My son was born 12 weeks premature(早产的）．When he was born, the doctors told me that he had only 12 % chance of ．And if he did survive，there was a 99％chance that he would have serious health problems. They said he would be in the hospital for a lifetime. But they would never ，even if there was only a little hope.
I didn't think he would live until the day I had to go back home without my ．A nurse took me to my son's room when I was the hospital.“He hasn't been able to open his eyes yet"，the told me. I spoke to him with tears. To my great ，he opened his eyes! I was so ．！My baby heard my voice and was trying to me!
My son began to prove the doctors were ．When he was 6 weeks old，he finally left the hospital.
But he had a lot of trouble learning how to breathe on his own. I remember he once stopped and turned grey after eating. I turned to the doctors and they made him again. he also had difficulty with ．The doctors had to leave a tube placed in his stomach he could get enough food.
When my little baby was 3 months old，he was so 35 at that time---he was only 5 pounds in weight. The doctors got the out last year because he could eat without it and now he is a 5-year-old healthy boy.
I will never forget how his life is and how many people fought to save him. I am forever for what the doctors did. I really believe that it was that saved my baby's life. So never hope！
A．surviving B．recovering C．succeeding D．escaping
A．get back B．give up C．give in D．get up
A．brother B．husband C．baby D．parent
A．visiting B．calling C．approaching D．leaving
A．doctor B．nurse C．cleaner D．reporter
A．surprise B．disappointment C．knowledge D．sadness
A．curious B．interested C．excited D．satisfied
A．hurt B．see C．influence D．touch
A．right B．wise C．serious D．wrong
A．hardly B．never C．still D．seldom
A．jumping B．walking C．moving D．breathing
A．alive B．active C．dead D．powerful
A．eating B．sleeping C．standing D．sitting
A．if B．as C．so D．after
A．strong B．thin C．tall D．clever
A．bag B．tube C．food D．metal
A．wonderful B．short C．strong D．valuable
A．regretful B．hateful C．thankful D．fearful
A．hope B．encouragement C．money D．bravery
A．forget B．find C．get D．lose
I was having my dinner at McDonald’s one evening when an old couple slowly walked in. They 21their meal. Took a table near the window and started 22food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries(炸薯条) and one drink. The man 23the food into two halves and carefully placed 24before his wife.
He took a sip(一小口)of the drink. His wife also took one and then 25the cup down between them. “That 26 old couple！All they can 27is one meal for the two of them,” thought I. 28 the man began to eat his French fries. I 29to my feet, went over and said that I was 30to buy another meal for them. Bet he 31 refused me and said that they made it a 32to share everything.
33,the lady didn’t take a bite, She sat there 34her husband eat, and taking turns (轮流) sipping the drink, Again I 35to buy them something but was refused, When the man finished eating and was 36his face with a napkin (纸巾).I 37no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a third time. 38being politely refused, I asked the lady 39 ,“Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything, 40is it that you are waiting for?” “The teeth,” she answered.
21. A. served B. requested C. collected D. ordered
22. A. carrying B. raking C. fetching D. bringing
23. A. divided B. cut C. changed D. formed
24. A. it B. this C. that D. one
25. A. got B. settled C. set D. turned
26. A. funny B. crazy C. strange D. poor
27. A. afford B. pay C. demand D. choose
28. A. While B. Since C. As D. Until
29. A. came B. struggled C. rushed D. rose
30. A. anxious B. willing C. satisfied D. quick
31. A. warmly B. proudly C. kindly D. seriously
32. A. way B. habit C. case D. model
33. A. Surprisingly B. Sadly C. Shockingly D. Bitterly
34. A. seeing B. noticing C. watching D. finding
35. A. wanted B. asked C. planned D. attempted
36. A. wiping B. touching C. bathing D. washing
37. A. should B. could C. might D. would
38. A. In B. Upon C. After D. With
39. A. curiously B. carefully C. naturally D. plainly
40. A. How B. Who C. Why D. What
In the clinic，I asked if Michael could be retested，so the specialist tested his again. To my
36，it was the same score.
Later that evening，I 37told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over，we agreed that we knew our 38much better than an IQ（智商）test. We 39 that Michael’s score must have been a 40and we should treat him 41as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962，and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got 42grades in the school，especially 43biology and chemistry，which was a great comfort.
Michael 44Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student. Soon afterwards，his teacher permitted him to take more courses than 45 .In 1968，he was accepted by the School of Medicine，Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972，Frank and I 46the ceremony（典礼）at Yale. After the ceremony，we told Michael about the 47IQ score be got when he was six. Since that day，Michael sometimes would look at us and say 48，“My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor，not until after I graduated from medical school！”It is his special way of thanking us for the 49we had in him.
Interestingly，Michael then 50another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had 51 the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126，an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be 52 .
Children often do as 53as what adults，particularly parents and teachers，54of them. That is，tell a child he is“ 55，”and he may play the role of a foolish child.
36.A.joy B. surprise C. dislike D. disappointment
37.A.tearfully B. fearfully C. cheerfully D. hopefully
38.A.student B. son C. friend D. doctor
39.A.argued B. realized C. decided D. understood
40.A.joke B. mistake C. warning D. wonder
41.A.specially B. strictly C. naturally D. carefully
42.A.poor B. good C. average D. standard
43. A. in B. about C. of D. for
44. A. visited B. chose C. passed D. entered
45. A. allowed B. descried C. required D. offered
46. A. missed B. held C. delayed D. attended
47. A. high B. same C. low D. different
48. A. curiously B. eagerly C. calmly D. jokingly
49. A. faith B. interest C. pride D. delight
50. A. looked for B. asked for C. waited for D. prepared for
51. A. received B. accepted C. organized D. discussed
52. A. imperfect B. impassibleC. uncertain D. unsatisfactory
53. A. honestly B. much C. well D. bravely
54. A. hear B. learn C. expect D. speak
55. A. wise B. rule C. shy D. stupid
It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites.Right before 36Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma 37 me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 38like me. She said, “There’s an old saying—the 39you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 40 to the mosquitoes.” Not 41it, I replied, “Grandmas, that’s just an old wives’ tale!”
Well, less than a week 42 my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a 43 of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 44 , but they all proved useless.
Late one 45in my cousin’s home, I couldn’t bear the 46of the bites, Hoping to find some comfort, I 47 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 48,she said, “There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep.”With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (嫉妒地) 49 her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would 50 on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的)，I ran to others’ 51,only to find they were all sleeping 52as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites, I came to 53my grandma’s silly tale. From then on. I’ve always tried to keep a(n) 54mind about those strange old wives’ tales 55 they do have some truth to them.
36. A. leaving B. passing C. visiting D. finding
37. A. persuaded B. reminded C. warned D. informed
38. A. students B. foreigners C. passengers D. visitors
39. A. earlier B. longer C. sooner D. later
40. A. grows B. goes C. flows D. remains
41. A. expecting B. understanding C. recognizing D. believing
42. A. after B. before C. when D. as
43. A. shade B. pile C. cloud D. blanket
44. A. touched B. bitten C. defeated D. discovered
45. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
46. A. noise B. hit C. pain D. effect
47. A. woke up B. shouted at C. looked for D. dropped on
48. A. blarney B. interrupted C. moved D. frightened
49. A. having B. watching C. making D. helping
50. A. land B. fly C. fall D. wait
51. A. houses B. flats C. rooms D. homes
52. A. joyfully B. anxiously C. soundlessly D. worriedly
53. A. tell B. know C. remember D. accept
54. A. open B. active C. clear D. boneset
55. A. and B. so C. because D. until
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 36,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 37 ,began to believe be might 38 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954 , when Bannister knew be had a 39 chance. Bannister had been 40 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 41to him. Describing the 42later, Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I 43 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved 44now. This was the moment when I made my decision. ”
“The gun fired. My legs 45to meet no resistance, as if I was 46 forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful 47 gave me greater strength. I felt the 48of a lifetimes had come. ”
“I was driven on by a 49of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy 50 it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they 51 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（冲向）the 52 tape, I fell, almost 53 .
“I knew I had done it, even before I 54the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was 55 in the noise of excitement. ”
36. A. passed along B. passed down C. went by D. went over
37. A. coach B. athlete C. captain D. judge
38. A. defeat B. move C. beat D. break
39. A. real B. lucky C. serious D. false
40. A. competing B. training C. fighting D. attending
41. A. eagerness B. pleasure C. relief D. worry
42. A. accident B. event C. issue D. topic
43. A. did up B. made up C. put up D. lined up
44. A. safely B. heavily C. thinly D. gently
45. A. seemed B. used C. happenedD. had
46. A. dragged B. drawn C. pulled D. pushed
47. A. mass B. residents C. crowd D. team
48. A. moment B. period C. while D. date
49. A. concentration B. collection C. combination D. classification
50. A. so B. but C. or D. as
51. A. never B. ever C. even D. still
52. A. starting B. lasting C. finishing D. running
53. A. unconcerned B. unconscious C. unknown D. unnoticed
54. A. offered B. told C. announced D. beard
55. A. stuck B. involved C. lost D. spread
When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.
One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar 36a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up, 37I had never worked at the bar before. I 38 that instead of making money, I would end up owing it.
“You can do it,” said my mother, “ 39, you won’t get much business until lunch.”
“But I’ll never remember the orders, and I’m no good 40money. Please, Mom, don’t 41me.
“Then I’ll help you,” she said.
I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother’s 42was a bad one, but I 43 .
When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was 44. Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks. 45 , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed 46 , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I 47a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to 48me, and she also showed me how to make 49 . If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25, I handed over 50quarters and a dollar and said, “75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five.” Things went more 51after that.
By the end of the day, I could remember orders, 52the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little 53when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me, and when she 54 that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug. I was too busy 55the restaurant I would open one day.
36.A. to B. for C. after D. over
37.A. because B. though C. until D. while
38.A. promised B. noticed C. worried D. hoped
39.A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Yet
40.A. of B. on C. about D. with
41.A. blame B. fool C. frighten D. make
42.A. idea B. bar C. day D. answer
43.A. guessed B. obeyed C. begged D. admitted
44.A. angry B. sad C. worry D. ashamed
45.A. At least B. At last C. At most D. At first
46.A. surprised B. impolite C. pleased D. impatient
47.A. damaged B. destroyed C. broke D. ruined
48.A. scold B. help C. beat D. save
49.A. money B. lunch C. coffee D. change
50.A. two B. three C. four D. five
51.A. smoothly B. fairly C. simply D. conveniently
52.A. turn in B. count out C. take over D. add up
53.A. discouraged B. disturbed C. disappointed D. distrusted
54.A. thought B. stated C. announced D. suggested
55.A. imagining B. preparing C. examining D. describing