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Like many people ,I have no clear idea about heroes . A t some point , we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage  and make us want to learn from them.
A hero does something worth (值) talking about, A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just person with great fame (声誉).
A hero has power(力量) larger than himself . Some people want to live like a hero. And they have to experience life with new and further meaning .A sure test for would- be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If their answer suggests they serve only own fames, they may be famous persons but not heroes.
A hero has a vision from the mountain top .He has the power to move people . He creates new possibility. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain, Without Martin Luther King .Jr, Americans might take different parks , and shop in different stores of the different colors of their skins.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of the change would be rather slow . Thanks to heroes in history ,they make the society develop so rapidly.
【小题1】` According to this passage , a hero is a person who always ____

1根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Mrs. Lee: Hello. 68178502.

David:  Hello.   1.   ?

Mrs. Lee: Sorry.   2.  . Can I take a message??

David:  Yes. This is David, Bruce’s friend. I want to ask him for some Chinese ancient coins. He told me he had got some recently.   3.   . I don’t care if they were made of different metals. I just want to add some more coins in my collection.

Mrs. Lee: OK. I’ll tell him. Would you like him to ring you back later?

David:  Well, I won’t be at home later this day. Would you please ask him to ring me tomorrow morning??

Mrs. Lee: Sure.  4.  ?

David:   Oh, sorry.   5.  .  The new number is 66129853.

Mrs. Lee: OK. I’ll write a message for him.

David:   It’s really nice of you, Madam. Thank you very much. Goodbye!

Mrs. Lee:  Bye!

Dear Miss Li,
I’d like to thank you for sending money    1   “Animal Helpers”, an organization set up to help disabled people. You see, you have helped    2   it possible for me to have “Lucky”. My life    3  pleasure because of him now. Let me tell you my story.
Being blind, deaf, unable to walk or use your hands    4   is something that most people cannot imagine. But there are many people who face these challenges, and I am one of them. Because I can’t use my arms or legs well, things like answering the telephone, opening and   5
doors or carrying things have always been difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine said that she would like to    6  . She said she would talk to “Animal Helpers” to see   
  7    it would be possible for me to get a trained dog. She also thought a dog might cheer me up. I told her that I love animals and that I’d love to have a dog.
   8   six months of training with a dog at “Animal Helpers”, I was able to   9   him
home. My dog’s name is “Lucky” – a good name for him    10   I feel very lucky to have him. You see, I’m only able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kind donation!
  11  , you might ask? Well, he has been trained to    12   different instructions. For example, I say, “Lucky! Fetch my book,” and he does it at once. He is very clever and understands many English words, even some difficult    13   like “upstairs”.
Lucky is an    14   dog. I’ll send you a photo of him if you like, and I could show you how he helps me too one day. And so I thank you again for supporting “Animal Helpers”. It is very important that this organization does not run out of money. Your donation   15   and the money is well used to help disabled people like me.
Best wishes,
Liz Smith

To be a good teacher, you need some of the abilities of a good actor. You must be able to__1___ the attention and interest of your audience. You must be a clear speaker with a good voice which is fully under your _2___. And you must be able to act what you are teaching in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, __3___ you will see that he stands the whole time he is teaching, he walks about using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations and his face to express feelings. When you listen to him, you will hear the loudness and the musical note of his voice __4__changing according to what he is talking about.

The __5__ that a good teacher has some of the talents of a good actor does not mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to __6___ the same words which he has learnt by heart every time he plays a certain role. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem __7__ on the stage.

The good teacher works in a quite different way. His audience take an active part in his play. They ask questions when they do not understand something. So the teacher has to suit his act to the __8___ of his audience which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must ___9___ it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were __10___ to take part in stage-play because their brains (大脑) could not keep strictly to what another had written.

1.A. pay            B. give         C. attract          D. turn

2.A. help           B. control      C. mind             D. thoughts

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

4.A. never          B. seldom       C. sometimes        D. always

5.A. matter         B. idea         C. fact             D. secret

6.A. remind         B. remember     C. reply            D. repeat

7.A. correct        B. true         C. natural          D. real

8.A. questions      B. needs        C. problems         D. complaints

9.A. invent         B. discover     C. improve          D. increase

10.A. unwelcome B. unable           C. uncomfortable    D. unsuitable