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 （奖学金） 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 （吸毒） 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 loss 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 of 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 to come away with the idea that changing your life is “ as simple as making a decision ” .

63. 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

64. 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

65. What actually made her go towards her goal?

A. Envy and encouragement.          B. Willpower and determination.

C. Decisions and understanding.       D. Love and respect for her parents.

66. 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

What Is a Boy?

Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the adult males send them off to bed at night.

Boys are found everywhere –--  on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face, BEAUTY with a cut on its finger, WISDOM with chocolate in its hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket.

When you are busy, a boy is a trouble-maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature destroying the world and himself with it.

A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化) of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker(鞭炮), but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs on each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, six cents and some unknown things.

A boy is a magical creature – he is your headache but when you come home at night with only destroyed pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”

59.The whole passage is in a tone (语气) of _________.

A. respect and harmony              B. humor and love

C. hope and expectation              D. confidence and imagination

60.What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A. He has altogether five fingers.            B. He is slow, foolish and clumsy.

C. He becomes clever and smart.            D. He cuts his hand with a knife.

61.According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except _________.

A. ice cream                              B. comic books   

C. Saturday mornings                   D. Sunday schools

62.What does the writer feel about boys?

A. He feels curious about their noise.        B. He is tired of these creatures.

C. He is amazed by their naughtiness.  D. He feels unsafe staying with them.

I will tell you the truth about plastic bags－the positive and the negative sides and provide a solution to this problem. Whether it is a shopping bag, a food bag or a trash bag, they are all made of plastic bags. Grocery store owners are very generous in using plastic bags. They place the fruit in one bag and drop the box of milk in another. Ever wonder why?

The positive side of plastic bags

Grocery stores, shopping centres, and restaurants are not thrifty in using and giving out plastic bags because they cost no more than a cent each, while a paper bag costs four cents. Plastic bags are produced so cheaply and massively（大量地）that they are used by 80% of store owners. In addition, they are light and very easy to carry and store.

The production of plastic bags has increased greatly over the last 20 years and producers of plastic bags are making large profits. However, the negative side of plastic bags is becoming well-known. More people are now getting worried that the earth is becoming a victim of the plastic bag success story.（56题）

The negative side of plastic bags

While production and consumption（消费）of plastic bags is good for business, it is not so for our Mother Earth. They have resulted in an increase in the amount of litter found floating in water or in the streets where we live.

Plastic storage bags, after usage, usually go to landfills（垃圾填埋地）as trash bags. They make the oceans poison sea animals. They give off toxins（毒素）when burned. They simply pollute the ground, air and water.

That is the true cost of plastic bags, and it looks like it is more than a cent. These are very alarming concerns and proper action needs to be taken.

56．According to Paragraph 3, plastic bag producers ________.

A．are now worried that the earth will become a victim of plastic bags

B．don’t think they have done enough to popularize plastic bags

C．have not realized the harm of plastic bags

D．have succeeded in popularizing the use of plastic bags

57．From the last three paragraphs, we learn that         .

A．plastic bags harm the earth severely

B．most plastic bags are not made use of

C．the prices of plastic bags are reasonable

D．plastic bags are the leading polluter on the earth

58．What will the writer most probably talk about in the following paragraph?

A．How plastic bags are produced.

B．How plastic bags are used.

C．How to popularize the use of paper bags.

D．How to solve the problems caused by plastic bags.

Many of us learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was  36  to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have  37  her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.

I was working the 3-11 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42-year-old woman who had  38  a heart attack. She was expected to stay in  39  for about two weeks before being sent home. She was  40  that she could not see her three young children. We did not  41  children into a hospital in those days.

Every evening, we would  42  our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not  43  not seeing her every day. The patient was getting  44  and we both knew it wouldn’t be long before she would be home  45  her little ones again.

About a week later, she  46  me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was  47  and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her  48  so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the  49  of my work. I told her I had to hand in my 50  and that I would come back to her room.

Then I  51  with my friends. It wasn’t until I had got home that I realized I had forgotten to keep my promise. “That’s OK,” I thought, “I will spend  52  time with her tomorrow.”

The next day I was told that she had  53  at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world quietly. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her  54  right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have  55  every patient’s request since that night.

36．A．fortunate       B．afraid                    C．smart                    D．brave

37．A．replaced       B．spread                  C．asked                  D．forgotten

38．A．treated                 B．suffered         C．checked               D．damaged

39．A．town              B．school                  C．room                    D．hospital

40．A．delighted             B．calm               C．upset                    D．hopeful

41．A．need                    B．allow               C．pull                D．force

42．A．talk about            B．look after        C．play with               D．deal with

43．A．imagine         B．avoid                     C．enjoy                    D．practice

44．A．fatter                    B．better                    C．warmer          D．older

45．A．between        B．against                 C．with                     D．on

46．A．asked                  B．paid                      C．permitted              D．ordered

47．A．relaxed                B．scared                  C．confident              D．honest

48．A．attitude         B．method                  C．progress              D．idea

49．A．development  B．period                   C．change                D．end

50．A．homework            B．report                   C．design                 D．drawing

51．A．argued                 B．arrived           C．boarded               D．left

52．A．extra                    B．useful                   C．valuable               D．little

53．A．died              B．disappeared C．escaped               D．agreed

54．A．kids               B．patients                 C．nurses                 D．doctors

55．A．learned from  B．looked for             C．cared about D．made up

－You quit the job? Are you crazy?

－       I’m serious.

A．I don’t know for sure.                  B．I am behind you.

C．I’m not going to kid you.            D．Congratulations.

He disliked      to wait, and he expected the manager     him at once.

A．being asked; to see                          B．to be asked; to see 

C．to be asked; seeing                         D．being asked; seeing

－How did you find the film?

－It was a(n)        one, no better than the one we saw last week.

A．satisfactory  B．awful               C．remarkable           D．embarrassing

－Where did you make your first appointment with Harry?

－It was in the Disneyland Park in Hong Kong        he served as a department manager.

A．that           B．which                 C．from which            D．where

－Did you have a good time last night?

－Not at all. Someone kept talking loudly in the theatre,        me from watching the movie.

A．having prevented                   B．to prevent

C．prevented                                     D．preventing

－Why are you looking so worried? Is there anything I can do for you?

－The computer        break down when I nearly finished my composition.

A．can           B．should    C．must            D．dare