I was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me. Sometimes people asked me embarrassing（使人难堪的）questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the "monster". I was always imagining that everyone looked down on（瞧不起）me.
Yet mum would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world." I began to depend on that saying.
As a child, I thought mun meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, People liked me.
In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mun and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance（外貌）.”
My mum's love was the sunshine that made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident（自信的） but also to have deep compassion（同情）for others.
“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.The underlined word “carefree” in the first line probably means“ ______” in Chinese.
| A．无忧无虑的 | B．无拘无束的 |
| C．小心翼翼的 | D．与众不同的 |
Why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her?
| A．She felt bad about her appearance. |
| B．She found it hard to act as a monster. |
| C．Kids refused to play games with her. |
| D．People always asked her embarrassing questions. |
Why did the writer's mum say “Hold your head up high”to her?
| A．To tell her to be careful. |
| B．To help her hide the shame. |
| C．To stop her from getting hurt. |
| D．To make her more confident. |
From the story, we can know that ______.
| A．the writer understood the saying very well as a child |
| B．the writer felt like everyone else in high school. |
| C．the writer is living with a warm and brave heart now |
| D．the writer has deep compassion for others all her life |
The passage is mainly about ______.
| A．what the writer experienced when she was 15 |
| B．what the writer did to show thanks for mum's gift |
| C．how the writer changed herself with mum's love |
| D．how the writer became confident with her great efforts |
Two Chinese spacecrafts successfully completed China’s first space docking early November 3, 2011, which has taken the country a step closer to building its own space station.
Nearly two days after its launch, the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII docked with the space lab module Tiangong I more than 343 km above the earth surface. Shenzhou VIII and Tiangong I took apart after flying together for 12 days. On the 14th of November, the two spacecrafts finished the second docking. Then Shenzhou VIII parted from Tiangong I again and returned to the earth safely on the 17th. Tiangong I is still traveling around the earth in the space, waiting for the arrival of Shenzhou IX and X and so on in the near future.
That marked another great leap for China’s space program and made China the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to master the space docking technique (空间对接技术).
The world’s first space docking was achieved in 1966, when the manned U.S, spacecraft Gemini 8 (双子星8号) docked with an unmanned Agena Target Vehicle (阿金纳目标飞行器). Space docking is necessary to explore space beyond Earth’s orbit. “The capability increases China’s ability to act independently in space, as well as its ability to work together with others,” said Gregory Kulacki, a U.S. space scientist and senior analyst.
“With the success of its first space docking, China is now equipped with the basic technology and ability required for the construction of a space station,” said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China’s manned space program.” The country is on its way to building a permanent manned space station around 2020.”What did the success of the first space docking mean to China?
| A．China has caught up with the United States in the space exploration field. |
| B．China took a step closer to building its own space station. |
| C．China became the first country to master the space docking technique. |
| D．China has the ability to build a permanent manned space station right now. |
What does the underlined word “That” in the third paragraph refer to?
| A．Shenzhou VIII. |
| B．Tiangong I |
| C．The Space Station |
| D．The success of China’s first space docking |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Tiangong I will fly in the space for 12 days. |
| B．The first space docking of the world was achieved in 1966, by Russians. |
| C．Without space docking technique people can’t explore space beyond Earth’s orbit. |
| D．The U.S.A helped China achieve the first space docking. |
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．The first space docking of China. |
| B．The history of space docking. |
| C．The first space docking of the world. |
| D．The space docking technique |
Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用浆划)a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?
| A．A record for paddling a bathtub. |
| B．A record for climbing a mountain. |
| C．A record for pushing a hospital bed. |
| D．A record for swimming across a river. |
What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?
| A．The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney. |
| B．Only nine people held the highest dinner party. |
| C．They had a meal on the mountain. |
| D．They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party. |
Which of the following show the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.
| A．a-b-c-d | B．d-b-c-a | C．a-d-b-c | D．b-a-d-c |
Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?
| A．Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh. |
| B．People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things. |
| C．Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given. |
| D．Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain. |
Shen Hao was born in 1964. He was the former first secretary of Party branch（原党支部第一书记）of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. He died on November 6, 2009. From 2004 to 2009, he had done many good things for villagers. For the development of Xiaogang Village he had made great contributions. So he was respected by all the villagers.
During the six years, he repaired the village roads, built a building for a number of villagers. He rented a house in the village and thought about how to get the villagers to get rich all day. Even in the New Year, he still got together with his villagers. At last, under his leadership, Xiaogang Village was out of poverty. Now the villagers are leading a rich life.
He is a very filial（孝顺的）son, but he had almost no time to get together with his over 90 year-old mother. But she never complained. His wife works in the bank and she is very busy. They both have little time to look after their daughter.
Although he did not do what he should do to his mother, wife and daughter, all the villagers will remember their good secretary forever.Why was Shen Hao respected by all the villagers?
| A．Because he repaired roads. |
| B．Because he built a building for some people. |
| C．Because he is a filial man. |
| D．Because he has made great contributions for the development of Xiaogang Village |
What did Shen Hao think about all day?
| A．He thought about how to mend the road. |
| B．He thought about how to build houses. |
| C．He thought about how to make the village rich. |
| D．He thought about how to get together with his family. |
The underlined word “poverty” means________ in Chinese.
| A．贫乏 | B．贫穷 | C．虚弱 | D．贫瘠 |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Shen Hao was only 45 years old when he died. |
| B．Shen Hao spent much time in taking care of his daughter. |
| C．Shen Hao helped the villagers a lot. |
| D．Now in Xiaogang Village, people are leading a rich life. |
A poem
| You meet me or not Still there I am standing Not sad not happy You miss me or not Still there my emotions(感情) Not coming not leaving ________①_______ Still there my love Not less not more |
You follow me or not Still there my hands in yours Not abandoning (抛弃) Coming into my arms Or Let me stay in your heart Quietly in love ___②___in peace |
The underlined word “yours” means ___________.
| A．your hands | B．your heart | C．your emotions | D．your love |
The missing sentence in ① is ___________.
| A．You love me | B．I love you |
| C．You love me or not | D．I love you or not |
The missing word in ② is ________.
| A．Sad | B．Sadly | C．Happy | D．Happily |
Sandy and Sue usually get up early every day, but today it is a ______.
It is a _____ to nine. Sandy and Sue usually go to school in the morning,
but this morning they are ______to the park Sandy and Sue usually go to bed early at night,
but_____ they are playing a game.Miss Williams is _____ her car to school.
Suddenly, she _____."That’s funny,” she says."What’s the ______?"Mr Crisp asks.
"Look!” Miss Williams says.” A flat tyre."Monday mornings are usually terrible.
Father always gets up late and he’s always _____ ______ _____.On Friday Miss Jones always gives Sandy his piano lesson
Sandy doesn’t like it ______ ______!Here is the weather _______ for tomorrow.
It’s going to _____ in the North and it’s going to rain in the South. Never _____, children.
We can go to the cinema______.What are you doing, dad?
I’m _____this clock.Is it nearly _____now, Jim?
No, Betty. I can’t ______ all these pieces _______!