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                                                                  A Divine Plan
    At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learningdisabled children, the father of one student
delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by those who attended. He began with a question.
"Everything God does is done with perfection. Yet, my son, Shay, cannot learn and understand things
as other children do. Where is God"s plan reflected in my son?"
    The audience was stilled by the question. The father continued,"I believe that when God brings a child
like Shay into the world, an opportunity to realize the Divine Plan presents itself. And it comes in the way
people treat that child."
    Then he told the following story:
    Shay and I walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked,"Do
you think they will let me play?"
    I knew that most boys would not want him on their team. Shay didn"t even know how to hold the bat
properly, much less connect with the ball. So I approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into
his own hands and said, "We are losing by six runs(得分). The game is in the eighth inning(回合). He can be on our team and we will try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning."
    In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay"s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. At the
top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield.
    In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay"s team scored again. They had the potential to win. Would the
team actually let Shay bat at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game?
    Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat.  At last, understanding what the boy"s intentions had been, the
boys from both teams helped Shay win the game for the team and Shay was cheered as the hero.
     "That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,"the boys from both teams
helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan into this world."

1. Why did the father think most of the boys wouldn"t let Shay join them?
A. Because it was a very important game and they couldn"t   afford to lose it.
B. Because they knew Shay was physically disabled.
C. Because they didn"t get on well with Shay.
D. Because they knew Shay was anything but good at playing baseball.

2. The sentence "Although no hits came his way, he was obviously very happy just to be on the field."
    should be put     at the end of ________.
A. Paragraph 5              
B. Paragraph 6
C. Paragraph 8              
D. Paragraph 9

3. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Shay"s team would have lost the game without him.
B. The opponent team let Shay score purposely.
C. It was quite by accident that Shay scored.
D. Shay"s team let him play because they didn"t take the  game seriously.

4. The underlined word "juncture" can be explained by ________.
A. a critical point        
B. a particular place
C. a dilemma                
D. an important game
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1-4: DBBA
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完形填空。     Many years ago, my dad was diagnosed with a heart disease. He had to be    1  to the hospital
unexpectedly and was unable to work at a(n)   2  job.
     Wanting to do    3   to keep himself busy, he decided to   4   to work at the local children
hospital and   5   up working with the sick children. A girl there had a(n)     6    disease that paralyzed
(瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn"t do anything, and was very     7   . My dad started visiting
her in her room,    8  paints, brushes and paper. He   9   the paper up against a backing (衬垫物), 
  10  the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint.     11 his head would move. He would visit her
 12  he could and paint for her. All the   13    he would tell her, "you can do anything you make up
your   14    to. "
     _15 , she began to paint using her mouth. Soon after, the little girl left because the doctors  16 there
was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left for a while because he became ill. Some time
later, my dad  17  and returned. One day while working there he   18  the front doors open. In came the
little girl who had been paralyzed, and at this time she was walking. She ran   19   over to my dad and
hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands.  At the bottom there
was a sentence   20    , "Thank you for helping me walk. "
     My dad, who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture, loved every single child
in that hospital.(     )1.A. received    
(     )2.A. steady      
(     )3.A. nothing    
(     )4.A. volunteer  
(     )5.A. picked      
(     )6.A. effective  
(     )7.A. hopeless    
(     )8.A. fetching    
(     )9.A. played      
(     )10.A. handed    
(     )11.A. Besides    
(     )12.A. whenever  
(     )13.A. while      
(     )14.A. idea      
(     )15.A. Instead    
(     )16.A. promised  
(     )17.A. cheered    
(     )18.A. noticed    
(     )19.A. nervously  
(     )20.A. describing B. introduced
B. average    
B. something  
B. specialize
B. brought    
B. rare      
B. addicted  
B. seizing    
B. stood      
B. rested    
B. Indeed    
B. whatever  
B. minute    
B. opinion    
B. Otherwise  
B. refused    
B. recovered  
B. pushed    
B. secretly  
B. replying   C. presented  
C. actual    
C. everything
C. adjust    
C. broke      
C. absurd    
C. depressed  
C. bringing  
C. required  
C. stuck      
C. Only      
C. only if    
C. way        
C. decision  
C. Therefore  
C. felt      
C. cured      
C. held      
C. straight  
C. writing    D. sent      
D. receivable
D. anything  
D. display    
D. ended      
D. efficient  
D. ashamed    
D. holding    
D. caught    
D. put        
D. So        
D. unless    
D. moment    
D. mind      
D. Eventually
D. denied    
D. treated    
D. stared    
D. worriedly  
D. reading   
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阅读理解。     Recently a young fellow from Sheridan was accused of first-degree murder. The youth was
15 years old when he shot and killed a 79-year-old man while burglarizing (入室盗窃)the man"s
home. The victim was a well-respected and much loved Sheridan citizen.
     The crime and punishment are tragedies. It was a tragedy that a wonderful citizen of the city
was shot and killed in his bedroom in the middle of the night. It is another tragedy that the young
man, now 17, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
     His mother had largely neglected the young man. Suffering an unhappy marriage life, his mother
sent him to live with an aunt and uncle in Sheridan. The youth really had no activities other than
skateboarding at the skate park.  The circle of friends that the youth had was basically in 1he same
boat: they had little parental love and care in their lives.
     I wonder what would have happened to the young fellow if he had been introduced to the joys
of the outdoors at an early age. Perhaps his life would have taken a different course. Many of us
have learned our outdoor skills by observing our parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or some
other adults. Basically, the people who taught us cared for us and wanted to get us interested in
their outdoor activities.
     Parents, grandparents, relatives, and friends of the family need to do the same thing today. We
need to educate our children in outdoor skills. We need to teach them by taking them fishing, hunting,
hiking, birding, horseback riding, and swimming. Most of all, we need to spend time with our children
and show them we care.
     We need to give our youths some healthy outdoor alternatives to the drug and troublemaking culture
that results from too little supervision and too little love. By doing so, perhaps we can avoid further
tragedies.1. The purpose of the author in writing the article is ______.A. to call for giving children outdoor experiences
B. to ask to punish children if they break the laws
C. to tell us a tragedy about a young boy
D. to present that too many troubles exist in society2. What is the author"s attitude towards the young fellow?A. Hateful.      
B. Unconcerned.
C. Ironical.      
D. Sympathetic.3. From the text we can know the reason for the young fellow"s crime is that ______.A. his mother didn"t have a good marriage
B. his aunt and uncle treated him badly
C. he enjoyed skateboarding at the skate park
D. he was short of parental control and love3. According to the fourth and fifth paragraph, we can know ______.A. children used to do outdoor activities by themselves
B. parents are always playing with children
C. the boy may have avoided crime if taken care of
D. parents used to ignore their children
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完形填空。     The Pecan Thief
     When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather"s farm in Kansas.  Grandpa had sent me
into the   __1__   to gather pecans for us to enjoy later.
Pecan picking was really   __2__    work and my little basket was only half full. I wasn"t about to  
__3__ Grandpa down. Just then something caught my    __4__.  A large brown squirrel was a few
feet away.  I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and   __5__   in a large hole in the
trunk.  A moment later the squirrel    __6__    out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another
nut.  Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.
     Not so   __7__   anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole.  It was  
  __8__    with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my  __9__. Handful by
handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so   __10__   of myself.
I couldn"t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.   __11__, I ran back and shouted, "Look at all the
pecans!" He looked into the basket and said, "Well, well, how did you find so many?" I told him how
I"d   __12__   the squirrel
and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
     Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I"d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he
did something that __13__   me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently   __14__  
my shoulders.
     "That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter   __15__ of food," he said. "Now that all of his
pecans are gone, don"t you think that little squirrel will   __16__   the cold winter?"
     "I didn"t think about that," I said.
     "I know," Grandpa said. "But a good man should never take   __27__   of someone else"s hard
work."
     Suddenly I felt a bit   __18__. The image of the starving squirrel wouldn"t   __19__   my mind. There
was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
     I didn"t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling-the   __20__   of knowing I
had done just the right thing.(     )1.A.rooms      
(     )2.A.hard        
(     )3.A.let        
(     )4.A.sweater    
(     )5.A.joined      
(     )6.A.jumped    
(     )7.A.strange    
(     )8.A.covered    
(     )9.A.time      
(     )10.A.afraid    
(     )11.A.Otherwise  
(     )12.A.driven    
(     )13.A.annoyed    
(     )14.A.off        
(     )15.A.supply    
(     )16.A.escape    
(     )17.A.place      
(     )18.A.guilty    
(     )19.A.open      
(     )20.A.inspirationB. woods      
B. dirty      
B. settle    
B. basket     
B. lived      
B. held      
B. secret    
B. filled    
B. choice    
B. ashamed    
B. However    
B. followed  
B. satisfie  
B. beside    
B. cost      
B. spend      
B. notice    
B. unconfident
B. leave      
B. expectationC. holes        
C. light        
C. have        
C. eye          
C. discovered  
C. stood        
C. anxious      
C. rebuilt      
C. chance      
C. careful      
C. Besides      
C. protected    
C. surprised    
C. over        
C. support      
C. survive      
C. advantage    
C. embarrassed  
C. cross        
C. impression   D. roads        
D. easy        
D. keep        
D. hand        
D. disappeared  
D. found        
D. patient      
D. decorated    
D. achievement  
D. Proud        
D. Therefore    
D. caught      
D. delighted    
D. around      
D. preparation  
D. flee        
D. charge      
D. nervous      
D. occupy      
D. satisfaction
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阅读理解。     One day the employees of a large company in St Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch
break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: "Yesterday the person
who has been hindering (阻碍) your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to
join the funeral (葬礼) in the room that has been prepared in the gym."
     At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while
they started getting curious about who this person might be.
     The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone
wondered: "Who is this person that was hindering my progress? Well, at least he"s no longer here."
     One by one the employees got closer to the coffin (棺材) and when they looked inside it they
became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched
the deepest part of their soul.
    There was a mirror inside the coffin. Everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There
was also a sign next to the mirror that said: "There is only one person who can set limits to your
growth: it is YOU."
     You are the only person who can revolutionize (彻底改变) your life. You are the only person
who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who
can help yourself.
    Your life does not change when your family changes, when your friends change, when your boss
changes, and when your company changes.
    Your life changes when you change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize
that you are the only one responsible for your life.1. The writer"s purpose in writing the article is to tell us that ________.A. the harder we work, the more successful we will become
B. our work and life are closely connected with others
C. changing our lives is down to ourselves
D. we will have a better future if people do not hinder our development2. People were speechless when they looked inside the coffin because ________.A. there was nothing but a mirror inside
B. they could see their own souls inside
C. their closest colleague lay inside
D. what was inside told a great truth3. Who probably wrote the sign on the front door?A. The company boss.
B. A worker who liked to make fun of others.
C. The director in charge of production.
D. A worker who wanted to teach others a lesson4. What can we conclude from the article?A. The employees went to the gym to join the funeral.
B. The lesson the employees learned would influence them greatly.
C. The employees" lives depended on the attitude of their boss.
D. The employees got angry after the funeral.
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阅读理解。     I told my friend Graham that I often cycle two miles from my house to the town centre but
unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, "You mean fortunately." He explained
that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
     My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to grumble as I approached it but now I tell
myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and
get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought
of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationery exercise bicycles
when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.
     Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life.
Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and
writing proved inspirational. She wrote, "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.  Only
through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition
inspired and success achieved."
     One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity (逆境). From
time to time we all face hardships, problems, accidents,  afflictions and difficulties. Some are of our
making but many confront us through no fault of our own.  While we cannot choose the adversity
we can choose our attitude towards it.
     Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident. He
was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aces in the Battle of
Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans. He was an inspiration to others during the war.
He said, "Don"t listen to anyone who tells you that you can"t do this or that. That"s nonsense. Make
up your mind, you"ll never use crutches (拐杖) or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school
, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you
that things are too difficult or impossible."
     The biographies(传记)of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome
the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become depressed. They chose
their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won.
Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the author of the  passage?A. Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.
B. People are silly to pay to go to the gym.
C. Those who want to achieve success can"t expect to live an easy life.
D. People"s attitude towards adversity is the only factor that determines whether they will succeed.2. By quoting what Douglas Bader said, the author intends to tell us "________".A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
C. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.3. Following this passage, the author will further talk about ________.A. how his friend helped him to change his attitude towards  the adversity he faced
B. what steps to take to change your attitude towards the  adversity you face
C. what great people have in common
D. why it is important to keep optimistic in face of adversity4. Which of the following can best function as the title of the passage?A. Face Adversity with a Smile
B. Different Attitudes towards Adversity
C. Nothing is Impossible
D. Life Is Full of Adversity
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