Horror seized the heart of the World War Ⅰ soldier as he saw his life-long friend fall in the battle．Caught in a trench(战壕)with continuous gunfire whizzing(发出呼啸声) over his head，the soldier asked his captain if he might go out into the“No Man's Land”between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back．

“You can go,” said the captain，“but I don't think it will be worth it．Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your own life away．”The captain's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway．

To one's surprise，he managed to reach his friend，raised him onto his shoulder，and brought him back to their company's trench．As the two of them fell in together to the bottom of the trench，the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his friend．“I told you it wouldn't be worth it,” he said．“Your friend is dead，and your wound is deadly．”“It was worth it，though，sir．”the soldier said．“How do you mean‘worth it’?”responded the captain．“Your friend is dead!”“Yes sir．”the soldier answered．“But it was worth it because when I got to him，he was still alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say，‘Jim，I knew you'd come．’”

Many a time in life，whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it．Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in life．

56．When the soldier saw his close comrade fall in the battle，he felt        ．

A．surprised    B．excited    C．frightened   D．worried

57．The phrase“No Man's Land”most probably means“       ”in the passage．

    A．the area on the court between the base line and the service line

    B．an unoccupied region between opposing armies

    C．a bare wasteland which can't be used

    D．the area where there is no man

58．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

    A．The soldier was wounded seriously．

    B．The captain cared about the soldier very much．

    C．The soldier brought his close comrade back．

  D．The captain thought the soldier's action was right

59．The last paragraph implies that we should     when we don't know how to choose in life.

    A．fellow our hearts                  B．do nothing but wait

   C．listen to others' suggestion     D．regret what we have done

阅读理解

　　Tristan was a character in old English and European stories. He was a have soldier under King Arthur, and the story of his love for Isolde, daughter of the king of Ireland(爱乐兰),is one of the great love stories of all time. The story is the topic of a grand opera(歌剧), Tristan and Isolde, by Richard Wagner. It is often played throughout the world.

　　Tristan had told his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall, of the beauty of Isolde, and was sent to bring her by ship to Cornwall to marry the king. Isolde hated Tresian because her brother had died by his hand in battle, and on the journey she asked her servant Brangane to poison him. Istead Brangane prepared a special drink, and after Tristan and Isolde drank it, they fell in love, They arrived at Cornwall but King Mark was away hunting. They met secretly every day. When the king returned, a man named Melot told him what was going on between Tristan and Isolde. Tristan fought Melot and was badly wounded. He was taken to his own home in Bittany. His friend Kurwenal sent for Isolde, but when she arrived, Tristan was dying from his wounds. He said goodbye to Isolde and died, She died of a broken heart.

　　The beautiful music of the opera is often played and sung in concerts. The most famous song is the “Love ‘s Death”, which tristan and Isolde sang before they died.

1．Tristan sailed to Ireland ________ .

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A．to find himself a wife

B．to carry out his uncle’s order

C．after falling in love with Isolde

D．after hearing of the beauty of Isolde

2．At first, Isolde wanted to poison tristan because he ________ .

3．Tristan fought Melot b because ________

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A．the king ordered him to do so

B．Melot told the king about his secret

C．Melot was the enemy of Isold’s family

D．He thought Melot was in love with Isolde

4．What caused Isolde’s death? ________

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A．The king’s anger

B．Melot killed her

D．Her love for Tristan

D．Brangane poisoned her

5．From the text we can infer(推测)that Richard Wagner ________

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A．sang in opera

B．wrote music

C．played music

D．wrote stories

You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells （炮弹）are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t  36  carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a  37  and you’re telling the TV  38  what is happening.

It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very  39  . In the first two years of the  40  in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were  41  .

What kind of people put themselves in danger to  42  pictures to our TV screens and  43  to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?

“I think it’s every young journalist’s  44  to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s  45  you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it  46  it is a war.”

But there are moments of  47  . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets（子弹）are flying  48  your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling  49  after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be  50  .”

“None of us believes that we’re going to  51  ” adds Michael. But he always  52  a lucky charm（护身符）with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 53  , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I  54  I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God  55  , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”

1.                A．really          B．simply          C．merely   D．even

2.                A．battlefield       B．crowd          C．camera   D．house

3.                A．directors       B．producers       C．actors    D．viewers

4.                A．depressing      B．disappointing    C．dangerous D．endangered

5.                A．life            B．stay            C．war  D．fight

6.                A．buried         B．defeated        C．wounded D．beaten

7.                A．take           B．bring           C．make D．show

8.                A．Stories         B．scenes         C．passages  D．contents

9.                A．faith           B．nightmare       C．dream    D．duty

10.               A．how           B．why           C．where D．because

11.               A．even if         B．as if           C．even so   D．ever since

12.               A．fear           B．surprise        C．sadness   D．shame

13.               A．past           B．into           C．through   D．around

14.               A．occurs         B．returns         C．goes  D．continues

15.               A．away          B．out            C．home     D．there

16.               A．die            B．leave          C．remain    D．escape

17.               A．wears          B．carries         C．hangs D．holds

18.               A．seldom         B．never          C．many times D．some time

19.               A．consider        B．promise        C．guess D．accept

20.               A．screaming      B．laughing        C．crying D．whispering

完形填空（每小题1.5分，共20小题）

You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t  1  carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a  2 and you’re telling the TV 3  what is happening.

It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very 4  . In the first two years of the  5  in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 6  .

What kind of people put themselves in danger to  7  pictures to our TV screens and  48  to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?

“I think it’s every young journalist’s 9  to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s  10  you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it  11  it is a war.”

But there are moments of  12 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets（子弹）are flying  13  your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling  14 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be  15  .”

“None of us believes that we’re going to  16  ” adds Michael. But he always 17 a lucky charm（护身符）with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 18  , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I  19  I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God  20  , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”

1.                A．really          B．simply          C．even D．merely

2.                A．battlefield       B．camera         C．crowd    D．house

3.                A．directors        B．producers       C．viewers   D．actors

4.                A．depressing      B．disappointing    C．dangerous D．endangered

5.                A．life            B．stay            C．fight D．war

6.                A．buried         B．defeated        C．wounded D．beaten

7.                A．take           B．make           C．bring D．show

8.                A．stories         B．scenes         C．passages  D．contents

9.                A．faith           B．nightmare       C．dream    D．duty

10.               A．how           B．where         C．why  D．because

11.               A．as if           B．even if         C．even so   D．ever since

12.               A．surprise        B．fear           C．sadness   D．shame

13.               A．past           B．into           C．through   D．around

14.               A．occurs         B．returns         C．goes  D．continues

15.               A．away          B．out            C．there D．home

16.               A．die            B．leave          C．remain    D．escape

17.               A．wears          B．carries         C．hangs D．holds

18.               A．seldom         B．never          C．many times D．some time

19.               A．promise        B．consider        C．guess D．accept

20.               A．laughing        B．screaming       C．crying D．whispering

　　Paris, Jan. ll--An armored car robbery last night ended in a wild gun battle that left two men dead and a hostage（人质）seriously wounded.

　　The drama began when an armored car carrying the contents of safe deposit boxes to a bank was struck by a large truck, police said.

　　The bank guards were helpless when the robbers jumped out of the truck and tied them up. The thieves used heavy tools and explosives to break open the armored car.

　　A passing police car turned to investigate the accident as the men were removing the contents of the armored car. Police said the three robbers fled on foot across the nearby highway.

　　Stopping a private car driven by a teenaged girl, the three headed for central Paris with the police car in hot pursuit.

　　A plainclothes policeman saw the car as it drove through the street of the Latin Quarter. The policeman tried to stop the car, but the thieves started shooting at him, a witness said.

　　The girl hostage tried to slip away. Just as she was crawling away from the car, she was hit by a bullet. Police said she was out of danger at Central Hospital.

　　The gunmen gave up the car and got into a shop, pouring fire on more than 50 policemen that surrounded the building. After a wild gun battle, police broke into the room. They only found two of the gunmen both seriously wounded. The third thief was believed to have escaped with over $ 1.3 million in cash and jewels.

(1)Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The bank guards shot at the robbers jumping out of the truck.

B．A large truck struck a police armored car carrying boxes of cash and jewels

C．The three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway because the truck broke down.

D．The three robbers blasted the armored car and began to take the contents away from it.

(2)A plainclothes policeman is ______.

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A．a policeman but he can't use guns

B．a policeman whose job is to control traffic

C．a policeman who doesn't wear a uniform

D．not a policeman but a soldier

(3)When the fierce gun battle ended, ______.

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A．the three robbers were shot dead

B．the police failed to get back all the contents in the armored car

C．the police got back what they wanted

D．two of the robbers were seriously wounded and more than 50 policemen were killed

(4)This piece of news is mainly about ______.

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A．how a young girl got seriously wounded

B．a gun battle between the policemen and the robbers

C．a bank robbery in Paris on Jan. 11

D．three gunmen's robbery of an armored car in the street