阅读理解。 When 47-year-old volunteer Susan Boyle stepped onto the stage of Brita

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阅读理解。     When 47-year-old volunteer Susan Boyle stepped onto the stage of Britain"s Got Talent and announced
she was unemployed, had never been married and "never been kissed, actually", few in the audience would
have wondered why. This Ms Boyle, looking unfashionable, from a village in Scotland, shocked the three
judges and the audience with the song I dreamed a dream from the musical Les Miserables on a show of
Britain"s Got Talent, one of the hottest reality shows in Britain.
     She couldn"t hide the awkwardness when walking to the center of the stage in a housedress, and everyone-
including the judges- seemed laughing at her when she said she wanted to be as successful as Elaine Paige.
As soon as she began singing, however, everyone in the auditorium fell silent, then rose within seconds to
applaud her incredible voice as the celebrity judges sat open-mouthed, and remained standing to the end.
     After her performance, one of the judges Piers Morgan said, "Without doubt that was the biggest surprise
I"ve had in three years of this show. When you stood there everyone was laughing at you. No one is laughing
now. That was amazing." Actress Amanda Holden followed, "I"m so thrilled because I know that we
everybody were against you. I honestly think that we were all being very cynical (愤世嫉俗的) and I think
that"s the biggest wake-up call ever."
     Susan obviously won over the hearts of millions around the world with sensation spreading across the
Atlantic. Hollywood actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore-who between them have nearly 1.5 million
followers-speak highly of her. Kutcher posted a link to the video clip (片段). The Scottish talent made her
live American debut via satellite connection on CBS"s The Early Show, doing an interview and singing live
from her room. And she already accepted an invitation from talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
     Now Boyle has become one of the world"s hottest celebrities. The video clip of her performance has
been viewed more than 50 million times on Youtube, becoming a hit on the Internet. 1. We learn from the passage that Susan Boyle _____.A. rose from a low social class
B. had an unhappy marriage
C. lived with a dog alone on a farm
D. won the championship in the Britain"s Got Talent show 2. At the beginning of the show, almost everybody _____. A. looked forward to her wonderful performance
B. was attracted by her beautiful dress
C. looked down upon her
D. placed great hope on her 3. We can infer that _____ contributed most to her global popularity. A. the judges
B. the Internet
C. the newspaper
D. the advertisement 4. The 4th paragraph intended to tell us _____. A. how Susan Boyle achieved her success
B. the comment made by American actor Ashton Kutcher
C. Susan Boyle"s influence in the USA
D. Oprah Winfrey"s invitation to Susan Boyle

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1-4: ACBC

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阅读理解。     I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn"t invited me.
I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. "Want to go for a ride, today,
Beck? It"s a beautiful day."
     "No! Leave me alone!" Those were the last words I said to him that morning.
     My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them
and when I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. "Dad has
had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital".
     When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father"s injuries were extensive. "Your
father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there"s no telling
what might have happened. A broken rib (肋骨) might have pierced (穿透) a lung .... "
     My mother may have said more, but I didn"t hear. I didn"t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave
me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled
those words at him earlier in the day?
     It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of
hurting him.
    "Daddy... I am so sorry .... "
     "It"s okay, sweetheart. I"ll be okay."
     "No," I said, "I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?"
     My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said. "Sweetheart, I don"t remember
anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night
before, though." He managed a weak smile.
     My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And
we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on. 1. The author was in bad mood that morning because _____. A. his father had a terrible accident
B. he couldn"t drive to the mall with his friends
C. his friends hadn"t invited him to the cinema
D. his father didn"t allow him to go out with his friends 2. Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital? A. Because he didn"t go along with his father.
B. Because he was rude to his father that morning.
C. Because he failed to come earlier after the accident.
D. Because he couldn"t look after his father in the hospital 3. The reason why the author"s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _____. A. he had a poor memory
B. he didn"t want to comfort his son
C. he just wanted to comfort his son
D. he lost his memory after the accident 4. What lesson did Beck learn from the matter? A. Don"t treat your parents badly.
B. Don"t hurt others with rude words.
C. Don"t move the injured in an accident.
D. Don"t be angry with friends at small things.

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阅读理解。     If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a
smile. The title suits him, And he loves it.
     Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the
butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if you"d told him this was what he"d be doing someday,
he would have laughed, "You"re crazy." As a boy, he used to be "a little tough guy on the streets". At age
thirteen he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.
     "I knew it had hurt my mom," Bonner said after he got out of prison. "So I told myself I would not put
my room through that pain again."
     One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly
called El Segundo blue.
     "I saw the sign "Butterfly Habitat" and asked, "How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just
fly away?"" Bonner recalls. "Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass (放大镜), "Look at the
leaves." I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, "Without the plant,
there are no butterflies.""
     Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni who told him there was a butterfly that needed help.
That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he"s been working for four years to help bring the
butterfly back. He grows astragals, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them
into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.
     The butterfly"s population once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni
received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.
     For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he" s bringing back the Palos
Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too. 1. When he was young, Arthur Bonner _____. A. broke the law and ended up in prison
B. was fond of shooting and hurt his morn
C. often offered necessary help to other people
D. often caught butterflies and took them home 2. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _____. A. found the butterfly had died out
B. won many prizes from his professor
C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor
D. collected butterflies and put them into a lab 3. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _____. A. made Bonner famous
B. changed Bonner"s life
C. brought Bonner wealth
D. enriched Bonner"s knowledge 4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. A Promise to Morn
B. A Man Saved by Butterflies
C. A Story of Butterflies
D. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni

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阅读理解。     A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking (搭便车) on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible
rainstorm, with no cars on the road. The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet
ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop. The man, without thinking about it, got
in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel
(方向盘)!
     The car started to move very slowly. The man looked at the road and saw a curve (拐弯处) coming his
way. Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life. He had not come out of shock when, just before the
car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel. The man, paralyzed
with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve. Finally, although
terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky car. Without looking back, the man
ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town. In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a
nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky.
     Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just
went through in the spooky car. Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair
standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly
not drunk!
     About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, "Hey,
there"s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!" 1. When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man _____. A. felt very curious
B. was extremely frightened
C. cried for help
D. remained as calm as possible 2. According to the passage, what made the man"s experience believable? A. His reasonable behavior.
B. His vivid description.
C. His plain appearance.
D. His honest attitude. 3. We can infer from the passage that _____. A. it is unsafe for people to take a free ride
B. the man was telling a lie to his listeners
C. the car probably broke down on the way
D. the two young men were familiar with the man

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完形填空。     I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I searched in my pockets to see if there were
any cigarettes, which had   1   their search. I found   2   and because of my shaking hands, I could   3   get it
to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked   4   the bars at my jailer (看守监狱的人). He
did not make eye contact with me. I   5   to him "Have you got a light?" He looked at me, shrugged and came
over to light my cigarette.   6   he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently (无意中) locked with
mine. At that moment, I   7 . I don"t know why I did that. Perhaps it was   8 , perhaps it was because, when
you get very close, one to another, it is very   9   not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was  10
a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn"t want to, but
my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but  11 , looking at me
directly in the eye and continuing to smile.
     I  12  smiling at him, now aware of him as a (n)  13  and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to
have a new  14  too. "Do you have kids?" he asked. "Yes, here, here." I took out my wallet and nervously
fumbled for the  15  of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans
and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I"d never see my family again, never have
the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.  16  without another word, he  17  my cell (牢房)
and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town,
he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
     "My life was  18  by a smile." Yes, the smile-the unaffected, unplanned,  19  connection between people. I
really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could  20  each other, we wouldn"t be enemies. We
couldn"t have hate or envy or fear.

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(     )1. A. lost
(     )2. A. them
(     )3. A. barely
(     )4. A. on
(     )5. A. gave out
(     )6. A. As
(     )7. A. cried
(     )8. A. anger
(     )9. A. easy
(     )10. A. even though
(     )11. A. went away
(     )12. A. kept
(     )13. A. stranger
(     )14. A. dimension
(     )15. A. cigarettes
(     )16. A. Intentionally
(     )17. A. unfolded
(     )18. A. misled
(     )19. A. surprising
(     )20. A. like

B. given
B. it
B. quickly
B. through
B. let out
B. Before
B. shook
B. nervousness
B. hard
B. as well as
B. dropped out
B. stopped
B. enemy
B. suggestion
B. bags
B. Unconsciously
B. unlocked
B. destroyed
B. natural
B. expect

C. escaped
C. that
C. possibly
C. at
C. called out
C. After
C. refused
C. bitterness
C. glad
C. as though
C. stayed far
C. began
C. opponent
C. impression
C. pictures
C. Unwillingly
C. uncontrolled
C. saved
C. different
C. notice

D. reached
D. one
D. likely
D. up
D. screamed out
D. Until
D. smiled
D. sympathy
D. embarrassed
D. as long as
D. stayed near
D. forgot
D. person
D. concept
D. wallet
D. Suddenly
D. undefended
D. ignored
D. frequent
D. recognize

完形填空。

     It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance,   1   for the train to
take me to my   2   in Boston. The world was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves,   3
their steaming cups of coffee.
     Reaching into my pocket as the   4   was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $20 bill to pay my
fare. The pocket was   5 ! I searched through my bag and then I felt   6  . Unless the money dropped from the
sky, I"d be   7   there.
     "What" s the matter?" A short, elderly man stood before me.
    "Oh, nothing...Well, I   8   my money and now I can"t pay for the ticket. I"m going to   9   my match class,
and the train is leaving."
     "Here, use this."
     The man held a $20 bill. I looked up,  10 . People just didn"t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their
own  11 , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers.
     "Thank you, but no, I can"t."
     " 12  it-go!" The man pushed me  13  the train. I bought a round-trip ticket, and he refused the change I  14
to give him back. I did not know what to say-a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood  15 .
     For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through  16  eyes. That man made a difference with
such a simple  17 . A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $20  18  I saw the man. And there
he was.
     "Excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this." I  19  the money into his hand.
     Failing to refuse, he said, "Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday." I smiled,
content.
     The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a  20  stranger who taught me a
lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness.

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