I grew up knowing I was different, and I hated it. I was born with a cleft palate (豁嘴), and when I started school my classmates made it clear to me how I　 1　 to others: a little girl with a misshapen lip, crooked nose (鼻子歪斜) and unclear 　 2　 .

When schoolmates would ask, "What 　 3　 to your lip?" I'd tell them I'd fallen and cut it on a piece of glass. Somehow it seemed more 　 4　 to have suffered an accident than to have been 　 5　 different. I was sure that no one outside my family could love me, or 　 6　 like me. Then I entered Mrs. Leonard's second-grade class.

Mrs. Leonard was a pretty woman, with shining brown hair and dark,　 7　 eyes. Everyone loved her. But no one　 8　 to love her more than I did. Ｔhis was for a special　 9　 .

The time came　 10　 the yearly hearing tests given at our school. I could　 11　 hear out of one ear and was not about to reveal（顯露） something 　 12　 that would single me out as different. So I 　 13　 .

The "whisper test" required each child to get to the classroom door, turn 　 14　 , close one ear with a finger 　 15　 the teacher whispered something from her desk, which the child 　 16　 . Then the same for the other ear. Nobody 　 17　 how tightly the untested ear was covered, so I just 　 18　 to block mine. As usual, I was the last one. I turned my 　 19　 ear toward her, plugging up the other just enough to be able to hear. I waited, and then came the words that God had surely put into her mouth, seven words that changed my 　 20　 forever.

Mrs. Leonard, the teacher I loved, said softly, "I wish you were my little girl."

1. A. saw B. looked C. found D. turned

2. A. sight B. hearing C. speech D. feeling

3. A. happened B. brought C. got D. cut

4. A. comfortable B. believable C. possible D. acceptable

5. A. born B. treated C. grown D. shaped

6. A. even B. still C. yet D. also

7. A. receiving B. kissing C. smiling D. shouting

8. A. wanted B. wished C. thought D. came

9. A. excuse B. result C. affair D. reason

10. A. at B. for C. on D. during

11. A. softly B. hardly C. mostly D. nearly

12. A. important B. another C. else D. other

13. A. cheated B. failed C. gave up D. stopped

14. A. back B. round C. sideways D. forward

15. A. because B. until C. while D. unless

16. A. listened B. said C. repeated D. remembered

17. A. checked B. told C. asked D. heard

18. A. tried B. managed C. pretended D. succeeded

19. A. bad B. good C. wounded D. right

20. A. life B. opinions C. feelings D. work

When did you last see a polar bear(北極熊)? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole Polar Bear Club. These"Polar Bears"are people who meet frequently in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3℃, and the water temperature was a bit higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island , New York are usually about the age of 60. Members must satisfy two requirements. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group; this is very important because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February.

Doctors do not agree about the medical effects of cold-water swimming. Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body's temperature drops so low that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however, point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the air temperature and water temperature is much greater in summer than in winter.

The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits (or advantages) of cold-water swimming. They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system(循環(huán)系統(tǒng)) because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and should not try cold-water swimming.

The main benefits of cold-water swimming are probably mental. The Polar Bears love to swim year-round; they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says, "When I go into the water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away."

11. The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that _______.

A. they are usually about the age of 60

B. they are must agree to swim outdoors from November through February

C. they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months

D. they should be easy to make friends with

12. Doctors _______.

A. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming

B. believe swimming is helpful both in winter and in summer

C. point out the possible danger of blood illness during cold-water swimming

D. encourage people to take part in cold-water swimming actively

13. According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that _______.

A. Polar Bears are bears swimming in freezing water

B. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high

C. swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter

D. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin cold or blue

14. The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, for _______.

A. they might meet fewer troubles in life

B. they find it enjoyable and interesting

C. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter

D. they can remain young

15. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club

B. doctors' ideas about cold-water swimming

C. the polar bears' life in New York

D. a group of cold-water-swimming lovers

In the evening on September 5th, 1972 a group of "Black September" Arab guerrillas(游擊隊(duì)員) broke into the Israeli building in the Olympic village near Munich where 10,000 athletes were staying. Over 250 plain clothes police, warned of trouble ahead, had been brought into the village, but none of them saw the Arabs climb over the fence. They broke into the Israeli building with machine-guns firing at 5:10 a.m. Some Israeli athletes escaped through the windows and side doors. Nine were taken hostage (人質(zhì) ). The guerrillas demanded the Israeli to set free the 200 Palestinians（巴勒斯坦人） held in Israeli prison and a safe road out of Germany. Within hours the Olympic village was surrounded(包圍) by 12,000 police. The Olympic Games were stopped. After some time, the guerrillas were told they would be flown with their hostages to an Arab country. They were taken by helicopter to an airport 25 miles from Munich.

Just before midnight the guerrillas and their hostages began to walk along the road to a waiting Boeing 727 plane. Suddenly all the airport lights were turned off and German police opened fire. The rescue failed seriously. In the gun battle all nine hostages were killed, as well as five Arabs and one policeman. Three Arabs were caught and one escaped into the nearby woods. On the 8th, Israeli planes bombed(轟炸) ten guerrilla bases in revenge for the Munich killing.

6. Ten guerrilla bases were bombed _______Arab guerrillas broke into the Israeli building.

A. the next day after

B. three days after

C. as soon as

D. four days after

7. More than 250 plain clothes police were sent to the village _______.

A. to warn people of some trouble there

B. to find out who had climbed over the fence

C. before they were warned that there was trouble there

D. as soon as they were told about some trouble there

8. One of the demands the guerrillas raised was _______.

A. to let the police leave the village immediately

B. to free 200 Palestinians from the Israeli prison

C. to take nine hostages with them

D. to fly them with their hostages to an Arab country

9. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The airport was 25 miles away from Munich.

B. They walked along a road which led to Boeing 727.

C. There were only nine people who were killed in the battle.

D. Around midnight, with the airport lights off, the police opened fire.

10. How do you understand the phrase"in revenge for" in the last paragraph?

A. To remember the killed athletes.

B. To show the Arabs their great anger.

C. To warn the Arabs not to do such silly things.

D. To give them punishment in return.

All the students at the beach party were members of the French Club. Before they began to swim or to play games, Miss Barnes wanted them to learn some new words. She taught them how to say beach, sand, ocean and waves in French. The students repeated the new words and tried to use them in sentences.

After the French lesson two of the boys put up a net for volleyball, and half of the students went to each side of the net. They hit a big ball back and forth over the net. Miss Barnes helped them to keep score(記分)in French. The students laughed at their own mistakes, but they enjoyed practising their numbers and having fun at the same time.

Later, there was plenty of time for those who liked to swim to go into the water. Most of them did not go far from the shore. Some of the waves were quite large and could be dangerous to people who did not swim well. Miss Barnes watched them very closely. She was glad that there were lifeguards(救生員)who were always ready to help in time of danger.

When it was time for snacks( 快餐), everyone enjoyed sandwiches, potato chips and lemonade. While they were eating Miss Barnes asked each member of the club a question in French. If the students could not answer their questions, she taught them what to say. Everyone agreed that the French Club and the beach party would help them to learn French, and they all thanked Miss Barnes for being such a nice teacher.

1. It was clear that none of the students at the beach party were _______.

A. Italian B. American C. French D. English

2. Miss Barnes's first lesson was to _______.

A. want them to make sentences

B. help them use new words to make sentences

C. learn some new words

D. teach them some new words

3. How did Miss Barnes teach them French while they were playing volleyball?

A. By keeping score.

B. By joining them in playing.

C. By putting up a net.

D. By practising their numbers.

4. Miss Barnes didn't need to worry about the swimmers' safety because _______.

A. they liked to swim

B. they were good at swimming

C. there were lifeguards who were ready to help

D. they were not afraid of large waves

5. The reason why all the students thanked Miss Barnes was that _______.

A. she had snacks together with them

B. she asked them questions in French

C. she taught them French in as many ways as possible

D. she taught them what to say in French

Winning a marathon is one of the　　1　 things that an athlete can do. A marathon is 42.2 kilometres of running without a 　 2　 .

The most famous marathon runner was Abebe Bikila. He 　 3　 many hours running in the mountains near his home. Later, when he became　　4　 of the emperor's (皇帝) palace guards, he　　5　 on running. He enjoyed it.

Not many people had 　 6　 Bikila when he entered the 1960 summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.　　7　 two hours and fifteen minutes after the marathon began, he　　8　 the running and became a famous track star.

Bikila started the race in a 　 9　 pair of running shoes. They soon began to　　10　 his feet. After only a few kilometres he took them　　11　 . He was used to running barefoot (赤腳), and that was the 　 12　 in which he ran the　　13　 of the race!As he entered the stadium two hours later, Bikila was 25 seconds　 14　 of the next runner. People rose to their feet, 　 15　 . No one that they had ever heard of could run such a race 　 16　 , and Bikila had just run it faster than anyone else in　　17　 .

Four years later, Abebe Bikila　　18　 to win a second Olympic marathon. A month before the race he　　19　 have an operation. This time he ran along the streets of Tokyo. When he entered the stadium at the 　 20　 of the race, he was four minutes ahead of the next runner.

1. A. most smallest B. hardest C. longest D. easier

2. A. breath B. look C. stop D. doubt

3. A. took B. experienced C. put D. spent

4. A. one B. many C. any D. some

5. A. had B. passed C. kept D. held

6. A. thought about B. read C. heard of D. spoke to

7. A. So B. But C. However D. Later

8. A. watched B. practised C. decided D. finished

9. A. new B. nice C. everyday D. proper

10. A. touch B. feel C. hurt D. move

11. A. on B. off C. out D. down

12. A. hour B. day C. time D. way

13. A. other B. left C. distance D. rest

14. A. ahead B. in front C. instead D. because

15. A. laughing B. calling C. cheering D. smiling

16. A. bravely B. barefoot C. on time D. strangely

17. A. earth B. world C. history D. mankind

18. A. liked B. hoped C. began D. waited

19. A. might B. ought to C. was told to D. had to

20. A. point B. end C. time D. beginning

A person, like a commodity(商品), needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸張), however, does no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment(裝飾), so that the person to be packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.

A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony(和諧)with nature for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe ( better quality) edition that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part with.

As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.

1. It can be concluded from the text that ________ .

A. people should be packed at all ages

B. people should be packed in a special way

C. elderly people also care about packing

D. proper packing makes people attractive

2. According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ________ .

A. dye your hair

B. make up at a young age

C. follow the ageing process

D. give up fame and wealth

3. For the middle-aged, attractiveness ________ .

A. hardly exists

B. is the strongest

C. comes from the inside

D. comes from the appearance

4. The underlined sentence means that elderly people ________ .

A. are usually packed like a finely-made book

B. experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life

C. do a lot of traveling and can give you much information

D. enjoy reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairyland

The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along a high road to get my daughter from school. Over my road was another way for cars coming the__1__ way. It was just the rush hour and the traffic was very__2__. But I have got used to this because I often drive to the school __3__my daughter after work.

Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move__4__, I slowed down. Then my car began to__5__. I didn't know what was happening.__6__something had gone wrong with my car. I drove__7__slowly. I stopped my car and at the same__8__the road fell onto the cars in front of me.

I found__9__in the dark. My legs and feet were__10__badly and I couldn't move. All around me was__11__. But below me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise.

Then I __12__ what had happened. I had__13__an earthquake!

__14__about two hours nobody came. Then I __15__ people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see __16__anyone was under the broken road. I called __17__.

"I'm here!" Soon a stranger came up to me, "__18__are you doing?" he asked. "Not too bad," I said, "but my feet and legs __19__ as if they are broken." "We'll __20__ you out as soon as we can," he said. But they didn't rescue me until the next morning. I had been in my car for 14 hours.

1. A. same B. right C. left D. other

2. A. free B. heavy C. much D. large

3. A. for B. with C. in D. on

4. A. up and down B. here and there

C. from side to side D. back and forth

5. A. stop B. break C. shake D. jump

6. A. Perhaps B. Surely C. Suddenly D. Quickly

7. A. much B. still less C. very more D. even more

8. A. place B. result C. moment D. speed

9. A. me B. myself C. my car D. it

10. A. wounding B. hurting C. breaking D. damaging

11. A. noisy B. normal C. shouting D. quiet

12. A. realized B. reminded C. told D. thought

13. A. happened B. experienced C. founded D. escaped

14. A. Before B. After C. For D. Beyond

15. A. asked B. saw C. heard D. begged

16. A. that B. unless C. if D. how many

17. A. out B. on C. for D. in

18. A. How B. What C. Why D. Who

19. A. feel B. look C. grow D. turn

20. A. set B. find C. fetch D. help

Japanese officials are struggling to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. Japan's first case of mad cow disease was reported in September. The Agriculture Ministry confirmed last month that a second cow was infected. Japan is the only country in Asia where mad cow disease is known to have spread. The disease is officially known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalities, or BSE. It causes holes in the brain. Cows act strangely before they die. So it is called mad cow disease.

Scientists believe cows get the disease by eating meat and bone meal from infected animals. Since September, Japan has banned imports and use of feed(飼料) made from animal remains. Recently, the Agriculture Ministry announced plans to destroy about five thousand cows that may have been given the feed.

Sales of Japanese beef products have dropped sharply in the past three months. Since October, Japanese officials have tested all cows that are killed for their meat. Some scientists question the testing. They say the disease often cannot be identified in young animals.

Scientists believe it's terrible to eat infected meat that may cause a similar brain disease. It cannot be cured.

About one hundred people in Europe have died from the disease in recent years. Most of them have been in Britain.

Until recently, some experts have estimated that the total number of deaths from eating infected beef could be as high as one-hundred thirty thousand. However, two new reports say there will be fewer deaths than earlier estimated. Science magazine reported the findings.

The reports say the total number of deaths from the disease may be as low as two hundred.

Researchers from France used a computer program to make their estimate. They say their study is based partly on a better understanding of the disease. They also say evidences show that young people are more likely to become infected. In Britain, the average age of those who died is twenty-eight. Only a few victims were older than fifty. From this evidence, the team says the probability of a person becoming infected decreases with age.

8. According to the report, how many cases of mad cow disease were reported in Japan?

A. One. B. Two. C. Many. D. Didn't mention.

9. If a person were infected in Japan, he would likely eat________.

A. cow which had eaten meat and bone meal

B. cow which had eaten imported feed made from animal remains

C. young cow which had eaten meat and bone meal

D. young cow which had eaten imported feed made from animal remains

10. From the text, we know that________.

A. a British person of 30 is more likely to be infected

B. a British person of 40 is more likely to be infected

C. a Japanese person of 30 is more likely to be infected

D. a Japanese person of 40 is more likely to be infected

Geologists have been studying volcanoes(火山)for a long time. Though they have learned a great deal, they still have not discovered the causes of volcanic action. They know that the inside of the earth is very hot, but they are not sure exactly what causes the great heat. Some geologists have thought that the heat is caused by the great pressure of the earth's outer layers. Or the heat may be left from the time when the earth was formed. During the last sixty years scientists have learned about radium, uranium, thorium, and other radioactive elements. These give out heat all the time as they change into other elements. Many scientists now believe that much of the heat inside the earth is produced by radioactive elements.

Whatever the cause of the heat might be, we do know that the earth gets hotter the farther down we dig. In deep mines and oil wells the temperature rises about 1 degree F for each 50 feet. At this rate the temperature 40 miles below the earth's surface would be over 4,000 degrees F. This is much hotter than necessary to melt rock. However, the pressure of the rock above keeps most materials from melting at their usual melting points. Geologists believe that the rock deep in the earth may be plastic. In other words, the rock yields(屈服)slowly to pressure but is not liquid. But if some change in the earth's outer layer releases the pressure, the rock melts. Then the hot, liquid rock can move up toward the surface.

4. The subject of this passage is the________.

A. formation of volcanoes

B. results of volcanic action

C. heart of the earth

D. causes of the earth's inside heat

5. The cause for the heat in the interior of the earth is probably________.

A. radioactive elements

B. the great pressure of the earth

C. not determined

D. the heat remaining from the formation of the earth

6. If the temperature at the earth's surface is 20°F, the temperature in a coal mine 500 feet below the surface would, in degree, be________.

A. 40 B. 30 C. 50 D. 120

7. Why doesn't the rock deep in the earth melt as a liquid at such high temperature?

A. Because the temperature isn't high enough to melt it.

B. Because it may be plastic.

C. Because the pressure of the rock above is strong enough to stop it melting.

D. Because there isn't oxygen inside the earth.

Cellphones have long been more than just telephones. They can take and send photographs, play music, even use a dog's bark as a ring tone.

The design of cellphones, though, has always been the domain of technology freaks(不正常的現(xiàn)象). Now, cellphone manufacturers have began to think of them as lifestyle accessories to be shown off in cafes and clubs.

Nokia, for instance, has just launched an up-market brand, "Vertu", which, in price and materials used, can be compared with an expensive watch.

Siemens too is expected to try and tap the new market for fashionable phones. Known for its high technical quality, the company is starting to focus more on trendy design.

Alexander Krug, a journalist for the German telecommunications magazine Connect, says, "This was why Siemens came up with its 'Xelibri' brand. They are basically telephones, but really they are fashion accessories."

Siemens launched four such models in Germany this April, simply called "1","2","3" and "4", which cost US$400. One looks a bit like a cellphone, but the others look like a UFO, a designer remote control device and a watch.

Motorola is also bringing out designs that depart from the norm. Since 2002 it has been marketing the "V70" with a round display and a rotating(旋轉(zhuǎn)的) opening mechanism.

Design is the priority for these lifestyle cellphones. Technical functions come second. A Motorola spokeswoman says that the "V70" comes equipped with "only basics". While Siemens admits that, for their "Xelibri" range, "We have not concentrated on particular technologies."

The target group for such phones is those who already own a cellphone and might want a second.

They are for people who go to a club and want a trendy little apparatus(裝置) to show off, it says.

As lifestyle cellphones are not aimed at the mass market, experts cannot agree if they have a great future or not. Krug says that while most can be afforded by people with a good job, Nokia's "Vertu" is in a different class:"That is only for people who wear a US$10,000 watch."

1. Why do the cellphone makers begin to develop new models?

A. To keep up with high technology.

B. To be shown off by some wealthy people.

C. To dominate the mass market.

D. To show their high technical quality.

2. What does the underlined word "trendy" in paragraph 4 mean? It means________.

A. latest B. valuable

C. fashionable D. popular

3. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Most people think of cellphones not only as means of communication.

B. Cellphones can be used as expensive watches.

C. Nokia, Siemens and Motorola are all powerful cellphone makers.

D. All the cell users like to wear the new model cells in public places.