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完形填空。     "We expected our first child to be perfect." Most parents have thought so.
     I know that" s what I  1  with our oldest son, Joe.He would be perfect.Joe would sail through   2    from
learning ABC" s to being awarded a Ph.D..
     Joe,   3  , had other ideas.
     He was always a   4   kid.He wasn"t the kind of boy who threw  5  at passing cars on a freezing winter
day or who dropped water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August.
     But he wasn"t perfect.Especially when it came to that nice little   6    that I had about sailing through
school. From the day Joe started kindergarten he struggled with scissors and handwriting and math. Always  7  . He passed each grade with great   8   , never at the top of his class.
     How I   9   friends who had children with the "math gene".A mom told me her daughter was doing high
school algebra(代数) while in the sixth grade.Another mom said her son had just taken first place in the
district" s annual Math Challenge.
     After hearing these stories, I would look at Joe and   10  : Why didn"t we raise a mathematical talent?
How is he ever going to get into  11   if he does not get better at math? Needless to say, my motherly   12   never really amounted to(总计) much.Does it ever? Moms tend to worry and worry, while whatever
they" re worrying about usually   13  on its own.
     During high school, Joe slowly  14  at math.He got through algebra I & II, and geometry, our state
requirements for math.I felt greatly   15  at his little achievement.Then he announced that
he" d take pre-calculus (微积分) in his last year of high school, which  16   me a lot.
     "Why?" I questioned.
     "Because I need to keep my skills up," he explained." I  17  math, but I need to take it so I don" t forget
how to do it."
     "For college, " he added."I want to do really well in college, Mom.I know it will be 18_,but I think it" s
important that I try to do my best."
     My oldest son wasn"t perfect.He wasn"t a math talent, either.But he knew what was important: he was
focusing on his  19   while I was worrying over his past.And that, to me, is even better than being   20 .
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(     )1. A. worked    
(     )2. A. school    
(     )3. A. however  
(     )4. A. careful  
(     )5. A. toys      
(     )6. A. belief    
(     )7. A. art      
(     )8. A. effort    
(     )9. A. respected
(     )10. A. consider
(     )11. A. job      
(     )12. A. love    
(     )13. A. pauses  
(     )14. A. developed
(     )15. A. hopeful  
(     )16. A. moved    
(     )17. A. fail    
(     )18. A. hard    
(     )19. A. career  
(     )20. A. perfect  
B. expected    
B. books      
B. therefore  
B. proud      
B. clothes    
B. fantasy    
B. scissors    
B. attention  
B. supported  
B. imagine    
B. life        
B. doubt      
B. comes      
B. improved    
B. grateful    
B. inspired    
B. hate        
B. boring      
B. major      
B. intelligent
C. continued  
C. experience
C. fortunately
C. good      
C. flowers    
C. interest  
C. handwriting
C. pleasure  
C. trusted    
C. wonder    
C. society    
C. worry      
C. declines  
C. advanced  
C. relieved  
C. satisfied  
C. prefer    
C. necessary  
C. future    
C. successful
D. showed        
D. situations    
D. obviously      
D. happy          
D. snowballs      
D. enthusiasm    
D. math          
D. ambition      
D. envied        
D. wish          
D. college        
D. guidance      
D. disappears    
D. achieved      
D. amused        
D. surprised      
D. choose        
D. beneficial    
D. world          
D. confident      
1-5: BAACD    6-10: BDADC  11-15:   DCDBC   16-20: DBACA
阅读理解。
     Dr. Glenn Tisman, a cancer specialist, knew his young neighbor, Ray Bateman, had an unusual mind.
But he had no idea at the time that 12-year-old Ray had the ability to become his partner in cancer
research.
     Ray" s parents remembered that at age four, Ray surprised them by fixing a broken vacuum cleaner (吸
尘器). When he was ten, he speedily constructed the family color television from a kit.Later, he
succeeded in assembling (组装) a complex stereo system after two experts had failed to do the job.
     When Ray was ten, he convinced his parents to buy him a computer.In a short time, Ray was able to
do amazing things with the computer.Ray shared his enthusiasm for computers with Dr. Tisman, who
used a computer for his research. The two discussed computers and medicine frequently.Amazingly, Ray
understood the biology and chemistry related to Dr. Tisman"s medical research without any previous
instruction.
     Ray then worked with Dr. Tisman after school.He helped conduct research with the equipment and
kept it in working order.The purpose of the research was to test the effectiveness of mixing an old cancer
drug with certain vitamins.Ray analyzed patient test results by computer, while Dr. Tisman handled all
patient contact.Together, they came up with solid research that helped advance cancer treatment.
     In 1988, 14-year-old Ray went with Dr. Tisman to a meeting of the American Federation for Clinical
Research (AFCR) , where Ray presented their initial research findings.Using terminology (术语) beyond
the grasp of most kids of his age, Ray told the scientists how the new drug mixture caused fewer and
milder side effects for cancer patients.
     A year later, Ray returned to the meeting to update the findings of his and Dr. Tisman" s research. By
then, he had become well-known for his devotion to finding cures for sick patients.Stories about him
appeared in hundreds of newspapers around the world.He appeared on television newscasts and talk
shows.
     Ray continued to spend most free hours working with Dr. Tisman.The two began studying the effects
of vitamins on babies inside the womb.However, Ray" s main interest remained cancer treatment, and he
continues his research today.
1. According to the passage, Ray______.
A. is a boy of many gifts
B. is very helpful to his parents
C. learned fast under Dr. Tisman" s instruction
D. stopped working with Dr. Tisman after his success
2. What do we know about Dr. Tisman?
A. He succeeded in finding cures for cancer.
B. He made a new discovery in cancer treatment.
C. He convinced Ray to become a partner of him.
D. He taught Ray knowledge related to his research.
3. What made Ray first known to the medical world?
A. His presentation at AFCR.
B. His great skills in computer.
C. His devotion to cancer research.
D. His appearance on television newscasts.
4. Dr. Tisman"s research is aimed at ______.
A. providing different cancer treatments
B. proving the effects of vitamins on babies
C. finding the side effects of a cancer drug
D. testing the effectiveness of a new drug mixture
阅读理解。
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
     There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the
woods she found two starving birds    1   . She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every
morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt the great love from the birds.
       2  . The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that
he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in
capturing him.  3  . She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had
killed him.
     She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great
need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear, blue sky.  4  . The bird circled once, twice, three times.
     The girl watched delightedly at the bird"s enjoyment.  5  . She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly
the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest songs that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
A. She gave them some delicious food and left.  
B. Suddenly she felt the bird go softly.
C. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.
D. One day she left with the two birds at home alone.
E. She took them home and put them in a small cage.  
F. One day the girl left the door of the cage open.  
G. She lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air.
完形填空。
                                                         Nicola"s Love for Her Violin
    Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (绝配)? Nicola
Benedetti thinks so.The 18-year-old   1   and her partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin,   2   to China for
the first time last weekend.She   3   in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and
Shanghai.
    Nicola is from Scotland and   4   playing the violin when she was four years old.  5  , it was not
something her parents   6   her do.She went with her sister to violin lessons and  7  it and improved very
quickly.
     "There are so many different things I am fond of about the   8  ," she said."I can"t really   9   it but I love
giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the   10  .I love the feeling of
the violin under my chin (下巴)."
    However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an   11   job."I usually   12   in an upstairs bedroom
when I"m at home." she said."But sometimes, when it"s   13   outside, it can be upset.The house is right on
the   14   and I can see others having fun   15   I"m on my own."
    Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola   16   felt she was lucky."You can"t have    17 . I am
really lucky to do what I love doing," she said.Her   18   paid off (终有回报).Nicola won BBC Young
Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.
      19   her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an   20  of UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会).
She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.
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(     )1. A. singer      
(     )2. A. came        
(     )3. A. checked    
(     )4. A. stopped    
(     )5. A. So          
(     )6. A. made        
(     )7. A. noticed    
(     )8. A. lessons    
(     )9. A. explain    
(     )10. A. foreigners
(     )11. A. boring    
(     )12. A. work      
(     )13. A. cool      
(     )14. A. river      
(     )15. A. while      
(     )16. A. even      
(     )17. A. anything  
(     )18. A. time      
(     )19. A. Because of
(     )20. A. adviser    
B. writer    
B. turned    
B. played    
B. requested  
B. And        
B. persuaded  
B. concerned  
B. violin    
B. imagine    
B. friends    
B. easy      
B. rest      
B. sunny      
B. hill      
B. as        
B. still      
B. something  
B. music      
B. Besides    
B. manager    
C. pianist    
C. ran        
C. visited    
C. started    
C. But        
C. wanted      
C. minded      
C. performances
C. determine  
C. audience    
C. wonderful  
C. stay        
C. windy      
C. farm        
C. so          
C. ever        
C. everything  
C. efforts    
C. Instead of  
C. organizer  
D. violinist    
D. moved        
D. remained    
D. ignored      
D. However      
D. got          
D. loved        
D. show        
D. refuse      
D. teenagers    
D. tiring      
D. practise    
D. cloudy      
D. beach        
D. for          
D. almost      
D. nothing      
D. action      
D. Thanks to    
D. supporter    
阅读理解。
     Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain
near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I
learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, "You should have goals like climbing the
mountain." Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed,we couldn"t have enough time to spend
together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to
talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.
    Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds"singing, but as time
passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but
my father said to me, "You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can"t see it
before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life."      
     At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and
confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).
1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _____for Father and Son. 
A. hard     
B. enjoyable      
C. painful      
D. comfortable
2. The word "quit" in the passage means "______".
A. carry on    
B. put off      
C. give up      
D. pick up
3. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father"s words in the second paragraph?
A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.
B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.
C. You can find life is full of nice things.
D. Never give up half-way.
4. The best title for the passage is "______".
A. Reaching the Top of the Mountain    
B. Standing at the Top of the Mountain
C. Conversations between Father and Son  
D. How to Get to the Top of the Mountain
阅读理解。
     Two students started quarreling at school. One student shouted dirty words at the other, and a fight
began. What can be done to stop fights like this at school? In some schools, the disputants sit down with
peer mediators (同龄调解者). Peer mediators are students with special training in this kind of problems.
     Peer mediators help the disputants to talk in a friendly way. Here are some of the ways they use:
     1) Put what you think clearly but don"t say anything to hurt the other. Begin with "I feel…" instead of
"You always…
     2) Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Don"t stop the other person"s words.
     3) Keep looking at the other person"s eyes when he or she talks.
     4) Try to see the other person"s side of the problem.
     5) Never put anyone down. Saying things like "You are foolish" makes the talk difficult.
     6) Try to find a result that makes both people happy.
     Peer mediators never decide the result or the winner. They don"t decide who is right and who is
wrong. Instead, they help the two students to find their own "win-win" result.
1. The underlined word "disputants" refers to the students ________.
A. who make peace  
B. who give in
C. who are lazy                  
D. who quarrel
2. When there is a fight at school ________.
A. the peer mediators decide who the winner is
B. the peer mediators and the disputants talk together
C. the students who quarrel decide who the winner is
D. the two students sit down and listen to the peer mediators
3. Peer mediators" work is ________.
A. to give lessons to disputants
B. to find out who starts a quarrel
C. to give students some special training                          
D. to help find a way to make both sides happy
4. Which of the following ways is not used by Peer mediators in finding a "win-win" result?
A. Listen carefully to what the other person is saying.
B. Try to see the other person"s side of the problem.
C. Never say things like "You are foolish"
D. Never keep looking at the other person"s eyes when he or she talks.