I lived next door to Debbie and her 84-year-old mother, Nan, for about six months. One night last summer, Debbie asked me to check on her mother because she worked the overnight shift (夜班) at a nursing home.

I was glad to help. But I   1    felt a little funny about it.   2    , I’ve been blind since I was a baby and out of   3    for years. In fact, at 54, I came to wonder if I had any   4    to live.

A bit after 9:00 pm, I heard a sound—over the years my ears have grown super  5    . It was Nan. “Jim, Jim. The house is   6    ! Help!”

I went as far as I could to Debbie’s. I got to the front door,   7   for the key and unlocked the door. “Nan! Where are you?” I called.

 “Here, Jim. Help!” her voice was  8    and low.

I felt my   9    inside. “Nan, where are you? Keep   10  !” “Here, Jim, here!” sounds as if she’s    11    in front of me. I reached out and touched her shoulder. We felt our way down the steps. ___12____ in the sweet, fresh summer air.

Later the fire truck arrived. Debbie came too. Nan and I heard the sound of the   13    coming down. Finally, the firefighters   14    the fire.

I heard Nan crying. She said, “I was so   15    and got turned around. I couldn’t find the door. You saved my life.”

Now Debbie’s voice quivered (發(fā)抖)， “You’re a hero. You rescued my mom.”

I hardly knew what to say. Two hours earlier I was wondering whether I really mattered to anyone. And now I saved a life. Nan and Debbie were thanking me. Truth was, I wanted to thank them. Nan wasn’t the only one who had been saved that day.

A. seldom        B. hardly         C. also              D. soon

A. First of all     B. At all          C. Above all          D. After all

A. sight          B. money         C. patience           D. work

A. value          B. pain           C. sadness           D. good

A. useless         B. deaf           C. sensitive          D. responsible

A. too cold        B. on sale         C. too hot           D. on fire

A. looked         B. reached        C. searched          D. waited

A. afraid          B. weak          C. calm             D. certain

A. way           B. key            C. heart            D. fear

A. talking         B. standing        C. lying            D. staying

A. sill            B. even           C. right            D. away

A. appearing       B. breathing       C. lost             D. driven

A. house          B. truck           C. fire             D. air

A. set out         B. put out          C. hold up          D. put off

tired             B. fortunate         C. disappointed      D. scared

Last year, on the night before the first day of the Spring Festival, Hugo Pang was sitting in his huge flat on Hong Kong Island. It was late in the evening, and Hugo was sipping a glass of his favorite French brandy, and listening to music on his huge, expensive music center. Pang lived alone, apart from the six maid who cooked and cleaned for him, and the chauffeur（私家司機(jī)） who drove his Rolls-Royce。

Suddenly, the room seemed to begin spinning around him. Then there was a flash of light and a puff of smoke, and before him Pang saw an old man dressed in traditional Chinese clothes. Pang looked at his brandy glass, and looked again at the old man. He was so frightened he couldn’t speak.

“Come with me,” said the old man, “I’m going to show you something.” He took Pang’s hand, and immediately the room disappeared, and Pang was standing in a field outside a village in Guangdong Province. The houses were small and the village was poor, but in front of him Pang saw a little crowd of children were playing. It was Spring Festival, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard from inside the village, while smoke rose over the roofs of the houses. Then, among the children playing, Pang recognized himself. “We were poor then,” he said, “but we were happier. We had to work hard to get everything we had.”

1.The first paragraph tells us that Hugo Pang was________

A．fat, rich and lazy	B．busy and tired
C．rich but lonely	D．very happy

2.When the old man first appeared, Pang looked at his brandy glass because__________

A．he thought he had too much brandy

B．he wanted to offer the old man some brandy

C．the glass was empty

D．he wanted more brandy

3.The village in the last paragraph was___________

A．not a real village

B．very peaceful and beautiful

C．the place where Pang lived

D．where Pang had lived as a child.

4.The old wanted to show Pang that________

A．Spring Festival in Gang dong was fun

B．his money had not made him happier

C．life is better when you are a child

D．it is better to be rich and lazy that to be poor and hard working

 

In the morning, Slim got up and prepared breakfast for his wife as usual. Nicole, his wife was listening to music in the bedroom. __1._, he felt that his body was shaking. Slim had the __2.__ response that there was an earthquake! He __3.__ quickly: “Dear, earthquake! Go to the toilet！” Nicole heard the shouting, 4. the first aid box quickly and ran into the toilet. The house was 5. even more dramatically (劇烈地)．

Bathroom was the next door to the kitchen. Slim picked up a kitchen __6.__ and two pieces of bread outside the kitchen. Slim tried to __7.__ along the wall to help Nicole.__8.__, it got dark suddenly with an explosion. The house __9._____down and many things fell from above. Nicole was quickly buried in 10. .She felt breathing very difficult. She tried to stand up, but  11.  .

A few minutes later, the land was __12..Nicole heard the sound of short __13._ and thought it was Slim! She shouted to him but no __14.__！ He probably fainted. Nicole kept saying his name and she finally heard a response, two people encouraged and __15.__ each other. They knew that there must be a way to   16. .

Slim found that they were close and were   17.  by the fallen stones and some powder. He started to dig with the kitchen knife. He felt __18.__ from his fingers. Finally, he removed the last piece of larger stones. Slim touched Nicole's one hand, then dug the __19.__ stones of her body. Finally, Nicole had a __20.__ breathing slowly. Two people sat on the ground and hugged together.

21.               A．Suddenly       B．Actually        C．Unfortunately   D．Really

 

22.               A．recent         B．rapid           C．late   D．slow

 

23.               A．warned        B．howled         C．jumped   D．shouted

 

24.               A．used up        B．found out       C．took up   D．put away

 

25.               A．burning        B．falling          C．shaking    D．moving

 

26.               A．tool           B．cook           C．fork  D．knife

 

27.               A．walk           B．wander         C．run   D．jump

 

28.               A．However       B．Therefore       C．Instead    D．Besides

 

29.               A．lay            B．crashed        C．broke D．bent

 

30.               A．ruins          B．a(chǎn)shes          C．dirt   D．pieces

 

31.               A．senseless       B．impossible      C．impractical D．invaluable

 

32.               A．normal         B．usual          C．flat   D．silent

 

33.               A．steps          B．breath         C．movements D．pauses

 

34.               A．response       B．sign           C．hope D．result

 

35.               A．touched        B．held           C．calmed    D．called

 

36.               A．relax          B．communicate    C．succeed   D．escape

 

37.               A．wrapped       B．separated       C．fastened   D．limited

 

38.               A．pain           B．cold           C．water D．warmth

 

39.               A．sticking         B．beating         C．surrounding    D．spreading

 

40.               A．complete       B．constant        C．steady D．weak

 

 

People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the ___1___ have made up their minds to ___2___ the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗議) against heavy trucks which run ___3___ through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it ___4___ to sleep at night, but they are ___5___ damage to our houses and shops of historical ___6___,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.

“__7___ we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student. “Why don’t they build a new road that goes ___8___ the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a ___9___ village. Its streets were never ___10___ for heavy traffic.”

Harry Fields also studying ___11___ said they wanted to make as much ___12___ as possible to force the ___13___ to realise what every body was having to ___14___. “Most of them don’t ___15___ here anyway,” he said, “They come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), ___16___ they probably don’t ___17___ the noise all that much. It’s high time they realized the ___18___.”

The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were ___19___ on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.

___20___ asked if they were ___21___ that the police might come to ___22___ them.

“Not really,” she said, “Actually we are ___23___ bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no ___24___ against practising.”

I ___25___ the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

1. A. college   B. village       C. town   D. church

2. A. change   B. repair  C. ring    D. shake

3. A. now and then B. day and night     C. up and down      D. over and over

4. A. terrible   B. difficult     C. uncomfortable   D. unreasonable

5. A. doing     B. raising       C. putting       D. producing

6. A. scene     B. period C. interest       D. sense

7. A. If   B. Although    C. When  D. Unless

8. A. to   B. through      C. over    D. round

9. A. pretty     B. quiet   C. large   D. modern

10. A. tested   B. meant C. kept    D. used

11. A. well     B. hard    C. biology      D. education

12. A. effort   B. time    C. trouble       D. noise

13. A. townspeople B. other students    C. government officials  D. truck drivers

14. A. stand    B. accept C. know  D. share

15. A. shop     B. live     C. come  D. study

16. A. but       B. so       C. or       D. for

17. A. notice   B. mention     C. fear    D. control

18. A. event    B. loss     C. action D. problem

19. A. hardly  B. unwillingly C. mostly       D. usually

20. A. I   B. We     C. She     D. They

21. A. surprised     B. afraid  C. pleased       D. determined

22. A. seize    B. fight   C. search D. stop

23. A. proper  B. experienced       C. hopeful      D. serious

24. A. point    B. cause  C. need   D. law

25. A. left      B. found  C. reached      D. passed

A music show from Hunan Satellite TV named I’m a singer has been gaining popularity since the heat from voice of china gradually cooled, The show invites professional musicians to compete , Rather than using the traditional underdogs-become –famous format,it is up to the 500 aucience members to decide the fate of the stars on stage ,Let’s check out how the readaptation of a classic love song to rock’n’roll introduced us to the emotional world of rock nusic.

In the second week of the Hunan TV music competiton show I’m a singer,paul Wong surprised his audience members and fellow contestants with a rock adaptation of the famous 1993 hit Goodbye Kiss by Jacky Cheung.Although the lyrics remain unchanged and the original structured is largely maintained, Wong’s rock adaptation of the song truns it into something completely new, No longer is it the sorrowful tale of two lovers parting ways, but an accusation filled with repressed anger.

With so much of the original song, untouched , what is it that transforms the song to such an extent that the TV show’s host seemed barely to recognize it?

It’s not only the instrumentation and the different sound of the song that makes it a rock version        

Something degy—it is the sound of rebellion.

    By keeping the original lyrics but transforming their meaning through a reinterpretation of the musical accompaniment(伴奏), wong’s adaptation becomes as much a song about rebellion as it is a rebellion against the original version of the song itself.

1.What does the passage mainly talk about?(No more than 15 words)

                                                                                     

2.Fill the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words(No more than 5 words)

                                                                                      

3.Who decide the fate of the performers?(No more than 8 woreds)

                                                                                     

4.List three factors which make the readaptation of the song Goodbye Kiss quite different?

①                 ；②                   ；③                  

5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese

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