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    　　I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill．It was, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday：“Kerrel, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS．Be very careful when you are around him.”

    　　AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret．My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone．For a while, he could take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition worsened．My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him．

    　　We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner．I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher's words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage．

    　　I did not share my burden with anyone．I had seen how people reacted to AIDS．Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be cruel．When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself．

    　　I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret．I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days．Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support．That day, she kept me on the phone for hours．I was so lucky to find someone who cared．She saved my life．

    　　I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me．He didn't want to call attention to AIDS．I do．

    (1)

    What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

    [　　]

    A．

    He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill．

    B．

    He depended on the nurses in his final days．

    C．

    He worked hard to pay for his medication．

    D．

    He told no one about his disease．

    (2)

    What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph Three?

    [　　]

    A．

    Kerrel couldn't understand her teacher．

    B．

    Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing．

    C．

    Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson．

    D．

    Kerrel was too tired to bear her teacher's words．

    (3)

    Why did Kerrel keep her father's disease a secret?

    [　　]

    A．

    She was afraid of being looked down upon．

    B．

    She thought it was shameful to have AIDS．

    C．

    She found no one willing to listen to her．

    D．

    She wanted to obey her mother．

    (4)

    Why did Kerrel write the passage?

    [　　]

    A．

    To tell people about the sufferings of her father．

    B．

    To show how little people knew about AIDS．

    C．

    To draw people's attention to AIDS．

    D．

    To remembered her father．

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    　　In 1837, at the age of seventeen, Florence Nightingale decided to become a nurse, which horrified her whimsical（多奇想的）mother. In those days nurses were little more than door-keepers, and hospitals were pits of squalor（污秽）and neglect. Nightingale pressed on, and in 1853 she became superintendent（院长）of a small London hospital. She went on to the Crimea when war broke out there between Britain and Russia. She established the first of what we know as war hospitals: sanitary（卫生）, safe and stocked with supplies. Her tireless ministrations（照顾，照料）to the wounded soldiers made her famous all over the world.

    　　Following the war Nightingale avoided fame and continued to train nurses, ever battling against what she herself declared“a commonly received idea... that it requires nothing but a disappointment in love or incapacity in other things, to turn a woman into a good nurse.”ince 1921 her birthday--May 12--has been the centerpiece of National Hospital Week, observed in British and American hospitals with special exhibitions, workshops and publicity drives.

    (1)Florence Nightingale was born on ______.

    [　　]

    A．May 12, in 1821
    B．May 12, in 1921
    C．May 12, in 1830
    D．May 12, in 1831

    (2)The underlined word“it”efers to ______.

    [　　]

    A．turning a woman into a doctor

    B．turning a woman into a good nurse

    C．avoiding fame

    D．continuing to train nurses

    (3)The word“observed”n the second paragraph means ______.

    [　　]

    A．watched carefully
    B．saw and noticed
    C．paid attention to
    D．celebrated

    (4)Why did Florence Nightingale become well-known all over the world?

    [　　]

    A．She was one of the best nurses then.

    B．Her skills of operations were the most wonderful and successful.

    C．She always looked after the wounded soul and heart.

    D．She was superintendent of London Hospital.

    (5)Why did Florence Nightingale want to become a nurse?

    [　　]

    A．The author did not give the reason.

    B．Florence Nightingale would like to become famous by attending the wounded of battles.

    C．She wanted to take good care of the sick.

    D．She was not able to do anything but become a nurse.

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    　　The first morning I awoke in the house where Cathy Freeman once lived－in Miller Street, Richmond, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, my eyes caught upon a black and white sticker, with a name and number on it, pasted(粘贴)to a mirror beside the bed．The number and word were “48.60, Atlanta”．Cathy had typed the famous prediction(预言)on a sticker ages before the 1996 Olympic Games, as an affirmation(断言)of the time she wanted to run in the 400m final．

    　　Cathy thought she was typing the time that black French woman, the pretty MarieJose Perec, had run to win the 400m gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992．She believed she’d have to aim to run at least that fast in Atlanta but she got it wrong．Perec ran slower, 48.83 seconds in Barcelona．But what matter? The power of the mind!In Atlanta Cathy ran what she typed, or near enough, 48.63．To gaze(注视)at that time, still there, to see her grand ambition(抱负)－it was then a whole second faster than she had run before－was to become history．As I stood there I saw her once more in slow motion, in Atlanta, pushing herself to the edge, and beyond．Above the number was another sticker with the words “World’s Greatest Athlete”．They were the words Cathy had copied from an old sticker that her mother had given her as a teenager, a legend(座右铭)to paste on her bedroom wall to flow into her daughter’s mind, and it had worked．

    (1)

    When did Cathy write “48.60, Atlanta”?

    [　　]

    A．

    Sometime between 1992 and 1996．

    B．

    Before 1992．

    C．

    After 1996．

    D．

    When she was a teenager．

    (2)

    What was Cathy’s time for the 400m final in the 1996 Olympic Games?

    [　　]

    A．

    48.63 seconds．

    B．

    48.83 seconds．

    C．

    48.60 seconds．

    D．

    49.63 seconds．

    (3)

    What did Cathy get wrong?

    [　　]

    A．

    Perec’s speed at the Atlanta Olympic Games．

    B．

    Perec’s speed at the Barcelona Olympic Games．

    C．

    Her own speed at the Barcelona Olympic Games．

    D．

    Whether she would run faster than Perec．

    (4)

    What is the closest explanation of the sentence her grand ambition(抱负)－it was then a whole second faster than she had run before－was to become his-tory?

    [　　]

    A．

    She hoped to realize her dream to run faster than that time．

    B．

    Her ambition to run a whole second faster than she had run before came true．

    C．

    To run a second faster than she had run before was only history．

    D．

    It is her ambition to run a whole second faster than she had run before．

    (5)

    Cathy’s achievement results from many factors(因素)except ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    her beauty

    B．

    her mother’s help

    C．

    her ambition

    D．

    hard work

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    　　The following is a true story．It happened in the northern end of Queensland, Australia, where all kinds of animals live in the forest．

    　　Lisa, a 33-year-old woman, went to prepare lunch in the kitchen, leaving Barney, her three-year-old son, playing by himself in the back garden．

    　　Suddenly, a sharp cry of Barney came in to them other's ears, and Lisa rushed in to the backyard in a hurry and found a big snake entwining(缠绕)the little child with its terrible body and trying to eat the boy as its delicious dish!It was a boa(蟒)!Lisa was terrified and quite angry．She made up her mind to save her son from the snake's mouth．It was fearless(not afraid)mother love that made Lisa forget what she faced．She took up an old hoe(锄)from the ground and beat the boa with all her might．

    　　One…two…With the hoe, Lisa beat the snake repeatedly, but useless．The little boy's voice and breath were getting weaker and weaker．Lisa's heart was broken and she got nearly mad．

    　　Suddenly Lisa put away the hoe and threw herself to the boa, opened her mouth and bit(咬)into the boa's back as if trying to eat a rare steak(牛排)．Lisa was really mad!

    　　Blood was spurting(喷射)out of the boa's body and covered most of Lisa's body．The boa was so badly wounded that it let go of Barney and moved back into the forest hurriedly．It had never known how a woman had such terrible sharp teeth!On halfway home, the boa died．

    　　It was fearless mother's love that saved the little boy．

    (1)

    When she came into the back garden, Lisa found ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    a boa eating her son

    B．

    her son was playing with a big snake

    C．

    her son in danger of losing his life

    D．

    Barney was fighting with a boa

    (2)

    The best title(标题)of this passage is ________

    [　　]

    A．

    Mother and Boa

    B．

    Fearless Mother Love

    C．

    A Boe and A Boy

    D．

    Saving A Boy from A Boa

    (3)

    Liza failed in fighting against the boa at first just because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    she was worried

    B．

    the boa was so strong

    C．

    the hoe was not sharp enough and the boa's body was too hard

    D．

    she was afraid that what she did would hurt her son

    (4)

    Lisa bit the snake because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    she was mad

    B．

    she thought her teeth much sharper than the hoe

    C．

    her son was entwined by the boa

    D．

    she hadn't got any other way to deal with the snake

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    　　On the first day of school we were challenged to get to know a new classmate．I was looking around, when a gentle hand touched my shoulder．I found a little old lady with a warm smile．

    　　She said, “Hi, handsome! I'm Rose．I'm 87 years old．Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?” I laughed and heartily responded, “Of course!”

    　　“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent(天真的)age?” I asked．

    　　She jokingly replied, “I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then travel around．”

    　　“No, seriously,” I asked．I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age．

    　　“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!” She told me．We became instant friends．

    　　Over the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像)and she easily made friends wherever she went．She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students．She was living it up．

    　　At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet．I'll never forget what she taught us．

    　　“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing．Here are the secrets to staying young．You have to laugh and find humor every day．You've got to have a dream．When you lose your dreams, you die．We have many people walking around who are dead, and they don't even know it!” she said．

    　　“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up．Anybody can grow older．That doesn't take any talent or ability,” she added．“But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change．The elderly usually don't have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do．”

    　　One week after graduation that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep．She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be．

    (1)

    Rose started college at the age of 87 in order to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    marry a rich man

    B．

    travel around the world

    C．

    make more friends

    D．

    realize her dream

    (2)

    Which of the following best explains “she was living it up” in the seventh paragraph?

    [　　]

    A．

    She was living a long life．

    B．

    She was enjoying herself．

    C．

    She was spending a lot of money．

    D．

    She was killing time．

    (3)

    When you lose your dreams, you die because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    there's no sense in living without your aim

    B．

    you can't sleep well every night

    C．

    you are too old and have to stop playing

    D．

    something is terribly wrong with your brain

    (4)

    What would be the best title for the passage?

    [　　]

    A．

    Meet the Challenge

    B．

    Never Waste Time

    C．

    Grow Up or Grow Old?

    D．

    Have You Got Ready?

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