A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment(失望), she said she would go. This would be the  16  time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he  17  lose his face because of her appearance. Although she was a  18  woman, there was a scar(疤痕) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to  19  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were   20  by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother even though she had the scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尷尬) and hid himself from everyone.   21 , he happened to hear of a talk between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked  22 , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. 23 was too afraid to go in because the fire was  24 , so I went in.    25 I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood  26 and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless(失去知覺) but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She  27 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be there forever, but to this day, I have never  28 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with  29 in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice(犧牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand  30  for the rest of the day.

With long brown hair，deep blue eyes，a tall and thin figure，Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his   26    appearance in a film in 1990.Though he    27   in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next    28  ,Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film    29   ，he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．
Pitt，caring    30   about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles.After reading the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"，he was attracted by the  leading character. He asked for a lower    31   from the shooting team and was  willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film    32   the chance to know life, I shall    33   remember the time when we were    34   the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．
Pitt started his    35    of art when he was in university．    36   born in an ordinary family in 1964,he showed his    37  in film at an early age.After leaving high school,he went to university to  study law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he    38   out of school for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in    39  ,sometimes as a porter    40   a waiter.Thanks to his hard work,he  finally opened up a new field of his own． 

A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo (柔道), although he had lost his left arm in a car accident.

　　The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo teacher, Mr. Tanaka. The boy was doing well, but his teacher had taught him only one move in three months of training.

　　“Mr. Tanaka,” the boy finally asked, “shouldn’t I be learning more moves？”

　　“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” his teacher replied.

　　Several months later, Mr. Tanaka took the boy to his first tournament (錦標(biāo)賽). The boy won his first three matches, using his one move to win. The boy was now in the finals, and was amazed by his own success.

　　This time, his opponent (對手) was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. The referee (裁判) wanted to stop the match.

　　“No,” the teacher insisted, “l(fā)et him continue.” Soon, his opponent lowered his guard. At that moment the boy used his move to pin (釘住) him. The boy won the match and became the champion.

　　On the way home, the boy and his teacher reviewed every match. Then the boy asked what was really in his mind.

　　“Mr. Tanaka, how did I win the tournament with only one move？”

　　“You won for two reasons,” his teacher answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only defense (防守) for that move is for your opponent to catch your left arm.”

　　The boy’s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength (優(yōu)點).

1.The boy decided to study judo though ____________.

A．he was only ten years old

B．he would have an old teacher

C．he had lost his left arm in a car accident

D．he knew he was not clever

2.How did the boy feel when he was in the finals？

A．Proud.   B．Surprised.   C．Worried.   D．Happy.

3.What can you infer (推斷) from the passage？

A．The boy wasn’t doing well at first.

B．Mr. Tanaka is a good teacher because he knows his student’s strength and weakness.

C．The referee believed the boy would win.

D．The boy had predicted that he would win.

C

Like many people ,I have no clear idea about heroes . A t some point , we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.

Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特點) which give us courage  and make us want to learn from them.

A hero does something worth (值) talking about, A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just person with great fame (聲譽).

A hero has power(力量) larger than himself . Some people want to live like a hero. And they have to experience life with new and further meaning .A sure test for would- be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If their answer suggests they serve only own fames, they may be famous persons but not heroes.

A hero has a vision from the mountain top .He has the power to move people . He creates new possibility. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain, Without Martin Luther King .Jr, Americans might take different parks , and shop in different stores of the different colors of their skins.

There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of the change would be rather slow . Thanks to heroes in history ,they make the society develop so rapidly.

1.` According to this passage , a hero is a person who always ____

2. I f you want to live like a hero , you should ____|

3. The underlined word” vision” in the passage means____

4. Black people in American used to ___ before Martin Luther King Jr.

5. What can we learn from the passage ?

With long brown hair，deep blue eyes，a tall and thin figure，Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his   26    appearance in a film in 1990.Though he    27    in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next    28   ,Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film    29    ，he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．

Pitt，caring    30    about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles.After reading the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"，he was attracted by the  leading character. He asked for a lower    31    from the shooting team and was  willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film    32    the chance to know life, I shall    33    remember the time when we were    34    the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．

Pitt started his    35    of art when he was in university．    36    born in an ordinary family in 1964,he showed his    37   in film at an early age.After leaving high school,he went to university to  study law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he    38    out of school for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in    39   ,sometimes as a porter    40    a waiter.Thanks to his hard work,he  finally opened up a new field of his own． 

1.A． last    B． first   C． second   D． other

2.A． was    B． worked C． stayed   D． appeared

3.A． part    B． cinema  C． film    D． appearance

4.A． earlier  B． later    C． better   D． cheaper

5.A． more   B． less    C． nothing  D． much

6.A． price   B． pay    C． money   D． degree

7.A． finds   B． leaves   C． gives   D． misses

8.A． always  B． never   C． ever    D． hardly

9.A． playing  B． making  C． seeing  D． directing

10.A． work   B． job     C． dream   D． show

11.A． Because  B． When  C． Since   D． Though

12.A． hope    B． interest  C． success  D． feelings

13.A． fled    B． stopped   C． dropped D． ran

14.A． hand   B． book     C． head    D． bag

15.A． but    B． and       C． or      D． so