When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand.
Christie couldn’t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would probably have died at once. She needed two operations, but she survived without serious damage.
Twenty years ago , 90% of all premature(早產(chǎn)) babies died. Today, doctors manage to save four out of every five, because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies.
But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay. The government, an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill. Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.
Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby. But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces, “Sorry, I won’t save your new child.”
【小題1】 Parents don’t pay their babies’ hospital bills because        .

A．they don’t have enough money

B．they would rather save cancer patients

C．doctors don’t care if the babies die

D．it makes more sense to have a bigger baby

【小題2】The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because        .

A．oxygen machine are expensive

B．the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital

C．doctors always charge more than they should

D．four out of five premature babies can now be saved

【小題3】From the story we know that saving a cancer patient        .

A．is easier than saving a baby	B．is harder than saving a baby
C．is cheaper than saving a baby	D．is more common than saving a baby

【小題4】The main idea of the article is        .

A．doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients

B．doctors are able to save premature babies, but the cost is very high

C．having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago

D．Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills

The famous research scientist Stephen Glenn, who had made very important medical achievements. was being interviewed by a new  reporter asked Stephen Glenn so much more creative than other.

He said that it all came  from an experience with his mother that happened when he was two years old. He tried to carry a bottle of milk form the refrigerator. But tried to carry a bottle of milk sprinkled all over the kitchen floor.
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of complaining about it ,she said , “Robert, what a of complaining about it ,she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! Well, the terrible thing has already been done . Would you like to get down and play in the milk form a few minutes before we clean it up?”
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes , his mother said ,”You know , Robert , whenever you make a mess like this , you have to clean it up . We could use a sponge or a towel. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the milk.
His mother. then said, “You know , what we have here is a failed experiment in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands .Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it “  The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the op near the lip(容器的嘴)with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it What a wonderful lesson! At that moment he knew that he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes and mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new.
【小題1】What does Stephen Glenn do?

A．A research scientist.

B．A famous doctor.

C．A science teacher.

D．A newspaper reporter.

【小題2】When Stephen Glenn’s mother saw the mess in  the kitchen, she was______
A. angry  B. patient  C  happy  D. sad
【小題3】_______cleaned up the floor of the kitchen.
A. No one       B. The baby-sitter
C. Stephen Glenn and his mother
D, Stephen Glenn’s father
【小題4】How did  Stephen  GIenn  learn Io carry a bottle of milk without dropping it?

A．He tried carrying it over and over again.

B．He experimented by carrying a bottle of water.

C．He did as what his mother told him to.

D．His teacher told him.

Years ago, I lived in a building in a town. There was another building across form mine, and it was only a few meters away. There lived a woman whom I had never met. I could see her sit by the window each afternoon, drinking or reading.
Several months later, I noticed her window was very dirty. Everything was not clear through the window. I wondered why the woman didn’t wash her window.
One sunny morning, I decided to clean up my apartment, including washing my windows. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down for a rest by the window. What a surprise! The woman sitting by her window was clearly seen! Her window was clean! Suddenly, I realized I had made a mistake. I was watching her through my dirty window all the time!
That was quite an important lesson for me. Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(判斷) someone, I asked myself first, “ Am I looking at him through the dirty window of my heart?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world clearly.
【小題1】The writer lived in           years ago.

A．a(chǎn) hotel

B．a(chǎn) village

C．a(chǎn) town

D．the countryside

【小題2】The woman often drank and read by the window           .

A．in the morning

B．in the afternoon

C．in the evening

D．the whole day

【小題3】One sunny morning, the writer decided to do some          .

A．reading

B．cleaning

C．shopping

D．cooking

【小題4】The writer was surprised to find the woman’s window was          .

A．far

B．broken

C．clean

D．dirty

【小題5】From the passage(文章), we can learn            .
A. we should judge ourselves before we judge others
B. we should judge others through the dirty windows
C. we shouldn’t clean the windows often

It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地),where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.
【小題1】The man went to the shop to         .

A．have a rest	B．help the girl
C．buy some food	D．order some flowers

【小題2】The man’s mother lived         away from him.

A．2 kilometers

B．75 miles

C．200 miles

D．200 kilometers

【小題3】The girl was crying on the road because          .

A．she was hungry	B．she got hurt
C．she couldn’t afford a rose	D．she couldn’t find her way home

【小題4】After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to          together.

A．the cemetery	B．his shop
C．the girl’s home	D．his mother’s house

【小題5】 We can learn from the passage that           .

A．the girl loved flowers very much

B．the girl loved her mother very much

C．the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother

D．the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her

Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.
I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.
It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.
When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!
【小題1】Prana was                .

A．the writer

B．a(chǎn) boy

C．a(chǎn) bird

D．a(chǎn) dog

【小題2】I wasn’t always happy because                .

A．Prana loved apples

B．Prana caught an apple and ate it

C．the apples fell on the ground and were dirty

D．Prana brought the dirty apples into the house

【小題3】On the snowy day, Prana               .

A．a(chǎn)te up all the apples

B．dug holes to put the apples in them

C．brought the apples under the snow to the ground

D．left the house and died

【小題4】The birds flew to the garden to                .

A．look for Prana	B．eat the apples
C．make new homes	D．store food for the winter

【小題5】The topic of the story is about                .

A．a(chǎn)pples

B．a(chǎn)nimals

C．love

D．life

Accident Report Form

【小題1】What time did Mrs Green call the police?
A.At 9:30 am           B.At 9:30 pm            C.At 9:40 pm
【小題2】How many people were trapped in the car?
A.One                 B.Two                 C.Three
【小題3】Whose left leg was hurt?
A.Mrs Green’s          B.Mr Green’s            C.Mrs Green’s daughter’s.
【小題4】How was the weather that day?
A.It was sunny          B.It was snowy          C.It was rainy.
【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The car crashed into a wall.
B.The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.
C.The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Harbin.

James is a good student and he has lots of friends，but he also has a problem．Some older boys are bullying(欺負(fù))him at school．James is very unhappy and he doesn’t know what to do about it．Here are some suggestions to him and other teenagers in this situation．
Don’t feel worried．It’s not your fault(過錯)! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry，but you are not alone．Don’t feel that you have to hide the problem．You should find a person you can trust，and tell them．It might be your teacher，your parents，or even your friend’s parents．After you tell someone，you will get some support and feel some relief(解脫)．
Speaking to an adult might make you nervous，but here are other things you can do．Some people express their feelings more easily on paper．Write a letter to someone or keep a diary．Include all the details(細(xì)節(jié))about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying happens．You can use it as proof to show what is going on．And it is a wonderful idea to
show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult．Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!
Also，don’t show you are sad and don’t try and fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Ignore them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.
【小題1】What do you think the text is trying to tell us?

A．What to do about being bullied.

B．How to be a good student at school.

C．What to write well in a diary.

D．How to give suggestions to teenagers.

【小題2】Why does the text advise you not to feel worried if bullied?

A．Because you are not alone.

B．Because it is not your fault.

C．Because someone has known about it.

D．Because you’ re doing something wrong.

【小題3】You’d better go and find a person you can trust and ____.

A．know what happens	B．learn from them
C．a(chǎn)sk for help	D．make them lonely

【小題4】If you remember and follow the suggestions above, ____.

A．nobody will speak to the bullies

B．everybody will feel some relief

C．someone will express their feelings

D．the bullies will soon stop

【小題5】What does the underlined word "ignore" mean in the text?

A．take no notice of	B．take care of
C．make full use of	D．get more help from

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl，Sarah．
 21  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   22  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   23  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  24  live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  25  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living  26  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  27 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was  28 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 29  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   30 the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  31  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  32  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  33  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 34 to Portland．
“Don’t think of saving money as something  35 ．It’s a kind of game，”said Sarah．

【小題1】

A．Until B．Because C．After D．Unless

【小題2】

A．found B．tried C．a(chǎn)sked for D．looked for

【小題3】A．more than     B．less than       C shorter than                      D．higher than

【小題4】

A．can B．may C．could D．might

【小題5】

A．difficult B．possible C．useful D．different

【小題6】

A．a(chǎn)lready B．sometimes C．hardly D．a(chǎn)lways

【小題7】

A．helps B．becomes C．makes D．means

【小題8】

A．food B．rest C．studying D．playing

【小題9】

A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again

【小題10】

A．prepared B．took C．caught D．picked

【小題11】

A．pay B．lend C．spend D．save

【小題12】

A．a(chǎn)long B．up C．down D．a(chǎn)round

【小題13】

A．by B．up C．a(chǎn)t D．between

【小題14】

A．a(chǎn)nother B．the other C．others D．the others

【小題15】

A．hard B．interesting C．nice D．great

As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded
in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was
never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing
car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on
the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw
the curtains(窗簾) seem to move when there was no wind. A
very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times       
 
louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the "enemy(敵人) " would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes(過程) growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
【小題1】 The author had _________kind(s) of fears when she was a child.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．none

【小題2】 _________ would scare the author at night.

A．Streetlight and car lights	B．Wild animals and enemies
C．Moving curtains and wind	D．Strange sights and sounds

【小題3】When she went to some other places, she would _________.

A．walk away without others	B．take a bus by herself
C．follow others closely	D．make sure not to take a wrong bus

【小題4】Which of the following would be possibly true when she was a child?

A．She was usually popular among people.

B．She was always the leader of the others.

C．She always’ got poor grades.

D．She was not at all liked by others.

【小題5】The underlined word "overcome" means "_________" in Chinese.

A．接受

B．忍受

C．信服

D．克服

Have you ever seen a movie called “ The Choir Boys”(《放牛班的春天》)？The French movie tells the story of a group of naughty boys who learn music from a dedicated(盡職的) teacher. In Shanghai, there is also a group of children learning music. But their story is a bit different.
The musical group, “Shepherds’ Kids” , was founded(建立) by the Shanghai Jiuqian Volunteer Center. There are about 40 students in this group. Their parents are migrants(打工者) working in Shanghai.
“ The music courses are free,” said Zhang Yichao, founder of the group. “We just want to make the children’s lives more colorful.”
The kids learn singing, dancing and musical instruments. Their teachers are volunteers from high schools.
Learning music is not an easy job, especially for these migrant workers’ children.
“I never know the musical stave(五線譜) before,” said Hua Delong, 13. “Sometimes it was really hard to study.”
Tang Yue is a volunteer teacher at the center. She is a student from Shanghai Ping’he Bilingual High School.
“These kids face difficulties bravely,” said Tang. “Sometimes they have to help their parents do housework and have little time to practice, but I never hear them complain.”
Their hard work has paid off(回報). Today many people know the group. They have even performed as a choir for foreign pop stars.
Li Luo, 14, told “ Teens” how appreciative she was of the group.
“I had little fun before. I seldom(很少) watched TV. Study seemed the most interesting thing in my life. “Shepherds’ Kids has given me a new life.”
【小題1】In Hua Delong’s opinion, learning music is not an easy job because _______.

A．he didn’t know the musical stave before	B．he had little fun before
C．the music courses are not free	D．he seldom watched TV before

【小題2】From the story we can know that ______.

A．the naughty boys were successful at last

B．the “Shepherds’ Kids” has made great success

C．a(chǎn)ll the volunteers giving lessons for the children are music teachers

D．the children learnt music very easily

【小題3】 The story is an introduction of ______.

A．the French movie “The Choir Boys”	B．a(chǎn) musical group “The Shepherds’ Kids”
C．the foundation of “The Shepherds’ Kids”	D．the children learning music