The homeless dog bounced around to various homes over the years after its owner                 

died until finally it was ____ by a kind family.

A．adapted          B．picked            C．adopted          D．adjusted

— The memory pillow cost me a lot of money.

— Did it? Well, that doesn’t matter ___ it helps you relax and have a good sleep.

A．so far as          B．so long as          C．as well as          D．as good as

You can go to see your sick granny, but you mustn’t stay there _____ visiting hours.

A．across            B．without           C．over             D．beyond

Here I can only give you some purely ___ views of how we can control the situation.

A．unique           B．private            C．personal          D．different

Everything will ____ soon. Just be optimistic and confident.

A．pick up           B．set up            C．turn up           D．hold up

Now more people prefer a house in a coast city to ____ in such a large city as Beijing.

A．that              B．it                C．the one           D．one

____ through Africa, the infectious disease jumping from children to adults killed 1,000 people.

A．Swept            B．Having been swept  C．Having swept       D．Sweeping

The famous professor’s lectures, though ____ informal, are considered far more informative and interesting.

A．occasionally        B．constantly         C．regularly          D．usually

Mackenzie Hughes had just returned from school and was waiting for her older brothers to arrive home. She was home alone  1  a man started knocking on the front door, turning the handle and trying to  2 .

She’s 12 years old and she was  3 . So she dialed 9-1-1 and reached the operator Rachelle Berry. After a brief talk, Berry  4  what was happening. “OK, hang on, OK? Can you get in a  5 ?” Berry asked. Mackenzie told Berry that her phone --- it wasn’t cordless (无绳的) --- wouldn’t reach into the cupboard. “Will the phone reach under your bed?” Berry asked  6  . “No,” Mackenzie said.

“Can you hide under a  7  and pull your bedspread over you?” That’s  8  what Mackenzie did. She hid under her blanket, holding the phone and listening to Berry’s voice.

Berry talked quietly, which  9  Mackenzie. It helped, too, when Berry told her to think of something  10  . “Try not to cry,” Berry told Mackenzie during the call. “ I know it’s  11  . Do you have something you can hold onto?” Mackenzie struggled to  12  tears. She couldn’t  13  anything without showing her hiding spot. “ It’s OK,” Berry said. “You’ve got me here with you.”

“He’s in my room,” Mackenzie  14  . “Now be quiet, OK? Just don’t talk,” Berry said. For much of the call, Berry dropped her voice to a whisper,  15  the intruder (闯入者) might hear her voice over the phone.  16 , the man came into her room, then left.

Berry told Mackenzie that the  17  were on their way. Minutes later, they arrived and  18  one man in the backyard and another man in a getaway car.

On Thursday morning, the Emergency Communications Bureau gave Mackenzie its Hero Award for her  19  . Berry also received high praise. And then it was off to school for Mackenzie. But first Berry had something to  20  to the middle-schooler: a cordless phone.

1.                A．until           B．before         C．because  D．when

2.                A．get in          B．get away        C．get around    D．get through

3.                A．annoyed        B．scared          C．curious   D．surprised

4.                A．remembered    B．realized         C．reviewed D．recalled

5.                A．bedroom       B．kitchen         C．cupboard D．bathroom

6.                A．anxiously       B．calmly          C．carefully  D．happily

7.                A．sofa           B．bed            C．table D．blanket

8.                A．ever           B．never          C．just  D．still

9.                A．worried        B．helped         C．moved   D．upset

10.               A．interesting      B．strange         C．wrong D．valuable

11.               A．hard           B．important       C．useful D．possible

12.               A．hold onto       B．hold down      C．hold back  D．hold up

13.               A．discover        B．imagine        C．reach D．invent

14.               A．cried          B．shouted        C．whispered D．replied

15.               A．assuming       B．believing       C．fearing    D．confirming

16.               A．Obviously       B．Fortunately      C．Probably  D．Certainly

17.               A．parents        B．brothers        C．police D．neighbors

18.               A．met           B．killed          C．arrested   D．found

19.               A．contribution     B．success         C．kindness   D．bravery

20.               A．lend           B．present         C．show D．mail

Many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.

That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone’s life?

Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.

That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave. So I thought about something very important. And I remembered what happened to me years ago.

After my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get up enough courage to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.

The many stories I kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero. I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages (孤儿院). Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works, we will also become "heroes".

1.The main idea of the passage is _______________.

A．why the writer should be a hero            B．that everyone is a hero

C．whether the writer is a hero               D．what a hero exactly is

2.Why did the woman call the writer a hero at the end of the call?

A．Because he asked her son not to kill himself.

B．Because he saved a family from a burning car.

C．Because his story saved her son’s life.

D．Because he was cute and kind to everybody.

3.What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence of Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．The fact that the sender helped the writer.

B．The action of sending the card.

C．The wonderful card the writer received.

D．The fact that the sender was a friend of the writer.

4.According to the writer, who can be considered as a hero?

A．A person who is brave.

B．A person who helps someone in trouble.

C．A person who can hold a door for others.

D．A person who writes wonderful stories.