I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard the young voice.
"Mom, come here! There"s this lady here like my 1 !" The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to
me to 2 . I smiled and told her: "It"s okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I"m Darry Kramer. How are you?"
He 3 me from head to toe, and asked: "Are you a little 4 ? "Yes, I have a son," I answered. "Why are
you so little?" he asked.
"It"s the way I was 5 ," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I"m just not going to grow any
bigger." After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy"s hand, and left.
My life as a little person is filled with 6 like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look
different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my 7 . I stand 114 cm tall. I was born a dwarf (侏儒). 8 this, I did all
the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn"t 9 how short I was until I started school. Some kids laughed at me. Then I began to 10 30 the
first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I 11 to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and 12 the fact that I was going to be 13 my whole life. I decided to make my
uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I 14 in personality.
I"m 47 now, and the stares have not 15 as I"ve grown older. People are 16 when they see me driving.
I try to keep a good attitude. When people are 17 , I remind myself: "Look what else I have-a great family,
nice friends."
It"s the children"s questions that make my life 18 . I enjoy answering their questions. My 19 is that
people will accept various peers (同龄人), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with 20 . |
( )1. A. weight
( )2. A. scold
( )3. A. studied
( )4. A. lady
( )5. A. raised
( )6. A. excuses
( )7. A. shortcomings
( )8. A. Besides
( )9. A. admit
( )10. A. hate
( )11. A. determined
( )12. A. receive
( )13. A. exposed
( )14. A. made up for
( )15. A. increased
( )16. A. scared
( )17. A. rude
( )18. A. disappointing
( )19. A. promise
( )10. A. respect | B. size
B. explain
B. searched
B. mommy
B. taught
B. pains
B. strangeness
B. Despite
B. care
B. tolerate
B. battled
B. enjoy
B. pitied
B. ended up with
B. decreased
B. satisfied
B. curious
B. meaningless
B. suggestion
B. courage | C. shape
C. apologize
C. inspected
C. person
C. treated
C. stares
C. uniqueness
C. Except
C. fear
C. forget
C. managed
C. consider
C. noticed
C. caught up with
C. improved
C. amazed
C. regretful
C. embarrassing
C. hope
C. pity | D. age
D. respond
D. checked
D. kid
D. born
D. stories
D. shyness
D. Beyond
D. realize
D. ignore
D. learned
D. accept
D. avoided
D. made use of
D. changed
D. puzzled
D. cruel
D. special
D. advantage
D. pride |
| 1-5: BCABD 6-10: DCBDA 11-15: BDCAB 16-20 CADCA |
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| 完形填空。 | In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Los Angeles, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes.
A father rushed to where his son was 1 to be, only to discover that the building was flattened.
But he remembered the 2 he had made his son: "I"ll always be there for you!" Tears began to fill his eyes.
Although it looked 3 , he remembered his words.
4 his son"s classroom would be in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and started 5 .
Other parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school, saying " It"s too late! They"re all dead! You
can"t 6 !"
To each he 7 : "Are you going to help me?" And then he went back to his digging. The fire fighter 8 and
tried to pull him away: "Fires are breaking out, explosions are happening everywhere. You"re 9 ."To which this
loving, 10 father asked:"Are you going to help me?"
He went on 11 he needed to know,"Is my boy alive or is he dead?" He dug for eight hours…l2 hours…36
hours…then, in the 38th hours, he pulled back a large stone and 12 his son. He 13 : "ARMAND!"He heard
back:" Dad?It"s me, Dad! I told the other kids not to 14 . I told them that if you were 15 , you"d save me and
when you saved me, they"d be saved. You 16 , no matter what happens, I"ll always be there for you!" "What"s
going on in there?" the father asked.
"There are l4 of us 17 out of 33, Dad. We"re scared but 18 you"re here. When the building collapsed, it
19 a triang1e (三角形), and it saved us."
" 20 , boy!"
"Let the other kids out first, because I know you"ll get me! I know you"ll always be there for me!" | ( )1. A. reported
( )2. A. decision
( )3. A. annoying
( )4. A. Recalling
( )5. A. wandering
( )6. A. help
( )7. A. whispered
( )8. A. looked up
( )9. A. in place
( )10. A. caring
( )11. A. when
( )12. A. saw
( )13. A. screamed
( )14. A. relax
( )15. A. brave
( )16. A. complained
( )17. A. lying
( )18. A. thankful
( )19. A. built
( )20. A. Stand out | B. supposed
B. mistake
B. satisfactory
B. Seeing
B. digging
B. wait
B. murmured
B. stood up
B. in danger
B. smiling
B. after
B. met
B. waved
B. worry
B. active
B. promised
B. sleeping
B. hopeful
B. designed
B. Keep up | C. announced
C. promise
C. embarrassing
C. Hearing
C. crying
C. suffer
C. responded
C. climbed up
C. in charge
C. leading
C. if
C. heard
C. nodded
C. hurry
C. alive
C. remarked
C. discouraged
C. careful
C. made
C. Take it easy | D. said
D. suggestion
D. hopeless
D. Predicting
D. filling
D. fail
D. explained
D. showed up
D. in relief
D. promising
D. because
D. felt
D. argued
D. flee
D. strong
D. stated
D. left
D. useful
D. circled
D. Come out | | 阅读理解。 | Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
●A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner.
"Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to
explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign.
●Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin
among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive
by mistake.
●Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year"s football World Cup for his perfect record in
predicting game results, died peacefully in his sleep in an aquarium.
●A Kuwaiti MP proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in order to reduce the large
number of unmarried women in the oil-rich emirate (酋长国).
●A Frenchman who lost all his arms and legs in an electrical accident successfully swam across the
Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years.
●A set of dentures (假牙) made for Britain"s war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill known as "the
teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds at auction (拍卖).
●A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera deserting a cat in a
rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds after admitting gui1ty.
●Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the buttocks (臀部) while drinking to
see if it would hurt.
●The BBC apologized "sincerely" after a radio announcer jokingly said that Queen Elizabeth II had died. | | 1. According to the text, we know that _____. | A. the Frenchman lost his arms while crossing the Channel
B. Winston Churchill"s teeth saved the world
C. the British woman was fined for abusing animals
D. Queen Elizabeth II died but the BBC announced jokingly | | 2. The first news tells us that _____. | A. we must take the special bus to find our lovers
B. we are likely to chance our future partner on the bus
C. we can find all the seats are covered in red cloth
D. the bus driver can help those desiring to marry | | 3. It is implied in the text that _____. | A. the Italy golden coffin was designed to aid those buried
B. the Kuwaiti proposal aimed to reduce the number of unmarried women
C. netizens were in favour of the British woman" abusing animals
D. two Australian men shot each other to catch others" eyes | | 4. Which of the following is true of Paul the octopus? | A. It was shot to death.
B. It died painfully.
C. It is a talking fish.
D. It won fame during the World Cup. | | 5. This text may be found in which part on the Internet? | A. Amusement
B. Shopping
C. Education
D. Sports | | 完形填空。 | A gift left to her
Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as 1 . What would she
do with me? She was almost mad after the 2 of her husband.
A few minutes later, I heard the truck 3 its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my
protest, but failed to make any 4 . Finally she put me down in a 5 place. Maybe she didn"t want me to die
from lack of air；she untied the bag.
I 6 out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me.
It turned out that my owner meant to 7 me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and
farther. So I cast my head 8 the direction of the truck. The days we spent together were like a movie playing
in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer, looked at me with
his sad eyes. I saw myself 9 my owner everywhere；I saw him lie in his dying bed, she was all 10 .
I ran as fast as I could. And the 11 I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn"t blame her for
treating me like this for she was such a(an) 12 lady. She seemed even somewhat 13 at his leaving her alone,
trying many ways to 14 the pains of losing him. She 15 his pictures and clothes, she redecorated the whole
house. Now I was the only 16 thing to remind her of him. 17 later, I am pretty sure that she would realize
how mad she was to do this…
The truck finally stopped when I was almost 18 . She ran up to me and hugged me 19 . I heard her 20 :
"I know you are a present he left to me." | ( )1. A. puzzled
( )2. A. separation
( )3. A. run
( )4. A. sense
( )5. A. usual
( )6. A. walked
( )7. A. harm
( )8. A. into
( )9. A. follow
( )10. A. with tears
( )11. A. time
( )12. A. cruel
( )13. A. calm
( )14. A. kill
( )15. A. kept
( )16. A. moving
( )17. A. But
( )18. A. worn out
( )19. A. tightly
( )20. A. shout | B. excited
B. absence
B. begin
B. trouble
B. strange
B. rushed
B. desert
B. at
B. bring
B. in tears
B. direction
B. unfriendly
B. depressed
B. remove
B. burned
B. walking
B. And
B. knocked out
B. patiently
B. speak | C. delighted
C. departure
C. start
C. effort
C. familiar
C. ran
C. punish
C. in
C. guide
C. out of breath
C. way
C. unfavorable
C. angry
C. bear
C. sold
C. existing
C. Thus
C. left out
C. sadly
C. whisper | D. frightened
D. death
D. operate
D. difference
D. dark
D. struggled
D. sell
D. to
D. support
D. in silence
D. moment
D. unfortunate
D. sad
D. prevent
D. hid
D. blessing
D. Then
D. made out
D. desperately
D. talk | | 阅读理解。 | Horror gripped (紧握) the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle.
Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing (子弹等在空中掠过的声音) over his head, the soldier
asked his lieutenant (陆军中尉), if he might go out into the"No Man"s Land"between the trenches to bring
his fallen comrade back.
"You can go," said the lieutenant, "but I don"t think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and
you may throw your own life away."The lieutenant"s words didn"t matter, and the soldier went anyway.
Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoisted (扯起) him onto his shoulder, and brought him
back to their company"s trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the
officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn"t be worth it, "
he said. "Your friend is dead, and you are mortally wounded."
"It was worth it, though, sir," the soldier said.
"How do you mean"worth it?""responded the lieutenant. "Your friend is dead!"
"Yes sir," the private answered."But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive, and I
had the satisfaction of hearing him say,"Jim, I knew you"d come.""
Many a time in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it. Take up
all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in
life. | | 1. What"s the lieutenant"s attitude towards the soldier"s saving his friend? | A. Negative.
B. Positive.
C. Neutral.
D. Supportive. | | 2. The underlined word "Miraculously" can be replaced by _____. | A. Happily
B. Excitedly
C. Surprisingly
D. Disappointedly | | 3. According to the soldier, why did he say "It was worth it."? | A. Because the soldier saved his friend in time.
B. Because the soldier successfully brought his friend back.
C. Because what he did will bring him great honor and make him get promoted in his later life.
D. Because his friend was still alive when he reached him and he didn"t make his friend disappointed. | |
| 完形填空。 | One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful
heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered. and they all admired his heart for it was 1 . There was
not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said,"Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 2 ."
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man"s 3 . It was full of scars, it had places 4 pieces
had been removed and other pieces 5 in, but they didn"t fit quite right, and there were several 6 edges. In
fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed." 7 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars."
"Yes," said the old man,"Yours 8 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 9
represents a person 10 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often
they 11 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 12 place in my heart. But because the pieces
aren"t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 13 .
"Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 14 , and the other person hasn"t returned a 15 of his or
her heart to me. These are the empty gaps-giving love is 16 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they
17 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and
fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?""
The young man walked up to the old man, 18 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 19 it to the
old man. The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in
the wound in the young man"s heart. It 20 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect any more but more beautiful than ever, since love from the
old man"s heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side. | ( )1. A. ugly
( )2. A. mine
( )3. A. coat
( )4. A. that
( )5. A. cut
( )6. A. smooth
( )7. A. Comparing
( )8. A. looks
( )9. A. one
( )10. A. on whom
( )11. A. take
( )12. A. empty
( )13. A. had
( )14. A. in
( )15. A. lot
( )16. A. making
( )17. A. keep
( )18. A. carried away
( )19. A. offered
( )20. A. fit | B. perfect
B. his
B. appearance
B. which
B. set
B. rough
B. Compared
B. seems
B. heart
B. in whom
B. give
B. full
B. gave
B. away
B. sheet
B. taking
B. cut
B. reached into
B. took
B. hit | C. beautiful
C. theirs
C. face
C. where
C. put
C. broken
C. Compare
C. is
C. piece
C. with whom
C. lend
C. original
C. shared
C. off
C. piece
C. keeping
C. come
C. took out
C. passed
C. beat | D. hurt
D. ours
D. heart
D. whose
D. brought
D. pretty
D. Compares
D. fits
D. scar
D. to whom
D. pass
D. first
D. owned
D. up
D. pile
D. bringing
D. stay
D. brought up
D. served
D. set |
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