small earthquake but it was not strong enough to frighten anybody. Soon after, however, Yuuki noticed the sea darken and begin running away from the shore very fast, leaving behind wide areas of beach that had never been seen before.

Yuuki remembered reading that just before a terrible tsunami, the sea suddenly and quickly rolls backward. He ran to the beach, warning the villagers who had gathered to admire the new beach land.

But no one listened. They laughed at him and continued playing in the new sand.

Desperate, Yuuki could think of only one thing to do. He lit a tree branch, raced to the rice fields and began burning the harvested rice. Then he called out, “Fire! Fire! Everyone run to the mountain! Now!”

When everyone reached the mountain top, a villager cried out, “Yuuki is mad! I saw him set the fire.” Yuuki hung his head in shame, but said nothing as the villagers screamed at him.

Just then, someone shouted, “Look!”

In the distance a huge dark wave of water was speeding towards the shore. When it hit the shore, it destroyed everything.

On the mountain everyone stared at the village ruins in terror.

“I'm sorry I burned the fields,” said Yuuki, his voice trembling.

“Yuuki,” the village chief answered. “You saved us all.”

The villagers cheered and raised Yuuki into the air. “We were going to celebrate our rice harvest tonight,” said one, “but now we’ll celebrate that we’re all still alive!”

1. Where was Yuuki when the earthquake struck?

A．On the beach.	B．On the mountain.
C．In the rice fields.	D．At home.

2. In what order did the following events take place?
a. Yuuki ran to the rice fields.
b. The villagers paid no attention to Yuuki’s word.
c. Yuuki went to warn the villagers.
d. The village was in ruins.
e. The people were screaming at Yuuki.

A．c, b, d, a, e	B．a, c, d, b, e
C．c, b, a, e, d	D．a, c, d, e, b

3. How did Yuuki save the villagers from the disaster?

A．He told them about the earthquake.

B．He explained why the sea was flowing out.

C．He told the village chief to warn the people.

D．He set fire to the rice field.

4. What were the people planning to do before the tsunami struck their village?

A．Burn the rice crop.	B．Play on the beach.
C．Climb the mountain.	D．Celebrate the rice harvest.