Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (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 needs students. His parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work everyday 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’t always 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 05/06--- being the first hearing-impaired 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 great results.” She often said.
1.How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?
A. By speaking. B. By using sign language
C. By reading lips D. By making loud noises
2.Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school because .
A. they wanted him to live a normal life
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
3.How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?
A. He did a lot of outdoor activities.
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
4.Why is Adrian’s life described as an “Amazing Race”?
A. He did very well in his study
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 05/06
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __1__and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did __2__the water. Any kind of __3__ride seemed to give him pleasure. __4__he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __5__the water, moving through it, __6__it all around me. I was not a strong __7__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __8__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __9__those summer days with my father, who __10__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __11__person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go __12__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __13__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __14__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _15__. But my father always __16__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s __17__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __18__ an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood,; the rest is __19__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but __20__, in that childhood, look at us.
1.A. desire B. joy C. anger D. worry
2.A. avoid B. refuse C. praise D. love
3.A. boat B. bus C. train D. bike
4.A. But B. Then C. And D. Still
5.A. on B. off C. by D. in
6.A. having B. leaving C. making D. getting
7.A. swimmer B. rider C. walker D. runner
8.A. hopes B. faiths C. rights D. fears
9.A. spending B. saving C. wasting D. ruining
10.A. should B. would C. had to D. ought to
11.A. next B. only C. other D. last
12.A. away from B. out of C. by D. inside
13.A. put up B. break down C. play with D. work out
14.A. the moment B. the first time C. while D. before
15.A. fishing net B. office things C. wooden chair D. lab equipment
16.A. stood up B. set out C. showed up D. turned out
17.A. fine B. strange C. terrible D. funny
18.A. the student B. the assistant C. myself D. himself
19.A. memory B. wealth C. experience D. practice
20.A. which B. who C. what D. whose
—Shall we go out for dinner tonight?
—______.
A. You are right B. It must be funny
C. That sounds great D. Have a nice time
Why are you so anxious? It isn’t your problem ______.
A. on purpose B. in all C. on time D. after all
Running a company is not ______ a matter of hiring people — they also need to be trained.
A. simply B. partly C. seriously D. equally
Everything was perfect for the picnic ______ the weather.
A. in place of B. as well as C. except for D. in case of
