The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll   1   that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I   2   to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t   3   my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what   4   kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were   5   impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I   6   I had done for them. I just hoped they   ___7 .
As I walked into the   8   quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase   9   a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly   10   of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It   11  :
She took a day off from her busy   12   to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early   13   he could see his hero take batting practice.   14   their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was   15   his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to   16   his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy   17   one in the morning…
It took me long enough to   18   it, but I finally know who the   19   hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a   20   Mother’s Day, after all.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)dmit B．a(chǎn)dopt C．deny D．refuse

小題2:	A．intended B．liked C．tended D．hesitated

小題3:	A．stress B．spare C．strengthen D．spend

小題4:	A．poor B．great C．faithless D．pretty

小題5:	A．merely B．usually C．never D．often

小題6:	A．wished B．hoped C．expected D．desired

小題7:	A．supported B．understood C．a(chǎn)pproved D．disgusted

小題8:	A．1iving-room B．kitchen C．bed loom D．study

小題9:	A．including B．containing C．possessing D．pinning

小題10:

A．handwriting B．description C．tone D．scratch

小題11:

A．wrote B．recorded C．memorized D．read

小題12:

A．event B．content C．schedule D．circumstance

小題13:

A．or B．for C．but D．so

小題14:

A．At B．In C．On D．By

小題15:

A．impressed B．printed C．presented D．pressed

小題16:

A．buy B．a(chǎn)bandon C．get D．swap

小題17:

A．before B．until C．a(chǎn)fter D．when

小題18:

A．see B．hear C．realize D．tell

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)ctual B．true C．imaginary D．visual

小題20:

A．sad B．bitter C．happy D．exciting

The Abominable Snowman喜馬拉雅雪人
He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The   1  of the Snowman has been around for    __2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they   3  this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had   4  caught Yetis on two occasions   5  none has ever been produced an evidence（證據(jù)）.
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has   6  . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not   7  the tracks of a monkey or bear and   8  that the Abominable Snowman might really   9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were   10  footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than   11  animal tracks, which had been made   12   as the melted（融化）and refroze in the snow.   13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was   14  and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But,   15 . no evidence has ever   16  been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman   __17 . But if they ever   18  catching one, they may face a real   19 : Would they put it in a   20  or give it a room in a hotel?

小題1:	A．event B．story C．a(chǎn)dventure D．description

小題2:	A．centuries B．too long C．some time D．many years

小題3:	A．heard from B．cared for C．knew of D．read about

小題4:	A．even B．hardly C．certainly D．probably

小題5:	A．a(chǎn)s B．though C．when D．until

小題6:	A．developed B．changed C．occurred D．continued

小題7:	A．entirely B．naturally C．clearly D．simply

小題8:	A．found B．declared C．felt D．doubled

小題9:	A．exist B．escape C．disappear D．return

小題10:

A．clearer B．more C．possible D．rare

小題11:

A．huge B．recent C．ordinary D．frightening

小題12:

A．strange B．large C．deep D．rough

小題13:

A．In the end B．Therefore C．After all D．However

小題14:

A．imagined B．real C．special D．familiar

小題15:

A．so B．besides C．a(chǎn)gain D．instead

小題16:

A．rightly B．a(chǎn)ctually C．normally D．particularly

小題17:

A．lightly B．jokingly C．seriously D．properly

小題18:

A．succeed in B．insist on C．depend on D．join in

小題19:

A．decision B．situation C．subject D．problem

小題20:

A．zoo B．mountain C．museum D．laboratory

My Forever Valentine我永遠(yuǎn)的“情人”
Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought   1  him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the   2  he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was   3  “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to   4  my birthstone, a ruby (紅寶石). There is   5  difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember   6  that ring with pride that all the cards in the world   7  not surpass (超越).
  8  I grew older, the gifts gave   9  to heart-shaped boxes filled with my   10__  chocolate and always included a   11  card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became   12  of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less   13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would   14  be there. I had   15  my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite   16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a   17  of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a   18_       of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never   19 , nor does the memory of a man who never   20  being my Valentine.

小題1:	A．of B．a(chǎn)bout C．up D．over

小題2:	A．memory B．magic C．puzzle D．presents

小題3:	A．read B．written C．shown D．signed

小題4:	A．recover B．resemble C．represent D．replace

小題5:	A．much B．little C．great D．less

小題6:	A．having B．owning C．wearing D．watching

小題7:	A．could B．did C．must D．should

小題8:	A．Because B．Since C．When D．As

小題9:	A．room B．way C．honour D．seat

小題10:

A．favorite B．lovely C．dear D．precious

小題11:

A．usual B．common C．strange D．special

小題12:

A．less B．little C．more D．much

小題13:

A．important B．beautiful C．familiar D．standard

小題14:

A．surely B．a(chǎn)lways C．regularly D．often

小題15:

A．let B．kept C．placed D．remembered

小題16:

A．suitable B．enough C．effective D．sacred

小題17:

A．signal B．certificate C．consequence D．reminder

小題18:

A．tradition B．hobby C．habit D．custom

小題19:

A．lose B．die C．miss D．a(chǎn)ppear

小題20:

A．thought B．wanted C．tried D．stopped

Stand Beside You Forever永遠(yuǎn)站在你身后
題材：感人故事難度：＊＊＊＊詞數(shù)：272標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間：15分鐘完成時(shí)間：______ 正確數(shù)：______
The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She   1   the driver and, using her hands to feel the   2   of the seats, walked down and found the   3   which the driver had told her was empty. Then she settled in.
It had been a year since Susan, 34,   4   a medical misdiagnosis(誤診), was suddenly thrown into a world of   5  . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. He   6   her how to rely on her other   7  , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and   8   to adapt herself to the new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could   9   for her, and save her a seat.
  10  , Susan decided that she was ready to try the   11   on her own. Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their   12   ways.
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work as usual. As she was   13   the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I   14   envy you.” Susan had no   15  what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you   16  ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the   17   week, a fine-looking gentleman   18   a military uniform has been standing across the corner   19   you as you get off the bus. He   20   you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building. You are one lucky lady.”           
Tears of gratitude poured down Susan’s cheeks.     

小題1:	A．thanked B．a(chǎn)sked C．discovered D．paid

小題2:	A．location B．shape C．size D．cost

小題3:	A．ticket B．bus C．seat D．bag

小題4:	A．a(chǎn)ccording to B．instead of C．thanks to D．due to

小題5:	A．a(chǎn)nger B．darkness C．happiness D．light

小題6:	A．a(chǎn)sked B．encouraged C．taught D．praised

小題7:	A．feelings B．sights C．senses D．a(chǎn)bilities

小題8:	A．how B．when C．where D．who

小題9:	A．make out B．watch out C．find out D．work out

小題10:

A．Finally B．Luckily C．However D．Besides

小題11:

A．visit B．trip C．bus D．work

小題12:

A．opposite B．separate C．difficult D．usual

小題13:

A．getting on B．getting in C．getting off D．getting up

小題14:

A．must B．may C．will D．do

小題15:

A．idea B．opinion C．way D．thought

小題16:

A．want B．mean C．say D．suggest

小題17:

A．next B．old C．past D．following

小題18:

A．by B．on C．with D．in

小題19:

A．searching B．watching C．calling D．noticing

小題20:

A．looks out B．takes up C．believes in D．makes sure

Tilly Smith, the 11-year-old British girl, who was called as “Angle of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach hit by the tsunami① in 2004 and has been named Child of the Year by readers of a French children’s newspaper.
She came ahead of a South African Aids orphan, a six-year-old girl who survived a kidnapping②and a young Parisian pop singer to win the Mon Quotidien award. Tilly had studied tsunamis with her geography teacher, Andrew Kearney, shortly before flying to Thailand for a holiday with her parents and younger sister last year. As she watched the waves suddenly begin to move back, and the sea was bubbling③, she warned her mother, Penny, that the beach was about to be struck by a tsunami. Mrs Smith and her husband, Colin, warned other holidaymakers and hotel staff and scores of people were cleared from Maikhao beach at Phuket.
Tilly, now 11, and back in Thailand for anniversary commemorations④of the disaster, said: “It’s really good, just to know about tsunamis or any natural disaster in case you are in one. I’m very glad that I was able to say on the beach that a tsunami was coming. And I’m glad that they listened to me.”
Tilly is unaware of her great popularity among French children. Her picture appears on the front page of Mon Quotidien, which is read by 10 to 14-year-olds.
“Our readers chose Tilly because they could identify with her,” said Francois Dufour. “To be a pop star at 11 seems impossible, and the idea of having Aids or being kidnapped is far from their lives.”
1. The passage mainly wants to tell readers that ______.
A. a little girl saved 100 tourists out of a tsunami
B. British “Angle of the Beach” was named Child of the Year
C. many people came for anniversary commemorations
D. the tsunami was able to be avoided
2. The underlined words “Mon Quotidien” (in Paragraph 4) should be the name of ______.
A. a magazine      B. a book       C. a novel       D. a newspaper
3. Which of the following about Tilly Smith is TRUE?
A. She could make full use of her knowledge from books.
B. She was ever kidnapped by a pop singer.
C. She visited Thailand by boat with her parents.
D. She had expected to attract the French children.
4. According to the Tilly Smith’s knowledge, when there is a tsunami, ______.
A. the sea water will not be clear         B. the sea will be bubbling when moving back
C. the sea water will make great noise     D. the sea will be bubbling when moving forward

Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.
___6___, the girls’ world was invaded(侵犯) by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.
To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited(招收) a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.
Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.
1. A. active     B. thoughtful       C. easy                         D. hard
2. A. take care of    B. run into                  C. go through              D. take advantage of
3. A. children  B. members                  C. circles D. players
4. A. alarm     B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor
5. A. fact B. degree C. question     D. demand
6. A. Therefore      B. Suddenly    C. Regularly                D. Unwillingly
7. A. attracting             B. finding       C. calling       D. matching
8. A. younger               B. cleverer      C. taller   D. older
9. A. compete B. fight   C. do      D. meet
10. A. heard    B. knew  C. promised    D. shot
11. A. damaged      B. caught C. expected     D. forced
12. A. hoped   B. liked   C. refused       D. seemed
13. A. chance  B. possibility  C. power D. policy
14. A. share    B. give    C. provide      D. mark
15. A. put down     B. paid off      C. found out   D. come through
16. A. check up      B. end up       C. look up      D. show up
17. A. satisfied       B. unhappy     C. curious       D. helpful
18. A. kids      B. adults  C. systems      D. situations
19. A. that      B. when  C. where D. how
20. A. blow    B. complain    C. appreciate   D. spread

Every year between February and April,when the southwest monsoon (季風(fēng))blows ,a fever seizes the Thais (泰國(guó)人).It is the kite flying in Thailand __1__a strong feeling of interest that is nothing  2   of feverish.
During the summer, in the moths of March and April ,the skies   3   cities ,towns and villages  throughout the Kingdom are   4      with kites of all descriptions --long-tailed dragons,twisting snakes ,beautiful butter-flies,or familiar cartoon characters wheeling and weaving in the waim air.
One afternoon ,a friend and long-time kite flier invited me to   5     him  at the Pramane Ground ."What's the attraction?"I asked as he flew a huge kite."Well ,you can feel  a bit of a   6    at first ."he replied,""a grown man standing there holding the end of a string and    7    up into the sky .But once you forget yourself ,you get caught up in the   8   of controlling something inthe air where you cannot follow.You're on the ground :the kite's in the air but it's you that are making it al    9    .Come on ,go fly a kite."
I took his advice in the   10   it was meant and ,holding the hand of my young daughter si that others woukd think I was only satisfying a child's   11    ,I bought a rainbow-colored snake .After a few failed runs we got the kite into the air   12    greater ease than I expected.It was only at my daughter 's crying ,"My go,my go "that I realized I'd been holding the string ,completely   13   what I was discovering was a very pleasing pastime.
Like many other    14    of popular culture ,the sport of kite flying in Thailand has been   15   down from generation to generation.Its origins(起源)are    16    probably in ancient China,although it seems likey that Thai kites are as old as the    17   itself.It was a craze    18    by everyone from the king down.
"It's a great tradition (傳統(tǒng)),that has the    19    of bringing generations togeter,"says my friend ,"What you see today at the King's Cup is the   20    as the people of the past would have seen more than two hundred years ago."  
1.A.fires             B.fights          C.turns         D.keeps
2.A.long             B.short           C. fond         D.proud
3.A.on              B.over            C.around       D. in
4.A.alive            B.ready           C.open         D.equal
5.A.see              B.care            C.accept       D. join
6.A.hero             B.fool            C.master       D.fireman
7.A.flying           B.missing         C.staring        D. jumping
8.A.match           B.comfort         C.excitement    D.movement
9.A.happen          B.begin           C. attend       D.break
10.A.way            B.while           C.language     D. need
11.A.game           B.sport           C. request       D. best
12.A.for            B.with            C.beyond       D.under
13.A.tired of         B.fit for          C. helped with    D. devoted to
14.A.laws           B.rules           C.forms         D. researches
15.A.put            B.handed          C.sat           D.looked
16.A.rooted          B.left           C.dated          D.hoped
17.A.history         B.Kingdom       C.time          D.earth
18.A.imagined        B.used          C.enjoyed       D.told
19.A.effect           B.right         C. name         D.science
20.A.same           B.kite          C. invention      D. relation

Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconscious①for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treatment or analysis. Just look to your dreams.
“You can ignore your dreams, but you are really doing harm to yourself,” says Lauri Quinn Loewenberg. “If so, you’re letting red flags pass you by, letting great ideas pass you by.”
Some sleep researchers believe dreams are more directly related to our moods and emotions and can serve as tools to self-understanding. Dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) cycles of sleep each night. For adults, that means about every 90 minutes. The first period of REM sleep may be short, 5 to 10 minutes, followed by longer periods, finally reaching an hour or more in the fourth or fifth period.
When people are dreaming, brain scans show a lot of activities. The brain is online during dreams. The experiences you have during the day are connected during dream sleep. People we know or experiences we’ve had at different times in our lives may be different in the same dream.
AmyBeth Gilstrap has had the same recurring② dream that annoyed her since Hurricane Katrina drove her and her daughter and friends out of New Orleans. Ms. Gilstrap says, “It is always spies. My job is to get people to some place.” She’s certain the dream is related to her effort in the hurricane to help several families leave. Sometimes her cats also are part of that dream. That’s because she went back into New Orleans, before it was allowed, to rescue her cats.
Today, through brain scans scientists have known that the parts of the brain that control emotion and long-term memory are active during REM sleep.
1. The passage is mainly to tell readers ______.
A. dreams are mainly caused by hard work     B. dreams can offer us key to self-knowledge
C. dreams are only activities of our brains      D. how dreams help us solve our problems
2. According to the words from Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, ______.
A. dreams can make you feel badly ill         B. you often have red flags in your dreams
C. dreams will make your life colorful         D. you may get great help from your dreams
3. According to the passage, the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. Ms. Gilstrap’s dream   B. Ms. Gilstrap’s job   C. Hurricane Katrina   D. New Orleans
4. According to the passage, when you are dreaming at night, ______.
A. your dream is connected with your work that day
B. the dream will generally last about 5 to 10 minutes
C. the longer dream should be in the later part of the sleep
D. your eyes will still move slowly during the time

On Wednesday afternoon Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or so she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and  1  a sharp lookout for the bargains that were something to be haD. And then, with all the   2  she needs bought she would leave the market for the   3  of the town to spend another hour   4  she liked best, looking in furniture-shop windows.
One Wednesday she found a  5  shop full of the most delightful things, with a   6  inviting anyone to walk in and look round without   7  they had to buy something. Annie hesitated a moment   8  stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped   9  before a green armchair. There was a card on the chair which  10  ,“This fine chair is yours for less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a week …Why, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never   11  it!  
A voice at her shoulder made her   12  .“Can I help you, Madam?” She looked   13  at the assistant who had come softly to her  14 
“Oh, well, no,” she said, “I was just   15  .”
“We have chairs of all kinds in the   16  . If you'll just come up, you will find something to  17  you.”
Annie, worried at the thought of being   18  to buy something she didn't   19  , left the shop   20  .
1. A. taking    B. making      C. fixing D. keeping
2. A. chairs　 B. furniture　 C. things D. bargains
3. A. shops　  B. streets    C. delightful things       D. bus station
4. A. in the way　  B. by the way　　 C. in a way     D. in one way
5. A. new　　       B. noisy  C. large   D. strange
6. A. message　     B. notice C. note    D. flag
7. A. arguing　      B. declaring    C. frightening D. feeling
8. A. when　　      B. before C. after   D. while
9. A. doubted　　  B. surprised　 C. puzzled      D. delighted
10. A. wrote　　   B. told    C. informed    D. said
11. A. lose      B. miss    C. pass    D. make
12. A. jump　　    B. run     C. laugh  D. surprise
13. A. round　　   B. straight      C. behind       D. up
14. A. place    B. back   C. side    D. front
15. A. thinking　　       B. looking      C. walking      D. passing
16. A. doorway　   B. storehouse　      C. showroom　　  D. market
17. A. suit      B. fit       C. serve   D. match
18. A. advised　　 B. made  C. persuaded　　   D. cheated
19. A. like      B. afford C. pay     D. need
20. A. slowly　　  B. thoughtfully　   C. hurriedly    D. carefully

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). He’d  36   his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, ___37    had his father and grandfather befere him. He didn’t want me  38   near a vat(釀酒用的桶)of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good ___39  , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that  40   me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d  41   done anything but go to school. So, at  24 I decided to drop out. 42  , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t  43__   till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to  44  . I finished Havard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I  45  ,  “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?”  At that time, Americans spent good  money on beer in  46    quality. Why not make good beer for  47  ? I thought.
I decided to give up my job to become  48  . When I told Dad, he was  49  , but in the end he  50   me. I called my beer  Samuel Adams,   51   the brewer and patriot(愛(ài)國(guó)者) who helped to start  the Boston Tea Party.  52   I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get  the   53   out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager（淡啤酒） won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定) to be a brewer. My  54   to the young is simple:Life is very  55  , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.  
36.A.cost B.spent    C.taken   D.paid
37.A.like B.as if     C.so D.nor
38.A.anywhere       B.anyway       C.anyhow       D.somewhere
39.A.habits     B.teachers       C.grades  D.work
40.A.promised       B.convinced    C.advised       D.allowed
41.A.never     B.ever     C.always D.hardly
42.A.Fortunatnely  B.Obviously   C.Possibly      D.Surprisingly
43.A.assure     B.decline C.deny    D.wait
44.A.school    B.Colorado     C.my home     D.my decision
45.A.thrilled   B.stressed       C.wondered    D.sneezed
46.A.cheap     B.expensive    C.low      D.high
47.A.Englishmen   B.Europeans   C.the world    D.Americans
48.A.a lawyer B.a brewer      C.an instructor       D.an engineer
49.A.astonished      B.satisfied      C.interested    D.anxious
50.A.hated      B.supported    C.raised   D.left
51.A.for  B.at C.in D.after
52.A.Therefore      B.Otherwise    C.Also    D.Yet
53.A.price      B.name   C.company     D.party
54.A.advice    B.life      C.job      D.experience
55.A.hard       B.busy    C.short    D.long