A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online “Bucket List” of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “ I've been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn't look like I'm going to win this one,” she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film “The Bucket List”, in which two terminally ill (患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www. alicepyne. blogspot. com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!” she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. “Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me.”
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.
【小题1】 What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her“Bucket List”?

A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online “Bucket List” of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “ I've been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn't look like I'm going to win this one,” she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film “The Bucket List”, in which two terminally ill (患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www. alicepyne. blogspot. com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!” she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. “Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me.”
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.

1. 1.

   What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her“Bucket List”?

   1. A.
      The media called on people to help her.
   2. B.
      People sent gifts to her from all over the world.
   3. C.
      A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her.
   4. D.
      People around the world sent messages to support her.
2. 2.

   Alice Pyne wrote her “Bucket List” to     .

   1. A.
      express her last few wishes
   2. B.
      say goodbye to a few friends
   3. C.
      give comfort to two terminally ill men
   4. D.
      catch people's attention
3. 3.

   It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Alice Pyne       .

   1. A.
      is unaware of her own conditions
   2. B.
      is calm to know that death is approaching
   3. C.
      is very sad to know that she will die
   4. D.
      is still quite confident in fighting against cancer
4. 4.

   Which of the following is NOT on Alice Pyne's “Bucket List”?

   1. A.
      To meet a boy.
   2. B.
      To get a cool computer.
   3. C.
      To swim with sharks.
   4. D.
      To ask people to donate bone marrow.
5. 5.

   Take That will arrange to       .

   1. A.
      invite Pyne to join the band
   2. B.
      help Pyne in any possible way
   3. C.
      donate money to Pyne
   4. D.
      meet Pyne in person

Eight years ago, when Kyle Amber was five years old, he came face-to-face with a huge problem: His brother, Ian, ten, was diagnosed with leukemia(白血病). Their parents, Laurie and Henry, were spending much of their   1  with him in hospital. Kyle often felt alone and  2  .

What could a kindergartner do? Not much, it seemed.  3  , Kyle was determined. He looked around and saw lots of kids being  4  for cancer and decided he could help them by helping the hospital, which was trying to  5  money for bone-marrow(骨髓)transplant.

But how? Since Kyle’s grandfather was in the printing business, he  6  bring decorative cards for Kyle, who  7  with the idea of selling them  8 . He made a large sum of momey-$80-for the hospital. His next  9  was a candy sale at his school, Palmetto Elementary, and it has turned into an annual  10  .

And then, people in Miami read about his efforts and were inspired to  11  to donate more money and toys, and things just snowballed.

Within a year Kyle’s idea turned into an official fund-raising organization called Kids That Care Cancer Fund. Today it is one of the  12  organizations in the country run by kids and  13  kids. It’s hard to estimate just  14  the group has collected, says Laurie, but it is more than $100,000. As the Mayor of Miami wrote to Kyle, “ Your efforts have made a remarkable  15  in the lives of many suffering from this disease.”

Never once has Kyle thought of  16 , because the smiles of the kids are too important. “Basically, the entire feeling that you get is very  17  ,” he explains. Helping other kids has taught him to be less  18  . And there’s another thing he learns for sure: “ There is  19  going to be a time when you’re going to have a very hard barrier,” he says. “  20  you overcome that, you can do anything.”

1．A．energy            B．money             C．time                D．fortune

2．A．hopeless           B．helpless            C．homeless          D．fearless

3．A．Still                B．So                C．Only              D．Thus

5．A．give               B．offer             C．earn              D．raise

6．A．might               B．would             C．should            D．needed

7．A．came out           B．came across      C．came on         D．came up

8．A．at school           B．at hospital        C．in business        D．in town

9．A．progress           B．proposal          C．project          D．problem

10．A．event              B．plan                C．report            D．meeting

11．A．volunteer         B．distribute          C．pass              D．award

12．A．professional       B．large               C．great             D．few

13．A．of                  B．for              C．on                D．with

14．A．what          B．where             C．how much        D．how soon

15．A．contribution       B．difference        C．affection       D．importance

16．A．quitting           B．regretting         C．continuing        D．designing

17．A．curious        B．astonishing        C．rewarding      D．precious

18．A．rude               B．selfish           C．mild            D．lazy

19．A．never              B．seldom            C．rarely           D．always

20．A．Unless       B．Even though          C．Until           D．Once

第二部分：语言知识与运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to   21   others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998.   22   the pain and treatment that he endured inspired me to be a more kind and   23   person. I realized life is just too   24   and it was time for me to make some changes — do the things in life that I wanted to do without making   25   why I couldn’t do them.

My dad   26   a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐献者) was not needed. That was excellent   27    because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That   28   me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also   29   money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I   30   blood every other month and seek opportunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very   31   and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.

I would like to   32   one of my favorite quotes with you all.

“In an average lifetime, a person   33   about sixty-five thousand miles. That’s two and half times around the world I wonder   34   your steps will take you. I wonder how you’ll use the rest of the   35   you’re given.”

I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.

21. A. advise                 B. ask             C. help                  D. understand

22. A. Suffering                B. Watching         C. Discovering             D. Bringing

23. A. stronger               B. independent    C. giving                        D. receiving

24. A. short                    B. wonderful       C. dangerous            D. boring

25. A. efforts                      B. promises               C. excuses               D. plans

26. A. refused              B. had            C. learned             D. stopped

27. A. expression          B. knowledge       C. news                D. sense

28. A. forced                     B. inspired          C. allowed                   D. expected

29. A. raised                   B. kept                C. paid                      D. hid

30. A. check                      B. test               C. donate                      D. sell

31. A. secretly             B. clearly            C. peacefully            D. wildly

32. A. share                          B. divide                      C. record                 D. repeat

33. A. conveys            B. owns          C. measures              D. walks

34. A. where              B. why             C. when                    D. if

35. A. materials              B. miles               C. world                  D. wealth