I’m a 20-year-old boy, and the following is my story．
A month after I graduated from high school in August，2007，I was coming home from swim practice in the training centre of the city and was involved in a car accident. I was so seriously injured that I was in a coma for more than two months at Prince Georges Hospital．
I suffered a lot from the experience of dying eight times during my coma and I couldn’t open my mouth to talk or to communicate when I eventually came around．At that time，it seemed that walking was never going to happen again due to all the extreme injuries. Just like my body，my dreams were completely destroyed. But I was not going to let my injuries stop me from realizing my dreams．
After receiving a total of 15 operations and 36 blood transfusions, I had to make every great effort to learn to talk，eat，walk，shower，and live on my own again．When I was out of hospital，I still had to go to outpatient therapy in Waldorf, Maryland．After I spent a few months in a wheelchair, I took baby steps to walk on my own．It was a miracle that I was able to walk again, but I still wanted to prove that I could not only walk, but also run. When it came true, I wanted to get back into the pool again．After having a few lung tests，I was able to go in the pool a little bit each week．After a few months of swim training，I began my freshman year at Mary’s College of Maryland and then became a proud member of the swim team．
By telling my story, I want to make a positive influence on the world．I am just trying to 1ive every day to the fullest and inspire other people never to give up their dreams no matter how bad a situation is to them. I remember when I was still in my hospital bed，I would have my mom and dad push me round in my wheelchair to the other rooms to see the other patients and chat with them and their family members．I wanted to let them know that everything was going to be okay. Somehow，things would work out for the best.
小題1:The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph 2 probably has the meaning of __________.

A．operation

B．unconsciousness

C．treatment

D．emergency

小題2:According to Paragraph 3, it can be inferred that the author ________.

A．was unable to talk or communicate

B．was in despair

C．faced physical and mental challenges

D．felt anxious about his state

小題3:What is the correct order of the following events?
a．went to outpatient therapy
b．received membership of the swim team
c．was pushed around to visit other patients  
d．walked 1ike a baby
e．1earnt to live all by himself

A．d,a,c,b,e

B．e,c,d,a,b

C．d,c,a,b,e

D．e,c,a,d,b

小題4:In the last paragraph，the author mainly wants to show_______．

A．his positive influence on other patients

B．his meaningful life

C．his purpose of sharing his story

D．his great achievements

小題5:The best title for the passage would be“____________”

A．Attitude is everything

B．Actions speak louder than words

C．Everything happens for a reason

D．A good beginning is half done

A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher    36   each child to bring a bag   37   a few potatoes. Each potato will be     38   a name of the person that the child    39    , so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his/her bag will     40 the number of people the child hates.
Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had up to    41  potatoes. The teacher then told the children to    42  the bag wherever they go for a      43  .
   44  the days went by, the children started to    45    because of the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten(腐爛) potatoes. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry  46 bags.
After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel？”the children started complaining(抱怨)about the   47 they had to  48  . When they had to carry the heavy and  49 potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said, “This is the   50 where you carry your hate for somebody    51  your heart. The smell of hate will   52  your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot   53  the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine   54 it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your    55  .

小題1:	A．warned B．liked C．told D．preferred

小題2:	A．containing B．putting C．covering D．included

小題3:	A．called B．given C．used D．offered

小題4:	A．missed B．hates C．likes D．a(chǎn)ppreciated

小題5:	A．depend on B．decide on C．set down D．write down

小題6:	A．six B．two C．ten D．five

小題7:	A．bring B．wash C．carry D．take

小題8:	A．week B．day C．month D．holiday

小題9:	A．After B．Until C．Before D．As

小題10:

A．cry B．complain C．laugh D．disagree

小題11:

A．heavier B．lighter C．bigger D．older

小題12:

A．happiness B．joy C．trouble D．sadness

小題13:

A．get along B．go over C．be settled D．go through

小題14:

A．funny B．smelly C．tasty D．dusty

小題15:

A．situation B．view C．expression D．sign

小題16:

A．without B．outside C．with D．inside

小題17:

A．injure B．keep C．pollute D．protect

小題18:

A．like B．bear C．escape D．throw

小題19:

A．whom B．how C．which D．what

小題20:

A．youth B．school life C．lifetime D．childhood

The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever . He sent his camera crew（攝制組）out one evening to film the sunset for him .
The next morning he said to the men , “ Have you provided me with that sunset ? ”
“ No , sir . ” the men answered .
The director was angry . “ Why not ? ” he asked .
“ Well , sir , ” one of the men answered . “ we’re on the east coast here , and the sets in the west . We can get you a sunrise over the sea , if necessary , but not a sunset . ”
“ But I want a sunset ! ” the director shouted . “ Go to the airport . take the next flight to the west coast , and get one . ”
But then a young secretary had an idea . “ Why don’t you photograph a sunrise . ” she suggested . “ and then play it backwards ? Then it’ll look like a sunset . ”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay（海灣）. Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director . “ Here it is sir . ” they said , and gave it to him . He was very pleased .
They all went into the studio（攝影棚）. “ All right . ” the director explained . “ now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye . Run the film backwards so that we can see the ‘ sunset behind them . ’ ”
The “ sunset ” began , but after a quarter of a minute , the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop .
The birds in the film were flying backwards . and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach .
小題1:One evening, the director sent his camera crew out       .

A．to watch a beautiful sunset

B．to find an actor and an actress

C．to film a sunset scene on the sea

D．to meet the audience

小題2:Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast ?

A．Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset .

B．Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset .

C．Because it was his secretary’s suggestion .

D．Because he was angry with his crew .

小題3:Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice .

B．If you want to see a sunrise , the east coast is the place to go to .

C．The camera crew wasn’t able to film the scene the first day .

D．The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “ sunset ” .

小題4:The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because       .

A．it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine

B．when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening

C．it was more moving than a sunrise

D．the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset

小題5:After the “ sunset ” began , the director suddenly put his face in his hands       .

A．because he was moved to tears

B．a(chǎn)s he saw everything in the film moving backwards

C．a(chǎn)s the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined

D．because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine

For thirty years, Johnson arrived at work at 9A.M. exactly. He never missed a day and was never late.
However, on one particular day, 9A.M. passed without Johnson’s arrival, it caused a sensation (轟動(dòng)). All workers stopped and wait, and the boss himself looked at his watch and complained.
Finally, exactly at ten, Johnson turned up, clothes dusty and torn, his face hurt and bruised（挫傷）, his glasses bent. He limped painfully to the time clock, struck in with a strong fist, and said, knowing that all eyes were upon him, “I fell and rolled down two flights of stairs in the subway and nearly killed myself.”
But the boss said, “And to roll down two flights of stairs took you a whole hour?”
小題1:How long did Johnson work in the company?

A．9 years.

B．10 years.

C．20 years.

D．30 years.

小題2:What did the other workers do when Johnson was late for work?

A．They were waiting for Johnson.

B．They did their work as usual.

C．They complained against Johnson.

D．They were excited to see Johnson was late.

小題3:What does the boss mean when he said “And to roll down two flights of stairs took you a whole hour?”?

A．He was worried about Johnson’s health.

B．He was glad that Johnson was late for work.

C．He was surprised at Johnson’s being late for work.

D．He wanted to know more about the reason for Johnson’s being late for work.

With a determined(堅(jiān)定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the 21 building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy 22 fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 23 cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that  24 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(殘疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26  achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school  27  he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28  by his determination(決心) and offered to help train him. They   29  more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30  seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31  I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was   34  of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35  to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
小題1:A. largest  B. highest            C. earliest    
小題2:A. seldom     B. hardly           C. almost
小題3:A. enjoyed   B. needed            C. made      
小題4:A. while      B. though                C. if        
小題5:A. heart     B. hope              C. body      
小題6:A. by                 B. for                 C. from
小題7:A. as                 B. since               C. until       
小題8:A. pleased    B. beaten           C. moved      
小題9:A. used               B. spent               C. took        
小題10:A. Here                  B. There               C. It
小題11:A. However B. Sometimes          C. Then
小題12:A. friends       B. helpers              C. exercise
小題13:A. tried     B. saw              C. did        
小題14:A. thinking   B. talking             C. proud
小題15:A. point   B. go                     C. turn        

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.
小題1:How many books has Dou Kou written?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five

D．Six

小題2:Thanks to his _____, Dou Kou could write his books.

A．mother	B．father
C．school life	D．life in different cities

小題3:Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____.

A．when he wrote fairy tales

B．before his father taught him how to learn something

C．a(chǎn)fter he went to school

D．a(chǎn)fter his mother taught him how to learn something

小題4:The underlined(劃線的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _____.

A．is different from other children

B．doesn’t tell the truth.

C．is the same as other children

D．likes his books

小題5:Which is the best title?

A．Three Books by a child

B．How to Write a Fairy Tales

C．How Clever the Boy is

D．Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s   36 , she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher   37  his mother and he felt   38  of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that   39  nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   40  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were   41  by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother   
  42  the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and   43  himself from everyone. He did, however, get within hearing of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked   44  , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “   45  my son was a baby, he was in a room that   46  fire. Everyone was   47  afraid to go in because the fire was   48 , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself   49  him trying to protect him. I was knocked   50  but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us. ” She   51  the burned side of her face. “This scar will be   52 , but to this day, I have never   53  what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He   54  her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand   55  for the rest of the day.

小題1:	A．enjoyment B．disappointment C．sorrow D．joy

小題2:	A．noticed B．greeted C．a(chǎn)ccepted D．met

小題3:	A．sick B．a(chǎn)shamed C．a(chǎn)fraid D．tired

小題4:	A．included B．passed C．covered D．shaded

小題5:	A．talk about B．think about C．care for D．hear about

小題6:	A．impressed B．surprised C．excited D．comforted

小題7:	A．in sight of B．by means of C．by way of D．in spite of

小題8:	A．hid B．protected C．separated D．escaped

小題9:	A．carefully B．seriously C．nervously D．a(chǎn)nxiously

小題10:

A．As B．When C．Since D．While

小題11:

A．caught B．set C．lit D．made

小題12:

A．so B．much C．quite D．too

小題13:

A．out of control B．under control C．in control D．over control

小題14:

A．under B．a(chǎn)t C．to D．over

小題15:

A．helpless B．hopeless C．senseless D．useless

小題16:

A．pointed B．showed C．wiped D．touched

小題17:

A．ugly B．lasting C．serious D．frightening

小題18:

A．forgot B．recognized C．considered D．regretted

小題19:

A．grasped B．held C．put D．caught

小題20:

A．quietly B．slightly C．tightly D．suddenly

One cold night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco．There I was walking home around one o’clock in the morning after a   31  practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having   32  handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about  33  both acting and San Francisco. I had  34  too much of city life.
As I walked down the  35  streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began  36  both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out  37  a few homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my  38 , I heard a sound behind me. I   39  quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me  40  so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I   41  what the noise had been. It had been my wallet  42  to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk   43  for 15 minutes, my wallet was   44  to be found.
Just as I was about to quit the  45  , I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to  46  . When a voice came from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde(金發(fā)碧眼的) man with an  47  look in his eyes. “Is this  48  you’re looking for?” He asked, holding up something like a wallet.
It was already 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I couldn’t get much sleep, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some  49  of city life. I realized the city couldn’t be a bad place  50  people were willing to help each other.

小題1:	A．comfortable B．serious C．tiresome D．fortunate

小題2:	A．comfort B．desire C．pain D．trouble

小題3:	A．setting up B．giving up C．holding up D．picking up

小題4:	A．expected B．changed C．controlled D．possessed

小題5:	A．deserted B．crowded C．blank D．narrow

小題6:	A．running B．jumping C．moving D．marching

小題7:	A．towards B．except C．including D．between

小題8:	A．bank B．theatre C．a(chǎn)partment D．office

小題9:	A．stood B．walked C．turned D．left

小題10:

A．satisfied B．confused C．frightened D．a(chǎn)nnoyed

小題11:

A．turn out B．figure out C．give out D．pull out

小題12:

A．belonging B．a(chǎn)dding C．sticking D．falling

小題13:

A．gratefully B．a(chǎn)nxiously C．skillfully D．delightedly

小題14:

A．nowhere B．a(chǎn)nywhere C．everywhere D．somewhere

小題15:

A．instruction B．training C．search D．a(chǎn)cting

小題16:

A．it B．him C．someone D．me

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)mused B．unpleasant C．uneasy D．embarrassed

小題18:

A．what B．who C．whichever D．whomever

小題19:

A．production B．judgment C．friendship D．a(chǎn)ppreciation

小題20:

A．a(chǎn)s soon as B．a(chǎn)s long as C．a(chǎn)s far as D．a(chǎn)s well as

In the kitchen of my mother's houses there has always been a wooden stand with a small notepad and a hole for a pencil.
I'm looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can't be the same pencil. The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
"I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years." I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. "You still use a pencil. Can't you afford a pen?"
My mother replies a little sharply. "It works perfectly well; I've always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days. "
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, "One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on."
This story, which happened before I was born, reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible exhibits at every meal.
小題1:Why has the author's mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?

A．To leave messages.

B．To list her everyday tasks.

C．To note down math problems.

D．To write down a flash of inspiration.

小題2:What is the author's original opinion about the wooden stand?

A．It has great value for the family.

B．It needs to be replaced.

C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood.

D．It should be passed on to the next generation.

小題3:The author feels embarrassed for____________.

A．blaming her mother wrongly

B．giving her mother a lot of trouble

C．not making good use of time as her mother did

D．not making any breakthrough in her field

小題4:What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The mother is successful in her career.

B．The family members like traveling.

C．The author had little time to play when young.

D．The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.

The fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was the subject of popular books and movies for many decades. In recent years, however, the character has been criticized as an ill image of Asian-Americans.
Yunte Huang, an English professor at the University of California, says that’s not the case. He has been exploring the character and real-life policeman who inspired him.
Charlie Chan has been a familiar character to readers and film-goers, beginning in the 1920s. The detective solved crimes around the world in more than 40 films through the 1940s, and with the invention of television, found a new audience in the 1950s and 1960s.
Huang discovered Charlie Chan through books by American author Earl Derr Biggers, who created the character.
“One day, I happened to find two Charlie Chan novels. At that point I thought I knew that he was a negative character against Asians, but when I read the book,” he says, “I was immediately attracted. Ever since then, I’ve been a fan of Charlie Chan.”
As a fan of the books and films, Huang was surprised to learn that Charlie Chan was based on a real detective named Chang Apana, who was born to Chinese parents in Hawaii around 1871. Apana worked as a cowboy, and joined the Honolulu police force in 1898.
“He almost immediately became a local legend because as a former cowboy,” says Huang, “he would walk the most dangerous areas in Chinatown carrying a bullwhip（皮鞭）instead of a gun. He didn’t need that.”
Although some say the image of Charlie Chan, with his broken English, is embarrassing for Asian-Americans, Huang believes Chan’s broken English and unusual ancient sayings were part of his charm（魅力）.
“Let me just quote（引用）a few – ‘Actions speak louder than French,’ or ‘Mind like parachute (降落傘). Only function when open.’ Charlie Chan always owes these instructive sayings to Confucius’ eastern wisdom.
For Huang, the fictional Charlie Chan is highly entertaining, while the real-life policeman, Chang Apana, is a Chinese-American success, whose story is worth telling.
小題1:The passage mainly talks about ______________.

A．how Yunte Huang discovered Charlie Chan

B．how Charlie Chan became famous in the US

C．what Yunte Huang thought of Charlie Chan

D．how a cowboy became a famous detective

小題2:According to the passage, we know that Charlie Chan __________.

A．was a character in books and movies based on a real detective

B．was a famous actor starring in movies beginning from the 1920s

C．was a famous detective solving crimes all over the world

D．was a Chinese immigrant who became a local legend

小題3:Chang Apana didn’t need a gun as a weapon because__________.

A．he had his personal charm

B．he liked being a cowboy

C．he was not a true policeman

D．a(chǎn) bullwhip was more useful

小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．American author Earl Derr Biggers gave an ill picture of Asian-Americans

B．Yunte Huang believes Charlie Chan represents Asian wisdom in some way

C．Chan’s story was more popular with TV audience than readers and film-goers

D．Charlie Chan became an ill image of Asian-Americans when it first appeared.