Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper _46_ his brother for him and carried an article 47_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.” The article read. “Dr. Alfred Nobel，who became  _48  by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before，died yesterday. ”Nobel was _49 to find out not that he had died，but that，when his time was up， he would be thought of only as one who profited from _50_ and destruction.

To make sure that he was _51_ with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his _52_ to give the largest part of his money to _53 the Nobel prizes，which would be awarded to people who made great 54 to the causes of peace，literature，and the sciences. So _55，Nobel  had to die before he realized what his life was really about.

1.                A．found          B．misunderstood   C．mistook   D．judged

2.                A．introducing      B．announcing      C．implying  D．advertising

3.                A．famous         B．sick            C．rich  D．popular

4.                A．upset          B．anxious         C．excited   D．pleased

5.                A．death          B．disease         C．trouble   D．attack

6.                A．repaid         B．described       C．supported D．remembered

7.                A．book           B．article          C．will  D．contract

8.                A．establish        B．form           C．develop  D．promote

9.                A．additions       B．sacrifices        C．changes D．contributions

10.               A．generally       B．basically        C．usually    D．certainly

In the last years of the 1920s, hundreds of record flights were made. A few were made by women. But no woman had flown across the Atlantic Ocean. A wealthy American woman, Amy Guest,  【小题1】 (buy) a plane to do this. However, her family were against the idea. 【小题2】 she looked for another woman to take  【小题3】 place. Friends suggested Amelia Earhart, who became interested in flying while  【小题4】  (live) in Toronto. American publisher George Putnam had helped organize the Atlantic Ocean flight 【小题5】  made Amelia famous. Afterwards,  【小题6】  continued to support her flying activities. In 1931, George and Amelia were married. He helped provide her【小题7】 financial support.
【小题8】  May 20th, 1932, Amelia took off from Newfoundland. She headed east in  【小题9】  small red and gold plane. Amelia had problems with ice on the wings, and fog from the ocean. At one point, her plane dropped  【小题10】   (sudden) 900 meters. She regained control. And after 15 hours she landed in Ireland. She had become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone.

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis Cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless, “he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits(成就).Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many peiole dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy, ’”Saunders says.

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

The turning point in Saunders’life came when _____

A. he started to play ball games

B. he got a mountain bike at age 15

C. he ran his first marathon at age 18

D. he started to receive Ridgway’s training

We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.

A. dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy

B. built up his body together with Saunders

C. hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D. won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

What do we know about Saunders?

A. He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.

A. Excited   B. Convinced   C. Delighted    D. Fascinated

It can be inferred tat Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ______.

A. was accompanied by his old playmates

B. set a record in the North Pole expedition

C. was supported by other Arctic explorers

D. made him well-known in the 1960s

The fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was the subject of popular books and movies for many decades. In recent years, however, the character has been criticized as an ill image of Asian-Americans.

Yunte Huang, an English professor at the University of California, says that’s not the case. He has been exploring the character and real-life policeman who inspired him.

Charlie Chan has been a familiar character to readers and film-goers, beginning in the 1920s. The detective solved crimes around the world in more than 40 films through the 1940s, and with the invention of television, found a new audience in the 1950s and 1960s.

Huang discovered Charlie Chan through books by American author Earl Derr Biggers, who created the character.

“One day, I happened to find two Charlie Chan novels. At that point I thought I knew that he was a negative character against Asians, but when I read the book,” he says, “I was immediately attracted. Ever since then, I’ve been a fan of Charlie Chan.”

As a fan of the books and films, Huang was surprised to learn that Charlie Chan was based on a real detective named Chang Apana, who was born to Chinese parents in Hawaii around 1871. Apana worked as a cowboy, and joined the Honolulu police force in 1898.

“He almost immediately became a local legend because as a former cowboy,” says Huang, “he would walk the most dangerous areas in Chinatown carrying a bullwhip（皮鞭）instead of a gun. He didn’t need that.”

Although some say the image of Charlie Chan, with his broken English, is embarrassing for Asian-Americans, Huang believes Chan’s broken English and unusual ancient sayings were part of his charm（魅力）.

“Let me just quote（引用）a few – ‘Actions speak louder than French,’ or ‘Mind like parachute (降落伞). Only function when open.’ Charlie Chan always owes these instructive sayings to Confucius’ eastern wisdom.

For Huang, the fictional Charlie Chan is highly entertaining, while the real-life policeman, Chang Apana, is a Chinese-American success, whose story is worth telling.

1.The passage mainly talks about ______________.

2.According to the passage, we know that Charlie Chan __________.

3.Chang Apana didn’t need a gun as a weapon because__________.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

Jack had no choice but to have both his arms removed because of a severe accident after drinking a lot of alcohol. From then on, he has had to __36__ on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was totally unable to do __37__ else. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their own problems and would often __38__. Finally, his younger brother went away and lived __39__, leaving him heartbroken and at a loss what to do.
__40__, a misfortune befell（降临）a girl. One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene light on the stove was overturned, __41__ in a fire which took her hands away. Having decidedly __42__ her sister’s willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly __43__. At school, she always studied hard．Most of all she learned to be self-reliant. “I am lucky. Though my __44__ are broken, my heart can still fly.” she wrote in her blog.
One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a（n）__45__ programme. The boy told the television hostess about his __46__ future, whereas the girl was full of __47__ for her life. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their __48__. The boy: My younger brother’s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, flying heart.
Both of them had the same ordeal（痛苦经历）, but their different __49__   determined the nature of their lives. As seems the case, __50__ disasters can strike our life at any time. How you handle the __51__ when faced with it is the true __52__  of your character. If you choose to __53__ or escape from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the __54__ will turn out to be a fortune on which new __55__will arise.