Wings of Angel 

I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not   21  . I had a severe spinal cord disorder (脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much   22   than others.

I hated going to school and I hated people   23   at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing   24   and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the   25   and seeing an ugly hunchback (駝背).

My friends found me   26   because I didn’t let others get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life   27   Angela appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school — a spot where no one would   28   me. That’s when I first heard her voice.

“Hi. Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” she asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

“No   29  .”

“I bet they’re playing games and making friends. Don’t you think so?”

That was how our   30   started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche (處境) — until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, she saw my   31  . She just stared.

    My heart   32  . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would   33   me now.

She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know   34   your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be   35  . I begged in my heart for her to   36  , but she just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”

“No,” I answered   37  .

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is hunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”  

I was   38  . I looked into her eyes and her   39   touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to   40   myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind-hearted friend.

A. them          B. it              C. me            D. her  

A. sadder          B. shorter               C. weaker           D. slower

A. looking       B. smiling       C. aiming          D. glaring  

A. still            B. alone          C. straight          D. together

A. street           B. sun             C. corner          D. mirror

A. distant          B. disappointed   C. hopeless         D. unlucky 

A. after           B. while         C. since            D. until

A. disturb        B. seek             C. comfort          D. ignore

A. wonder        B. idea             C. way             D. problem

A. games         B. performance   C. conversation      D. competition

A. face           B. back             C. eyes             D. wings

A. sank          B. beat             C. broke           D. ached

A. look up to   B. catch up with   C. look down upon D. put up with

A. that          B. how            C. whether          D. why

A. tied          B. arrested       C. punished      D. sentenced

A. relax         B. leave            C. stop             D. forbid

A. shyly          B. weakly         C. proudly       D. firmly  

A. astonished  B. ashamed          C. annoyed        D. upset

A. wisdom      B. beauty           C. honesty       D. kindness 

A. control       B. like            C. forgive        D. forget

－Could you tell me ____ way to Taylor Clinic?

   －Sorry, but I'm afraid there is not _____ Taylor Clinic nearby.

A. a; a                 B. a; the                C. the; the             D. the; a

---- How about putting some pictures into the report?

   ---- ____  A picture is worth a thousand words.

       A. No way!                  B. Why not?          C. All right?                 D. It doesn’t matter.

San Diego's Zoo and Sea World are places where residents and visitors alike can enjoy r animals and plants in shows and exhibits, __     _ in part by San Diego's climate.

       A．made it possible             B．making it possible       

       C．making possible          D．made possible

Many people like the feeling of the gentle wind in spring. Many like to see the falling leaves dancing in the wind in autumn. But sometimes, when the wind becomes a storm, it can be very destructive (毀滅性的).

A series of such storms struck the US last month and caused very serious damage and human pain.

Every year, major storms cause many problems around the world. There is nothing people can do to stop these powerful forces of nature. But new techniques are helping scientists to predict how, when, and where big storms will happen. The more exact scientists’ warnings are, the better people can prepare for the storms.

Predictions are improving. “We’ve gotten better over the years, especially the last few years,” says Phil Klotzback, a scientist at an American university. How is a storm formed? Even if scientists know where a storm will happen, winds can suddenly change, carrying the storm to a new direction. “For a hurricane to happen, conditions have to be just right,” Klotzback says.

    First, the ocean water needs to be warm enough so that it evaporates and rises into the air. As it rises, the air containing drops of water cools and turns back into liquid. This process gives off heat. This produces energy like an engine that causes winds to increase. It drives the formation of a hurricane.

If wind speeds reach 40 miles per hour, the system is called a “ tropical storm”, and it gets a name. At 75 miles per hour, it becomes a hurricane. Hurricanes that hit the US start when a thunderstorm forms off the coast Africa. Storms also develop over tropical waters in other parts of the world.

On average, 60 or 70 storms form off Africa every year. About 10 of them get names. There are usually about six hurricanes. Two tend to be very big, with winds of 115 miles per hour or a bit higher.

The hurricane season lasts from June to November. Ninety percent of all hurricanes hit in August, September and October.

According to the text, hurricanes usually ________.

 A. form off the coast of Africa and America

 B. hit parts of the world in summer and autumn

 C. cause sea winds to rise and blow over the sea

 D. strike the US but cause no damage

The underlined word “evaporates” (in Paragraph 5) probably means “________ .”

   A. begins to move      B. gets lost      C. becomes hot   D. changes into a gas

Which of the following about the information of a hurricane is the correct order?

   a. The ocean water evaporates and goes into the air.

   b. Heat creates energy and causes winds to increase.

   c. The vapor cools.                        

d. The ocean water is warm enough.

   e. The vapor changes back into liquid.       

f. This course gives out heat.

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

— Did you remember to give Jenny the money?

  — Yes. ________ I saw her, I’m sure.

       A. As far as    B. In case         C. The instant     D. Now that

—The terrible accident is under investigation．

—Actually, quicker action _________ those workers trapped in the mine．

       A．might have saved  B．could have saved    

       C．should have saved    D．must have saved

— Hi, Tom．Any idea where Mary is?

       — She     in the reading room．I saw her there just now．

       A．shall be         B．should have been        

       C．should be       D．might have been

By all _____, you must try every _____ to help him.

A. mean; mean            B. means; means    C. means; mean            D. mean; means

For years experts have argued that poor households are consuming less nourishing food than the rest of the population.

 But a survey of some of the lowest earners in Britain shows the nutritional value of what they eat is little different to everyone else.

 In fact, the same deficiencies in diet were shared by all the population and the findings suggest that poor eating choices are far more widespread than previously suspected - affecting many wealthier families.

 These included low fruit and vegetable consumption, not eating enough oily fish and eating too much saturated fat and sugar.

 “This is a large and significant study and it shows we are all eating just as bad a diet as each other,” said Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University.

 The poorest families were eating only slightly more sugar and slightly less fruit and vegetables, according to the study of 3,728 respondents in the bottom of the population.

 Alison Tedstone, head of nutritional science at the Food Standard Agency, said: “ Overall, people on low incomes have less than ideal diets, but their diets are only slightly worse than those of the rest of the population.”

 The study also showed that low earners are choosing to eat unhealthily. Their food choices were not linked to their income, their access to shops or their cooking skills.

 The findings appear to contradict assumptions that the poor cannot afford healthier foods or are too far away from shops that sell them.

 The Low Income Nutrition and Diet Survey showed that like the rest of the population, the poor's daily fruit and vegetable intake on average is below the recommended five portions. Fewer than 10 per cent of respondents hit this target, while around 20 per cent ate less than a portion per day.

 More than three quarters (76 per cent) of men and 81 per cent of women did less than one 30-minute session of moderate or vigorous exercise per week.

 Some 45 per cent of men and 40 per cent of women were smokers.

 This compares with 28 per cent of men and 24 per cent of women in the general population.

According to the passage, which of the following is true?

   A. Whether the poor or the rich maybe have a bad diet.

   B. Even the poor can enjoy enough fruit and fish consumption.

   C. Only the poor have a bad diet.

   D. The study was conveyed in both the rich and the poor.

What kind of persons maybe eat most sugar?

   A. The rich.             B. Men.                        C. The poorest.             D. Women

From the passage, we can learn __________.

   A. the poor choose unhealthy food because of low income

   B. having no access to shops also leads to the poor’s bad diet

   C. the poor’s daily fruit intake is as much as general people

   D. the number of smokers in the poor is bigger than that in general people

What’s the best title of the passage?

   A. The poor’s healthy problem.                    B. Keep off junk food.

C. How to have a good diet.                       D. A diet survey.