Michel is a young girl who works for the police     a handwriting expert (專家). She has helped      many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
When she was fourteen, Michel was already     interested in the differences in her friends'      that she would spend hours     them. After      college she went to France for a       two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
　　Michel says that it is     for people to hide their handwriting. She can        of what she needs to know simply      looking at the writing with her own eyes,    she also has machines     help her make     different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often        great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good    of what kind of person the      is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow        I didn't like his handwriting.” She says. But she    she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman        she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be       , however.

小題1:	A．with B．by C．like D．a(chǎn)s

小題2:	A．search B．follow C．catch D．judge

小題3:	A．so B．too C．quite D．extra

小題4:	A．books B．letter C．tongues D．handwriting

小題5:	A．writing B．studying C．settling D．uncovering

小題6:	A．a(chǎn)ttending B．finishing C．starting D．stepping into

小題7:	A．powerful B．natural C．special D．common

小題8:	A．main B．safe C．easy D．impossible

小題9:	A．most B．nothing C．little D．sight

小題10:

A．with 　　　 B．by C．of D．a(chǎn)bout

小題11:

A．so 　　　　 B．for C．thus D．but

小題12:

A．they 　　　 B．in which C．that D．those

小題13:

A．up 　　　　 B．out C．for D．into

小題14:

A．of 　　　　 B．to C．with D．for

小題15:

A．test 　　　 B．sign C．means D．habit

小題16:

A．thief B．criminal C．writer D．policeman

小題17:

A．whether B．unless C．if D．a(chǎn)fter

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)dds 　　　 B．tells C．repeats D．cries

小題19:

A．before 　　 B．a(chǎn)fter C．so D．a(chǎn)nd

小題20:

A．necessary B．a(chǎn)ll right C．important D．quite easy

Everyone wants some degree of success. Many people believe that they deserve success simply because they believe that they deserve success.
But there is a widespread belief that people who get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it, but because of influential (有影響的)  friends or the right background. Sometimes it may just be a comforting and harmless belief, while at the other extreme it can be very destructive. I once met a brilliant young engineer who worked in a chemical plant. Because of her knowledge and experience, she should have been promoted to Production Manager. Instead, the job went to a man who was totally unsuited for the post. Everyone knew that he only got it because he was politically acceptable to his superiors (上司). This injustice discouraged the young engineer and many of her colleagues. It also meant that the factory was much less efficient than it could have been.
　　　At the same time, we should not be pessimistic (悲觀的). More and more the modern world depends on having people who are in the job because they are good enough, not just because their faces fit. There is a story of a factory owner who sent for an engineer to see to a machine which would not go. He examined it, then took out a hammer and tapped, once. The machine started up immediately. When he presented his bill, the owner protested, "This can't be right! $ 100 just for tapping a machine with a hammer?" The engineer wrote out a new bill: "For tapping a machine, $1; for knowing where to tap. $99."
小題1:The engineer at the chemical plant was not promoted because _____.

A．it was politically less good for the boss to accept her than the man

B．her boss did not think she had the fight qualifications for the job

C．the man who got the promotion was more experienced than she was

D．it is more difficult for a woman to get a promotion than for her male colleague

小題2:The engineer who repaired the machine was right in charging $ 100 because____.

A．he hit the machine to get it started again

B．the factory owner could not have repaired it himself

C．he was charging for his knowledge and expert skills

D．he was the only person who could find out what was wrong with it

小題3:What can we learn about the author's attitude toward the widespread belief that "people get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it"?

A．He quite agrees with it.

B．He doesn't express his opinion his opinion at it.

C．He completely disagrees with it.

D．He doesn't quite agree with it.

小題4:According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?

A．Having influential friends or right background seems helpful sometimes.

B．The engineer had good reason to overcharge the factory owner.

C．Not all those who are good in their jobs have the chance to be promoted.

D．Those who are good in their jobs are still largely needed by the modern society.

A lesson of life
" Everything happens for the best, "  my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you can carry on, one day something      will happen. And you'll     that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. "
After graduating from college, I       that mother was right. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I travelled to Chicago by getting        rides from drivers of passing cars and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned      every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't     hiring inexperienced person-"Go out in the countryside and find a small station that'll give you a        , " she said.
I returned home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a      athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I      .  The job sounded just       for me. But I wasn't      .
My      must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom      me. Dad      me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office,  I felt extremely       .I asked       ,  " How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the elevator         I heard MacArthur calling,  " What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me       a microphone (麥克風(fēng)) and asked me to broadcast an      game.
On my way home, as I have many times since,  I thought of my mother's words: " Keep on trying until some day you succeed. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous failure. " I often wonder what       my life might have taken if I'd got the job at Montgomery

小題1:	A．good B．bad C．interesting D．important

小題2:	A．hope B．declare C．realize D．explain

小題3:	A．a(chǎn)nnounced B．discovered C．suggested D．expected

小題4:	A．smooth B．short C．comfortable D．free

小題5:	A．on B．down C．in D．up

小題6:	A．a(chǎn)dvise B．mind C．risk D．practise

小題7:	A．choice B．promise C．result D．chance

小題8:	A．professional B．natural C．local D．top

小題9:	A．volunteered B．responded C．registered D．a(chǎn)pplied

小題10:

A．right B．special C．difficult D．correct

小題11:

A．fired B．identified C．hired D．interviewed

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)stonishment B．disappointment C．a(chǎn)mbition D．a(chǎn)ppreciation

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)dmired B．undersood C．blamed D．reminded

小題14:

A．offered B．made C．showed D．returned

小題15:

A．discouraged B．delighted C．embarrassed D．frightened

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)nxiously B．a(chǎn)loud C．carefully D．politely

小題17:

A．if B．a(chǎn)s C．while D．when

小題18:

A．on B．in C．before D．over

小題19:

A．imaginary B．interesting C．important D．intemational

小題20:

A．effect B．direction C．a(chǎn)im D．pleasure

As a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech about football to students and parents, aiming at getting new team members :I talked  about how"everyone  can benefit from football. This year, a worried-looking couple approached me. Their son, who had a sickly childhood, really wanted to play football. They'd tried to talk him out of it, but he had his heart set on joining the team.
When they told me his name , my heart sank. Michael was short and thin. He was a lonely kid and the constant target of other kids' jokes. I knew Michael would never make it. But so close to my  "football is for everyone"  speech,  I told them we could give it a try.
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field. We started a one-mile jog around the track. Repeatedly he fell, each time picking himself up. The same thing happened for weeks. But Michael put his whole heart into the training. Cradually, Michael gained strength both socially and physically. He began to laugh and most of the teammates became friendly. By the last week of practice Michael could run the mile without falling. He asked me to add a few more exercises he could work on his own. Soon ,  Michael ran the opening mile faster than anyone.
One day after practice, the team captain, Steve, came up to me. He was talented but lazy.He was popular with students even though he could be heartless. Steve pointed to the field where Michael was jogging all alone and asked me why he was still out there. I told Steve to ask him. The next night, I was surprised to see Steve exercising right next to Michael.
Finally our big game came-at first we were losing by twelve points. I could see that some kids  had already lost heart. But Michael was playing as hard as he could ,  begging the team to keep trying. Finally we won the game by one point in the final ten seconds.
At our celebration dinner, we always gave a big award to the most productive player. Steve had scored the most points that season,  and everyone cheered as he received his award. " There's someone who deserves it more than I do,"  Steve said,  " Everything I accomplished,  and everything the team accomplished this season, is thanks to one person-Michael. " The entire team cheered as Steve turned the prize over to the player who had inspired them all.
小題1:The author gave a speech to the students and parents in order to ____.

A．bring in new team members

B．teach them how to play football

C．tell them about the benefits of playing football

D．help those parents who are worried about their children

小題2:How did the author react after the couple told him their son's name?

A．He was very excited about accepting Michael on the team.

B．He refused to accept Michael because he had no talent for sports.

C．He decided to accept Michael though he was unwilling to do so.

D．He agreed to accept Michael because he was moved by his determination.

小題3: What happened to Michael after a few weeks' training?

A．He gave up training.

B．He began to laugh at others.

C．He often protected others in the football field.

D．He became strong both in friendly relations and in body.

小題4: Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．The Road to Success	B．Heart of a Champion
C．Steve, the Real Winner	D．A Player of Patience

My nephew's 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot，July weekend. I persuaded him to　 inside and joined him in a game. After　 for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I fell into my favorite recliner（躺椅）to let my neck muscles relax. He'd slipped out of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable moments of peace and quiet.
"Look，Alice，”he said　 as he ran over to the chair where I was sitting"I found a kite. Could we go outside and 　 it?"
Glancing out a nearby window, I noticed it was　 outside.“I'm sorry, Tripper,.” I said, sad to see his 　 eyes. "The wind is not blowing today. The kite won't fly.”
The　 10-year-old replied,“I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,”he answered as he ran out to the back door 　 Up and down in the yard he ran, pulling the kite 　 to a small length of string. He ran back and forth，as hard as his ten year-old legs would carry him, looking back　 at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.
I asked, "How did it go?"
"Fine，”he said, not wanting to admit 　 ．“I got it to fly some”
As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, "I guess I'll have to wait for the　 ．”
At that moment I heard another Voice speak to my 　 . "Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way instead of waiting for the Wind.，，
And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to 　 what we want to do. We wait for the Wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted（耗盡） our own　  ．We must learn how to rely on Him in the first place!

小題1:	A．live B．study C．stay D．lie

小題2:	A．playing B．resting C．challenging D．a(chǎn)rguing

小題3:	A．casually B．enthusiastically C．stubbornly D．deliberately

小題4:	A．decorate B．drop C．hang D．fly

小題5:	A．hot B．still C．noisy D．fine

小題6:	A．bright B．disappointed C．dull D．satisfied

小題7:	A．clever B．talented C．determined D．fearless

小題8:	A．hurriedly B．curiously C．suddenly D．unwillingly

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)dapted B．a(chǎn)dded C．a(chǎn)ttached D．devoted

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)ngrily B．nervously C．doubtfully D．hopefully

小題11:

A．win B．defeat C．mistake D．luck

小題12:

A．wind B．order C．news D．sunshine

小題13:

A．heart B．memory C．dream D．world

小題14:

A．imagine B．decide C．a(chǎn)pply D．a(chǎn)ccomplish

小題15:

A．courage B．patience C．strength D．knowledge

She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors.
A 17-year old student who spent much of high school living around homeless shelters and sometimes sleeping in her car-today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga.，just outside of Atlanta.
Chelsea Fearce, who held a 4.466 GPA and scored 1，900 on her SATs despite having to use her cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night.
"I know I have been made stronger. I was homeless. My family slept on cushions on the floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day. Getting a shower, food and clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her graduation ceremony. Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day. "I just told myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore, she told WSBTV.
Fearce，one of five children, grew up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to live in, but at other times had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one. "You're worried about your home life and then worried at school. Worry about being a little hungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes. You just have to deal with it, You eat what you can, when you can.”
To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be ad- mitted into college halfway through her high school career. She starts college next year at Spelman College as a junior where she is planning to study biology, pre-"med（醫(yī)學(xué)預(yù)科），"Don't give up. Do what you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you want,”Fearce said.
小題1:Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．So Many Homeless Students in America

B．How Does a Homeless Student Live in Society?

C．The Hardship of Fearce and Her Family in America

D．Homeless Teen Graduates as a Speaker of High School Class

小題2:How did Fearce go on with her study without access to lights?

A．By the car light.	B．By her cellphone.
C．By lights out of shelters.	D．By moonlight.

小題3:When Fearce starts college at Spelman College, she will＿_(dá)_．

A．have graduated earlier from high school than normal

B．be a 17-year-old student from a poor family

C．have a home without sleeping in her car or shelters

D．have raised enough money to go to college

小題4:From the passage, we can learn that＿_(dá)_．

A．SAT is easy for the students of high schools

B．Fearce's parents have six children to support

C．Fearce often had to struggle with starvation

D．Fearce gave a speech at a ceremony of Spelman College

小題5:What can we learn from Fearce's experience?

A．Knowledge can change your fate.

B．Don't give up, and tomorrow will be better.

C．Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

D．He that will not work shall not eat.

Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order       to keep food on file table, the father, a goldsmith（金匠）by      , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade. Despite their seemingly       condition, two of the eldest children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,       they knew well that their father would never be able to       either of them to study at the Academy.
After many long discussions at night in their       bed, the two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss（擲）a coin. The       would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings,       his winning brother for the academy. Then, in four years, he would support the other one. Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and       to Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years,       his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（轟動(dòng)）- By the time he graduated, he was beginning to       considerable fees for himself.
When the young artist       home and said to his brother, “And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your      . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will       you. ”Albert rose and wiped tile       from his cheeks. “No, brother. I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too       for me. Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my      ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas （畫布）  __    a pen or a brush.”
More than 450 years have      . By now, among Albrecht Durer’s hundreds of masterful portraits, “The Praying Hands” is one       creation that can catch the world’s hearts.

小題1:	A．fully B．merely C．completely D．entirely

小題2:	A．heart B．profession C．method D．words

小題3:	A．hopeless B．promising C．demanding D．careless

小題4:	A．so B．but C．however D．a(chǎn)nd

小題5:	A．study B．give C．send D．offer

小題6:	A．crowded B．separated C．new D．unusual

小題7:	A．winner B．old C．loser D．younger

小題8:	A．expect B．a(chǎn)dvertise C．support D．require

小題9:	A．flew away B．left behind C．set aside D．went off

小題10:

A．deserted B．financed C．desired D．envied

小題11:

A．earn B．save C．draw D．spend

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)rrived B．returned C．regained D．got

小題13:

A．fate B．time C．top D．turn

小題14:

A．take care of B．make up for C．make use of D．take charge of

小題15:

A．smiles B．tears C．sweats D．laughs

小題16:

A．tense B．nervous C．tiring D．late

小題17:

A．eyes B．pictures C．hands D．mines

小題18:

A．with B．of C．upon D．in

小題19:

A．changed B．kept C．remembered D．passed

小題20:

A．strange B．surprising C．touching D．terrible

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important     : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you       money.
This is how I     with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store     in my mind, I step in and make the     to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the     of which I think the local police could use, I     him up and tell him about it, though I am not in    here. I found a rule about this world is to give     getting something back, though the    often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was     to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of     . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was     . I was told at the window that there were     boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long     list. As I was about to be      , the postmaster appeared in the    . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an      delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office     we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get     but complaints.”

小題1:	A．difference B．research C．speech D．discovery

小題2:	A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal

小題3:	A．experienced B．connected C．cooperated D．experimented

小題4:	A．strikes B．flashes C．happens D．a(chǎn)ttempts

小題5:	A．a(chǎn)ppeal B．request C．suggestion D．demand

小題6:	A．story B．damage C．challenge D．material

小題7:	A．call B．hold C．cheer D．pick

小題8:	A．possession B．trouble C．place D．charge

小題9:	A．plus B．without C．for D．before

小題10:

A．process B．goal C．return D．concern

小題11:

A．replied B．a(chǎn)ddressed C．driven D．brought

小題12:

A．invitation B．a(chǎn)pology C．complaint D．a(chǎn)ppreciation

小題13:

A．discussing B．providing C．a(chǎn)pplying D．starting

小題14:

A．enough B．extra C．no D．other

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)dmitting B．relating C．buying D．waiting

小題16:

A．positive B．shocked C．discouraged D．optimistic

小題17:

A．doorway B．window C．home D．yard

小題18:

A．unfamiliar B．unexpected C．unknown D．uncertain

小題19:

A．in case B．now that C．even if D．rather

小題20:

A．nothing B．something C．a(chǎn)nything D．everything

My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn’t forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, Addison’s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o’clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own, some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions(典故) and irony and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six-week period, to be written every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other’s journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make a joke of and said, “This writing isn’t fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.
So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.
小題1:The passage mainly discusses ________.

A．teaching

B．literature

C．humor

D．knowledge

小題2:The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

A．funny

B．tiring

C．inspiring

D．brilliant

小題3:The English teacher the writer disliked most ________.

A．was not able to make students laugh	B．hurt his student’s feelings
C．didn’t let his students do the grading	D．had no sense of humor

Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big 　    , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was 　  enough to escape the flood, so when the water had      and the other houses were 　   there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children,   　 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 　  in the flood and she 　   her home with them until it was 　 　 for them to rebuild their house．
Anna＇s friends were 　 when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give  so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 　  ．
“Well,” Anna 　   her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very 　  , because her husband had been killed in the 　   　  and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 　     only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a 　   who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our 　  ,she said to her children．
The children were 　  and happy to get such a present．They 　  the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)ccident B．flood C．fire D．earthquake

小題2:	A．below B．big C．high D．small

小題3:	A．reduced B．come C．disappeared D．a(chǎn)ppeared

小題4:	A．rising B．standing C．flowing D．falling

小題5:	A．so B．for C．but D．since

小題6:	A．nothing B．a(chǎn)nything C．something D．everything

小題7:	A．gave B．shared C．found D．built

小題8:	A．necessary B．important C．obvious D．possible

小題9:	A．worried B．disappointed C．satisfied D．puzzled

小題10:

A．them B．him C．herself D．us

小題11:

A．supply B．grow C．support D．educate

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)sked for B．talked with C．turned up D．explained to

小題13:

A．sad B．rich C．poor D．happy

小題14:

A．storm B．rain C．war D．flood

小題15:

A．because B．which C．that D．a(chǎn)s

小題16:

A．get B．make C．send D．buy

小題17:

A．boy B．student C．teacher D．girl

小題18:

A．child B．daughter C．present D．sister

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)ngry B．lovely C．excited D．sorry

小題20:

A．disliked B．gained C．led D．welcomed