You can ask your deskmate again if you like, but it won’t make any _____ ---he’ll still say no.

  A. sense           B. touch              C. meaning          D. decision

Rising above the names

I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice. “Mom, come here! There’s this lady here of my size!” The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize. I smiled and told her, “It’s okay.” Then talked to the boy, “Hi, I’m Darry Kramer. How are you?” He studied me from head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?” “Yes, I have a son,” I answered. “Why are you so little?” he asked. “It’s the way I was born,” I said. “Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going to grow any bigger.” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy’s hand and left.

My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.

It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an achondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.

I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names. Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.

But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality.

I’m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I’ve grown older. People are amazed when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have – a great family, nice friends.”

It’s the children’s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers (a person of the same age, class, position, etc.), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.

1. Why did the mother apologize to the author?

      A. Because the boy ran into the author.

       B. Because the boy laughed at the author.

       C. Because they boy said the author was fatter than him.

       D. Because the mother thought the boy’s words had hurt the author.

2. When did the author realize that she was too short?

       A. When she grew up.

       B. When she was 47 years old.

       C. When she began to go to school.

       D. When she met the boy in the supermarket.

3. Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word “diminished”?

       A. gained              B. increased           C. decreased   D. accepted

4. How does the author feel about people’s stares?

 A. Angry.                   B. Calm.        C. Painful.             D. Discouraged.

 Keeping a balanced diet is one way ______ one can keep healthy.

A. how                    B. which        C. 不填                   D. why

 —I’m going to the supermarket in the downtown of city.

   —_______you’re there, can you get me some coffee?

   A.While           B.As             C.Because                D.If

Tom took the police to the spot ____ the accident happened．

A．which          B．that             C．where              D．when

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B. Hoover Dam—AM/PM Mini Tour

C. Airplane Tours & Helicopter Tours     

D. Las Vegas to Hollywood 1 Day Tour

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   B. Two tours mentioned both involve the Hoover Dam.

   C. Lake Mead is a man-made project.

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第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）                                  

第一節(jié)：短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

If someone asks you how you can make you always            76. ________

happy, you will perhaps find rather difficult to give him        77. ________

a proper answer．Did you remember the old saying“No         78. ________

human being can really happy who is not giving or trying      79. ________

to give happiness to others”? If you will always think of         80. ________

taking more from others and give them less，you won’t be           81. ________

able to have happiness in your life even you are very rich.      82. ________

Here’s an article for you. If each of you follow it, there         83. ________

will be all end of many unhappy days of yours．So you should 84. ________

learn to give up your own interests when necessarily to do so.    85. ________

. ----Daddy，look! Why______rainbow is like a bow?

----Oh，it is apologizing to_______angry sky.

A. the；an           B. a；／             C. a；an       D. the；the

 _________ I traveled by boat, I got seasick.

       A. After                       B. Each time                 C. The every time   D. Each time when

 — Can you see what is written on that board?

— Yes. It _______ “CAUTION: WET FLOOR”.

A. reads         B. is read        C. writes        D. is written