1 . 阅读表达

Back when I was in my twenties, I worked in an office in Philadelphia. I spent my day there crunching (运算) lifeless numbers. The job was really boring. However, it had its happy moments, like when I received a hard-earned promotion (晋升).

It was different on Tuesdays. On Tuesday nights, I walked to a nearby center to my “another job”. It was a world apart from my job during the day. I would make my way to a large room where I was greeted by shouts of excitement—“Miss Maggie is here!” This enthusiasm came from a group of kids who were all mine to teach. On these Tuesday nights, I taught volleyball for athletes of the Special Olympics.

As I entered this large room one Tuesday night, I noticed that Brian was sitting in the corner by himself, as usual. He came from a family that treated him badly. Unfortunately, this caused him a lot of anger and sadness.

As the other kids started to exercise, I walked over to Brian and sat down. I said hello, but he gave me only an angry mumble (咕哝) in return.

I gave Brian a gentle pat and told him that we’d love to have him join us. Once the kids had warmed up, I began my lesson. As the lesson progressed, Brian came out of his corner. Nervously, he approached me and asked if he could play. I put my arm around him and replied with an enthusiastic yes.

Working with Brian each week, I knew I had to be patient, and this experience taught me a valuable lesson. Finally, I became friends with Brian. I knew that I had to stay positive and make sure he knew that I was there for him no matter what happened.

1. When did the writer feel pleased in her office? (no more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in paragraph 2?(no more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What did the writer teach the children? (no more than 5 words)
___________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did Brian often feel angry and sad? (no more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What kind of teacher do you think the writer was? Why? (no more than 20 words)
___________________________________________________________________________________________

2 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

“I can’t believe you have driven from Florida to Tennessee for me,” said Kyle, as tears filled his eyes. We talked in a private room in the church while groomsmen (伴郎) paced outside the open door. In a few minutes, the wedding would change Kyle’s life. It was a significant occasion for me, too, because I had been his second-grade teacher and mentor (导师) for the past twenty years.

It started when Kyle was assigned to my second-grade classroom. On the first day of class, I approached the thin, sad-looking boy with messy blond hair. “Welcome to my class, Kyle,” I said. He looked at the floor and didn’t respond. When I helped him with his assignments (作业) during the week, I noticed he didn’t know how to properly finish his work and his writing was messy. He attempted some lessons but often had wrong answers.

During a talk with his grandmother, who was raising Kyle. she said, “I’m thankful that you are his teacher. He never liked his teacher before, but he adores you. I wonder how he has been a different kettle of fish over the months. At home, Kyle now behaves better. He begins to listen to me and obey my orders. What’s more, it seems that he has fallen in love with his study.” I was glad that I could make a difference to Kyle. Unfortunately, due to some family factors, the grandmother and Kyle moved to Tennessee later.

Years later, a tall teenager visited me. It was the struggling student, Kyle. He said he had traveled to Florida to see his father and me. After that, Kyle began to visit me each summer, and we talked about his life, the importance of making good choices, etc. After graduation from school, without his parents’ support. Kyle managed to start his own business, later bought a truck, and moved into his own beautiful apartment. I was really proud of him.

And now Kyle was getting married. He said, “I’m lucky that you have influenced my life.”

1. Why did the author drive from Florida to Tennessee?(no more than 6 words)
_______________________________________________________________
2. What could the author find from Kyle’s assignments?(no more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________
3. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3?(no more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________
4. Why was the author proud of Kyle?(no more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________
5. Do you like such teachers as the author? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)
_______________________________________________________________

4 . Maria had been staying in Turkey for several weeks. She ________ to teach English to poor people living there.

One day, she got on a bus. Since it was too early in the morning, the bus was quite ________. She decided it might be a good idea to ________ some Turkish words she had just learned during the ride. She wanted to use Turkish to ________ the locals. After a while, the bus stopped. And two ________ got on. One of them noticed the seat beside Maria and ________.

He pointed to the seat and asked a question in Turkish. Maria ________ that he was asking if he could sit there. She ________. He smiled and said “thank you” in Turkish, one of the few things Maria could understand. They sat in ________ for a minute. Then the man asked Maria if she thought the clock on the bus was a few minutes off. Seeing the strange look on her face, he ________ that he needed to get to work on time.

Maria was still ________ and tried hard to tell him that she didn’t understand his Turkish. She then expressed it in English ________ he spoke English. The man was ________ to hear her speak in Turkish and English. He knew only a little English, so he wanted to take this opportunity to ________ it. Then they continued talking with each other ________ in two languages.

Good language learners have plenty of ________. They are confident when chatting away. Maybe they are uncertain about their pronunciation, but that ________ doesn’t stop them because they know that practicing, even if done ________, is the only way to get better. Sure, they might get ________ because a native (母语的) speaker doesn’t understand them, but they just ________ that and work to improve themselves.

1.

A．failed

B．volunteered

C．afforded

D．struggled

2.

A．dark

B．noisy

C．crowded

D．empty

3.

A．review

B．discuss

C．compare

D．describe

4.

A．care for

B．compete with

C．stand for

D．communicate with

5.

A．owners

B．drivers

C．passengers

D．customers

6.

A．approached

B．returned

C．replied

D．passed

7.

A．argued

B．guessed

C．promised

D．hoped

8.

A．nodded

B．refused

C．left

D．waved

9.

A．doubt

B．surprise

C．preparation

D．silence

10.

A．believed

B．explained

C．realized

D．discovered

11.

A．satisfied

B．frightened

C．confused

D．shocked

12.

A．now that

B．even though

C．so that

D．in case

13.

A．disappointed

B．excited

C．certain

D．anxious

14.

A．practice

B．introduce

C．translate

D．spread

15.

A．crazily

B．secretly

C．cheerfully

D．proudly

16.

A．imagination

B．choices

C．courage

D．purposes

17.

A．danger

B．duty

C．goal

D．worry

18.

A．positively

B．dishonestly

C．imperfectly

D．creatively

19.

A．disheartened

B．inspired

C．responsible

D．formal

20.

A．admire

B．forget

C．exchange

D．prove

5 . It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened the night when Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.

“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights and sirens (警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder (路肩).”

But Hyde couldn’t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.

Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination (目的地). At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn’t needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.

“Just about that time,” Hyde says, “I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere. He’d blown his engine. Now he had to stop.”

“After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license.”

That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty -- a thousand dollars for the new engine --not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.

1. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?

A．Because he was racing with another driver on the road.

B．Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene.

C．Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him.

D．Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Someone else was taking care of the injured person when Hyde arrive.

B．The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.

C．Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.

D．The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40.

3. The driver of the Firebird ________.

A．took a wrong turn on the way

B．had some trouble with his car

C．was stopped by the police officer

D．paid for the expenses of the accident

4. What is probably the best title for the article?

A．Losing His Way?	B．Going My Way?
C．Fun All the Way?	D．Help on the Way?

8 . 20-year-old Derrick Byrd doesn’t believe he’s a hero, but rushing through flames — not once, but twice — was his response to a(n) _______ situation. When he _______ to a loud cry and his sister’s scream (尖叫) in the early morning hours of July 4th, Derrick     _______ their house was on fire and he called the firemen _______.

He kicked in his sister’s bedroom door, and then he ran downstairs through flames     _______ he could catch the children as his sister _______ them jump from the upstairs window. “ Kayla wanted to get the kids out, so I ran downstairs even though I got burnt,” Derrick told KOMO News.

Although it was still _______ outside, Derrick safely _______ Junior, 6, and Rory, 3, before Kayla was helped down. The third child, eight-year-old Mercedes, fell back into the room and screamed Derrick’s name as the _______ continued to burn. Derrick didn’t think twice about his own ________ when he ran back into the flames and up the stairs to ________   Mercedes. “ I could feel it burning me,” Derrick said from his hospital bed. “ I got her and took my shirt off and put it around her ________ so she wouldn’t take in any ________, and I just carried her out as fast as I could.” After making sure his sister and her children were ________, Derrick got a ride to the hospital. The firefighters arrived on the scene in time and put out the big fire ________. Everyone there ________ from the fire, thanks to Derrick and Kayla’s ________ and decisive (果断的) actions.

Derrick suffered second- and third-degree ________ on his face, back, and arms for his selfless rescue. With bandages(绷带) ________ his burns, the youth told the reporter that he would “________ it again in that situation as long as I am alive.”

1.

A．exciting

B．senior

C．intelligent

D．horrible

2.

A．referred

B．applied

C．awoke

D．turned

3.

A．realized

B．meant

C．expected

D．doubted

4.

A．specifically

B．immediately

C．curiously

D．confidently

5.

A．but

B．while

C．so

D．if

6.

A．helped

B．watched

C．explored

D．exchanged

7.

A．rainy

B．crowded

C．dark

D．noisy

8.

A．touched

B．guided

C．caught

D．raised

9.

A．tree

B．garden

C．car

D．house

10.

A．topic

B．collection

C．pain

D．award

11.

A．select

B．rescue

C．watch

D．support

12.

A．face

B．legs

C．hair

D．arms

13.

A．gas

B．air

C．material

D．smoke

14.

A．happy

B．safe

C．honest

D．calm

15.

A．peacefully

B．suddenly

C．nervously

D．finally

16.

A．escaped

B．figured

C．forgot

D．gained

17.

A．simple

B．brave

C．common

D．easy

18.

A．headache

B．fever

C．marks

D．burns

19.

A．showing

B．covering

C．changing

D．increasing

20.

A．do

B．discover

C．report

D．end