Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（亲笔签名）, says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
1.What made Jean take part in sports?
A. She was brave. B. She was competitive.
C. She was strong. D. She was disabled.
2.What does the underlined word “coach” mean?
A. to train or give instruction and advice B. to experiment
C. to get hold of and stop D. to repeat
3.What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?
A. Work hard. B. Hope for the best.
C. Dream a lot. D. Have great wishes and work hard.
My best friend, Tom, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment in a lovely small town. Tom is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady .
Years ago, I __36__ when I retired I would get a dog to __37__ my golden years. From the very beginning, Tom has always been __38_ and I never have to tell him anything more than once. He is extremely __39___ and always puts back the toys where they were after __40__.He is a wonderful companion. We sometimes play a ___41___together. He does many amusing things that make me laugh. As a result, I enjoy his__42___.
One afternoon, Tom started acting ___43__. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, __44___he started sniffing at the right side of my chest. He had never done anything like this before, suddenly he threw his entire__45__at the right side of my chest, and I cried in___46___.
Soon after this, I felt a lump(肿块). After X-rays and tests, doctors told me I __47__cancer. When cancer started, for an unknown __48___, a wall of calcium(钙化壁) built. Then the lump or cancer _49__ itself to the wall. When Tom __50__on me, the force broke the lump away from the calcium wall, which made me ___ 51__the lump. Before that, I couldn’t see or feel it, so there was no way for me to know it was there.
I had a complete __ 52___ and the cancer did not spread. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone unfound even six more months, it would have been too late.
Was Tom ___53__ of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do
know is that I’ m glad I made a promise to_ 54 __my golden years with this wonderful creature---- for Tom not only shares his life with me; he has made sure that I will be ___55___to share my life with him.
1.A. suggested B. insisted C. told D. promised
2.A. take B. bring C. share D. carry
3.A. well-behaved B. well-built C. well-dressed D. well-known
4.A. dirty B. neat C. lazy D. sad
5.A. working B. sleeping C. eating D. playing
6.A. joke B. fun C. game D. face
7.A. company B. kindness C. care D. comfort
8.A. happily B. luckily C. strangely D. sadly
9.A. while B. when C. as D. before
10.A. power B. energy C. devotion D. weight
11.A. joy B. surprise C. pain D. relief
12.A. enjoyed B. had C. lived D. treated
13.A. cause B. excuse C. reason D. idea
14.A. attached B. devoted C. fell D. dropped
15.A. jumped B. sat C. stood D. put
16.A. watch B. witness C. observe D. notice
17.A. task B. work C. operation D. job
18.A. fond B. aware C. ashamed D. afraid
19.A. waste B. spend C. cost D. make
20.A. in B. around C. out D. outside
----How about having a picnic in the park on Sunday?
----__________, whatever you want to do is fine with me.
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A. You’re welcome |
B. It’s boring |
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C. It’s up to you |
D. It depends |
_______Chinese which city is famous for ice and snow, and the answer is sure to be Harbin.
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A. If you ask a |
B. Asked some |
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C. Ask any |
D. Having asked every |
He told me that the music was ______ worth _______ again.
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A. well, to listen to |
B. very, listening to |
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C. very, to listen to |
D. well, listening to |
Since the 1980s, it ______ possible to listen to British and American English at the flick of a switch.
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A. is |
B. has been |
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C. had been |
D. was |
