John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters   36    .

    John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball   37    was over. John did what the doctors told him. but it   38   . When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).

    A week   39   he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach(教练). His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.

    Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because 40 on the team played from a wheelchair(轮椅). Sunny invited John to   41   the game. John played badly, but for the   42 time since the accident. he stopped feeling sorry for himself.

    After becoming a part of the Suns. John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much   43  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John   44   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.

     Sunny    45   and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun. the shadows will fall behind."

1. A. away          B. from             C. out                 D. in

2.A. game          B. dream            C. team                D. coach

3.A. worked         B. affected          C. didn't work           D. didn't affect

4.A. until           B. when             C. before              D. after

5. A. somebody      B. anybody           C. everybody           D. nobody

6.A. join           B. show              C. study               D. watch

7. A. next           B. last               C. first                D. early

8.A. worse          B. better             C. busier              D. smarter

9.A. arrived         B. got to              C. went to            D. left

10.A. smiled          B. shouted            C. cried              D. turned

GERALD Christian is in Grade 8 at Ridge Road Middle School in North Carolina, US. She is a member of her school basketball team. Late last month, the 14-year-old faced a big problem. Her mother lost her job. She thought she couldn't pay the $ 50 fee for the city's sports meet this year.

    Christian was not the only one who had this problem. Some other middle school players in the city had the same problem.

    That's why famous NBA player Michael Jordan gave $ 250, 000 to the city earlier this month. He wanted to help the poor students. Jordan said: "I know there are kids who get an education by playing sports. We need to keep sports alive for them."

    Christian was shocked. "Really? I can't believe Michael did that for us. These days, I go to bed thinking about it and I wake up thinking about it," she said. "Now the problem is over. "

Christian wanted to say "thanks" to Jordan. "Michael, thank you for giving me the chance to show myself. I will do my best at the meet.

1.The underlined word "shocked" means ________.

A. moved        B. surprised        C. worried            D. afraid

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

A. Christian was a middle school student.

B. The students will have a sports meet.

C. Few of the players could pay the fee.

D. Christian's mother lost her job last month.

3.Christian thanked Jordan because he helped her ________.

A. to get a chance to show herself

B. to become a basketball player

C. to go on her study at school

D. to win the basketball match

Nick likes sports. He _1___basketball every afternoon. He has a brother. __2__name is Bob. Bob __3_playing sports, but he likes sports show(节目).He _4__TV every evening. ___5__like French fries, and they often eat them. But French fries are _6__healthy. __7__boys and girls like ice cream, but they don’t like __8__. ___9__do they like? They like fruit. Nick likes apples and Bob likes __10__.
【小题1】 A. play        B. plays       C. to play
【小题2】A. Her        B. My        C. His
【小题3】 A. doesn’t like  B. likes       C. don’t like
【小题4】 A. looks       B. watches    C. looks for
【小题5】 A. Bob        B. Nick      C. Nick and Bob
【小题6】 A. no         B. not         C. /
【小题7】 A. Many      B. Every       C. That
【小题8】 A. them       B. it          C. these
【小题9】 A. What       B. How        C. Where
【小题10】 A. eggs       B. chicken     C. strawberries

John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  (36) .

    John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball  (37)  was over. John did what the doctors told him, but it (38) .When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).

A week  (39)  he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach（教练）.His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.

    Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because  (40)  on the team played from a wheelchair（轮椅）.Sunny invited John to  (41)  the game. John played badly, but for the  (42) time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.

    After becoming a part of the Suns, John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much  (43)  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  (44)   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.

    Sunny  (45)  and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows will fall behind."

1.A. away        B. from      C. out          D. in

2.A. game        B. dream     C. team         D. coach

3.A. worked      B. affected    C. didn't work    D. didn't affect

4.A. until        B. when       C. before       D. after

5.A. somebody    B. anybody    C. everybody    D. nobody

6.A. join         B. show       C. study        D. watch

7.A. next         B. last        C. first         D. early

8.A. worse       B. better       C. busier        D. smarter

9. A. arrived      B. got to       C. went to       D. left

10. A. smiled      B. shouted      C. cried         D. turned

 John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  (31) .

    John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball  (32)  was over. John did what the doctors told him, but it (33) .When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).

A week  (34)  he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach（教练）.His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.

    Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because  (35)  on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited John to  (36)  the game. John played badly, but for the  (37) time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.

    After becoming a part of the Suns, John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much  (38)  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  (39)   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.

    Sunny  (40)  and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows will fall behind."

1. A. away        B. from      C. out          D. in

2.A. game        B. dream     C. team         D. coach

3. A. worked      B. affected    C. didn't work    D. didn't affect

4. A. until        B. when       C. before       D. later

5. A. somebody    B. anybody    C. everybody    D. nobody

6. A. join         B. show       C. study        D. watch

7.A. next         B. last        C. first         D. early

8.A. worse       B. better       C. busier        D. smarter

9.A. arrived      B. got to       C. went to       D. left

10.A. smiled      B. shouted      C. cried         D. turned