I was fifteen months old, a happy kid until the day I fell. It was a    31   fall. I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to make it blind. Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched(缝合) the eyeball together where it was    32  , leaving a big ugly scar(疤痕) in the middle of my eye. The attempt    33  , but my mother, in all of her wisdom, found another doctor who knew that if the eye were removed    34  , my face would grow up badly distorted(扭曲)，   35   my scarred, sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me. As I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways    36   me.
I walked with my face looking at the    37   so that people would not see the    38   me. Yet my mother would say to me, at every turn, “Hold your head up high and    39   the world. If you hold your head up high, it will be OK, and people will see your    40   soul.” She continued this    41   whenever I was trying to hide.
Mama’s words were of great help for me to face the world    42  . As a teenager, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they    43   me. In high school, I was    44   both academically and socially. I was    45   elected class president. My mother’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them    46   the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes, even if they couldn’t see it on the    47  .
Now I’m a happy wife and great mother. The message “Hold your head up high,” has been
   48   many times in my   49   home. Each of my children has felt    50   invitation, and the gift my mother gave me has lived on in another generation.

小题1:	A．surprising B．sudden C．big D．bad

小题2:	A．separated B．destroyed C．cut D．hurt

小题3:	A．failed B．tried C．succeeded D．managed

小题4:	A．quickly B．entirely C．carefully D．slowly

小题5:	A．then B．if C．still D．so

小题6:	A．protected B．affected C．stopped D．interrupted

小题7:	A．floor B．world C．front D．people

小题8:	A．shy B．eldly C．ugly D．strange

小题9:	A．deal with B．see C．laugh at D．face

小题10:

A．different B．beautiful C．lonely D．honest

小题11:

A．sentence B．passage C．opinion D．message

小题12:

A．bravely B．proudly C．simply D．fairly

小题13:

A．disliked B．liked C．hated D．noticed

小题14:

A．comfortable B．valuable C．successful D．special

小题15:

A．nearly B．even C．hardly D．still

小题16:

A．touch B．observe C．watch D．recognize

小题17:

A．surface B．outing C．head D．scar

小题18:

A．discussed B．heard C．talked D．written

小题19:

A．brave B．peaceful C．sweet D．exciting

小题20:

A．their B．my C．its D．her

I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic    36 ; in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe(假装) little friend and I’ll never forget the words she said, even though it was imagined.
She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not been very   37 . She didn’t listen to a   38  I said or do the things she should.” In the   39  I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was   40  she’d been put to sit alone and   41 .
My daughter   42  her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up. I just don’t know   43  to do with her any more. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never   44  me do the things that I just have to do. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot   45 . And she doesn’t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the   46  to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play —   47  what I mean?”
And that day I thought a lot about making some   48  in my life, as I listened to her words that   49  me like a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most   50 . I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased   51  years.
But now my   52  has changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobwebs（蜘蛛网）  53  the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the floor. I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them   54 .
I’m going to fill the house with   55  of a child and her mother, for we are granted only one childhood, and we will never get another.

小题1:	A．table B．camera C．hammer D．phone

小题2:	A．gentle B．happy C．good D．helpful

小题3:	A．story B．word C．joke D．sentence

小题4:	A．corner B．bed C．room D．box

小题5:	A．possible B．clear C．common D．unusual

小题6:	A．recover B．pretend C．think D．regret

小题7:	A．continued B．stopped C．repeated D．interrupted

小题8:	A．what B．whether C．why D．how

小题9:	A．has B．helps C．makes D．lets

小题10:

A．reach B．settle C．arrive D．handle

小题11:

A．ability B．duty C．energy D．reason

小题12:

A．mind B．see C．feel D．learn

小题13:

A．influences B．changes C．plans D．troubles

小题14:

A．cut B．hurt C．broke D．harmed

小题15:

A．clever B．heavy C．dear D．lovely

小题16:

A．over B．after C．for D．during

小题17:

A．purpose B．principle C．destination D．attitude

小题18:

A．have B．manage C．make D．stop

小题19:

A．either B．any more C．neither D．anywhere

小题20:

A．conversations B．messages C．imaginations D．memories

For many writers, writing stories or plays is a part-time job: to support themselves they take on other jobs, such as teaching. It is one sign of August Wilson’s success that for many years he has been able to make a living only by writing plays.
Wilson was born in Pittsburgh and dropped out of school in the ninth grade. He was a good reader, however, and continued his education by reading library books, learning about black nationalist movements of the time, and closely observing(观察) the lives of the poor people.
In the late 1960’s Wilson set up a theater company called Black Horizons and began to think of ways to describe African-American life on the stage. He had the idea of a cycle of plays, each of which was set in a different decade(十年) of the 20^th century, showing how African-American life has developed.
The first successful play of this series was Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom about black musicians in Chicago in the 1920s, who are not accepted by white society. Other plays in the series include Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, about blacks in the 1910s who had moved north to Pittsburgh in search of a new identity; Fences, which focuses on a father–son conflict(冲突) in the1950s; and The Piano Lesson, about a 1930s family that was uncertain about whether to sell the family’s treasure. For the last two of these plays Wilson was awarded Pulitzer Prizes.
Wilson has written eight plays in his cycle, the most recent being King Hedley the Second, a play set in the 1980s. His plays are enjoyed by both the blacks and the whites and engage anyone who is interested in African-American experience.
小题1:Wilson won Pulitzer Prizes for ________.

A．The Piano Lesson & Fences

B． Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom & Fences

C．The Piano Lesson & King Hedley the Second

D．King Hedley the Second & Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

小题2: It is possible that in his series of the 20^th –century plays, Wilson plans to write ________.

A．no more

B．two more

C．three more

D．four more

小题3:The underlined word “engage” in the last paragraph means ________.

A．award

B．benefit

C．please

D．attract

小题4:What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The life of August Wilson.	B．The growth of August Wilson.
C．A cycle of plays of August Wilson.	D．August Wilson’s theater company.

Signs can sometimes be seen at the entrance of a house, expressing that a tramp（流浪汉）has passed. This special sign-language is frequently   50   by tramps to inform their    51   whether the host of a certain house is friendly or unfriendly, and to   52   them the trouble of making unnecessary calls.
Quite   53   one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such a rare sight these days that I stood some distance away and watched him. He was dressed just as a tramp should be in, old worn trousers, and a jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there was a battered old hat and his boots were so old and worn; they were almost coming into pieces.
But the man himself looked cheerful as if he had not a   54   in the world. He rubbed his nose with his forefinger,    55   a funny turn, laid a small parcel    56   the front gate, and began   57   a sign made by a former caller. Although the sign was meaningless to me, it must have been   58  , for the tramp’s face lit up with satisfaction. He entered the front gate   59   and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him raise his hat   60   couldn’t hear his words. The   61   was very short indeed, for no sooner had he spoken a few words than the door closed fiercely in his face.
I felt   62   for him as he walked sadly out of the house. But just as quickly, his face lit up again and he moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the sign, and shook his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake.   63   deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed out the existing sign and made a new one in its place. He stared at it for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his belongings, pushed back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an unhurried   64  , whistling as he went along.

小题1:	A．employed B．made C．taken D．put up

小题2:	A．coaches B．classmates C．fellows D．friends

小题3:	A．share B．save C．give D．urge

小题4:	A．in a way B．by mistake C．by the way D．by chance

小题5:	A．success B．care C．failure D．responsibility

小题6:	A．gave B．launched C．set D．made

小题7:	A．by B．to C．in D．behind

小题8:	A．drawing B．kissing C．correcting D．studying

小题9:	A．sad B．strange C．funny D．exciting

小题10:

A．confidently B．innocently C．consequently D．consciously

小题11:

A．and B．but C．however D．therefore

小题12:

A．conversation B．introduction C．argument D．greeting

小题13:

A．happy B．frightened C．capable D．sorry

小题14:

A．Digging B．Stealing C．Putting D．Looking

小题15:

A．step B．position C．pace D．situation

On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.
At six o’clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.
Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door — “a master key” perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.
It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly towards the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the handle on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet. 
小题1:Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because       .

A．she worked at a club on the day

B．she had visitors on Thursday

C．she visited a club on Thursday

D．a special visitor came on Thursday

小题2:What does the expression “a master key” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．A key to all the doors.

B．A key only to the woman’s door.

C．A key only its master can use.

D．A key not everyone can use.

小题3:On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out       .

A．because she didn’t want to miss the club again

B．to see if the thief was wandering outside

C．to the club but then changed her mind

D．in an attempt to trick the thief

小题4:The lock on the front door was one which       .

A．needed a piece of wire to open it

B．could be opened from inside without a key

C．couldn’t be opened without a key

D．used a handle instead of a key

Nanjing-style paper cutting is an important part of Chinese paper cutting. It is known for its different designs, simplistic but graceful shapes, finely cut lines and unique skills. Zhang Fanglin is a leading figure in the Nanjing-style paper cutting. Zhang was born in a paper-cutting family. He is the fourth generation to continue the family’s paper-cutting skills. Taught by his father, he began to learn paper cutting in his childhood. In 1963 when he was only 14 years old, he started his artistic career in a local folk handicraft factory. Over the past decades, Zhang has created many works and developed excellent skills. In 1985, Zhang was admitted into Nanjing Municipal Fine Arts Company, creating and designing paper cuts. Throughout his artistic career, Zhang has absorbed characteristics and elements（元素）of various styles of paper cutting and created a large number of creative paper-cutting works. Thanks to his great contributions, he won many national prizes and was awarded the title of “National Master Artist in Handicraft Art”.
As a leading figure, Zhang Fanglin has been invited to more than 30 countries and regions around the world, showcasing his paper-cutting skills. In the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Zhang showcased his new creations of gold foil-embedded paper cutting works.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Chinese paper cutting.

B．Nanjing-style paper cutting.

C．A paper cutting family.

D．A paper cutting artist.

小题2:How old was Zhang Fanglin when he was admitted into Nanjing Municipal Fine Arts Company?

A．36.

B．14.

C．22.

D．18.

小题3:What can we infer from the passage?

A．Nanjing-style paper cutting is the most important part of Chinese paper cutting.

B．Zhang is a creative artist who knows different styles of paper cutting well.

C．Zhang won many international prizes because of his great contributions.

D．All the members of the family taught Zhang how to design paper cuts.

Until I took Dr. Offutt’s class in DeMatha High school, I was an underachieving student, but I left that class determined never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to think, he convinced me, as much by example as words that it was my duty to achieve and to serve others.
Neither of us could know how our relationship would develop over the years. When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, the department chair. My discussions with him were like graduate seminars(研究生讨论课) in adolescent development, classroom management and school leadership.
After several years, I was named department chair, and our relationship shifted(变化) again. I thought that it might be terrible chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr. Offutt supported me through. He knew when to give me advice about curriculum(课程), texts and personnel(人事), and when to let me plan my own course.
In 1997, I needed his opinion about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. Instead, he encouraged me to catch the chance.
Five years ago, I became the principal(校长) of DeMatha. Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could depend on him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible wealth of lessons to teach.
小题1:After graduating from DeMatha, the writer was _____.

A．quite confident

B．rather unconfident

C．really famous

D．very infamous

小题2:When the writer first taught in DeMatha, Dr. Offutt was _____.

A．a post-graduate	B．the school principal
C．a professor in university	D．the department chair

小题3:In 1997, _____ to become principal at another school.

A．the writer encouraged Dr. Offutt	B．Dr. Offutt encouraged the writer
C．Dr. Offutt won the competition	D．the writer won the competition

小题4:The word which is similar to “inexhaustible” in meaning can be _____.

A．unselfish

B．endless

C．unfair

D．unusual

小题5:The best title for this passage can be _____.

A．My ambition

B．My duty

C．My teacher

D．My schooling

Enid's wedding(婚礼) dress arrived at five o'clock in the evening, just seventeen  36 before her marriage!
“I must try it on Mother!” she cried, as she ran   37 .Three minutes later Enid's cries brought her   38 up.The dress was much   39   for her. It was like a bag in the front, and the neckline looked all  40  . Enid was in   41 .
“Take it back to the dressmaker's,” Mrs Bale said.“She must   42  it tonight. Hurry now. Take it off and go.” The dressmaker's shop was closed.“Closed for One Week's Holiday,” said a   43 on the door. Fresh tears rose to Enid's eyes. She ran home again to her mother.
“This is unlucky,”Mrs Bale said.” But what are we going to do? 44  I ask Mrs. Peters to help? She was a dressmaker once. I'm sure she could change it for you.” Mrs. Peters was   45 in and began to work. She could see  46 was wrong. She had to   47 it narrower at the front, and that was a big job. Then she changed the neckline. In fact she made it again. At ten o'clock the work was finished, and Enid tried the dress on. It fitted her beautifully.
The three women were having a cup of tea   48  the doorbell rang .Mrs. Bale answered it and   49­­  into the worried eyes of a   50  woman. The woman was carrying a large flat   51 .“Does Miss Enid Bale   52  here?" she asked breathlessly. “Yes, she's my daughter.” “Oh, I am   53  I've found you! There's been a  54  .Your daughter has my wedding dress, and I've got   55  . And I'm getting married tomorrow!” She held out the box to Mrs. Bale.

小题1:	A．weeks B．minutes C．days D．hours

小题2:	A．upstairs B．outside C．back home D．about

小题3:	A．husband B．daughter C．mother D．neighbour

小题4:	A．smaller B．shorter C．too big D．too long

小题5:	A．wrong B．pleased C．right D．waste

小题6:	A．love B．tears C．surprise D．danger

小题7:	A．measure B．make C．repair D．change

小题8:	A．voice B．sound C．notice D．saying

小题9:	A．Will B．Would C．Shall D．Should

小题10:

A．sent B．brought C．pushed D．taken

小题11:

A．neckline B．all C．nothing D．what

小题12:

A．make B．keep C．change D．take

小题13:

A．then B．until C．when D．while

小题14:

A．came B．got C．saw D．looked

小题15:

A．short pretty B．fat young C．slim old D．little quiet

小题16:

A．cup B．dress C．bag D．box

小题17:

A．live B．work C．stay D．wait

小题18:

A．delightful B．sorry C．angry D．glad

小题19:

A．dress B．change C．mistake D．wish

小题20:

A．yours B．hers C．the other D．others

Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I __1__ a newspaper and some chocolate and __2__ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __3__ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, __4__ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, There was someone __5__ in the next seat. __6__ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and his hair was __7__ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was rather uneasy（不自在的）about him, but I didn’t want to have any __8__. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in __9__.Then he took a __10__ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then __11__ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something __12__ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, __13__ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had __14__ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __15__. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

小题1:	A．stole B．bought C．sold D．wrote

小题2:	A．went B．sat C．seated D．looked

小题3:	A．sit B．seat C．lie D．laugh

小题4:	A．pushed B．took C．put D．pulled

小题5:	A．jumping B．playing C．sitting D．sleeping

小题6:	A．He B．It C．Who D．What

小题7:	A．cut B．washed C．covered D．colored

小题8:	A．coffee B．trouble C．chocolate D．matter

小题9:	A．carelessness B．anger C．surprise D．happiness

小题10:

A．first B．second C．very D．last

小题11:

A．stood B．took C．cried D．looked

小题12:

A．strange B．wrong C．OK D．funny

小题13:

A．and B．but C．so D．while

小题14:

A．spelt B．corrected C．made D．found

小题15:

A．finish B．leave C．jump D．shop

When I was nine , my father was ill．I can remember my mother’s words ___16___ it were yesterday: “Kerrel, Your father has AIDS．Be very ____17___ when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family ___18___．My parents were not together anymore, and Dad lived ___19___．For a while, he____20__ take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition__21____．My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn’t___22____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for ___23____ supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner．I would sit in class feeling completely ___24____, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my ___25___ with anyone．I had seen how people ___26___ to AIDS．Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be ___27__．When my father was __28____to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of __29____ his condition a secret．I was completely __30____when he reached his ___31___ days．__32___  and hopeless, I __33___ a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support．That day, she kept me on the phone for hours．I was so __34____to find someone who cared．She saved my life．
I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to___35____, even me．He didn’t want to call  attention to AIDS．I do.

小题1:	A．as B．though C．as if D．even if

小题2:	A．dangerous B．careful C．calm D．confident

小题3:	A．difficulty B．shyness C．secret D．weight

小题4:	A．unhappily B．lonely C．separately D．alone

小题5:	A．could B．must C．should D．need

小题6:	A．broken B．worsened C．damaged D．destroyed

小题7:	A．pay B．spend C．afford D．offer

小题8:	A．family B．everyday C．medical D．school

小题9:	A．lost B．nervous C．disappointed D．worried

小题10:

A．suffering B．burden C．pressure D．sadness

小题11:

A．treated B．cared C．reacted D．feared

小题12:

A．different B．nervous C．sensitive D．cruel

小题13:

A．moved B．retreated C．returned D．recovered

小题14:

A．leaving B．keeping C．stopping D．preventing

小题15:

A．uneasy B．unabsorbed C．unprepared D．uncomfortable

小题16:

A．due B．relaxing C．profound D．final

小题17:

A．Curious B．Strange C．Terrified D．Sad

小题18:

A．encountered B．visited C．called D．contracted

小题19:

A．lucky B．dramatic C．romantic D．magical

小题20:

A．anyone B．someone C．nobody D．none