The story of how the song “Happy Birthday to You”came into being, began as a sweet one, which later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kinder-garten（幼儿园）, and Dr Patty Hill, the principal（院长，负责人）of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled “Good Morning to All”. When Mildred combined her musical talents with her sister's expertise（专长）in the area of Kin-dergarten Education, “Good Morning to All”was sure to be a success.

　　The sisters published the song in a collection entitled “Song Stories of the Kindergarten”in 1893. Twenty-one years later, after Dr Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University's Teacher College, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the song, without the sisters' permission. To add insult（侮辱）to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar “Happy Birthday to You”.

　　Mr Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and, finally, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. “Happy Birthday to You”, the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters' original title, “Good Morning to All”.

　　After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, took Mr Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed（确定）, owned the melody（曲调）. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties（版税）from it, whenever it is sung for commercial（商业的）purposes.

(1)The first verse of the song was written for ________.

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A．Patty Hill's children

B．Mildred Hill's children

C．Mr Coleman's students

D．the students in a kindergarten

(2)Mr Coleman published the song and added a second verse in ________.

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(3)What does the underlined word “soured”probably mean?

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A．Had an unpleasant taste.

B．Got angry easily.

C．Became unpleasant.

D．Turned out well.

(4)Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A．With permission from the Hill sisters, Mr Coleman published the song and added a second verse to the song.

B．The second verse made the song popular and, at last, the first verse disappeared.

C．Patty and Jessica took Robert H. Coleman to court after Mildred died.

D．The Hill's family legally owns the melody.

Three Central Texas men were honored with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Director’s Award in a Tuesday morning ceremony for their heroism in saving the victims of a fiery two – car accident.

The accident occurred March 25 when a vehicle lost control while traveling on a rain soaked State Highway 6 near Baylor Camp Road. It slammed into an oncoming vehicle, leaving the occupants trapped inside as both vehicles burst into flames.

Bonge was the first on the scene and heard children screaming. He broke through a back window and pulled Mallory Smith, 10, and her sister, Megan Smith, 9, from the wreckage.

The girls’ mother，Beckis Smith，was not with them-、at the time of the wreck，as they  were traveling with their baby slitter，Lisa Bowbin．    

    Beckie Smith still remembers the sickening feeling she had upon receiving the call informing her of the wreck and the despair as she drove to the scene．

Bozeman and Clemmons arrived shortly after Bonge and helped rescue the other victims and attempted to put out the fires．

    “I was nervous，” Bozeman said. “I don’t feel like I’m a hero．I was just doing what anyone should do in that situation．I hope someone would do the same for me.”

Everyone at the accident made it out alive，with the victims sustaining nonlife-threatening injuries. Mallory Smith fractured both femurs，and Megan had neck and back injuries．Bowbin is still recovering from a broken pelvis，ankle and foot．

    The rescuers also were taken to the hospital and treated for cuts and smoke inhalation，Bonge said.

    In addition，Bozeman got to meet accident victim Anthony Russo in the hospital after the accident，where Russo presented him with a glass flame．inscribed with “Thank you,” Bozeman said. Those involved In the tasteful encounter on H logway 6 credit diving intervention for bringing them together．  

    “Whatever the circumstances，Tuesday’s ceremony provided a time to be grateful for those who put their lives on the line for the lives of complete strangers,” Beckie Smith said，“We’re calling it The Miracle on Highway 6.”   

1．What’s the main idea of the passage?

    A．Three persons were awarded for rescuing victims in a car accident．

    B．Three ordinary people were regarded as great heroes．

    C．Several victims were carried to safety from the burning cars．

    D．A car accident occurred on a rain-soaked State Highway 6.

2．Who saved Megan Smith from the damaged car?

    A．Clemmons．       B．Anthony Russo    C．Bozeman．          D．Bonge．

3．Which of the following can be used to describe Bozeman?

    A．frightened．    B．Modest．         C．Excited．            D．Smart．

4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    A．Luckily，no one received too serious injuries in the accident．

    B．All the victims received slight injuries in the accident．

    C．The rescuers were taken to the hospital to visit the victims．

    D．The injured will soon recover from their injuries．

5．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Beckie Smith            .

    A．regarded the accident as a wonder   

    B．was frightened by the serious accident

    C．thought highly of the rescuers

    D．called on others to learn from the rescuers

My Best Enemy

    Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Lisa. That’s where the

similarities ended.

    I was tall and she was small. My thick black hair had been recently cut short into an untidy

style. Her natural blonde hair flowed to her waist and looked great. I was 12 and one of the oldest

in the class while she was 11 and the youngest. I was awkward and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t

stand her, considering her my enemy. But she liked me and wanted to be friends.

    One day, she invited me over and I said yes—I was too shocked to answer any other way. My

family had moved six times in six years, and I had never managed to develop any friendships. But

this girl who wore the latest fashions wanted me to go home with her after school.

She lived in a fun part of town that had two pizza places, an all-right bookstore, a movie theater and a park. As we walked from the school bus stop through her neighborhood, I tried to guess which house might h\be hers. Was it the white one with the perfect lawn or the three –story house with a front porch? I got very surprised when she led me into an old apartment building. She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister.

When we got into the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies, which was my next surprise. I had never played with them. We sat on the floor, laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies. We found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older and both had wild imaginations. We had a great day that afternoon.

Lisa was loved by the whole neighborhood. The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines; the movie theater gave her free tickets…. Soon I was included in her magic world. We slept over at each other’s houses and spent every free moment together.

Lisa, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through the rough years of early adolescence（青春期）and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: you worst enemy can turn out to be your best friend.

1．The writer and Lisa were similar in the way that           .

      A．they were both new students                B．they had the same hair styles

       C．they were both tall                               D．they were of the same age

2．One day Lisa invited the writer          .

       A．to go to the movie                                B．to go to her home

       C．to go to walk in a park                         D．to go to a pizza place

3．In the passage the writer described Lisa as a girl who was        .

       A．awkward and shy                                B．rich and happy

       C．quiet and lonely                                   D．friendly and lovely

4．Which of the following did the writer learn from Lisa?

      A．How to make up stories.                       B．How to deal with enemies.

       C．How to make friends.                           D．How to live a better life.

　　The story of how the song “Happy Birthday to You”came into being, began as a sweet one, which later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kinder-garten（幼儿园）, and Dr Patty Hill, the principal（院长，负责人）of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled “Good Morning to All”. When Mildred combined her musical talents with her sister's expertise（专长）in the area of Kin-dergarten Education, “Good Morning to All”was sure to be a success.

　　The sisters published the song in a collection entitled “Song Stories of the Kindergarten”in 1893. Twenty-one years later, after Dr Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University's Teacher College, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the song, without the sisters' permission. To add insult（侮辱）to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar “Happy Birthday to You”.

　　Mr Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and, finally, the sisters' original first verse disappeared. “Happy Birthday to You”, the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters' original title, “Good Morning to All”.

　　After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, took Mr Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed（确定）, owned the melody（曲调）. Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties（版税）from it, whenever it is sung for commercial（商业的）purposes.

(1)The first verse of the song was written for ________.

[　　]

A．Patty Hill's children

B．Mildred Hill's children

C．Mr Coleman's students

D．the students in a kindergarten

(2)Mr Coleman published the song and added a second verse in ________.

[　　]

(3)What does the underlined word “soured”probably mean?

[　　]

A．Had an unpleasant taste.

B．Got angry easily.

C．Became unpleasant.

D．Turned out well.

(4)Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A．With permission from the Hill sisters, Mr Coleman published the song and added a second verse to the song.

B．The second verse made the song popular and, at last, the first verse disappeared.

C．Patty and Jessica took Robert H. Coleman to court after Mildred died.

D．The Hill's family legally owns the melody.