For some time I’ve had a church member provide me with a rose to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday.  小題1:  I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that became routine. One Sunday,   小題2: , what I considered ordinary became very  小題3: .
As I was leaving the Sunday  小題4: , a young boy approached and said,” Sir, what are you going to do with your flower?” At first I was confused, but then I understood. “Do you   小題5: this?” I said as I  小題6: to the rose pinned to my coat. He said, “Yes sir. I would  小題7:  it if you are just going to throw it away.” The little boy said, “Sir, I’m going to give it to my granny. My mother and father got  小題8: last year. I was living with my mother, but I could not stay, so she  小題9: me to live with my grandmother. She has been so  小題10: to me that I want to give that pretty flower to her for  小題11: me.” When the little boy finished I could hardly   小題12: . My eyes were filled with tears and I knew I had been touched in the   小題13: of my soul. I reached up and unpinned my flower. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, “Son, that is the nicest thing I have  小題14: heard, but you can’t have this flower because it’s not  小題15: . If you’ll look in front of the pulpit（布道講壇）, you’ll see a big bouquet of flowers. Different families buy them for the  小題16: each week. Please take those flowers to your granny because she  小題17: the very best.”
小題18: I hadn’t been touched enough already, he made one last  小題19: and I will always cherish it. He said, ”What a wonderful day! I  小題20: one flower but got a beautiful bouquet!”

小題21:

A．Once B．Because C．For D．While

小題22:

A．though B．nevertheless C．however D．a(chǎn)nyway

小題23:

A．meaningful B．motivated C．strange D．special

小題24:

A．service B．meeting C．interview D．visit

小題25:

A．notice B．see C．like D．mean

小題26:

A．shaken B．indicated C．pointed D．looked

小題27:

A．enjoy B．a(chǎn)ppreciate C．like D．pick

小題28:

A．divorced B．lost C．troubled D．disturbed

小題29:

A．a(chǎn)dvised B．forced C．sent D．dismissed

小題30:

A．helpful B．merciful C．mean D．good

小題31:

A．loving B．bringing C．protecting D．choosing

小題32:

A．speak B．move C．refuse D．breathe

小題33:

A．place B．depths C．bottom D．corner

小題34:

A．even B．a(chǎn)lready C．yet D．ever

小題35:

A．fresh B．expensive C．enough D．useful

小題36:

A．old B．church C．poor D．relatives

小題37:

A．possesses B．matches C．deserves D．suits

小題38:

A．Even if B．As C．Although D．If

小題39:

A．promise B．statement C．comment D．explanation

小題40:

A．a(chǎn)sked for B．looked for C．cared for D．searched for

Throughout his early years, Obama was known at home and at school as “Barry”. Obama’s parents met while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled(登記入讀) as a foreign student. They separated when he was two years old and later divorced(離婚). His father received Master’s degree in Economics from Harvard University, then returned to Kenya, where he became a finance minister before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. His mother married another foreign student, Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Soetoro’s home country of Indonesia in 1967. Obama attended local schools in Jakarta, from age 6 to 10, where classes were taught in the Indonesian language.
During his time in Indonesia, he first attended St. Francis Assist Catholic school for almost three years. When Obama was in third grade he wrote an essay saying that he wanted to be president. His teacher later said that his reason for becoming president was that he wanted to make everybody happy.
Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his materal(母親一方的) grandparents while attending Punahou School, a private college elementary school, from the fifth grade until his graduation in 1979. Obama’s mother, Ann, died of cancer a few months after the publication of his 1995 memoir(傳記), Dreams from My Father.
In the memoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mother’s middle class family. Of his early childhood, Obama writes, “That my father looked nothing like the people around me---that he was black as pitch(瀝青), my mother white as milk .”
Some of his fellow students at Punahou School later told the Honolulu Star—Bulletin that Obama was mature(成熟的) for his age as a high school student and that he sometimes attended parties and other events in order to connect with       African American college students and military service people.
小題1:When Obama was a child, _________.

A．people used to call him Berry

B．his father died of serious illness

C．his father became a finance minister of America

D．his parents attended Harvard University

小題2: Which of the following is TURE about Lolo Soetoro?

A．He got college education in Indonesia

B．He is a person from Kenya in Africa

C．He is Obama’s stepfather and is a black

D．He is a foreign student in America

小題3:Obama’s mother, Ann, died of cancer in about ________ while his father died in _________.

A．1982; 1967

B．1967; 1982

C．1979; 1967

D．1995; 1982

小題4:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was very black while his mother very white

B．Obama’s materal grandparents lived in Honolulu of Indonesia

C．Obama wanted to be president because he liked making people happy

D．Obama’s classmates thought he was mature for his age as a high school student

C
A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear that getting back her pet was more important than her car．
“Whoever did this can keep my car．Please let Benjerman come home,” the notice said．
It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours after the 1 pm theft Friday, Kimberly Atkins of Dover and Benjerman，a 12-year-old black retriever（獵犬），were reunited after police located them in Barrington．
“He’s hungry, he’s dirty, but he’s very happy to be home，”Atkins said．
The car was found at about 5 pm Saturday off Route 125 in a swampy area frequented by off-the-road cars and dirt bikes．However, the police couldn’t control Benjerman，and they had to call Atkins to come and get him．
Atkins said the thief cared for Benjerman a little by providing him with some dry cat food．She believed Benjerman ended up drinking some muddy water in the area．
She said they have been together for nearly 11 years after she took him back from a society shelter in Dallas, Texas．
Before Benjerman was found，Atkins and several friends put up notices all over the city and in Somersworth．They also contacted animal shelters，throughout southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The notice stated there was a reward，and also that the dog needed medication．Any caller could remain anonymous（匿名的）．
Atkins had parked the car outside a hardware store with the keys inside and gone into rent a carpet cleaner.
“It was l0 minutes and I came out and my car was gone along with Benjerman in broad daylight，” Atkins said．The car thief threw Atkins’ wallet and other personal items out of the car before escaping from the scene．
小題1: What would be the best title for the passage?

A．A car with a dog was stolen

B．Lucky dog was returned to his owner

C．Stealing cars：a most important social problem

D．Woman wants dog back more than stolen car

小題2: Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened?
a．Notices were put up saying there was a reward．
b．Atkins saw Benjerman again．
c．Police found Atkins’ car．
d．Atkins took Benjerman back from a society shelter． 
e．Atkins hired a carpet cleaner in a hardware store．

A．d,e,a, b,c

B．d,e,a,c,b

C．e,a,d,b,c

D．e,a,c,d,b

小題3:We can infer from the passage     ．

A．the dog was treated extremely badly by the thief

B．car stolen accidents happen frequently nowadays

C．the dog was found because of the reward

D．the thief stole the car easily

小題4: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Benjerman was sent back immediately after Atkins put up the notices．

B．Atkins and her friends made a great effort to look for Benierman．

C．The thief gave the dog back but kept the sports car．

D．The dog was back at 1 pm on a Friday．

All my students in my class knew I was getting married in June and moving out of the state. I was sorry to see the month of June ____小題1:____; all my students wanted to learn more, They were obviously agitated (不安的) whenever I mentioned it. I was glad they had become ____小題2:____ of me, but what was wrong? Were they angry about me ____小題3:____ the school?
On my ____小題4:____ day of class, the headmaster greeted me as I entered the building. "Will you come with me, please?" he said ____小題5:____. "There’s a problem ____小題6:____ your classroom." He looked straight ahead as he ____小題7:____ me down the hall. "I'm going to leave the school tomorrow, but what now?” I wondered.
It was ____小題8:____! There were bouquets (束) of flowers in each corner, on the students' desks, and on my desk. "How could they have done this?" I____小題9:____. Most of them were so poor that they ____小題10:____ the school assistance program for some ____小題11:____ and enough meals.
I started to cry, and all my students ____小題12:____ me.
Later I learned how they had succeeded doing it. Mark, who worked in the ____小題13:____ shop on weekends, had seen ____小題14:____ from several of my other classes. He mentioned them to his classmates. Too proud to ever again wear an insulting（侮辱的) label like " ____小題15:_____ ", Mark ____小題16:____ his boss for all the "tired" flowers in the shop. Then he called funeral parlors(殯儀館) and ____小題17:____ that his class needed flowers for a teacher who was leaving. They ____小題18:____ to give him bouquets saved ____小題19:____ each funeral.
That was not the only present they gave me, ____小題20:____. Two years later, all fourteen students graduated, and six earned college scholarships.

小題21:

A．pass B．a(chǎn)pproach C．exist D．disappear

小題22:

A．fond B．curious C．friendly D．a(chǎn)ngry

小題23:

A．remaining B．changing C．leaving D．reforming

小題24:

A．first B．regular C．final D．endless

小題25:

A．seriously B．surely C．a(chǎn)ngrily D．sadly

小題26:

A．in B．with C．to D．for

小題27:

A．followed B．showed C．directed D．led

小題28:

A．a(chǎn)musing B．a(chǎn)mazing C．disappointing D．interesting

小題29:

A．wondered B．understood C．indicated D．sought

小題30:

A．used up B．suffered from C．dealt with D．depended on

小題31:

A．houses B．clothes C．goods D．diets

小題32:

A．joined B．watched C．noticed D．a(chǎn)dmired

小題33:

A．book B．flower C．dress D．food

小題34:

A．programs B．bills C．orders D．presents

小題35:

A．rich B．mean C．modern D．poor

小題36:

A．charged B．a(chǎn)sked C．offered D．paid

小題37:

A．explained B．a(chǎn)nnounced C．mentioned D．promised

小題38:

A．a(chǎn)greed B．refused C．demanded D．required

小題39:

A．a(chǎn)fter B．before C．until D．since

小題40:

A．yet B．still C．though D．too

C
Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.
One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic(塑料）eggs.
After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another one was a butterfly….When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.
Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.
小題1:The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________.

A．put some symbol of “new life” into it

B．play around on that beautiful spring day

C．try to pull it apart in the middle

D．go out and discover themselves

小題2:After Philip explained his new life, ________.

A．The class thought he was clever.	B．He began to study in the class.
C．The class fell silent.	D．He felt dying.

小題3:We learn from the passage that ________.

A．The teacher used to have classes outdoors

B．Philip’s new life wish was empty

C．Philip was healthy as a whole

D．Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end

D
When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says." I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."
But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up ---again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."
小題1:We can know that before 1995 Mary ___________.

A．had two books published

B．received many career awards

C．knew how to use a computer

D．supported the JDRF by writing

小題2:Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her _________.

A．living with diabetes

B．successful show business

C．service for an organization

D．remembrance of her mother

小題3:When Mary received the life-changing news, she __________ .

A．lost control of herself	B．began a balanced diet
C．meant to get a treatment	D．behaved in an adult way

小題4:What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．Mary feels pity for herself.

B．Mary has recovered from her disease.

C．Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D．Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

Once there was a very brilliant, creative and educated man. He gained much __小題1:__ while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a tragic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so __小題2:__ that he was afraid he would spend his life __小題3:__ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n) __小題4:__ way.
One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting __小題5:__. He realized that he still had partial __小題6:__ of his right hand and could write with __小題7:__. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”
He __小題8:__ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in __小題9:__. Many of them had hope of regaining their __小題10:__. Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to __小題11:__ them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be __小題12:__. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.
__小題13:__ with the intention, the man began sending __小題14:__ messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, __小題15:__ his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words, __小題16:__ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any__小題17:__. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone __小題18:__ read his letters. However, this was his __小題19:__  chance，so he determined to continue.
At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to __小題20:__!”
We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.

小題21:

A．wealth B．faith C．experience D．confidence

小題22:

A．depressed B．embarrassed C．a(chǎn)shamed D．thrilled

小題23:

A．writing B．suffering C．weeping D．wandering

小題24:

A．a(chǎn)bnormal B．regular C．comfortable D．meanin5gful

小題25:

A．presents B．e-mails C．letters D．prizes

小題26:

A．sense B．strength C．shape D．function

小題27:

A．a(chǎn)ffection B．caution C．difficulty D．confidence

小題28:

A．evaluated B．doubted C．a(chǎn)ssumed D．wondered

小題29:

A．hospitals B．churches C．prisons D．charities

小題30:

A．families B．letters C．freedom D．conscience

小題31:

A．release B．reach C．defend D．know

小題32:

A．a(chǎn)cceptable B．reasonable C．prohibited D．considered

小題33:

A．Faced B．Filled C．Satisfied D．Annoyed

小題34:

A．holy B．daily C．one-way D．round-way

小題35:

A．holding B．making C．doing D．testing

小題36:

A．sharing B．learning C．gaining D．enriching

小題37:

A．success B．reply C．help D．progress

小題38:

A．curiously B．patiently C．carefully D．a(chǎn)ctually

小題39:

A．only B．better C．extra D．lost

小題40:

A．ruin B．pieces C．the ground D．the bottom

A farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a sign advertising them on the edge of his yard.One day, a little boy came to buy one of the puppies. With a whistle(口哨), the farmer called, “Here, Dolly!” Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy stood against the fence. His eyes danced with delight.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, something wrong with its legs, doing its best to catch up.“I want that one,” the little boy said.
The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, “Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”
With that, the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he showed a steel brace(固定器) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see, sir,  I don’t run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.”
小題1:How did the farmer advertise his puppies?

A．Advertise them in the newspaper.

B．Put up a sign in his yard.

C．Show them to his neighbors.

D．Send pictures to a magazine.

小題2:The underlined words “four little balls of fur” refer to “______”.

A．four toy balls	B．four balls made of fur
C．four lovely dogs	D．four puppies with no fur

小題3:Why did the boy choose the last dog?

A．Because they have something in common.

B．Because he didn't have enough money.

C．Because it was the most lovely one.

D．Because the farmer wouldn't sell other dogs.

小題4:According to the story, we know that the boy .

A．didn't like dogs at all	B．needed a dog to help him
C．could run as fast as others	D．had an artificial(假的) leg

Watching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhood．When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn’t a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird.
I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician.
I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.
I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the bird’s captivity my new pet’s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.
The following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or so I thought.
Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”
Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.
小題1:Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?

A．He had just got a new cage.	B．He liked its beautiful feather.
C．He wanted it to sing for him.	D．He wanted a pet for a companion.

小題2:The mockingbird died because it ______.

A．was frightened to death	B．a(chǎn)te the poisonous food its mother gave it
C．refused to eat anything	D．drank the poisonous water by mistake

小題3:An ornithologist probably means ______.

A．a(chǎn) religious person	B．a(chǎn) kind person
C．a(chǎn) schoolmaster	D．a(chǎn)n expert in birds

小題4:What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?

A．Freedom is very valuable to all creatures.

B．All birds put in a cage won’t live long.

C．You should keep the birds from their mother.

D．Be careful about food you give to baby birds.

After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning.?　　In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband. She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was really splendid. After putting it on, She went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
　　Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, she quickly hid in the small store-room under the stair. She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man. Mrs Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying “It’s only me. ”but it was too late, the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, losing the door heavily behind him.
小題1:The reason for Mrs Richards’ excitement that day was that____.

A．she had sent her children to school

B．she was to attend an evening party

C．she wouldn’t do any housework that morning

D．she had made a special costume the night before

小題2:Mrs Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to____.

A．made sure that the costume fitted her well

B．frighten the person who was knocking on the door

C．find out if she had finished the costume

D．receive the bread and do some cooking

小題3:The man who was knocking at the door was____.

A．a(chǎn) baker

B．a(chǎn) thief

C．her husband

D．a(chǎn)n electricity man

小題4:What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?

A．He entered just as Mrs Richards had told him to.

B．He did not do anything as Mrs Richards had expected him to.

C．He stepped directly towards the meter.

D．He went straight in so as to find Mrs Richards.

小題5:The man ____ and that made him cry out and run away.

A．thought he must have met a ghost

B．recognized Mrs Richards

C．found out Mrs Richards was walking towards him

D．thought that Mrs Richards must have recognized him