It was my first day of high school, and I was late. My next class, Spanish, scared me. I just could not speak that language. As the bell rang, I ran to the classroom.
At the door, a hand reached out and shook mine firmly. I looked up. A man with large glasses smiled. He introduced himself as Profe, which means teacher in Spanish. Right away, his warm smile and welcoming words eased my fears. That year, I enjoyed his classes a great deal because I learned more than just Spanish.
I admit I only speak a little Spanish. But I try to live out the life lessons I learned from Profe. Every day Profe stood outside his classroom before and after class to give his “hand hug”. After school his room was always filled with students and he would talk to and chat with them--even those not in his class. He taught me that every person is worth your time.
One time, I was rejected(排擠)by my friends, Profe told me, “Linda, life gives you ashes. But learning its lessons will turn those ashes to jewels.” Therefore, I learned to look at my troubles differently and not to fear any difficulty.
In my senior year, I became president of one of the school’s clubs, so I was very busy. Many times I didn’t even have time to buy lunch. He served me by giving me his food as well as advice. He lived out what he taught us to do: serve others.
The author William Arther Ward wrote: “The mediocre(平庸的) teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” Thank you , Profe, for inspiring me.
【小題1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The writer was on time for his first day of high school.

B．The writer didn’t like Profe’s class.

C．The writer could speak Spanish fluently.

D．The writer learned life truth from Profe’s class.

【小題2】How did Profe treat his class and his students?

A．He was very stict with his students.

B．He only talked with those students in his class.

C．He lived out what he taught in class.

D．He never inspired his students.

【小題3】What can we learn from the passage?

A．The writer benefited a lot from Profe’s class.

B．The writer was good at spanish in the end.

C．Profe treated students differently according to their grades.

D．Profe was not a superior teacher.

【小題4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Learning Spanish	B．A great teacher
C．My first day of high school	D．Teaching method

Alexi s Vaughan，17，sat tiredly in the passenger seat of her dad’s car．The early Saturday morning run with her father，Michael，was part of the punishment．She stared sadly out of the window at the cornfields．
An experienced hunter，Alexis let her eyes lazily search for wildlife．She was shocked when a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them．Mule deer never appeared in plain sight ten days before hunting season．It was a buck—a male deer with sharp，three-pronged antlers（三齒鹿角）．
Suddenly Alexis heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer’s head．She realized the buck was attacking a woman．Sue Panter had been Out for her morning run．The deer had appeared from the tall corn and begun following her．Having lived in the countryside of Idaho for years，Sue knew that most deer got frightened by humans．But this deer moved closer，even when she threw a handful of small stones at it．
“I knew I was in trouble，”she says．
The buck rushed forward，lifted her up with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel the antlers made small holes in her leg and blood ran down her leg.
When the Vaughans pulled up，the buck was throwing Sue like a rag doll. Before her father had stopped the car，Alexis rushed out of the car and down the slope（斜坡）toward the buck．“1 was kicking and hitting it hard with my fists to get its attention so that It will leave the woman，”she says．However，the animal was not frightened at all．Then Michael pushed the buck away from the woman by the antlers．
Alexis helped Sue up the slope and into the Vaughans’car．Then she tied a tourniquet（止血帶）to Sue's right leg．Her neck was cut．Then she heard her father shout loudly. Michael had been knocked to the ground，his right leg seriously cut by the buck. Alexis took a hammer from the car and ran to where Michael lay on his back in the dirt．She beat the buck’s head and neck，but the blows didn’t frighten it away．“I was losing faith,”she says.
“A couple more strikes，Alexis，”said Michael．“You can do it．”Alexis closed her eyes and hit with all her strength at the deer’s neck with the hammer. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away．
A1exis got in the driver’s seat and sped toward the hospital in Franklin，hearing her dad’s breathing grow difficuIt and unsmooth as the blood from his wounded leg had flowed through the T—shirt he'd wrapped around it．In the backseat，Sue looked unconscious.
After doctors treated Sue and Michael，Sue tearfully thanked her rescuers．“ You expect aTeenage girl to get on the phone and call for help in such a situation, not to beat up a deershe says．
【小題1】What can we know from the first two paragraphs?

A．The story happened during hunting season.

B．It is unusual to see mule deer at this time of year．

C．The beautiful sight outside the car made Alexis excited．

D．Alexis enjoys running with her father on Saturday morning.

【小題2】How did Sue Panter probably feel at first when she saw the male deer?
A．Relaxed．    B．Frightened．    C．Excited．DQ Confused·
【小題3】How did Alexis help Sue soon after she ran out of the car?

A．By trying to bring the buck’s life to an end．

B．By frightening the buck to run away down the slope.

C．By trying to draw the buck’s attention away from Sue．

D．By pushing the buck away from Sue by the antlers．

【小題4】What was wrong with Michael after fighting with the deer?

A．His neck was seriously cut．

B．Both his legs were badly wounded．

C．There were bloody holes in his left leg．

D．He had difficulty breathing because of blood loss．

【小題5】What does Sue mean by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A．Alexis is an unusually brave girl．

B．It’s risky for Alexis not to ask for help．

C．Girls are willing to lend a helping hand．

D．Girls are often at a 1oss in face of danger．

One spring，when 1 was 1 0，during one of my father’s layoffs，I could tell my mother was unhappy．I decided to cheer her up by buying her a special Mother’s Day gift．
One day after school I rode my bike to the Agins，which，I learned years later，was known for its high-end fashions and style．I introduced myself to Sylvia Agins，telling her I was looking for a Mother’s Day present．
“Do you think she’d like a purse ?”she asked．“I think she might．”I told her．
She took out an Italian purse made of leather．She asked me what I thought，and I told her that my mom would like it．
“How much money do you have?’’she asked．
“Twelve dollars，”I said．
“You’re in luck，”she told me．“It’s only $11．You have a dollar left over for the card．” She wrapped the purse and thanked me for my business，and I rode off home with the package under my arm．
When my mother opened the gift the next Sunday morning，she asked in an accusing tone，“Where did you get this?”
“I bought it at the Agins．It cost me$1 1．’’I said．
My mother was shocked into silence．
It wasn’t until many years 1ater，when I learned that the purse was worth several hundred dollars，that I appreciated just how wonderful Sylvia Agins had been to me．I always felt regretful  that I never had a chance to properly thank her．
‘‘You know，my son，what really amazes me to this day，”my mother said．‘‘Letting you have the purse for just a few dollars was unbelievable enough．But the fact that she let you leave the store with a dollar for the card was a touch of kindness that 9 11 never forget.”
【小題1】Why did the author buy his mother a purse?

A．To thank his mother for buying him a bike．

B．To show his ability of making money．

C．To make his mother happy．

D．To surprise his mother．

【小題2】The author’s mother was shocked into silence because______

A．the Agins charged so little money for the purse

B．the author bought a card to go with the purse

C．she wasn’t expecting a gift from her son

D．the purse was bought from the Agins

【小題3】Sylvia Agins’behavior shows that_______

A．she is critical and mean	B．she is kind and thoughtful
C．she is good at making money	D．she knows how to choose presents

【小題4】Which can be the best title for the text?

A．A Clever Shop Owner	B．A Considerate Mother
C．An Unforgettable Event	D．A Priceless Mother’s Day Gift

She is a cute, quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But recently she has become somewhat mysterious, not so open as before: what if she falls in love, which is too early for a girl of her age. After all, she is reaching the “dangerous stage”. These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother’s mind.
One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmates and would return late. This was the first time her mother had agreed, and she couldn’t help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine and her uneasiness(不安) got the upper hand over her. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that moment the noise of a car pulling up drew her to the window and ---there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending nothing had happened. “Mum, I’m back.” “Yeah.” “Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?” “Yes, Oh, that… Who’s that boy?” The daughter was stunned (發(fā)愣) for a moment. “Ah. It’s my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I’m going to bed” “All right. Go to sleep early.”
Next morning, when the mother went to the daughter’s room to do some tidying, she found her diary left at her pillow. After a few minutes’ hesitation she finally opened it to the entry of the night before. It read: Mum, it was love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn’t. Holding the diary, the mother fell in thought.
【小題1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A．The girl knew her mother would ask her the questions about the boy.

B．What the girl did recently worried her mother.

C．The mother was eager to read her daughter’ diary the next day.

D．The girl’ diary was always unlocked.

【小題2】From the diary, we can see the girl _____________.

A．thanked her mother for asking her.

B．thought her mother cared about her very much.

C．thought it was her mother’s duty to asked her.

D．thought understanding is better than simple love.

【小題3】The main purpose of this article is to show that parents should_______.

A．care about what their children really think and how they feel.

B．not give much freedom to their children.

C．Talk with their children about their early love.

D．Keep silent about their children’s privacy.

【小題4】Which can be the best title for this story?

A．Mother’s True Love.	B．Early Love Between Students.
C．To Ask or Not to Ask.	D．Dangerous Age.

Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(綽號(hào)) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.
As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”
“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.
Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”
【小題1】Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?

A．He could become famous.

B．He liked to have a nickname.

C．It could make his workmates happy.

D．It could advertise for his company for free.

【小題2】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．It’s very important to do small things well.

B．Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.

C．You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.

D．You should make more advertisements for your company.

【小題3】What would be the best title for this passage?

A．A Clever Way to Make Advertisements.	B．Albert and Rockefeller.
C．Four Dollars a Bucket.	D．The Second Board Chairman.

One determined student stepped off the traditional job for blind people in China, and now challenges a new life at university in Britain. Being a message therapist （按摩師）is a perfect job for many people with a visual disability, but for Zheng Jianwei, it was far from enough.
The 30-year-old former massage therapist gave up his hospital job in 2009to prepare for admission to graduate school. He took IELTS（雅思考試）, the language-fluency test necessary for university admission in the UK, in 2012 and scored 6.5 points. He was the first blind examinee to take the IELTS in the Southeast Chinese region. After about four year’s struggles, Zheng successfully gain an offer from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and became a graduate student.
However,Zheng’s path to graduate school was not easy. “I can’t take China’s national entrance exam for graduate school, which doesn’t provide study material（材料）for blind students,” he says.
He then turned to search for graduate school overseas. However, English became his nightmare. Zheng studied in special schools for visually challenged students since primary school, but foreign language was never a main subject.  
Before giving up his job and learning English again in 2009, Zheng only knew the alphabet, a few words and some basic expressions. “Learning English again in my late 20s is not easy,” he says.
It took him three years of intensive study to gain entrance to a graduate school overseas. Because of the lack of study material, Zheng needs to spend hours and days looking for textbooks for the visually disabled and copying them, while it may take only five minutes for a sighted person to order a plain English textbook from Amazon.
In his parents’ eyes, Zheng has been a sensible, independent and decisive man from a young age. Zheng made all the major decisions by himself, including studying abroad and choosing majors. “We just follow his decisions, ” the mother says.
【小題1】According to the first paragraph, a blind person in China is likely to         .

A．go abroad for graduate school	B．work as a message therapist
C．be far from pleased with life	D．enjoy a perfect job

【小題2】It can be learned from the passage that the blind students in China       .

A．can’t take the national entrance exam to college

B．can find less study material than normal students

C．can never learn a foreign language well

D．can’t afford the English textbooks for an entrance exam

【小題3】Which of the following can match Zheng Jianwei’s story?

A．All mankind is created equal.	B．Many hands make light work.
C．Rome is not built in a day.	D．Nothing is impossible when mind is set.

【小題4】It can be inferred from the passage that Zheng’s         .

A．parents have to follow any of his decisions

B．parents don’t understand or care about him

C．visual disability meant a hopeless damage to him

D．mind is healthy though physically disabled

Robert is a boss who hires me as a  helper.  He has lost his home and now has to live back at home, with his mother, at 46.
We had a job in Fort Bending.  Robert bought me breakfast there. As we were leaving ,a man walked to us asking if he could get some work from Roberts' company. Robert explained there was no work for the man and the man started to walk away. As I looked from the leaving man back to Robert, l saw Robert getting Out some money and went after the man to give it to him. I asked Robert, "Why did you do that?" Robert said "He really had bad luck-what does a few dollars mater?"
After a very long, hard day, we stopped at a Quick Trip for a soda. I got through the check out ahead of Robert and went back out to the work truck. Beside the truck was a woman in a car.  She had 3 kids and asked me if I could help-she had been evicted-had now where to go with her children-they were living in the car.  I told her I was also hurting in these times-sorry I could not. Robert came out. opened the work truck and we got in I told him about the lady I didn't even finish the story when Robert was out. his door- around the truck and giving the women money to help her and her kids out.  When Robert returned I asked, "Why did you do that, she didn't even ask you".  He said “I have an ex-wife(前妻)and a kid-if they need help and I am not able, someone will help them"
【小題1】Why did the man walk to the writer and Robert?

A．To ask for a lift in Robert's truck.

B．To look for a job in Robert's company

C．To beg for some money to buy a ticket.

D．To expect Robert to buy him breakfast.

【小題2】What does the underlined sentence mean in the Second Paragraph?
A. Robert had a lot of dollars to give.
B Robert didn't value dollars at all.
C. Robert took a few dollars seriously.
D. Robert didn't care about money.
【小題3】The underlined word "evicted" in the last paragraph may mean______

A．driven away

B．picked up

C．looked down

D．turned down

【小題4】Which word do you think can best describe Robert?

A．Kind.

B．Proud.

C．Rich.

D．Cruel,

【小題5】Robert helped the woman because_______.

A．he expected to get married to the woman

B．she made him think of his ex-wife and kid

C．she asked him whether he could give a hand

D．he felt sorry for being unable to support his family

Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(賭博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
【小題1】Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.

A．he was a driver

B．he worked in a factory

C．he had a lot of work to do

D．he had worked there for a long time

【小題2】Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.

A．she couldn’t find any work

B．she thought her husband was tired

C．her husband spent all time in gambling

D．she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling

【小題3】_______, so he was put into lockup.

A．Mr. Lang often gambled

B．Mr. Lang was late for work

C．Mr. Lang didn’t help his wife at home

D．Mr. Lang wasn’t polite to the police

【小題4】The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.

A．he didn’t love her any longer

B．he wouldn’t stop gambling

C．he had been put into lockup

D．he was hardly sent away by the factory

【小題5】Which of the following is right?

A．The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again.

B．The boy thought his father needed some policemen.

C．The boy hoped his father to stop gambling soon.

D．The boy hoped his mother to come back.

Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs for a worker, shop-keeper and post-master in his early years.
A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated from the same school--West Point Military Academy(西點(diǎn)軍校).One may be surprised to learn that both of them didn't do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined(punished to pay money) because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of the U.S. presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important that happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him," When you grow up, you should not be president. It's a tiring job."
【小題1】How many American presidents are mentioned in this passage?

A．4

B．5

C．7

D．6

【小題2】Who regard the jobs of the U.S. presidents as the tiring ones?

A．Taft

B．Grant

C．Eisenhower

D．Roosevelt

【小題3】In this passage, "keep an eye on" means _______.

A．see

B．take care of

C．look at fixedly

D．stare at

【小題4】The second paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A．that Eisenhower became famous in the Second World War

B．how Grant became a general

C．that many of the U.S. presidents had served in the army

D．that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmates

【小題5】Which of the following is true?

A．F. Roosevelt was one of the U.S. presidents before Grant.

B．Washington was born in a very poor family.

C．West Point Military Academy was founded in the Second World War.

D．Lincoln was elected the U.S. president after Grant.

Today, as I was relaxing at the beach, I couldn't help but eavesdrop（竊聽(tīng)，偷聽(tīng)） on a conversation four high school kids were having on the beach blanket next to me. Their conversation was about making a positive difference in the world. And it went something like this…
"It's impossible to make a difference unless you're a huge company or someone with lots of money and power," one of them said.
"Yeah man," another replied. "My mom keeps telling me to move mountains – to speak up and stand up for what I believe. But what I say and do doesn't even get noticed. I just keep answering to ‘the man’ and then I get slapped back（山谷回聲） in place by him when I step out of line."
"Repression…" another snickered.
I smiled because I knew exactly how they felt. When I was their age, I was certain I was being repressed and couldn't possibly make a difference in this world. And I actually almost got fired from school once because I openly expressed how repressed(壓抑) I felt in the middle of the principals’ office.
I Have A Dream.
Suddenly, one of the kids noticed me eavesdropping and smiling. He sat up, looked at me and said, "What? Do you disagree?" Then as he waited for a response, the other three kids turned around too.
Rather than arguing with them, I took an old receipt out of my wallet , tore it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece. Then I crumbled the pieces into little paper balls and handed a different piece to each one of them.
"Look at the word on the paper I just gave you and don't show it to anyone else." The kids looked at the single word I had handed each of them and appeared confused. "You have two choices," I told them. "If your word inspired you to make a difference in this world, then hold onto it. If not, give it back to me so I can recycle the paper." They all returned their words.
I walked over quickly , sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket and laid out the four words that the students had returned to me so that the words combined to form the simple sentence,        "I have a dream."
"Dude, that's Martin Luther King Jr.," one of the kids said.
"How did you know that?" I asked.
"Everyone knows Martin Luther King Jr." the kid snarled. "He has his own national holiday, and we all had to memorize his speech in school a few years ago."
"Why do you think your teachers had you memorize his speech?" I asked.
"I don't really care!" the kid replied. His three friends shook their heads in agreement. "What does this have to do with us and our situation?"
"Your teachers asked you to memorize those words, just like thousands of teachers around the world have asked students to memorize those words, because they have inspired millions of repressed people to dream of a better world and take action to make their dreams come true. Do you see where I'm going with this?"
"Man, I know exactly what you're trying to do and it's not going to work, alright?" the fourth kid said, who hadn't spoken a word until now. "We're not going to get all inspired and emotional about something some dude said thirty years ago. Our world is different now. And it's more screwed up than any us can even begin to imagine, and there's little you or I can do about it. We're too small, we're nobody."
Together
I smiled again because I once believed and used to say similar things. Then after holding the smile for a few seconds I said, "On their own, ‘I' or ‘have’ or ‘a(chǎn)’ or ‘dream’ are just words. Not very compelling or inspiring. But when you put them together in a certain order, they create a phrase that has been powerful enough to move millions of people to take action – action that changed laws, perceptions, and lives. You don't need to be inspired or emotional to agree with this, do you?"
The four kids shrugged and struggled to appear totally indifferent, but I could tell they were listening intently. "And what's true for words is also true for people," I continued. "One person without help from anyone else can't do much to make a big difference in this crazy world - or to overcome all of the various forms of repression that exist today. But when people get together and unite to form something more powerful and meaningful then themselves, the possibilities are endless.
Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.
【小題1】Why were the kids repressed?

A．Because they were scolded by their teachers

B．Because they lacked confidence of making a difference in the world

C．Because they didn’t have lots of money or power.

D．Because one of them almost got expelled from school.

【小題2】What did the writer do when one of the kids noticed him eavesdropping?

A．He argued with them.

B．He played a game with them.

C．He scooted over sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket .

D．He took an old receipt ,ripped it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece.

【小題3】Which of the following is not true?

A．“I Have A Dream” was delivered by Martin Luther King.

B．A national holiday was named after Martin Luther King to honor him.

C．Teachers asked kids to memorize Martin Luther King’s famous speech.

D．Martin Luther King made a difference because he is a man with power.

【小題4】Give a proper Chinese translation to explain the underlined sentence.

A．車到山前必有路	B．從我做起
C．團(tuán)結(jié)就是力量	D．三人行,必有我?guī)?

【小題5】Which of the following sentences is true according to the story.

A．The kids and the writer are complaining about their life.

B．All of the four kids don’t believe they can change the world.

C．The word on the paper inspires the four kids.

D．The writer’s purpose is to tell them to a faith in the life.

【小題6】Which of the following can be the best title for the story?

A．How adults persuade kids

B．How small people make a big difference

C．How young adults build up their confidence

D．How create a better world to live in