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     My brother, Michael, was born one month before his due date and he also had cerebral palsy(腦癱). He was retarded. He never lost his baby teeth, never grew taller than about 30 inches and never weighed more than 28 pounds. They did estimate, however, that he would not live to see his 12th birthday.
     As a boy I learned to feed and clothe Mike. As a teenager, I babysat for my "big brother" and learned use the proper medicine to prevent the seizures(癲癇) that caused him to tremble.
     Many people said he would never walk or talk . He never did learn to walk, but he did learn to
talk  -not even in complete sentences, but he had the basics down. If he was hungry, thirsty, happy or sad, we knew. He knew names too. I was Kagun, not Kevin. But that changed with a beard I grew during the
summer before college. Family members said it was ugly. Mike heard it.
     "Look who's at home. Who's that?" they'd say to Mike. "Ugly," he would respond with delight.
     All of which-to me-was normal, for he was the only brother I knew. The only time I thought of the
differences between us was when others pointed them out.
     My circle of friends widened when I entered high school. One day Mom asked if my new friends would have a problem seeing Mike for the first time. "If they don't accept Mike, they don't accept me and they
aren't welcome," I said.
     And if I didn't think of him as different, I never thought about him dying either. On a warm fall night in
1998, Mike had a seizure. With this first seizure, Mike's life was beginning to fade.
     On March 15, 1999, Mike died. Michael Patrick Harter-just 26 years old- died in Mom's arms.
     We never had those great talks other brothers have about women, work and parents. We never played catch or talked about our dreams. But Mike taught me compassion and strength. He taught me respect for those less fortunate than myself. And he taught me an appreciation of the beauty in the simplest things.
     Physically and mentally, I was my brother's keeper. Spiritually, Mike was and is my keeper-a nearly
silent guardian angel.
1. The underlined word "retard" in Paragraph 1 may mean_______.
A. to make development faster
B. to make development slower
C. to make development earlier
D. to make development better
2. How much longer did the writer's brother live than expected?
A. About 26
B. About 12
C. About38
D. About 14
3. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A.It was a great shock to the writer that his disabled brother died in his mother's arms.
B.He thought his brother would inspire him forever.
C.His brother brought him great shame in his childhood.
D.He thought that friendship wasn't that important.
4.The best title of this passage might be____________.
A. My Disabled Brother
B. A Peaceful Death of My Brother
C. My Silent Keeper
D. Love to My Brother
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     When Mark was 8,his third grade teacher announced a class spelling contest；the prize was attractive
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     "Yes,"Mark replied.
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     "Confidence.C－O－N－F－I－D－E－N－C－E.Confidence.A lot of people spell that word
wrong,"Mark explained.
     "Sure.You can spell it,"baber Joe responded."But do you have it?You have got to have confidence in
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     Mark won the spelling contest and got the prize-a free pizza lunch.And Mark never forgot barber Joe's words:"You have got to have confidence in yourself,son.It's a winner's secret weapon."
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B. A free haircut.
C. A free weekend trip.  
D. A free pizza lunch.
3. What does Mark do now?
A. An architect.  
B. An engineer.
C. A barber.  
D. A reporter.
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A. the author was worried about Mark's study
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C. Mark stopped doing his homework to prepare for the spelling contest
D. Mark turned to many people for help to succeed in the spelling contest
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B. prove the great power of others' encouragement
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     A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she could do and wanted to
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(     )4. A. potatoes  
(     )5. A. with      
(     )6. A. confused  
(     )7. A. turned on
(     )8. A. put      
(     )9. A. son      
(     )10. A. touch    
(     )11. A. strong  
(     )12. A. Now that
(     )13. A. mean    
(     )14. A. questioned
(     )15. A. water    
(     )16. A. similar  
(     )17. A. hard    
(     )18. A. What    
(     )19. A. looks    
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C. turned off
C. flew      
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C. refer    
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D. relaxed      
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(     )3．A.bring                  
(     )4．A.I                      
(     )5．A.First                  
(     )6．A.shared                
(     )7．A.classmae's          
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(     )9.   A.went             
(     )10. A.looked at 
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(     )11．A.had                 
(     )12．A.watered            
(     )13．A.already             
(     )14．A.was completely
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(     )15．A.in spite of          
(     )16．A.strengthened        
(     )17．A.handed                 
(     )18．A.had no choice
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B．fetch                        
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B．gave                        
B．schoolmate's             
B．knock around           
B．came                        
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B．called                      
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B．ever                        
B．was not a little
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B．regardless of             
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C．tore                 
C．still               
C．was completely
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C．concerned about 
C．frightened           
C．provided            
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C．whether             
C．ordinary            		 D．go                    
D．so                    
D．take                  
D．we                    
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D．family's            
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D．met                    
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D．yet                    
D．was not a             
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     Sometimes patients do not need expensive medicine or advanced technology.   14  , they just need
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(     )2. A. Calmly        
(     )3. A. When          
(     )4. A. job          
(     )5. A. causing      
(     )6. A. extremely    
(     )7. A. casual        
(     )8. A. holding      
(     )9. A. thanks        
(     )10. A. even        
(     )11. A. sympathy    
(     )12. A. relaxed      
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B. getting    
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B. pour        
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C. forcing    
C. especially  
C. steady      
C. carrying    
C. warmth      
C. just        
C. sorrow      
C. fragile    
C. try        
C. Instead    
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D. Eagerly    
D. After      
D. children    
D. leaving    
D. absolutely  
D. blank      
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     In the ancient Tang Dynasty,a student,who was on his way to the capital to attend the national final
examination,fell ill halfway when he passed through a mountain village.Thanks to a herbalist doctor and
his __1__,the student was taken to their house and __2__well.To everyone's amazement,he __3__
quickly due to the father and the daughter's good care.When he had to leave,the girl wrote down the
righthand part of a couplet (對聯(lián))for the student to __4__.But unfortunately his situation made him __5__
to answer it right then.
     In the examination the young man won first place and was asked by the emperor to finish a __6__,
which would need the righthand part as the __7__.As luck would have it,the young man realized __8__
the right part of the couplet by the girl was perfect fit to the emperor's couplet.As a result,the emperor was
__9__ to see the matching half of his couplet was so __10__ that he appointed the young man Minister in
the court and __11__him to pay a visit to his hometown first before __12__ the post.
     The young man met the girl __13__and told her about the emperor's couplet and soon after,they got
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a red piece of paper to express the happiness for the two __15__.They had lived a happy life ever since
then.
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(     )2．A.dealt  
(     )3．A.recovered  
(     )4．A.match  
(     )5．A.suitable    
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(     )7．A.response  
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D．returned        
D．fit             
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D．immediately    
D．a(chǎn)nxious         
D．lively          
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      An English padre(神父) wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa.In order to
become a member,each person had to __1__ at least one lion.The padre had never shot an
animal for his life.So,armed with a rifle and led by a young African boy,the padre set out one
evening for a pool in the jungle where he was told a lion came each evening to __2__.He waited
patiently for a few __3__until shortly before midnight when he heard a rustling(沙沙聲) noise.
Sure enough a few feet away the head of the lion appeared above a bush that separated the
padre and the pool.He aimed and fired.The head of the lion__4__fell behind the bush but a
moment later __5__.So the padre aimed and __6__again.The head of the lion fell behind the
bush and once more reappeared.The padre fired again: the same __7__.He remained calm
because he __8__he had brought sixteen bullets with him.After his fourth try,his aim seemed
to become more and more __9__: in fact,after his __10__ try the African boy had to __11__
him:"This is your last chance.If you __12__ this time,we are in trouble." The padre then realized
how __13__the situation was,so he took a deep breath,aimed very carefully and fired.They
waited for a moment,and then slowly __14__ up to twenty: the head of the lion did not
reappear.The padre was certain that at last he had shot his lion.They __15__ forward together
to the spot behind the bush.And what do you think they found? Sixteen lions!

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(     )4．A.fast
(     )5．A.turned
(     )6．A.killed
(     )7．A.result
(     )8．A.acknowledged
(     )9．A.inaccurate
(     )10．A.last
(     )11．A.tell
(     )12．A.fell
(     )13．A.difficult
(     )14．A.counted
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D．hours
D．directly
D．moved
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     I don't know how I became a writer, but I think it was because of a certain force in me that had to
write and that finally burst through and found a channel. My people were of the working class of people. My father, a stonecutter, was a man with a great respect and veneration (崇敬) for literature. He had a
tremendous(驚人的) memory, and he loved poetry, and the poetry that he loved best was naturally of
the rhetorical kind that such a man would like. Nevertheless it was good poetry, Hamlet's Soliloquy,
Macbeth, Mark Antony's "Funeral Oration", Grey's "Elegy", and all the rest of it. I heard it all as a
child；I memorized and learned it all.
     He sent me to college to the state university. The desire to write, which had been strong during all my
days in high school, grew stronger still. I was editor of the college paper, the college magazine, etc., and
in my last year or two I was a member of a course in play writing which had just been established there.
I wrote several little oneact plays, still thinking I would become a lawyer or a newspaper man, never
daring to believe I could seriously become a writer. Then I went to Harvard, wrote some more plays
there, became obsessed with (著迷于) the idea that I had to be a playwright, left Harvard, had my plays
rejected, and finally in the autumn of 1926, how, why, or in what manner I have never exactly been able
to determine. But probably because the force in me that had to write at length sought out its channel, I
began to write my first book in London. I was living all alone at that time.I had two rooms-a bedroom
and a sitting room-in a litter square in Chelsea in which all the houses had that familiar, smoked brick and
creamyellowplaster look.

1. We may conclude, in regard to the author's development as a writer, that his father________.

A. made an important contribution      
B. insisted that he choose writing as a career
C. opposed his becoming a writer  
D. insisted that he read Hamlet in order to learn how to be a writer

2. The author believes that he became a writer mostly because of________.

A. his special talent        
B. his father's teaching and encouragement
C. his study at Harvard    
D. a hidden urge within him

3. The author________.

A. began to think of becoming a writer at Harvard
B. had always been successful in his writing career
C. went to Harvard to learn to write plays
D. worked as a newspaper man before becoming a writer

4. The author really started on his way to become a writer______.

A. when he was in high school    
B. when he was studying at Harvard
C. when he lived in London      
D. after he entered college

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閱讀理解。
     Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New
York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?"
his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there
in a telegram (電報)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
      He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city.
He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of
his hotel in it.
     In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine
o'clock and said,"Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
     He found a taxi (出租車) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick
didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
     "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the
driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent
his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
Choose the right answer
1. Dick flew to New York because ___.
A. he went there for a holiday
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (觀光)
D. his home was there
2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn't know his address yet
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
3. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city.
B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant.
D. At his friend's house.

4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A. The manager of his hotel.
B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver.
D. His wife

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