I believe the best heroes are often the ones who haven’t been publicly recognized. They’re someone’s hero just by living their life as 36, not necessarily struggling for anything particular outside of survival. They’re everyday ordinary people.

37, my greatest hero without doubt isn’t a famous person or someone who has a rags-to-riches (白手起家的) story. In fact, this person isn’t a 38 at all, but a heroine: my mother, who has been my greatest source of inspiration（鼓舞）.

A brief glance (一瞥) into this 39 woman’s life makes it clear. My mother was married to a man who drank like a fish almost every day. As Mother 40 to us later in life, she simply didn’t want us to be 41 by my father. So, one day she packed her seven kids into an old wagon (马车), and headed back down south to Montgomery, Alabama.

At five foot three, she was a black lady with a small figure, with no college education. She did whatever she had to do to 42 as a single(单身的) parent and to successfully 43 all her children to adulthood.

By high school I had started to 44 my mother had achieved something 45 as a single parent. Then, when I was seventeen years old, I signed up(报名) for the Marine Corps. The day I 46 for basic training, my mother told me, a very thin and nervous black kid, four 47 words: “Just do your best.” That 48 may be a cliché (套话), but coming from her , it has given me a lifetime of powerful inspiration.

I’ve had my 49 of ups and downs in my life. Whenever meeting with any difficulty, I would 50 to myself, “If Mother overcame her challenges, I have no 51 not to do the same.” 52 I grew, I admired her for what she had achieved.

I graduated from community college with highest 53, and now I’m a student at Columbia University. Every step of the 54, I’ve been encouraged by the inspiration of my mother — my heroine. I’ve never 55. I’ve tried to do my best. 

1.                A．much          B．usual           C．well D．active

2.                A．Indeed         B．Otherwise       C．Therefore D．Altogether

3.                A．hero           B．model          C．heroine  D．example

4.                A．educated       B．famous         C．generous D．unusual

5.                A．explained       B．replied         C．devoted  D．responded

6.                A．employed       B．fooled          C．influenced D．missed

7.                A．escape         B．survive         C．hide D．recover

8.                A．raise           B．add            C．enrich    D．attract

9.                A．believe         B．imagine         C．determine D．realize

10.               A．exciting        B．interesting      C．tiring D．amazing

11.               A．waited         B．returned        C．left   D．came

12.               A．honest         B．simple         C．useless    D．extra

13.               A．answer         B．praise          C．expression D．encouragement

14.               A．movement      B．experiences     C．origin D．advantage

15.               A．think          B．lie             C．react D．object

16.               A．demand        B．ability          C．cause D．excuse

17.               A．As             B．Though         C．Unless D．Before

18.               A．honors         B．flame          C．pressure   D．purpose

19.               A．escape         B．danger         C．way  D．hope

20.               A．appeared       B．stopped        C．knocked   D．glanced

I believe the best heroes are often the ones who haven’t been publicly recognized. They’re someone’s hero just by living their life as 36, not necessarily struggling for anything particular outside of survival. They’re everyday ordinary people.
37, my greatest hero without doubt isn’t a famous person or someone who has a rags-to-riches (白手起家的) story. In fact, this person isn’t a 38 at all, but a heroine: my mother, who has been my greatest source of inspiration（鼓舞）.
A brief glance (一瞥) into this 39 woman’s life makes it clear. My mother was married to a man who drank like a fish almost every day. As Mother 40 to us later in life, she simply didn’t want us to be 41 by my father. So, one day she packed her seven kids into an old wagon (马车), and headed back down south to Montgomery, Alabama.
At five foot three, she was a black lady with a small figure, with no college education. She did whatever she had to do to 42 as a single(单身的) parent and to successfully 43 all her children to adulthood.
By high school I had started to 44 my mother had achieved something 45 as a single parent. Then, when I was seventeen years old, I signed up(报名) for the Marine Corps. The day I 46 for basic training, my mother told me, a very thin and nervous black kid, four 47 words: “Just do your best.” That 48 may be a cliché (套话), but coming from her , it has given me a lifetime of powerful inspiration.
I’ve had my 49 of ups and downs in my life. Whenever meeting with any difficulty, I would 50 to myself, “If Mother overcame her challenges, I have no 51 not to do the same.” 52 I grew, I admired her for what she had achieved.
I graduated from community college with highest 53, and now I’m a student at Columbia University. Every step of the 54, I’ve been encouraged by the inspiration of my mother — my heroine. I’ve never 55. I’ve tried to do my best. 

A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4，900-mile cross-country  walk, becoming the first to backpack(背着背包旅行)the American Discovery Trail in one continuous walk．

Marcia and Ken Powers，of Pleasanton，started the travel across 13 states，through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb．27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware．Nearly eight months later，the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes，a day ahead of time．

“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over．It was a fantastic adventure．And now we go home and just de housework．It's really sad．”Marcia，who said she's in her 50s，and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities，deserts，mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacific alone with arms around each other's backpacks．

They overcame deep snow in the East，a quicksand in Utah，close lightning strikes in the Midwest and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off．But they enjoyed the French history of St Louis，the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way．

They particularly remember two brothers―a doctor and dentist―who put them up in their homes around Chester，Ill．，after terrible days，and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah's lonely Wah Wah Desert．

“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people．”Marcia Powers said．“We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home．We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents(香味) and hear its wildlife．It's an amazing country，”she added．

60．The underlined word“traversed”in the third paragraph means“        ”．

    A．enjoyed      B．moved across，through or over     C．overcame    D．looked at

61．After the long walk，Marcia and Ken Powers felt sad probably because      ．

    A．they had to do the heavy housework again

    B．they had no way to earn their living

    C．they couldn't go on enjoying their walk

    D．they had experienced too many difficulties

62．According to the text，we can infer that during the walk the couple      ．

    A．were treated warm-heartedly by the local people

    B．never stopped to have a rest

    C．were ever caught in a heavy rain and became ill

    D．felt the quicksand in Utah was very interesting

63．Which one of the following will be the best tide for the text?

    A．A couple finished a 4,900-mile walk across America

    B．A long and hard walk across America

    C．An old couple reached the Pacific Ocean

    D．An old couple enjoyed America for eight months