Cathy stopped working when her son was born _...

Cathy stopped working when her son was born __________ she could stay home and take care of him.

A. even if　　　　 B. so that　　　　 C. unless　　　　　　　 D. while

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Aerial performer Jennifer Bricker was born without legs, but she never let it stop her.

Wrapped in a loop of red silk hung from the ceiling Jennifer Bricker climbs and twists to the music. Her head hangs down and her strong arms let go as she balances on her back, high above the ground a move that’s all the more daring because she has no legs.

Jennifer was a few months old when she was adopted by Sharon and Gerald Bricker. She had big brown eyes, a bright smile, and huge amounts of energy. When a doctor advised her adoptive parents to carry her around in a kind of bucket, they refused.

Jennifer soon learned to walk — and run — on her hands and bottom, and grew up fearlessly climbing trees and bouncing on the trampoline（蹦床） with her three older brothers. “My parents didn’t treat me differently so I didn’t grasp the concept that I was different. I knew I didn’t have legs but that wasn’t stopping me from doing the things I wanted to do.”

At the age of three she was fitted with artificial legs, but she never really took to them — she moved more freely without.

In 1996 the Olympic Games took place in Atlanta. Jennifer loved to watch the women’s gymnastics team, and especially adored the 14-year-old Dominique Moceanu who competed for the US. When Moceanu and the women’s team won gold, Jennifer decided she was going to be a gymnast, too. She took up power tumbling, which involves performing floor exercises down a runway. But Jennifer did not want any allowances to be made for her disability.

At the age of 10 she took part in the Junior Olympics and by age 11 she was tumbling champion for the state of Illinois.

Jennifer now travels the world as an inspirational speaker and acts as an aerial performer.

1.Why did Jennifer determine to be a gymnast?

A. She knew that she was different from others.

B. She wanted to make allowances for her disability.

C. She was eager to participate in the Junior Olympics.

D. She was greatly influenced by Dominique Moceanu.

2.What do we know about Jennifer Bricker?

A. She felt embarrassed without legs.

B. She was carried in a bucket as a baby.

C. She was brought up as a normal child.

D. She lost her legs when she was adopted.

3.Which of the following can best describe Jennifer Bricker?

A. Self-respected.　　 B. Cautious.

C. Sensitive.　　 D. Clever.

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Molly Burke was not born blind. She started losing her sight when she was four. Doctor said that she had a rare eye disease that would slowly take away her eyesight completely. In first grade, she learned to read Braille (the language used for the blind) although she could still see. Life was pretty normal for the next few years. However ,in seventh grade, things got worse. Black turned to grey. Yellow turned to white. Soon, Molly couldn’t see the blackboard.

As her eyesight weakened, Molly began using stick to help her walk. This embarrassed her friends, and people stopped inviting her to do things. Then the bullying (欺凌) began.

Molly once broke her ankle and had to use crutches (拐杖) to help her walk. A group of girls, who used to be her friends did something terrible. They were usually responsible for walking Molly to the classroom. Instead, they took the blind 14-year-old outside and down a hill. “I was alone,” remembers Molly. “ I couldn’t see. Nor could I walk.” Luckily, Molly had her cell phone and was able to call her mother for help.

After she finished high school, Molly thought about what she wanted to do before going to college. Her brother was working in a children’s home in Africa, and she wanted to do some things that would help others, too. Then, she found out about Me to We, an organization that has been helping people through volunteering and developing leadership skills. She joined the organization on a youth trip to Kenya to help build a school. While there, she spoke at a local girls’ school. Molly now knew what she wanted to do next — to be one of the speakers at Me to We.

Molly has been speaking to schools all over the USA and Canada about Bullying. Her advice? Be strong! During a speech in Toronto, she spoke to about 20,000 people. They stood up and applauded wildly after her speech. Her father said, “Molly has a real ability to inspire people and to help others who are going through something whether it’s a disability, or bullying, or a different set of challenges.”

1.Why did Molly learn Braille in first grade?

A.She was blind. B.She was interested in it.

C.She would be blind someday. D.She wanted to help her blind friends.

2.What happened to Molly when she was fourteen?

A.She began to lose her eyesight. B.She was left at the foot of a hill.

C.She was beaten by her classmates. D.She had her first cell phone.

3.What did Molly do before going to college?

A.She worked in children’s home. B.She founded Me to We.

C.She taught in Africa. D.She went to Kenya.

4.Molly is sharing her own experience to help other people _____________.

A.be leaders. B.be kind persons.

C.challenge themselves. D.overcome their problems.

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When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. Her heart was pretty bad in the beginning and she stayed in the hospital for a month. The first few years were very difficult because she was very sick. She had five operations before she was three years old. She had trouble walking, playing with other children, and going to school.

Although Gina couldn’t laugh and talk, we all knew that she just needed love and care. Our parents wanted to take Gina to a special place in Florida. There she could swim with dolphins. Gina was afraid of swimming with them because she had never been around dolphins before. We had also never traveled that far as a family. When we got to Florida, we saw where the dolphins lived. It was a place where kids with special needs like Gina could come and spend time. I thought it was going to be a vacation, but it wasn’t. Gina had to work hard every day for a week.

The trip was amazing. Gina laughed and clapped when she saw the dolphin. The dolphin splashed（溅起水花） when it saw Gina. They swam together all day. Gina was able to move her body more than she normally did at home. Mom and Dad were proud of Gina. I was , too.

1.We know from the text that Gina_________.

A. experienced five operations in a month

B. got along well with other children

C. stayed in the hospital before three

D. was born with a heart disease

2.The author’s family went to Florida to _______.

A. treat Gina for her illness.

B. have a family trip

C. see the dolphins

D. learn to swim

3.How did Gina feel about swimming with dolphins at first?

A. Excited　　　　　　　　 B. Frightened　　　　　　 C. Angry　　　　　　　　 D. Proud

4.The text is written to tell us that ________.

A. Learning to walk is hard work

B. dolphins can treat many illnesses

C. families should travel together often

D. help sometimes comes in unusual forms

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When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. Her heart was pretty bad in the beginning and she stayed in the hospital for a month. The first few years were very difficult because she was very sick. She had five operations before she was three years old. She had trouble walking, playing with other children, and going to school.

Although Gina couldn’t laugh and talk, we all knew that she just needed love and care. Our parents wanted to take Gina to a special place in Florida where she could swim with dolphins. Gina was afraid of swimming with them because she had never been around dolphins before. We had also never traveled that far as a family.

When we got to Florida, we saw where the dolphins lived. It was a place where kids with special needs like Gina could come and spend time. I thought it was going to be a vacation, but it wasn’t. Gina had to work hard every day for a week.

The trip was amazing .Gina laughed and clapped(拍手) when she saw the dolphin, and the dolphin splashed (溅起水花) when it saw Gina. They swam together all day. Gina was able to move her body more than she normally did at home. Mom and dad were proud of Gina. I was, too.

1.We know from the text that Gina ________.

A．experienced five operations in a month

B．got along well with other children

C. stayed in the hospital before three

D. was born with a heart disease

2.How did Gina feel about swimming with dolphins at first?

A．Excited            B．Frightened            C．Angry            D．Proud

3.The text is written to tell us that ________.

A．learning to walk is hard work

B．dolphins can treat many illness

C．families should travel together often

D．help sometimes comes in unusual form

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When Ariyah Georges was born 15 weeks early, she weighed only one pound 12 ounces. Her mother, Jovan, knew how important breastfeeding (母乳) was, especially for a premature (早产的) baby like Ariyah, so she began pumping milk to feed her through a tube. But two days later, Jovan felt dizzy and feverish —104 Fahrenheit degrees, in fact. She had a blood disease and was close to full shock.

She was separated from others for nearly two weeks at the regional Northern Virginia hospital where she’d delivered. During that time, she could still pump breast milk, but Ariyah couldn’t consume it because of the risk of infection (感染). Without it, the newborn was particularly easily affected by diseases. There are many cases like this, which creates the need for the milk donation.

Enter donor (捐献者) milk — breast milk purchased by hospitals for mothers who aren’t able to produce enough milk on their own, due to health complications, stresses, or other factors. The milk comes from milk banks, organizations that collect and screen breast milk from those women willing to donate. Usually processed in intensive-care units, the milk is only available by prescription (处方).

In recent years, both milk banks and the use of donated human milk have risen swiftly in the United States. In 2011, 22 percent of NICUs used donor breast milk; four years later, that number doubled to nearly 40 percent, and went even higher for the most intensive NICUs — as much as 75 percent. There are 23 milk banks in the United States recognized by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, or HMBANA, double the number that existed five years ago.

But as the demand for donor milk rises, banks must find more charitable donors — a task made more complicated by informal networks of milk sharing that happens online. And many of the most vulnerable (脆弱的) infants are still not being reached.

1.Jovan couldn’t feed her baby Ariyah on her breast milk because _______.

A.Ariyah was a premature baby B.Jovan couldn’t produce enough milk

C.Jovan was in poor health D.Jovan was separated from others

2.By telling the story of Ariyah and her mother, the writer wants to______.

A.introduce the topic of an increasing need for donated human milk

B.remind us of the importance of breastfeeding the newborn

C.tell us what to do if mothers cannot produce enough milk

D.warn us against the risk of the newborn being affected by diseases

3.How is the writer’s idea mainly developed in Paragraph 4?

A.By following time order. B.By making predictions.

C.By giving examples. D.By listing data.

4.What problem are milk banks now faced with?

A.It’s difficult to find enough charitable donors.

B.Networks of milk looking for donors online are informal.

C.The milk purchased from milk banks cannot reach infants’ home.

D.The number of women willing to donate breast milk are decreasing.

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Born on April 4, 1928, Maya Angelou had a hard childhood. Her parents got divorced(离婚) when she was very young. She was a single mother and being a single mother was very hard on her.

It was finally in 1949 that she started to find her place in the world when she changed her name to show her Calypso dance performances at the night club where she worked. It was there that she won a scholarship and trained in African dance and modern dance. She formed a group and they traveled all over Europe with an opera production. As she traveled, she studied different languages and became excellent in several of them. During this time, she made her first album, Miss Calypso, and it was a success.

In the 1950s, she moved to New York and started to work more on her writing. She heard Dr Martin Luther King speak in 1960 and began organizing different benefits for Civil Rights(人权). In 1961, she began to play a large role in the Civil Rights Movement and is remembered for her work around the country.

She later moved to Ghana with her son and worked in the University of Ghana’s School of Music and Drama. It was there that she became close friends with Malcolm X. She returned to the US in 1964 to help Malcolm X with a new Civil Rights movement. Shortly after she returned to the US, Malcolm X and Dr King were both assassinated(暗杀). To deal with the deaths of her friends, she wrote her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which finally made her famous around the world. The 1970s were some of her most productive years as a writer, poet, as well as a singer.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Maya Angelou: a life of hard work and success

B. Maya Angelou: a life of bad luck and sadness

C. The hard and terrible life of Maya Angelou

D. Some Unknown facts about Maya Angelou

2.What finally made Maya Angelou well known around the world?

A. Her friendship with Martin Luther King.

B. The books I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

C. The books and poems she wrote in the 1970s.

D. Her unbelievable work as a Civil Rights protector.

3. From the passage, we know that Maya Angelou was a 　　　　 .

A. writer, salesgirl, teacher and dancer

B. singer, painter, dancer, poet and writer

C. writer, poet, singer, dancer and Civil Rights protector

D. singer, publisher, Civil Rights activist and writer

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Betty Ford was born in 1918 in Chicago. Her family moved to Michigan when she 1. (be) young. Betty did everything2. (careful) and enjoyed music best. After high school, she went to school 3. (learn) more about dancing. Later on, she met a famous 4. (dance), Martha Graham. She joined Graham’s troupe(表演团) in New York. After five years, Betty moved back to Machigan　 5. started a dancing group there. She taught dancing to children with disabilities. Betty met Gerald Ford in 1947. They got 6. (marry) the next year. Gerald chose to work for Congress (国会) after　 7. (wed). He was in Congress for 25 years. Betty took care　 8. their children. A short time later, Nixon gave up his position of the president. As a result, Gerald Ford 9. (elect) president and Betty became　 10. First Lady.

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Wanda Butts dropped the phone and screamed when she heard the news that her son was dead. Josh had drowned(溺亡) while sailing on a lake with friends. The 16-year-old didn’t know how to swim, and he wasn’t wearing a life jacket.

Josh was not alone in the black community. USA Swimming points that 70% of African-American children cannot swim. According to an official survey, African-American children between the ages of 5 and 14 are three times more likely to drown than white children in the same age range.

In 2007, Butts started the Josh Project, a non-profit(非营利组织) that provides low-cost swimming lessons for children in Toledo, Ohio. The swimming lessons take place at a local high school over four Saturdays for a total of 10$. Up to now, the Josh Project has helped more than 1,000 children learn how to swim.

“The public pools near our home are closed, and other places are not affordable,” said Lisa Haynes, whose 14-year-old son, Joshua, is one of 60-plus students in the Josh Project this summer. “I am less worried if Joshua is near water because he has the basics of how to swim,” Haynes said. “And we’re thankful for that.”

Butts is doing much more, however, than just providing swimming lessons.

“She ups the awareness(意识),” said Shaun Anderson, a swimming coach who was so inspired by her story that he created a Josh Project swimming program at Norfolk State University. “Once these communities(群体) learn how to swim, they will pass it down, which results in future generations that know how to swim.

Butts said she has two wishes for the future: One is to change the drowning numbers of African-American children, and the other is to have a swimming center where the children can swim every day instead of just once a week.

1.What led to Josh’s drowning?

A. He was poor in boating skills.　　 B. He was careless when swimming in the lake.

C. He was never taught swimming skills.　　 D. He gave his life jacket to a friend.

2.Why did the author list the numbers in Paragraph 3?

A. To remind black parents not to let their children get near waters.

B. To argue children should learn swimming at a very young age.

C. To blame(责备) the government for not treating the black equally.

D. To show many African-American children don’t have swimming skills.

3.What did Lisa Haynes think of the swimming lessons the Josh Project provides?

A. Helpful.　　 B. Expensive.

C. Interesting.　　 D. Difficult.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Learning how to swim is important.

B. Wanda Butts’ wishes for the future.

C. Free swimming lessons for African-American children.

D. A mother helps thousands of children learn to swim.

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When the woman saw that her son was OK after the car accident, she said _____, “Well, dear, you are the most important for me, not the expensive car. ”

A. in peace　　　 　　　　　     B. in danger　　　　

C. in surprise　　　　　　　　     D. in relief

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