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阅读理解。     The majority of astronauts from America have been men. At the start of the space programme there was
strong resistance from some people against having women in space. However, some women were very keen
to become astronauts and in the end they were successful. In 1978, NASA began the first training programme
for women astronauts.
     Judy Resnick and Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, but in many other
ways they were very different. Both of them were on Flight STS-5L-L. Judy Resnick was born in 1949 and
studied engineering at university and went on to obtain a PhD in 1977. She was a member of the first group
of women selected for astronaut training in 1978, and in 1984, she became the second woman in space.
During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of research. She
was, in many ways, a professional astronaut whose whole life was devoted to space travel.
     Christa McAuliffe was born in 1948 and she was an astronaut almost by accident. In 1984, NASA decided
to find a teacher who could accompany (go with sb. esp. on a journey ) astronauts into space. They hoped
that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be
interested in space travel. Christa was a secondary teacher in history and social studies. She was a gifted
teacher and she was selected from over 11,000 applicants to go on flight STS-51-L. She was also a very good
communicator and she immediately established (set up) a very good relationship with the news media (radio,
television and newspapers). It was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement
about the flight. Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward
to communicating with Christa in space. Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest. It is
partly because of the excitement over McAuliffe"s place in the flight that the disaster in 1986 had such an effect
on people. 1. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that _____. [     ]
A. Judy was against the idea of having women in space at first
B. Judy was the first woman selected for astronaut training
C. Judy helped to launch three new satellites at the age of 35
D. Judy carried out a programme during her second space travel 2. Christa McAuliffe was chosen for training because _____. [     ]
A. she was popular with the news media
B. she expected to give history lessons in space
C. she was an excellent teacher and communicator
D. she made the students in space very excited 3. The reason why there was great interest in Flight STS-51-L is that _____. [     ]
A. both Christa and Judy got PhD degrees in the same year
B. a young secondary school teacher was on the flight
C. students were going to learn more about space travel
D. it was the first time for women to travel in space 4. What would be the best title for the passage? [     ]
A. Two Astronauts
B. Flight STS-51-L
C. Travelling in Space
D. The Training Programme

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阅读理解。     You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on
the cover of the popular young adults" fashion magazine Seventeen.
     "You is IN," said Wang Lihua, Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. "She is active and mature (成熟的) because
of her knowledge on everything from academic studies, to books on art, to movies. We found she"s the very
style we"re looking for to represent young people"s attitudes." 　　
     You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an
English broadcasting programme at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University, You is always praised
for speaking English almost like a native speaker. "I"ve built up my English by watching thousands of English
DVDs since I was 10," she explained. 　　　
     But for You, watching isn"t enough. Last year, while in Senior 1, she met a talented boy who showed self-
made DV movies at the English Corner in her school. 　
     "I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films," she said. So she wrote a
campus (校园) story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie, all
in English. "I played one of the leading roles, actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every single
day during the SARS holidays," she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus, earning You a
strong reputation (名气) as a DV movie director. 　　　
     But this is not the only field she wants to master. Despite being a science student, You likes art, literature
and fashion design very much. 　　　
     "There are people who can be artists, there are people who edit books, and there are people who become
film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!" she said. "There is an old saying I believe: Chance
favours only the prepared mind." 1. You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen,mainly because she _____. [     ]
A. is beautiful
B. she is lovely and full of confidence
C. is active and mature
D. has rich knowledge 2. You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen,mainly because she _____. [     ]
A. is beautiful
B. she is lovely and full of confidence
C. is active and mature
D. has rich knowledge 3. The author mentioned a talented boy to show _____. [     ]
A. the great influence he had on You Mi
B. he was admired by his schoolmates
C. the young can do things as well as the adults do
D. self-made DV movies are popular at school 4. In the 30-minute DV movie, You Mi didn"t act as a(n) _____. [     ]
A. director
B. musician
C. actress
D. producer 5. We can learn from the passage that _____. [     ]
A. You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent
B. the success of a 30-minute DV movie shocked You Mi
C. You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist
D. the outbreak of SARS delayed You Mi"s studies

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完形填空。     O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer for short stories. His    1    name was William Sydney
Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school
for very long,    2    he managed to    3    himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years
old, O. Henry    4    to Texas, where he tried different    5   . He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a
job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have    6    it. Because
of that, he was sent to    7   . During the three years in prison, he learned to    8    short stories. After he got out
of prison, he went to New York and    9   writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor
there.
     Most of O. Henry"s   10   are set in his own time, the early years of the 20th century. Many take place in New
York City, and deal for the most part with ordinary   11  : clerks, policemen, waitresses. O. Henry"s short stories
are well known   12   their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. And his stories
were   13   more playful and optimistic. People like his stories,   14   simple as the tales were, they would finish
with a sudden change at the   15  , to the reader"s surprise.

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Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world"s best marathoners (马拉松运动员) can run! In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That"s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics. Jean doesn"t like to be told she"s brave. "I"m in sports because I"m a competitive person!" Jean was born with spinal bifida (脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine (脊椎). She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed. "Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs," she says, "It was fun." Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles. Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. "When I sign my autograph (亲笔签名)," says Jean, "I write, dream big and work hard."
1. What made Jean take part in sports?
[ ]
A. She was brave. B. She was competitive. C. She was strong. D. She was disabled.
2. What kind of education did she receive?
[ ]
A. High school. B. Junior middle school. C. High education. D. Primary school.
3. What is Jean"s advice on how to succeed?
[ ]
A. Work hard. B. Hope for the best. C. Dream a lot. D. Have great wishes and work hard.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her. His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:"My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary." This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men. However, Fitzgerald"s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?
[ ]
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
2. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald"s life according to the passage? a. He became addicted to drinking. b. He studied at St. Paul Academy. c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise. d. The Great Gatsby won high praise. e. He failed to reorder his life. f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
[ ]
A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a
3. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald _____.
[ ]
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn"t broken down D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about _____.
[ ]
A. Zelda"s personal life B. Zelda"s illness and treatment C. Fitzgerald"s friendship with Graham D. Fitzgerald"s contributions to the literary world
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Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, "Versed". "I"m delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win," said Armantrout. "For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising." Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor"s degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master"s in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think. In March, she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for "Versed." "This book has gotten more attention," Armantrout said, "but I don"t feel as if it"s better." The first half of "Versed" focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq. The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not. "Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry," said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD. "Versed", published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700 copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May.
1. According to Rae Armantrout, _____.
[ ]
A. her 10th book is much better B. her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected C. the media is surprised at her works D. she likes being recognized by her readers
2. Which of the following is true of Rae Armantrout?
[ ]
A. She published a poetry textbook. B. She used to teach Denise Levertov. C. She started a poets" group with others. D. She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley.
3. What can we learn about "Versed"?
[ ]
A. It consists of three parts. B. It is mainly about the American army. C. It is a book published two decades ago. D. It partly concerns the poet"s own life.
4. Rae Armantrout"s colleagues think that she _____.
[ ]
A. should write more B. has a sweet voice C. deserves the prize D. is a strange professor
5. What can we learn from the text?
[ ]
A. About 2,700 copies of "Versed" will be printed. B. Cancer made Armantrout stop writing. C. Armantrout got her degrees at UCSD. D. "Versed" has been awarded twice.