Name: Julia Rosetti
Email: n1950215@droid.fit.qut.edu.au
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Drugs: No
Alcohol: No
Sports/ Activities: I used to do a lot of ballet and stage work, my ambition was to be a professional dancer before I got sick. Nowadays I love to read, and other stuff like that, as well as spending a lot of time with my family and friends.
Grades: I finished high school last year, and I haven’t started college because I’ve been sick. But I got subject prizes in three subjects and high as in the rest.
Favorite Subject: I loved Music, English, History and Biology. Hard to pick a favorite – they’re all so different.
Volunteer Work: It all depends on what you call “volunteer”. Nothing really official, but I spend a lot of my time working and playing with really sick kids, and they come to me for advice a lot.
What My Future Goals Are: I’d either like to go on to do stage work, or work with kids with serious illnesses. I haven’t decided which, yet.
What I do in My Spare Time: Talk to my friends and my family. Hang around with my hospital friends. Watch TV. Go to the movies when I can. I love going on picnics and other outdoorsy stuff.
How I’d Change the World: No question. Cure cancer. Eradicate it forever.
Largest Problem: Sometimes, I think it’s having too many choices, and having too many expectations and others having too many expectations of you. And all the implications (牵连) of this.
Why Would I Make a Good Counselor (顾问): I really want to help other people. I’ve made that my life’s ambition, to help as many people as I can.
Qualifications: I spend a lot of time doing this sort of stuff “unofficially” – I am the Discussion Manager on a discussion list for seriously ill young people. People also write to me because of my homepage, often wanting advice, which I try to give them.
【小题1】What can we infer about Julia Rosetti?

A．She is ill now with a cancer.

B．She has had an operation.

C．She is curing people of cancer.

D．She is working in a hospital.

【小题2】The underlined word “eradicate” most probably means _____.

A．get out of

B．put an end of

C．break up

D．set aside

【小题3】The underlined word “you” stands for _____.

A．Julia Rosetti herself

B．all her friends in her life

C．the person she refers to

D．everyone including herself

【小题4】Which of the following statements is true about Julia Rosetti?

A．She had wanted to become a doctor.

B．She had done very well at college.

C．She often visits hospitals in her spare time.

D．She has her own homepage on the Internet.

I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer last surnmen The training
I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she could not  read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket,because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence,which encouraged her to continue her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarketelt. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son,Tony, a shy first grader with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.
【小题1】What did the author do last summer?

A．She worked in the supermarket

B．She helped someone to learn to read

C．She gave single mothers the help they needed

D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer

【小题2】Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?

A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket

B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop

C．Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket

D．Because she couldn’t find the right bus

【小题3】How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?

A．She knew where the goods were in the supermarket

B．She asked others to take her to the right place

C．She managed to find the goods by their looks

D．She remembered the names of the goods

【小题4】What did the writer think of her work as a literacy volunteer?

A．Interesting	B．Meaningful
C．Tiring	D．Touching

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

“Never say die'' was my mother's motto．No matter how tough the life was, she always had   36  in the face of struggle and change．

My mother , born in the late 1920s,   37  no education．Her mother, whom she loved dearly , died when she was 12 years old．Her father remarried,   38  he stepmother was   39   to her．As a result, my mother was always kept busy doing ail kinds of household   40  ,varying from feeding scores of tame birds to _41   her stepbrothers "Never say die" she   42 __say to herself．

After marrying my father , she   43   my grandparents as her own parents．It was a Lime when China was faced with a severe   44   of food and my family was no   45   ．There was a   46   in my family that the best food went to the old and she was always the last to have her meal．At one time , there wasn't a grain left at home, and the whole family got into a_47    "Never say die" said my mother, as she often did in such cases- She, together with my elder sisters—one 8 years old and the other 11, went begging until the   48    picked up．My father was once 49_ to drinking．My mother, on the one hand , tried hard to   50   him to quit drinking; on the other hand, every time my father was heavily drunk; she would feed two thermos bottles of boiled water to him ,using the mouth-to-mouth way．

Poor as my family was my parents   51   to send my sisters to school, which was absolutely   52   in my home village then．Now my sisters have both retired as primary school teachers．Then my mother devoted herfelf entirely to  53  her grandchildren, among whom are now two university students, a soldier, an engineer, a bank c’erk and a civil servant.

Devoted to the family, she is deeply respected and loved by her children and grandchildren. Every year a family get-together takes place on her birthday when the whole family  54  being blessed with such a great mother. “Never say die” is a  55  gift she left for her off springs.

1.A．energy       B．strength        C．power             D．force

2.A．received   B．accepted                 C．gave  D．took

3.A．and              B．or           C．but              D．so

4.A．cruel         B．strict           C．hard            D．particular

5.A．events        B．incidents   C．affairs              D．accidents

6.A．looking after  B．looking for    C．looking into   D．looking up

7.A．would            B．could       C．should           D．might

8.A．considered   B．regarded         C．took             D．treated

9.A．short        B．lacking            C．lack         D．lacked

10.A．reception     B．expectation      C．explosion    D．exception

11.A．tradition    B．habit         C．custom   D．practice

12.A．trouble      B．panic    C．puzzle                  D．pain

13.A．condition   B．situation          C．occasion       D．cii5e

14.A．addicted    B．devoted            C．accustomed           D．used

15.A．advise   B．suggest               C．talk             D．convince

16.A．succeeded    B．managed        C．tried             D．attempted

17.A．uneasy          B．unfit            C．unusual          D．universal

18.A．bringing up    B．raising C．supporting             D．feeding

19.A．understand  B．enjoy              C．imagine              D．appreciate

20.A．worthless    B．priceless       C．endless          D．penniless

 

Wherever she goes, Molly leaves her mark. Without saying a word, she speaks to people with her kind eyes. Even when she walks away, she leaves an impression．Molly’s mark is a smile, stamped into the ground by the horseshoe at the bottom of her false leg．
A few years ago, Molly was badly attacked by a dog．The dog bit all four of Molly’s legs and left large cuts in her face. Molly’s owner, Kate Harris, took her to an animal hospital．Doctors there were able to save Molly’s life, but soon one of her legs became very infected(感染).
At first, doctors thought Molly would have to be put to sleep．But Molly changed their minds. This pony, doctors noticed, shifted her weight, and rested her good leg from time to time. Doctors knew that Molly had amazing intelligence, and that she wanted to live.
Several doctors operated on Molly, and removed her infected leg. A false leg was made for her. The leg was a hollow cast with a pole at the bottom for balance. Doctors gave Molly a special horseshoe at the bottom of the leg. This horseshoe she had had a stamp of a smile face in it!
After the operation, Molly walked around on all four legs, as if nothing had ever happened to her! Now, with every step she takes, she stamps a smile in the dirt．But she leaves her m ark in other ways, too.
Kaye Harris took Molly to the false leg center. There were children there who, like Molly, had artificial arms or legs. They were amazed to see a pony with a false leg. Molly made them smile and gave them hope. Soon, Molly began to visit schools, nursing homes, army bases and hospitals. A book was even written about Molly!
【小题1】Molly is the name of a        .             .

A．dog

B．horse

C．parent

D．child

【小题2】Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．Molly can speak to people in kind words.

B．Kay Harris took Molly to a children’s hospital after the attack.

C．In the beginning, doctors had planned to end Molly’s life.

D．Molly sometimes leaves smiling marks on people’s faces.

【小题3】What is unique about Molly?

A．Molly has a false leg with a horseshoe shaped like a smiling face.

B．Molly ran a race and won the first prize.

C．Molly often visits places such as schools and parks.

D．Molly has become a symbol of hope for people of all ages.

【小题4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A．A Book on Molly	B．A False Leg
C．A successful Operation	D．Leaving her Mark

When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was   1   to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She   2   the accident but was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old   3   thinking that she wouldn’t live   4   from then on.

Over the years, I   5   and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   6   a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)   7   trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang   8  .

A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,   9   into my son’s room with a box of   10  . After 16 years, I still   11   Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues (纸币) and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about   12   since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she   13   the path for those people who were less   14   than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be   15  .

Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt   16  . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was   17  . From this person that I thought would have no   18   of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的)   19   and we moved north, but I owe Helen   20   that I can never repay.

1．A. walking               B. riding                       C. running                    D. driving

2．A. lived                          B. survived                   C. existed                            D. escaped

3．A. mind                          B. brain                        C. head                        D. thought

4．A. equally                B. calmly                      C. quietly                      D. normally

5．A. studied                B. moved                      C. worked                    D. 1ived

6．A. suffering                    B. causing                    C. bearing                     D. catching

7．A. normally                    B. particularly               C. necessarily               D. eventually

8．A. up                      B. off                           C. back                        D. down

9．A. ran                            B. walked                     C. rolled                       D. moved

10．A. tissues                            B. presents                   C. pills                         D. candies

11．A. realized                    B. knew                       C. recognized                D. reminded

12．A. her life                     B. her son                     C. her family                 D. her work

13．A. clear                        B. smooth                     C. clean                        D. open

14．A. rich                         B. healthy                     C. strong                      D. fortunate

15．A. money                            B. hope                        C. pity                          D. medicine

16．A. small                        B. pitiful                       C. weak                       D. shameless

17．A. admitted                   B. beaten                      C. hurt                         D. hospitalized

18．A. use                          B. value                        C. meaning                   D. quality

19．A. treated                            B. worsened                 C. relieved                    D. recovered

20．A. some money             B. some tissues                    C. a debt               D. a hope