Dean Bluey is 14-year-old boy from the USA. He became a hero after he saved(救)the life of a girl in another country.

   A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

   One day，he  46  an email to a friend on the Internet．To his surprise, he received a message, saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The   47   was from Finland(芬蘭)， thousands of  kilometers away from America．Later Dean said to a reporter,  “I didn't know   48   I should do.  It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first．  49   the message kept coming．Now it was easy to see that someone was in trouble. He   50   and found that the sender was a student called Tarja,   51   was ill, alone in a university library. What was   52  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean telephoned the   53    immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance(救護(hù)車) rushed to the library   54   , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

　“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but   55  saved her life.”

1. A. brought      B. lent         C. sent            D. bought

2.A. speech       B. message     C. music           D. telephone

3. A. how         B. what        C. where          D. when

4.A. So           B. And        C. But            D. Or

5. A. replied        B. ran        C. walked          D. played

6.A. He           B. She        C. It              D. I

7.A. worse        B. better       C. harder          D. easier

8. A. teacher       B. friend       C. doctor          D. police

9.A. Badly        B. Hardly      C. Luckily         D. Carefully

10. A. fax          B. better       C. flight           D. e-mail

閱讀理解

I was sleeping soundly last night when I was awakened by someone’s groans（呻吟）.I listened , and heard it was from Sam，a student from Africa. I really wanted to go on sleeping, as I had insomnia（失眠）and had just fallen asleep, but I couldn’t because Sam groaned louder and louder，showing he was seriously ill.

At that time , Robbie，a student from China , also got up to help. We found some pills，got some water , and helped him sit up to take them, hoping this would make his pain go down a little and get over the difficult time. If only daytime would come soon, everything would become easier.

Things went contrary相反）to our wishes. Sam’s condition developed from bad to worse. We telephoned the emergency service , and in no time an ambulance stopped in front of our gate. We helped the medical（醫(yī)療）workers carry Sam to the vehicle，and then both Robbie and I got in and took Sam to the hospital.

We helped him go through many medical examinations. After all kinds of tests，we were told that the final diagnosis（診斷）was appendicitis（盲腸炎）. Luckily , Sam didn’t need an operation because we brought him to the hospital in time. He got timely treatment.

After Sam felt much better , we rushed back to prepare ourselves for the class. We were a little tired , but we had certainly done something good，something right.1.Why couldn’t the writer go on sleeping that night?

2. What does “vehicle” in the third paragraph refer to?

3. Why didn’t Sam need an operation?

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much  1  in computer．One day，he  2  an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The message was from Finland，  3  kilometers away from America．

“I didn't know  4   I should do，”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 5   the message kept coming．

“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He   6  and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was  7  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch   8   the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library.   9  , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

       “I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but   10   saved her life.”

1．A．interest                  B．interested             C．interesting              D．interests

2．A．sent                      B．sends                   C．was sending           D．is sending

3．A．thousand                 B．thousand of          C．thousands              D．thousands of

4．A．how                      B．what                    C．where                    D．when

5．A．So                        B．And                     C．But                        D．As

6．A．telephoned             B．replied                 C．found                    D．talked

7．A．better                    B．worse                   C．harder                    D．easier

8．A．with                      B．on                       C．to                          D．a(chǎn)t

9．A．Hardly                   B．Happily                C．Luckily                  D．Carefully

10．A．a(chǎn) boy                   B．doctors                 C．the police             D．email

A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much  31  in computer．One day，he  32  an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The message was from Finland，  33  kilometers away from America．

“I didn't know  34  I should do，”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 35   the message kept coming．

“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He   36  and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was  37  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch  38   the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library.   39  , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but   40   saved her life.”