A sick little girl is being kept alive thanks to her best friend — a dog who carries her oxygen tank on his back. Alida’s faithful dog companion Mr Gibbs has been specially trained to shepherd the three-year-old, who breathes through a tube most of the time. He follows her closely as she plays in her family’s ten-acre land in Louisville, uses the slide or even rides her bike.
Alida was diagnosed with neuroendocrine hyperplasia of infancy（NEHI）when she was just eight months old. Her rare condition has just eight hundred documented sufferers throughout the world, and causes diseased pieces of the lungs to filter oxygen through extra layers of cells, making it hard or almost impossible to breathe. For Alida and her parents, it meant that even a walk in the park was very difficult because oxygen equipment was too heavy for the youngster to be able to carry herself. As parents, they wanted to do something to help their daughter survive despite having a tube following her all the time. The couple found out about “service dogs” from a TV program and realized an animal trained to help the blind could be trained to help Alida. They finally found help in the shape of golden doodle—a retriever crossed with a poodle-dog Mr Gibbs. Now thanks to trainer Ashleigh Kinsley—Alida and Mr Gibbs love nothing more than playing and running around together with the dog acting as Alida’s life saver.What is Mr Gibbs?
| A．A pet dog. | B．A policeman. |
| C．A doctor. | D．A firefighter. |
When did the doctor know Alida caught the disease?
| A．At her birth. |
| B．At the age of eight. |
| C．Before she was one year old. |
| D．When she was three years old. |
The underlined part “the couple” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
| A．Alida’s classmates | B．Alida’s parents |
| C．Alida’s doctors | D．Alida’s pets |
How did Alida keep alive?
| A．By training her dog. |
| B．By staying with her parents. |
| C．By playing with her fellows. |
| D．By breathing through a tube. |
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第二部分．阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”
Annabel, my close friend, stunned（使…震惊）me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting（代替）. “I should never have let him go to the boy’s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! I’m so stupid!”
My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan.
In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves.”
“How many did you have on your list?” I asked.
“Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, ‘Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!’ ”
My jaw dropped，“What did you do?”
“Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, ‘I could never say these things to anyone else!’ ”
“And our teacher replied, ‘Well, if you can’t say them to anyone else, then don’t ever say them to yourself!’ ”
My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God---and I’m God’s child, too!
God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children.
41. What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage?
A. The writer is a good athlete. B. The writer scolds herself too much.
C. She is encouraging the writer. D. A gold medal is not a big deal.
42. What does the writer intends to tell us through the second and third paragraphs?
A. She has low self-esteem over some small things.
B. She often makes serious mistakes in daily life.
C. She is a third-grade teacher.
D. She cares too much about her appearance.
43. We can infer that the underlined word “slob” might be _____.
A. something untidy B. someone dangerous C. something dirty D. someone lazy
44. What can we learn about Annabel?
A. She used to put herself down a lot.
B. She often goes to church.
C. She was in charge of a workshop.
D. She used to be too shy to talk to others.
45. What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage?
A. She is ready to turn to God for help.
B. She will be kind to all children.
C. She won’t insult(侮辱) herself as well as others.
D. She is willing to be a child of God.
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This is a web version of October15,2009 which Live Earth emails to members. Click here to join and receive weekly updates from Live Earth
Live Earth is pleased to announce the largest worldwide water initiative(倡议) in history to help fight the global water crisis. The Dow Earth Run for Water-----to take place on April 18,2010----will consist of a series of 6 km run/walks ( the average distance many women and children walk every day to get water ) talking place over the course of 24 hours in countries around the world featuring concers and water education activities, raising awareness and funds to help solve the water crisis. Jessica Biel, Alexandra Cousteau, Pete Wentz, Angelique Kidijo and Jenny Fletcher will lend their time in support of this global event.
Water shortage is a major issure affecting countries, communities and families all over the wold .One in eight people don’t have access to safe,clen drinking water, Communities in Farica,
Latin America and Asia suffer 1.8 million deaths every year from diarrhea diseases and the death of 5,000 children each day due to inadequate(不足) water infrastructure (基础设施) . In these areas, women and children are forced to walk 6 km (3.7 miles ) each day to get water that is likely unsuitable for drinking .However, the water crisis not only limited to developing nations. Adding to these existing issures, the effects of climate change are increasing affecting both supply and quality of available fresh water throughout the world.
In 60﹪of European cities with population greater than 100.000, groundwater is being used faster than it can be replenished{补充}。 By 2025,two-thirds of the world’s population could be living under water__stressed conditions.
You can help solve the water crisis by participating in the April 18th even.Run/walk registration is now officially open! Sign up now at
Thanks and be sure to visit liveearth. Org for the latest water conservation tips and more on The Dow Live Earth Run!
LIVE EARTH
72.Which of the following activities will the Dow Live Earth organize on April 18,2010 ?
A.Receing the latest news from Live Earth.
B.Putting on musical performances.
C.Calling on pop stars to walk 6 km to get water.
D.Lending names and time to support the event.
73. According to the passage , which of the following statements is tue?
A. You can turn to http://live earth.org for water statements is true?
B. Jessica Biel can’t take part in event if she signs up.
C. The information on Live Earth is updated every month.
D. Every year 1.8 million people in the world die from the disease related to water.
74. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.An Introduction tohe April 18 Event
B. An Email to Live Earth
C.Global Water Crisis Is Becoming Serious
D.Live Earth Announces an Initiative to Water Crisis
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Last month ,studenrs from 103 universities in 88 coontries took part in international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brain took place in Harbin, China. Three---person terms from each school had hours to solve eleven real world problems.
Jerry Cain coached the team from Standford University in Palo Alto,California. He says the problems involved, among other things, paperweights, robots, castles and lakes.
JERRY CAIN: “One of the programming problems was trying to figure out how to break an chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. And that’s probably the simplest of all them.”
The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty and then they wrote the needed software systems. They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote the needed software systems , Even the winning team from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solved all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in fourteenth place. Standford was one of twenty---one America universities that took part in the conest this year. The conest began in 1970 at Texa A and M University. The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.
Contest spokenman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment or practice period with IBM. “We’re had past world champions that IBM has given a post to in our Zurich research Iaboratory and they are now working on some of the Ieading edge materials in science and physics. So this competition is an opportunity to be recognized and to be recruited by some of the top technology and firms around the world “
68. It can be inferred that__________.
A .the contest is increasingly unpopular with the universities
B..the contest this year was not easy for the participants
C. most of the American universities took part in this contest
D. whether to win or not has nothing to do with the participants’ future
69. Which of the following is true about contest?
A. Every team consisted of five members.
B. The participants from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China performed best.
C. Except American, there are sixty---seven countries taking part.
D. Finally Stanford’s team came fourth in the contest
70. The underline word in the text can be best replaced by_________.
A. promoted B. fired C. given a salary increase D.employ
71. The purpose of this passage is to__________.
A.provide some information on how to enter for the contest
B.call on university students to take part in the contest
C.introduce the international computer programming contest. held this year
D.inform the readers of the result of the contest
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An old man walked slowly into the restaurant. With heard tilted , and shoulder bent forward he learned on his trusty stick with esch unhurried step. His torn cloth jacket, patched trousers, worn out shoes, and warm personality made him stand out form the usual Saturday morning breafast crowd. He stopped, turned with his whole boby , and winked(眨眼) at a little girl seated by the door. She flashed a big smile right back at him.
A young waitess named Mary watched him toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said, “Here, sir.Let me give you a hand with that chair .” she pulled the chair away from the table. Steadying him with one arm, she helped him in front of the chair ,and get comfortably seated. Then she moved the table up close to him ,and learned his stick against the table where he could reach it .
In a soft ,clear voice he said ,”Thank you. Miss.And bless you for your kind gestures.”
“You’re welcome ,sir.” She replied. “And my name is Mary. I’ll be back in a moment, and if you need anything at all in the mean time,just wave at me!”
After he had finished a big meal, Mary brought him the change. He left it on the table. She helped him and walked with him to the future door. Holding the door open for him,she said,”Come back and see us.Sir!” He turned and nodded a thank---you. “You are kind.”He said softly,smiling.
When Mary went to clean his table. She almost fainted. Under his plate she found a business card, and a note scribbled on a napkin.Under a napkin was a one ----hundred----dollar bill,
The note on the napkin read,” Dear Mary, I respect you very much ,and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”
The man she had waited on was the owner of t he restaurant where she worked. This was the first time that she, or any of his employees had ever seen him in person.
64.The old man left $100 under the napkin because he_______.
A. wanted to help Mary out
B. Wanted to encourage Mary to do more good deeds
C. thought highly of the tasty meal in the restaurant
D. appreciated Mary’s kindness and work attitude
65. It can be inferred that the old man went to the restauran to________.
A.have a good meal B. enjoy good service
C have an on—site visit D. show his generosity
66. The passage is developed mainly by_________.
A. following the order of space B. following the order of events
C. making comparisons D. providing examples
67. The best title of the passage would be_________.
A. The Secret of Happinese B. Employer and Employee
C Gift from a Businessman D. Good Service in the Restaurant
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Yours sincerely,
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60. What is Mr. Byron Gong doing?
A. He is working for Soochow University in Taipei Taiwan as a cleaner.
B. He is nothing to do with Soochow University.
C. He is a professor teaching at Soochow University.
D. He is searching for some scholars.
61. Why does Mr. Byron Gong write the letter ?
A. He intends to introduce to his students if Chinese Culture is worth learing .
B. He asks for the permission from the website to use the material in his teaching.
C. He expects to be allowed to work in the group in the website.
D,He would like to inforn the website that he hopes to help then introduce Chinese culture.
62.What was the response of the website after they received the letter ?
A The wehsite responed to his letter coldly.
B. The wehsite responed to his letter in a polite and anxious way.
C. The website answered him enthusiasticaly,reasonably and suggestibly.
D. The website answered him eagerly.
63. What can we learn from the response of the website ?
A. They would be grateful to informed what contents are interesting and significant.
B. They wish to learn more about Mr. Byon Gong’s hobbies.
C. They expect to know more about their mistakes in the material.
D. They hope for his appreciation in return for the use of their material.