Most of us know about the Nobel Prize, especially the Nobel Peace Prize, but few of us know anything about the man who set them up. His name was Alfred Nobel. He was a great scientist and inventor himself. Besides, he had a big business. His business may surprise you. He made and sold explosives(炸药). His companies even made and sold weapons. Isn’t this something that surprises you? The man who made money from weapons should set up the Peace Prize?
Though Alfred Nobel had a lot of money from weapons, he hated war. He hoped that there would be no war in the world. He was one of the richest in Europe. When he died in 1896, he left behind him a lot of money and his famous will. According to his will, most of his money was placed in a fund(基金). He wanted the interest(利润) from the fund to be used as prizes every year. We know them as the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are international. Alfred Nobel wanted the winners to be chosen for their work, not the country they came from.
　　Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his studies and work and to the benefits of mankind. He made money all by his own efforts, but he left the world share his wealth. His inventions and wealth stay with the world for ever.
小题1:Alfred Nobel did the following EXCEPT ______________

A．choosing the winners of Nobel Prize

B．making and selling weapons

C．setting up the Nobel Prize

D．making and selling explosives

小题2:Nobel wanted to set up the Nobel Peace Prize because _____.

A．he made enough money

B．he hated war

C．he wanted to get more interest from the fund

D．he liked to live in a peaceful world

小题3:Nobel Prizes come from _____.

A．all Nobel’s money in the fund

B．all Nobel’s money in his company

C．all the interest from the fund

D．some of the interest in the fund

小题4:Nobel was a (an) _____ person in the world.

A．interesting

B．unselfish

C．cold-hearted

D．richest

小题5:Which statement of the following is Right according to the passage?

A．Nobel set up his company to sell clothes.

B．Most of Nobel’s money was used for the world Wars.

C．Nobel Prizes are only for some people from some special countries.

D．Nobel worked hard in his life and saved lots of money for the world to share.

Don’t Wait Until Flowers Fade
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one       blue flower that has always       my eye. I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, and the afternoon sun is too warm       it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful      .
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the       window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look       in that bed alongside       wildflowers.
Everyday I drove       the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes       ...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband       gave me a folding shovel(铁锹) one year to be used for that      purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was       to see that the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you       too long. You       it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor(脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and      , because of age and distance, we haven’t been as      as we all would have liked.
I couldn’t help but see the       between the pretty blue flowers and the     between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some valuable       that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I'll stop and       them to my wildflower garden

小题1:	A．sweet B．interesting C．different D．particular

小题2:	A．fascinated B．struck C．caught D．charm

小题3:	A．for B．to C．with D．on

小题4:	A．plants B．flowers C．ones D．wilds

小题5:	A．open B．main hall C．front D．kitchen

小题6:	A．great B．well C．horrible D．ugly

小题7:	A．many B．various C．other D．colorful

小题8:	A．passed B．past C．pass D．pasted

小题9:	A．damaged B．ready C．dirty D．smelly

小题10:

A．ever B．once C．never D．even

小题11:

A．expressed B．temporary C．unfinished D．permanent

小题12:

A．annoying B．saddened C．interested D．helpless

小题13:

A．wasted B．ignored C．thought D．waited

小题14:

A．would have done B．need have done C．should have done D．muse have done

小题15:

A．unconsciously B．fortunately C．unfortunately D．consciously

小题16:

A．close B．closely C．closed D．near

小题17:

A．connection B．difference C．meaning D．significance

小题18:

A．friendship B．relationship C．support D．relative

小题19:

A．trees B．memories C．species D．roses

小题20:

A．dig B．rescue C．transmit D．transplant

While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to       his family.
First he moved to his youngest son as he laid down his bags. They gave each other a long, loving hug.       they separated, I heard the father say, “It’s so good to see you, son. I missed you so much!” His son smiled somewhat shyly and replied softly, “Me, too, Dad!”
Then the man stood up, gazed in the       of his oldest son and said, “You’re already quite the young man. I love you very much, Zach!” They too hugged a most loving, tender hug.
After several       , he turned to his wife and declared, “I’ve saved the best for last!” and      to give his wife the longest, most passionate kiss I       remember seeing.
For an instant they       me of newlyweds(新婚夫妇), but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be. I puzzled about it for a moment and gathered my courage to      ask, “Wow! How long have you been married?”
“Almost twelve years.” he replied,       breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well then, how long have you been away?” I asked. The man      turned and looked at me,. “Two whole days”
Two days? I was      . By the intensity of the greeting, I had       he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I know my expression      me. Hoping to stop our conversation politely and continue with my       for my friend, I said almost immediately, “I hope my        is still that passionate after twelve years!”
The man suddenly       smiling. He looked me straight in the eye, and with power that burned right into my soul, he told me something that left me a        person. He told me, “Don’t    , friend …decide!” Then with wonderful smile, he and his family turned and left together.
I was still watching that special family walk just out of sight when my friend        to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without      , and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “ My future!” 

小题1:	A．greet B．hug C．comfort D．appreciate

小题2:	A．As B．Before C．Because D．Since

小题3:	A．mind B．eyes C．heart D．head

小题4:	A．months B．hours C．moments D．weeks

小题5:	A．proceeded B．managed C．pretended D．promised

小题6:	A．never B．already C．ever D．almost

小题7:	A．remembered B．reminded C．warned D．informed

小题8:	A．nervously B．strangely C．casually D．excitedly

小题9:	A．on B．after C．without D．by

小题10:

A．directly B．finally C．cautiously D．deliberately

小题11:

A．shocked B．frightened C．delighted D．discouraged

小题12:

A．assumed B．planned C．realized D．decided

小题13:

A．discovered B．overlooked C．betrayed D．withdrew

小题14:

A．research B．control C．search D．reach

小题15:

A．marriage B．relatives C．family D．friends

小题16:

A．continued B．kept C．stopped D．tried

小题17:

A．different B．reliable C．wonderful D．perfect

小题18:

A．remark B．imagine C．hope D．quit

小题19:

A．called on B．dropped in C．came up D．waved at

小题20:

A．hesitation B．decision C．difficulty D．intention

Matt Haimovitz is 42 and a renowned cellist (大提琴手) in the world. He rushed into the classical music scene at the age of 12 after Itzhak Perlman, the famed violinist, heard him play.
But nothing in his family history explains where Haimovitz got his extraordinary talent. And that’s typical, Ellen Winner, a professor says.
“People are fascinated by these children because they don’t understand where their talent came from. You will see parents who say, ‘I wasn’t like this, and my husband wasn’t like this.’ It seems to sometimes just come out of the blue,” Winner says.
It’s not clear whether a prodigy’s （天才）brain is any different from the brains of other children, in part because there have been no study comparing the brains of prodigies to those of average people.
“But I believe that anything that shows up so early, without training, has got to be either a genetic or some other biological basis,” Winner says. “If a child suddenly at the age of 3 goes to the piano and picks out a tune and does it beautifully, that has to be because that child has a different brain.”
Children who are extremely gifted tend to be socially different, too, Winner says. “They feel like they can’t find other kids like themselves, so they feel strange, maybe even like a freak, and feel like they don’t have anybody to connect with. On the other hand, they also long to connect with other kids, and they can’t find other kids like themselves.”
As Haimovitz got older, he became frustrated. He wanted to play other kinds of music but felt constricted by the image and the expectations of the boy prodigy who played classical music and filled concert halls.
“When you start that early, you suddenly start to grow up in public, and I wanted to experiment,” Haimovitz says.
So he took his cello into punk rock clubs and coffee houses. He played Bach, Haydn and Hendrix. “My teacher was Leonard Rose, and we never played any 20th-century music. He didn’t like it. But once I was exposed to James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix, Miles Dewey Davis El and others, I couldn’t really turn back. I wanted to know more,” he says.
小题1:According to some parents, prodigies’ extraordinary talent       .

A．comes unexpectedly	B．is inherited from parents
C．results from hard work	D．is trained in early times

小题2:Winner seems to agree to the fact that ____.

A．average people have their particular brains

B．biology is the base of a different brain

C．a prodigy’s brain is superior to those of others

D．genes play an important role in a prodigy

小题3:According to the text, gifted children are         .

A．lonely

B．easy-going

C．innocent

D．social

小题4:The last paragraph is mainly about how Haimovitz was trying to         .

A．build up his friendship	B．play different kinds of music
C．set up the image of a prodigy	D．perform classical music creatively

My tire was flat. And I was on a country road. When I      with the tire, a car pulled off the road behind me. I saw a male      and said, “Hey, do you need any help?”
　 I literally was     . This young guy was dressed in black. Nearly everything imaginable was tattooed(纹身). When he asked to give me a     , I      someone sitting in his car. That      me. Thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind.
Then, it began to     . It hit like a waterfall and made it      to finish the tire change. With the car jacked(千斤顶托起) up, I was      to get in my car. “Get in my car” he insisted, “We’ll wait with you until the rain stops.” “No. I don’t need your help.” I said. “Come on. Get in.” he said as he      my arm and pulled me toward his car. “Oh, God, protect me!” I      to myself.
As I settled into the back seat, suddenly a delicate      came from the front seat of the car. “Are you all right?” “Yes, I am,” I replied with much      seeing an old woman there. “My name is Beatrice and this is my neighbor John. John takes me to visit my husband in a nursing home every day. He is a really nice guy.”
“John, I had thought you were, well, ah, you know I…” Embarrassment      my words. John laughed, “I often experienced      reaction. I actually thought about changing the way I look.      then I saw it as an opportunity to see others.”
He was right. What he wore outside was just a      of the world as he saw it, but what he wore      was the spirit of giving and caring the world he wanted to see. I never believed that I should       people by the way they dressed. I was     with myself for what I did.
The rain stopped and John and I changed the tire. As we shook hands I apologized for my stupidity.

小题1:	A．waited B． repaired C． struggled D． continued

小题2:	A．turned B． approached C． boarded D．[ stopped

小题3:	A．delighted B． calm C． frightened D． excited

小题4:	A．look B． aid C． fine D． hand

小题5:	A．recognized B． met C． noticed D． watched

小题6:	A．amazed B． attracted C． confused D． concerned

小题7:	A．pour B． start C． fall D． break

小题8:	A．possible B． necessary C． unnecessary D． impossible

小题9:	A．ready B． eager C． unable D． unsuitable

小题10:

A． touched B． grasped C． placed D． controlled

小题11:

A． thought B． expected C． replied D． cried

小题12:

A． tone B． voice C． sound D． alarm

小题13:

A． relief B． shock C． ease D． sorrow

小题14:

A． blocked B． stuck C． choked D． struck

小题15:

A． helpful B． shameful C． abnormal D． unfriendly

小题16:

A． And B． So C． But D． Or

小题17:

A． reflection B． conclusion C． concern D． meaning

小题18:

A． around B． along C． through D． inside

小题19:

A． decide B． appreciate C． judge D． sniff

小题20:

A． angry B． grateful C． strict D． content

This place was darker than I expected, and, in spite of the rain, dirtier. Used to the life of rural Puerto Rico(波多黎各), I had to adjust to the similarly arranged, aggressive two-dimensionality of New York. Everywhere I looked, my eyes met gray and brown straight-edged buildings with sharp corners and deep shadows. Every few blocks there was a cement(水泥) playground surrounded by chain-link fence.
A girl came out of the building next door, a jump rope in her hand, and she hopped over. “Are you Hispanic?” she asked. “No, I’m Puerto Rican.” “Same thing. Puerto Rican, Hispanic. That’s what we are here.” She skipped a tight circle, stopped abruptly, and shoved the rope in my direction. “Want a turn?”
“Sure.” I hopped on one leg, then the other. “So, if you’re Puerto Rican, they call you Hispanic?”
“Yeah. Anybody who speaks Spanish.”
I jumped a circle, as she had done, but faster. “You mean, if you speak Spanish, you’re Hispanic?”
“Well, yeah. No . . . I mean your parents have to be Puerto Rican or Cuban or something.”
“Okay, your parents are Cuban, let’s say, and you’re born here, but you don’t speak Spanish. Are you Hispanic?”
“I guess so,” she finally said. “It has to do with being from a Spanish country. I mean, you or your parents, like, even if you don’t speak Spanish, you’re Hispanic, you know?” She looked at me uncertainly. But I didn’t know. I’d always been Puerto Rican, and it hadn’t occurred to me that in New York I’d be someone else.
Later, I asked. “Are we Hispanics, Mami?” “Yes, because we speak Spanish.” “But a girl said you don’t have to speak the language to be Hispanic.” “What girl? Where did you meet a girl?” “Outside. She lives in the next building.” “Who said you could go out to the sidewalk? This isn't Puerto Rico. Something could happen to you.”
I listened to Mami’s lecture with depressed eyes and the necessary respect. But inside, I quaked. Two days in New York, and I’d already become someone else. It wasn’t hard to imagine that greater dangers lay ahead.
小题1:The first paragraph suggests that the author experienced New York as      .

A．mysterious and unknowable

B．regular and depressing

C．orderly and appealing

D．impressive and dangerous

小题2:For the author, being considered Hispanic represents      .

A．a restriction to be overcome

B．an opportunity for self-redefinition

C．the loss of her former identity

D．an unavoidable result of movement to a new place

小题3:The mother refers to “Puerto Rico” in order to impress upon the author that       .

A．she should not miss her birthplace

B．New Yorkers may not like newcomers

C．different rules apply to life in New York

D．life was more restricted in Puerto Rico

小题4:The author’s mood can best be described as      

A．angry and confused	B．fearful and uncertain
C．excited but lonely	D．worried and resistant

It was her giggling(咯咯的笑)that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
　　Walking over to the offender, I asked for the    . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet     between teacher and student. When she finally    it over, she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
　　It was a hand-drawn    of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
　　 I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind,      , was working angrily as I struggled not to      . I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some    to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
　　Thankfully, I was able to keep myself    .
　　When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how    this was for me. I told them there must be a reason    and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom.
　　 As I    the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you.” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “We’re    of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I    were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too    , too strict…
　　Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of    my students, I had begun commanding them to    . Where I thought I was driving them to success, I was       driving them away.
　　I had some apologies to make. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one    by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for      .
　　This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the    .

小题1:	A．note B．advice C．reason D．help

小题2:	A．battle B．competition C．argument D．conversation

小题3:	A．took B．thought C．turned D．handed

小题4:	A．statue B．graph C．picture D．poster

小题5:	A．otherwise B．however C．therefore D．besides

小题6:	A．leave B．cry C．explain D．argue

小题7:	A．good B．harm C．favor D．punishment

小题8:	A．amused B．controlled C．uninterested D．relaxed

小题9:	A．meaningful B．forgetful C．regretful D．hurtful

小题10:

A．aside B．above C．beneath D．behind

小题11:

A．wrote B．finished C．read D．collected

小题12:

A．proud B．fond C．afraid D．ashamed

小题13:

A．figured B．promised C．concluded D．saw

小题14:

A．talkative B．mean C．clumsy D．considerate

小题15:

A．forcing B．encouraging C．comforting D．teaching

小题16:

A．appreciate B．apologize C．compromise D．achieve

小题17:

A．actually B．normally C．immediately D．generally

小题18:

A．decorated B．offered C．signed D．bought

小题19:

A．thankfulness B．forgiveness C．compensation D．communication

小题20:

A．friendship B．education C．knowledge D．future

When Julio Diaz stepped off the subway after work one night, he was simply planning to go to his favorite local diner for a meal. But when a teenage boy ________him with a knife, Diaz knew the evening was _______ to take a more dramatic(巨大而突然的) turn.
The young man demanded Diaz’s wallet, and Diaz passed it over ______ objection(异议). But just as he turned to walk away, Diaz called, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot _______.”
The young man turned around, _________.
“If you’re going to rob people for the rest of the night, you ______as well take my coat to keep warm.”
The teenager looked at Diaz in disbelief, and asked ______ he would do such a thing. Diaz replied, “If you’re willing to ________ your freedom for a few dollars, I guess you _______ really need the money.”He said he was heading out for ________, and that he would be happy to take someone with him.
The young man decided to take Diaz up on his_______. As they were sitting at the table, the manager, dishwashers and waiters all stopped over to say hello to Diaz, and the young man was amazed at his________.
“Haven’t you been _______ that you should be nice to everybody?”Diaz asked him.
“Yeah, ________ I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teenager replied. ________ Diaz, he was beginning to see that _______ wasn’t so strange, after all.
When the ________came, Diaz told the teen that he’d have to get the check.______, he still had Diaz’s wallet.
But the teenager put the wallet on the table without a moment’s thought, and Diaz_______ him to dinner. Diaz also gave the would-be robber a $20 bill — in ________ for his knife. “I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right,” Diaz said.

小题1:	A．approached B．met C．beat D．asked

小题2:	A．going B．willing C．about D．supposed

小题3:	A．for B．with C．on D．without

小题4:	A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing

小题5:	A．surprised B．amused C．excited D．terrified

小题6:	A．must B．need C．might D．should

小题7:	A．when B．why C．who D．where

小题8:	A．set B．fight C．risk D．throw

小题9:	A．might B．could C．need D．must

小题10:

A．work B．dinner C．home D．shop

小题11:

A．thought B．service C．offer D．report

小题12:A.popularity      B.wisdom        C.reputation        Dstatus

小题13:

A．learned B．asked C．reminded D．taught

小题14:

A．and B．or C．but D．so

小题15:

A．Thanks to B．According to C．Judging from D．Apart from

小题16:

A．behaviour B．kindness C．world D．case

小题17:

A．meal B．waiter C．manager D．bill

小题18:

A．Above all B．At all C．After all D．in all

小题19:

A．invited B．treated C．introduced D．advised

小题20:

A．place B．need C．face D．exchange

A time capsule buried by Apple founder Steve Jobs 30 years ago has been discovered after its location was long forgotten.In 1983, the young tech innovator was attending a conference in Aspen when he and the group decided to bury as a stunt during a design convention.
The tube that was filled with an eclectic collection of goods- ranging from the then-new apple mouse to a six-pack of beer for the people who discovered the time capsule- was meant to be dug up 20 years later.
There was a problem with that plan, however, as everyone involved forgot where it was buried.
The final discovery happened at the hands of the crew from the National Geographic Channel`s reality show called Diggers.The discovery was well documented and is surely going to be featured on an upcoming episode, and even the experts had problems finding this particular treasure.
CNET reports that in spite of their preparations and clear idea of where the 13-foot-long tube was, it still took them two hours to dig it up using heavy machinery.
To anyone removed from the tech industry, the accomplishment in finding the tube appears to be the biggest accomplishment.　To others, the most interesting object would likely be the `Lisa` mouse placed in the tube by the hands of a then-28-year-old Jobs.The Lisa Mouse, which Jobs named after his daughter, was one of the first commercial computer mice soled publicly, making it a rarity at the time.
The Aspen Historical Society is going to help the show creators catalogue the tube`s contents- but no word yet whether or not the Diggers cracked open one of the six bottles of Boddington`s Ale that was left inside for the people who found the tube.
小题1:Who found the time capsule buried by Steve Jobs?

A．Apple founder Steve Jobs himself.

B．the crew from the National Geographic Channel`s reality show called Diggers.

C．Steve Jobs' friends.

D．Steve Jobs’ daughter.

小题2:Which is the best title of the passage ?

A．A time capsule buried by Apple founder Steve Jobs.

B．Steve Jobs' plan.

C．Steve Jobs' time capsule is uncovered.

D．The tube by Steve Jobs.

小题3:How old is Steve Jobs now?

A．58 years old .

B．20 years old.

C．30 years old.

D．48 years old.

In the lobby(休息室) after a long day at work, I found myself standing next to a handsome young man with a nice smile. A __ showed what we had in common: I had ____ in New York city from Germany while he had ____ from South America.
We exchanged stories about the ____ of starting a new life in a new country. “I’ve been ___an apartment within walking distance from my ____. And what I want is to have a good ____ of Central park! But I’m dreaming. I can’t ____ to rent a room like that myself and I haven’t found a roommate to share in expenses.” The young man wrote a ___ down on a piece of paper. “Her name’s Carol and she is a good girl,” he said. “You’ll ____ her, and she needs a roommate.”
I called her right away. “I’ve been ___ to hear from you,” said Carole, who lived near Central Park. ___, she became my best roommate, and has been my ___ for 34 years.
“We were sure lucky to ____ each other,” Carole said to me recently. “But I wondered what took you so ____ to call.” I said. “I called right after I ____ your South American friend.” Carole looked amazed. “Not a friend, ___ I met him only once, and he told me about you. But that was a whole week before you finally ____.” “But I don’t understand; I didn’t know him until that afternoon.” “Maybe he know of you before because you were ____ known in the company for your achievement.”
Though you are a small potato, if you work hard and do ___, people will find you sooner or later. 

小题1:	A．chat B．action C．letter D．sentence

小题2:	A．got B．arrived C．reached D．approached

小题3:	A．returned B．appeared C．heard D．come

小题4:	A．pleasure B．difficulties C．excitement D．danger

小题5:	A．finding out B．adopted C．decorated D．searching for

小题6:	A．job B．home C．school D．friend

小题7:	A．sight B．visit C．view D．point

小题8:	A．realize B．provide C．afford D．stand

小题9:	A．number B．sign C．mark D．note

小题10:

A．meet B．like C．believe D．agree

小题11:

A．looking B．staying C．waiting D．keeping

小题12:

A．And B．However C．Then D．Indeed

小题13:

A．wife B．friend C．roommate D．partner

小题14:

A．receive B．find C．notice D．see

小题15:

A．short B．fast C．long D．slow

小题16:

A．ran into B．heard from C．knew of D．referred to

小题17:

A．hurriedly B．rapidly C．commonly D．exactly

小题18:

A．said B．called C．spoke D．visited

小题19:

A．far B．much C．well D．rather

小题20:

A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something