1 . Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I changed my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn’t covered by water or mud. As Ireached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable andfrom somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or fivetimes. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt, I wouldn’t have found itamusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!
Having stopped, laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but invain. For a second time, I took a stepbackwards while myattacker paused. I wasn’t sure what to do. After all, it’s just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That’s when I discovered why my attacker was charging at me onlymoments earlier. He had a mate andshe wasdying.
Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fanher. I could only admire the loveand courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me forhis mate’s sake, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give herthose extra few precious moments of life. His courage inattacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate’s safety seemedadmirable. I couldn’t do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.
Since then, I’ve always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers facing me.
1. Why did the writer change his direction while walking down a path?

A．To get close to a butterfly.

B．To look the bad situation over.

C．To escape a sudden attack.

D．To avoid getting his shoes dirty.

2. What did the man find funny?

A．Making the attacker pause.

B．Being attacked by a butterfly.

C．Stepping on a butterfly.

D．Discovering the energetic butterfly.

3. Which of the following words can best describe the male butterfly?

A．Careless.	B．Amusing.
C．Courageous.	D．Aggressive.

4. From this experience the man learned ________.

A．what he should do when faced with trouble

B．people should show sympathy to the weak

C．how he should deal with attacks

D．people should protect butterflies

2 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I never looked up when my friends were talking and joking about the retarded (智障的) boy a few tables away. It didn’t even cross my mind that he might feel ____ when people whispered about him. So I ____ let them talk.
Then came the day when I learned my little brother Martin’s testing for autism (自闭症) came out positive (阳性). I ____, crying. Over time, I was able to ____ his illness a little more. We had to move because of Martin’s treatment. So Martin and I both ____ at a new school. One day, I was standing in the bus line waiting when a “short” bus (for the retarded) came and ____ up some kids. The children in the other line started making ____ about the “retarded” on that bus and I felt a ____ feeling in my heart. I said quietly that those remarks weren’t very nice, ____ no one listened.
My family moved again. In the new school I got a ____ to speak up pretty soon. That day, in a band class, my teacher ____ our playing to make some comments, “Guys, we’re playing like the kids on the short bus! Come on!” The entire room was laughing loudly. Then, I raised my hand. I wasn’t sure what I was going to say but I wanted to be ____ And this came out: “I don’t think we should make fun of the short bus, because there are people on that bus who have a lot in common with us and have ____ the same feelings as we do.” I could feel my ____ getting louder. “So I would ____ it if you didn’t make fun of them.” The room was very quiet and everyone stared at me. My teacher ____ for his words. At the end of the class, everyone was giving me strange looks. But I didn’t ____ because I knew three things: I had spoken the ____, I had taught everyone something, and while everyone in the classroom was being a follower, I had ____ to take a different path since I wanted to become a ____ and a role model.1.

A．worried

B．hurt

C．disappointed

D．confused

2.

A．still

B．again

C．just

D．seldom

3.

A．wiped out

B．broke out

C．broke down

D．calmed down

4.

A．treat

B．know

C．bear

D．accept

5.

A．changed

B．started

C．suffered

D．behaved]

6.

A．set

B．took

C．brought

D．picked

7.

A．jokes

B．complaints

C．enquiries

D．discoveries

8.

A．violent

B．strange

C．similar

D．clear

9.

A．because

B．if

C．but

D．so

10.

A．chance

B．position

C．topic

D．point

11.

A．encouraged

B．bothered

C．enjoyed

D．stopped

12.

A．heard

B．praised

C．spotted

D．taught

13.

A．exactly

B．slightly

C．hardly

D．fairly

14.

A．pace

B．voice

C．pulse

D．breath

15.

A．excuse

B．appreciate

C．stand

D．permit

16.

A．apologized

B．fought

C．allowed

D．argued

17.

A．understand

B．notice

C．return

D．care

18.

A．wisdom

B．reason

C．matter

D．truth

19.

A．helped

B．decided

C．agreed

D．hoped

20.

A．reporter

B．thinker

C．leader

D．trainer

3 . 完形填空。

A Brick in Life

A young and successful manager was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was _______ kids rushing out from _______ parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

_______ his car passed, one child appeared, and a brick smashed into the Jaguar's side door. He slammed on the _______and turned the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.

He jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and _________ him up against a parked car, shouting, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what _______ are you doing？” Then he went on, “Didn't you know that brick you threw is going to _______ a lot of money. Why did you do it？”

“Please, sir. Please, I'm sorry. I didn't know _______ else to do！” begged the youngster.

“_________ my brother，” he said. “He rolled off the sidewalk and fell out of his __________ and I can't lift him up.”

Sobbing, the boy asked the manager, “Would you please help me get him __________into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too ________ for me.”

Moved __________ words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and __________ his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see ________ everything was going to be okay.

“Thank you, sir. And God bless you，” the ________ child said to him. The man then ________ the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward __________ home.

It was a long ______________ back to his Jaguar — a long, slow walk. He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent (凹痕) ________ him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.

1.

A．watching for

B．looking for

C．heading for

D．leaving for

2.

A．among

B．between

C．in

D．through

3.

A．While

B．Before

C．As

D．After

4.

A．window

B．door

C．wheel

D．brake

5.

A．pushed

B．guided

C．held

D．caught

6.

A．in earth

B．on earth

C．after all

D．above all

7.

A．spend

B．charge

C．cost

D．pay

8.

A．which

B．who

C．that

D．what

9.

A．It's

B．Which's

C．That's

D．Who's

10.

A．Jaguar

B．wheelchair

C．sidewalk

D．bike

11.

A．up

B．down

C．back

D．forward

12.

A．light

B．funny

C．terrible

D．heavy

13.

A．beyond

B．inside

C．outside

D．around

14.

A．broke out

B．took out

C．run out

D．gave out

15.

A．what

B．where

C．that

D．which

16.

A．angry

B．willing

C．satisfactory

D．grateful

17.

A．watched

B．glared

C．noticed

D．witnessed

18.

A．his

B．their

C．her

D．its

19.

A．journey

B．trip

C．walk

D．running

20.

A．reminding

B．reminded

C．reminds

D．to remind

4 . I walked up to the counter. Behind it was a lady with glasses on the tip of her nose and gray hair on her head.

"Excuse me," I said. She looked up. "You're that Clements kid," she said."I'm Miss Bee.Come closer and let me get a look at you." She pushed her glasses up her nose. "I can describe you to the police if something goes missing from the store."

"I'm not a thief!" I was shocked. I was seven, too young to be a thief!

"From what I can see, you're not much of anything. But I can tell you've got potential." She went back to reading her newspaper.

"I need to get these." I said, holding up my list. "So? Go get them."Miss Bee pointed to a sign on the screen door. "I'm not your servant,so I suggest you get yourself a basket and start filling."

I visited Miss Bee several times a week that summer. Sometimes she short-changed me. Other times she overcharged. "That can of beans is only twenty nine cents" I corrected her one afternoon. I had watched the numbers change on the cash register closely, and Miss Bee had added 35 cents. She didn't seem embarrassed. She just looked at me over her glasses and fixed the price.

But she ever let me declare victory. All summer long she found ways to play tricks on me. No sooner had I learned how to pronounce bicarbonate of soda(小苏打)and memorized its location on the shelf than Miss Bee rearranged the shelve and made me hunt for it all over again.

One day before I left, she said, "I know what you think of me, but I don't care! Each of us is put on this earth for a reason.I believe my job is to teach every child I meet life lessons. When you get older you'll be glad our paths crossed!" Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! The idea was absurd...

Until one day my daughter asked me to finish her math problems. "If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?" I said. Suddenly, I remembered the lady Miss Bee.

1. The girl felt       when Miss Bee implied she could be a thief.

A．surprised	B．shocked
C．puzzled	D．annoyed

2. We can infer from Paragraph 6 that Miss Bee       .

A．showed no care about her mistakes

B．made the girl learn to double-check

C．was always playing tricks on the girl

D．was careless and dishonest to do business

3. It can be learned from the passage that Miss Bee       .

A．knew her job was to help every child she met

B．asked the girl to shop by herself to test her honesty

C．taught the girl many lessons but she didn't understand

D．rearranged the shelves to teach the girl to be changeable

4. Which is NOT the lesson the writer learnt from shopping?

A．Treat others kindly and politely.

B．Don't be so quick to judge others.

C．The best teachers aren't only in school.

D．Try our best though the task seems beyond us.

5 . Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington, D.C. He developed a prototype(原型机) for a device he calls the Presto Emergency Boat Ladder. His invention is a small folding ladder that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water. Mr. Mountain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder.
He created his invention at a workshop called TechShop. Mr. Mountain says, “I think it encourages innovation. I think people who probably have had ideas rolling around in the back of their minds for years but have never had the opportunity to actually put them into production or even experiment with them would find this place wonderful. Members of TechShop use high-tech equipment to develop and produce ideas they have for inventions.” Isabella Musachio manages a TechShop in Arlington, Virginia. She says the shop has many different kinds of equipment.
“TechShop is a do-it-yourself maker space. So when you come in we have all these different areas of the shop, and we have a metal shop, wood shop, lasers, 3D printers, electronics. I mean, we have so many different areas and we have all the equipment that is availahle to anybody above the age of 12.”
Membership costs for TechShop start at just over $ 100 per month. Members are able to use costly machines including 3D modeling tools and laser cutters. Isabella Musachio says TechShop helps its members build their dreams.
“Our motto is ‘build your dreams here’ because you can really come in with just an idea, and then with the help of TechShop make that leap from an idea to building your project o, your prototype or even your business.”
Jim Newton is the founder of TechShop. He first introduced the idea for the technology workshops at an arts and sciences event called Maker Faire in San Mateo, California in 2006. His idea attracted hundreds of members during that event, Now, there are eight TechShop locations in the U. S. In all, there are more than 6,000 members. Two more-TechShop locations in the cities of St. Louis and Look Angeles will be set up.
1. The invention Mr. Mountain invented will be used to____ .
A save the drowning people

A．help people climb the ladder

B．make the boat safer

C．let the boat float safely

2. What can be inferred from what Mr. Mountain says in Paragraph 2?.

A．People with imagination can achieve their dreams.

B．TechShop can help turn some people’s ideas into reality.

C．TechShop is a place where people can put forward their new ideas.

D．It's hard for people to put their ideas into practice.

3. From the last paragraph, we can know _____.

A．Jim Newton is a very great invention

B．people didn't like TechShop at first

C．TechShop will become more and more popular

D．TechShop greeted with bad reviews in 2006

4. What can we know about TechShop from the passage?

A．TechShop is founded by Maurice Mountain.

B．TechShop puts high-tech dreams within reach.

C．TechShop is a non-profit organization.

D．TechShop offers its members more ideas.

6 . Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I’ve ever had: Be bold and brave — and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.
Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.
Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas — even physical strength greater than most of us realize.
Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. “In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,” said Tim. “I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet（子弹） — and stopped him cold.”
Boldness — a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme—is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.
So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities—and you’ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.
1. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

A．He faced huge risks.

B．He lacked mighty forces.

C．Fear prevented him from trying.

D．Failure blocked his way to success.

2. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

A．Swallow more than you can digest.

B．Act slightly above your abilities.

C．Develop more mysterious powers.

D．Learn to make creative decisions.

3. What was especially important for Tim’s successful defense in the football game?

A．His physical strength.

B．His basic skill.

C．His real fear.

D．His spiritual force.

4. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

A．Confidence grows more rapidly in adults.

B．Trying without success is meaningless.

C．Repeated failure creates a better life.

D．Boldness can be gained little by little.

5. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To encourage people to be courageous.

B．To advise people to build up physical power.

C．To tell people the ways to guarantee success.

D．To recommend people to develop more abilities.

7 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ________at work in people of all _________. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about _______with their new toys. But their ________soon wear off and by January those_________toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of_________stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s _________interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child________bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the_______of caring the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescent enter high school with great_______but soon looking forward to________. The same is true of the young adults going to the college. And then, how many_________, who complain about the long drives to work, _________drove for hours at a time when they first_________   their drivers licenses? Before people retire, they usually   _______to do a lot of_____things, which never had _____while working. But ________after retirement, the golfing, the fishing , the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they _______. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new_________.1.

A．principle

B．habit

C．way

D．power

2.

A．parties

B．races

C．countries

D．ages

3.

A．working

B．living

C．playing

D．going

4.

A．confidence

B．interest

C．anxiety

D．sorrow

5.

A．same

B．extra

C．funny

D．expensive

6.

A．well-organized

B．colorfully-printed

C．newly-collected

D．half-filled

7.

A．broad

B．passing

C．different

D．main

8.

A．silently

B．impatiently

C．gladly

D．worriedly

9.

A．promise

B．burden

C．right

D．game

10.

A．courage

B．calmness

C．confusion

D．excitement

11.

A．graduation

B．independence

C．responsibility

D．success

12.

A．children

B．students

C．adults

D．retirees

13.

A．carefully

B．eagerly

C．nervously

D．bravely

14.

A．required

B．obtained

C．noticed

D．discovered

15.

A．need

B．learn

C．start

D．plan

16.

A．great

B．strange

C．difficult

D．correct

17.

A．time

B．money

C．skills

D．knowledge

18.

A．only

B．well

C．even

D．soon

19.

A．lost

B．choose

C．left

D．quit

20.

A．pets

B．toys

C．friends

D．colleagues

8 . The car, running along the well­lit road now sank in darkness. I broke the     ____     on purpose,     ____     that the driver was too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening？” “9 o'clock after this     ____.” “Then when do you come out in the morning？” I       ____       another question.   “9 o'clock, too—just as if I worked at an office.” His     ____ surprised me, because every time I ride a taxi, what I     ____ from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night, it's hard to earn money, they're often ____     by the police, or that their leaders are seated lazily, ____     the fruits. But this driver told me, “I find it     ____ to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for ____. It's fortunate that I hardly drive     ____     a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand yuan a month with ease. Yes, I never     ____     an empty taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward.   If it goes along a     ____，   I turn into a narrow street...”
His words showed his     ____     with his life and the pride he     ____     in his job. Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays as oxygen in high       ____. As an ancient saying goes, “Neither joy in material     ____     nor grieve (悲痛) over personal setbacks.” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by       ____       living and go far with a calm mind? I couldn't help feeling       ____       when finding such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold     ____.1.

A．window

B．stillness

C．silence

D．quietness

2.

A．on condition

B．for fear

C．in belief

D．in order

3.

A．night

B．trip

C．cycle

D．process

4.

A．threw out

B．gave away

C．made up

D．led to

5.

A．character

B．confidence

C．attitude

D．easiness

6.

A．suffer

B．request

C．benefit

D．hear

7.

A．detected

B．ordered

C．fined

D．seized

8.

A．keeping

B．tasting

C．enjoying

D．choosing

9.

A．exciting

B．disappointing

C．tiring

D．amazing

10.

A．freedom

B．pleasure

C．hobby

D．company

11.

A．without

B．with

C．behind

D．beside

12.

A．follow

B．admire

C．envy

D．meet

13.

A．route

B．path

C．railway

D．highway

14.

A．intelligence

B．satisfaction

C．competition

D．honesty

15.

A．made

B．held

C．caught

D．took

16.

A．buildings

B．mountains

C．standard

D．heaven

17.

A．gains

B．concerns

C．supports

D．loss

18.

A．special

B．happy

C．simple

D．original

19.

A．angry

B．content

C．dangerous

D．curious

20.

A．morning

B．night

C．moment

D．season