They say love can cover a lot of crimes; yet never have I seen it more beautifully showed than in the life of a dog named Jessie. Jessie came into our lives at the age of six months. By that time he had already experienced the hard knocks of life. He was found abandoned on the side of the road, where we adopted him and took him home.
From the beginning, it was obvious that Jessie was traumatized (受精神創(chuàng)傷的). He was afraid of everything: the car, the doors, the stairs, and just about everything else. We couldn’t foresee where Jessie’s fear would take us.
Jessie was with us for about six months, when we became foster parents to a mixed-breed young dog. Jessie did not like her at all. We all lived in a nervous co-existence, until dinnertime. Within moments a food fight erupted between Jessie and this foster child.
It all happened so fast, and I was in the middle. My husband managed to get in between the two dogs, grabbing Jessie by his collar. Jessie screamed all the way down the hall and into the bedroom. I, quickly put the foster dog into her own bedroom and hurried down the hall. The crashing I heard in the bedroom, scared me to death. But nothing prepared me for the scene I witnessed as I opened the bedroom door.
There was my husband, on top of a terrified Jessie, holding back his head. Blood dripped from my husband’s arm. To tell you the truth, as I was sitting beside my husband in the emergency room, I just didn’t know what to do with Jessie. I was so angry at that dog.
Day after day, week after week, however, my husband faithfully trained the dog that others would have put down. As his arm healed over the next months, something rare and beautiful began to take place. Jessie, under my husband’s gentle persuasion, began to understand and obey. And Jessie adored him. I could see, that although the tempest had ruled Jessie’s former life, affirmation and love had calmed the storm.
小題1:Before being adopted by the writer, Jessie had _______.

A．suffered a lot

B．Lived a happy life

C．lived on the road half a year

D．often fought against other dogs

小題2: Paragraph 2 shows that the writer was ________.

A．happy	B．disappointed
C．a(chǎn)ngry	D．worried

小題3:It can be inferred from the text that the writer’s husband’s arm bled because   of _________.

A．his own behavior

B．the writer’s fault

C．Jessie’s bite

D．The new foster dog

小題4:What would be the best title for the text?

A．A Dog Named Jessie

B．Love Calmed the Storm

C．Conflicts Between Dogs

D．Fights Between Man and Dog

I am a social worker. I wanted to tell everyone about my very dear friend who passed away a few months ago.
I met him many years ago while doing my internship （實習(xí)）in the county prison. He was   __    a program he had designed to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems. He was always        new ways to bring hope and help to these men and their       .
One of his favorite        was the Toy Drive he would run every Christmas for the children of the prisoners. He did this for twenty years        his sudden death. As last Christmas       , I decided that this tradition had to be       , for the children as well as the        of my friend.
But the file where he kept the names of the people who had helped him over the years had gone       . I had to start anew（重新）and with very little       ! I started making phones calls, explaining about the project and my       . I prayed every night that the event would,       , be worthy of my friend.
To my great       , individuals, churches and businesses began to come on board and,  __   , I had enough toys to give to all the children of the prisoners with some left over for the local community       !
When Christmas Eve finally arrived, I felt very happy, thinking I had done all I could do and reflecting on what a（n）      it had been for me. I was bagging up the remaining toys        if there was anyone left who might like them. Then my phone rang.
It was my daughter. She        to explain about a woman she knew in Kentucky who had five children, one seriously ill, no husband, no heating in the home, no toys!
Ohh--how could we not?
My daughter and I drove all night, from New York to Kentucky, and those children woke up in a nice warm house with plenty of       !
My friend’s        of kindness lived on that year, reaching all the way to Kentucky!

小題1:	A．recording B．directing C．a(chǎn)ttending D．improving

小題2:	A．coming up with B．catching up with C．keeping up with D．putting up with

小題3:	A．company B．family C．group D．club

小題4:	A．hobbies B．sports C．events D．games

小題5:	A．until B．a(chǎn)fter C．because D．since

小題6:	A．finished B．a(chǎn)rrived C．followed D．a(chǎn)pproached

小題7:	A．lived on B．lived out C．carried on D．carried out

小題8:	A．pleasure B．memory C．benefit D．favor

小題9:	A．extra B．hiding C．a(chǎn)ctive D．missing

小題10:

A．energy B．time C．pressure D．confidence

小題11:

A．difficulties B．impression C．a(chǎn)tmosphere D．importance

小題12:

A．however B．though C．otherwise D．somehow

小題13:

A．disappointment B．curiosity C．thought D．relief

小題14:

A．a(chǎn)bsolutely B．eventually C．generally D．occasionally

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)s well B．a(chǎn)t first C．in particular D．once more

小題16:

A．pity B．honor C．burden D．discovery

小題17:

A．wondering B．realizing C．predicting D．evaluating

小題18:

A．came B．drove C．called D．returned

小題19:

A．candies B．flowers C．chocolates D．toys

小題20:

A．courage B．spirit C．position D．a(chǎn)ttention

When Sally Ride was ten years old, she had no idea that she would some day grow up to be one of America’s first woman astronauts. In fact, if you had asked her then what wanted to be, she would have said, “ I want to play shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers.” Sally collected baseball cards by the boxful, and she knew the name and batting average (擊球率)of every player in the National League.
But major league baseball didn’t seem much of a possibility for a girl, even an athletic one like Sally, so her father and mother talked her into taking tennis lessons when she was twelve. At first she hated to trade in her baseball bat for a tennis racket, but it wasn’t long before she started to win tournaments in her new sport. “ Tennis became much more fun when I started winning,” Sally remembers. Soon a row of trophies （獎牌）replaced her box of baseball cards, and tennis star Billie Jean King replaced Dodger shortstop Maury Wills as her sports idol.
Sally first became interested in the space program in 1962 when astronaut John Glenn orbited the earth in his Mercury space capsule. Sally was ten years old at the time, but she remembers the launch and the splashdown (掉落) as if they happened yesterday. The girl who used to memorize batting averages became a space fan. She quickly learned the name of every NASA astronaut(there were only eight of them in 1962), the date of every launch, and the name and number of every spacecraft from Freedom 7 to Skylab 3. She could tell you the speed of light (186,300 miles per second), the distance to the moon (238,860 miles), and the names of the three nearest stars( the Sun, Alpha Centauri, and Barnard’s Star).
By the time she was sixteen, Sally had decided to become an astrophysicist, a scientist who studies space. She had also become a nationally ranked tennis player. She remembers yawning（打哈欠） through an important tennis match on June 20, 1969, after staying up all night to watch Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Sally lost the match.
As Sally got older, many of her friends started playing professional tennis. Some of them tried to talk her into quitting school to join them on the professional tennis circuit. But Sally said no. “ Black holes are more interesting to me than backhands,” she told them. Now she knows that she made the right choice, but in 1970 Sally had no way of knowing that NASA would open the space program to women.
小題1:At the age of twelve, Sally Ride ________.

A．was interested in playing tennis

B．was persuaded into taking tennis training

C．began to become interested in space

D．decided to become an astrophysicist

小題2:Sally Ride lost the match on June, 1969 just because________.

A．she was tired

B．she couldn’t decide whether to be an astrophysicist

C．she couldn’t decide whether to take part in a professional tennis circuit

D．she wasn’t interested in tennis

小題3:From the story we know that Sally ________.

A．had been a professional baseball player

B．had never been a professional player

C．had never been a woman astrophysicist

D．wasn’t interested in space program

小題4:A capsule is ________.

A．the name of the neareast star

B．a(chǎn) place where the American astronauts and the crew work

C．a(chǎn) place where astronauts and the crew are trained

D．a(chǎn) container of the crew and astronauts detached(分離) from a rocket

小題5:Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．According to the story, Sally Ride is a woman astrophysicist.

B．The ambition of becoming a woman astronaut was made in Sally’s childhood.

C．Freedom 7 and Skylab 3 are the names of the nearest stars.

D．Sally didn’t quit her schooling at the time as she knew sooner or later NASA would hire woman astronaut.

Twenty years is just a blink in time. But 20 years is also long enough for a man to grow up. It is always painful. For Andrew Agassi, maturing in the spotlight of international tennis competition was even harder.
On September 3, the American tennis player said a tearful goodbye to his 21-year career after a third-round defeat in the US Open. The 36-year-old tried his best, but was unable to keep up with German Benjamin Becker, more than ten years his junior.
"The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what I've found," Agassi said to the fans. "I have found inspiration and you willed me to succeed." It was an emotional speech at the end of a long career.
Agassi hated tennis as a teenager as much as he loves it now. His father made him play when he was a child. He got bored, and became a rebel(叛逆). The strict training that his father pushed upon him got in the way of his wild lifestyle. He grew hair long, wore colorful clothes and spat at a judge. Over the years, he has made bad jokes during news conferences. Asked what he would say to his 17-year-old self, Agassi answered, "I would say, I understand you a lot more than I want to be you."
The turning point in Agassi's career came in 1992 when he unexpectedly won his first Grand Slam (大滿貫賽事)at Wimbledon. It was the first time Agassi understood what real champions finally understand: winning is a test of courage and not just power, it's a marathon, not a sprint(短跑).
And what a marathon Agassi was about to begin. He cut his long hair, got fitter and tightened up emotionally. On the court, he ranked No. 1 for almost two years. His lowest point came in 1997 when his ranking dropped to No. 141. He didn't quit though. "I knew that I would try to get the most out of myself every day from that day forward. That was my promise," he said. "That never stopped."
小題1:The underlined phrase "more than ten years his junior" in the second paragraph means _________.

A．having lower ranking than Agassi for more than ten years

B．having higher ranking than Agassi for more than ten years

C．more than ten years older than Agassi

D．more than ten years younger than Agassi

小題2:How did Agassi feel when he was defeated in the competition?

A．He felt angry with the judge

B．He felt satisfied with the scoreboard

C．He felt regretful but encouraged

D．He felt in great desperation

小題3:The passage implies ______.

A．a(chǎn)fter 1997 Agassi began to take up marathon besides tennis

B．Agassi began to play tennis before he was fifteen

C．Agassi hesitated to quit his sports career

D．the reason why Agassi lost his last competition was that he lacked courage and power

小題4:The score of the match between Agassi and Becker is ______.

A．0-2

B．0-3

C．1-3

D．2-3

Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me.
There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.
The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”
The ticket lady told him the price.
The man’s wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man’s face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady again told him the price.
The man obviously didn’t have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news?
Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. (We were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, you dropped this.”
The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied. “Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
Although we did not go to the circus that night, we didn’t go without.
小題1:Why does the writer say “Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean” ( Paragraph 2)?

A．To show how rich the family were.

B．To show cheap clothes could be popular.

C．To show how hard the mother worked.

D．To show the children were well looked after.

小題2: Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?

A．He had lost his money.

B．His children were noisy.

C．The tickets were sold out.

D．The tickets were too expensive.

小題3:Who did the $20 note belong to?

A．The poor man .	B．The writer’s father.
C．The poor man’s wife.	D．The ticket lady.

小題4:Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story?

A．He found the money he lost.

B．He wanted others to help him.

C．He made his children unhappy.

D．He was thankful for the kindness.

小題5:Which of the following statements is probably true according to the passage?

A．The poor mans saw the circus that night.

B．The two families became close friends.

C．The writer’s father earned some money.

D．The writer saw the circs that night.

Lu Xun is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20^th century. Besides his famous stories, he also wrote many influential articles about the living conditions of Chinese people.
Born in 1881 to a wealthy family, Lu Xun had a happy childhood. In 1893, however, his grandfather, a senior government official, was put into prison for taking money. At the same time, his father became seriously ill. From that time on, his family were no longer accepted by their relatives and friends. These early experiences greatly influenced his writing.
By the time Lu Xun arrived in Nanjing to study at university in 1899, he already believed that Chinese society had to change and become modern. In 1902 he went to study in Japan. There, he began writing articles for several Chinese student magazines. He showed a gift for writing and translating and he even wrote several books, although none was popular. He returned to China in 1909 because he was in need of money.
After working for several years as a teacher in Beijing, Lu Xun again returned to writing. In 1918, he wrote his famous short story Diary of a Madman. It was the first Chinese novel published using the everyday language that people spoke, which helped make it a great success. This, together with his novel The True Story of Ah Q (1921), made Lu Xun a leading Chinese writer.
Although successful, Lu Xun still worried greatly about China’s future. In 1926, he moved to Shanghai and gave up writing stories in order to devote himself to what he called “pen warfare”. He now only wrote articles which called on the people to fight against the government. For this, the government stopped him from publishing any more books. He was forced to write his articles using false names.
Since his death in 1936, Lu Xun’s importance and influence have grown. Today, many of his writings are included in school textbooks and his works are read by millions around the world.
小題1:Which of the following greatly influenced Lu Xun’s writing according to the passage?

A．The people he met in Japan.

B．Working as a teacher in Beijing.

C．The experiences in his early life.

D．His father’s being put into prison.

小題2:According to the passage, why was Lu Xun’s story Diary of a Madman so popular?

A．It was based on Lu Xun’s diary.

B．It was the first novel to use everyday language.

C．Its story took place in modern times.

D．It was written using a western style.

小題3:The underlined word “This” (Paragraph 4) refers to     .

A．the success of Diary of a Madman

B．the use of everyday language

C．the first Chinese novel

D．The True Story of Ah Q

小題4:After moving to Shanghai, Lu Xun mainly wrote      .

A．funny stories

B．a(chǎn)rticles about himself

C．a(chǎn)rticles against the government

D．stories about government officials

小題5:In what order did these events take place in Lu Xun’s life?
a. The government stopped him from publishing books.
b. He wrote Diary of a Madman.
c. His father became ill.
d. He moved to Shanghai.
e. His writings were put into textbooks.

A．c-a-b-d-e	B．c-b-d-a-e
C．a(chǎn)-c-d-b-e	D．a(chǎn)-d-b-c-e

In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying,“Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the      !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a       dream.
“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to        again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm       !”
Peter got out of bed and started       , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was       ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my        stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes       , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 44that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait       morning, can't you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“       you will find me dead       the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters      he heard his wife calling him again.
“I'm       again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as       as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake       around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”
“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very       news for you. My wife       ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly       her. So you need not come. Go back to       now, and sleep well!”

小題1:	A．driver B．nurse C．doctor D．child

小題2:	A．terrible B．interesting C．Surprising D．wonderful

小題3:	A．bed B．sleep C．dream D．hospital

小題4:	A．walking B．dying C．a(chǎn)ching D．sleeping

小題5:	A．dressing B．wearing C．raising D．working

小題6:	A．very B．so C．too D．quite

小題7:	A．good B．bad C．wrong D．poor

小題8:	A．down B．off C．on D．up

小題9:	A．surprised B．a(chǎn)fraid C．certain D．worried

小題10:

A．before B．for C．to D．until

小題11:

A．And B．But C．So D．Or

小題12:

A．a(chǎn)fter B．in C．before D．until

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)fter B．when C．before D．while

小題14:

A．good B．wrong C．a(chǎn)ll right D．right

小題15:

A．fast B．slowly C．hurriedly D．happily

小題16:

A．everyone B．someone C．no one D．doctors

小題17:

A．good B．bad C．necessary D．ill

小題18:

A．fell B．stayed C．grew D．failed

小題19:

A．gone B．missed C．disappeared D．left

小題20:

A．your home B．your bedroom C．your dream D．bed

We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代溝). The name is new,but the idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”  There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened. “When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference. ”“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.” “Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”
小題1: The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so   that when everything is turned upside down he will _____.

A．lie on his stomach	B．lie on his back
C．stand quietly	D．sit in peace

小題2:Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?

A．Mr. Ellis’ generation	B．His children’s generation
C．His grandchildren’s generation	D．None of the above.

小題3: What is the writer’s attitude towards the generation gap?

A．Unacceptable.

B．Awful.

C．Funny.

D．Common.

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holiday meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership --- a shop selling cars --- was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the show room.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
“Thank you”--- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.
小題1:The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A．to drop in on a friend	B．to see his parents
C．to pay at the cash register	D．to make a plan with his friend

小題2:The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 means “_________”.

A．moved off

B．turned off

C．put up

D．set up

小題3:What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B．The couple sent him a business card

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

小題4:By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _______.

A．how to write a thank-you letter

B．how to deal with car problem

C．the kind-heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks.

Mr. and Mrs. Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They     their car outside and went in. Mr. Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was     not to drink too much,        his friends asked him to drink more       .
　　 During the party, Mrs. Moore found that she had     to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and       it for her. He      so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought        might be in need of help and went over to the car with the     . He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.
　　 When Mr. Moore        the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to        that his story was     , he found that the car with the       in it had gone. There were so many____about Mr. Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement(廣告) in the newspaper;“If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel       the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”
　 Two days later     Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (寵物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that       he had blown the horn.
Mrs. Richards did not     to think there was anything    about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don't       when we are not driving the car.”

小題1:	A．pulled B．stayed C．left D．hid

小題2:	A．polite B．careful C．glad D．a(chǎn)fraid

小題3:	A．whether B．until C．Or D．though

小題4:	A．a(chǎn)ll along B．once again C．just then D．for ever

小題5:	A．learned B．known C．remembered D．forgotten

小題6:	A．buy B．get C．send D．return

小題7:	A．said B．went C．did D．thought

小題8:	A．on B．someone C．his wife D．the bear

小題9:	A．noise B．voice C．cry D．shout

小題10:

A．was sent to B．was seated at C．got rid of D．got back to

小題11:

A．show B．notice C．require D．promise

小題12:

A．interesting B．correct C．true D．exciting

小題13:

A．horn B．bear C．bag D．driving-seat

小題14:

A．laughs B．shouts C．smiles D．calls

小題15:

A．for B．a(chǎn)t C．in D．on

小題16:

A．the B．a(chǎn) C．/ D．some

小題17:

A．quickly B．completely C．maybe D．a(chǎn)lmost

小題18:

A．mean B．have C．know D．seem

小題19:

A．useful B．strange C．common D．bad

小題20:

A．a(chǎn)gree B．like C．mind D．worry