When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000 m race.      My  36 was to pass out water to the runners. I remember being so excited to see all the different kinds of    37  who passed by and   38 a cup of water. The next year I signed up for the   39  and gave it a shot.
The first 10,000 m race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. At times, I didn’t   40  if I could finish.
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me very   41  , and I felt embarrassed that I was 50 years younger than him and I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt      42  for a second.
But then I   43   something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had   44  capacities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my   45   was only to finish.
After a minute, it   46 me that this was a lesson I could draw from . I learned  47 about myself in that moment. I turned my   48  into inspiration.
I decided that I would not   49 running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and  50 properly and one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running. As I   51 the finishing line, I was proud  52 my accomplishment.
In life we all have those moments when we  53 ourselves to others. It’s only   54 . Don’ allow those moments to weaken you. Turn them into   55  and let them inspire you. Use them to show you what is possible.

小题1:	A．position B．direction C．decision D．target

小题2:	A．trainers B．runners C．fans D．volunteers

小题3:	A．begged B．drank C．dropped D．grabbed

小题4:	A．project B．service C．race D．experience

小题5:	A．doubt B．know C．answer D．promise

小题6:	A．slowly B．fast C．quietly D．carefully

小题7:	A．surprised B．satisfied C．amused D．defeated

小题8:	A．forgot B．realized C．remembered D．abandoned

小题9:	A．different B．wonderful C．valuable D．proper

小题10:

A．dream B．plan C．goal D．job

小题11:

A．happened B．hit C．occurred D．attracted

小题12:

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

小题13:

A．disappointment B．embarrassment C．agreement D．achievement

小题14:

A．sign up B．pick up C．give up D．keep up

小题15:

A．predict B．behave C．prepare D．pretend

小题16:

A．found B．crossed C．held D．left

小题17:

A．in B．upon C．of D．for

小题18:

A．combine B．control C．compare D．contribute

小题19:

A．natural B．frequent C．important D．terrible

小题20:

A．condition B．motivation C．situation D．protection

Betty Skelton was often called “The First Lady of Firsts’’ because of the many records she set. She grew up in Pensacola, Florida, watching airplanes flying to and from a nearby navy base. As a child, she persuaded her parents to let her take flying lessons. By 12, Betty made her first flight alone, though not legally permitted to do so until she turned 16.
During the 1940s, female pilots were mostly prevented from commercial and military flying. So Betty Skelton decided to use her flight skills in aerobatics(特技飞行)，performing difficult turns, drops, and other exercises. She began performing and competing around the country.
She won the International Feminine Aerobatic Championship(IFAC)for three years in a row, starting in 1948. She and her little Pitts Special plane the “Little Stinker’’ became famous.
Dorothy Cochrane is an aviation expert who once studied and worked with Betty Skelton. “Betty was such a wonderful aerobatic pilot that she really set the bar high for other women to follow and she was a great role model for them. She really was as good as some of the men.”
Once Ms. Skelton had made her mark on flying, she moved on to racecars, becoming the first female test driver in the racecar industry. She set several land speed records. She also set a cross-country record, driving from New York to California in under 57 hours. And she became one of the top women advertising experts working with General Motors in support of the company’s Corvette car.
Ms. Skelton died in August, 2011, at the age of 85. Visitors to the Washington area can see her “little Stinker” plane at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The small red and white plane hangs high in the air above the entrance to the museum.
小题1:What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．Betty Skelton was the first Lady of the US.

B．16 was the legal age for people to fly an airplane.

C．Betty became a navy pilot when she was 16.

D．Betty’s parents didn’t support her flying interest.

小题2:What happened to Betty Skelton in 1950?

A．She moved on to racecars.

B．She became an aerobatic pilot.

C．She was 20 years old.

D．She won the IFAC for the third time.

小题3:What can we know from the words by Dorothy Cochrane?

A．It is not easy for other women to break Betty Skelton’s records.

B．She was even more excellent than some men in skills.

C．It is difficult for other women to reach the height Betty Skelton flew to.

D．Betty Skelton is an inspiring role model for pilots worldwide.

小题4:What is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Betty started to fly alone at a nearby navy base at the age of 12.

B．“Little Stinker” was Betty Skelton’s Pitts Special plane.

C．Betty set several speed records in car racing.

D．Betty even set a cross-country record.

小题5:What is the correct order of the events that happened in the passage?
a. Betty won the international Feminine Aerobatic Championship.
b. Betty became an advertising expert.
c. Betty made her first flight alone.
d. Betty began her aerobatic performance.
e. Betty became the first female test driver.

A．a→b→c→d→e	B．a→e→b→c→d
C．c→d→a→e→b	D．c→b→d→a→e

Forty years ago Sadie left her drunk and violent husband. Needing shelter（住所）for herself and her young son, she took a job as a doorkeeper in a housing project for ___36___people. It meant she could live “on site” in one of the ___37___.
Eventually, she got to know the residents（居民）. One resident, Archie, didn't have a family of his own, ___38___his nephew’s wife and her naughty kids would drop in from time to time. They were there to help the old guy.    
Sadie helped care for Archie as he ___39___illness and it was she who called the ___40___who diagnosed（诊断） his deadly cancer.
___41___time passing, Sadie’s son ___42___up, got married and settled several hundred miles away. Sadie ___43___and moved into a nice little house of her own. To ___44___the loneliness, she took in a series of ___45___over the years.
A heavy fall of snow came a year and a half ago. She was pleased when a neighbor ___46___to walk her current dog, Muffin, until the weather improved. Each day he would ___47___a while talking to her, making sure she was okay, and ___48___if she needed anything.
Although she had known him for a long time, Sadie ___49___thought to wonder what his last name was. This morning she asked. His surname was the same ___50___old Archie’s. It brought back a memory and she talked about the ___51___. She told him about working at the old residents’ flats and was ___52___to discover the man who had been “caring” for her for the past year and a half had been one of the little kids who used to run ___53___on his way to visit “Uncle Archie”.
She had cared for his family, now he was caring for her. ___54___of them knew it until that moment but they were living proof of the old saying,  “What goes around comes around, ” and the ___55___of kindness will not be broken.

小题1:	A．poor B．senior C．disabled D．unfortunate

小题2:	A．groceries B．stadiums C．flats D．cages

小题3:	A．otherwise B．but C．though D．because

小题4:	A．battled B．banned C．cured D．beat

小题5:	A．servant B．master C．neighbor D．doctor

小题6:	A．As B．Since C．With D．When

小题7:	A．grew B．got C．went D．came

小题8:	A．complained B．retired C．fired D．hesitated

小题9:	A．refuse B．reduce C．stop D．escape

小题10:

A．programs B．projects C．birds D．dogs

小题11:

A．attempted B．declared C．offered D．wished

小题12:

A．spend B．cost C．take D．spare

小题13:

A．observing B．requiring C．indicating D．checking

小题14:

A．often B．never C．sometimes D．once

小题15:

A．to B．from C．as D．of

小题16:

A．coincidence B．comprehension C．tradition D．statement

小题17:

A．puzzled B．frightened C．concerned D．surprised

小题18:

A．calling B．screaming C．barking D．whispering

小题19:

A．All B．None C．Neither D．Both

小题20:

A．custom B．glory C．pattern D．circle

It’s parents’ worst nightmare. Their child doesn’t come home one evening and is missing for several days.    
When a 14-year-old boy from Atlanta, Georgia disappeared earlier this year, his mother turned to her Smartphone for clues using an app（应用程序） called Family Tracker that helped track his location.
“You can see where your loved ones are without having to call or bother them. ”said Roberto Franceschetti of LogSat, the creators of the Family Tracker, which has more than 100,000 users and is available worldwide.    
Parents can track the location of their child on a map, send messages, and even sound an alarm on the phone in a long distance.
“We have an option for the sender to make a very unpleasant, noisy sound. It’s a loud alarm and we repeat that sound every two minutes until the person picks it up, ”he said.
Parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track their children. The service is also accessible through the web, as long as the phone that is being tracked is running the app.
Family Tracker has an additional service that keeps records of all data from the app for a two-week period, which the company calls GPS breadcrumbs.
“With a subscription（预定）, we keep all the locations where people have been on our servers. You can see where your kid has been for the past two weeks. You can find out where someone was at a certain time or when that person was at a specific place, ”Franceschetti explained.
“When somebody gets abducted（劫持）, usually whoever does this throws the phone away or takes the battery out. We were hoping that our app would at least provide information on where the person was abducted or where they had been in the past. ”
But will these types of apps let out personal secrets?
“The advantages are huge compared to the disadvantages. Let’s not forget that the person always has to give initial permission—no one can be tracked unless they allow someone to do it. ”said Franceschetti.
小题1:According to the passage, all of the following about “Family Tracker” are true EXCEPT that __________.

A．it can help parents know where their children are

B．all parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track children

C．parents can use all the services of the app for free

D．it has little to do with letting out personal secrets

小题2:What can we infer from the passage?

A．The app will enjoy a great popularity in the future.

B．The loss of children won’t be a nightmare for parents any more.

C．The app will repeat the loud alarm continuously whenever parents track children.

D．The app can keep records of information for more than half a month.

小题3:Which belong to the functions of the new app?
a. track location      b. detect criminals    c. send messages
d. protect privacy     e. send remote alarm   f. record information

A．a, b, c, e

B．a, c, e, f

C．a, c, d, e

D．a, d, e, f

One cold rainy evening last October, as a medical student, I was in a hospital, gathering data
for my graduation paper.
Holding a patient questionnaire   34  some simple yes-or-no questions, I walked towards a 43-year-old patient who lay in bed alone. I was worried whether she would approve of my demands at such a late hour.   35 , she treated it with consideration. Soon I finished and prepared to leave.   36  I could stand up, she spoke up in a weak voice asking where I was from and why I was working so late in the evening.
Then she started talking about herself as well as her   37 , "My husband died about a year ago,   38  me the only breadwinner of my family. My pay as a cleaner is   39  enough for me and my three kids. I don't know what my children would be if something bad happened to me."
I didn't know what to say. I desperately tried to remember the lessons from a communication skills class I had taken years earlier, but my mind was  40.
Without realizing it, I had begun   41  her hand. Now that I didn't have anything to say, I just sat quietly while she talked. That's when it occurred to me that she was not expecting any 42 from me. She   43  wanted me to listen. All 1 did was nod my head as a way of showing my 44.
The conversation went on for about 20 minutes. Finally, she stopped talking. "I'm very sorry for keeping you here to listen to my problems, but I feel   45  now. I had no one to   46 out my problems to. Thank you so much, doctor."
Sometimes patients do not need expensive medicine or advanced technology.   47 , they just need someone with the   48  to lend an ear and spare a little of their time. For me, that is one of the best things a doctor can do for a patient, doesn't it?

小题1:	A．made up of B．fed up with C．put up with D．come up with

小题2:	A．Calmly B．Excitedly C．Gladly D．Eagerly

小题3:	A．When B．Before C．As D．After

小题4:	A．job B．illness C．family D．children

小题5:	A．causing B．getting C．forcing D．leaving

小题6:	A．extremely B．exactly C．especially D．absolutely

小题7:	A．casual B．clear C．steady D．blank

小题8:	A．holding B．shaking C．carrying D．treating

小题9:	A．thanks B．praise C．warmth D．reply

小题10:

A．even B．ever C．just D．still

小题11:

A．sympathy B．support C．sorrow D．respect

小题12:

A．relaxed B．awkward C．fragile D．satisfied

小题13:

A．leave B．pour C．try D．find

小题14:

A．However B．Otherwise C．Instead D．Besides

小题15:

A．emotion B．patience C．experience D．preference

I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast，I had to have cereal，eggs and toast. Others had cokes and candy for lunch，while we had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess，my supper was different than the other kids’. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. We had to wear clean clothes every day. Other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of disgrace because she made our clothes herself，just to save money.
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9:00 each night and up at 7:45 the next morning. So while my friends slept，my mother actually had the courage to break Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do to us. Through the years，our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing，red for failing. My mother, however，would merely be content with black marks. None of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout.
She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background，I’m now trying to bring up my three children. I’m filled with pride when my children think I am mean because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.
小题1:From the passage we can learn that the writer’s mother was __________.

A．not generous at all

B．very strict with her children

C．very mean with money matters

D．very cruel to her children

小题2:Which of the following things did the writer hate to do most?

A．Eating differently from other kids.

B．Wearing clean clothes made by mother.

C．Going to bed early and getting up early.

D．Letting mother know where they were.

小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that____________.

A．the writer worked hard and usually got good grades in studies

B．mother was punished for breaking the Labor Law

C．all the other kids studied better than the writer

D．the writer's family lived a miserable life

小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Mother practised economy in running her home.

B．The writer is very thankful to her mother.

C．The writer is severe with her children when bringing them up.

D．The wrier has a deep hatred for her mother.

I got my first driver's license(执照)in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in Charlotte，North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman. Henry and I were living in Baltimore，Maryland. Two weeks before my 20th birthday，Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Carolina driver’ s license，ready to renew，the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21.“Mr.Henry Smith，your husband，will have to sign for you，”he said.
I argued，pointing to a very large belly(肚子)of mine，“I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive？”He answered coldly，“It’s the law，madam.”
Henry encouraged me to calm down，just go ahead and get the license and be done with it. “No，” I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail—using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland，and I had to take the Maryland driver’ s exam. Since then I just go in and renew every four years—sign the name Susan Brown，have my new picture taken，and walk out with a license to drive.
小题1:Susan got her first driver’ s license________.

A．before she got married to Henry

B．when she was twenty years old

C．after she finished high school

D．when she just moved to Maryland

小题2:Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because________.

A．she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law

B．she lacked driving experience in Maryland

C．she was to give birth to a baby soon

D．she insisted on signing for herself

小题3:We can infer from the text that in the U.S.________.

A．American males should serve in the army

B．different states may have different laws

C．people have to renew their licenses in their home states

D．women should adopt their husbands’ family names after marriage

When Mrs．Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna，Austria，people asked the obvious question,“Why did she live to be 107?” .Answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148 Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100．Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majority had lived most of their lives in cities．In spite of the city’s image as an unhealthy place，city living often provides benefits that country living can lack．One factor seems to be important to the longevity(长寿)of those interviewed．
This factor is exercise．In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to wait for a bus．Even taking public transportation often requires some walking．Smaller apartment houses have no elevators(电梯)，and so people must climb stairs．City people can usually walk to local supermarkets.  Since parking spaces are hard to find，there is often no alternative to walking．
On the other hand，those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk every day．In fact，the opposite is often true．To go to school，work，or almost anywhere else，they must ride in cars．
小题1:The Vienna survey may help to explain _____

A．the complaints of people in apartment houses

B．the cause of Mrs Groeger’s death

C．the longevity of people like Mrs．Groeger

D．the image of cities in general

小题2:The purpose of the second paragraph is to list some _____

A．benefits of walking

B．occasions for walking in city life

C．comments made by city people

D．problems of city living

小题3:To reach the third floor of a building, it would probably be most healthful __

A．to take the elevator

B．to walk up the stairs

C．to ride in a car

D．to find an alternative to walking

小题4:People who live in the country probably do more driving than walking because __

A．they don’t live near business areas

B．they don’t need the exercise

C．they never have parking problems

D．they can’t afford to take the bus

小题5:A conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is that__________   

A．air pollution is not serious

B．anyone can live to be 107

C．country people should move to the city

D．walking is a healthful exercise

Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not eave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines, others were walking about. There was a group of school-girls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror(镜子) on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom's friends, came in and sat with Tom.
"What time is your bus?" asked John.
"Oh, there is plenty of time yet, "answered Tom.
"Oh, I'll get you some more tea then," said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
"Good heavens! It's going back-ward!" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven."
"You are looking at the clock in the mirror," said John.
Tom wanted to kick(踢) himself for being so foolish. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has never liked mirror since then.
小题1:The London bus left ______________.

A．at 11:55

B．at 5:12

C．before 11:55

D．after 11:55

小题2:Tom went into the station cafe because ____________.

A．John asked him to have a cup of tea

B．he wanted a drink there

C．he would meet a friend of his

D．it was early yet and he wanted to find a place to sit

小题3:What time was it in fact when he looked at the clock in the mirror?

A．Half past twelve.

B．Half past eleven.

C．Twenty to twelve.

D．Half past one.

小题4:When Tom sat in the station café, who came in?

A．his friend

B．his father

C．his uncle

D．his girlfriend

小题5:Which of the following is true?

A．Tom missed his bus.

B．He has liked mirror since then.

C．The next bus would leave soon.

D．Tom arrived London on time.

My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow   36 .
Helen was in her 30s and had extraordinary（非凡的） self-confidence, something I was really  37 . I looked up to Helen  38  she was doing what she loved—  39 people better. She always made everyone, customers and co-workers（同事）  40 and feel good.
Being a waitress changed my life. One of my  41 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet, and when I saw him _42 , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.
Thanks to the new found confidence I  43 __from Helen, I dreamed of having my own  __44 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（贷款）, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”
The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “What’s   45  ? You’re not smiling today.” I  46__my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody  47 just have faith in(信任）me.”
Before long he handed me checks  48 __$50,000—along with a note that I have to this day. It reads, “The only collateral（抵押品）on this loan is my trust in your  49 as a person. Good people with a dream should have   50  __to make that dream come true.”
I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I  51 working at the restaurant, making  52 for the restaurant I would open. My plans soured（破灭）, and I lost the  53 .
Later I decided to apply for a job at Merill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was__54 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent.   55 ，I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14-percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.

小题1:	A．friend B．waitress C．citizen D．customer

小题2:	A．losing B．earning C．sharing D．lacking

小题3:	A．while B．though C．because D．unless

小题4:	A．helping B．respecting C．serving D．praising

小题5:	A．work B．eat C．smile D．speak

小题6:	A．regular B．favorite C．respected D．fresh

小题7:	A．eating B．greeting C．smiling D．coming

小题8:	A．found out B．picked up C．got back D．took away

小题9:	A．restaurant B．work C．house D．money

小题10:

A．ahead B．that C．there D．up

小题11:

A．exchanged B．discussed C．shared D．explained

小题12:

A．should B．would C．might D．must

小题13:

A．counting B．totaling C．adding D．valuing

小题14:

A．ability B．honesty C．responsibility D．identity（身份证）

小题15:

A．patience B．confidence C．choice D．chance

小题16:

A．loved B．practiced C．continued D．enjoyed

小题17:

A．tables B．preparation C．decisions D．suggestions

小题18:

A．faith B．honesty C．money D．friend

小题19:

A．hired B．rejected C．encouraged D．determined

小题20:

A．fortunately B．excitedly C．personally D．eventually