Growing up the daughter of an outstanding educator，Andrea Peterson knew at a young age that she wanted to serve others.It was with this mindset that she started to pursue a degree in medicine.However，while visiting her brothers who were away at college studying music education，she realized that she was drawn to teach music，too.
In her ten years at Granite Falls，she has revitalized the music programs at both the elementary and high school levels，to the extent that an additional music faculty member was hired by the district to assist with the workload.The growth of the music program in Granite Falls School District has encouraged students to participate in country，state and national music competitions，and won numerous prizes for the district.
Teaching music is only a part of Peterson's instruction－it serves as a vehicle to other areas.“Music is an amazing tool to unlock students' potential.The most visible benefit from their success in music is their increased confidence and self?es?teem，” Peterson said.“However，I don't believe it is the only benefit，nor the most powerful.It is truly exciting to see how my music teaching can transfer to other classrooms.” With this philosophy，Peterson introduced a cross?curriculum program，wherein she takes lessons taught in other classes，such as English and math，and expands upon them in an eight?week unit.
One of the most popular projects in Peterson's classes is the creation and performance of a musical，and whereby students create a play from one of the books they have read in another class.Students work together to choose the music that best fits with the overall feel of the play and then perform it for the greater community.“Through Andrea's efforts these kids have helped to put Granite Falls，Washington，on the map for musical talents.Parents，staff and community members continue to be in awe of what she is able to bring forth from the children，”said Debra Rose Howell，a colleague of Peterson's at Monte Crisco Elementary School.
【小題1】Initially Andrea Peterson planned to work as a(n) ________.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．educator

D．musician

【小題2】The 2nd paragraph mainly tells about ________.

A．Andrea Peterson's life at Granite Falls

B．country，state and national music competitions

C．the growth of the music program in Granite Falls School District

D．Andrea Peterson's contributions to Granite Falls' music programs

【小題3】Which of the following is NOT a benefit the students get from Andrea Peterson's class?

A．Music talent development.

B．Increased self?confidence.

C．Ability in learning other subjects.

D．Prizes for English and maths.

【小題4】What is most special about the way Andrea Peterson teaches?

A．She has a special way of teaching music.

B．She makes her classes lively and interesting.

C．She combines her music class with other subjects.

D．She comes from a family of professional educators.

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth.Finances were a constant concern for his family.The expenses of having a large family were too much for his father's salary.In fact, when Charles was just four months old, the family moved to a smaller home to cut expenses.
At a very young age, despite his family's financial situation, Charles dreamed of becoming a gentleman.However, when he was 12, it seemed his dream would never come true.He suffered a lot.Charles' education was unplanned, but he supplemented it with constant reading, particularly of the eighteenth?century novels in his father's small library.He was poorly clothed, ill fed, forced to live in the cheapest place.
Also,12?year?old Charles was removed from school and sent to work at a factory to help support the family.Charles was deeply marked by these experiences.This childhood poverty, although unknown to his readers until after his death, would be a heavy influence on Dickens' later views on social reform and the world he would create through his fiction.He knew those kinds of feelings.He was lost at that time when he worked hopelessly in the factory.That period was so bitter to the sensitive boy.When he was a successful, happy man, he could not look back upon it without tears in his eyes.
Luckily the situation improved within a year.Charles was released from his duties at the factory.
【小題1】As a boy, Charles Dickens' dream was __________.

A．to be a writer	B．to be a gentleman
C．to work in a factory	D．to support his family

【小題2】Charles Dickens was removed from school because __________.

A．he didn't like to go to school at all

B．he caused much trouble at school

C．he had to make money to support the family

D．he liked reading in his father's small library

【小題3】What greatly affected Charles Dickens when he was young?

A．His constant reading.

B．His family's frequent move.

C．His leaving school to work.

D．His father's salary.

【小題4】What can we know about Charles Dickens?

A．He received a good education when young.

B．He felt confused when working in the factory.

C．He worked in the factory for many years.

D．He started to work in the factory in 1826.

There were a thousand reasons not to stop.I was running late for a very important...well，whatever it was that I was running late for that day.Surely the Highway Patrol would be along soon，and it's their job to help stranded (擱淺) motorists，isn't it?
That made 1,004 reasons not to stop.And here was 1,005：I was the world's worst auto mechanic.The first time I tried to change my car's oil myself I did fine—until I forgot to put the new oil in.The boys down at the garage had a big laugh over that.
I'm not sure how much it would have helped that lady who was stranded by the side of the freeway if I had pulled over.So I drove on by，just like hundreds of other drivers on the freeway that day.Then suddenly I turned off at the next exit and made my way back to see if I could at least give her a lift or something.But by the time I got back to her，a Hispanic (西班牙的) gentleman had pulled in behind her，and was tinkering (修補(bǔ)) with her car's engine.
“Is there anything I can do to help？” I asked.
“No，thank you，”the lady replied.“This nice man says he can fix it.” After the man repaired it，the woman tried to give him some money，but he declined and waved as she drove off.It wasn't until we started walking toward our cars that I noticed he had five more reasons not to stop than I did；his family was sitting in the station wagon，waiting patiently.“Do you stop and help people like this often？”I asked.
“Somebody has to，”he said.“What's she going to do if nobody helps？”And for him，that was enough.
【小題1】By telling the story，the author intends to tell us ________.

A．we must help someone in trouble even if we have every reason not to do so

B．if we don't have the necessary skills or knowledge，we can't help a person much

C．what the person in trouble needs most is kindness rather than practical skills

D．we much thank the person who has helped us when we are in trouble

【小題2】What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A．The author once helped a person who was in trouble but was laughed at by a boy.

B．The author just wanted to find an excuse to stop to help the stranded lady.

C．The author doubted whether he had the ability to give the lady some necessary help.

D．What the author was running late for made him very angry.

【小題3】Why did the author make his way back at the next exit?

A．Because he wanted to see if anybody else had helped the lady out.

B．Because he felt guilty about not helping the lady.

C．Because he wanted to help the Hispanic gentleman fix the lady's car.

D．Because he had thought of a way to help the lady.

Herta Müller, the Romanian?born German writer, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.The award was announced in Stockholm.
Ms Müller, 56, immigrated to Germany from Romania in 1987.She is the first German writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Gunter Grass in 1999 and the 13th winner writing in German since the prize was first given in 1901.She is the 12th woman to get the literature prize.
But unlike Doris Leasing and V．S.Naipaul, Ms Müller is relatively unknown outside literary circles in Germany.“I am very surprised and still cannot believe it，” Ms Müller said in a statement in Germany.“I can't say anything more at the moment.”
She has written about 20 books, but just five have been translated into English, including the novels “The Land of Green Plums” and “The Appointment”．
At a news conference at the German Publishers and Booksellers Association in Berlin, where she lives, Ms Müller, wearing all black and sitting on a big chair, appeared overwhelmed by all the cameras in her face.She spoke of the 30 years she spent under a dictatorship, describing “l(fā)iving with fear in the morning that in the evening one would no longer exist”．
When asked what it meant that her name would now be mentioned at the same moment as German greats like Thomas Mann and Heinrich Bll, Ms Müller remained calm.“I am now nothing better and I'm nothing worse，” she said.“My inner thing is writing.That's what I can persist_in,_and if nothing special happens, I will never give up.”
Earlier in the day, at a news conference in Stockholm, Peter Englund，secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Ms Müller was honored for her “very, very special language” and because “she has really a story to tell about...and growing up as a stranger in your own family.”
【小題1】Which of the following statements about Ms Müller is true?

A．Most of her works have been translated into English.

B．She immigrated to Germany from Romania when she was 35.

C．She's the first Romanian writer that has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

D．She is the first German writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature in the 21st

century.
【小題2】Before getting the Nobel Prize, Ms Müller __________.

A．was famous for her works

B．lived a poor but happy life

C．was not well?known to most people

D．had enough confidence in winning it

【小題3】The underlined words “persist in” in Paragraph 6 mean __________.

A．refuse to do	B．continue to do
C．stop to do	D．a(chǎn)gree to do

【小題4】We can learn from the passage that __________.

A．Ms Müller's special language and experience made her get the Nobel Prize

B．most of Ms Müller's novels are unsuccessful works

C．Ms Müller felt much better after she won the Nobel Prize

D．Ms Müller was honored because of her wonderful description about German's

life

It was about six years ago.We were at senior high school.Those days in school were gray to most Chinese students because of the college entrance examination pressure.Not our parents and teachers didn't love us，but they loved us too much.Our only happiness was a high grade in the exam.
One afternoon after the final exam，we four girls came to a small wood and we felt it only belonging to us that afternoon.We talked and laughed.We played all the games that we could think of.We felt we were on the top of the world for the first time in our life.We totally forgot the unhappiness in our life and we threw the homework and the endless exams far away out of the wood.
In the middle of the wood ran a small and peaceful stream.Now and then，we could see some wild ducks on the water looking for food.The water weeds danced happily while the water passed beside them.The air was so fresh that we breathed it freely.
The sun had set before we knew it.We had to leave the place which brought us much happiness.We agreed to come back again every time we felt bored.
Years later，we went there several times.But，every time we went there to find that great feeling，we failed.Strangely，the feeling was different from that of several years ago.
I know that wonderful experience was just for once.We can never find that kind of happiness again which only belonged to the special afternoon in our life.That was a release of our uneasy heart.We can never go back to that young age or that simple life.It was our golden ages.No matter how boring and hard the life was，it gave us something worthy to recall.We'll treasure it forever.
【小題1】What does the writer think of their senior high school life?

A．Unhappy.	B．Helpless.
C．Useless.	D．Meaningless.

【小題2】What does “it” refer to in the second paragraph?

A．The final exam.	B．Happiness.
C．A small wood.	D．A high grade.

【小題3】What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A．How the girls forgot everything in the wood that afternoon.

B．How the girls played games in the wood that afternoon.

C．How peaceful the wood was that afternoon.

D．How the girls relaxed themselves in the wood that afternoon.

【小題4】What did the writer introduce to us in the third paragraph?

A．Hungry wild ducks.

B．Dancing water weeds.

C．Fresh air.

D．A peaceful stream.

Daniel Defoe (about 1660—1731) was an important novelist in the English literature. When he was young, he served as a soldier and had been to Spain, Italy, France and Germany. At the same time, he went in for politics. He cared much about the development of capitalism(資本主義). He had written a lot of articles against it and he was put into prison twice for that. It was not until that he was nearly sixty that he began to write the famous novel “Robinson Crusoe”, which was published in May, 1709. It spread so rapidly that the story was known to every household very soon.
“Robinson Crusoe” can be divided into three parts. The first part is about Crusoe’s three voyages, the second part about his hunting, hiding in caves farming and his hard struggles against nature on a small island, the third about the things which happened after his return from the island. The second part is the body of the novel, in which Robinson’s characters are clearly shown.  Defoe wrote his novel in a simple style and his language is easy to understand. His novel writing set a milestone of the modern English novel. In his later part of life, He was in poor health and lived very poorly. He died on April 24, 1731.
【小題1】Deniel Defoe was _______ and the writer of _______.

A．a(chǎn)n Englishman, “A Tale of Two Cities”

B．a(chǎn)n American, “A Million Pound Note”

C．a(chǎn) French, “The Lost Necklace”

D．a(chǎn)n English, “Robinson Crusoe”

【小題2】How old was he when he began to write his famous novel Robinson Crusoe?

A．He was in his sixties.

B．He was in his fifties.

C．He was over 60.

D．He was sixty.

【小題3】Robinson Crusoe can be divided into ______ parts and the first is about _______.

A．three, his journeys by sea

B．three, his characters

C．two, his lonely life

D．four, his fame

【小題4】“Every household” in this passage means ________.

A．a(chǎn)ll members of a family

B．a(chǎn)ll people

C．every building

D．persons living in the same house

【小題5】What was Defoe’s contribution(貢獻(xiàn)) to the English literature?

A．He wrote a very interesting story.

B．He made people happy while reading his story.

C．He set a milestone of the modern English novel.

D．He was active in politics and was against capitalism.

Any introduction to Peking Opera would not be complete without telling of Mei Lanfang. During his stage life, he combined the traditions of the past with his own creations, shaping a style of his own and giving birth to “The Mei Lanfang School”. He was also the first artist to introduce Peking Opera to an overseas audience, making it popular to the world.
Mei Lanfang began his stage life at the age of 8. His teacher said he showed little hope because of his boring eyes. To improve this, he exercised them day after day. Thanks to his efforts, he managed to change his dull eyes into a pair of bright and expressive eyes and win national fame before the age of 20.
In over 50 years on the stage, Mei Lanfang played no less than 100 different characters in the performance. He also wrote many new plays, designing the dances himself. The many dances he created form part of the great treasure that he left to Peking Opera.
In 1930, Mei Lanfang started on a successful US tour. There his brilliant performances impressed the audience, making them realize that Peking Opera was a theatrical form of great value.
【小題1】Mei Lanfang was the first artist to introduce Peking Opera to ________.

A．China	B．a(chǎn)udience
C．the world	D．schools

【小題2】How long did it take Mei Lanfang to exercise his eyes into bright and expressive?

A．About 8 years.	B．About 10 years.
C．About 12 years.	D．About 14 years.

【小題3】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The history of Peking Opera.

B．Mei Lanfang’s early stage life.

C．The performance of Peking Opera by Mei Lanfang.

D．Mei Lanfang’s great contributions to Peking Opera.

Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to(屬于) a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man’s house. On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off. They obeyed(服從) and the farmer went into the house. He asked to see the rich man. A servant took him to the room where the rich man was sitting.
"I have brought you the basket of apples you asked for," he said.
"But why have you brought a half-empty basket?" the rich man asked.
"I met your children outside, and they stole(偷) some of the apples."
【小題1】 Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? Because

A．he was poor

B．he liked the rich man

C．the rich man’s children liked apples

D．his farm belonged to the rich man

【小題2】 What did the monkeys do when the farmer was on the doorsteps?

A．They jumped and jumped.	B．They played.
C．They ran away.	D．They ate some of the apples.

【小題3】. The monkeys left the basket because

A．they had thrown apples on the ground

B．the farmer had politely asked them to get off

C．they were afraid of the hat

D．the farmer was angry with them

【小題4】. How did the rich man feel when he saw the basket?  He felt

A．pleased	B．moved(感動(dòng))
C．excited	D．unhappy

After Mom died, I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading, “Drink your juice.” Such a gesture, I knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, I remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom“ Why doesn't Dad love me!” Mom frowned. “Who said he doesn't love you!” “Well, he never tells me,” I complained. “He never tells me either,” she said, smiling. “But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us.” Then Mom held me by the shoulders and asked, “Do you understand?’’ I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. I still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap（片）metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. I always hoped he'd ask me to help and then praise me for what I did. He never asked. His tasks were too dangerous for a young boy to attempt, and Mom was already worried enough that he'd hurt himself. Dad hand fed scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades thicker than my father's body. If he didn't feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. “Why don't you hire someone to do that for you?” Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. “Why don't you hire a cook? ”Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, hugged him and said, “I love you, Dad.” From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.
【小題1】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．I just couldn’t understand my father

B．My father never loved me

C．Silent fatherly love

D．My hard-working father

【小題2】The author’s father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because _______

A．that was the author’s favorite

B．he was sure the author would be thirsty

C．the author was always complaining

D．that was a gesture of love

【小題3】The author’s father didn’t hire a helper because________

A．his job was too dangerous

B．his job required high skills

C．he wanted to save money

D．he was not good at communicating with others

【小題4】We can infer from the passage that_______

A．the author’s father lacked a sense of humor

B．the author quite understand his father as time went on

C．the author’s father didn’t love him very much

D．the author’s father was too strict with him

After ruling the tennis world for almost five years, Roger Federer is adjusting to life at NO.2. But, like any king whose throne has been taken away, the Swiss star is already planning secretly his return to power, beginning at this week’s US Open.
The problem is, many experts think he will never do it. They blame everything from age and tough competition to his racket and psychology.
For years Federer, 27, had enjoyed the view from the top. Competitors saw him as undefeated, and for the most part he was. However, before the 2008 season began, Federer had an illness that stole his strength and clearly affected his play on the court. Ever since, he has struggled to return to form, winning just two of his last 14 tournaments.
“Twenty-seven is an age when your body starts talking back to you.” tennis great John McEnroe told the New York Times.
Pancho Sefura, another tennis great, noted that Federer is also facing a maturing crop of young talents. “There are too many great players now,” he said, naming Britain’s Andy Murray, 21, and Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis, 20.
US magazine Sports Illustrated tennis columnist Jon Wertheim suggested that part of Federer’s problem could be his insistence on using a small racket. He says that the smaller head demands ball control. But we see time and again that racket makers try to get players to use a certain stick — one they would like to market to consumers and it has a negative effect the professional game.
Sports psychologist Jim Loehr told the Times that Federer is probably feeling “a sense of doubt” after being considered as undefeated for so long. If Federer is to recover his state of being undefeated, Loehr said he must overcome his doubt. “Federer doesn’t need fame and money. But he has to get better. He has to go to a whole new level. That’s the only way he stays in the game,” he said.
As for beginning his first Grand Slam in ages as the NO.2 seed, Federer said it might be for the best. “Five years almost, I was expected to win every tournament I entered,” he said, “so maybe Rafael Nadal now feels what I had to feel for a very long time. It will be interesting to see how he handles it.”
【小題1】What does the underlined sentence “your body starts talking back to you” in Para.4 mean?

A．Your body often argues with you.

B．You can do whatever you want.

C．Your strength is beginning to decline.

D．You are more easily to have quite terrible diseases.

【小題2】From the passage, we know the main reason why Federer’s throne was taken away is that _____.

A．he is becoming older and older.

B．he insisted on using a small racket.

C．he is facing a maturing crop of young talents.

D．he had an illness that stole his strength.

【小題3】What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Now it is Nadal who has replaced Federer as the No.1tennis player.

B．the racket makers aim at the players’ better performance in games.

C．It is impossible for Federer to return to power.

D．Federer has never won a Grand Slam before.

【小題4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Nadal — The No.1 Tennis Player

B．Federer — Always Undefeated

C．State of Mind Plays a Important Role

D．Federer Hopes to Recover His Magic