Imagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we can all achieve great things—no matter who we are.
Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he had an accident. The doctors had to remove both of his arms and legs. “When they cut off my last leg I wanted to die. I suffered great depression and my spirit was as low as you can get. But you have to choose—and I chose to live!” said Croizon.
While he was recovering in hospital, Croizon saw a television programme about a woman who had been swimming across the English Channel. After watching the programme Croizon decided to do it. He began to exercise every day to make him strong and it took him two years to prepare.
Finally in 2010, Croizon was ready. He entered the cold, grey sea of the English Channel. He was now 42 years old. It took him from early morning until night to swim the distance. He felt a lot of pain. But he had become the first person without arms and legs to swim between France and England. Croizon had achieved his dream, but he did not stop there. He looked for a new goal.
Early in 2012 he planned to swim across the seas that join five major continents. During the next few months he swam between the four continents of Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe and finally in the cold waters of the Bering Strait between the continents of Asia and the Americas.
“We want to show people something. If disabled people have courage and a lot of training they can do the same things as those who are not disabled,” said Croizon.
小题1:According to the passage, Philippe Croizon _____.

A．was born with disability

B．suffered a lot from the accident

C．chose to live because of a TV programme

D．was fond of swimming since he was young

小题2:What do we know about Philippe Croizon’s swimming across the English Channel?

A．It took him two years to finish it.

B．He was the first person to achieve it.

C．It was easy for him to finish the swim.

D．He spent a lot of time preparing for it.

小题3:Philippe Croizon’s crossing the seas joining five continents______.

A．lasted a month

B．ended in the Bering Strait

C．happened when he was 42 years old

D．was inspired by a television programme

小题4:Which of the following can best describe Philippe Croizon’s story?

A．Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

B．Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

C．Actions speak louder than words.

D．The finest diamond must be cut.

小题5:What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Hope in the corner

B．A disabled man’s dream

C．Challenges to Philippe Croizon

D．Philippe Croizon’s amazing swim

Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker's__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”

小题1:	A．officer B．driver C．worker D．soldier

小题2:	A．pulling B．pushing C．filling D．carrying

小题3:	A．reached B．left C．faced D．formed

小题4:	A．stop B．greet C．praise D．beat

小题5:	A．show B．load C．light D．untie

小题6:	A．carefully B．carelessly C．angrily D．quickly

小题7:	A．once B．again C．yet D．instead

小题8:	A．pretending B．believing C．expecting D．asking

小题9:	A．ever B．often C．always D．never

小题10:

A．curious B．sure C．clever D．known

小题11:

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

小题12:

A．how B．which C．what D．why

小题13:

A．looked after B．looked through C．looked for D．looked out

小题14:

A．pockets B．clothes C．socks D．shoes

小题15:

A．Wait B．Go C．Listen D．Come

小题16:

A．past B．from C．through D．across

小题17:

A．job B．mountain C．edge D．road

小题18:

A．as B．if C．before D．whether

小题19:

A．at the moment B．after all C．for a moment D．at all

小题20:

A．Straw B．Money C．Cars D．Bicycles

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the       of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully.    from the day before, he took out a large piece of      and laid it on the ground. Then he began      .
Before long, the young violinist was      with people, who were all attracted by the       on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat     . Please come to claim(认领) it soon."
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and     through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would       come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded.
"Did you      something?"
"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.
The violinist     a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.
George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and       it; then he danced with joy.
George bought a lottery ticket which       him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat.      , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket      himself, the violinist said,"      I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should      be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we     succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the         on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the    of going up.

小题1:	A．box B．hat C．bowl D．bag

小题2:	A．Free B．Away C．Different D．Far

小题3:	A．paper B．stone C．cloth D．wood

小题4:	A．begging B．shouting C．playing D．singing

小题5:	A．crowded B．surrounded C．surprised D．satisfied

小题6:	A．words B．money C．ticket D．picture

小题7:	A．on purpose B．in time C．in advance D．by mistake

小题8:	A．looked B．lived C．get D．rushed

小题9:	A．rarely B．certainly C．recently D．nearly

小题10:

A．lose B．get C．bring D．buy

小题11:

A．handed out B．gave out C．sent out D．took out

小题12:

A．tore B．threw C．kissed D．hid

小题13:

A．beat B．sold C．took D．won

小题14:

A．Fortunately B．However C．Otherwise D．Generally

小题15:

A．by B．from C．for D．with

小题16:

A．Unless B．Whenever C．Although D．Until

小题17:

A．often B．never C．seldom D．always

小题18:

A．may B．should C．must D．need

小题19:

A．air B．water C．grass D．tree

小题20:

A．road B．path C．chance D．method

Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had worked on, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched for the name of this fellow, it became obvious that there were two people with the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip (掷) a coin. Heads—the commander, and tails—the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?
Obviously, my grade was terrible. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. At last, I worked very hard for the rest of the school year.
Ten months later, that chance came as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my chance to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!
小题1: What did the author’s classmates think about his report?

A．Complex.

B．Funny.

C．Boring.

D．Puzzling.

小题2: Why was the author confused about the task?

A．He was unfamiliar with American history.

B．He followed the advice and flipped a coin.

C．He forgot his teacher’s instruction.

D．He didn’t know why the teacher gave such a task.

小题3:In the end, the author turned things around _______.

A．by redoing his task

B．through his own efforts

C．with the help of his grandfather

D．under the guidance of his headmaster

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “    station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a   at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.
“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance    off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty    !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a     when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came    towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly    to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was    at last. Later the police did whatever they could to    the woman who had     them, but failed.
It is really    that a prediction should agree with the fact so    .

小题1:	A．Weather B．Railway C．Fire D．Police

小题2:	A．bus B．truck C．taxi D．train

小题3:	A．turned B．took C．set D．walked

小题4:	A．call B．signal C．trick D．arrangement

小题5:	A．reward B．praise C．thanks D．punishment

小题6:	A．turning B．running C．starting D．passing

小题7:	A．continued B．refused C．began D．stopped

小题8:	A．saved B．dead C．awake D．alive

小题9:	A．find B．attack C．award D．thank

小题10:

A．laughed B．visited C．repeated D．telephoned

小题11:

A．exciting B．pleasing C．surprising D．interesting

小题12:

A．equally B．truly C．exactly D．carefully

With the average home in the capital selling for 19,548 yuan a meter in November, a tiny mobile home built by a 24-year-old office worker is creating a stir(震动) online.
Dai Haifei built the 6-square-meter pad(住所) because he could not afford to buy or rent in the capital.
Dai’s new home costs him 6,400 yuan and he has been living in it for nearly two months in courtyard at Chengfu
Road, Haidian district.
Dai, who is one of the millions of migrants who moved to the capital from other parts of China seeking a better
life and better job, said he realized his financial burden had become too great.
The Hunan native said he simply could not make ends meet(收支相抵) when he became an intern at a
Beijing-based construction design company in 2009.
“I rented a home at the very beginning--a small room in an apartment that cost me about 900 yuan per month,”
said Dai in an interview with local media. “It was too expensive for me. ”
Dai’s father works on a construction site in his hometown and his mother is a cleaner.
Dai, who ended up becoming a formal employee of the company, figured out his own way to solve the
problem---with inspiration from a housing design project at his company’s exhibition early this year.
The project, named“An egg given birth to by the city”, included a series of egg-like movable houses, with a
karaoke house, chair house and trader’s house in it.
Dai, who borrowed 6,400 yuan from an older cousin and who got additional help from several friends, decided to
make one of his own. He spent nearly two months building his“egg house”in his hometown, a village in southeast
Hunan that is around 1,700 kilometers from Beijing.
小题1:Where is this passage probably taken from?

A．A story book.

B．A cartoon film.

C．A news report.

D．A research report.

小题2:What is Dai Haifei?

A．An official of government.	B．A journalist.
C．An office worker of a company.	D．A manager of a company.

小题3:Why did he build the pad?

A．Because he will sell it for money.

B．Because he has no house to get married in.

C．Because he doesn’t have enough money to buy or rent a house.

D．Because he wants to get help from the society.

小题4:Which statement is not TRUE?

A．He comes from a Hunan village.

B．He has lived in the egg home for two months.

C．He got the idea from a friend.

D．He once rented a room.

小题5:What’s the writer’s attitude?

A．Supporting.

B．Puzzled.

C．Criticizing.

D．Objective.

In the past two years, his wife, Merlie, and their seven children have said “goodbye” to him four times, most recently last month. Each time it has been unnecessary.
Mr. Smart had a hip (髋关节) replacement in February at the Burnie hospital but was rushed back two months later with internal bleeding.
“The doctors couldn’t stop the bleeding,” Mrs. Smart said. Medical staff told Mrs. Smart to contact her family, which includes children in Western Australia. “It took two days for them to get here. We had to hope he hung on .” he did.
“The doctors were there 24 hours a day and they stopped the bleeding. They brought him back,” Mrs. Smart said.
“I certainly believe in miracles because I’ve seen one happen, but it wouldn’t have happened if the doctors didn’t do what they did.”
It was the second time Mrs. Smart thought she was losing her husband of 54 years. Two years ago, Mr. Smart was admitted to the Launceston General Hospital after a heart attack and a few days later with intense pain caused by a hemorrhage (出血). Again, the family was called to say goodbye---twice.
“I was given a 50-50 chance of coming out of it, ” Mr. Smart said.
Going through the ordeal (苦难，折磨) then was trying on the family, who had prepared themselves for the worst.
But to face the same situation only two years later was hard. The Smarts said the support they received at the Burnie hospital helped them through.
And it seems the experience has also left an impression at the hospital. Mrs. Smart said when she rang recently and mentioned her husband’s name, the reply was “ah the miracle man”.
小题1:The first time Mrs. Smart and the children said goodbye to Mr. Smart was when he had    .

A．a hip replacement	B．internal bleeding
C．a heart attack	D．intense pain caused by a hemorrhage

小题2:When Mr. Smart was rushed back to the hospital with internal bleeding,        .

A．only his wife believed he could survive

B．no one believed that he could survive

C．he had given up hope of recovering

D．it didn’t take the doctors long to stop the bleeding

小题3:The experience Mr. Smart had at the hospital could be that of      .

A．concern

B．puzzle

C．fear

D．wonder

小题4:The underlined phrase “hung on ”in the third paragraph can be replaced by        .

A．beat the pain	B．came back to life
C．lived through	D．make his fortune

小题5:What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Miracle Man.	B．The Kind Doctors and Nurses.
C．A Devoted Wife.	D．A Great Family.

Although the Garden God had made him the most beautiful place that there could ever be, Adam was lonely.
Adam needed some   . So God reached into the ground again and took some more stuff from the earth. This time he made every kind of animal and every kind of bird. He brought them all to Adam to see   he would call them. It must have   a long, long time to think up all those   ! Luckily, he didn't call them things like 'Foo Foo' or “Snuggems”or 'Pooky' or anything like that.     , he called them 'gerbils' and 'rabbits' and 'rhinoceroses'. And he   the birds 'eagles' and 'egrets' and 'ruby throated warblers'.
Well,     , we don't know what Adam named them,     he didn't speak English. But he named each kind, and that's important because people are the only ones that name things. Your   knows what a squirrel is, but he doesn't call   a squirrel. He just barks   it! But naming things is one of the things that shows we are   from all the other creatures that God made.    
    even with all the animals around to keep him company, God saw that Adam was    sad. Monkeys are fun to play with, but they don't have very much to say and they have   table manners. So God made Adam fall   , and while Adam was sleeping, God took one of his ribs(肋骨).God took Adam's   and he made a woman from it. When Adam woke up, God   Eve to him , and Adam said, “At last! Here is   like me! Her bones were made from my bones, and her body was made from my body. I will call her 'woman' because that means she was taken out of man.”
At last Adam was   . And so Adam and Eve lived together in God's garden.

小题1:	A．friend B．classmates C．company D．family

小题2:	A．how B．what C．why D．that

小题3:	A．taken B．cost C．paid D．spent

小题4:	A．birds B．animals C．plants D．names

小题5:	A．Instead B．But C．However D．Therefore

小题6:	A．raised B．called C．played D．names

小题7:	A．surprisingly B．strongly C．relatively D．actually

小题8:	A．that B．why C．because D．how

小题9:	A．dog B．bird C．plant D．flower

小题10:

A．that B．him C．them D．it

小题11:

A．in B．at C．on D．about

小题12:

A．different B．difficult C．great D．clever

小题13:

A．Because B．And C．But D．However

小题14:

A．much B．even C．any D．still

小题15:

A．terrible B．polite C．good D．trained

小题16:

A．ill B．asleep C．awake D．alone

小题17:

A．body B．animal C．bird D．rib

小题18:

A．slept B．got C．brought D．took

小题19:

A．someone B．anyone C．nobody D．everyone

小题20:

A．lonely B．happy C．sad D．alone

I was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. “Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?” I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, “OK, as long as I can follow you.”
He introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.
As we came back to the store she said, “This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn’t know I could do this.”Then she turned to him and said, “Oh Daddy, I’m going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things —and I will, too.” Her father hugged me and said, “I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer(祷告) just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.” Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.
小题1:How did the father feel at first when the author invited his daughter for a ride?

A．Anxious.

B．Embarrassed.

C．Surprised.

D．Moved.

小题2:What can we know about the author?

A．He was a disabled man.	B．He usually drove too fast.
C．He worked in a store.	D．He often helped people in trouble.

小题3:According to the passage, the girl _____.

A．was not allowed to do some sports

B．used to be a completely healthy person

C．was unwillingly to communicate with a stranger

D．usually felt sad about life because of her disability

小题4:What did the author’s gift refer to according to the girl’s father?

A．The motorbike.

B．The wheelchair.

C．The ride.

D．The prayer.

A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder could be heard, and lightning flashed    the dark sky. Rain was pouring down；it looked     heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light(微弱的闪光) appeared from     of faraway houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.
A    woman dressed in rags(衣衫褴褛) and trembling with cold was    on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was    her without stop.
She knocked at a door, and a    answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while    . The boy    let her into the sitting room and leave her sitting by the fire.
The woman appeared old and tired under the bright electric light,      she was only in her early thirties. She sat       for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the    . When her eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she    up, looking thunderstruck.
Just then, the boy came with his    . The man at once recognized the woman as his wife. They had     touch with each other during the war,      he thought he had lost her forever.
     words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other’s arms    the boy stared at them，puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very    , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually    .

小题1:	A．into B．below C．across D．through

小题2:	A．only if B．as if C．what if D．even if

小题3:	A．doors B．roofs C．walls D．windows

小题4:	A．poor B．pretty C．ugly D．rich

小题5:	A．crying B．wandering C．struggling D．wondering

小题6:	A．striking B．beating C．hitting D．flowing

小题7:	A．boy B．girl C．man D．woman

小题8:	A．near B．out C．outside D．inside

小题9:	A．first B．then C．now D．last

小题10:

A．because B．so C．though D．However

小题11:

A．still B．thirsty C．hungry D．straight

小题12:

A．picture B．fire C．room D．house

小题13:

A．looked B．came C．picked D．stood

小题14:

A．brother B．father C．sister D．mother

小题15:

A．made B．got C．kept D．lost

小题16:

A．who B．which C．but D．and

小题17:

A．Some B．Not C．No D．Many

小题18:

A．while B．as C．when D．since

小题19:

A．happy B．disappointed C．sorry D．calm

小题20:

A．began B．stopped C．ended D．finished