“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle （婴儿包）was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped—the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance.

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms, he cried out bitterly, “A boy, a big boy … called me — a f-…freak.” She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks.

He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift for literature and music.

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor. Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft（移植）on a pair of outer ears, if they could be donated,” the doctor decided. So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man. Two years went by. Then, “You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’s a secret.” said the father.

The operation was a brilliant success. His talents blossomed into genius. School and college became a series of successes. Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. “But I must know!” he urged his father. “Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know … not yet.” The years kept the secret, but the day did come … one of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket（棺材）. Slowly and tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish-brown hair to let out the secret.

The story is mainly about _______.

A. how a boy had new ears through an operation

B. what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C. how a disabled boy turned into a useful person

D. why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

The underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to “_______”.

A. slow-acting person          B. good-looking child

C. badly-behaved student       D. strangely-shaped creature

What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The agreement was between the donator and the family.

B. The boy was so popular that he was made class president.

C. Finally the boy came to know who the donator was.

D. The mother donated her ears to her son after she died.

What moral lesson can we draw from this reading?

A. Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known.

B. It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul.

C. True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance.

D. It is a virtue（美德）for young generations to learn to be grateful.

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Mary had her own special kind of joy. and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from  1 into laughter，love，and belonging.

 Each time she found a new  2  for a child，she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a  3  for her,and the families didn’t’ever forget it．

    One evening，Mary was 4  a meeting for adoptive parents．0ne of the  5  fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke,he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 6 ，red paper rose.

    “Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and  7 .I didn’t know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.

    Then Mary 8  two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel  9  .They not only loved me  10.They opened a world of  11 that I didn’t know existed．My new parents told me，‘Reach for your dreams!’

    I did, and today I’m  12 to be giving that chance to a child who  13  just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now，all of you  14  where she got it so long ago.

    Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 15  a new spring，a beautiful new  1 6  for my own little girl. It  1 7  me to show her what unconditional love is，and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.

    Thank you, Mary，for the special little things like roses that  18  our lives together. And thank you for all you’ve done for me and so many families over the years!”

    One brief event can send our spirits soaring or  19  us in

 quiet to ponder a new beginning.  20   it is also the very small

 things，like Mary’s roses，that tie together the meaningful things.

   1．A．poverty    B．10neliness  C．misery D．suffering   

2．A．home    B．place   C．school D．1ife   

3．A．glory    B．favor  C．habit D．tradition   

4．A. organizing    B. planning  C. hosting  D. attending   

5．A．new    B．grateful  C．kind D．active   

6．A．broken    B．faded  C．treasured D．dried   

7．A．tasteless    B．powerless C．priceless D．worthless   

8．A．directed    B．introduced  C．brought D．accepted

9．A．10ved    B．protected  C．cared D．cheered   

1 0．A. silently B. continuously

C．unintentionally D．unconditionally   

1 1．A．necessities   B.possibilities  C. beauties D．riches   

1 2．A．eager    B．willing  C．proud    D．1ucky    

13．A．started out    B．came up C．turned out D．grew up   

1 4．A．understand    B．guess C．tell D．know   

1 5．A．replaces    B．symbolizes C．equals D．creates   

1 6．A．chance    B．mystery C．challenge D．beginning   

1 7．A．reminds    B．helps  C．accompanies D．drives   

18．A．fix    B．close  C．tie D．gather   

19．A．cause    B．push  C．put D．1cave   

20．A．Yet    B．Besides C．Otherwise D．Therefore   

One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to 36 the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he 37 me.

A few days later be asked me to help him again, because he  38 how to do it. When I began to show this to him, some students in my class  39 and began to talk among themselves  40 . Later that day, at lunch time, I was  41 by several of them.

“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll 42 you…”

I could not believe what I was hearing．I could get some reward for something very  43 ．" All right．I'll do it．" The next day my math teacher  44 me to help him out．When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F's to A's．

I soon became very  45  among my friends．They began to treat me like a god with a magical 46 ．I began to change the grades of students．Word  47  quickly and I became very rich．

Everything was going fine  48  I was called into the headmaster's office．When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry  49  in his eyes．"I have known you for three years now．I don't want to 50  what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must．He has too much  51  , " he said．" Do you have anything to say  52  yourself?" he asked．

"No．" I said finally．I did not realize how serious my actions had been．I had violated the   53 of my teacher, and the headmaster．And there was no way  54 ．I was forced to leave my school．

That was a good  55 for me．

1.A．access           B．submit         C．change         D．mark

2.A．congratulated                      B．admired        C．thanked    D．accepted

3.A．doubted          B．remembered     C．reminded       D．forgot

4.A．recognised                         B．noticed        C．complained D．identified

5.A．tentatively      B．quietly        C．sincerely      D．angrily

6.A．appointed                          B．approved       C．approached D．appreciated

7.A．pay              B．praise         C．donate         D．inspire

8.A．familiar                           B．simple         C．interesting    D．pleasant

9.A．forced           B．advised        C．encouraged     D．got

10.A．optimistic                        B．popular        C．sensitive  D．grateful

11.A．energy          B．strength       C．right          D．power

12.A．escaped                           B．slipped        C．spread     D．enlarged

13.A．until           B．since          C．as             D．after

14.A．sight                             B．look           C．light      D．feeling

15.A．believe         B．ignore         C．oppose         D．influence

16.A．experience                        B．pressure       C．confidence D．evidence

17.A．to              B．by             C．for            D．of

18.A．intention                         B．honor          C．promise    D．trust

19.A．away            B．off            C．back           D．down

20.A．lesson    B．skill    C．story    D．example

Little did I know that I was about to see something I would never forget at the Kentucky Association of School Administrators.

They introduced the young musician---Mr Patrick Henry Hughes. He was rolled onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the keys as he made beautiful music.

About ten minutes into Patrick’s performance, someone came on the stage and said, “I’d like to share a seven-minute video about Patrick Hughes.” Then the lights were turned down.

Patrick Henry Hughes was born with no eyes and a tightening of the joints(关节), which left him disabled for life. However, he was fitted with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first birthday, he discovered the piano. His mom said, “I could hit any note on the piano, and within one or two tries, he’d get it.” By his second birthday, he was playing records people asked for. His father was ecstatic. “We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”

Today, Patrick is a junior. His father attends classes with him and he’s made nearly all A’s. He’s also a part of a 214-member marching band(游乐乐队). He’s a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; he and his father do it together. In order to attend Patrick’s classes and every band practice, his father works the night shift(夜班) at United Parcel Service. Patrick says, “My dad’s my hero.”

On stage, between songs, Patrick talked to the audience about his life and about how blessed he was, “God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me musical gifts and the great opportunity to meet new people.”

When his performance was over, the crowd rose to their feet and cheered for over five minutes.

1.The underlined word “ecstatic” could be replaced by “_________”.

A. relaxed    B. disappointed    C. anxious    D. delighted

2.What do we know about Patrick’s father?

A. He taught Patrick to play the piano.

B. He does part-time jobs in the daytime.

C. He accompanies Patrick in class and practice.

D. He expects Patrick to become a famous musician.

3.We know from the text that Patrick Henry Hughes ______________.

A. began to play the piano at age two

B. is in charge of a marching band

C. is now a high school student

D. admires his father greatly.

4.The story of Patrick Henry Hughes mainly teaches us to _______________.

A. develop an interest in music

B. be grateful for what we have

C. be ready to help people in trouble

D. work hard to achieve great success

Be ________—you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.(2012·山东，33)

A．reasonable? B．confident

C．creative D．grateful