Millvina Dean, Titanic’s last Survivor(幸存者), died on May 31，2009 at a nursing home(疗养院) in Southampton.. She was 97 and had been in poor health for several weeks.
Ms Dean was the youngest among the ship’s 705 survivors. She was only 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank on the night of April 14, 1912. She survived with her mother and her 2-year-old brother. Her father, Bertram Dean, died in the sinking．
Millvina Dean never married. For many years after the sinking，she never spoke of it to people around her. But that changed after September 1, 1985 when the wreck(残骸)of the Titanic was discovered. That set off a wave of interest in the ship, especially after the movie Titanic.“They found the wreck and after that, they found me,” she said.
In the last 20 years of her life, she went to the US, Canada and Europe to take part in events related to the sinking. She said all that she knew of what happened during the sinking was learned from her mother.
She moved to the nursing home because of her falling health. In order to pay the living costs there，she began to sell her Titanic souvenirs(纪念品).
Ms Dean had never seen the movie Titanic. She explains the movie would make her think of what had happened to her father, so she didn’t want to see it.
【小题1】Millvina Dean was _______ when the Titanic sank．

My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always ______it bravely.

         Last year, I couldn’t believe the ______that I was allowed to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my ______. But my father didn’t seem as ______as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help ______.

         I knew very well what my family was ______. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a ______ life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset but I could say ______to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work ______my family.

         To my surprise, things completely changed ______the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some money, which had been ______by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.” ______tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.

         I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always ______ my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter ______ hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, ______opens in life.”

1.A. solve              B. meet                     C. face              D. make

2.A. idea                               B. news                                 C. story                                 D. thought

3.A. teachers             B. parents                   C. grandparents             D. brothers

4.A. nervous                                 B. interested                        C. excited                    D. worried

5.A. laughing                            B. crying                                 C. saying                               D. shouting

6.A. about                                      B. before                              C. like                                    D. against

7.A. hard                 B. happy                C. nice                      D. rich

8.A. everything                   B. something                        C. anything                           D. nothing   

9.A. to leave                                  B. to stop                              C. to support                        D. to fire

10.A. after                                     B. since                                 C. before                              D. on

11.A. spent                                    B. raised                               C. planned                            D. saved

12.A. From               B. Between                C. With              D. Without

13.A. think of                                B. dream of                          C. hear of                             D. talk of

14.A. what                                     B. which                                C. how                                   D. that

15.A. other              B. others                   C. the other                    D. another

We sometimes have to meet some difficulties that we never expect, but we should develop a positive attitude to life. Keeping a positive attitude isn't always easy, especially when we are going through a difficult time in our life. However, we know, only when we take a positive attitude, can we overcome the difficulties.
On July 23rd, 1993, Wang Jiapeng lost his legs when his plane crashed. Wang was only 12 years old. He felt he was the unluckiest person in the world. When he saw students with their schoolbags on their backs, the sound of his wheelchair made him sick. Wang’s mother took him to a special hospital in Beijing. She looked after him in the daytime and worked at night to make money. But after two years,
Wang was still not able to leave the hospital. Wang’s mother became too tired to go on and one day she herself became a hospital patient! One morning she woke up and saw her son holding breakfast for her. Wang’s trip to the food shop was his first time outside the hospital in two years. The five-minute walk took him thirty minutes.
But he was finally able to make an important decision. He didn’t care how other people looked at him. He had to learn to do things himself.
For the next few years, Wang taught himself all his middle school subjects in the hospital and five years after the accident, he won a chance to study in a college in Norway. Wang learned to drive, go rock climbing and ski. He even won two gold medals for skiing in an international skiing competition.
“You are what you think you are,” said Wang. “If you think you’re disabled, you are. If you don’t think so, you aren’t.”
So we know that if you can keep a positive attitude, even when things aren't going well in your life, you are the true winner of life.
根据短文内容判断正、误。
(注意，考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”)
【小题1】Wang Jiapeng, born on July 23rd, 1993, lost his legs because of a plane crash.
【小题2】At first he felt very unlucky when seeing others going to school.
【小题3】In order to look after him, his mother had to stop work and she finally fell ill.
【小题4】He finished the middle school by himself and got a chance to go to college.
【小题5】Positive thinking benefited Wang Jiapeng and he became good at skating.

Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes to play soccer and watch soccer games. And he often reads newspapers. He does his best to know when and where there is going to be a soccer game. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice soccer game on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese classes. He thinks hard and wants to find a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone, “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave ( 请半天假 ).”
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” says Mrs. Black, “But who’s that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”
【小题1】Peter is a ______.