Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判) for them，because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．

One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备) game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．

Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，New York．

1.Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because

A．they wanted to make her happy

B．she called them brothers

C．no one else wanted to do it for them

D．she knew the rules well and was fair

2.Amanda went to Hawarden in order to

A．serve as umpire

B．make money

C．watch her brother play

D．help the local teams

3.Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game

A．in her P．E．classes at school             B．in an umpire training school

C．by watching and playing the games          D．from her mother，a baseball umpire

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire

B．A Family of Baseball Fans

C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa

D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

 

Nicole Delian, 17, suffers from a condition that makes her sleep up to 19 hours a day and as  much as 64 days in a row． Nicole Delian is tired of sleeping．
This 17-year-old teenager from North Fayette, Pa．, has a rare condition called Kleine-Levin  Syndrome -- or "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome" -- that makes her sleep 18 to 19 hours a day．
And when she does wake up, she is often so tired out that she is in a sleepwalking state and  doesn't remember doing basic things like eating, according to KDKA-TV．
Nicole's sleepwalking state has been so severe that she once slept through the holidays, awaking one day in January when she finally opened Christmas gifts alongside her family,  according to ChartiersValley．Patch．com．   ．
"She's never really adjusted to it," her mother, Vicki Delien told the website． "She's 17 now  and it really upsets her． She's missed out on a lot．"
Delien told talk show host Jeff Probst that the teen has at times slept 32 to 64 days in a row,  waking only in sleepwalking mode to eat．
Kleine-Levin Syndrome is incredibly rare, only affecting about l,000 people worldwide, and very hard to diagnose．
In Nicole's' case, it took 25 months for doctors to diagnose her, according to ChartiersValley．Patch．com, and everything from a virus, to epilepsy（癫痫） to West Nile was mentioned, including, unfortunately, the possibility she was faking it for attention．．
When a typical episode of Sleeping Beauty Syndrome begins, the patient becomes progressively drowsy（昏昏欲睡的） and sleeps for most of the day and night, waking only to eat or go to the bathroom, according to the Klein-Levin Syndrome Foundation website． "When awake, the patient's whole behavior is changed, often appearing “stupid" or childlike． When awake he experiences confusion, complete lack of energy, and lack of emotions．"
Patients also report that everything seems out of focus, and that they are hypersensitive to noise and light． Some patients also have intense food cravings（渴望）．
The Delians did not say whether Nicole has experienced these symptoms．
There is no known cure, but Nicole's family is using a combination of epilepsy and narcolepsy（发作性嗜睡病）medication to minimize the incidents to just two a year．
【小题1】What's the reflection of Nicole's sleepwalking state?

A．Being forgetful．	B．Missing Christmas．
C．Sleeping around the clock．	D．Being exhausted and bad-tempered．

【小题2】According to the passage, Kleine-Levin Syndrome         ．

A．is not impossible for doctors to diagnose

B．affects approximately l,000 people all round the country

C．is also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome which only affects females

D．makes those suffering this condition sleep as much as 64 days in a row without eating

【小题3】Frorn the passage we can infer that        ．

A．the disease will change the patients' behavior for good

B．the case of Nicole has been covered several times by different media

C．the．patients of this kind are more and more sleepy when the syndrome begins

D．the patients of this kind become too sensitive to being exposed to any noise and light

【小题4】According to the passage, Nicole           ．

A．was once suspected of lying about her condition

B．has a good appetite for food because of the disease

C．has adapted to the condition and can well cope with it

D．will be cured of the disease by using the combined medication

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day in summer I stepped into a tiny coffee shop to drink a cup of black coffee. As I entered, I found a very old woman bent   1.   a table near the door. Her back was so   2. twisted(弯曲) by some sadness that her face nearly  3.  the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.

    "Poor woman," I thought. "What does she  4.  life? Why does God let people live so 5.  past their prime(黄金时期)?"

As I thought,   6.   aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about    7.  . They talked of how little the shop had  8.   in 70 years... In minutes the two of them were   9.   with laughter.

    I looked again at the   10.  woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall,   11.  a picture of  myself.

    I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.

    I was in   12.   spirits. She was laughing, smiling.

    I was putting the  13.    of my life together. She had millions of wonderful   14.   to recall.

    She was   15.    the day with a good friend. I was   16.   worried about getting old. She was old but it wasn't  17.  her.

    As I left the shop, I thought of my   18.   questions about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more  19.   and more sensitive than I was.    20.   has not bent her spirit. But I am always filling my mind with something unpleasant.

 21. A. to              B. on           C. over                 D. toward

 22. A. heavily             B. badly            C. slightly             D. hardly

 23. A. struck              B. reached      C. stuck           D. touched

24.A. get out of        B. get off      C. get away with        D. get into

 25. A. hard                B. long             C. slowly          D. rapidly

 26. A. other               B. the very         C. another         D. a certain

 27. A. bright future       B. recent history   C. the present day      D. childhood days

 28.A. changed          B. improved         C. rebuilt              D. developed

  29. A. jumping            B. trembling        C. burning         D. running

  30. A. older              B. poor             C. first                D. younger

31. A. watching        B. taking       C. searching       D. catching

  32. A. high               B. low          C. good            D. sad

33. A. dreams             B. pages            C. pieces          D. hopes

34. A. affairs           B. sufferings       C. incidents            D. memories

35. A. spending           B. enjoying         C. sharing         D. wasting

36. A. certainly         B. completely   C. naturally            D. secretly

37. A. hurting            B. choking      C. defeating            D. beating

38. A. funny         B. foolish      C. serious         D. curious

39. A. alive              B. strong       C. useful               D. powerful

40. A. Wealth           B. Life             C. Time             D. Age

 

 

第二节  完形填空 （ 共20小题， 每小题1.5分， 满分30分）

     阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      There was a woman in Detroit,  36  had two sons. She was worried  37  them, especially 38  younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class  39  jokes on him because he seemed so  40 . The mother  41  that she would herself get her sons to do  42  in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to  43  a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben’s  44,  the teacher held up a rock(岩石)and asked if anyone  45  it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him  46.  “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his  47  whispered (低声耳语) and wondered. “He  48  said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”

  Well, Ben not only  49  the rock, but also said a lot about it. He  50  other rocks in its groups and even knew  51  the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were  52  .Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 53.

  Ben later went on to the  54  of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and  55  became one of the best doctors in the United States.

36.            A. which                     B. who                    C. that                    D. whom

37.            A. on                          B. with                    C. about                  D. in

38.            A. the                         B. an                       C. a                        D. /

39.            A. played                    B. spoke                  C. got                     D. showed

40.            A. clever                     B. hard                    C. slow                   D. quick

41.            A. seemed                   B. decided               C. answered             D. told

42.            A. well                      B. bad                     C. right                   D. good

43.            A. see                         B. find                    C. read                    D. buy

44.            A. class                       B. room                  C. office                  D. lab

45.            A. told                        B. knew                  C. wrote                  D. said

46.            A. think                      B. leave                   C. ask                     D. answer

47.            A. classmates               B. students               C. teacher                D. mother

48.            A. always                    B. ever                    C. sometimes           D. never

49.            A. found                     B. played                 C. knew                  D. heard

50.            A. said                        B. told                    C. called                 D. named

51.            A. whether                  B. what                   C. where                 D. why

52.            A. afraid                     B. surprised             C. worried               D. unhappy

53.            A. pictures                  B. exercises             C. shops                  D. reports

54.            A. top                         B. end                     C. back                   D. front

55.            A. at first                    B. at the end            C. at last            D. now

 

Though I have traveled in hundreds of trains, few unusual things have ever happened to me. But one day in a train something did happen. I do not mean that I was hurt: no one was hurt.

I do my work in a hot country far away from England. Every September I go there to do my business, and every July I come back to England to have a rest. So every September I go to Paris and take a train from the great French city to Mendova, and at Mendova I catch my ship.

There is one very fast train from Paris to Mendova, and it suits me well. It goes as far as Endoran, but it stops at Mendova for a few minutes to let travelers get out or in. It is called The Flying Bluebird. It reaches Mendova at seven minutes past nine in the morning, and it is never late.

A ship leaves Mendova at half past eleven, and so you will understand that The Flying Bluebird suits me very well. I always travel by it, and I have nearly two and a half hours at Mendova to go from the station to the ship. That is more than enough time.

Well, one September night, I took my place in The Flying Bluebird as usual. The train leaves Paris at nine o’clock every night, and I was in my place soon after half past eight. There were three or four people there with me, but very soon a lot of others got into the train. When no more people could sit down, they began to stand up near us and also in the corridor（走廊）. In a short time the corridor was full too, and it was impossible for any more travelers to get into the train.

I could see a lot of other people outside the corridor windows, but they could not get in, and the train left Paris without them. The man sitting next to me started to ask all kinds of questions: “Where do you work? How long does it take you to get there? Are you married? How many children do you have? How much money do they pay you every year? How much do you have in the bank? How much do you spend every month?”

He asked questions for about twenty minutes but I did not give him any clear answers, and at last he stopped and began to read the paper.

I usually sleep quite well in the train, but this time I slept only a little. There were too many people, and there were too many things: small bags, large bags, coats, hats, boxes, newspapers and food. As usual, we got angry about the window. Most people wanted it shut, and two of us wanted it open. But that always happens. It was shut all night, as usual.

When I awoke in the early morning I felt hot and dirty, and glad that the journey was reaching its end. At seven minutes past nine The Flying Bluebird stopped. We were at Mendova, and I stood up thankfully. I took my two suitcases, held one in each hand, and tried to move towards the door into the corridor. In order to get out of the train, I had to pass down the corridor to the door at the far end. There was no other way out.

I could not even into the corridor. There was a suitcase on the floor by my feet, and three men were standing in my way. I felt a touch of fear. I had to get out, you see; I had to catch my ship, which left at half past eleven. And the train did not stop again until it reached Endoran, two hundred miles away.

“I must get out!” I cried. Everyone there understood me, but no one could move.

At last I was able to put one foot over the suitcase on the floor, and I nearly reached the door into the corridor. But then, very slowly, the train began to move. It was taking me away!

“Stop!” I cried. “I want to get out!” But no one outside the train could hear me, and the people inside did not care much. The train moved a little faster. What could I do? I was not even in the corridor.

Fear made me think quickly. In front of my eyes, just, above the door, was a notice that told everyone how to stop the train. I had to pull an iron thing near the notice. I did not waste time. I pulled it.

Well, a noise started above our heads. That was to show everyone that there was something wrong. It was not a small sound. Possibly the men in my ship two miles away could hear it. Then the train stopped.

No one likes to stop a train if there is no need. But I had to catch my ship. That was the only thought in my mind: to get out and catch my ship.

1.The purpose of the author writing the first paragraph is to __________.

A．answer some questions	B．express some unusual feelings
C．arouse the readers’ curiosity	D．give some advice in advance

2.What do we know about the author and the man sitting next to him?

A．They talked with each other all night

B．They got angry about the window

C．The author didn’t understand the man’s words

D．The author didn’t like the man’s foolish questions

3.On this journey on The Flying Bluebird, the author felt uncomfortable because ___________.

A．he couldn’t find a seat by the window

B．he was angry with the man sitting next to him

C．there were too many people on the train

D．the window was kept shut all night

4.It can be learned from Para. 10 that the author was afraid that ____________.

A．he would have to spend another sleepless night on the train

B．he would miss the ship that went where he worked

C．more people might crowd into the train

D．he would have to buy another ticket

5.The noise in the underlined sentence “a noise started above our heads”（Para.15）was made by __________.

A．the angry passengers shouting at the top of their voices

B．the ship that was lying two miles away

C．the falling of boxes and suitcases to the floor

D．the train itself telling people that something was wrong

6.What would be the best title for the text?

A．A Bad Experience on the Train	B．A Train that Is Never Late
C．A Quick and Wise Decision	D．A Journey to Mendova