One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn't face my 　1 apartment.

Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 　2 between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the 　3 every time she leaned over to talk to him, 　4 he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display (展示) such 5 in a public place?

I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 　6 it turned out, it was an Italian movie.

7　 about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and 8　 on my popcorn. I've never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 　 9　 . After a while I heard 　10 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 11 of the popcorn crunching (咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought started to 12　 . I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 　13 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean-I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 　14 I saw him again in New York speaking 15 English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I 　 16 like I had been betrayed(欺骗). When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 　17 we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very　 18　 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to 19 a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it　 20　 out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decid-ed to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since.

1. A. warm　　　 B. hot　　　　 C. heated　　　 D. cool

2. A. opening　　 B. blank　　　 C. break　　　 D. middle

3. A. side　　　　 B. view　　　　 C. space　　　 D. angle

4. A. while　　　 B. whenever　 C. or　　　　　 D. and

5. A. attraction　　 B. attention　　 C. feeling　　　 D. motion

6. A. since　　　 B. when　　　 C. what　　　　 D. as

7. A. Within　 　 B. After　　　 C. For　　　　 D. Over

8. A. concentrate　 B. swallow　　 C. fix　　　　 D. taste

9. A. too　　　　 B. still　　　　 C. though　　　 D. certainly

10. A. much　　　 B. any　　　　 C. no　　　　 D. few

11. A. voice　　　 B. sound　　　 C. noise　　　 D. smell

12. A. wonder　　 B. wander　　　 C. imagine　　 D. depart

13. A. tied　　　　 B. happened　　 C. turned　　　 D. used

14. A. until　　　 B. because　　　 C. then　　　　 D. therefore

15. A. broken　　 B. informal 　　C. perfect　　　 D. practical

16. A. felt　　　 B. looked　　　 C. seemed　　　 D. appeared

17. A. While　　 B. If　　　　　 C. Before　　　 D. Once

18. A. empty　　 B. quiet　　　　 C. happy　　　 D. calm

19. A. telling　　 B. giving　　　 C. saying　　　 D. speaking

20. A. worked　 B. got　　　　　 C. came　　　　 D. made

 

　　Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket-anything with a round ball, I was useless, ”he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devon-shire, England.

　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradu-ally, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon

　　The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learn-ed about Ridgway's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decid-ed that this would be his future.

　　In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier,Saunders started his first long-distance expe-dition(探险)towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite(冻 疮), ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪橇)up and over rocky ice.

　　Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old play-mates would not believe the change.

　　Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2 900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

(1) What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?

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A．He became good at most sports.

B．He began to build up his body.

C．He joined a sports team.

D．He made friends with a runner.

(2) The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to________.

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A．journeys

B．researches

C．adventures

D．operations

(3) Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

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a．He ran his first marathon.

b．He skied alone in the North Pole.

c．He rode his bike in a forest.

d．He planned an adventure to the South Pole.

A．acdb

B．cdab

C．acbd

D．cabd

(4) What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

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A．He is a success in sports.

B．He is the best British skier.

C．He is Ridgway's favorite student.

D．He is a good instructor at school.