I lost my sight when I was four years old when falling off a train to Atlantic City．But I was ．My parents and my teachers saw something in me -a potential to live, you might call it -which I didn't see, and they encouraged me to blindness． The hardest lesson I had to was to believe in myself．If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have walked with a stick for the rest of my life．When I say belief in myself I am not talking about the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an staircase alone．That is part Although imperfect in some aspect, I place where I can make myself fit．of it．But I mean something bigger than that．a(chǎn)m a real! positive person．There is a special It took me years to discover and this self-confidence．It had to start with the most basic things．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was ．

“I can't use this," I responded．“Take it with you," he urged me, and roll it around．" The words stuck in my head．“Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could where it went． This gave me an how to achieve a goal I playing baseball．At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the kind of baseball．We called it ground ball．

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to one by one．I also knew my limitations．It was no good trying something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only the bitterness of failure．I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made ．

1.A．unfortunate B．disappointed C．lucky D．a(chǎn)shamed

2.A．share with B．play with C．toy with D．fight with

3.A．meet B．learn C．a(chǎn)void D．prepare

4.A．simply B．slightly C．frequently D．directly

5.A．unusual B．unfair C．unfamiliar D．uncomfortable

6.A．lengthen B．strengthen C．deepen D．widen

7.A．hurt B．a(chǎn)mused C．greeted D．praised

8.A．find B．see C．smell D．hear

9.A．event B．offer C．idea D．excuse

10.A．receive B．a(chǎn)chieve C．classify D．follow

11.A．refused B．removed C．caused D．replaced

12.A．sense B．mistakes C．friends D．Progress

C

Texting pedestrians arena' t just an annoyance to their fellow walkers, but something dangerous to themselves．

“1 was checking emails while walking to work this morning," said Wilbert van den Hoorn．“But it has a serious influence on the safety of people who type or read text while walking．"

Anecdotes back him up．A tourist from Taiwan walked off a port near Melbourne last month while checking Face book-bringing an abrupt, and icy end to a penguin- watching visit． Another shopper in the U．S． was too addicted to his mobile phone to notice the fountain ahead! walking straight into it．

And as mobile-phone use has grown-to about 77% of the world's population, the study says-so has the number of phone-related accidents．The number of U．S．emergency-room visits linked to phone use on the move doubled to as many as l,500 between 2005 and 2010, an Ohio State University study recently showed．

Authorities world-wide have taken note．Signs on Hong Kong's subway system advise passengers in three languages to keep their eyes off their phones．Police and transport authorities have also warned the danger in Singapore, where the Straits Times newspaper ranked it as No．2 Bad Habit"' due to the rising number of road deaths．Some U．S．states, including New York and Arkansas, are even considering bans on this act．

The Australian study used 26 volunteers, a third of whom admitted having hit objects while texting．They were fitted with different equipment in different parts of their body, and asked to walk 8．5 meters three times-once without a phone, once while reading a text and once while writing a text-while eight cameras captured the action．

Volunteers using the phone walked slower and with shorter steps （and slowest of all when typing）, and! more seriously, they locked their arms and elbows in-like “robots", in the researchers' words．That forced their heads to move more, throwing them off balance．

“In a pedestrian environment, inability to maintain a straight path would be likely to increase potential for hits, falls and traffic accidents," said Mr．van den Hoorn．“The best thing to do is to step aside and stop, or keep off the phone．"

1.Which of the following about” Texting pedestrians" is WRONG?

A．People who type while walking．

B．People who phone while walking．

C．People who text while walking．

D．People who read text message while walking．

2.The writer uses the two examples in Paragraph 3 to show

A．the advantages of mobile phones

B．the use of mobile phones in water

C．the use of mobile phones in a wrong way

D．the popularity of mobile phones

3.What is New York and Arkansas' attitude to texting pedestrians?

A．Considering forbidding their acts．

B．Ranking it as” No．l Bad Habit"．

C．Setting up signs to warn them．

D．Equipping them with advanced machines．

4.Why are texting pedestrians likely to hit or fall according to the passage?

A．They walk too fast．

B．They lock their arms and elbows．

C．They are out of balance．

D．They walk with longer steps．

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A．Text message or e-mail only?

B．Ways to avoid falls

C．Mobile phones for entertainment

D．Safety or text message?

----Would you permit me ____ here?

---- Sorry, we don’t permit ____ in the library according to the rules.

A.smoking; smoking

B.to smoke; to smoke

C.smoking; to smoke

D.to smoke; smoking

You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had ________ her children.

A.brought up B.to bring up

C.bringing up D.to have brought

You can’t imagine that a well-behaved man _______be so rude to a lady.

A.might B.need C.would D.should

With a lot of homework _________last weekend, Tom didn’t go to the movies with his friends.

A.finished B.to finish

C.finishing D.being finished

Son’s Help

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(賭博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen. ―“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, ―“so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”

1.Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

A.he worked in a factory

B.he had a lot of work to do

C.he had worked there for a long time

D.he was a driver

2.Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

A.she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling

B.she couldn’t find any work

C.she thought her husband was tired

D.her husband spent all time in gambling

3.The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A.he wouldn’t stop gambling

B.he had been put into lockup

C.he was hardly sent away by the factory

D.he didn’t love her any longer

4.Which of the following is right?

A.The boy thought his father needed some policemen.

B.The boy hoped his father would stop gambling soon.

C.The boy hoped his mother would come back.

D.The boy hoped his father would be put into lockup again.

七選五：共5題 每題2分 共10分

How to Love Your Parents

Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling part of life. You love them for the fact that they created you, raised you, and are in part a source of who you are. Here are some ways to love your parents.

1.A gentle “good morning” and “I love you” will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. Without your parents, we might still wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world. Respect them more and cherish these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them when you’re off on your own. It’s OK to get angry but angry actions don’t help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, journal about your feelings, or talk to a friend.2.Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem like you are going through hell when you don’t get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it’s cold, raining, snowing, or too hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes.3.Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?

Keep company with them. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them.4.Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another.

Some people simply may not be able to love their parents.5.Seek help if you are being abused(虐待) in any way. Parents do not have a right to harm you.

A. Forgiveness is the key.

B. Tell them you love them every morning.

C. Parents will in turn express their love to you.

D. After this, share your feelings with your parents.

E. Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can.

F. Please remember parents are as important as friends.

G. There can be realistic reasons for this, family violence for example.

–-Why are you so crazy about music?

–- Because I can always find in music _____ peace that is missing in _____ world full of challenges.

A. the; a B. the;/

C. /; a D. /; the

_____ he is enthusiastic and qualified for the job, I see no reason to remove him from office.

A. Provided that B. Even though

C. Unless D. As if