Rachel Carson, born in rural Pennsylvania in 1907, had a great impact on the environment. Carson earned a master’s degree in zoology in 1932. It was as a writer and not as a research scientist, however, that she made her mark, sharing her view that human beings are just one element in a larger natural order.
In the articles on natural history Carson wrote for various publications, she expressed dry facts in poetic and persuasive language. She wrote five books. Two of them, The Sea Around Us and The Edge of the Sea, have been called “biographies of the ocean.”
Carson also made the world aware of how scientific discoveries can harm as well as help living things. In her best-selling book Silent Spring, Carson challenged the profligate use of chemical pesticides by large agricultural and government organizations. She was the first to detail how the pesticide DDT had entered the food chain and damaged populations of bald eagles, falcons, and brown pelicans by causing the shells of their eggs to become so thin that they could not withstand the weight of the parent bird.
Carson died of cancer in 1964. Today, the Rachel Carson Council collects and disseminates (散播) information on pesticide-related issues. In 1970, the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, a large area of salt marsh and freshwater habitat in Maine, was dedicated to her memory.
小题1:Which of the following words is closest to the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 3 ?

A．excessive

B．inadequate

C．authoritative

D．efficient

小题2:Which of the following inferences is correct ?

A．Carson wrote books that the average person could understand.

B．Dangerous properties of new chemical products may be immediately apparent.

C．If not for Carson, no one would have learned about the dangers of DDT.

D．In 1970, large quantities of salt and freshwater were dedicated to Carson’s memory by the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge

小题3:Which of the statements below expresses the main idea of the passage ?

A．Writers have played an important role in the battle against pollution.

B．The scientist Rachel Carson taught people about environmental issues through her writing.

C．Carson’s book Silent Spring changed the way some pesticides were used.

D．Many of Carson’s books were about pesticide-related issues.

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen        in almost a month. Every day , my husband would        the process of trying to get water to the fields.        we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.
On this day I learned the true lesson of        and witnessed the only        I had ever seen . I was in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy,        toward the woods. He was walking with effort, trying to be as        as possible . Minutes after he        into the woods, he came running back . I went back to make sandwiches ,        that whatever he had been doing was completed. Moments later,        , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour .        I couldn’t help following him and saw the most amazing        .
Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them . I almost        for him to get away . A huge deer was        close .        the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down. I saw a tiny deer lying on the ground , obviously suffering from        , lift its head to lap up the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was        , Billy ran back to get more . It then became        to me.
I stood on the edge of the woods, watching the        boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. It was as if the God himself was        with pride. The rain that day saved our farm just like the actions of one little boy who saved another.

小题1:	A．water B．rain C．deer D．storm

小题2:	A．take over B．try on C．go about D．seek out

小题3:	A．Before B．If C．Until D．Unless

小题4:	A．helping B．sharing C．donating D．offering

小题5:	A．miracle B．lesson C．wildlife D．virtue

小题6:	A．running B．marching C．walking D．riding

小题7:	A．still B．silent C．secret D．sacred

小题8:	A．skipped B．slipped C．wandered D．disappeared

小题9:	A．thinking B．wondering C．worrying D．calculating

小题10:

A．but B．besides C．however D．therefore

小题11:

A．Actually B．Finally C．Quietly D．Surprisingly

小题12:

A．sign B．scenery C．sight D．scene

小题13:

A．screamed B．rushed C．made D．burst

小题14:

A．mildly B．powerfully C．dangerously D．aggressively

小题15:

A．And B．Otherwise C．Thus D．But

小题16:

A．thirst B．illness C．heat D．pain

小题17:

A．lost B．missing C．gone D．served

小题18:

A．annoying B．clear C．acceptable D．puzzling

小题19:

A．kind B．clever C．naughty D．honest

小题20:

A．raining B．appearing C．chanting D．weeping

When was the last time someone unexpectedly did something nice for you ? Not someone you knew, but a total stranger? It’s happened to me a few times, but two instances really stand out.
A few years ago, I was dining in a restaurant with a friend who kept talking about himself, completely not aware of the fact that I was sitting there in misery. It wasn’t my friend’s talks that made me suffer. I was recovering from a broken heart, and just sitting down to dinner reminded me of my last relationship. I could have burst into tears right there at the table.
When we picked up the check, the waitress said, “ Your meal was already paid for .” My friend and I didn’t have a clue how it happened. Then I remembered a man I saw out of the corner of my eye. He was dressed in mostly white, sat down at the bar, had a beer, and stayed for maybe ten minutes. The waitress said, “Yes, the gentleman in white paid for you .” It felt like an angel was saying “I see you, honey. It’s going to be okay.”
Just last year, I was running a half-marathon. With just 1 mile to go, I was out of gas. Runners call it “hitting the wall”. I thought I couldn’t move another inch. Out of nowhere, a stranger came up to me and said, “What’s your name, sweetie? Jennifer? Okay, Jennifer, let’s go! Come on! It’s just around the corner! You can do it!” And he ran with me until I picked up my pace. I found him at the finish line to thank him for the encouragement only to learn he wasn’t even supposed to be in the race that day.
I still shake my head when I think of these momentary angels that came to me at my point of need. Do you have any experiences like these?
小题1:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．The kindness of strangers.	B．Valuable friendship .
C．Two special experiences .	D．Helping others is worthwhile

小题2:Why did the author suffer when dining out with a friend?

A．Because she didn’t like the dishes.

B．Because she quarreled with her friend

C．Because her friend only talked about himself.

D．Because she was sad for her last relationship.

小题3:The underlined expression in the passage means “______”.

A．being hurt by the wall	B．winning the game
C．taking a deep breath	D．running out of energy

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls. 
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom, “I don't know how to use a computer,” she admits. 
Unlike her 1995 autobiography(自传), After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.” 
But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up ---again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet. 
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”
小题1:Why did Mary feel regretful? 

A．She didn't achieve her ambition.

B．She didn't take care of her mother.

C．She didn't complete her high school.

D．She didn't follow her mother's advice.

小题2:We can know that before 1995, Mary __________.

A．had two books published

B．received many career awards

C．knew how to use a computer

D．supported the JDRF by writing

小题3:Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her__________ . 

A．living with diabetes	B．successful show business
C．service for an organization	D．remembrance of her mother

小题4:When Mary received the life-changing news, she_____________ . 

A．lost control of herself	B．began a balanced diet
C．tried to get a treatment	D．behaved in an adult way

小题5:What can we know from the last paragraph? 

A．Mary feels pity for herself.

B．Mary has recovered from her disease.

C．Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D．Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

I arrived at my mother's home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food      over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt (被子) after quilt from the boxes,     showing their beauties. She was        for a quilt show at the Wooden Church. When we began to fold and put them        into the boxes, my attention was        by something at the bottom of one box. I        it out. “What is it?” I asked.
“Oh?” Mom said, “that's Mama's quilt.”
I        the quilt. It looked        a group of school children had        it together: irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked        on the right.
“Grandmother made this?” I said,       . My grandmother was a        at making quilts. This didn't certainly look like any of the quilts she had made.
“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home last year and made some       ,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is        I’ve done so far.”
I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched a piece of cloth        those words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn't get all line       . But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”
“Oh, this is so nice, mom,” I said. It        to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was        her own mother. I realized I held in my hands a family       . It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another,        two generations.

小题1:	A．flew B．rushed C．floated D．wandered

小题2:	A．proudly B．slightly C．calmly D．hopefully

小题3:	A．trading B．reaching C．asking D．preparing

小题4:	A．up B．down C．back D．off

小题5:	A．drawn B．shocked C．embarrassed D．excited

小题6:	A．raised B．pulled C．caught D．held

小题7:	A．pressed B．folded C．spread D．arranged

小题8:	A．even if B．if only C．as if D．only if

小题9:	A．picked B．added C．chained D．pieced

小题10:

A．line B．bar C．stick D．mark

小题11:

A．delighted B．scared C．surprised D．worried

小题12:

A．master B．beginner C．scholar D．customer

小题13:

A．decisions B．dresses C．changes D．progress

小题14:

A．how B．which C．where D．what

小题15:

A．to B．with C．for D．by

小题16:

A．straight B．wrong C．mixed D．respectable

小题17:

A．occurred B．happened C．replied D．struck

小题18:

A．promoting B．moving C．honoring D．approaching

小题19:

A．custom B．treasure C．memory D．award

小题20:

A．passing B．holding C．satisfying D．covering

The 30-mile road that runs through the mountains of Willie Valley makes most drivers′ hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn’t expecting any trouble on the road last New Year’s Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear Mountains with nine-year-old daughter Mia, four-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbor Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Valley hundreds of times over the years.
The weather was fine. But the higher they drove, the more slippery the road became. Rounding a sharp U-turn, Andersen saw a heavy truck off the road and immediately hit his brakes. In a minute, the car was going at 25 miles per hour down the mountain before falling down from a ten-foot dam into the extremely cold Logan River.
The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the car was filled with water. “It was frightening that we were going fast into deep water,” remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken manager.
Having lost all sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldn’t find her. “I thought, if I don’t get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. That’s when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they rushed down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “Who else is in the car？”
Andersen says respectfully, “It was like the sight of angels.”
小题1: What might be the main cause of the car accident？

A．The bad weather.	B．The high dam.
C．The sudden brake.	D．The heavy truck.

小题2: Andersen didn’t expect any trouble on the road because _____.

A．he was familiar with the road

B．he was good at driving

C．his hands didn’t have sweat

D．the weather was fine

小题3: What can be learned from the last paragraph？

A．Andersen lost consciousness in the water.

B．Strangers helped Andersen out of the car.

C．Andersen liked Mia most among the children.

D．Strangers teamed together to save three children.

小题4:The underlined sentence is to express Andersen’s feeling of being _____.

A．tired

B．excited

C．doubtful

D．thankful

小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of the text？

A．Stay calm when in trouble

B．Drive rounding a U-turn

C．Miracle rescue from a river

D．Mystery of the Bear Mountains

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, 2011，many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.
I had to walk home since all the        had stopped after the quake.On my way home I ____ an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread，which made my heart         . A middle­aged Japanese man was holding a sign that read，“Please use our __ __.” He was         his house for people to go to the restroom.
My friend wanted to         others.He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle，I will        you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a faraway place!
Then next day I drove to      my car with gas.There is a lack of __ __ now and many gasoline stations are either closed or have very __ __ lines. I got __ __，since I was behind 15 cars. Finally，when it was my __ __，the man smiled and said，“__ __ this situation，we are only giving $30 worth gas per person.Is that alright？”“__ __. I'm just glad that we are all able to __ __，” I said.His smile gave me so much comfort.
I saw a man at the evacuation(疏散)center __ __ when people brought food to him.It was the first time in three days that food was brought to their center. However，after he wiped the tears，his next __ __ surprised me.“I am very __ __ that we are provided with food.But people in the city next to us haven't __ __ any food at all.Please go to that center as well.” And when hearing that，I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this __ __.

小题1:	A．rescue B．life C．traffic D．business

小题2:	A．missed B．caught C．noticed D．heard

小题3:	A．kind B．hotel C．broken D．warm

小题4:	A．toilet B．soft C．hospital D．house

小题5:	A．selling B．opening C．repairing D．building

小题6:	A．encourage B．change C．save D．help

小题7:	A．drive B．follow C．lead D．send

小题8:	A．start B．fill C．check D．wash

小题9:	A．information B．gas C．food D．salt

小题10:

A．direct B．fine C．long D．thin

小题11:

A．worried B．lucky C．sad D．angry

小题12:

A．time B．turn C．duty D．decision

小题13:

A．Except for B．Together with C．Because of D．Instead of

小题14:

A．Not at all B．Of course C．No way D．Never mind

小题15:

A．share B．offer C．learn D．choose

小题16:

A．singing B．eating C．smiling D．crying

小题17:

A．words B．roles C．ways D．promises

小题18:

A．sure B．grateful C．surprised D．proud

小题19:

A．bought B．wasted C．prepared D．received

小题20:

A．disaster B．chance C．center D．city

One day a man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling（爬）around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.
The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid（流体）from its body must be forced into its wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been; we could never fly.
小题1:What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story?

A．It was trying to make a cocoon for itself.

B．It was struggling to get out of its cocoon.

C．It was flying among the trees in the forest.

D．It was crawling around quietly on the ground.

小题2:The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon              .

A．to take the butterfly home

B．to help the butterfly come out easily

C．to kill the butterfly

D．to stop the butterfly growing bigger

小题3:What do you think of the man?

A．patient but cruel

B．careful and wise

C．kind but unwise

D．brave and funny

小题4:What does the last paragraph tell us?

A．Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life

B．Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it

C．Every good deed will come back with a good result

D．The greatest happiness in the world is to help others

小题5:What is the best title for the story?

A．The love for the cocoon.	B．The joy of helping each other
C．The lesson of the cocoon	D．The expectation for the butterfly

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.
At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.
小题1:It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.

A．build glass-houses in his free time

B．grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup

C．win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

D．grow a rose with the longest name.

小题2:Boys were often tempted to ________.

A．throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house

B．throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

C．be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

D．play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

小题3:Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.

A．at times when school-boys were walking near them

B．all the school day when there were no boys about

C．where he could not be seen by the boys passing

D．in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day

小题4:Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.

A．be on watch in his free time	B．ask the headmaster for help
C．pick up all the stones around his garden	D．do all the above

小题5:Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ______.

A．write some words on the glass

B．put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses

C．give the boys something else to throw stones at

D．send for policemen

Michael Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the hit show Prison Break is kind, clever and good-looking. But what about the man      the character?
Wentworth Miller, the 35-year-old actor who plays Scofield, is a hard guy to figure out. He does not come from a traditional background and doesn’t      a traditional path.
Miller didn’t take a      road to fame. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English, not a degree in      or film. He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only      experience was in his university’s well-known singing group. Yet, at graduation, Miller still decided to make the      to Hollywood.
Miller has always been     . Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is a      of cultures. “My father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle. I could be      one, which can make you feel out of place,” Miller says.
Following his unusual path, Miller did not start trying out for films when he got to Hollywood.    , he worked as a production assistant. Working on production side, he learned a lot about what makes a good    .
In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia. He starred as a shy man. The producers        his performance when they were making Prison Break two years later.

小题1:	A．beside B．behind C．outside D．after

小题2:	A．share B．know C．follow D．find

小题3:	A．direct B．special C．wide D．correct

小题4:	A．engineering B．communication C．literature D．theatre

小题5:	A．graduation B．performance C．production D．education

小题6:	A．move B．role C．decision D．movie

小题7:	A．strange B．outstanding C．different D．successful

小题8:	A．mixture B．result C．mystery D．representative

小题9:	A．each B．either C．another D．every

小题10:

A．Moreover B．Therefore C．Instead D．Finally

小题11:

A．film B．actor C．drama D．director

小题12:

A．denied B．made C．recorded D．remembered