2 . I wanted to share the story of someone in my community. Alex and I have been pretty good friends for years. He was raised in a pretty abusive home, and grew up with major depression and anxiety. He talks about his story all the time to help other teens. Alex has truly changed his life around to help other people and we are all so glad for that.

He started an organization to help homeless people. He has teens from across the world mail him stories of hope or funny pictures that they drew and he goes around and gives homeless people those things along with food or something. They love receiving drawings and letters because they feel great knowing that someone took time to do that for them.

Alex also wrote a book to inspire teens. He wants other teenagers to see what he’s gone through so they feel inspired to make a change in their lives. Alex is an extremely inspirational person and this book will help teens in similar situations as Alex was in.

Alex has won three awards for everything he did. He won an inspirational people’s award through a local organization; he won the Youth Service America’s everyday hero award and he won a Canadian awesome award. He’s changing lives and he really deserves these awards. Alex’s latest accomplishment is the start of the National Youth Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying Task Force. I can’t believe how many families he’s affected. It’s so much work just to help people he doesn’t know but Alex loves it.

I believe that young stars are not just singers and actors. I believe they are also the youth changing our world. There are not many teens that choose to change the world around, but Alex is definitely one of them.

1. What can we learn about Alex’s childhood?

A．Alex had many friends.	B．Alex was badly treated.
C．Alex was cheerful.	D．Alex changed his life with other’s help.

2. What does Alex do to help homeless people?

A．He draws funny pictures.

B．He writes inspiring books.

C．He goes around to ask for donation.

D．He provides mental support as well as food.

3. Which of the following best describes Alex?

A．Ambitious and successful.	B．Patient and amazing.
C．Encouraging and selfless.	D．Outgoing and generous.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Your Voice.	B．Campus Life.
C．News Express.	D．Magic World.

5 . Eighteen years ago, hospice (安养院) nurse Michelle Linn met a baby who seemingly did not have long to live. Braden was born with Pfeiffer syndrome, type 2. This condition________facial abnormalities that can make it difficult to breathe.

Braden’s mom Cheri says their son’s prognosis (病情预断) was not________from the start. “The doctor said that he would not live and if he did live, he’d be________blind and deaf,” said Cheri. As a baby, Braden’s airways were so badly________that his doctors sent him to hospice care, and that’s where the family________Michelle. As his nurse, Michelle spent hours by Braden’s bedside hoping he’d________. One night a few months into his hospice care Braden’s________got so bad that Michelle feared the________was near.

“As I watched him________all through the night, I honestly wasn’t sure if he would________it to morning,” she wrote on Face book. Over the next few months, Braden’s_______ improved._______, he was finally allowed to leave the hospice, an all-too-rare_______. Ever since then Braden has________every prognosis!

Doctors said he wouldn’t________to be 18 months old, but this year he________his 18th birthday. To celebrate his senior year of high school his________asked Michelle, the nurse who________for their son as if he were her own, to take his senior pictures. The results are a________of the power of faith and friendship.

“It is such a great________to see him graduating from high school,” said Cheri.

“I’m very happy with who I am today,” Braden said.

1.

A．treats

B．obtains

C．handles

D．causes

2.

A．doubtful

B．harmful

C．meaningful

D．hopeful

3.

A．hardly

B．severely

C．randomly

D．frequently

4.

A．mixed

B．operated

C．blocked

D．cleared

5.

A．met

B．invited

C．thanked

D．assisted

6.

A．catch up

B．break through

C．pull through

D．take up

7.

A．breathing

B．temper

C．behavior

D．screaming

8.

A．decision

B．end

C．reward

D．survival

9.

A．sleep

B．struggle

C．cure

D．fear

10.

A．appreciate

B．hate

C．find

D．make

11.

A．condition

B．level

C．chance

D．relief

12.

A．Normally

B．Temporarily

C．Unbelievably

D．Unfortunately

13.

A．occurrence

B．accident

C．arrangement

D．recognition

14.

A．abandoned

B．noticed

C．accepted

D．challenged

15.

A．happen

B．live

C．dream

D．agree

16.

A．celebrated

B．forgot

C．missed

D．announced

17.

A．teachers

B．friends

C．doctors

D．parents

18.

A．searched

B．mourned

C．cared

D．accounted

19.

A．lesson

B．reminder

C．plan

D．trade

20.

A．discovery

B．choice

C．moment

D．influence

7 . One afternoon, Jose Rodriguez Jr. went home early after school. He _______that his little brother Joel was searching for his fidget toy (解压玩具). It is _______ for Joel, who has autism (自闭症), and likes to play with it to _______.That was when a(n) _______ struck Rodriguez: What if he could find a better way for Joel and others with autism to _______ their fidget toys?

Soon, Rodriguez founded Tasium, a company that makes _______ T-shirts. There is a fidget toy tied to the bottom corner of each shirt，which _______ that the toy is never far from the person wearing it. “For those with autism, fidget toys have proven to be _______,” Rodriguez says. “Many people think that fidget toys are a distraction (使人分心的事物). _______, they are really there to help.”

Rodriguez took a ________ by NFTE, a nonprofit that provides training for young people. In the end, NFTE ran a ________. From classes held around the world，NFTE ________ three students per class and nominated (提名) their ideas for an international contest. To his ________, Rodriguez won the contest last year. The win came with $12, 000 and ________ Rodriguez to start Tasium. Rodriguez used the ________ to set up a website, and the money also gave him the ________ to make the first batches (批次) of shirts available for sale.

________, Rodriguez made shirts at his school with a heat press, but now he's switched to screen-printing ________ the design on the shirts doesn't wash off easily. Rodriguez says he plans to continue the ________ from college and expand Tasium into jackets, hats, dresses, and more, with every piece of clothing having some kind of fidget toy ________. “I just wanted to help the world in some way, ”Rodriguez says.

1.

A．admitted

B．showed

C．found

D．regretted

2.

A．easy

B．dangerous

C．convenient

D．important

3.

A．relax

B．behave

C．perform

D．survive

4.

A．toy

B．idea

C．disease

D．vehicle

5.

A．pay attention to

B．make up for

C．put up with

D．keep track of

6.

A．colorful

B．trendy

C．unusual

D．expensive

7.

A．warns

B．ensures

C．reports

D．assumes

8.

A．helpful

B．popular

C．educational

D．eco-friendly

9.

A．Besides

B．Otherwise

C．However

D．Therefore

10.

A．note

B．course

C．test

D．prize

11.

A．trip

B．meeting

C．campaign

D．competition

12.

A．selected

B．refused

C．discovered

D．blamed

13.

A．sorrow

B．shame

C．surprise

D．admiration

14.

A．expected

B．allowed

C．taught

D．required

15.

A．funds

B．force

C．skills

D．trade

16.

A．luck

B．right

C．courage

D．ability

17.

A．Suddenly

B．Previously

C．Eventually

D．Occasionally

18.

A．as if

B．in case

C．so that

D．even though

19.

A．business

B．studies

C．relationship

D．games

20.

A．hidden

B．repaired

C．distributed

D．attached

8 . 短文改错

Last Friday, as I was getting home from school, I heard of the music of a garbage truck in my neighborhood. My mother once reminded me to taking out the garbage when the truck came. Known that the truck would leave soon, I hurried home, picked up the garbage bag, and ran out. Fortunate, I caught the truck but managed to throw the bag into it. To my surprised, however, I threw away my school bag instead. I decided to run after the truck but fail to catch it. Then I had to make the phone call to the Environmental Department. The next day, a man sent to help me to get my bag back. After about two hours, we found them at last.

9 . Chase Friedman awoke inside the hospital paralyzed from the neck down,________ whether he’d walk again, Friedman, 25,________ and fell on his friend’s bathroom floor, an accident that ________ injured his spine (脊柱) and left him unable to move his arms and legs. Doctors told him his ________ of walking again were “50-50”. The Los Angeles ________ thought “my life was over”. But on a Saturday less than three months later, Friedman climbed the Art Museum steps, bringing friends, family and strangers to ________. After he raised his ________ at the top of the steps, Friedman told the crowd that “anything is possible”. “I’m glad that people are ________ because it does prove that you can beat everything,” Friedman said.

His journey up the 72 steps started well before Saturday. After surgeons put pins (钢针) in his spine, he learned to walk again at Magee Hospital. He practiced on instruments and stairs, held up by a belt or his physical therapist, Erin Freimuth.________, his recovery attracted hundreds of thousands of people on TikTok, the social media platform where he would post videos of his ________. A video ________ Saturday’s journey up the Art Museum steps received 1.8 million ________.

Friedman arrived in a wheel-chair and ________ a walker as he approached the steps. The crowd of about a hundred people, who were dancing, exercising and ________ for photos beforehand, fell silent. With the ________ gone, Friedman took each step slowly. The crowd ________ when he reached each ________.

When his mother visited, the sight of her son unable to do anything was ________ . But seeing him ________ the Art Museum steps, she said. “This is definitely a time when everybody in the world needs ________.”

1.

A．pitying

B．wondering

C．believing

D．telling

2.

A．walked

B．leaped

C．slipped

D．struck

3.

A．deadly

B．bitterly

C．urgently

D．severely

4.

A．abilities

B．risk

C．competence

D．chances

5.

A．resident

B．friend

C．doctor

D．student

6.

A．laughter

B．sweat

C．tears

D．approval

7.

A．fists

B．money

C．voice

D．nose

8.

A．excited

B．inspired

C．delighted

D．thrilled

9.

A．Instead

B．However

C．Meanwhile

D．Therefore

10.

A．fitness

B．interest

C．life

D．progress

11.

A．proving

B．witnessing

C．indicating

D．identifying

12.

A．check

B．consultant

C．scanning

D．views

13.

A．took

B．moved

C．became

D．exchanged

14.

A．posing

B．standing

C．sitting

D．smiling

15.

A．steps

B．wheelchair

C．crowd

D．stick

16.

A．erupted

B．sighed

C．prayed

D．waited

17.

A．roof

B．routine

C．landing

D．foot

18.

A．unbearable

B．regretful

C．troublesome

D．imaginary

19.

A．wandering on

B．jumping off

C．running through

D．marching up

20.

A．help

B．hope

C．love

D．praise

10 . Around the World in 80 Days! —By Jules Verne

"We set out for Dover and Calais in ten minutes," Fogg announced. A puzzled grin appeared in Passepartout's round face: clearly he had not understood. "Monsieur is going to leave home?" "Yes," replied Phileas Fogg. "We are going around the world." Passepartout's eyes widened, he raised his eyebrows, held up his hands and seemed about to collapse. "Round the world!" he murmured. "In eighty days," responded Mr. Fogg. "So we don't have a moment to lose," "But the cases?" gasped Passepartout. "We won't have any cases," Fogg replied. "Only a bag with two shirts and three pairs of stockings for me in it, and the same for you. We'll buy our clothes on the way. Bring down my raincoat and traveling cloak, and some strong shoes, although we will do little walking. Hurry up!"

Passepartout tried to reply, but he could not. He mechanically began to make the preparations for departure. Around the world in eighty days! Was his master a fool? No. Was this a joke, then? They were going to Dover; good! To Calais; good again! After all, Passepartout, who had been away from France for five years, wouldn't be sorry to set foot in his own country again. Perhaps they would go as far as Paris, and it would do his eyes good to see Paris once again.

By eight o'clock Passepartout had packed the bag. Then, still feeling troubled, he went down to see

Mr. Fogg. Mr. Fogg was completely ready. Under his arm was a book containing timetables showing the arrival and departure of steam boats and trains. He took the bag, opened it, and slipped into it a roll of notes. "You haven't forgotten anything?" Fogg asked. "Nothing, monsieur." "My raincoat and cloak?" "Here they are." "Good!"

"Take this bag," Fogg said, handing it to Passepartout. "Take good care of it because there are twenty thousand pounds in it." Passepartout nearly dropped the bag, as if the twenty thousand pounds were in gold, and weighed him down. Passepartout and his master then left the house and at the end of Saville Row they took a taxi and drove rapidly to Charing Cross.

1. How did Passepartout react to the idea of the journey at first?

A．He argued with Mr. Fogg.	B．He was quite puzzled.
C．He was thankful to Mr. Fogg.	D．He was unhappy about it.

2. From the 3rd paragraph, it can be inferred that ________.

A．Mr. Fogg had read many books	B．Mr. Fogg was a slave owner
C．Mr. Fogg liked to be well dressed	D．Mr. Fogg had already packed for the journey

3. Passepartout felt pleased about ________.

A．the fact that Mr. Fogg wanted his company	B．the length of time he would be away
C．the opportunity the journey would give him	D．the preparation he made for the journey

4. What surprised Passepartout when Mr. Fogg handed him the bag of the money?

A．Mr. Fogg's attitude to it.	B．The size of the bag.
C．The weight of the money in it.	D．The amount of money in it.