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阅读理解。     When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens
were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible
setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story
has inspired a movie, "Homeless to Harvard:The Liz Murray Story", shown in late April.
     Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination.
Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in
the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was
just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in
which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
     Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was
homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. "What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, My understanding was that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of
society," she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
     She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such
as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that "next to nothing could hold me down". She finished high
school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her
top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed
AIDS. "I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time." 　　
     Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is "as simple as making a decision". 1. The word "setback" in the first paragraph most probably means _____? 　　A. danger　　
B. difficulty　　
C. unhappiness　　
D. disaster2. What"s the best title of the passage? A. Liz"s Harvard Dream
B. Bitter Childhood of Liz
C. Liz"s Love for Her Parents
D. Liz"s Struggle for Her Life 3. What actually made Liz throw herself into her studies? 　　A. Her parents" addiction to drugs　　
B. Her mother" s disease 　　
C. Lack of food and clothes　　
D. Her mother" s death 4. According to the passage, which is NOT true about Liz? 　　A. strong-willed
B. envious
C. determined
D. respectful

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完形填空。     I can never forget her-the little girl with a   1   so strong and powerful. We could hear her halfway down
the block. She was a(n)   2 peasant who asked for money and   3 gave the only thing she had-her voice. I
paused outside a small shop and listened. She brought to my mind the   4 of Little Orphan Annie. I could not
understand the words she   5 , but her voice begged for   6 . It stood out from the noises of Arbat Street, pure
and impressive, like the chime of a bell. She   7 from under an old-style lamp post (柱子,杆) in the shadow of
a building, her arms extended and   8 thrown back. She was small and of ordinary looks. Her brown   9
escaped the bun (发髻) it had been pulled into, and she occasionally removed it from her 10 . Her clothing I
can"t recall. Her voice, on the other hand, is always  11  on my memory.
     I asked one of the translators about the girl. Elaina told me that she and hundreds of others like her
throughout the  12  Soviet Union add to their families" income by working on the streets. The children are unable
to  13  school, and their parents work fulltime. These children know that the result of an unsuccessful day is no
14 for the table. Similar situations  15  during the Depression (萧条) in the United States, but those American
children were faceless shoeshine boys of the twenties. This girl was real to me.
     When we  16   past her I gave her money. It was not out of pity  17  rather admiration. Her smile of  18  did
not interrupt her singing. The girl watched us as we walked down the street. I knew this because when I looked
back she smiled again. We  19  that smile, and I knew I could never forget her courage and inner  20 .

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(     )1. A. will
(     )2. A. American
(     )3. A. in return
(     )4. A. voice
(     )5. A. said
(     )6. A. attention
(     )7. A. laughed
(     )8. A. hands
(     )9. A. glasses
(     )10. A. face
(     )11. A. made
(     )12. A. latter
(     )13. A. attend
(     )14. A. milk
(     )15. A. broke
(     )16. A. walked
(     )17. A. and
(     )18. A. anger
(     )19. A. stopped
(     )20. A. power

B. force
B. Chinese
B. in turn
B. image
B. murmured
B. love
B. cried
B. feet
B. hair
B. leg
B. impressed
B. rich
B. finish
B. vegetables
B. remained
B. swam
B. while
B. pity
B. shared
B. strength

C. voice
C. Japanese
C. in need
C. story
C. used
C. food
C. jumped
C. head
C. eyes
C. body
C. sent
C. former
C. leave
C. meat
C. occurred
C. flied
C. but
C. bitterness
C. won
C. weakness

D. determination
D. Russian
D. in silence
D. looks
D. sang
D. mercy
D. sang
D. face
D. watch
D. finger
D. put
D. great
D. enjoy
D. food
D. went
D. removed
D. or
D. thanks
D. exchanged
D. intelligence

完形填空。

     I didn"t cry when I learned I was the parent of a mentally handicapped (弱智的) child. "Go ahead and cry,"
the doctor 1   kindly. But I couldn"t cry then nor during the months that followed.
     We sent her to a kindergarten in our neighborhood at age seven. I worried that she was the “   2 "   child
among twenty five-year-olds.
       3 , positive things began to happen to Kristi in her school,and to her schoolmates, too. When talking big of
their own accomplishments, Kristi"s classmates always took   4   to praise her as well, "Kristi got all her spelling
words right today." No one would say that her spelling list was easier than anyone else"s.
     During Kristi"s second year in school,she   5   a very special challenge. The big public event of the term was
a   6   based on the final outcome of the year"s music and physical education activities. Kristi was   7   in both.
My husband and I felt   8   about the day as well.
     On the day of the program,Kristi   9   to be sick. Desperately I wanted to keep her home. Why let Kristi fail
in a gymnasium  10   with parents,students and teachers? What a simple   11 ! But I finally got her onto the
school bus.
     Just as I had forced my daughter to go to school, now I forced myself to go, too. Then I knew Kristi"s   12 . Her class was divided into relay teams. With her slow and clumsy reactions, she would surely 13   her team.
     But as Kristi"s turn to 14   neared, a change took place in her team. The tallest boy in the line stepped  15
Kristi and placed his hands on her waist. Two other boys stood a little ahead of her. The   16   the player in front
of Kristi stepped from the sack(bag), the two boys seized it and held it open while the tall boy   17   Kristi and
dropped her neatly into the sack. A girl ahead took her hand and supported her until she gained her 18 .Then
off Kristi hopped (跳跃), smiling and proud.
     At the cheers of the crowd, I slipped out to thank Heaven for the warm and considerate people making it
possible for my 19    daughter to be like her fellow human beings. Then I finally   20 .

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(     )1. A. demanded
(     )2. A. common
(     )3. A. Thus
(     )4. A. pains
(     )5. A. failed
(     )6. A. competition
(     )7. A. stupid
(     )8. A. annoyed
(     )9. A. wanted
(     )10. A. filled
(     )11. A. approach
(     )12. A. worry
(     )13. A. hold on
(     )14. A. participate
(     )15. A. around
(     )16. A. interval
(     )17. A. caught
(     )18. A. access
(     )19. A. nervous
(     )20. A. recovered

B. requested
B. different
B. Therefore
B. time
B. accepted
B. conclusion
B. slow
B. anxious
B. happened
B. jammed
B. method
B. disaster
B. hold out
B. operate
B. off
B. moment
B. lifted
B. position
B. slim
B. cried

C. advised
C. excellent
C. Eventually
C. efforts
C. faced
C. conference
C. serious
C. guilty
C. pretended
C. covered
C. key
C. choice
C. hold over
C. practise
C. behind
C. chance
C. protected
C. speed
C. disabled
C. prayed

D. joked
D. casual
D. However
D. measures
D. shared
D. ceremony
D. awkward
D. tough
D. proved
D. burdened
D. solution
D. error
D. hold up
D. show
D. beside
D. point
D. hid
D. balance
D. delicate
D .applauded

阅读理解。

     A newly-wed couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including the Australian
floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.
     Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stranded in
Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe"s worst snowstorms. Stefan Svanstrom and Erika Svanstrom.
     Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one of
the most tremendous cyclones (龙卷风) in the nation"s history. From there, the couple, in their 20s, were
forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement floor of a shopping centre with 2,500 others. "Trees were being
knocked
over and big branches were scattered across the streets," Mr Svanstrom told Sweden"s Express newspaper.
"We escaped by the skin of our teeth," said Svanstrom.
     They then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the
country to Perth where they narrowly escaped raging bush fires. The couple then flew to Christchurch, New
Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude 6.3 earthquake destroyed the city on February 22.
     Mrs. Svanstrom said, "When we got there the whole town was a war zone." "We could not visit the city
since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan."
     But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japan"s largest earthquake since records
began. "The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings," Mr. Svantrom said. "It was like
the buildings were swaying back and forth." The family returned to Stockholm on March 29 after a much
calmer visit to their last destination China.
     But Mr. Svanstrom, who also survived the destructive Boxing Day tsunami that hit southeast Asia in 2004,
said the marriage was still going strong. He added, "I know marriages have to endure some trials, but I think
we have been through most of them."
     "We"ve certainly experienced more than our fair share of catastrophes, but the most important thing is that
we"re together and happy."

1. How many countries did the couple visit during their honeymoon?

A. 6.
B. 5.
C. 4.
D. 3.

2. What"s the right order of the following things according to the passage?
a. The couple headed south to Brisbane.
b. The couple flew to Cairns.
c. The couple flew to Christchurch.
d. The couple were stranded in Munich.

A. a-b-c-d
B. a-c-b-d
C. d-b-c-a
D. d-b-a-c

3. By saying "We escaped by the skin of our teeth.", Mr. Svanstrom meant that _____.

A. The cyclones was tremendous
B. They escaped from the cyclones easily.
C. They had a narrow escape from the cyclones
D. There was something wrong with their teeth

4. According to the last two paragraphs, which word can best describe Mr. Svanstrom?

A. ambitious.
B. enthusiastic
C. considerate
D. optimistic

阅读理解。
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

     In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her
soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E.    1 By now, the girl knew
she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told
the truth that she had said the wrong letter.   2
     As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty.
Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl"s courage and honesty, even when it
cost her the contest.   3
     Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never
get caught.
     This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that"s just it: She would know she did wrong.    4
     This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the
prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give
her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the
moment.
        5   .

A. So she won the contest.
B. As a result, she lost the contest.
C. The judges wanted to give her another chance.
D. It"s been said, "If you cheat, you make yourself cheap."
E. It"s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.
F. They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.
G. But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

完形填空。

     Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
                                                                        ―Thomas Jefferson
     As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I pushed as hard for   1   as they
did. 　
     A dramatic incident,   2 , following a game in which I was appointed as a referee (裁判),   3 my views on
victories and defeats. I was refereeing a league championship basketball game in New Rochelle, New York,
between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was coached by Dan O"Brien, Yonkers by Les Beck.
     The gym was   4 with audience, and the volume of noise made it   5   to hear. The game was well played
and   6 contested. Yonkers was   7 by one point as I   8 the clock and discovered there were only 30
seconds left to play.
     Yonkers,   9 the ball, passed off-shot-missed. New Rochelle recovered-pushed the ball up court - shot. The
ball   10   around the rim and off. The fans shouted with disappointment. 　
     New Rochelle, the   11 team, recovered the ball, and tapped it in ( 拨进篮框) for what looked like victory.
The noise of whistles, screams and shouts was   12 . I took a quick look at the clock and saw that the game
was over. I hadn"t heard the final buzzer (终场哨声) because of the noise. I  13 with the other official, but he
could not help me. 　
     Still   14 help in this chaos, I approached the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said,"Mr. Covina,
the buzzer   15   as the ball rolled off the rim,  16   the tap-in was made." 　
     I was in the unpleasant position of having to tell Coach O"Brien the   17 news."Dan," I said, " Yonkers won
the game." 　
     His face clouded over. The young timekeeper came up. He said, "I"m sorry, Dad. The time ran out before the
final basket." 　
     Suddenly, Coach O"Brien"s face  18  . He said, "That"s okay, Joe. You did what you had to do. I"m  19   of
you." 　
     Turning to me, he said, "Al, I want you to meet my   20 , Joe." 　
     The two of them then walked off the court together, shoulder to shoulder.

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