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  It had been a difficult move. I’d left my family and friends in Indiana, the beloved state where I’d lived most of my life. My new home in Florida was thousands of miles away from anything I knew. It was hot—all the time. Jobs were hard to come by, but I was up for almost any challenge.
At last, I taught in a special school where students have severe learning and behavioral difficulties.
Another teacher and I had spent weeks teaching the children appropriate behavior for public outings. Unexpectedly, only a few students, including Kyle, had not earned the privilege of going. He was determined to make his disappointment known.
In the corridor(走廊) between classrooms, he began screaming, cursing, spitting, and swinging at anything within striking distance. Once his outburst died down, he did what he’d done when he was angry at all his other schools, at home, even once at a juvenile detention(拘留)center. He ran.
People watched in disbelief as Kyle dashed straight into the heavy morning traffic in front of the school.
I heard someone shout, “Call the police!”
But I ran after him.
Kyle was at least a foot taller than me. And he was fast. His older brothers were track stars at the nearby high school. But I could run long distances without tiring. I would at least be able to keep him in my sight and know he was alive.
After several blocks of running directly into oncoming traffic, Kyle slowed his pace.
He took a sharp left. Standing next to a trash bin, Kyle bent over with his hands on his knees. I must have looked ridiculous. But his was not a look of fear. I saw his body relax. He did not attempt to run again. Kyle stood still and watched me approach. I had no idea what I was going to say or do, but I kept walking closer.
He opened his mouth to speak when a police car pulled up, abruptly filling the space between Kyle and me. The school principal and an officer got out. They spoke calmly to Kyle, who willingly climbed into the back of the vehicle. I couldn’t hear what was said, but I didn’t take my eyes off Kyle’s face, even as they drove away.
I couldn’t help but feel that I had failed him, that I should have done or said more, that I should have fixed the situation.
I shared my feelings with a speech therapist who was familiar with Kyle’s history. “No one ever ran after him before, Rachel,” she said. “No one. They just let him go.”
Things changed the day he ran and I ran after him, even though I didn’t have the right words, even though I wasn’t able to save him from the mess he was in. It was the day I didn’t throw my hands in the air and decide he was too fast, a waste of time and effort , a lost cause. It was the day my mere presence was enough to make a profound difference.
From the passage we know that _____.

A.the author left her family to Florida because jobs were hard to come by in Indiana.
B.students were allowed to go out after they passed some specific tests.
C.the author worked in a school where students were excellent.
D.no teacher had ever run after Kyle before except the author .

Which of the following description about Kyle is not true?

A.He had some behavioral difficulties and once moved from one detention to another.
B.He used to run out to let out his anger when he was in school,home or juvenile detention.
C.Different from his brothers, he learned in a special school while not a normal high school.
D.He was moved by his teacher who treated him with more patience and understanding.

Which is the correct order of the trace?
①He burst out when he knew he couldn’t go out.   
②I decided to run after him.
③Kyle stoppped beside a trash bin.
④A police car came and Kyle left with it.
⑤He rushed into the heavy morning traffic.
⑥Kyle slowed his pace.
⑦I walked toward Kyle.

A.①⑤②⑥③⑦④ B.①⑤②④⑥⑦③
C.⑤④②⑥③⑦① D.①②⑥⑦③④⑤

What is the best title of the passage?

A.Kyle, a Boy with Learning and Behavior Difficulties.
B.The Teacher Who Ran.
C.A School with Special Students.
D.A Terrible Conflict.
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Suppose that the line CE is five feet. We know that the stick is 4 feet high and the distance BE is 30 feet. Thus, 5 is to 4 as 30 is to AB.
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A. we have to climb up the tree
B. we have no way out
C. we must cut down the tree
D we needn’t climb up the tree
According to the passage, which of the following is correct?

It is clear from this that the problem can be settled by _________.

A.a child
B.the boy who has little schooling
C.everyone
D.a girl at middle school

To measure a water-tower in this way, _________.

A.no tool is needed
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When John Weston awoke that morning, he remembered that his mother was going into hospital. He hadn’t worked out quite what was wrong with her. He knew, though that she hadn’t been well for some time now, and it had become almost familiar to him to see her eyes narrowed in a sudden attack of pain, and her hand pressing against her heart. Their own doctor, who she had finally gone to for advice, had sent her to an expert who knew all about these things. He had told her that just as soon as there was a bed for her, she would have to come into his hospital where he could look after her himself.
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So his mother would go into hospital for a few days. He was going to stay with his Aunt Daisy till she came back, and his father would stay on at home by himself. John’s cousin, Mona, was to come in and make the bed and wash the pots and dust round now and again. That was the arrangement, and John didn’t care much for it. Apart from missing his mother(and he was glad she was going away because they would make her better), he wasn’t very fond of his Aunt Daisy because she was even more bad-tempered than his mother.
Mrs Weston went to see her doctor_________.

A.as soon as she realized that something was wrong
B.only after her husband advised her to
C.a long time after the trouble began
D.when John asked what was wrong with her

what did Mrs Weston’s own doctor decide to do?

A.he decided to send her to hospital
B.he decided to get an expert to examine her
C.He decided to treat her himself
D.He advised her to wait for a few weeks.

how did John react to his mother’s bad temper?

A.he tried to imagine himself in her place.
B.He tried not to notice it.
C.He pretended that he had toothache.
D.He behaved himself as well as possible.

John regarded ______as most bad-tempered.

A.his father B.his mother C.his cousin Mona D.his aunt Daisy

Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “It’s a well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.”
He points out that differences among households (家庭) exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children.” Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most – about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further. With more than three, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands’ 10 hours.
According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man ________.

A.takes on heavier work
B.does more housework
C.is the main breadwinner
D.is the master of the house

How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?

A.About 28 B.About 26 C.About 13 D.About 6

What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?

A.An unmarried man.
B.An older married man.
C.A younger married man.
D.A married man with children.

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Nasheed, who staged the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting in October to highlight his people’s dilemma , has even spoken of buying land elsewhere in the world to enable Maldivians to relocate if their homes are flooded. He has also pledged the Hulhumale to turn his nation into a model for the rest of the world by becoming “carbon neutral” by 2020. His plan involves ending fossil fuel use and powering all vehicles and buildings from “green” sources.
What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.The Maldives plans to build floating homes for the rising sea level.
B.The Maldives’s president signed a deal with a Dutch company.
C.The Maldives staged the first underwater cabinet meeting.
D.The Maldives is considering ways to fight against the global warming.

Which statement is true about the Hulhumale?

A.The Hulhumale is a natural island near the capital of Male.
B.The Hulhumale is an artificial island to be built near the capital.
C.The Hulhumale was built in 1997 and has settled over 30,000 people.
D.The Hulhumale is protected by a 30-million-dollar sea wall.

According to the passage, the underlined word congestion means _______.

A.being endangered B.being crowded
C.being flooded D.being disappearing

Which of the following is NOT Nasheed’s idea?_______

A.To purchase land elsewhere in the world to help Maldivians to relocate if their homes are flooded.
B.To make his nation a model for the rest of the world by becoming “carbon neutral” by 2020
C.To stop using fossil fuel and power all vehicles and buildings from “green” sources.
D.To build more artificial islands for people to settle there.

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children.On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington.A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her.It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices(牺牲) and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man.Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spikane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.
When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card.Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental(伤感的).Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them.Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child need Dad.
The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______.

A.many people celebrate the day B.only America celebrates the day
C.America makes it an official day D.all men are honored in America

At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______.

A.Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday
B.Sonora’s birthday was June 19
C.it was decided by the president at that time
D.her mother died on June 19

How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated?

A.4 B.10 C.14 D.24

According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______.

A.was very kind to anyone
B.was the first father honored in 1924
C.did a lot for his daughter
D.always help others by giving money

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