When other nine-year-old kids were playing games,she was working at a petrol station.When other teens were studying or going out,she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street.But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University.And her amazing story has inspired a movie,“Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”,shown in late April.
Liz Murray,a 22-year-old American girl,has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination.Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents.There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house.Liz was the only member of the family who had a job.Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that became a turning point in her life.Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died,she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school.She threw herself into her studies,never telling her teachers that she was homeless.At night,she lived on the streets.“What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding,by understanding that there was a whole other way o f being.I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on.She used the benefits that come easily to others,such as a safe living environment,to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”.She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University.But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father,who has also developed AIDS.“I love my parents so much.They are drug addicts.But I never forget that they love me all the time.”
Liz wants moviegoers (who often see films) to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.
1.In which order did the following things happen to Liz?
a.Her mother died of AIDS.
b.She worked at a petrol station.
c.She got admitted into Harvard.
d.The movie about her life was put on.
e.She had trouble finding a place to sleep.
A. b,a,e,c,d B. a,b,c,e,d
C. e,d,b,a,c D. b,e,a,d,c
2.The main idea of the passage is ________.
A. how Liz managed to enter Harvard University
B. what a hard time Liz had in her childhood
C. why Liz loved her parents so much
D. how Liz struggled to change her life
3.What actually made her go towards her goal?
A. Envy and competition.
B. Willpower and determination.
C. Decisions and understanding.
D. Love and respect for her parents.
4.When she wrote “What drove me to live on ...I had only experienced a small part of the society”,she meant that
_______.
A. she had little experience of social life
B. she could hardly understand the society
C. she would do something for her own life
D. she needed to travel more around the world
Until late in the 20th century most Americans spent time with people of different generations.Now middle-aged Americans may not keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves.
That's because we group people by age.We put our three-year-olds together in day-care centers,our 13-year-olds in schools and sport activities,and our 80-year-olds in senior citizen homes.Why?
We live far away from the old for many reasons.Young people sometimes avoid the old to get rid of fears of becoming old and dying.It is much harder to watch someone we love disappear before our eyes.Sometimes it’s got hard that we stay away from the people who need us the most.
Fortunately,some of us have found our way to the old.And we have discovered that they often save the young.
A reporter moved her family into a block filled with old people.At first her children were disappointed.But the reporter made banana bread for the neighbors and had her children send it and visit them.Soon the children had many new friends,with whom they shared food,stories and projects."My children have never been lonely,"the reporter said.
The young,in turn,save the old.Once I was in a rest home (an organization where old people are cared for) when a visitor showed up with a baby,she was immediately surrounded.People who hadn't gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair.Even those who had seemed asleep woke up to watch the child.Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.
Grandparents are a special case.They give their grandchildren a feeling of security and continuity.As my husband put it "My grandparents gave me a deep sense that things would turn out right in the end." Grandchildren speak of attention they don't get from worried parents."My parents were always telling me to hurry up,and my grandparents told me to slow down," one friend said.A teacher told me she can tell which pupils have relationships with grandparents: they are quieter,calmer and more trusting.
1.Now in an American family,people can find that________.
A. children never live with their parents
B. not all working people live with their parents
C. old people are supported by their grandchildren
D. grandchildren are supported by their grandparents
2.Seeing a baby,the old people got excited because ________.
A. they had never seen a baby before
B. the baby was clever and beautiful
C. the baby brought them the image of life
D. the baby's mother would take care of them
3.Why are some children quieter,calmer and more trusting?
A. Because they have relationships with their grandparents.
B. Because their worried parents ask them to act like that.
C. Because they have nothing to worry about.
D. Because their teachers ask them to act like that.
4.Which of the following can show the fact that the old often save the young?
A. The old can become friends of the children and the children may not feel lonely.
B. The old get excited when they see a baby.
C. The old can cure the young when they are sick.
D. Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.
Football,to me,is more than just a game.I have probably learned more than valuable lessons from it than from school.
When I joined the team freshman year,I didn’t realize what I was getting into.Even though I had been playing since fourth grade and knew it was hard work,nothing would prepare me for the effort I would put into football that year.We worked all summer in the weight room and ran on the track to get in physical and mental shape before the season.
See,football is more of a mental sport than anything else,so running on the track wasn’t only about getting in shape.We would push our minds by running as hard as we could even if we felt like we were going to pass out.At the beginning,I was immature（幼稚的）and only thought of myself,sometimes even giving up when I was tired or hurting.Then after the third game I had a season-ending injury.Imagine working all summer and then only being able to play three games! I needed an operation on my arm and at least five months to recover.
After freshman year I decided that I would always give my best effort.Playing football in the college has taught me so much more than just what my tasks are on a particular play or how to block.I have learned to think about others first,and realized how important working hard is.Being with all my friends,even sweating and bleeding with them,really made us unite as a group of hard-working young men,who will succeed in life.
1.What is the text mainly about?
A. How the author dislikes the game of football.
B. When the author began to play football.
C. How the author has changed his attitude to football.
D. What sport the author likes best.
2.The author thinks football is_______.
A. just a game B. of a mental sport
C. hard to be out-of-date D. not worth his effort
3.In the third paragraph,the phrase “getting in shape” probably means ________.
A. becoming physically fit B. designing the playground
C. losing weight D. measuring the track
美国学生Jim即将作为一名交换生到中国来学习。李先生一家是他约定好的住宿家庭（homestay）。请以Jim的名义给李先生写一封信，要点如下：
选择homestay的原因：
1．体验中国文化，了解中国，了解世界；
2．喜欢中国饮食健康；
个人要求：
1．准备独立的房间；
2．允许一家一起用早餐、晚餐（周一到周五）。
注意：
1．词数100字左右；
2．文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Li,
I am very glad to be a guest of your family. Thank you for accepting me.
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Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Jim
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。
More and more foreigners like to come to China. Last Friday our school was invited a foreign teacher in our city give a class to the students of Senior Grade Two. We found his class interested. I learned 
a lot from him. The teacher had a free talk to us with easy English . He spoke slow so that we could understand
him well. Sometimes he repeated what we don’t understand. My classmates were all active in the class. To his joy, I understood everything the teacher said. And I was able to ask question in English. This class encouraged me very much. I’m sure that until we keep on practising, it will be easy for us to learn speaking English well.
1.accuse … of___________________
2.be eager to___________________
3.a variety of___________________
4.ahead of___________________
5.speed up___________________
6.集中；全神贯注于___________________
7.榨出；挤出___________________
8.申请___________________
9.区别对待；有影响；起作用___________________
10.依赖；依靠___________________
