I graduated from a small public school in Michigan. One day，Mr. Ledy，our football coach，asked me to play football. I couldn’t help  36  ：me，play football? I was six feet tall and was not much __37__ a hundred pounds in weight. I thought that they might just need  38    fool to increase the number of the players. However，he was persistent(坚持的) and __39__I joined the football team. That           40  to be one of my best decisions as a kid.

Our worst game  __41__ was the one against Crystal Falls. They beat us 56 to 6. Yeah! That was a football not a basketball _42__. We played them again when we were seniors. They __43__ us again but the score was much more _44_，30 to 20.

Coach Ledy would not let that __45__ again. He encouraged us to beat them，to pay them back. And we did so in the last game we played before __46__. I had scored 6 points alone in the game. Coach Ledy praised me. It was a huge _47 for me.

Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No，I couldn’t __48__ it without our team. The thing I learned through football was __49__. We won as a team and we __50__ as a team.

I think Mr. Ledy would be __51__ of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic __52__ at the University of Michigan. I’m __53__to him as I would not have today’s honor without him. I’ll __54__life’s final war with pain to win the victory；I’ll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I’ll __55__ working hard so as not to let him down.

21．A. shouting     B. screaming  C. laughing    D. applauding

22．A. up              B. over          C. more          D. out

23．A. another          B. other          C. some          D. any

24．A. immediately       B. secretly        C. personally D. finally

25．A. took out     B. turned out C. gave off       D. gave out

26．A. never      B. once     C. ever           D. again

27．A. game      B. team       C. story     D. score

28．A. won            B. met           C. beat     D. fought

29．A. accessible   B. comfortableC. sensitive     D. acceptable

30．A. happen              B. succeed        C. spread        D. develop

31．A. liberation    B. closing         C. graduation      D. school

32．A. honor      B. hope         C. success  D. surprise

33．A. take         B. manage        C. solve             D. explain

34．A. courage      B. devotion       C. teamwork      D. contribution

35．A. united     B. appeared       C. prepared D. lost

36．A. proud      B. fond          C. full      D. kind

37．A. time        B. record   C. date     D. ability

38．A. pleased       B. grateful        C. hopeful   D. loyal

39．A. fight          B. join           C. desire            D. enjoy

40．A. take on       B. put on   C. rely on    D. keep on

Engaged in work, Rose aged 27, reached the destination hurriedly to meet visitors：her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown．But as she hurried down the 36 stairs，she started to feel 37。When she got to the platform，Rose felt weak and tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought．She rested herself 38 a post close to the tracks．
Several yards away，Frank,43 and his girlfriend, Jennifer  found a spot close to 39 the front of the train would stop. They were deep in 40 about a house they were thinking of buying. But when he heard the scream, 41 by someone yelling，“Oh，my God，she fell in!” Frank didn’t hesitate．He 42 down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails.
“No! Not you!” his girlfriend 43 after him．
She was 44 to be alarmed．By the time Frank reached Rose，he could feel the tracks 45 and see the light coming. The train was about 20 46 from the station. It was 47 to lift her．She was just out．But he managed to raise her four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grip and 48 her away from the edge．That was where Rose briefly regained 49 ，felt herself being pulled along the ground, and someone else holding her 50 ．Rose thought she’d been robbed．A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help 51 the blood pouring from her head．52 she tried to talk but she couldn’t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in．
Police and fire officials 53 arrived，and Frank told what had happened.Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown---just as he had been seconds after the 54 which made her think about her 55 at the time．“I saw the train coming and 1 was thinking he was going to die，”she explained．

Engaged in work, Rose aged 27, reached the destination hurriedly to meet visitors：her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown．But as she hurried down the 36 stairs，she started to feel 37。When she got to the platform，Rose felt weak and tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought．She rested herself 38 a post close to the tracks．

Several yards away，Frank,43 and his girlfriend, Jennifer  found a spot close to 39 the front of the train would stop. They were deep in 40 about a house they were thinking of buying. But when he heard the scream, 41 by someone yelling，“Oh，my God，she fell in!” Frank didn’t hesitate．He 42 down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails.

“No! Not you!” his girlfriend 43 after him．

She was 44 to be alarmed．By the time Frank reached Rose，he could feel the tracks 45 and see the light coming. The train was about 20 46 from the station. It was 47 to lift her．She was just out．But he managed to raise her four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grip and 48 her away from the edge．That was where Rose briefly regained 49 ，felt herself being pulled along the ground, and someone else holding her 50 ．Rose thought she’d been robbed．A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help 51 the blood pouring from her head．52 she tried to talk but she couldn’t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in．

Police and fire officials 53 arrived，and Frank told what had happened.Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown---just as he had been seconds after the 54 which made her think about her 55 at the time．“I saw the train coming and 1 was thinking he was going to die，”she explained．

1.                A．store          B． underground    C． train    D． platform

2.                A．proud          B． excited        C． dizzy    D． disappointed

3.                A．against         B． by            C． near    D． around

4.                A．how           B． which         C． where   D． when

5.                A．argument       B． conclusion      C． expectation   D． discussion

6.                A．followed        B． accompanied    C． caught   D． controlled

7.                A．looked         B． jumped        C． turned  D． fell

8.                A．screamed       B． cried          C． shouted D． stopped

9.                A．about          B． going          C． right    D． willing

10.               A．moving         B． damaging      C． cracking  D． shaking

11.               A．minutes        B． seconds       C． miles D． moments

12.               A．easy           B． impossible     C． hard D．possible

13.               A．push           B． drag          C． held D．took

14.               A．life            B． consciousness   C． help D．thoughts

15.               A．body          B． purse         C． hand D．shoes

16.               A．press          B． wipe          C．stop  D．keep

17.               A．And           B． But           C．So   D． Since

18.               A．actually        B． slowly         C．soon  D． unnecessarily

19.               A．risk            B． rescue        C．acquaintance   D．appointment

20.               A．action          B． reaction       C．safety D．case

New York, NY Monday

Current Conditions

Other Locations

1．The current temperature in New York is            .

       A．47℃                  B．43℃             C．13℃               D．8℃

2．How far can we see clearly at the most in New York on Monday?

       A．10 miles            B．15 kilometers      C．30.27 inches       D．43 meters

3．It will rain in New York on         .

       A．Monday           B．Wednesday         C．Friday              D．Saturday

4．       has the fourth lowest temperature on Monday.

       A．Chicago           B．New York         C．Tokyo            D．San Francisco

Tickets for the World Expo (世博会) 2010 will go on sale for groups on March 27, and for the public on July 1, 2009.

The basic ticket price will be 160 yuan. Foreigners will be able to buy tickets from overseas outlets authorized （授权）by the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination (BSWEC).

From March 27 to June 30, group bookings can be made for organizations, institutions and enterprises. The public can buy tickets from July 1.

Peak day admission tickets will cost 200 yuan and will cover 17 days including Chinese Labor Day holiday (May 1-3), National Day holiday (October 1-7), and the last week before closing (October 25-31).

Tickets will be discounted（打折）from 10 to 30 yuan for those who buy before the Expo opens on May 1, 2010.

People going to the Expo after 5pm (apart from the peak days) can get tickets for 90 yuan but only during Expo.

Three-day passes will cost 400 yuan and seven-day passes 900 yuan.

At least 62 million tickets will be available. Discounts will also be offered to the disabled, senior citizens, students with valid IDs and Chinese servicemen and women. Children under 1.2 meters will not have to pay.

The basic price is “affordable” for the majority of people. It was common practice to set ticket prices within the 1 to 3 percent range of the host country's per-capita disposable income (人均可支配收入).

The Expo organizer will encourage people to reserve tickets in advance or buy group tickets in an attempt to control visitor flow. The organizer is expecting 70 million visitors, 5 percent of whom will be from overseas.

The organizer will appoint domestic and overseas agencies（代理） to sell tickets and there will be 3,200 sales outlets in China. People will be able to purchase tickets at branches of China Mobile, China Telecom, Bank of Communications and China Post. Online and hotline channels will also be opened.

The first domestic and overseas ticket sales agencies will sign contracts with the organizer on March 2.

During Expo, visitors will be able to buy tickets on site or at kiosks（电话亭）. The Expo Bureau will appoint travel agents to organize group tours.

49. If you want to visit Expo at 9 a.m. on May 2, 2010, you will have to pay ______ for the ticket.

A. 200 yuan          B. 90 yuan        C. 160 yuan      D. 190 yuan

50. According to the passage, all these people can receive discounts EXCEPT __________.

A. senior citizens                         B. the disabled 

C. Chinese servicemen and women             D. students without valid IDs

51. To control visitor flow, the Expo organizer will__________.

A. sign contracts with the sales agencies

B. appoint travel agents to organize group tours

C. appoint domestic and overseas agencies to sell tickets

D. encourage people to book tickets ahead of time or buy group tickets

52. The main idea of this passage is__________

A. where people can buy Shanghai Expo tickets

B. that Shanghai World Expo will be held on 2010

C. that Shanghai World Expo tickets will set to go on sale

D. how people can buy tickets to visit Shanghai World Expo