Alexis Rocha is a 13-year-old boy from California, US. He weighs 147 pounds (67 kg). But six months ago, he weighed more than 202 pounds (91 kg). How did he lose all that weight in only half a year?
“One day, I was surprised to find that I weighed about 200 pounds,” Rocha says. “I thought I had to do something.”
Rocha is from a boxing (拳击) family—his father and two older brothers are professional boxers. So he decided to start boxing. He began with simple exercises, like sit-ups and push-ups (俯卧撑). Then Rocha started jogging(慢跑). “No kid likes running,” he says. “I don’t want to do it, either, but I have no choice but to keep on.”
Months later, Rocha joined a boxing club in his city. He is always the first kid at the club to begin exercising, and the last to leave with sweat (汗水) on his face. Every day he boxes for about three hours.
“Rocha works very hard,” says his coach, Hector Lopez. “It’s surprising to see him lose the pounds so quickly. I’ve never seen anything like this in my 20 years of coaching.”
Rocha is very happy with his weight now. There is a family photo in his room from 18 months ago. “Each time I look at the photo, I laugh at myself. I was so big back then,” Rocha says. “I look 100 times thinner and 1,000 times stronger now.”
【小题1】How much weight did Rocha lose in six months?
A. At least 24 pounds.     B. At least 30 pounds.　　    C. At least 55 pounds.
【小题2】 Rocha said he had no choice but to keep on running because_______.
A. he liked running very much
B. he wanted to be thin and strong
C. he wanted to be a professional boxer
【小题3】What makes Coach Hector Lopez surprised?
A. Rocha lost weight so quickly.
B. Rocha was so fat 18 months ago.
C. Rocha comes from a boxing family.
【小题4】What’s the correct order of the following sentences?
a. He did some sit-ups and push-ups.
b. He lost the pounds quickly.
c. He joined a boxing club.
d. He began running.
f. He boxed for about three hours every day.
A. a-d-c-f-b     B. d-a-f-c-b     C. a-d-f-c-b 
【小题5】The writer mainly wants to tell us _______.
A. Rocha is a hardworking boy
B. it is important to get exercise
C. everything is possible if you work hard

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was only twelve years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to　16　 off most of his right leg.
　17　 Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假肢). The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, 　18　. They decided to 　19　 across America. They all wore special T-shirts.　20　 it was “Run, Jeff, Run, Jeff Keith’s Run Across America”.
Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west 　21　 he was twenty-two years old. He started running in Boston(波士顿). Seven　22　 later, he stopped　23　 in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）. He ran 3,200 miles (1 mile =" 1.6093km)." Jeff wore out thirty-six pairs　24　 running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff　25　 in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff,　26　 for the American Cancer Society. The Society used the money to help people know 　27　 about cancer.
On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about　28　. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do　29　 they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran　30 for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”

【小题1】

A．take B．cut C．put D．set

【小题2】

A．Every day B．One day C．Some day D．A day

【小题3】

A．also B．too C．either D．neither

【小题4】

A．walk B．fly C．swim D．run

【小题5】

A．On B．In C．With D．Above

【小题6】

A．while B．because C．when D．if

【小题7】

A．months 　 B．days C．hours D．minutes

【小题8】

A．running B．to run C．walking D．to walk

【小题9】

A．at B．for C．in D．of

【小题10】

A．reached B．studied C．stopped D．started

【小题11】

A．and B．but C．or D．so

【小题12】

A．more B．less C．fewer D．little

【小题13】

A．cancer B．walk C．society D．America

【小题14】

A．any B．thing C．nothing D．anything

【小题15】

A．not only B．not C．only D．just

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用方框内所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文语义完整。（10分）

to，must，ask，unusual，it，when，early，who，notice，if

　　My name is Jim White. I live in America. I had a very  1 experience on Sunday. I saw a UFO in the daytime.   2 this spring, I went outside with my friend Bill  3 lived close to me. We were walking to a hill  4 I saw a large bright light dancing in the sky. I called Jim and asked him to look up. He kept  5 , “What is that?” “A UFO!” I shouted excitedly. I  6 it was round and red in the center.

　　After we looked at  7 for a moment, we found it seemed that it had wings, but it was still round. Bill would not believe me when I told him it  8 be a UFO. We shouted  9 it and we wished that it would land. We wanted to know  10 there was an alien in it. But soon it disappeared. I guessed we scared it off.

　　Do you believe me? It’s a true story.

 

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 　1　 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 　2　 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 　3　 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 　4　. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 　5　 mean that the loss of 　6　 made me enjoy more of 　7　 I have now.

Life asks us to keep making 　8　 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 　9　 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 　10　. My parents and my teachers saw 　11　 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.

The hardest 　12　 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 　13　 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 　14　. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 　15　 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

1. A. imagine       B. find             C. remember     D. guess

2. A. but           B. though               C. so           D. because

3. A. myself        B. life             C. eyes         D. blindness

4. A. that          B. therefore            C. happily      D. deeply

5. A. seldom        B. just             C. hardly           D. always

6. A. them      B. it                   C. blindness        D. light

7. A. that          B. what             C. which            D. where

8. A. moments       B. encouragements       C. improvements D. changes

9. A. become        B. change               C. look         D. end

10. A. brave        B. lucky                C. sad          D. wise

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

12. A. problem      B. experience           C. difficulty       D. lesson

13. A. rest     B. whole                C. need         D. last

14. A. lonely       B. alone                C. self         D. person

15. A. company  B. group                C. society  (社会)   D. family

 

词汇运用（10分）
选词填空，根据文章内容，选用所给单词的适当形式填空。其中有两个是多余的。

oversleep，luck，buy，realize，rush，have，wait， without，embarrass，appointment，make，eat

　　I have never been so 【小题1】 in my life. Well, I had a doctor’s 【小题2】 at 10∶00 yesterday morning but my clock didn’t go off, so I 【小题3】 , my father 【小题4】 already gone into the bathroom and I had to wait for him to come out. I had to 【小题5】 . I ran to the bus stop 【小题6】 breakfast.   【小题7】 , the bus had left two minutes before I got there. By the time I got to the doctor’s office, it was half an hour late. The doctor had already gone to the hospital. Then I 【小题8】 another appointment at 1∶00 in the afternoon and went home. After 【小题9】 lunch I started watching TV. And then at 2∶00, I suddenly 【小题10】 I had forgotten the 1∶00 appointment.