When Christina Brouder was five years old, a drunk driver ran over her as she and her father were crossing the street in front of their ho me．Hurt badly, the young girl was forced to spend a long time in a full-body cast（ 石膏） to recover from her injuries．Mostly, she traveled between the hospital and her home．Once out of the cast, Brouder sat in a wheelchair for almost a year.

       In spite of the horrible accident, Christina was grateful for her recovery．She was so grateful, in fact, that she and her four talented siblings（ 兄弟姐妹） （ three sisters and a brother） started a music group, Gilbride．The group performed at local hospitals and nursing homes, performing for the patients．Among them, the children could sing, dance and play about 20 different musical instruments．At their first show in 1988, held at Montefiore Hospital, the kids were 2,3,6,8 and 9 years old．That year alone, the group made over a hundred appearances．

       From the local public entertainment places, the group expanded to charity performances．They also entertained people at Disney World, Radio City Music Hall, and even the White House．

    Christina balanced her happy and successful musical career with academics．First graduating from New York City’s High School of Music and Art，and then from Fordham．In 2000，as t he youngest graduate from Fordham，1 8一year—old Christina and her siblings went on tour for a year．Not pleased with the applause she received from the audience, she entered Pace University Law School．On May 19，Christina Brouder realized part of her dream when at only 22，she received Health Law Certificate（ 文憑）．

1．What happened to Christina when she was five years old?

    A．She was coldly deserted by her father．

    B．She got a strange and serious disease．

    C．She had to give performances to make a living．

    D．She was seriously injured in a traffic accident．

2．According to the text，Christina was         .

    A．thankful and hardworking                    B．a(chǎn) little shy but gentle

    C．a(chǎn) little stupid and lazy                           D．sad and bored with her life

3．According to the passage，the siblings           .

    A．were talented in music

    B．were interested in sports

    C．were enthusiastic about writing

    D．had the ability to draw very well

4．In terms of time，what is the correct order of the things Christina did?

    a．She graduated from Fordham．

    b．Christina received Health Law Certificate．

    c．Their first show was held at Montefiore Hospital．

    d．She and her siblings entertained at the White House．

    A．d，a，b，c      B．d，c，b，a      C．c，d，a，b        D．c，b，d，a

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B．His daughter was hurt by a parrot.
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C．having been used to life in the wildD．having been week and hungry
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A．A parrot tried to eat their food.

B．His daughter was hurt by a parrot.

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D．A parrot landed on his daughter’s head.

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A．having been abandoned                  B．having been used to home life

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A．Strangers can also work well together.

B．Humane Society helps children in teamwork.

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D．Helping others is always regarded as a heroic act.

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A．How to help a lost parrot to find home.

B．The experience of watching a football games.

C．The importance of teamwork and helping others.

D．How a parrot can fly a long distance from home.

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B．Complete Care for a Lost Bird

C．Life Lessons When You Least Expect It

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I am an advocate for my son. I made it my responsibility to inform all of his high school teachers and principals that our family goal was for him to attend college. When you, the parent, inform a teacher that the family had high expectations for your child, then that teacher takes on a whole different attitude to him or her.

       When Chris started high school, I started my habit of keeping track of his absences and tardiness(上學(xué)遲到) on my calendar at home. In a way, it pleased him that I cared so much.

       One semester in his junior year, he came home with a report card that showed three times as many days absent from school as I had on y calendar. When I asked him about it, he looked at the report card and his eyes got very wide.

       “That must be a mistake, Mom,”he said. “Maybe there was an error in the computer.”He assured me that he had not been skipping school.

       While I was prepared to believe him, I also needed to check with the school to make sure. The next morning, I went with Chris before school to the vice principal’s office and showed him the report card with the excessive(過度的) number of absences. He spoke up immediately.

       “Oh, Ms. Chandler, I’m so sorry. We are planning to inform all the parents that there was a glitch in the reporting of the days absent for all the kids. I don’t think any of them went out correct.”Chris was here when he says he was here.

       I was relieved that everything was all right, and as I left his office the vice principal said to me, “Hundreds of report cards went out with the wrong number of absences, but you’re the only parent who has called or stopped in to check up on it.”

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       A．a(chǎn)shamed              B．surprised             C．frightened            D．a(chǎn)ngry

2．Why did the author go to her son’s school with the report card?

       A．To prove Chris innocent.                      B．To correct the mistake.

       C．To find out the truth                             D．To expose Chris as a liar.

3．The underlined word “glitch” in Paragraph 6 can be best replaced by “     ”.

       A．problem              B．correction            C．statement            D．change

4．It can be inferred from the passage that the author          .

       A．changed all teachers’ attitudes to her son

       B．had high expectations for her son’s school

       C．was dissatisfied with her son’s school

       D．kept in touch with her son’s school

5．By saying “Chris was here when he says he was here”, what did the vice principal mean?

       A．Chris was seldom absent from school.   B．Chris was telling the truth.

       C．Chris never broke his promise.              D．Chris was well-disciplined.

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