The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old mal stove（火炉）．A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there One morning they to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged（拖）the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was taken to a nearby county hospital.
The doctor told the boy's mother that the lower part of his body was seriously burnt, he couldn't use his legs anymore. However, the boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs hung there, all but lifeless.
Finally he returned home from the ．Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, ．Yet his determination that he would walk was as as ever.
When he wasn't in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass，dragging his behind him.
He worked his way to the white fence（栅栏）around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence, that he would walk. He started to do this every day. There was nothing he more than to develop life in those legs.
In the end，through his determination he did ．He began to walk to school，then to run to school，to run the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team.
Still later in Madison Square Garden this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!
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完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
Jim Smith was a poor boy. One day he was very cold and . He came to a house and asked a young only for a glass of water. But the lady was so that she gave him a large glass of hot milk.
Jim drank it and then asked, “ should I pay you?”
“You don’t need to pay.” She replied. Jim her from the bottom of his heart.
Years later, Jim became a . One day, a woman was sent to his hospital. She was seriously ill. He recognized（辨认出） her at once and decided to to save her life.
The operation（手术） was successful, but it is expensive. After looking at the woman’s bill（账单）, Jim wrote on it. When the woman got the bill, she was surprised to look at it. , There are some words on it. She began to the following words:
“It’s free, because you gave me a cup of hot milk when I was a poor boy. ”
A．hot B．hungry C．cool D．strong
A．woman B．man C．husband D．waiter
A．angry B．beautiful C．lucky D．kind
A．When B．Where C．How much D．Why
A．thanked B．forgot C．missed D．understood
A．teacher B．worker C．doctor D．driver
A．say hello B．try his best C．give away D．get back
A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
A．However B．Whenever C．Especially D．Hardly
A．write B．remember C．read D．Guess
完形填空。（每题1分，共10分）
Joan is ____ American girl. ____ family is in New York. She is thirteen. She___ salad a lot.
Now, Joan is___China. She likes Chinese food. ____ lunch she likes eating chicken and carrots. She studies in No.2 Middle School. She reads Chinese every morning. She likes ____Chinese ____ class. She usually ____ Chinese after class, too.
She ___ TV on Sunday evenings. It’s relaxing at home. She likes helping others. She likes ___tennis.A.a B. the C. an
A.Her B. She C. His
A.likes B. like C. boing
A. on B. at C. in
A. On B.For C. In
A. speaking B. speaks C.speak
A. on B. of C.in
A. reading B. reads C. to read
A.watch B. watchs C. watches
A.playing B. making C. doing
完形填空（每个1分,共10分
Ms. Steen is our English teacher. She is from England. She began to teach last year. But now she is leaving for her country. We are so to see her go because she is a good teacher. We’re going to have a for her. We think it is the best way to say “Thank you and goodbye”.
We to have the party this Saturday. Now, we are preparing for it. Wang Lei and Wei Wei all the teachers. Our Chinese teacher Miss Zhang come. Her family is taking a trip to Beijing this weekend. , the other teachers promised that they would come. Li Ye is writing a thank-you note (短笺). We want to show we’re going to miss Ms. Steen. He asks Wu Shan to read it to Ms. Steen, because Wu Shan very good English. I’m going to play a piano piece for Ms. Steen at the party. And I also a fun game to play at the party. We hope the party will be very great.
A．them B．us C．him D．you
A．glad B．sad C．relaxed D．excited
A．trip B．meal C．prize D．party
A．plan B．refuse C．forget D．happen
A．caught B．believed C．saw D．invited
A．will B．can’t C．has to D．doesn’t
A．Probably B．Usually C．Luckily D．Finally
A．how B．how many C．how much D．when
A．writes B．speaks C．likes D．shares
A．hear from B．turn down C．make up D．think of
This Sunday, my family are free.
I have no . I would like to go out for a with my family on a farm. We are very . In the morning, we do some in the shop. My parents buy some chicken and some to drink. I buy some hamburgers and four bags milk. Hamburgers are my favorite . I would like to a kite, so I take one with me. My father would like to listen to music (听音乐), 9 he takes an MP3. My mother will cook some nice food for .
I think the picnic will be nice.
A．classes B．problem C．time D．letter
A．dinner B．zoo C．picnic D．walk
A．kind B．happy C．sorry D．different
A．work B．homework C．cook D．shopping
A．juice B．rice C．bananas D．oranges
A．on B．of C．for D．with
A．book B．color C．toy D．food
A．play B．make C．fly D．save
A．and B．so C．but D．then
A．us B．our C．we D．them
完型填空（仔细阅读上下文，从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案共10分）
Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen__ __ changes in his home town.He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. Heoften talks about his favourite _ __, the robins (知更鸟). "When I was a boy, these houses were nothere. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would flyup to the north from the south. They spent the in the south. Some would build their nests (巢) in the near our houses. We knew it was spring when the robins came. When they left , we knew winter __ .
“Then people building more houses. They cut down trees and they filled the fields ___ _ houses. The robins stopped _ back. Oh, we’d seen some once in a while , but they couldn't find a right place their nests near our houses because there were no trees."
"Now there are lots of houses and roads. There are no area for the robins. They do not comeany more, which is sad."
A．too much B．much too C．many D．many too
A．animals B．houses C．birds D．days
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．trees B．fields C．parks D．buildings
A．left B．came C．reached D．got
A．stopped B．went C．started D．came
A．of B．with C．in D．up
A．returning B．flying C．to return D．to fly
A．to build B．building C．to live D．to live in
A．building B．feeding C．hunting D．living