1 . Flower Power

When her grandmother’s health began to worsen last autumn, Mary would make the drive from Washington, DC to Winchester, VA every few days.

She hated highway driving, finding it ugly and boring. She preferred to take winding country roads to her grandmother’s hospital. When she drove through the rocky town of Harpers Ferry, the beauty of the rough waters was always appealing to her.

Toward the end of her journey, Mary had to get on highway 81. It was here that she discovered a surprising bit of beauty during one of her trips. Along the shoulder of the highway, there was a long stretch of wild flowers. They were thin and delicate and purple, and moved back and forth in the wind as if whispering poems to each other.

The first time she saw the flowers, Mary was seized by an uncontrollable urge to pull over on the highway and pull a bunch from the soil. She carried them into her grandmother’s room when she arrived at the hospital and placed them in a vase by her bed.

For a moment her grandmother seemed more lucid（清醒的）than usual. She thanked Mary for the flowers, commented on their beauty and asked where she had gotten them. Mary was overjoyed by the ability of the flowers to wake something up inside her sick grandmother.

Afterwards, Mary began carrying scissors in the car during her trips to visit her grandmother. She would quickly glide onto the shoulder, jump out of the car, and clip a bunch of flowers. Each time Mary placed the flowers in the vase, her grandmother’s eyes would light up and they would have a splendid conversation.

One morning in late October, Mary got a call that her grandmother had taken a turn for the worse. Mary was in such a hurry to get to her grandmother that she sped past her flower spot. She decided to turn around, head several miles back, and cut a bunch.

Mary arrived at the hospital to find her grandmother very weak and unresponsive. She placed the flowers in the vase and sat down to hold her grandmother’s hand. She felt a squeeze on her fingers. It was the last conversation they had.

1. Mary preferred to take country roads to the hospital because she could ________.

A．get on highway 81 more easily	B．enjoy the natural view along the roads
C．pick wild flowers for her grandmother	D．spend less time driving to the destination

2. When Mary placed the flowers by her grandmother’s bed, her grandmother _________.

A．came alive at the sight of the flowers	B．commented on Mary’s beauty
C．was overjoyed by the flowers	D．was curious about the type of the flowers

3. From the passage, we know that ________.

A．Mary discovered the wild flowers along the country roads

B．Mary’s grandmother had passed away before she arrived at the hospital

C．Mary’s last conversation with her grandmother was a silent one

D．Mary headed several miles back because she sped past the hospital

4. What does the passage convey to us?

A．Beauty in nature can be powerful.	B．Love has no beginning or ending.
C．Life is as beautiful as summer flowers.	D．Flowers have the magic to cure diseases.

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Last Sunday afternoon, Sandra and I were eager to meet up with a man on Detroit’s east side to help him get ready for a job interview this week. But on the way, we spotted a dog lying near the road next to his owner. We thought he’d been hit by a car. My friend, Sandra Abrahamian, and I had assisted animal rescue groups before and we thought there might be something we could do, so we quickly pulled over to help.

His owner, a woman told us the dog’s name is Bosco, and she was walking him over a mile in the heat to her new home. She said Bosco was an outside dog and no one would give him a ride to her new place. That’s when she and a friend decided to walk the entire way. He was going from a life on a chain in one backyard to another. She said Bosco was having trouble breathing along the way, but they thought he could make it. But just a block away from their destination, Bosco fell down. We could tell he was suffering from heatstroke (中暑). She told us he had thrown up and could no longer stand. Bosco was out of breath quickly; his drool (口水) was also thick. Bosco’s owner said she wanted to give him away because she didn’t have time for him. She said he would never be allowed into her new "home" because her children have allergies (过敏症) and she worried he would dirty the carpet.

I made a call to Kristina Rinaldi of Detroit Dog Rescue to ask if they could help Bosco because it was clear that he was going to die without emergency care. To our happiness, Rinaldi said they could help. At once she told the people at Oakland Veterinary Referral Services that a dog which needed critical care was being rushed in and they must be ready to try their best to save him.

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Sandra drove while I stayed in the back seat trying to comfort Bosco.

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So Bosco is now being called Roscoe, whose critical care and recovery were estimated to be several thousand dollars.

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3 . Waking up one morning at the age of six, young Charles Mulli found his family missing. He soon realized that he had been_______ by his poor parents and seven brothers and sisters.

Mulli was forced to become to become a beggar（乞丐）in order to stay_______ . But even in the middle of his poverty and despair, he still dreamed of being a (an) _______ man someday.

When Mulli turned 16, he walked for three days to Kenya’s capital, Nirobi, looking for _______ , In the years that followed, he took many difficult jobs. Mulli _______ his money and bought a car. Which he began using as a taxi in 1971. Later, he invested（投资）many vehicles to start “Mullyways”, a _______ company. Mulli then went on to become the   _______ of a rich oil company. All of his business was successful. These experiences made Mulli a millionaire. _______ he didn’t stop working hard. Yet his life would soon take another dramatic   ______Mulli was becoming painfully aware of the growing number of _________children in Kenya ,who ________ him of his own childhood. One day he told his wife and children that he was to spend his life ________ the street kids.

Soon the Mulli House was filled with 100 orphans（孤儿）, but that was just the beginning. In 1989, Mulli and his wife ________ the Mulli Children’s Family, whose aim was to provide a ________ . They provided children with food, cloth, medical care and education. Most importantly, they offered something these kids had never ________ —parents’ love. He side, “I believed we can change the world, one child at a time. As a child I wanted to be important, but where I am now is important for mankind.”

1.

A．allowed

B．loved

C．treated

D．abandoned

2.

A．healthy

B．safe

C．alive

D．happy.

3.

A．important

B．wise

C．honest

D．creative

4.

A．food

B．work

C．home

D．money

5.

A．wasted

B．borrowed

C．lent

D．saved

6.

A．transport

B．sport

C．public

D．medical

7.

A．trainer

B．boss

C．competitor

D．worker

8.

A．But

B．So

C．Or

D．Because

9.

A．fall

B．break

C．turn

D．place

10.

A．disabled

B．homeless

C．talented

D．careless

11.

A．reminded

B．warned

C．cured

D．informed

12.

A．visiting

B．watching

C．teaching

D．helping

13.

A．invited

B．purchased

C．established

D．sold

14.

A．life

B．school

C．hospital

D．shelter

15.

A．learned

B．experienced

C．imagined

D．hoped