Saturday 28 April, 2001: Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday. Mr. Tito’s journey was  certainly unusual! So was the transport he chose, and the price of his trip.
The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship.  He was on a journey to the International Space Station. It might have been a routine trip for the  two astronauts who were traveling with him, but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey.  Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space, and he had paid the sum of $20 million to go there.  As the spacecraft left the earth’s atmosphere, Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and  looked down at the earth’s blue-green surface. Two minutes later, he was sick. Luckily it was  only a minor problem. He soon recovered, and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey. When he  arrived at the space station, there was a big smile on his face. “A great trip!” he commented． “I  love space.”
For a long time space travel was something for heroes. But all this is going to change.  Companies like ProSpace are investing large amounts of money in space travel. They want space  and space travel to belong to the public, not just governments. There are other plans, like voyages  through space from one side of the world to the other. Maybe we will be able to depart from New  York at nine o’clock in the morning, and arrive an hour later-- in Tokyo! Such a schedule would  allow the business traveler to return to New York on the same day, and still have eight hours for a  meeting!
小題1:Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Business Travelers

B．Space Tourists

C．A Space Exploration

D．A Frightening Adventure

小題2:According to the passage, Dennis Tito   .

A．enjoyed his trip very much	B．was too sick to eat anything in space
C．suffered a lot during the trip	D．didn’t think the trip was worthwhile

小題3:Which of the following statements is tree according to the passage?

A．Tito was the first American tourist in space.

B．Tito contributed all of his wealth to his space trip.

C．Tito visited the Russian Space Station during his trip.

D．Space travel has become a routine for Tito since then.

小題4:It can be expected from the passage that   .

A．space travel will belong to the public instead of governments

B．a(chǎn)irplanes will some day reach the speed of space vehicles

C．can will be able to circle the earth within less than an hour

D．travel between two places on earth will be made through space

         It was a bitter, cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago. The old man was waiting for a ride across the  36  . The wait seemed  37  .
At last he heard the slight, steady rhythm of approaching hooves (馬蹄) coming along the frozen path. Anxiously, he   38   as several horsemen came around the bend (轉(zhuǎn)角處). He let the first one   39  . Then another, and another. Finally, as the   40   rider neared the spot where the old man sat like a snow statue, the old man   41   the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side? There doesn’t appear to be a passage way by  42  .”
The rider replied, “Sure.” Seeing the old man was unable to  43  his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman got down and helped the old man onto the horse. The horseman took the old man not just across the river, but to his destination.
As they neared the tiny but cozy (舒適的) cottage, the horseman’s   44   caused him to ask, “Sir, I notice that you let several other riders go by without making a(n)   45   to get a ride. Then I came up and you   46   asked me for a ride. I’m curious why, on such a bitter winter night, you would wait and ask the last rider.   47  I had refused and left you there?”
The old man replied, “I’ve been   48   here for some time. I think I know people pretty good.” He continued, “I looked into the eyes of the other riders and immediately saw there was no  49   for my situation. But when I looked into your eyes,   50   was evident. I knew,   51  , that your gentle spirit would   52   the opportunity to give me help in my time of   53  .”
Those heartwarming comments   54   the horseman deeply.
“I’m most grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man. “May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I  55   to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson turned his horse around and made his way back to the White House.

小題1:	A．town B．river C．country D．island

小題2:	A．meaningless B．useless C．careless D．endless

小題3:	A．watched B．a(chǎn)sked C．waved D．a(chǎn)pproached

小題4:	A．come over B．get off C．pass by D．take off

小題5:	A．coming B．leaving C．next D．last

小題6:	A．missed B．caught C．a(chǎn)voided D．saw

小題7:	A．bus B．car C．foot D．horse

小題8:	A．feel B．push C．lift D．stand

小題9:	A．honesty B．courage C．enthusiasm D．curiosity

小題10:

A．choice B．stop C．effort D．scene

小題11:

A．immediately B．hurriedly C．friendly D．strangely

小題12:

A．What about B．What if C．How come D．If only

小題13:

A．in B．out C．a(chǎn)round D．beyond

小題14:

A．concern B．doubt C．chance D．reason

小題15:

A．meaning B．kindness C．seriousness D．help

小題16:

A．then and there B．for a moment C．a(chǎn)ll of a sudden D．sooner or later

小題17:

A．offer B．create C．find D．welcome

小題18:

A．need B．danger C．fortune D．happiness

小題19:

A．influenced B．excited C．touched D．hit

小題20:

A．happen B．try C．disagree D．fail

I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all, and what is more, I could not speak a word of the language. After having spent my first day in the town-centre, I decided to lose my way on my second day, since I believed that this was the simplest way of getting to know the strange city.
I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off it and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even then I pronounced it badly.
I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. The policeman listened to me carefully, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I thanked him politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside.
The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station.
小題1:The writer believed that if you wanted to get to know a strange city, ______.

A．you should go everywhere on foot	B．you should have a map
C．you should ask people the way	D．you should get lost

小題2: The newspaper-seller ______.

A．could understand what he said	B．didn't know what he said
C．laughed at him	D．didn't want to take the money

小題3:The writer's real trouble was that _______.

A．he couldn't speak the language
B．he followed the policeman's direction
C．he took the wrong bus	D．he left the town-centre

小題4:The policeman ______.

A．didn't help him	B．pointed at him
C．didn't understand what he really meant	D．didn't know the way

JAMES Brown, the legendary US singer known as the “Godfather of Soul”, died Christmas morning, 2006. he was 73.
Brown was one of the major musical influences of the last
50 years. He provided the basis for much of black music and
most of pop music with his early hits like. “Please, Please,
Please”. He essentially created funk（“瘋客”音樂）with
mid-1960s songs such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".
It won him a Grammy Award as best rhythm-and-blues song,
and it was only the beginning of Mr. Brown's rhythmic
breakthroughs. His rapid-footed dancing inspired Michael Jackson and Prince. Rap stars of recent years, such as Fat Boys and Public Enemy, have all borrowed his lyrics and rhythms.
Brown's songs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as "Hot Pants" and "Make It Funky", mixed the sophistication(復(fù)雜) of jazz-style arrangements with raw funk. With these songs, Brown established himself as the godfather not just of soul, but of all subsequent styles of dance music: funk, disco, hip hop.
"He made soul music a world music," said Al Sharpton, who toured with Brown in the 1970s and imitates his hairstyle to this day. "What Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach(巴赫, 德國(guó)作曲家) was to classical music. He put everybody on a different beat, a different style of music."
Amid the civil rights movement of the 1960s Mr. Brown used his fame and music for social messages. He released "Don't Be a Dropout" in 1966 and met with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to promote a stay-in-school initiative. Two years later "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" insisted, "We won't quit movin' until we get what we deserve."
小題1:The passage is mainly about _______.

A．black music in the US

B．James Brown's unique music styles

C．James Brown's contribution to American music

D．great musicians in the US in the last 50 years

小題2:The author intends to tell us by the last paragraph that ______.

A．James Brown was proud of being a black

B．James Brown was also active in political movements

C．the then Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was one of Brown's fans

D．no children dropped out of school because of James Brown's social influence

小題3: Which of the following indicates that Brown's career began to take off?

A．His rapid-footed dancing.

B．His three years in prison.

C．His tour around the country with Al Sharpton.

D．His mid-1960s songs such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".

小題4:James Brown has influenced all American music types EXCEPT ______.

A．classical music	B．rhythm-and-blues
C．Rap	D．hip hop

Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. Clark and his wife worked and saved,   21 plans for their nine children and themselves to   22   to the United States. It had taken years, but they had finally    23   enough money and had gotten passports and reservations for the    24    family on a new liner to the United States.
The entire family was    25    with excitement about their new life. However, seven days before their   26   , the youngest son was bitten by a dog. The doctor sewed up the boy   27   hung a yellow sheet on the Clarks’ front door.   28    the possibility of rabies (狂犬病), they were being quarantined (隔離)for fourteen days.
The family’s dreams were dashed. They would not be able to make the trip to America   29  they had planned. Watching the ship leave    30   his family, the father, filled with disappointment and anger, cursed both his son and God for their    31    .
Five days later, the tragic news spread    32   Scotland---the mighty Titanic had sunk. The  33  ship had sunk, taking hundreds of lives with it. The Clark family    34  have been on that ship, but because the son had been bitten by a dog, they were left    35      in Scotland.
When Mr. Clark heard the news, he hugged his son and thanked him for    36  the family. He thanked God    37 saving their lives and turning what he had left was a tragedy into a    38   .
Although we may not   39  understand, all things happen for a     40   .

小題1:	A．making B．taking C．thinking D．seeking
小題2:	A．reach B．get C．travel D．visit
小題3:	A．gathered B．collected C．raised D．saved
小題4:	A．a(chǎn)ll B．small C．whole D．poor
小題5:	A．happy B．satisfied C．cheerful D．filled
小題6:	A．departure B．preparing C．going D．waiting
小題7:	A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．so D．while
小題8:	A．Because of B．In spite of C．Afraid of D．Ashamed of
小題9:	A．a(chǎn)s B．like C．a(chǎn)fter D．which
小題10:	A．before B．behind C．without D．from
小題11:	A．luck B．difficulty C．hardship D．misfortune
小題12:	A．through B．throughout C．over D．down
小題13:	A．strong B．beautiful C．unsinkable D．huge
小題14:	A．would B．was to C．might D．must
小題15:	A．staying B．working C．a(chǎn)way D．behind
小題16:	A．helping B．supporting C．saving D．rescuing
小題17:	A．for B．by C．a(chǎn)s D．with
小題18:	A．comedy B．blessing C．entertainment D．trick
小題19:	A．a(chǎn)lways B．simply C．even D．a(chǎn)t all
小題20:	A．person B．story C．reason D．result

Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a person．I have forgotten the name of an old lady who was a（n）  36  on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy．Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in   37 ．One afternoon, a friend and I were  38  rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house  39  her backyard．The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they   40  to the roof’s edge and shot out into the   41 ．
I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride．The stone was too smooth, however, so it   42  from my hand as I let it go and headed   43  for a small window on the old lady’s back wall．
I was too scared about getting   44  that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window．However, a few days later,   45  I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel   46  for her misfortune．
I made up my mind that I would   47  my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I   48  would cover the cost of her window．I put the money in an envelope with a（n）  49  explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the   50  for repairing it．
I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door．
The next day, I   51  the old lady her paper and was able to   52  the warm smile that I was   53  her．She thanked me for the paper and said, “Here, I have something for you．” It was a bag of cookies．I thanked her and ate the cookies as I   54  my route．
After several cookies, I   55  an envelope．When I opened the envelope, I was shocked．Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m proud of you．”

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)ssistant B．customer C．a(chǎn)dviser D．neighbour

小題2:	A．selfishness B．cleverness C．carefulness D．forgiveness

小題3:	A．picking B．kicking C．throwing D．striking

小題4:	A．from B．under C．by D．a(chǎn)round

小題5:	A．flowed B．rolled C．dropped D．fell

小題6:	A．yard B．kitchen C．room D．sky

小題7:	A．stepped B．stopped C．skipped D．slipped

小題8:	A．right B．slow C．straight D．fast

小題9:	A．caught B．trapped C．lost D．hurt

小題10:

A．but B．when C．before D．though

小題11:

A．guilty B．nervous C．a(chǎn)nxious D．safe

小題12:

A．borrow B．save C．transfer D．move

小題13:

A．used B．earned C．chose D．calculated

小題14:

A．book B．notice C．note D．a(chǎn)rticle

小題15:

A．period B．distance C．size D．cost

小題16:

A．handed B．showed C．left D．sold

小題17:

A．witness B．bring C．return D．wear

小題18:

A．comparing to B．receiving from C．learning about D．playing with

小題19:

A．continued B．forgot C．followed D．chose

小題20:

A．tore B．felt C．bought D．marked

Maggiano is an award-winning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia．He has taught in public and private schools for 25 years．In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(職業(yè)).
Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men．At the high school level during the same year, men comprised（構(gòu)成） 44% of the work force.
Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige（聲望）, as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women．As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.
A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low．Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers．States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent)．
There is no definitive(確定) research that male students--or female students, for that matter-- learn better from a particular sex.
But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did．However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders．
小題1:What worries Maggiano is that_______．      

A．nobody will take his place when he retires
B．male teachers are not so excellent
C．men are not interested in teaching	D．there is not enough teachers in the schools

小題2:According to the text , we can infer that______．    

A．the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2008

B．it is not certain that students will learn better from male teachers

C．male teachers get a higher pay

D．organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession

小題3:In which state are male teachers most badly needed?

A．Alaska

B．Virginia

C．Georgia

D．Arkansas

小題4:What does the last paragraph suggest?

A．The government doesn’t pay much attention to the shortage．of male teachers in the school.

B．Students find it easy to learn from male teachers.

C．I’m glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school.

D．The shortage of male teachers in the school has no effect on students．

Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners(馬拉松運(yùn)動(dòng)員) can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（親筆簽名）,says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
小題1:What made Jean take part in sports?

A．She was brave.

B．She was competitive.

C．She was strong.

D．She was disabled.

小題2:What kind of education did she receive?

A．High school.

B．Junior middle school.

C．High education.

D．Primary school.

小題3:What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?

A．Work hard.	B．Hope for the best.
C．Dream a lot.	D．Have great wishes and work hard.

Mr. Grey traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farmers. It was not really a very   36  job, but Mr. Grey had always been interested in   37 , and he was quite   38  with his life.
One of Mr. Grey’s problems was often__39___ to stay when he reached some small places in the country. He did not expect great ___40__ and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a __41___ room and when there was no hot water or good food after a long and ___42__ day.
Late one __43__ evening, Mr. Grey arrived at a small railway station. The journey by __44__ that day had not been ___45__ interesting, and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry. He was __46___ a simple but satisfying meal by a bright burning __47___ , and then a hot bath and a comfortable ___48__.
While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was _  49__ walking there, “ As this is my first __50___ to this part of the country and I was in too much of a __51___ to find out about hotels before I left home, I would very much like to know how many you have here?”    
The local man answered, “ We have two.”
“And which of the two would you __52___ me to go to ?” Mr. Grey asked then.
The local man scratched his __53___ for a few moments and then answered, “ Well, it’s like this: ___54__ you go to, you’ll be ___55__ you didn’t go to the other.”

小題1:	A．curious B．serious C．exciting D．horrible

小題2:	A．shopping B．farming C．studying D．teaching

小題3:	A．satisfied B．terrified C．thankful D．careful

小題4:	A．where B．which C．what D．how

小題5:	A．position B．respect C．comfort D．money

小題6:	A．cold B．small C．common D．local

小題7:	A．happy B．interesting C．tiring D．ordinary

小題8:	A．winter B．summer C．Sunday D．holiday

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)ir B．train C．plane D．boat

小題10:

A．in all B．a(chǎn)t all C．a(chǎn)ll over D．a(chǎn)ll the same

小題11:

A．booking B．ordering C．longing for D．finding out

小題12:

A．fire B．light C．wood D．stove

小題13:

A．hotel B．room C．seat D．bed

小題14:

A．a(chǎn)lready B．a(chǎn)lso C．yet D．quite

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)rrive B．look C．visit D．moment

小題16:

A．while B．hurry C．habit D．wonder

小題17:

A．want B．suggest C．a(chǎn)llow D．a(chǎn)dvise

小題18:

A．paper B．head C．hand D．notebook

小題19:

A．whenever B．wherever C．whichever one D．neither one

小題20:

A．proud B．sure C．sorry D．glad

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good   36   to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to   37   a story about parachute jumping（跳傘）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting   38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself   39  . Unluckily, I’m not good at any   40  , let alone（更不用說）parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a   41   . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s   42    included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)   43 . For this, I had to wait until the following   44  .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.   45  , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was   46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon   47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（鉤）a   48   from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49  after I jumped.
“Get   50  , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to   51  , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called   52   . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick   53  . My big parachute had opened! It was the best   54   I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was   55  .

小題1:	A．way B．chance C．idea D．value

小題2:	A．tell B．write C．read D．copy

小題3:	A．film B．poem C．story D．program

小題4:	A．secretly B．instead C．finally D．first

小題5:	A．sport B．driving C．lesson D．drawing

小題6:	A．try B．hand C．gift D．suggestion

小題7:	A．jumping B．journey C．training D．entertainment

小題8:	A．tree B．tower C．building D．a(chǎn)irplane

小題9:	A．week B．month C．evening D．morning

小題10:

A．Besides B．Once C．There D．However

小題11:

A．a(chǎn)sked B．invited C．forced D．taught

小題12:

A．slowing B．climbing C．landing D．filling

小題13:

A．belt B．steel C．line D．seat

小題14:

A．light B．broken C．fixed D．open

小題15:

A．ready B．up C．on D．a(chǎn)way

小題16:

A．cry B．rest C．laugh D．lie

小題17:

A．softly B．loudly C．nervously D．excitedly

小題18:

A．comfort B．wind C．pull D．push

小題19:

A．failure B．experience C．competition D．danger

小題20:

A．tiring B．shocking C．true D．fun