Finally the great day came. Helen went to the airport to meet her parents. The last time Helen saw her family was two years ago. At the airport, Helen gave her parents clothing, and her parents gave her the camera she wanted so much. She didn't lose any time and began to take pictures immediately.

　　Helen and her parents went sightseeing（观光）every day and visited many friends. Wherever they went, Helen took a picture. Toward the end of her parents' stay, Helen noticed that the film in the camera was up to number 39. With each picture, the number advanced--40, 41, 42, 43. She knew that the most film you can have in a camera is 36 pictures. Something was wrong. Maybe the film ripped. She immediately went to a camera store and told the salesperson（售货员）her problem.“Can you check my camera for me? The film keeps advancing. It's already on number 43. But please be careful. Don' t expose the film. I have pictures in there and I don't want to lose them.”

　　“I'll be careful,”promised the woman.

　　She went into the dark room to check the film. About five minutes later she came out laughing.

　　“What did you find?”asked Helen.

　　“Nothing,”replied the saleswoman.

　　“What do you mean by saying 'nothing' ?”questioned Helen.

　　“I mean exactly that! Nothing.”

(1) Helen liked taking pictures, ________.

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A．but she didn't know very well how to use a camera

B．and she knew very well how to use a camera

C．but she had little hope of having a camera

D．and she knew how to fix a camera

(2) The underlined word“ripped”here means“________”.

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(3)“I have pictures in there,”Helen said. She meant she had pictures ________.

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Last week when I was sitting in my office, I heard an elderly lady talking on the phone about her husband. Her husband’s name was Ed. He dropped her off for her doctor’s appointment and was going to park the car and wait for her. She was so upset that she started to cry. I knew I should take action.

The lady told me her name was Helen and she called the restaurant she and her husband were going to have lunch at after her appointment to see if he was waiting for her there. She explained that she thought her husband parked the car in the parking lot and waited for her in the car but she didn’t find him there so she returned to see if he entered the medical building, but Ed was not there either. She regretted making her husband park the car alone since some signs of Alzheimer’ (早老性痴呆症)had appeared in his behavior. I asked a few nurses to help look for Ed inside and out side the medical building according to Helen’s description. Then I offered to drive Helen to the restaurant to see if Ed was waiting for her there.

On arriving at the parking lot of the restaurant, Helen began to search for Ed’s car but she failed, which suggested Ed wasn’t there. We decided to have a talk with the manager before we returned to the hospital. On our way to the manager’s office, I received a call from a nurse, who said they had found Ed. What a relief(安慰)! But we still needed to go on searching since he forgot where he parked his car! Fortunately, we didn’t have much difficulty finding it.

As I waved goodbye to the couple, I thought, “This is true love in life. The love is not romantic but it stays with us all the time.”

1.  What did Helen do after she found Ed was missing?

A. She called the police.     B. She turned to the author.

C. She called the restaurant.  D. She searched for him everywhere.

2.  We learn from this passage that Ed              .

A. went to the restaurant himself     B. might have developed Alzheimer’s

C. visited his friend in the hospital    D. worried about his wife very much

3.  When did the author know that Ed was found?

A. After the author and Helen returned from the restaurant.

B. While the author and Helen were on their way to the restaurant.

C. Before the author and Helen found the manager of the restaurant.

D. When the author and Helen arrived at the parking lot of the restaurant.

4.  What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author was Helen’s friend.    B. The author had seen Ed before.

C. The author went to see his doctor.  D. The author worked in the hospital.

 

The World War II ended in 1910 and then the next year Helen and Polly went to Europe to help the blind there.

One evening in Rome , Helen felt the quick excitement of Polly's hand . Polly was spelling __1_ news . Their house in Westport had been burned .Everything was lost . _2_ , a book Helen __3_ about Teacher had burned . It had been nearly finished . “The very first thing I will do is to start the book __4  _ ,  ” Helen said . __5_ in Westport , Helen's friends helped build a new __6_. The day when Helen and Polly moved into their new home ,huge boxes arrived . Helen's friends in Japan _7__ her loss .They had sent gifts of tables and lamps and other furniture . Helen ran her fingers _8_the china and carvings (瓷器和雕刻品).

She had lived through two __9_ . She had always hoped for world peace . Now it made her happy to know that people of different countries and __10__ would work together to help children.  Helen saw more and more blind and deaf people educated to do useful work and part of the __11_. Much of the help had come from her . _12___ most people retired , Helen Keller was busy . “I cannot _13__ old white there is so much work to do ,” she said , “ and so many children _14_”

When Helen was 75 , she traveled thousands of miles around the world . She _15_ many speeches and many new friends .

Now Helen could  __16_ travel herself .But her spirit of courage and the words of her books __17_ around the world . Helen never _18__ that all her work and all her  19_ and all the light in her life come from first from her beloved Teacher .One of Helen Keller's most beautiful books is the story of Anne Sullivan Macy's life .In a little _20_ Helen wrote :

“Teachers— and was all .                                                 

It will be my answer

In the dark

When death calls.”

1. A.interesting           B. terrible                  C. good                  D. secret

2. A. After all     B. Worst of all            C. After that                D. Above all

3. A. had received        B. had written           C. bought                   D. had been writing

4. A.over again           B.over and over          C.again and again         D.at once

5. A. Coming             B. Returning             C. Arriving                 D. Back

6. A. office              B. study                  C. house                   D. family

7. A.had heard of                B. had heard               C. had paid for            D. had seen

8. A. into               B. above                  C. by                    D. over

9. A. terrible world wars  B. centuries              C. long civil wars         D. hard years

10. A. rivers            B. races                    C. enemies               D.worlds

11. A. world people       B. their friends             C. whole world            D. living world

12 A. Long after          B. Long before             C. shortly after            D. Soon 

13. A. help to grow       B. help growing            C. stop to grow            D. stop growing

14. A. to help              B. to go to school        C. to study                  D.to work together

15. A. attended            B. gave                       C. had                       D. made

16. A. already             B. no longer                 C. also                     D. never

17. A. won't               B. soon                    C. still                      D. can

18. A. forgot              B. realized                  C. remembered             D. understood

19. A. riches              B. inventions               C.  honors                D. scholars

20. A. while              B. girl                     C. passage                D. poem

语法填空

31.Tom looked at me ______ (curious), he wanted to know everything.

32.There are _______ (variety) kinds of plants in the world.

33.He couldn’t afford the fare, so he had to earn his passage _______ doing jobs on the ship

34.Whether it will do us harm or good still _______ (remain) to be seen.

35.She is always complaining, for she is not content _______ what she has had.

36.When the day breaks, the soldiers found themselves _______ (surround) by their enemies.

37. -- Must I finish my paper before 4 o’clock?

   -- No, you ______. You may hand it in tomorrow.

38.Van Gogh was ______ unique painter for his painting style was quite different from others.

39.The discovery of new evidence led to the thief _______(catch).

40. _______ needs further discussion whether we can raise money for the Hope Project.

41.He couldn’t say a word when he heard the _______ (disappoint) news.

42.That they won the game was _______ we had expected.

43.She always criticized Tom, _______ made him very unhappy.

44._______(see) I was angry, she stopped talking and left.

45.Helen ______(leave) her key in the office, so she had to wait until her husband came back.