（2014重庆）
Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May 27，1907．Her mother，Maria Carson，had been a schoolteacher．She loved books．She also loved nature．She showed Rachel the beauty of nature．She also taught Rachel a deep love for books．As a quiet child，Rachel liked to read and write stories．At a very early age，she decided she wanted to be a writer some day．Her story first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old．
Her first book．Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941．In 1948，Miss Carson began working on another book，The Sea Around Us．She always researched carefully when she wrote．She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us．When the book came out in 1951，it won the National Book Award．It was No.1 on the best－seller list for more than a year．The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous．
Rachel Carson’s most famous book，Silent Spring came out in 1962．In this book，she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides（杀虫剂）like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well．Finally，in November 1969，the United States government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years．
Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist（环保主义者）and writer．She will be remembered by the world．
1.Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of________．
A．her father
B．her mother
C．her sChool teacher
D．her brother
2.Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when________．
A．she was very young
B．she was in college
C．she became a teacher
D．she became famous
3.The Chinese meaning of the word“decline”in this passage is probably“________”．
A．增加
B．减少
C．维持
D．翻番
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？
A．Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer．
B．The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award．
C．In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment．
D．The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out．
B
（2014陕西）
Shirley Temple，the once－famous child movie star，died at the age of 85 on February 10，2014．She was born on April 23，1928．She was good at acting and dancing．In 1934，she starred（主演）in the movie Bright Eyes．From then on she became famous around the world．Later she starred in other movies and won a Juvenile Oscar in February，1935． For many Americans born in the 1930s and 1940s，Temple was not just an on－screen star but also a close friend in their childhood．She was remembered by the world as the forever“little angel”．An American movie star said，“Little Shirley Temple encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression（大萧条）．” |
Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband and wife．They are disabled．They completed the first Chinese encyclopedic（百科知识的）dictionary for deaf people and people with hearing problems． The dictionary includes words on medicine，education，psychology，law，history and culture about deaf people’s life．This book provides a learning tool for this special group of people and it helps them know about the world more easily． They spent six years and over 1，000，000 yuan on the book．They first collected material for the book by themselves，then they invited a lot of experts（专家）across the country to write． The book is warmly welcomed by the deaf．One of the readers said，“The book shows that we’re not alone．We can have our own way to communicate with the world．” |
1.Temple won the Juvenile Oscar in________．
A．1928
B．1934
C．1935
D．1948
2.From the passage we know that Temple________．
A．was not good at dancing
B．began to star in her first movie when she was ten years old
C．was unfriendly to her fans
D．encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression
3.According to the passage，Shi Li and Cui Jiping________．
A．are disabled people full of love
B．wrote many famous books
C．finished the book by themselves
D．live a very poor life
4.Which of the following is TRUE about the book？
A．It is the flint world encyclopedic dictionary．
B．It can help deaf people know about the world more easily．
C．It took them sixteen years to finish the book．
D．It includes medicine and art about the life of deaf people．
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On my first job，I worked as a sports editor for a small newspaper．I never got a letter from my readers，so I was________that there was an envelope on my desk one morning．From the________，I could see it was from a most popular newspaper．
When I opened it，I found a note and it read，“You did a good job．Go on！”
The note was________by Mr John，a famous sports editor．As I was a green hand（新手），his words made me_______．After that，I kept the note in my desk drawer．Whenever I doubted_______I had the ability to be a good editor，I would read John’s note and become________again．
Later，when I made friends with Mr John，the note writer，I learned that he often wrote notes to_______young people in many fields．“When I make________feel happy，”he told me，“I feel happy，too．”
_______，why are there few note writers like John in our life？In my________，many people are afraid that they cannot be well understood．Also，writing takes more time and it is ________to pick up the phone．The problem with phone calls is that they cannot________a long time，but a note is a good way of record and our words can be read_______．
So，when you find some people around you need________，please write a note of encouragement to bring them more confidence．Maybe，you are not sure what will________，but remember Mr John’s words—making others feel happy makes you happy，too．
1.A．certain B．sure C．surprised D．frightened
2.A．calendar B．envelope C．book D．photo
3.A．signed B．picked C．copied D．practised
4.A．unhappy B．sleepy C．excited D．sad
5.A．why B．that C．what D．whether
6.A．serious B．confident C．strict D．humorous
7.A．expect B．describe C．introduce D．encourage
8.A．other B．the other C．Others D．the others
9.A．But B．However C．Therefore D．Actually
10.A．opinion B．advice C．idea D．decision
11.A．stronger B．weaker C．harder D．easier
12.A．wait B．last C．stop D．rest
13.A．once B．only once C．more than once D．less than once
14.A．thanks B．truth C．trouble D．help
15.A．happen B．matter C．turn D．hold
—What a cool day！How about climbing Mount Tai？
—________．Let’s ask Yang Liu to go with us．
A．Never mind
B．Not at all
C．Sounds great
D．Good luck
—When did you start your math homework？
—One hour ago，but I________it yet．
A．didn’t finish
B．finished
C．have finished
D．haven’t finished
—Every year________tourists come to the island．
—________of them is about one million．
A．a number of；A number of
B．the number of；A number of
C．a number of；The number of
C．the number of；The number of
