Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He became a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America's first school for the deaf.
Laurent Clerc was born in a small village near Lyons, France, on December 26, 1785. When he was one year old, he fell into a fire, losing both his hearing and his sense of smell.
At 12, Laurent entered the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he did well in his studies. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher.
Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was studying to be a minister. He was very concerned about the lack of educational opportunities for the deaf. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London, England to seek ideas on how to teach deaf people. While he was there, he met a French educator of the deaf who invited him to go to Paris to spend three months learning at the Royal Institution for the Deaf, the school where Laurent Clerc was teaching. Gallaudet accepted the offer. The two worked and studied well together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return, he asked Clerc to come with him. Clerc accepted on one condition: that he would stay in America only a short time.
The two men set sail on June 18, 1816. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean took 52 days; however, Clerc and Gallaudet put the time to good use. Clerc studied English, and Gallaudet studied sign language. They discussed the school for the deaf which they planned to open. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and deafness. The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut.
At the school, Clerc led a busy life. He taught signs to Principal Gallaudet; he taught the pupils; and he taught hearing men who came to the school to study deaf education.
In 1819, Clerc married Eliza Crocker Boardman, one of his pupils. They had six children. He retired from teaching in 1858. Although he had intended to return to France, he never did. He died on July 18, 1869 in the United States.
小題1:Why did Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sail to London?

A．He needed to finish his studies to become a minister.

B．It was the easiest way to get to France.

C．He wanted to study their system of deaf education.

D．He wanted to marry Alice Cogswell.

小題2:On their trip from Paris to America, Clerc and Gallaudet ___________.

A．played cards and socialized

B．studied and discussed their plans for a deaf school

C．founded a school for the deaf

D．Gallaudet studied English and Clerc studied Sign Language

小題3:Which is the right order of the things Clerc did？

A．met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married, went to school in Paris.

B．met Gallaudet, went to school in Paris, moved to America, got married.

C．went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married.

D．got married, went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America.

小題4:The main idea of this passage could best be stated as_________.

A．Clerc managed his time well, and was able to teach a lot of information in a short period of time

B．Thomas Gallaudet was grateful to Clerc for all that he taught him

C．Clerc preferred teaching deaf students to hearing students

D．Clerc, an educated Frenchman, had a great impact on American Deaf Education

Once a man came to a wise man’s house and said, “I have many bad habits. Which of them should I __46___first?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies __47___always speak the truth.” The man___48__ to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he __49__for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out__50__?” No, I cannot say that, but nor can I __51__. If I tell the truth, everyone will start __52__me and call me a thief. I would be __53__ for stealing.” So the man __54__ not to steal that night, and gave up this __55__ habit.
Next day, he __56__ to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the wise man __57__he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.” And so he gave up the __58__ of drinking wine.
In this __59__, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he __60___ his promise to tell the truth at all times. __61___, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very __62__ person.
Telling the truth is a very good __63___. If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of __64___ and become a person whom everyone __65__ and favors.
Make a promise: I shall always speak the truth.

小題1:	A．take out B．give up C．a(chǎn)dd up D．pack up

小題2:	A．so B．for C．a(chǎn)nd D．or

小題3:	A．promised B．happened C．settled D．began

小題4:	A．played B．drank C．thought D．slept

小題5:	A．walking B．stealing C．studying D．climbing

小題6:	A．move B．say C．lie D．help

小題7:	A．hating B．catching C．killing D．believing

小題8:	A．expected B．hurt C．ignored D．punished

小題9:	A．decided B．forgot C．a(chǎn)sked D．pretended

小題10:

A．special B．funny C．great D．bad

小題11:

A．went B．wanted C．learnt D．stopped

小題12:

A．before B．since C．if D．a(chǎn)s

小題13:

A．idea B．word C．power D．use

小題14:

A．base B．way C．place D．wine

小題15:

A．recognized B．planned C．broke D．remembered

小題16:

A．At present B．Face to face C．On purpose D．One by one

小題17:

A．good B．strong C．rich D．calm

小題18:

A．custom B．habit C．game D．hobby

小題19:

A．tests B．hopes C．pleasure D．troubles

小題20:

A．serves B．cheats C．likes D．dislikes

                                  A
Before I started school, people felt that I was not going to be successful. At the age of four I started speech lessons because basically I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me. The story goes downhill from here.
The first grade was a struggle. I not only had difficulty speaking, but also felt nervous about the fact that I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn’t do it. The second grade was not much better. I still struggled with the inability to read. It was in the third grade that the school district built a new school close to my home. I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one. However, things were still not much better as far as my schooling was concerned and did not get better for the next two years.
It was in the fifth grade. Mrs. Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her. She did not make me feel defeated. On the contrary, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be. And that is just what I did.
For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher. Because of Mrs. Wakefield’s influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome any difficulty and become someone. I have won numerous awards up to now, such as Teacher of the Year. I owe it all to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be.
小題1:The writer ______ when he was in the third grade.

A．did better in reading	B．began speech lessons
C．went to a new school	D．received a high award

小題2:We can learn from the passage that the writer ______.

A．is a very successful teacher now

B．thinks teaching is a challenging job

C．has solved problems with his own effort

D．works in the same school with Mrs. Wakefield

小題3:What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To express his devotion to his work.

B．To show his respect to a special teacher.

C．To share his teaching experience with us.

D．To tell us his story of overcoming difficulties.

                                      D
Wilma was born on June 23, 1940 in St Bethlehem, Tennesse. By the time she was 6, Wilma Rudolph was given metal braces (支架) to aid her in walking. She started receiving treatment with help from her family. A few years later, she walked without any assistance into the church.
When she was in junior high, she joined the basketball team. She finally made an appeal to compete in games again and when her wish was finally permitted, she amazed everyone by leading the team to an undefeated season and the state championships. Though they lost the championship title in the end, Wilma Rudolph earned the attention of the women’s track coach，Ed Template at Tennessee State University and was invited to join the "Tigerbelles"．Her efforts paid off as she turned out to be so good that the Tigerbelles invited her to join them in the national Olympic team trails. Not only did she make it into the team, but she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Four years later, Rudolph set a world 200 m record (22.9 seconds) at the 1960 US Championships. At the Rome Olympics in 1960, she competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4×100 m relay, and equaled the world record of 11.3 seconds in the semifinals (半決賽) of the 100 m. She won the final by three metres in 11.0 seconds, but it was not accepted as a world record.
Wilma Rudolph’s extraordinary achievements in Rome made her a darling of the European press who gave her the nickname "The Black Gazelle (羚羊)" and "The Black Pearl". She also became the first woman in American history to win 3 gold medals in the Olympics and was crowned "the Fastest Woman in the World", Wilma Rudolph’s spirit inspired people such as Jackie Joyner Kersee and Florence Griffith Joyner who became the next woman to win 3 gold medals.
小題1:What problem did Wilma face according to Paragraph 1?

A．Not being able to speak.	B．Not being able to walk.
C．Losing her sight.	D．Losing her hearing.

小題2:We learn that Wilma broke the world record in________.

A．the 4×100m relay at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics

B．the semifinals of the 100m at the Rome Olympics

C．the 200m at the 1960 US Championships

D．the final of the 100m at the Rome Olympics

小題3: How many people that at least won 3 Olympics gold medals in American history are
mentioned in the passage?

A．One.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. Earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the   1 to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her  2 , so I allowed her to go to the store in my truck.
At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. I  3  having it, but I said: “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t  4  forever. Never set your heart on anything that won’t last.
We were talking  5  we heard a loud noise.  6  hearing it, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted; “Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck!”
My heart sank and my mind was flooded with conflicting (矛盾的) thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was 7? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “Here is a chance to show Holly  8  you really love. She’ll never forget it.”
The  9 had happened in my own driveway. Holly had  10  my truck into our family van (搬運(yùn)車). Because of her  11 , she had confused the brakes (剎車) and the gas pedal (油門(mén)). Holly was unhurt  12  but when I reached her, she was crying and saying “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.
Later that week a friend asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened (濕潤(rùn)) and she said: “That happened to me when I was a girl. I  13 my dad’s car completely. When I got home, my dad knocked me to the ground and began to  14  me.”
Over 40 years later, she still felt the  15 of the night, which was a deep wound on her soul.
I remember how  16 Holly was when she crashed our truck, and how I   17 her. One day, when Holly  18  on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times  19 any piece of  20 .

小題1:	A．kitchen B．cupboard C．store D．refrigerator

小題2:	A．shopping B．training C．driving D．calculating

小題3:	A．enjoyed B．hated C．a(chǎn)dmired D．preferred

小題4:	A．keep B．stay C．remain D．last

小題5:	A．while B．when C．before D．since

小題6:	A．In B．On C．Beyond D．Without

小題7:	A．filled B．prepared C．involved D．relaxed

小題8:	A．what B．why C．how D．where

小題9:A affair                   B. event                           C. incident                       D. accident

小題10:

A．drove B．controlled C．pulled D．crashed

小題11:

A．invitation B．inexperience C．independence D．invention

小題12:

A．fortunately B．unfortunately C．sadly D．peacefully

小題13:

A．hurt B．harmed C．destroyed D．damaged

小題14:

A．beat B．defeat C．break D．fight

小題15:

A．trouble B．pain C．stress D．loss

小題16:

A．concerned B．careless C．grateful D．unfortunate

小題17:

A．permitted B．supported C．comforted D．persuaded

小題18:

A．looks back B．keeps back C．hold back D．turn back

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)s more as B．a(chǎn)s much than C．more than D．the same as

小題20:

A．creation B．equipment C．quality D．property

Two years after the First World War (1914-1918), a small group of soldiers left the army and returned to their hometown in France. Most of them lived well, but one of them was poor. His name was Clinton. Once a year they had supper in Barton’s house. Barton was very rich.
One evening Barton showed his friends a large gold coin at the supper table. The coin was passed around and praised by everyone. At the same time they were talking and talking. They soon forgot about the coin. After supper, Barton asked for his coin, but nobody could tell where it was. It was lost. One man said that everyone must be searched. One by one they turned their pockets inside out. Only Clinton refused, however.“I didn’t steal the coin, and I will not be searched,” he said.After that, people turned their heads away from Clinton when they met him. He grew poorer. Soon his wife died.
A few years later, Barton had his house repaired. The lost coin was found under the floor. Barton felt sorry and went to Clinton to apologize. “But,” he asked, “you knew the coin was not in your pocket. Why did you refuse to be searched?” “Because I was a thief,” Clinton answered. “My pockets were full of food at that time. I had taken some food from the table to carry to my hungry wife and children.”
小題1:The story took place ________.

A．in 1920

B．a(chǎn)fter 1945

C．in 1950

D．1916

小題2:The coin was passed and praised because ________.

A．Clinton was rich	B．the supper was good
C．it was a large gold coin	D．they were happy

小題3:Everyone was to be searched because _________.

A．they were thieves	B．the gold coin was lost
C．Clinton stole the gold coin	D．they stole the gold coin

小題4:Clinton refused to be searched because _________.

A．he was afraid to be found that there was some food in his pockets

B．he didn’t steal the coin

C．he was poor enough

D．the gold coin was in his pocket

小題5:“After that, people turned their heads away from Clinton when they met him.” From the sentence we know that _____.

A．people thought of him as a beggar

B．people took no notice of him

C．people look down upon him

D．Clinton refused to see his friends

Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant her life was in constant    1  . 
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that    2  Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept    3  hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble    4   from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a    5  of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t    6  it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to    7  something from herself. Could her
8   go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors    9  Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to    10  the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was    11  dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was    12  for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s    13   with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria    14   with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was    15   in another loving mother’s chest.

小題1:	A．change B．danger C．disorder D．pain

小題2:	A．matched B．replaced C．controlled D．cooperated

小題3:	A．finding B．phoning C．hoping D．interrupting

小題4:	A．leaving B．taking C．walking D．Carrying

小題5:	A．corner B．bed C．man D．nurse

小題6:	A．put B．support C．pass D．make

小題7:	A．save B．recycle C．donate D．separate

小題8:	A．heart B．mind C．organ D．spirit

小題9:	A．informed B．introduced C．congratulated D．reminded

小題10:

A．give up B．carry out C．search after D．put off

小題11:

A．noticed B．predicted C．found D．declared

小題12:

A．praying B．begging C．thinking D．expecting

小題13:

A．funeral B．operation C．conference D．a(chǎn)nniversary

小題14:

A．passed away B．woke up C．left behind D．went on

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)ctive B．a(chǎn)live C．conveyed D．Transformed

Today many people say that women have the same chance as men in society. But this was not always so. In the past, women all over the world had to fight to get the same chance as men in education and jobs. Many people said that women should not receive much education because they would not do as well as men when they went to work.
One woman who showed that women should have the same chance was Marie, a scientist. In the 1800s scientists knew that a metal, uranium, gave off radiation. They also knew how much radiation came from his element. But they didn’t know what this radiation was like; they wondered why and how uranium gave off radiation. Marie Curie set out to answer these questions. In one of her experiments she was studying a certain material which, she knew, contained uranium, But it gave off 4 times as much radiation as usually does. What could explain this fact? Marie Curie thought that there must be another source of radiation in this material.
In 1898 Marie Curie set out to find out this new source of radiation, which she named “radium”. Her husband, who was also a scientist, helped her. They set up a laboratory in an old building behind a school. For four years Curies searched, doing many experiments, And one morning in 1902 Marie found the source of the radiation.
Marie Curie proved to the world that there was element that gave off radiation. And she also proved to the world that, if women are given truly equal chance, they can really help society.
小題1:The scientists of Marie Curie’s day knew .

A．that uranium gave off radiation

B．that radium gave off radiation

C．that there was some radium in uranium

D．that uranium and radium both gave off radiation

小題2:The Curies found the element radium .

A．with other scientists’ help	B．by asking some famous scientists
C．by doing many experiments	D．with their teachers’ help

小題3:In the past many people thought .

A．that women must get the same chance as men in education and jobs

B．that women should receive much education

C．that women should get good jobs

D．that women could not do the work well

小題4:Marie Curie proved to people .

A．that there was a new element uranium

B．that there was a new element radium

C．that women could do their work as well as men if they were really given the same conditions

D．both B and C

My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. We all began to   31  our destination. The girls took the concrete stairs, but the boys ran   32  up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence(圍欄). Without   33  the boys ahead of me vaulted（躍過(guò)） over the fence bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs and   34  a girl, or jump over the fence and look   35  ? Then I took my chance with the fence. I placed both   36  on the top and jumped, feeling uneasy. I didn’t   37   it. As I tried, my foot   38  on the top of the fence. Down I went! I landed on my backside. I tried to  39   off the accident, but then I felt something moving   40  me. Just then I saw  41  seemed like hundreds of bees flying toward me. I had landed on a beehive（蜂窩）!  I  42  up and rushed as fast as I could. But the bees flew faster. What a/an  43  situation I was in!
My clothes were covered with   44 . I parked myself in the camp and I was at a loss.  45  this, my teacher quickly took off all my clothes but underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and  46  out of my mouth!
I had gained the  47  of all the campers, but I didn’t feel cool. I had been  48 almost 40 bees stings(蟄) all over my body. I learned a most   49   lesson that day. When we are led by the   50   to show off（炫耀）, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive.

小題1:	A．race B．walk C．set D．get

小題2:	A．a(chǎn)lready B．happily C．fast D．straight

小題3:	A．fun B．fear C．help D．luck

小題4:	A．feel like B．care about C．look like D．wait for

小題5:	A．cool B．worried C．strong D．excited

小題6:	A．feet B．hands C．a(chǎn)rms D．legs

小題7:	A．do B．climb C．succeed D．make

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)rrived B．got C．stepped D．caught

小題9:	A．fall B．put C．laugh D．look

小題10:A. inside   B. under          C. up             B. beside

小題11:

A．that B．which C．what D．if

小題12:

A．jumped B．stood C．picked D．sat

小題13:

A．embarrassing(尷尬) B．hopeless C．difficult D．pleasing

小題14:

A．tears B．grass C．dust D．bees

小題15:

A．For B．At C．In D．With

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)lmost B．a(chǎn)gain C．still D．even

小題17:

A．experience B．a(chǎn)ttention C．knowledge D．respect

小題18:

A．got B．found C．given D．put

小題19:

A．valuable B．deepest C．difficult D．successful

小題20:

A．courage B．leader C．desire(欲望) D．teacher

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, “Take this to the butcher（屠夫）, and he’s going to give you your lunch today.” Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once. At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more. The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers(顧客). But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
小題1:The little dog went to the butcher’s ________ altogether during the two days.

A．three times

B．four times

C．five times

D．six times

小題2:The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________.
A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith on Monday
B when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith
小題3:From the story, we can know that the dog was very ___________.

A．honest

B．kind

C．clever

D．foolish

小題4:At the end of the story, you’ll find that __________.

A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

B．the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more

C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

D．the butcher found himself cheated by the dog