There is a story told about how Neil set about winning over one particular boy．The boy was always causing trouble and clearly regarded all teachers   1  a hostile eye．On one occasion, Neil, out taking a   2 , had just rounded a corner when he came across the boy playing on his own．The boy, not noticing he was no longer   3  , picked up a stone and threw it through one of the school windows．Turning, he saw Neil．Instead of finding himself   4   at angrily as he expected, the boy was   5   to see Neil bend down, pick up a stone and hurl it at another window．The boy had to   6   to get the window repaired, so did Neil．  7   he thought this a small price to pay for   8   a bond between himself and the boy, whose   9  improved afterwards．

 Neil was a remarkable character who knew just when to be   10   and just when to adopt a lighter touch when handling children．Not everyone is so   11  ．Willie Russell, the   12  , likes to talk about the time when he had freshly   13   from teacher training college and had just begun to work as a teacher．On his first day at the school he was left to do playground duty on his own, rather a（n）  14   experience for one so new to the job．Surrounded by children at morning break, he turned to see one of the children throwing a stone at a school window．When the boy saw that he had been   15   by a teacher, his face fell．  16   for this boy, Russell remembered the story about Neil．Stooping down he picked up a stone and propelled（投掷） it through another window．Turning to smile proudly at the boy his satisfaction was suddenly shattered by the sound of dozens of windows being   17  by flying stones．

Unfortunately he had failed to take into account the difference between his   18   and the one which Neil had faced, namely that he and the boy were not alone．It was at this point in his career that Russell decided that perhaps he was not quite cut out to be a teacher． Deciding after this that he was not suited to teaching he left to   19  playwriting．Most of his plays are very imaginative and  20  ．A bit like this story, in fact．

1．A．by                        B．in                        C．with                    D．through

2．A．rest                      B．exam                   C．walk                   D．trip

3．A．seen                     B．alone                   C．lonely                  D．heard

4．A．shouted                 B．stared                  C．pointed                D．come

5．A．excited                  B．surprised             C．satisfied              D．frightened

6．A．punish                  B．pay                     C．agree                  D．propose

7．A．As                        B．While                  C．Even if                D．But

8．A．breaking                B．making                C．establishing          D．showing

9．A．character              B．behavior              C．condition             D．grades

10．A．still                     B．kind                    C．calm                   D．firm

11．A．humorous            B．strange                C．successful           D．clever

12．A．student                B．headmaster          C．playwright           D．teacher

13．A．graduated            B．walked                C．studied                D．dismissed

14．A．exciting               B．challenging          C．surprising            D．interesting

15．A．blamed                B．stopped               C．met                     D．spotted

16．A．Generally             B．Fortunately          C．Obviously            D．Usually

17．A．hit                      B．knocked             C．cleaned               D．brushed

18．A．condition             B．position               C．situation              D．occupation

19．A．pick up               B．take up                C．make up              D．put up

20．A．funny                  B．serious                C．realistic               D．critical

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

    Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

    The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Herpin died at the age of 94.

The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.

       A. treat him for his illness

       B. find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.

       C. get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true.

       D. help him to have a rest in some day.

After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

         A. needed some kind of sleep.

         B. needed no sleep at all.

         C. was too old to need any sleep.

         D. often slept in a chair.

Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.

       A. an unusual one                 B. a common one

       C. very healthy                     D. very funny

The main idea of this passage is that ____________.

       A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

       B. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

       C. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all

       D. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.
Herpin died at the age of 94.
【小题1】The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.

A．treat him for his illness

B．find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.

C．get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true.

D．help him to have a rest in some day.

【小题2】After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

A．needed some kind of sleep.

B．needed no sleep at all.

C．was too old to need any sleep.

D．often slept in a chair.

【小题3】Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.

A．an unusual one	B．a common one
C．very healthy	D．very funny

【小题4】 The main idea of this passage is that ____________.  

A．large numbers of people do not need sleep

B．everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

C．people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all

D．a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

    Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

    The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain this question. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Herpin died at the age of 94.

1.The doctors came to Herpin’s home in order to __________.

       A. treat him for his illness

       B. find the reason why some old people didn’t need any sleep.

       C. get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true.

       D. help him to have a rest in some day.

2.After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

A. needed some kind of sleep.

B. needed no sleep at all.

C. was too old to need any sleep.

D. often slept in a chair.

3.Al Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ___________.

    A. an unusual one          B. a common one

    C. very healthy           D. very funny

4. The main idea of this passage is that ____________. 

A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

B. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

C. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at all

D. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

 

Two men, Alan and Henry, both seriously ill, shared a hospital room. Alan was allowed to sit up in his bed and his bed was next to the room’s only window. Henry had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours, of their wives, families, their homes and their jobs. And every afternoon when Alan, in the bed next to the window, could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm among flowers. Trees and skyline could be seen in the distance. As he described all this, Henry, on the other side of the room, would close his eyes and imagine the scene.

One warm afternoon Alan described a parade (游行) passing by. Although Henry could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind. Unexpectedly, an alien thought entered his head: why should he have all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never got to see anything? It doesn’t seem fair. Henry felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sight, his envy grew and soon let him down. He began to find himself unable to sleep. He should be by that window—and that thought now controlled his life.

Late one night,　as he lay staring at the ceiling. Alan began to cough. He was choking. Henry watched in the dim room as the struggling man tried hard to reach for the button to call for help. Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence—deathly silence.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, Henry asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he struggled to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He looked out, but faced a black wall.

1.Judging from the passage, the meaning of the underlined word “alien” is ______.

A．disappointing       B．sudden           C．new              D．strange

2.What finally happened to Alan?

A．He was moved to another room.            B．He died.

C．He switched his bed with Henry.            D．He was very sick.

3.Henry, who had his bed switched, had expected _____.

A．to see the black wall                     B．to feel the joy of seeing the outside world

C．to feel the joy of breathing fresh air         D．to see more than Alan

4.Which of the following words could be used to describe Alan?

A．Kind-hearted and imaginative              B．Well-informed and humorous

C．Talkative and funny                      D．Cold-hearted and indifferent