Eleven-year-old Angela was attacked by a rare   21  affecting her nerve system. She was unable to walk and her movement was    22  in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold much    23   of her ever recovering from this illness. They    24  she'd spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.They said that few, if any, were able to come back to    25 after suffering from this disease .The little girl was   26 . There, lying in her hospital bed, she would swear that she was   27  going to be walking again one day.

She was moved to a specialized    28 hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. All   29  that could be applied to her case were used. The doctors were moved by her undefeatable spirit. They taught her about imaging about seeing herself walking. If it would do   30 else, it would at least give her hope and something   31 to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in physical treatments, and in exercise sessions. But she worked just as hard lying there faithfully doing her   32  , visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!

One day,   33 she was attempting, with all her might, to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though something  34  happened: the bed moved! It began to move around the room! She    35 out, "Look what I'm doing! Look! Look! I can do it”. I moved! I moved!"

Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too, and running to a   36 place. People were screaming, equipment was  37 and glass was breaking. You see, it was the terrible San Francisco earthquake.  38 don't tell that to Angela. She    39  that she did it.

And now only a few years later, she's back in school, on her own   40  . No crutches, no wheelchair. You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can defeat a little disease, can't they?

1.                A．problem        B．disease         C．accident  D．error

 

2.                A．spread         B．avoided         C．limited   D．forced

 

3.                A．thought        B．idea           C．opinion   D．hope

 

4.                A．predicted       B．prepared       C．admitted  D．decided

 

5.                A．active          B．normal         C．alive D．simple

 

6.                A．fearless        B．peaceful        C．patient   D．stainless

 

7.                A．probably        B．approximately    C．sincerely  D．certainly

 

8.                A．recovery       B．experiment      C．practice  D．exercise

 

9.                A．schedules       B．instructions      C．supports  D．treatments

 

10.               A．something      B．anything        C．nothing   D．everything

 

11.               A．.admirable      B．interesting      C．optimistic  D．appropriate

 

12.               A．training        B．imaging         C．expectation    D．performance

 

13.               A．however       B．after           C．just   D．as

 

14.               A．useful          B．regretful        C．surprising  D．disgusting

 

15.               A．screamed       B．laughed        C．spoke D．sang

 

16.               A．beautiful       B．safe           C．dangerous D．dirty

 

17.               A．accelerating     B．running        C．appearing  D．falling

 

18.               A．For            B．So             C．But   D．Or

 

19.               A．believed        B．denied         C．realized   D．accepted

 

20.               A．parts          B．legs           C．body D．role

 

 

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Think about an 11－year－old child spending her days washing clothes，looking after a baby brother，doing hard work on the farm．Think about a little girl．1. and has no water to drink because it is not clean．She has watched her father，brother and sister lose their lives because the family has no money to send for a doctor．

2. For Marie Pastora，these are the facts of life．

Maria Would gladly walk to school，but her mother，now alone，needs her badly at home．Maria had to leave school because of her poor family．

But for just 52 pennies a day，you can help out a child like Maria．3.Through Save The Children you can help Maria’s mother get better crops from their farm．and make money so that she can buy clothes and things for school．

To help Maria most，your money is to put together with other helpers，so hardworking people can help themselves．Build a school,…a hospital…make their farms better…and bring in clean water．This is what Save The Children had been about since 1932．

4.  You can write letters to each other, get photos，study reports．Know you are helping and saving another human being．That’s how Save The Children works． 5.   Please take a moment to fill out the paper below to help a child like Maria and her village．

It can make such a difference in her life and yours．

A．For you there are many returns．

B．Show her that somewhere，someone will help her．

C．One good return deserves another．

D．Hard to believe?

E．She knows there will not be enough food for dinner，

F．But without you，it can’t work．

G．How to help her and her poor villagers?

 

 When Elizabeth Kenny was a little girl, she fell off a horse and hurt her arm. Mrs. Kenny took her to a doctor in Toowoomba, Queensland. In the doctor’s, Elizabeth saw many bottles of medicine standing in a row. Since then, she wanted to be a nurse. As soon as she was old enough, Elizabeth was trained in a hospital. After working for some time, she made a surprising discovery. Among her patients were some children who had lost the use of their legs because of polio ( 小儿麻痹症) . Kenny tried putting hot cloth on their legs and washing them in a special way. The results were great. The children were able to use their legs again.

　　Most doctors would not believe that children could get well in such a simple way. Gradually, however, she became famous. From 1993 on people from many parts of the world brought their children to Australia to receive treatment by this wonderful nurse. She was invited to America where her methods were used in many hospitals. Money was collected to build Kenny foundations which were for polio patients. Kenny died in 1952, but she will long be remembered for her fight against polio.

1.Toowoomba is the name of _____.

A．a famous doctor	B．a kind of disease
C．an Australian city	D．an Australian school

2.The children who suffered from polio ____.

A．couldn’t walk

B．couldn‘t work

C．couldn’t speak

D．lost their legs

3.What was Kenny‘s surprising discovery?

A．there were so many polio patients around her.

B．Polio children could recover in a simple way.

C．Children suffering from polio had refused to use arms

D．Among the children some of them suffered from polio.

4.The best title (标题) of the text is most likely to be ____.

A．Methods of Treating Polio	B．Kenny Foundations for Children
C．Elizabeth Kenny, the Wonderful Nurse	D．Hospitals for Polio Patients

 

I’m a 20-year-old boy, and the following is my story．

A month after I graduated from high school in August，2007，I was coming home from swim practice in the training centre of the city and was involved in a car accident. I was so seriously injured that I was in a coma for more than two months at Prince Georges Hospital．

I suffered a lot from the experience of dying eight times during my coma and I couldn’t open my mouth to talk or to communicate when I eventually came around．At that time，it seemed that walking was never going to happen again due to all the extreme injuries. Just like my body，my dreams were completely destroyed. But I was not going to let my injuries stop me from realizing my dreams．

After receiving a total of 15 operations and 36 blood transfusions, I had to make every great effort to learn to talk，eat，walk，shower，and live on my own again．When I was out of hospital，I still had to go to outpatient therapy in Waldorf, Maryland．After I spent a few months in a wheelchair, I took baby steps to walk on my own．It was a miracle that I was able to walk again, but I still wanted to prove that I could not only walk, but also run. When it came true, I wanted to get back into the pool again．After having a few lung tests，I was able to go in the pool a little bit each week．After a few months of swim training，I began my freshman year at Mary’s College of Maryland and then became a proud member of the swim team．

By telling my story, I want to make a positive influence on the world．I am just trying to 1ive every day to the fullest and inspire other people never to give up their dreams no matter how bad a situation is to them. I remember when I was still in my hospital bed，I would have my mom and dad push me round in my wheelchair to the other rooms to see the other patients and chat with them and their family members．I wanted to let them know that everything was going to be okay. Somehow，things would work out for the best.

1.The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph 2 probably has the meaning of __________.

A．operation

B．unconsciousness

C．treatment

D．emergency

2.According to Paragraph 3, it can be inferred that the author ________.

A．was unable to talk or communicate

B．was in despair

C．faced physical and mental challenges

D．felt anxious about his state

3.What is the correct order of the following events?

a．went to outpatient therapy

b．received membership of the swim team

c．was pushed around to visit other patients  

d．walked 1ike a baby

e．1earnt to live all by himself

A．d,a,c,b,e

B．e,c,d,a,b

C．d,c,a,b,e

D．e,c,a,d,b

4.In the last paragraph，the author mainly wants to show_______．

A．his positive influence on other patients

B．his meaningful life

C．his purpose of sharing his story

D．his great achievements

5.The best title for the passage would be“____________”

A．Attitude is everything

B．Actions speak louder than words

C．Everything happens for a reason

D．A good beginning is half done