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hear a thing, not even loud noises.In a special school for the hearingimpaired (听觉受损的),he
learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children.However, the sight of all the
disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother.She wanted him to lead a
normal life.So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to
read lips and pronounce words.
Later on, Adrian"s parents decided to send him to a regular school.But the headmaster tried
to prevent them from doing so, saying regular school couldn"t take care of a special student.His
parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work every day
because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything.Adrian made the
grade and got accepted.It was a big challenge.The pace (节奏)was faster so he had to sit at the
front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn"talways easy.But he stuck to
it and did a lot of extra work after school.
The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off.Adrian graduated with good grades and
got into a top high school.He also achieved a lot in life outside school.He developed a love for the
outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains.He even entered the World Yacht Race-being the
first hearingimpaired Asian to do so.
But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important
lessons from his mother. "If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve greatresults,"
she often said.
B.By using sign language.
C.By reading lips.
D.By making loud noises.
B.they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong
C.he wouldn"t mix with other disabled children
D.he wasn"t taken good care of in the special school
B.He was pushed hard to study every day.
C.He attended private classes after school.
D.He worked very hard both in and after class.
B.He succeeded in entering a regular school.
C.He reached his goals in spite of his disability.
D.He took part in the World Yacht Race.
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the UK last year, studying English at a language school. She really enjoyed her first two weeks in the UK.But soon she started to miss things of her own country. She found it hard to make friends,and got annoyed(恼火的) about local people"s behaviour. Mami said," After a few weeks I started to cry a lot. I felt
homesick. I thought the weather was dark and too changeable, and that affected my mood as well."
To comfort herself Mami began to spend many hours on the Internet chatting with her friends back
home. She spent a couple of weeks in the countryside in Kent. She went to a social club for British people who were interested in Japan and started to make some friends there. In addition, she took a short course
in calligraphy (书法) to get an opportunity of mixing with local people. A few months later, Mami"s
impression of the UK had greatly changed. She found that most of the British were friendly, witty and fun.
However, once Mami was back in Japan, she experienced "culture shock" again. She said," I missed the friends I had made in England. My way of thinking had changed. Sometimes I was annoyed by the views of people in my country-for example, about the value of money and time. I thought people around me lived in such a small world." Mami noticed some changes in her behaviour:" I kept the habit of always carrying
an umbrella with me, even on a fine day-my friends thought I was crazy!"
B. Annoyed.
C. Pleased.
D. Homesick.
B. how Mami felt as soon as she arrived in Britain
C. what Mami learned in her language school
D. what Mami liked and disliked about Britain
B. the umbrella reminded her of her life in the UK
C. she had got used to the changeable weather in Britain
D. it often rained in Japan those days
B. The world in Japan was too small for her.
C. The Japanese behaviour had changed a lot.
D. She had got used to British culture and life.
B. Cultural differences between Britain and Japan
C. Culture shock experienced by a Japanese student
D. How to prepare for culture shock
As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was
almost unheard of for a woman to do that. I got a taste of that dream in 2001,when my husband
arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be
very dull. Around that time,I told my husband that I wanted to skydive. So when our retirement
community(社区)announced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an
experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream.
In the essay, I wrote about my desire to skydive, stating George Bush Sr. did it at age 80.
Why not me? I was just 84 and in pretty good health. A year went by and I heard nothing. But
then at a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the winners. I just
couldn"t believe it.Inspired by this,I decided to realize my dream,even though some of my family
members and my doctor were against it.
On June 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to where I
would land while I headed up in the airplane. My instructor, Jay, guided me through the experience.
The plane was the noisiest one I had ever been in, but I wasn"t frightened-I was really just looking
forward to the experience. When we reached 13,000 feet, Jay instructed me to throw myself out
of the plane. When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly breathe. For a
second I thought, "What have I gotten myself into?" But then everything got calmer. We were in a
free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute(降落伞), then we just floated downward
for about five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I
have ever felt-much better than the hot air balloon. I was just enjoying it.
Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look at
me and realize that you don"t stop living just because you are 84 years old. If there"s something you want to experience, look into it. If it"s something that is possible, make it happen.
B. She entered a competition.
C. She went on a hot air balloon ride.
D. She moved into a retirement community.
B. show her admiration for him
C. compare their health condition
D. make her argument persuasive
A. Excited.
B. Scared.
C. Nervous.
D. Regretful.
B. The wonderful view.
C. The company of Jay.
D. The oneminute free fall.
messed up(弄糟) their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens__3__away the dirt
and dust of the world.
"Mom, let"s run through the rain," a girl"s voice__4__ my attention. "No, honey . We"ll wait until it
__5__down a bit," Mom replied.
The young girl waited about another minute and__6__. "Mom, let"s run through the rain. "
"We"ll get wet if we do," Mom said.
"No, we won"t, Mom. That"s not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she __7__her
mom"s arm.
"This morning__8__did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"
"Don"t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said: "If God can get us through this, he can get us through __9__. ""
The entire crowd turned __10__. Mom paused and thought for a moment about __11__she would
say. Now some would laugh it off and scold the girl for being __12__. But then we heard, "Honey, you
are __13__. Let"s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing," Mom said. Then
__14__they ran.
We all stood __15__, smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were __16__by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the __17__to their cars. Circumstances or
people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away __18__. But no one can
ever take away your precious __19__. So, don"t forget to make time and take the __20__to make
memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.
( )2. A. as if
( )3. A. taking
( )4. A. caught
( )5. A. slows
( )6. A. asked
( )7. A. pulled
( )8. A. Why
( )9. A. the rain
( )10. A. still
( )11. A. if
( )12. A. dishonest
( )13. A. stupid
( )14. A. off
( )15. A. sighing
( )16. A. followed
( )17. A. time
( )18. A. house
( )19. A. children
( )20. A. possibilities
B. even if
B. putting
B. annoyed
B. comes
B. repeated
B. touched
B. How
B. the disease
B. silent
B. how
B. silly
B. wrong
B. along
B. joking
B. guided
B. way
B. money
B. memories
B. opportunities
C. because
C. driving
C.impressed
C. pushes
C. required
C. waved
C. When
C. anything
C. serious
C. whether
C. careless
C. right
C. on
C. discussing
C. respected
C. same
C. health
C. courage
C. risk
D. when
D. washing
D. called
D. stops
D. added
D. felt
D. Where
D. something
D. angry
D. what
D. forgetful
D. clever
D. over
D. watching
D. praised
D. best
D. time
D. experience
D. challenge
seat was__2__for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying, "Hi, where are you going?" I was so struck by the
stranger that I had a hard time trying to __3__ her. Clearly she had taken me __4__ somebody else. I
returned her greeting with politeness, __5__ to give explanation to my girlfriend later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girlfriend__6__ her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously, "Who"s she?" The pretty girl, quite__7__of the situation, spoke out first, "Hi, let me__8__myself. I" m Nancy, used to be __9__. Very glad to meet you." She behaved very __10__.
But I was __11__ to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was
worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend __12__ the pretty girl again turned to me, "Will you give me
your cell phone number so that we __13__ keep contacts(联系) later?"I had to submit to her __14__.
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop.
A minute later I got a short __15__ on my phone-from a stranger. My girlfriend __16__ my phone
and read the note. It was from the girl, who said, "Just now, two thieves tried to __17__ your pocket. I
had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the __18__ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also __19__ to leave at the same stop. Because of the __20__ I delayed my
departure. Now you" ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck."
( )2. A.ready
( )3. A.identify
( )4. A.on
( )5. A.preferring
( )6. A.fixed
( )7. A.proud
( )8. A.explain
( )9. A.partners
( )10. A.naturally
( )11. A.in a hurry
( )12. A.while
( )13. A.would
( )14. A.request
( )15. A.suggestion
( )16. A.removed
( )17. A.steal
( )18. A.terminal
( )19. A.pretending
( )20. A.incident
B. available
B. realize
B. by
B. planning
B. opened
B. careful
B. enjoy
B. neighbors
B. generously
B. at a loss
B. before
B. can
B. question
B. warning
B. seized
B. reach
B. former
B. intending
B. matter
C. special
C. remind
C. with
C. managing
C. raised
C. afraid
C. introduce
C. friends
C. cautiously
C. at ease
C. when
C. should
C. command
C. notice
C. found
C. get
C. previous
C. demanding
C. accident
D. suitable
D. judge
D. for
D. promising
D. focused
D. aware
D. help
D. colleagues
D. normally
D. in time
D. until
D. must
D. opinion
D. message
D. caught
D. pick
D. latter
D. announcing
D. affair
among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when there was a slight wind, the bamboos sounded
really musical."
A fisheries biologist, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in the salmon industry in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, Guy Thornburgh, but she found it too competitive. Then her garden gave her the idea for a business: she"d plant 20 bamboo forests on their sevenacre farm.
Heinricher started BooShoot Gardens in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to be
known to the rest of the world. It can be used to make fishing poles, skateboards, buildings, furniture,
floors, and even clothing. An added bonus: Bamboo absorbs four times as much carbon dioxide as a
group of hardwood trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen.
First she had to find a way to massproduce the plants-a tough task, since bamboo flowers create seed only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant frequently kills it.
Heinricher appealed to Randy Burr, a tissue culture expert, to help her. "People kept telling us we"d
never figure it out," says Heinricher. "Others had worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were
doing, though, so I just kept going."
She was right to feel a sense of urgency. Bamboo forests are being rapidly used up, and a United
Nations report showed that even though bamboo is highly renewable,as many as half of the world"s species are threatened with dying out. Heinricher knew that bamboo could make a significant impact on carbon
emissions (排放) and world economies, but only if huge numbers could be produced. And that"s just what she and Burr figured out after nine years of experiments-a way to grow millions of plants. By placing
cuttings in test tubes with salts, vitamins, plant hormones, and seaweed gel, they got the plants to grow and then raised them in soil in greenhouses.
Not long after it, Burr"s lab hit financial difficulties. Heinricher had no experience running a tissue culture operation, but she wasn"t prepared to quit. So she bought the lab.
Today Heinricher heads up a profitable multimilliondollar company, working on species from all over
the world and selling them to wholesalers. "If you want to farm bamboo, it"s hard to do without the young
plants, and that"s what we have," she says proudly.
B. They were short of money and experience.
C. They didn"t have a big enough farm to do it.
D. They were not understood by other people.
B. Productive and flexible.
C. Useful and earthfriendly.
D. Strong and profitable.
B. able to be raised difficultly
C. able to be shaped easily
D. able to be recycled conveniently
B. Heinricher"s determination helped her to succeed in her work.
C. Heinricher struggled to prevent bamboo from disappearing.
D. Heinricher finally succeeded in realizing her childhood dream.
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