I was fifteen months old, a happy, carefree kid until the day I fell．It was a bad fall．I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it．Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched the eyeball together where it was cut, leaving a big ugly scar in the middle of my eye．And as I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways controlled me．
Yet Mama would say to me, at every turn, "Hold your head up high and face the world．" It became a litany that I relied on．She had started when I was young．She would hold me in her arms and stroke my hair and say, "If you hold your head up high, it will be okay, and people will see your beautiful soul．" She continued this message whenever I wanted to hide．
Those words have meant different things to me over the years．As a little child, I thought Mama meant; "Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking．" As an a dolescent, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they lilted me．My mama’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them recognize the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes even if they couldn’t see it on the surface．
In high school I was successful both academically and socially．I was even elected class president, but on the inside I still felt like a freak．Ail I really wanted was to look like everyone else．When things got really bad, I would cry to my mama and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, "Hold your head up high and face the world．Let them see the beauty that is inside．"
When I met the man who became my partner for life, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out．He meant it．My mama’s love and encouragement were the spark that gave me the confidence to overcome my own doubt．I had faced adversity, encountered my problems head on, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep compassion for others．
"Hold your head up high," has been heard many times in my home．Each of my children has felt its invitation．The gift my mama gave me lives on in another generation．
小題1:How did the writer have her eyes hurt?
A．She was attacked by a glass rabbit．B．Her eyes were hurt by accident．
C．The doctor made a mistake．D．A serious illness blinded her．
小題2:When she heard her mother told her to hold her head up high for the first time, she_____．
A．didn’t fully understand these words
B．was greatly encouraged and moved
C．was puzzled by these words
D．was surprised by these words
小題3:Why did the writer still feel unhappy when she was successful both academically and socially?
A．Because she was not satisfied with what she has．
B．Because she thought she could have done better．
C．Because she wanted to live a normal life．
D．Because she really wanted to be different．
小題4:What is the point of the story?
A．A mother’s love for a daughter is a treasure．
B．One should not be controlled by others．
C．The real beauty is inside out．
D．Where there is a will．there is a way．

小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:C

小題1:根據(jù)第一段It was a bad fall．I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it 描述，可知選B。
小題1:根據(jù)短文第三段描述，可知作者第一次并沒有完全理解媽媽的意思，故選A。
小題1:根據(jù)下文Ail I really wanted was to look like everyone else．描述可知她想過一個普通人的生活，故選C。
小題1:這篇短文中的作者因為眼睛受傷，變得外表不在美麗，但是靠著內(nèi)在的美麗，在社會及生活上取得了巨大的成功。故選C，真正地美麗是內(nèi)在美。
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When the young man went to   41  , the coach kept him on the roster(候選名單)   42  he always put his heart and soul to every practice, and at same time,   43  the other members with the spirit they badly needed. But during his four years at college, he never   44  to play in a game,
In the last football match, the game was not going  45  . When the team was ten points  46  , the silent young man came to the coach and said “Coach, please let me  47  . Believe me.”  The coach pretended not to hear him . There was no  48  he wanted the worst player in this close playoff(決賽) game.
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The   54  was(were) soon tied, In the closing seconds of the game, he intercepted(攔截) a  55  and ran all the way for the winning touchdown(觸地得分). The fans applauded(鼓掌) and his teammates raised him onto their shoulders. Such cheering he never heard.
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小題2:
A．smallestB．smartestC．bravestD．biggest
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A．riskB．stepC．practiceD．match
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A．missedB．hatedC．joinedD．watched
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A．forgotB．earned C．displayedD．remained
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A．his hometown B．his coach’sC．collegeD．school
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A．beforeB．thoughC．when D．because
小題8:
A．chargedB．a(chǎn)ppliedC．providedD．changed
小題9:
A．managedB．persuadedC．promisedD．wanted
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But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.
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Professor Richard Wiseman of Hertfordshire University planned the study．He got 26,000 people to go online to try out a few different activities to make them feel happier．They were told to be nice, remember a pleasant event from the day before, give thanks or smile for 15 seconds twice a day．The volunteers did these activities for one week.
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C．a(chǎn) history novelD．brief news
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D．went online to try out a few different activities
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A．Thinking about yesterday’s happiness to be happy today
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A．O’Keeffe was a distinctive modern American painter.
B．O’Keeffe was the best painter of her generation.
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D．O’Keeffe used colors and shapes that are too reduced and simple.
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A．A photoghrapher’s relationship with a model.
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D．A carpenter’s relationship with a hammer.
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A．Edison invented the electric light.
B．Many other people have changed Edison’s life.
C．Edison has changed the life of many other people.
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                                                                                              Dec. 24, 1848
Dear Johnston,
Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好閑). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.
This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.
You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.
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Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.
Affectionately
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A. Lincoln
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A．show his concern for himB．recommend him to save money
C．decline his request and motivate himD．introduce him a new job
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A．He was very lazy. B．He wasted time a lot.
C．He couldn’t get much from work.D．He disliked working.
小題3:In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.
A．keep himself from getting into troubleB．go to work hard for somebody
C．manage well the things at home D．keep the children out of the idle habit
小題4:If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.
A．reward him with laborB．pay off his debt
C．hire him at 10 dollars a month D．give him another dollar
小題5:In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.
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We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sightseeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive, we couldn’t understand the bus routes, and my wife didn’t like traveling under the ground. She said it made her feel sick.
We went to look at the places which all tourists visit. We saw Buckingham Palace. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We didn’t have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is bad. We didn’t think so. It is true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.
In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have already booked again for this year. We are going to take our umbrellas, though. I’m sure we’ll need them sometimes.
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A．booking in the hotelB．finding the bus routes
C．going sightseeing on footD．having meals
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A．were satisfied withB．disliked
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One day while walking along the bank of a river, a rabbit couple(夫婦) saw a wounded(受傷的) ant lying unconsciously(沒有直覺地) on the grass. The rabbit couple gently put the ant on the leaf(葉子) of a nearby plant. She soon recovered and saw the rabbit couple sitting beside her.
The ant remembered that she had found herself under the foot of a cat by chance and fainted(暈倒). She asked how she reached the leaf top. The rabbit couple told her what had happened. The ant thanked them and said she would help them when they needed help.
The rabbit couple went further up the river to enjoy the bright sun. They had been there many times and would spend many hours playing and relaxing in the sun.
One fine day, the couple were again on their way to the river while the ant was playing on the leaf of a tree. She saw the rabbit couple walking towards the river. A few hours later she saw the rabbit couple sleeping peacefully on the soft grass by the river. Suddenly she saw a lion moving towards the grass where the rabbit couple were sleeping. The loin saw the rabbit sleeping, and started walking quietly to attack them.
Realizing the hazard getting close to the rabbits, the ant jumped from the leaf to the lion’s shoulder and bit(咬) the lion’s back. The lion cried out in pain, waking the rabbit couple. The rabbits ran away quickly and the ant jumped off the lion’s back into the grass.
A white pigeon(鴿子) who watched this event cheered at the courage(勇氣) of the ant and told the whole story to the rabbits. The rabbit couple were moved and thanked the ant. They became best friends.
小題1:From the first three paragraphs, we can learn that _____.
A．the rabbit couple put the ant on the leaf of a plant to hide her
B．the ant was wounded after fighting with a cat
C．the rabbit couple and the ant knew each other very well before
D．the rabbit couple often went to the river
小題2:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．The ant was hurt by the lion.
B．The ant was small but clever.
C．The white pigeon was as brave as the ant.
D．The lion wanted to play a joke on the rabbit couple.
小題3:According to the passage, which is the correct order of the following events?
a.      The ant jumped into the grass to hide.
b.      The ant bit the lion’s back.
c.      The lion moved towards the rabbit couple.
d.      The rabbit couple saved the ant.
e.      The ant saw the rabbit couple sleeping on the grass.
A．d,c,e,a,bB．d,e,c,b,aC．e,c,b,a,dD．c,d,e,b,a
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