70. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Matthew was good at weight lifting

B. Rick had the similar disease as a child

C. Matthew remained optimistic in face of disease

D. Rick encouraged the boy to become a champion

69. The boy wished to meet the author because__________.

A. he admired the author very much

B. he wished to take part in the Olympics

C. he hoped to make friends with the author

D. he enjoyed going in for weight lifting

68. The officials go around the lake mainly to _________

A. let the farmers there know the animal protection law

B. tell the farmers there some knowledge about animal protection.

C. call on people to love and protect the birds

D. all of the above

C

Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, I was asked to see a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

He was Matthew. When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles(障碍)and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain. He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me.

When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “ You are a champion, You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you. ”

Last summer I got the news that Matthew had passed away and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. The doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you some day I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know I’ll never make it. But I know I am a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven , God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.

Thank you for loving me.

Your friend,

Matthew

67. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage

A. The ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau doesn’t　 change into water, unless more than 20 kinds of birds come to the Bird Islands

B. Flocks of birds fly up to the whole sky over islands to lay eggs

C. Visitors can listen to the singing of birds from miles away, but they couldn’t see any of the birds

D. “The ice on the Plateau begins to change into water” means spring is coming

66. The birds feed on _______according to the passage.

A. floating fish and various grass

B. grass moving on the water surface and different kinds of fish

C. salt water and plenty of grains

D. corn from the local farmers

65. Why are more and more birds coming to the biggest salt-water lake in the Great Northwest?

A. Because it is getting warmer and warmer.

B. Because it is being reformed

C. Because environments there are getting more and more agreeable for them to live in.

D. Because the people there are becoming richer and richer

64. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Greedy customers

B. Cash machine gives double money

C. Who is the owner of the cash machine

D. How to get more money from ATM

B

More and more birds are flying to settle at Qinghai Lake, one of the highest inland lakes in China, thanks to the protection efforts of local governments. Covering an area of over 4,000 square kilometers. Qinghai Lake is also the country’s biggest salt-water lake .

Located in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, the lake is famous for the two islands at its northwest point--Cormorant Island and Egg Island.

The two islands have plenty of floating grass and various schools of fish, offering rich food sources for birds. The islands have become a paradise for different kinds of groups of birds and have been called ‘Bird Islands’.

Each March and April, when ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau starts to melt, over 20 kinds of birds fly to the Bird Islands to lay eggs.

During the months, flocks of birds cover the whole sky over the islands and birds eggs can be found everywhere. Visitors can hear the singing of birds from　 miles away . These have become a world famous symbol of the lake.

To protect this paradise for birds and support calls for ecological protection, China set up the Qinghai Lake Natural Protection Zone at the end of 1997.

Meanwhile , the State has pointed out the Bird Islands and Spring bay of the Qinghai Lake as central protection zones.

Inspection officials and management employees often patrol the lake , improving local residents’ knowledge of related laws and spreading knowledge about　 animal protection to visitors. They are making great efforts to call on people to love and protect the birds.

At the same time, they have built special fences around the island area, to prevent wolves, foxes and other carnivorous animals, as well as illegal hunters from breaking up the birds’ nest-building, egg-laying and breeding. As a result , more and more birds are coming to the islands for sheltering and breeding.

63. Which situation probably caused the cash machine’s fault?

A. The largest denomination put into the machine was the one hundred-dollar bill.

B. Notes of larger denomination were put into the machine instead of the required ones.

C. Notes of new denomination were issued by the bank.

D. Notes put into the machine included different denomination.

62. People who got illegal money would face theft charges if__________.

A. the police traced their theft

B. the police contacted the owners of the machine

C. they got more money after the police came

D. the operator complained to the police

61. When people found the cash machine outside a Sainsbury’s store broke down, __________.

A. they queued up to check their own money.

B. they asked the police to protect the cash machine

C. they waited outside the store for the generous cash machine

D. they took out money from the other cash machines