Every day, 15-year-old Martha wrote on the Internet about the meal she ate at school. She also took pictures of the food. However, Martha was very honest about the food. She did not just describe the food. She judged the taste and health of the food.

Martha also began to use her blog for an important reason. She began to raise money for the organization Mary’s Meals in the East African country of Malawi. It provides food food for children in schools for free. Martha encouraged her readers to send money to Mary’s Meals to help build a kitchen.

But then, Martha began to have a problem. Many people read her blog. She became big news. The news stories showed that the food at Martha’s school was not always healthy. And that made some people angry. So the school officials decided to stop Martha’s blog. They said that she could not take her camera to school.

But an amazing thing happened. Many people began sending messages of support across the Internet. Martha’s story was even bigger than before. Now the officials had to change their minds. A few days later, Martha was again writing her blog. But more than that, people had sent a lot of money for the Malawi school children. Martha had hoped to raise about 10,000 dollars. But the total reached 10,000 dollars and still kept on growing!

Martha’s blog also helped to improve meals at her school. One day she wrote: As we waited for dinner we were told that we are allowed to eat as much fruit and bread as we want.

No one knows what will happen to Martha’s blog in future. But already this little girl has helped to change the eating experience of many children just by sharing on the Internet pictures of her school meals.

43. Martha wrote about her school meals on her blog to ______

A. invite students to judge the food                 B. show the terrible taste of food

C. express her opinion about the food             D. ask the school t improve the food

44. The organization Mary’s Meals _______

A. was set up by Martha                                B. provides free school meals

C. is an international organization                    D. help poor families build kitchens

45. Why did the school officials want to prevent Martha writing her blog?

A. It had a bad influence on her study.            B. Some people were upset by it content.

C. Taking pictures needs a lot of time.            D. Many other students started to copy her.

46. What’s the best title for the text?

A. School meals                                B. Mary’s Meals

C. Power of the Internet                         D. Martha shares her food

Joe is interested in getting exercise and competing on a team. He reads about the events at the local pool and finds the perfect activity.

   Swimming Programs

Summer Swim Team

Join a Summer Swim Team and compete with other swimmers! The program is offered at eight different local pools for youths to 17 years old. The season runs June 21—August 21. Practices are daily (Monday through Friday) throughout the summer. The championship meet(冠軍賽) is August 21. Cost: $50.00

Pools & Practice Times

Buckman  2-3 P.M.           Montavilla  8-9 A.M.

Creston  7-9 A.M.             Peninsula  4-7 P.M.

Dishman  8-9 A.M.            Pier    noon-1 P.M.

Grant  8-10 A.M.             Sellwood  7-9 A.M.

Junior Swim Instructor

Two weeks, 20 hours of instruction, two hours per day for children 11-14 years old. Pre-training for youths interested in becoming swim instructors($45 per child)

Two weeks, 30 hours of instruction, three hours per day for children 11-14 years old. Pre-training in lifeguarding, and customer service ($45 per child)

Junior Swim Instructor & Junior Lifeguard Training Dates

June 28-July 9     August 9-August 20

June 12-July 23    August 23-September 3

June 26-August 6

Special Offer

Anyone who takes part in both junior swim instructor and junior lifeguard programs at the same time need only spend $75 instead of $90 for 50 hours of training.

Register Online

You can now register online! Visit our website at http://www.example.com You can choose an area of town, a specific local center, a program, or search for classes which can meet the needs of students of different ages. Just visit our website, and you’re on your way!

40. If Joe joins the Summer Swim Team, he _____

A. needs to pay $45.00                                  B. begins training at 6 A.M.

C. has to practice for two months                  D. needs to practice for 7 days a week

41. Anyone who wants to be a junior swim instructor should _____

A. be 11-14 years old                                    B. pay the instructor by the hour

C. do at least 30 hours of training                   D. be an experienced junior lifeguard

42. What’s the main purpose of this text?

A. To introduce Joe’ s hobbies.                     B. To introduce a new website.

C. To introduce several swimming pools         D. To introduce some swimming activities.

If you’re like most kids, you’ve probably made more than a few paper airplanes in your day. But how many kids can say their paper airplanes have been built life-size and then flown? At least one: 12-year-old Arturo Veldenegro of Tucson, Arizona, who won the Pima Air& Space Museum’s first annual Great Paper   Airplane Project Fly-Off in March 2012.

“ The purpose of the competition is to inspire and draw kids’ interest in science and flight,” says Tim Vimmerstedt, director of the museum.

About 150 kids entered the competition. The young designers learned about how airplanes fly and then set to work designing their own planes.

Arturo designed and built his airplane. When hen was finished, he took his plane to the flight area and let it fly, outdistancing the other competitors in all age groups. At last, Arturo’s airplane flew the farthest---more than 75 feet!

As the winner, Arturo got to meet with a team of engineers, which took his design and made a bigger one. The new paper airplane might have been the largest one ever built! Arturo named his large paper airplane Arturo’s Desert Eagle.

Later a helicopter tried to lift the paper airplane over the Arizona desert, but it was unsuccessful. Engineers worked for eight hours to repair it for a second try. This time, the helicopter managed to raise it to 2700 feet and then set the plane free.

Arturo watched as his plane flew through the sky at speeds of up to 98 miles per hour for 10 seconds before falling to pieces.

“I felt happy but sad,” Arturo says, “ It flew really well, but it was sad to see it destroyed.”

But that wasn’t the end of Arturo’s Desert Eagle. The Pima Air & Space Museum collected the pieces of the broken plane and put them on show to inspire other young engineers to reach for the sky.

36. According to the text, the Great Paper Airplane Project Fly-Off competition _______

A. has been held many times                          B. can only be entered by kids

C. is to choose the largest plane                      D. is held by a team of designers

37. The underlined word ”outdistancing” in Para 4 means ________

A. looking for        B. believing in            C. throwing away       D. leaving behind

38. What do we know about the paper airplane Arturo built?

A. It flew the highest                                     B. It flew for 20 minutes

C. It flew more than 75 feet                           D. it took him eight hours to build

39. In the end, Arturo’s Desert Eagle ______

A. was made into a helicopter                         B. was produced in many places

C. was sold to a team of engineers                  D. was put on show in the museum

I was driving in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was __16__ along. The song was a __17__ one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it __18__, however. The sweet sound of the music __19__ and there came the __20__ news. Gas prices _21___ again. Fans of two sports teams got into fight. I sighed and wondered about this __22__ world we live in.

__23__, I could take no more and turned off the __24___. Silence seemed preferable to listening to __25__ else about the crazy, competitive society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a town and _26___ the people as I drove by. A tall man was _27___ an elderly lady out of a car and helping her place her walker so she could go into store. A smiling woman was __28__ food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the __29__ being laid out before them. A young man was walking along, carrying his __30__ safely in his arms. When the daughter pulled the hat off his head, they both __31__. I laughed too as I looked at all of his _32___. The radio may have been off in my car, ___33__ in my heart I was __34___ singing.

In truth, this world could have more kindness and less __35___. Kindness makes us all winners in this life and our life is full of kindness, love and joy.

16. A. talking                B. singing                     C. walking                    D. driving

17. A. long                   B. boring                      C. joyful                       D. sad

18. A. appeared             B. remained                  C. happened                  D. stayed

19. A. ended                 B. continued                 C. jumped                     D. fell

20. A. sports                 B. business                   C. unpleasant                D. welcome

21. A. cut                     B. changed                   C. going down              D. going up

22. A. exciting              B. interesting                 C. unusual                    D. crazy

23. A. Finally                B. Generally                  C. Secretly                   D. Calmly

24. A. television            B. radio                        C. gas                          D. lights

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

26. A. touched              B. watched                   C. avoided                    D. recognized

27. A. freeing                B. protecting                 C. helping                     D. keeping

28. A. collecting            B. moving                     C. covering                   D. throwing

29. A. water                 B. bread                       C. grass                       D. food

30. A. daughter             B. son                          C. dog                          D. cat

31. A. stopped              B. stood                       C. laughed                    D. shouted

32. A. weakness            B. kindness                   C. loneliness                 D. safeness

33. A. for                     B. or                            C. and                         D. but

34. A. still                     B. just                          C. soon                        D. first

35. A. silence                B. development             C. competition              D. sickness

 She is the only one of the students who ____ praised by the teacher. 

 A. is                   B. are                   C. has                   D. have

 They talked for about an hour of things and persons _____ they remembered in the school. 

A. which              B. that                    C. who                   D. whom

It was not ______she took off the glasses ________ I realized she was a famous

film star.     

A. when; that         B. until; that             C. until; when           D. when; until

 ______ the day went on, the weather got worse.  

A. With                B. Since                 C. While               D. As                

 He went home for lunch____ the clock struck twelve.   

A. while                B. immediately          C.  right away           D. at once

 The head office of the bank is in Beijing, but it has _______ all over the country.

A．companies                 B． branches             C．organizations         D．businesses