Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college. In 2007,    1    he was a student at the University of Illinois, he came up with an idea to    2    his tuition fee（學費）and college costs problem. Hayes  3    everyone could afford to give him a penny.

He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene. Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s    4    to send him a penny. Greene thought the idea sounded    5    and agreed to do it.

“Just one penny,” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t    6    anything to anyone. If everyone    7    is reading your paper looks around the room right now, there will be a    8    under a seat, or on the corner of the desk, or on the floor. That’s all I’m    9   . A penny from each of your readers.”

In less than a month, the Many Pennies for Mike Fund（基金） had around 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone sent    10    a penny, many even sent dollars. Money was    11   from every state in the United States. So, Hayes    12    his $28,000 target（目標） and went on to get    13    for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.

Perhaps the last    14    is best left to his father, Bill Hayes: “When Mike first told me about his 15   , I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish-which shows you that he’s smarter than I am.”

1．A．before               B．because             C．while               D．if

2．A．solve                B．make               C．spend              D．cause

3．A．thought              B．heard               C．agreed               D．wondered

4．A．editors               B．readers              C．managers             D．writers

5．A．bad                 B．true                 C．relaxing               D．fun

6．A．buy                 B．mean               C．show               D．pass

7．A．whose              B．which              C．who                D．whom

8．A．newspaper             B．book               C．dollar               D．penny

9．A．asking                 B．writing              C．saying              D．doing

10．A．only         B．almost              C．also                  D．over

11．A．taken               B．borrowed           C．searched            D．received

12．A．found               B．remembered           C．reached             D．missed

13．A．time                B．reasons              C．money              D．lessons

14．A．news               B．word               C．gift                 D．money

15．A．dream              B．idea                C．problem                    D．study

In 1975，Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest in the Himalaya Mountains, the highest mountain in the world at 29,035 feet.

Junko was born in 1939 and grew up in a small town in Japan. During her childhood, she was thin and weak. At age 10, Junko went on a school trip. The students climbed two mountains, and Junko loved it. She could climb in her own time and ability.

After Junko graduated from university in 1962, she joined several climbing clubs. But they had mostly men members. Some refused to climb with a woman. In 1965, Junko married a well-known Japanese climber. Over the years, they climbed all the highest mountains of Japan.

Meanwhile Junko started a woman’s climbing club. By 1972, she was chosen to lead a team of women to climb Mount Everest. It took three years for the 15 women to train and raise money for their climb.

Finally in 1975, the team went to climb the mountain. They found nine guides to help them climb up the mountain. Everything went well until the morning of May 4. Suddenly a huge amount of snow and ice fell on them. One guide saved Junko. She rushed to help others. Everyone was alive but they had injuries, including Junko. However, the team decided to continue their climb. About two weeks later, on May 16, Junko reached the top of Mount Everest. Later she said,“I can’t understand why men make all this fuss（過于關注） about Everest - it’s only a mountain.”

1．When Junko was 10, she ______.

A．didn’t like sports or games                        B．often went on school trips

C．realized that she loved to climb               D．climbed mountains by herself

2．In 1972, Junko ______.

A．started a woman’s climbing club

B．trained 15 women for their climb

C．raised enough money for a climb to Mount Everest

D．became a leader of a woman team to climb Mount Everest

3．During their climb to Mount Everest, Junko and her team ______.

A．got little help from the guides

B．went on climbing after they had injuries

C．had to stop climbing because of their injuries

D．spent nearly a month the whole way to the top

4．What does the author mainly want to tell us?

A．Mountain climbing is dangerous.

B．Women can do the same things as men.

C．Junko was the greatest climber in the world.

D．Junko had a very hard time before she succeeded.

Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about a third（1/3） of our lives in sleep. That’s about 121 days a year!

How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average（平均） of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a night. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep. Others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night. We need less sleep as we get older.

About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia. Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” But that’s not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the times they were awake（醒著）, so they think they were awake all night.

This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!

1．If you are thirteen years old, you need at least ______ hours of sleep.

A．16                  B．12                  C．9                   D．7

2．What does “insomnia” mean in this passage?

A．No sleep.                                                B．Bad sleep.

C．Slow sleep.                                             D．Sleep with many dreams.

3．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．We will die soon if we don’t sleep well.

B．The older we get, the less sleep we need.

C．We can tell a person’s age from his sleep time.

D．Famous people move from one bed to the other to fall asleep.

4．Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．Sleep More!                                  B．Go to Sleep!

C．Age and Sleep Time                             D．Famous People and Sleep

假設你是Emma，你的筆友Josh給你寫了一封電子郵件，向你傾訴他在家里的一些煩惱。請根據(jù)來信和提示，給Josh回一封電子郵件。先說說你的看法，再給出建議，并適當發(fā)揮。

提示：1．內容要點：（1）看法：在父母看來，我們仍是孩子；父母這樣做是為了保護我們。

（2）建議：給父母寫信談談你的想法；主動幫你父母做些力所能及的事情。

      2．回信應包括以上所有提示的信息，做到行文連貫，不要逐字翻譯。

3．詞數(shù)：不少于80。開頭和結尾已經(jīng)寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Josh,

Thanks for your e-mail. I have ever had the same experience. I even had a fight with my parents. But now, I understand them.                                                         

I hope this helps!

Emma

Which of the following is NOT a traffic sign?

A．             B．              C．              D．

If you work hard，you'll get good ________

A．grades             B．notes           C．lessons               D．answers

Liu Xiang ________by his coach to train regularly．

A．advised           B．advises             C．was advised          D．be advised

Do you learn from your mistakes? I hope so．But have you ever made the same mistake twice? I have．Sometimes I make the same mistake three or four times!

Sometimes，good things happen because of mistakes．Once I got on the wrong train．That was a big mistake．But on that train，I saw a good friend．I was so happy I made that mistake!

Another time I ruined a surprise．My mother planned a surprise party for my father．She told me it was a secret．But I was just a little boy and I couldn't keep the secret．I told my father about the party．At first，my mother was mad at me．But then my father said he was happy he knew about it．He said he didn't like surprises．

When a good thing comes out of a mistake，that's a happy accident!

1．The boy saw______ on the wrong train．

A．his friend          B．his father            C．his mother          D．his teacher

2．His mother asked him to______

A．plan a surprise party                      B．tell his father about the party

C．keep a secret about the party                D．invite his friends to the party

3．What does the boy think of mistakes?

A．Mistakes are not welcome．

B．A mistake is a terrible thing．

C．All mistakes mean happy accidents．

D．Sometimes a mistake can be a good thing．