Ellen and Bill County are both teachers. They met in college and became good friends because of their shared love for children. Two years after the couple got married, Ellen saw a huge change in the life of one of her students, a 9-year-old girl. Three years ago both of the little girl’s parents had died and there was no one to take care of her. She was taken away to live in a government office. But finally she was taken in and adopted by a family and became their daughter. Ellen said that she noticed the difference in the child’s life after she was placed in a permanent home and thought that maybe she and her husband could help a child in a similar way.
They decided to become temporary parents and to take a child into their home on the weekends when the real parents could not take care of him or her. The pair planned to have their own children in a few years, but decided that this would be a way to give to the community in the meantime.
The couple quickly grew to love one of the children they looked after. When he became legally available, Billy became the first child they took in permanently. Six months after adopting Billy, Ellen was told by her doctor that she was unable to have children naturally. Ellen says she knew then that adoption was the way she was meant to have a family.
Since adopting Billy, now 17, Ellen and Bill have adopted five more children --- Rose,16； Albert, 11; Joshua, 5 and in June 2003, they added biological brother and sister Tyler and Rylee to the County family.
The County family has been recognized for their work on adoption, and have received many awards for their efforts. Last June, the family was even interviewed on the television show, “Adoption Stories”.
Ellen says she would like to encourage other families to adopt children. She adds that the best part of being a mother of six is: “Giving Josh a bath, putting a band-aid on a cut knee or just the everyday mom things, that makes motherhood such an honor and a privilege.”
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?
A．How a couple first met at collegeB．Where you can adopt a child
C．The benefits of adoption to the communityD．How adoption created a happy family
小題2:Why did Ellen and Bill first decide to adopt a childe?
A．Because they had always loved children very much
B．Because they saw the benefits of adoption for a child
C．Because they were not able to have children of their own
D．Because they wanted to receive awards for their community work
小題3:Which of the children are related to each other by blood?
A．Rylee and TylerB．Billy and Tyler
C．Albert and JoshuaD．Rose and Albert
小題4:What can be inferred from this passage?
A．Ellen had thought of adopting a child before getting married.
B．Only kids under 16 can be adopted by a family
C．A loving family is important to a child’s happiness
D．Adopting a child always makes the family become famous

小題1:D
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小題1:A
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A．the trainer’sB．the older man’sC．the writer’s D．Robert’s
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Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
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I   33 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose    34  that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His   35  still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
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A．loneliness B．sadnessC．tirednessD．sickness
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A．set B．enjoyed C．kept D．shared
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A．Gladly B．Eventually C．Unfortunately D．Surprisingly
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A．Now B．Then C．Sometime D．Meanwhile
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A．a(chǎn)dd up to B．make up for C．get rid of D．take advantage of
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Last Tuesday I took two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain 36 , so I decided I would leave the children in the car 37 I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to  38  anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left  39  happily out of the window.
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A．heavyB．hardC．bigD．quick
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A．foolishB．proudC．frightenedD．pleased
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A．whereB．whichC．thatD．when
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A．whatB．whenC．whetherD．how
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A．behindB．overC．beforeD．with
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A．driverB．nurseC．doctorD．child
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A．bedB．sleepC．dreamD．hospital
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A．walkingB．dyingC．a(chǎn)chingD．sleeping
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A．dressingB．wearingC．raisingD．working
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A．veryB．soC．tooD．quite
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A．downB．offC．onD．up
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A．surprisedB．a(chǎn)fraidC．certainD．worried
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A．beforeB．forC．toD．until
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A．AndB．ButC．SoD．Or
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A．a(chǎn)fterB．inC．beforeD．until
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A．a(chǎn)fterB．whenC．beforeD．while
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A．goodB．wrongC．a(chǎn)ll rightD．right
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A．fastB．slowlyC．hurriedlyD．happily
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A．goodB．badC．necessaryD．ill
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A．fellB．stayedC．grewD．failed
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Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired—maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.
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She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her four feet to the platform(站臺(tái)) so that bystanders could hold her by the legs and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness(知覺(jué)), felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse.
Lisa thought she’d been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn’t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.
Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown - just as he had been seconds after the rescue(營(yíng)救), which made her think about her reaction at the time. “I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die,” she explained.
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A．She had run a long way.B．She felt hot in the subway.
C．She had done a 1ot of work. D．She had donated blood the night before.
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A．Because they would miss their train.
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C．Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.
D．Because she was afraid the train would kill him.
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C．By pulling her along the ground.D．By dragging her away from the edge.
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A．When the train was leaving.
B．After she was back on the platform.
C．After the police and fire officials came.
D．When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.
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My heart melted. I remembered being nervous on the first day of school and I thought I was the only student who felt that way. I was a nervous kid full of self-doubt. Seth behaved much better than I did.
We walked into his school together. He remembered where his new classroom was and recognized his teacher from the ice cream social party they had the day before. He sat down at his desk and chatted with a few of his classmates. He took a few photos of them (with a camera phone because I didn’t allow him to bring the real camera) and then he said in a very serious manner, “Mom, you can go home now. I’ll be OK.” And so he was.
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A．he was afraid to be late for class
B．he wanted to share his joy with his mother
C．he felt worried about his school life
D．he was frightened of his new teacher
小題2:What did the writer mean by saying “My heart melted” in Paragraph 4?
A．She was very angry with her son.
B．She felt sad because of her son’s words.
C．She was too weak in the mind to face it.
D．She became more understanding of her son.
小題3:From the last paragraph we learn that ________.
A．Seth had never seen his new classroom
B．the ice cream social party was to be held soon
C．Seth got along well with his classmates
D．Seth took some photos using a real camera
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