B 

      Christopher Reeve was a successful actor ? famous for the Superman films. But disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors thought he would die. However? he made amazing progress. At first,he couldn’t breathe without a machine,but he learnt to breathe on his own.

      Christopher made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This encouraged a lot of people with all kinds of problems.

      From their home,Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident.

      Could you say something about your life after the accident?

      “Four days after the accident,I came to understand my situation. The doctors said I was not going to pull through. Those days were terrible. But my wife Dana said, “You are still you and I love you. Be confident in yourself. ’ And that saved my life. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up. Of course,I ’ ve had moments of feeling sorry for myself,but I ’ ve never had any thoughts of killing myself. ”

       What do you think of your family?

      “Great!Dana is so wonderful. We have always got on really well. My parents often quarreled with each other when I was young. But they ’ ve got closer since the accident. ”

       How do you spend your time?

       “I spent most of my time on charity work to improve the life for all disabled people. I think they need my help. With the progress of new medical research ? I’m confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day. So you can see I ’ m  far too busy to think of giving up! ”

       Christopher Reeve died on October 10 ,2004. But people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero.

() 1. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

   A. His riding accident. B. His marriage.

   C. His death. D. His films.

() 2. The underlined sentence “ I ’m far too busy to think of giving up! ” means

“ ”

   A. I have been busy thinking of giving up so far

   B. I ’ m so busy that I have no time to think of giving up

   C. I ’ m so busy that I have to think of giving up

   D. I have been so busy,so I have no time to think

() 3. Why did he spend most of his time on charity work?

   A. Because he wanted people to remember him.

   B. Because his wife asked him to do so.

   C. Because he thought he would die soon.

   D. Because he wanted to help disabled people.

() 4. Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. The doctors thought he could breathe without a machine.

   B. His speeches encouraged a lot of people with problems.

   C. His parents got on well with each other before the accident.

   D. Christopher Reeve never felt sorry for himself.

Ⅱ.閱讀理解閱讀下面的短文，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳選項。

                                                  A

Dear reader,

       Think about a ten-year-old child spending her days washing clothes,looking after a baby brother,and doing hard work on the farm.

        Think about a little girl. She knows there will not be enough food for dinner,and has no water to drink because it is not clean. She has watched her father,brother and sister lose their lives as the family has no money to send for a doctor.

        Hard to believe? For Maria,these are the facts of life.

        Maria would gladly walk to school,but her mother,now alone,really needs her at home. Maria had to leave school to work for her poor family.

        But for five dollars a week,you can help out a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere ? someone will help her. Through Save the Children ? you can help Maria ’s mother get better crops (收成) from their farm,and earn the money to buy clothes and things for school.

        To help Maria most ? your money is to put together with other helpers ? so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school or a hospital ? make their farm better ? bring in clean water... This is what Save the Children has been about since 1932.

        For you there are many returns. You can write letters to each other,get photos,or study reports. Know you are helping and saving another person in the same world as you. That ’s how Save the Children works. But without you,it can ’ t work. Please take a moment to fill in this form to help a child like Maria and her village.

        It can make such a difference—in her life and yours.

                                           Save the Children

                                            David L. Guyer 

                                             Chairman       

() 1. Maria ’ s  father,brother and sister died because they .

   A. were too poor to see a doctor   B. didn ’ t  know where to find a doctor

   C. didn ’ t  have enough food to eat   D. were too busy to see a doctor

() 2. This letter mainly tells you to .

   A. know about poor people   B. earn some money for poor children

   C. show pity to poor people   D. donate money to help poor children

() 3. If you try to help a child like Maria,which of the following CAN ’ T you get from her?

   A. You can often get some pictures from her.

   B. You can get more money from her when she grows up.

   C. You can often get her letters.

   D. You can often be told how she is getting on.

() 4. This letter most probably appears .

   A. on TV   B. in a magazine

   C. in a dictionary   D. on the radio

Ⅰ.完形填空閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳選項。

       Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact,she walked five kilometres before 1 every morning,and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool.She didn ’ t smoke and never 2 She didn ’ t eat chocolate. She didn ’ t eat sweet and fatty food ? 3 She weighed herself every day.

       One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a 4 sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak ? and his hands were shaking,5 he looked very happy.

       He smiled at her and said ? “Good morning!Lovely day,isn ’ t it?”

       He had a wide smile 6  his face ? and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.

      “Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes,it is a lovely day. ”

       Alicia thought he 7 very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old!She decided to ask liirn about the 8 of a happy old age.

       “I hope you don’t 9 me asking ,” she said ,“ but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do 10 I am your age. ”

        The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for 11 ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week,and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day. ”

        Alicia was 12 . She didn ’ t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did 13 wrong. She thought he should be 14 and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe? she thought,people could live a long happy life 15 eating well or doing lots of exercise.

        “How old are you?” she asked.

        “ It ’ s  my birthday today ,” said the man. “ I ’ m forty-seven! ”

() 1. A. lunch   B. breakfast   C. dinner   D. supper

() 2. A. exercised   B. drank   C. worked   D. slept

() 3. A. too   B. also   C. either   D. still

() 4. A. man   B. woman   C. boy   D. girl

() 5. A. so   B. but   C. and   D. or

() 6. A. in   B. with   C. at   D. on

() 7. A. saw   B. looked   C. listened   D. found

() 8. A. secret   B. dream   C. plan   D. future

() 9. A. stand   B. mind   C. allow   D. enjoy

() 10. A. when   B. since   C. though   D. for

() 11. A. health   B. success   C. happiness   D. life

() 12. A. surprised   B. worried   C. excited   D. relaxed

() 13. A. something   B. anything   C. everything   D. nothing

() 14. A. angry   B. serious   C. quiet   D. sick

() 15. A. through   B. from   C. without   D. by

Ⅳ.任務(wù)型閱讀。

閱讀下面短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容補全表格中所缺失的信息，每空限一詞。

       Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18 ,because after that it's too late.

       Learn to swim 

       Seriously,this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’ t swim well,you won’ t be able to do water sports like waterskiing,surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.

       Try at least one kind of team sport 

       Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can^, t just think of yourself,but to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports like basketball,football and baseball are that they keep you fit ? and they are also great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too— you¹11 go to lots of parties and get to know many friends.

       Collect something 

       One of the best hobbies for under-18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps,or you could collect things about what you have done,like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and write what each thing means to you. That way you won ’ t forget.

Ⅲ.短文填空根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及所給首字母，填寫所缺單詞，每空格填一詞。

      Peter was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. He hated losing anything. When he w1 ? he would feel really good. If he lost,he would feel terrible. It seemed to Peter that losing was the w 2 thing in the world.

      A new kid ? Albert,came to Peter’s school. He was good at table tennis too. Soon there would be a match b3 Peter and Albert. Peter worked hard to get ready for the match,but Albert didn ’ t seem to think m 4 of it. When the match began,Albert was a real player. There was always a smile on his face,w 5 Peter looked serious all the time. Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat (作弊) ，but he lost in the end.

      “You played very well,Peter. I think we can play again s 6 ,” said Albert.

       But Peter didn ’ t f7 happy and couldn ’ t fall asleep that night.

       One day,Peter saw Albert playing basketball. 8 he lost again and again,the happy smile never left his face. Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball. However ? he enjoyed b 9 of them.

       Whether he won or lost the game ? Albert enjoyed it. Peter came to r 10 that enjoying a game was much more important than winning it. He felt happier than ever before.

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6.  7.  8. 9. 10.

Ⅱ.閱讀理解閱讀下面的短文，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳選項。

      “ Make-A-Wish” is one of the world’s most well-known charities. It makes wishes come true for children who have serious illnesses. It gives them hope and joy and helps them forget about their health problems and have fun.

       It all started in 1980 in Phoenix,Arizona. Christopher was a 7-year-old boy who was very sick. He always dreamed of becoming a police officer. Tommy Austin and Ron Cox,two police officers,made his wish come true. They gave Christopher a tour of the city in a police helicopter (直升機) and made a real police uniform (制服) for him.

       There are four kinds of wishes children usually have：

       I wish to go. Children usually want to travel or go to a concert,a game or a park.

       I wish to meet. Children sometimes want to meet their favourite actors ? singers or players.

       I wish to be. Some children wish to become actors,singers or police officers.

       I wish to have. They often want to have a computer,a game,a bike or many other things.

       Let ’s hope more wishes will come true in the future. People who work in the charity always try for the best. Almost 25,000 volunteers help,work or give money. Will you be one of them?

() 1. “Make-A-Wish” is a charity to help .

   A. sick children   B. serious officers

   C. famous actors   D. popular singers

() 2. What did the two police officers do for Christopher?

   A. They gave him a computer. B. They gave him a tour of the city.

   C. They took him to a concert. D. They took him to the hospital.

() 3. Which kind of wishes does Christopher have?

   A. I wish to go. B. I wish to meet. C. I wish to be. D. I wish to have.

() 4. The purpose of the last paragraph is to .

   A. explain what “Make-A-Wish” is

   B. encourage more people to join the charity

   C. tell us how Christopher ’ s wish came true 眾

   D. introduce different kinds of children ’ s wishes

()5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Sick children just wish to get well.

   B. Christopher and Tommy are two officers.

   C. A few people are working for “Make-A-Wish”.

   D. Make-A-Wish has a history of over 30 years,

Ⅰ.完形填空閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳選項。

       There is a small village by the sea in Sydney. Every summer lots of people go there to 1 their holidays. Many of them will 2 in a hotel. It's on a cliff (懸崖) .Also,a few people go there only to end their 3 . They jump down from the 40-metre-high cliff into the sea. Once ?the hotel had a dog and it lived there 4 many years. He could tell one ’ s mood (情緒) from his face. When he saw people happy,he would jump around them and looked happy as well. If someone looked unhappy and 5 ,he would follow the person all day long 6 . If the person went towards the cliff,he would try hard to 7 him back by catching his trousers with its mouth. In this 8 ,the dog saved many people. Many years later? after he 9,people built a monument (紀念碑) on the cliff for him. On the monument 10 the words: “ Treasure (珍 惜) your life! ”

() 1. A. spend   B. take   C. travel   D. cost

() 2. A. sleep   B. stay   C. eat   D. have

() 3. A. life   B. holidays   C. live   D. lives

() 4. A. in   B. for   C. to   D. at

() 5. A. excited   B. interesting   C. worried   D. quiet

() 6. A. careful   B. carefully   C. sad   D. sadly

() 7. A. pull   B. put   C. push   D. pick

() 8. A. ways   B. way   C. room   D. place

() 9. A. die   B. dying   C. died   D. dead

() 10. A. is   B. are   C. was   D. were

IV.短文填空根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及所給首字母，填寫所缺單詞，每空格填一詞。

         Once there was a young man cl Terry Fox in Canada ? who was good at sport. But u 2 ? he had bone cancer (癌癥) in 1977 and had to have one of his legs cut. At that time,he was only 18 years old. As he k 3  he would leave the world soon,he decided to do something u4 to help others,especially the people who have cancer. He decided to run a 5  the country with a man-made leg to r 6  money for cancer research. He began his Marathon of Hope Run on April 12th,1980. He fan 42 km each day. Soon t 7  of people heard about it and started to s 8 him. However,he had to stop after he had c9 a total of 5 ,373km for more than 143 days because of his illness. He left the world in June,1981. But what he did has inspired millions of Canadian people. Every year people hold Terry Fox Run to r 10 him.

1.    2.   3.   4.   5.

6.   7.   8.   9.   10.

Ⅲ.任務(wù)型閱讀閱讀下面短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容補全表格中所缺失的信息，每空限一詞。

        What makes the world smaller? Some inventions. It began in the 11th century,hut it has developed greatly in the last century. Let’s take a look at five top inventions.

        Movable Type (活字印刷) ：By using Movable Type,books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century. Telephone： The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. “Mr Watson,come here. I want you ,” he said to his assistant (助手) over the phone line. And with those famous words,the world was about to get much smaller. Airplane ： The Wright brothers made the first powered-flight in 1903. Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer. Satellites： The Soviet Union sent up the world ’s first satellite in 1957. This began the Space Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites. Internet：When the Internet was created in 1969,only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get.

                                       D

        I was in the lift in a market. There was an old man and about five or six people in front of me. People behind him were all in a hurry and saw him as a rock. The old man knew this clearly and tried hard to step aside.

       I remember sometimes when walking or driving behind an older person ? I was impatient and upset.

      “ I ’ m sorry. Please forgive me! ” said the old man. “ I don ’ t mean to hold you up. ” He then tried his best to get out of the lift.

       I suddenly saw this in a whole new light. I felt sick to my stomach. The old man was apologizing to everyone ? when we should have helped him to calm his fears.

       One by one,people went around him quickly. By the time I got to him,I asked, “Sir,can I help you?”

       The man thought for a while,and then said ,“ Well,yes,thank you! ”

       I placed my hand under his left arm and walked away from the rush of people quickly.

       “So what are you shopping for,sir?”

       “ Oh ? today is Mother ’ s Day. I want to buy something for my neighbour. She ’ s a single mother and she is always so nice to me”’ he said,stopping suddenly as he looked for his pocket.

       “Oh,they are here!I always carry them with me,” he said. Then he took out some business cards and handed me one which read：

       “John Smith,friend to all. . . enemy to no one!I said a prayer today and you were the answer. Thank you! ”

       “That's for you ,” he said. “Thanks for stopping to help an old man. ” “My friend,you helped me. I found why I was unhappy with the world. Now I know how to solve the problem. No more with me! ”

(    )1. Why did the old man try hard to step aside?

   A. Because he was in a hurry.

   B. Because he didn ’ t want to be in other people ’ s way.

   C. Because the lift was very crowded.

   D. Because he was as heavy as a rock.

(    )2. The writer felt sick to his stomach because  .

   A. the old man tried hard to step aside

   B. the old man was difficult to get out of the lift

   C. he was impatient and upset for the old man

   D. the old man was apologizing to everyone

(    )3. What did the writer think about the people that passed by?

   A. Cold. B. Boring. C. Warm. D. Friendly.

(    )4. The underlined sentence “ I said a prayer today and you were the answer” probably means that  .

   A. the old man needed the writer’s help and then he came

   B. the writer was always friendly to other people

   C. the old man believed everyone could be friends

   D. the old man had lots of friends and no enemies

(    )5. From the passage we can see that  .

   A. we should always help old people

   B. we should share our enjoyment with our friends

   C. it is valuable to make friends with the old man

   D. if we are kind to others,we will be happy in our lives