I can still remember it as it was yesterday. I was a college freshman and had _______ up most of the night, laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first _______ of the day, my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a _______. A few minutes nap(瞌睡) time before class wouldn’t _______, I thought.
BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my _______ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ________. My young professor was looking back at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had ________ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said, still ________. “I am glad to see everyone is _______. Now let’s get started.”
For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the _______ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the _______ discussion he led. With knowledge and good _______ he made the material come _______. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he _______ with were contagious(富有感染力的). I ______ the classroom not only ______ awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not _______ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it with _______. What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk your way through _______ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too ______ not to live it well.

小题1:	A．took B．divided C．stayed D．put

小题2:	A．teacher B．test C．task D．class

小题3:	A．platform B．pillow C．carpet D．wall

小题4:	A．lose B．help C．last D．hurt

小题5:	A．heart B．mind C．thought D．head

小题6:	A．trouble B．noise C．failure D．incident

小题7:	A．angrily B．carelessly C．intentionally D．accidentally

小题8:	A．smiling B．talking C．complaining D．shouting

小题9:	A．active B．curious C．present D．awake

小题10:

A．voice B．shock C．interruption D．blow

小题11:

A．fascinating B．convincing C．puzzling D．encouraging

小题12:

A．point B．sense C．humor D．look

小题13:

A．strange B．natural C．true D．alive

小题14:

A．taught B．spread C．combined D．started

小题15:

A．decorated B．filled C．left D．entered

小题16:

A．high B．wide C．narrow D．widely

小题17:

A．discussing B．speaking C．cheating D．sleeping

小题18:

A．joy B．speed C．aim D．determination

小题19:

A．work B．life C．journey D．college

小题20:

A．hard B．complex C．short D．Simple

That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad cared for insects no more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it.
For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched for no reason.
However,soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upest because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back,but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of posion and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of posion, and then he sprayed the basement again.
A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.
While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower’s(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do.
After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence.
小题1:What do we know about the author’s mother?

A．She didn’t like insects at all.

B．She liked insects more than his father.

C．She cared for insects very much.

D．She could only tolerate a few insects.

小题2:The author’s father drove to the store to buy _______.

A．cigarettes for himself	B．some poison
C．more coffee for his wife	D．some gasoline

小题3:The author’s father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought ______.

A．they were no longer useful

B．the crickets were afraid of fires

C．they became the home of crickets

D．the dead crickets came back to life

小题4:We learn from the last paragraph that ________.

A．the author’s family lost their battle against the crickets

B．the author’s parents learned to put up with insects

C．the author’s family didn’t suffer much in the fire

D．the author’s parents got divorced

A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of ____.
“Do you know ____ you and I are?” she asked. ____ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman ____ desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, ____ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) ____.” “We don’t ____ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.
I forgot all about her story ____ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.
“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What ____ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ______ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen _____ in mid-air. She looked up ____ she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your _____?” Coolly, I heard myself _____, “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have ____ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the ____ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of ____ in the clerk’s voice as she ____ in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was ____ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.
I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great ____.

小题1:	A．surprise B．anxiety C．anger D．excitement

小题2:	A．who B．what C．how D．why

小题3:	A．When B．As C．Before D．Since

小题4:	A．at B．after C．by D．around

小题5:	A．nervous B．sure C．anxious D．uncertain

小题6:	A．mother B．worker C．teacher D．doctor

小题7:	A．think B．list C．expect D．give

小题8:	A．since B．unless C．until D．when

小题9:	A．got B．caused C．permit D．made

小题10:

A．researcher B．manager C．expert D．scholar

小题11:

A．dropped B．floated C．frozen D．broke

小题12:

A．so that B．even though C．as though D．because of

小题13:

A．family B．subject C．study D．field

小题14:

A．words B．reply C．shout D．whisper

小题15:

A．two B．three C．four D．five

小题16:

A．rewards B．awards C．profits D．benefits

小题17:

A．interest B．respect C．doubt D．fear

小题18:

A．explained B．passed C．completed D．filled

小题19:

A．accepted B．greeted C．recognized D．refused

小题20:

A．person B．award C．career D．business

A  Leap to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola         for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive,       she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t       how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom       that even though she couldn’t see      , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the       right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more      for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her       stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest      is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to       your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most       for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall       the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be       differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision      . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her       attitude.
Lola never thinks about      . She is presently at Level 7 while the highest is Level 10 in gymnastics. Her       is to reach Level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids       she grew up.
Lola is       of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her       for others is “just believe yourself”.

小题1:	A．runs B．teaches C．trains D．dances

小题2:	A．since B．unless C．after D．though

小题3:	A．tell B．guess C．assume D．predict

小题4:	A．suspected B．remembered C．imagined D．noticed

小题5:	A．deeply B．well C．ahead D．closely

小题6:	A．task B．sport C．event D．show

小题7:	A．boring B．enjoyable C．different D．unsatisfactory

小题8:	A．talent B．quality C．nature D．condition

小题9:	A．doubt B．advantage C．challenge D．program

小题10:

A．examine B．express C．open D．trust

小题11:

A．fearful B．harmful C．unfair D．inconvenient

小题12:

A．to B．on C．off D．against

小题13:

A．greeted B．treated C．served D．paid

小题14:

A．pains B．stresses C．injuries D．problems

小题15:

A．positive B．friendly C．flexible D．caution

小题16:

A．defending B．quitting C．winning D．bargaining

小题17:

A．standard B．range C．view D．goal

小题18:

A．until B．as C．when D．before

小题19:

A．proud B．tired C．ashamed D．confident

小题20:

A．plan B．advice C．reward D．responsibility

He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windscreen to get his attention.
“Is your taxi____?” I asked when he finally looked____at me. He nodded, then said____as I settled into the back seat, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a____.” He sounded as if he had a____.
“I am not in a hurry, ” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter. ” He____his head. “I've read it several times already. I guess I____ know it by heart. ”
“Letters from home always mean a lot, ” I said. “From a child?”
“This isn't____,” he replied. “Although it ____ just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other ‘Old Friend’ when we'd meet. I'm not much good at ____.”
“I don't think any of us keep____our letters too well,” I said. “I know I don't. But I____ he's someone you've known quite a while?”
“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the ____ through high school. ”
“There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship,” I said.
“____,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I____away from the old neighbourhood and you slightly lose touch ____ you never forget. He was a great guy.”
“You said ‘was’. Does that mean...?”
He nodded. “____a couple of weeks ago.”
“I'm sorry, ” I said. “It's no fun to lose any friend and losing a real old one is____ tougher. ”
He didn't ____ to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch. ”
“Well, ” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things____ and we just don't seem to find the time. ”
...
When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it.

小题1:	A．available B．acceptable C．beneficial D．occupied

小题2:	A．down B．up C．To D．off

小题3:	A．unexpectedly B．curiously C．apologetically D．definitely

小题4:	A．booklet B．novel C．book D．letter

小题5:	A．cold B．fever C．secret D．story

小题6:	A．hung B．nodded C．shook D．kept

小题7:	A．anyhow B．hardly C．almost D．really

小题8:	A．friendship B．family C．leadership D．colleague

小题9:	A．could B．might C．maybe D．would

小题10:

A．writing B．reading C．talking D．Learning

小题11:

A．up B．with C．on D．in

小题12:

A．speak B．make C．think D．assure

小题13:

A．curriculum B．coincidence C．life D．way

小题14:

A．Eventually B．Actually C．Additionally D．Besides

小题15:

A．removed B．left C．headed D．moved

小题16:

A．even though B．as though C．when D．whereas

小题17:

A．Died B．Suffered C．Choked D．Survived

小题18:

A．ever B．even C．fairly D．quite

小题19:

A．answer B．reply C．question D．talk

小题20:

A．take up B．pick up C．come up D．break up

Actress Hayden Panettiere recently got into trouble with Japanese fishermen as she tried to stop them from killing dolphins.
The 18-year-old star with some other surfers sailed out to reach the dolphins in order to stop them from being driven into a nearby pool and killed, but the six surfers, from Australia and the United States, were stopped by a fishing boat before they could reach them. The fishermen blocked their way with a boathook (钩篙). It was an ugly, unfriendly and life-threatening struggle before the surfers were forced to return to the beach. It is believed that the dolphins were later taken into a pool and killed.
Panettiere, who is a brave surfer and loyal animal protector, made up her mind to save the dolphins of Japan and said, "It was really frightening. Some of us were hit by the boathook, but in the end all we were really worried about the dolphins. It was so sad. We were so close to them and they were jumping out of the water to see us." Breaking down in tears, she added, "One little baby dolphin stuck his head out and looked at me and the thought that it’s no longer with us is really hard to take."
The surfers left the country to avoid arrest (逮捕) by the Japanese police. Panettiere is now back in Los Angeles.
More than 22,000 dolphins are killed by fishermen in Japan every year. Many Japanese believe dolphins should be treated like fish. They have been hunting dolphins for centuries and see any criticism (批评) of this as an attack on their culture. 
小题1:Why did the surfers get into trouble with the fishermen in Japan?

A．They said something that hurt the fishermen.

B．They entered a pool which wasn’t allowed to go into.

C．They attacked Japanese culture.

D．They tried to stop the fishermen from killing the dolphins.

小题2:From Paragraph 3, we can learn that Panettiere ________.

A．was really frightened and sad

B．succeeded in saving the dolphins

C．cried when they were hit by the boathook

D．didn’t like the Japanese fishermen

小题3:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A．What Happened While Surfing in Japan

B．Hayden Panettiere Cried in the Sea of Japan

C．People Worldwide Are Against Killing Dolphins

D．Protect the Wild Animals

Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and pleasure both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”
小题1:Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.

A．gives his patients medical advice

B．takes care of 159 patients a week

C．sings on television

D．has his own TV show

小题2:Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.

A．also sings to his patients on TV

B．always loves to sing

C．is popular with his patients

D．has been a doctor for ten years

小题3:In his TV show, Dr. Petrel _______.

A．sings and gives medical advice

B．sings about different diseases

C．starts to explain diseases with a song

D．sings love songs he wrote

小题4:Dr. Petrels says he likes to _______.

A．help people sing	B．make people feel better
C．do the same thing	D．make difficult people smile

My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.
Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, may God send angels (天使) to guard the door.”
Sometimes angels come disguised (伪装) as dogs.
小题1:How was the dog when found?

A．Too weak to walk.	B．Thin and worn out.
C．Unable to eat food.	D．Homeless but gentle.

小题2: We can infer from Paragraph 2 that         .

A．the dog didn’t go with the writer

B．the writer had his own pet dog

C．Julie bought some food for the dog

D．the dog didn’t eat any of the food

小题3:The underlined part “our problem” in the passage refers to the fact that         .

A．the writer didn’t want to take Julie’s advice

B．an old black dog appeared in front of them

C．Julie disagreed with the writer’s travel on business

D．the couple had some trouble with their marriage

小题4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．An Angel Dog

B．A Helpful Couple

C．Saving the Dog

D．A Famous Song

It was one of the happiest Saturday mornings I had spent with my daughter, Gigi. That was, until two strangers threw her into their car and sped away. It seemed like a bad dream.I could ____ speak when the police questioned me.
After that, the policeman asked me to go home to wait. My friend Gloria came to  ____me. She took my hand and gave me   ____. It was a picture of a little girl  ____asleep in her bed, standing by the bed was a tall, blond(金发的)__ __.  We prayed and waited by the phone until sunset. The ____ never rang.
Suddenly，the front door swung open. I looked up and ____. There stood Gigi. I cried, throwing my ____ around her. Gigi said：“I was scared. We were going really fast on an old ____ road I'd never seen before. But then a tall man walked out ____ the car，and they ran off the road and hit a tree. Then the tall man ____ the car door and pulled me out. He was really nice，and said I would be okay. I must have gone to ____， because when I woke up it is in front of our house. He must have brought me home.” “But who...how did he know..., where to bring you？”My voice broke. Gigi ____ her head. Just then Gigi noticed Gloria's picture. “That's him！” she ____ at the picture. “Mommy，that's the man who pulled me out of the car！” Gloria and I turned ____. “Are you sure that's the man？” Gloria asked. “Yeah, that's him ____ that he didn't have wings，and he was wearing blue jeans.”
Later that night, the police found the____kidnappers. When questioned, the driver remembered turning away to ____ hitting a tall blond man.
Twenty years have gone by. We have never heard from any one claiming to have   ____Gigi. There have been no logical explanations for her ____. But from that day on, I believe that all experiences, positive and negative, are given to us for our strengthening and learning.

小题1:	A．hardly B．hard C．fully D．full

小题2:	A．sympathize B．support C．comfort D．calm

小题3:	A．a map B．a picture C．a bag D．a book

小题4:	A．healthy B．sound C．reliable D．reasonable

小题5:	A．angel B．man C．maid D．servant

小题6:	A．phone B．door bell C．clock D．radio

小题7:	A．yelled B．screamed C．whistled D．whispered

小题8:	A．cheeks B．shoulders C．arms D．hands

小题9:	A．rocky B．smooth C．hard D．flat

小题10:

A．in back of B．at the bottom of C．on the top of D．in front of

小题11:

A．shut B．fastened C．opened D．loosened

小题12:

A．rest B．sleep C．break D．yawn

小题13:

A．shook B．nodded C．rolled D．trembled

小题14:

A．referred B．aimed C．pointed D．signaled

小题15:

A．sun­burnt B．light C．weak D．pale

小题16:

A．rather than B．including C．except D．other than

小题17:

A．injured B．dead C．harmed D．hurt

小题18:

A．stop B．avoid C．forbid D．keep

小题19:

A．released B．relieved C．delivered D．rescued

小题20:

A．escape B．breakout C．disappearance D．flow

When Luca first heard of the Island of Inventions, he was still very young. But its wonders sounded so incredible that they were forever burned in his memory. From that moment, he never stopped searching for clues which might lead him to the island. He read hundreds of adventure books, histories, volumes of physics and chemistry, even music.
Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like. It was a secret place, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. Access to the island was totally restricted. To join, you had to have created some great invention for humanity. Only then could you receive the special invitation — which came with directions to the island.
So Luca spent his youth studying and inventing. Every new idea he got, he made it into an invention, and if there were something he didn't understand, he’d seek others to help him. Soon he met other young inventors and he told them about the Island of Inventions. They too dreamed of one day receiving an invitation letter. 
As years passed, the disappointment of not receiving their invitation made Luca and his friends work harder and co-operate more. They would meet in Luca's house, share their ideas and build new machines. Their inventions became known throughout the world, and improved the lives of millions. 
But still, no invitation came.
They didn’t lose heart. They continued learning and inventing every day, trying to come up with more and better ideas. Fresh young talent joined their group, as more inventors dreamed of getting to the island.
One day many years later, Luca, already very old, was speaking with a brilliant young man named Roberts, who had written to him, asking him to join the group. Luca started telling the man of the wonderful Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation. Surprised, the young inventor interrupted: “You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the real invitation?”
It was only then that Luca realised that his dream had become true in his very own house. No island could exist which would be better than where he was now. No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.
小题1:Why did Luca and his colleagues probably never receive an invitation to the island?

A．Their ideas were not considered worthy enough.

B．They were too concerned with acquiring fame.

C．The organization had already broken up.

D．The island was not a real place.

小题2:What did Luca learn at the end of the story?

A．The island of inventions did not exist.

B．He had wasted most of his life.

C．He had unknowingly built his own dreamland.

D．He finally would receive his invitation.

小题3:Which of the following best describes Luca?

A．Aggressive.

B．Trusting.

C．Creative.

D．Easy-going.