One night, when I was eight , my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to       me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done        and allowing you to skip a grade(跳級), but you’ll have to       your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me     for the rest of the night I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the     decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d        wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her       and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large       apartment, I became       how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then     I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on       family and work.       difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a       attitude.
Back home , I       myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she        to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be       . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable    .
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the       has really taught me. Sacrifices       in the end. The separation between us has proved to be       for me.

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)ttract B．promote C．surprise D．praise

小題2:	A．little B．much C．well D．wrong

小題3:	A．leave B．refuse C．contact D．forgive

小題4:	A．explaining B．sleeping C．wondering D．regretting

小題5:	A．poor B．timely C．final D．tough

小題6:	A．eagerly B．politely C．nervously D．curiously

小題7:	A．patience B．presence C．intelligence D．Influence

小題8:	A．Comfortable B．Expensive C．Empty D．Modern

小題9:	A．Interested in B．a(chǎn)ware of C．doubtful D．satisfied with

小題10:

A．when B．where C．which D．that

小題11:

A．a(chǎn)bandoning B．balancing C．comparing D．mixing

小題12:

A．Depending on B．supplied with C．Faced with D．Insisting on

小題13:

A．different B．friendly C．positive D．general

小題14:

A．criticized B．informed C．warned D．reminded

小題15:

A．managed B．offered C．a(chǎn)ttempted D．expected

小題16:

A．grateful B．energetic C．independent D．practical

小題17:

A．examples B．limits C．rules D．goals

小題18:

A．question B．experience C．history D．occasion

小題19:

A．pay off B．come back C．run out D．turn up

小題20:

A．blessing B．gathering C．failure D．pleasure

“Dad,” I say one day …..take a trip. Why don’t you fly and meet me?”
My father had just reired……….. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.
My father sees me drfting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.
He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.
“ What is our first stop?” asks my father.
“What time is it?”
“Still don’t have a watch?”
Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of little boy.
“Unbelievable,” he says, “How was this done?”
A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.
We stare up and I ask myself, Would I ever devote my life to anything?
No directions, …… I always used to hear those words in my father’s voice. Now I hear them in my own.
The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.
“Did you ever travel with your dad? I ask.
“Only once,” he says. “ I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other---but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”>
The kast sebtebce----it’s probably the same thing I’s say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.
In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I’ve never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world, I can keep traveling, I realize--- and maybe a regular job won’t be as dull as I feared.
Weeks after our trip, I call my father.
“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says.” We have got to take another trip like that sometime.
I tell him I’ve learn decided to settle down, and I’m wearing a watch.
小題1:We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _________.

A．followed the fashion

B．got bored with his job

C．was unhappy with……

D．liked the author’s collection of stamps

小題2: What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?

A．His father is interested in sculpture

B．His father is as innocent as a little boy

C．He should learn sculpture in the future

D．He should pursue a specific aim in life.

小題3:From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author________.

A．wants his children to learn from their grandfather

B．comes to understand what parental love means

C．learns how to communicate with his father

D．hopes to give whatever he can to his father

小題4:What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?

A．The call solves their disagreements

B．The Swiss watch has drawn them closer

C．They decide to learn photography together.

D．They begin to change their attitudes to life

小題5:What could be the best title for the passage?

A．Love Nature, Love Life

B．A Son Lost in Adventure

C．A Journey with Dad

D．The Art of Travel

As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them –have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.
Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.
At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.
Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the youngers.
Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet. Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.
小題1:Many scholars are making efforts to _____.

A．promote global languages

B．rescue the disappearing languages

C．search for language communities

D．set up languages research organizations.

小題2:What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Having first records of the languages

B．Writing books on language searching

C．Telling stories about language users

D．Linking with the native speakers

小題3:What is Turin’s book based on?

A．The cultural statics in India.

B．The documents available at Yale.

C．His language research in Britain.

D．His personal experience in Nepal.

小題4:Which of the following best describe Turin’s  Work?

A．Write sell and donate.

B．Record,repeat and reward.

C．Collect,protect and reconnect.

D．Design, experiment and report.

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A, B, C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top_______, but on their way back conditions were very_______. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon _______ alone, he would probably get back _______. But Simon decided to risk his _______ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope（繩）.
As they_______ down, the weather got worse. Then another _______ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, _______, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was _______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s _______ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. _______, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to _______. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe _______ into a large crevasse（裂縫）in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he_______ to get out of the crevasse and started to _______ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers _______.
Simon had _______ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be _______, but he didn’t want to leave_______. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t _______ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.

小題1:	A．hurriedly B．carefully C．successfully D．early

小題2:	A．difficult B．similar C．special D．normal

小題3:	A．climbed B．worked C．rested D．continued

小題4:	A．unwillingly B．safely C．slowly D．regretfully

小題5:	A．fortune B．time C．health D．life

小題6:	A．lay B．settled C．went D．looked

小題7:	A．damage B．storm C．change D．trouble

小題8:	A．by mistake B．by chance C．by choice D．by luck

小題9:	A．unnecessary B．practical C．important D．impossible

小題10:

A．height B．weight C．strength D．equipment

小題11:

A．Finally B．Patiently C．Surely D．Quickly

小題12:

A．stand back B．take a rest C．make a decision D．hold on

小題13:

A．jumped B．fell C．escaped D．backed

小題14:

A．managed B．planned C．waited D．hoped

小題15:

A．run B．skate C．move D．march

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)round B．a(chǎn)way C．a(chǎn)bove D．a(chǎn)long

小題17:

A．headed for B．traveled to C．left for D．returned to

小題18:

A．dead B．hurt C．weak D．late

小題19:

A．secretly B．tiredly C． immediately D．a(chǎn)nxiously

小題20:

A．find B．believe C．make D．a(chǎn)ccept

I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new      , and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting.        he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his       .
So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely       for her lisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech.        me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he       me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had        spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the      I had nurtured(培養(yǎng)) in her son. She kissed me again and left.
I sat, stunned (驚呆), for about half an hour,       what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without        knowing it? What I finally came to        was one day, several months before, when some students were         reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke         , and to encourage her to raise her voice, L had sai, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the        one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the        of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention,      more, and became happy. And it was all because he      to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed        was the one who took the last seat that day.
It taught me the most      lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came        and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.

小題1:	A．cleaner B．reporter C．monitor D．teacher

小題2:	A．Or B．And C．But D．So

小題3:	A．courage B．a(chǎn)bilities C．feelings D．dream

小題4:	A．desperate B．responsible C．unprepared D．unsuitable

小題5:	A．Because of B．In spite of C．Apart from D．As for

小題6:	A．loved B．envied C．pleased D．criticized

小題7:	A．gradually B．constantly C．recently D．obviously

小題8:	A．self-respect B．self-doubt C．self-pity D．self-defence

小題9:	A．imagining B．observing C．wondering D．regretting

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)lso B．even C．a(chǎn)lways D．still

小題11:

A．expect B．remember C．believe D．a(chǎn)ccept

小題12:

A．writing B．reviewing C．editing D．giving

小題13:

A．quietly B．repeatedly C．quickly D．firmly

小題14:

A．lucky B．lonely C．only D．likely

小題15:

A．entrance B．middle C．front D．back

小題16:

A．slept B．smiled C．shouted D．quarreled

小題17:

A．intended B．pretended C．refused D．happened

小題18:

A．change B．praise C．thanks D．visits

小題19:

A．difficult B．painful C．valuable D．enjoyable

小題20:

A．early B．slowly C．frequently D．occasionally

A city child’s summer is spent in the street in front of his home, and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball. I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing—not out of special cruelty, but because they took it for granted I would be no good at it. They were right, of course.
I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed. The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark. Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop(門廊) that stuck out from the candy store on the corner and that somehow had become theirs. No grownup ever sat there or attempted to. There the boys would sit, mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow. Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one. It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed. I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question: but whoever he was, I nod to him gratefully now. “What’s in those books you’re always reading?” he asked casually. “Stories,” I answered. “What kind?” asked somebody else without much interest.
Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did,for usually I just sat there in silence, glad enough to be allowed to reain among them; but instead of answering his question, I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment. The book was Sister Carrie. They listened bug-eyed and breathless. I must have told it well, but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them to keep an audience. Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man’s entertainments, but I was offering them as well, without being aware of doing it, a new and exciting experience.
The books they themselves read were the Rover Boys or Tom Swift or G.A.Henty. I had read them too, but at thirteen I had long since left them behind. Since I was much alone I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the books-for-boys series. In those days there was no reading material between children’s and grownups’books or I could find none. I had gone right fromTome Swift and His Flying Machine to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie. Dreiser had hit my young mind, and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder that I had had in reading it.
The next night and many nights thereafter, a kind of unspoken ritual (儀式) took place. As it grew dark, I would take my place in the center of the stoop and begin the evening’s tale. Some nights, in order to taste my victory more completely, I cheated. I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte, and without warning tell them that that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening. It was not true, of course; but I had to make certain of my new-found power and position. I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall. Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences, but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store, I have an unreasoning love that will last forever.
小題1:Watching the boys playing baseball, the writer must have felt ________.

A．bitter and lonely	B．special and different
C．pleased and excited	D．disturbed and annoyed

小題2:The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boy ________.

A．invited him to join in their game

B．liked the book that he was reading

C．broke the long silence of that summer evening

D．offered him an opportunity that changed his life

小題3:According to Paragraph 3, story-telling was popular among the boys basically because ________.

A．the story was from a children’s book

B．listening to tales was an age-old practice

C．the boys had few entertainments after dark

D．the boys didn’t read books by themselves

小題4:The boys were attracted to Sister Carrie because ________.

A．it was written by Theodore Dreiser

B．it was specifically targeted at boys

C．it gave them a deeper feeling of pleasure

D．it talked about the wonders of the world

小題5:Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story to _______.

A．play a mean trick on the boys

B．experience more joy of achievement

C．a(chǎn)dd his own imagination to the story

D．help the boys understand the story better

小題6:What is the message conveyed in the story?

A．One can find his position in life in his own way.

B．Friendship is built upon respect for each other.

C．Reading is more important than playing games.

D．Adult habits are developed from childhood.

I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled（貼標(biāo)簽）everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming. “Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!” Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled（爬）under her covers, sobbing.
Obviously, that was not something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
小題1:What made Kate so angry one evening?

A．She couldn’t find her books.

B．She heard the author shouting loud.

C．She got the news that her grandma was ill.

D．She saw the author’s shoes beneath her bed.

小題2:The author tidied up the room most probably because _______.

A．she was scared by Kate’s anger

B．she hated herself for being so messy

C．she wanted to show her care

D．she was asked by Kate to do so

小題3:How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing causes	B．By showing differences
C．By describing a process	D．By following time order

小題4:What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Friend Kate	B．Hard Work Pays Off
C．How to Be Organized	D．Learning to Be Roommates

It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were          , we realized that only minutes earlier an          woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground.          was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.          a lot of people stopped to help out.
         we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very          about what had happened to the elderly couple. He          to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of         .” Seeing that there was a flower stall（攤位）at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we          the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was          that he’d come up with this          idea. So we went over and told the flower seller          we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I          take your money for such a wonderful         .”
By now medical staff had arrived, and were          the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was          my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a          son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling ger who it was from.          being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with          in her eyes and gave him a little          .

小題1:	A．leaving B．driving C．moving D．stopping

小題2:	A．injured B．a(chǎn)wkward C．honest D．elderly

小題3:	A．Her husband B．My son C．The crowd D．The seller

小題4:	A．Specifically B．Particularly C．Interestingly D．Fortunately

小題5:	A．If B．Since C．While D．Unless

小題6:	A．guilty B．curious C．a(chǎn)ngry D．worried

小題7:	A．complained B．said C．lied D．responded

小題8:	A．no one B．someone C．everyone D．a(chǎn)nyone

小題9:	A．lend B．bring C．leave D．buy

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)mazed B．shocked C．puzzled D．concerned

小題11:

A．wise B．sweet C．innocent D．crazy

小題12:

A．which B．when C．what D．whether

小題13:

A．must not B．can’t C．may not D．needn’t

小題14:

A．scene B．habit C．flower D．deed

小題15:

A．checking with B．looking after C．operating on D．paying for

小題16:

A．from B．to C．with D．a(chǎn)bout

小題17:

A．respectful B．cheerful C．successful D．wonderful

小題18:

A．Out of B．Regardless of C．Thanks to D．As to

小題19:

A．love B．hope C．pity D．pain

小題20:

A．idea B．money C．smile D．comfort

When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor if the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn;t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（閣樓）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But i doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
小題1:Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A．The girl’s mother.	B．The author’s father.
C．The girl.	D．The author.

小題2:Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?

A．O. Henry once worked in Houston.

B．O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C．O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.

D．O. Henry once taught at SMU.

小題3:The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A．named

B．treated

C．proved

D．described

小題4:According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A．To sell the O. Henry story.	B．To meet the author himself.
C．To talk with the O. Henry expert.	D．To give money to the girl.

  Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big     , and a lot of houses down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was     enough to escape the flood, so when the water had           and the other houses were       there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children,      Anna took in one of the families that had lost     in the flood and she     her home with them until it was     for them to rebuild their house.
　　Anna’s friends were     when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give     so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to     .
“Well,” Anna       her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very       , because her husband had been killed in the       and she had a lot of children,      I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to     only one present to all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a        who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our       ,’ she said to her children.
　　 The children were     and happy to get such a present. They     the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. And I was that Christmas present.”

小題1:	A．earthquake B．a(chǎn)ccident C．flood D．fire

小題2:	A．below B．high C．big D．small

小題3:	A．reduced B．come C．a(chǎn)ppeared D．disappeared

小題4:	A．rising B．flowing C．falling D．standing

小題5:	A．so B．but C．for D．since

小題6:	A．nothing B．everything C．a(chǎn)nything D．something

小題7:	A．gave B．found C．shared D．built

小題8:	A．possible B．necessary C．important D．obvious

小題9:	A．worried B．disappointed C．puzzled D．satisfied

小題10:

A．them B．herself C．him D．us

小題11:

A．support B．supply C．grow D．educate

小題12:

A．explained to B．a(chǎn)sked for C．talked with D．turned up

小題13:

A．sad B．poor C．rich D．happy

小題14:

A．war B．storm C．rain D．flood

小題15:

A．because B．a(chǎn)s C．which D．that

小題16:

A．get B．send C．buy D．make

小題17:

A．boy B．girl C．student D．teacher

小題18:

A．child B．daughter C．sister D．present

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)ngry B．excited C．lovely D．sorry

小題20:

A．disliked B．gained C．welcomed D．led