Betty Skelton was often called “The First Lady of Firsts’’ because of the many records she set. She grew up in Pensacola, Florida, watching airplanes flying to and from a nearby navy base. As a child, she persuaded her parents to let her take flying lessons. By 12, Betty made her first flight alone, though not legally permitted to do so until she turned 16.
During the 1940s, female pilots were mostly prevented from commercial and military flying. So Betty Skelton decided to use her flight skills in aerobatics(特技飛行)，performing difficult turns, drops, and other exercises. She began performing and competing around the country.
She won the International Feminine Aerobatic Championship(IFAC)for three years in a row, starting in 1948. She and her little Pitts Special plane the “Little Stinker’’ became famous.
Dorothy Cochrane is an aviation expert who once studied and worked with Betty Skelton. “Betty was such a wonderful aerobatic pilot that she really set the bar high for other women to follow and she was a great role model for them. She really was as good as some of the men.”
Once Ms. Skelton had made her mark on flying, she moved on to racecars, becoming the first female test driver in the racecar industry. She set several land speed records. She also set a cross-country record, driving from New York to California in under 57 hours. And she became one of the top women advertising experts working with General Motors in support of the company’s Corvette car.
Ms. Skelton died in August, 2011, at the age of 85. Visitors to the Washington area can see her “l(fā)ittle Stinker” plane at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The small red and white plane hangs high in the air above the entrance to the museum.
小題1:What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A．Betty Skelton was the first Lady of the US.
B．16 was the legal age for people to fly an airplane.
C．Betty became a navy pilot when she was 16.
D．Betty’s parents didn’t support her flying interest.
小題2:What happened to Betty Skelton in 1950?
A．She moved on to racecars.
B．She became an aerobatic pilot.
C．She was 20 years old.
D．She won the IFAC for the third time.
小題3:What can we know from the words by Dorothy Cochrane?
A．It is not easy for other women to break Betty Skelton’s records.
B．She was even more excellent than some men in skills.
C．It is difficult for other women to reach the height Betty Skelton flew to.
D．Betty Skelton is an inspiring role model for pilots worldwide.
小題4:What is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Betty started to fly alone at a nearby navy base at the age of 12.
B．“Little Stinker” was Betty Skelton’s Pitts Special plane.
C．Betty set several speed records in car racing.
D．Betty even set a cross-country record.
小題5:What is the correct order of the events that happened in the passage?
a. Betty won the international Feminine Aerobatic Championship.
b. Betty became an advertising expert.
c. Betty made her first flight alone.
d. Betty began her aerobatic performance.
e. Betty became the first female test driver.
A．a(chǎn)→b→c→d→eB．a(chǎn)→e→b→c→d
C．c→d→a→e→bD．c→b→d→a→e

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:C
文章介紹了一位偉大的女性Betty她創(chuàng)造了很多其他女性無法企及的記錄。
小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句though not legally permitted to do so until she turned 16.可知B正確。
小題2:D 計算題。根據(jù)She won the International Feminine Aerobatic Championship(IFAC)for three years in a row, starting in 1948.可知開始于1948年，連續(xù)3年獲得冠軍，那么D正確。
小題3:A 推理題。根據(jù)“Betty was such a wonderful aerobatic pilot that she really set the bar high for other women to follow可知她創(chuàng)造的記錄別人很難打破，故A正確。
小題4:A 根據(jù)文章第一段可知她并不是在附近的海軍基地開始第一次單獨的飛行的。故A錯誤。
小題5:排序題。通讀全文可知C的順序是正確的。
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Some thinkers say, “Happiness does not lie in the objects of enjoyment; happiness or unhappiness lies in the imagination.” To prove their belief they give examples like the following one. A man has a two-storey house. When he thinks of those who have a house with three storeys or more, he feels unhappy. When he thinks of those who have just a cottage, he feels happy. Such happiness does not lie in possessions（占有物）, but in the imagination. They advise people to take inspiration from those who have few possessions but are quite happy. If you only consider people wealthier than yourself, you will always be unhappy.
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Some ask people to do this or that, and say, “This way your desires will be satisfied. That way you will get what you want and become happy.” People holding these views regard happiness as satisfaction of desires and unhappiness as denial(否定) of such satisfaction.
小題1:What kind of life can make common people feel happy?
A．Life without pain and grief.
B．Life full of sensual pleasures.
C．Life with desire for possessions.
D．Life full of imagination.
小題2:The underlined word “cottage” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to ________.
A．a(chǎn) house in one’s imaginationB．a(chǎn) modern building
C．a(chǎn) desired objectD．a(chǎn) small house
小題3:The author may agree that ________.
A．by comparing themselves with the poor, people will feel happy
B．people won’t feel happy without a desire for happiness
C．possessing wealth may lead to a sense of pride
D．people have to experience pain and grief before finding happiness
小題4:The best title for this passage would be “________”.
A．What Is Happiness?B．How to Get Happiness
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A man has returned three library books to a Melbourne library—21 years overdue（誤期）.The books were returned to Sam Merrifield Library with a (n)__ 21___note and a $50 bill.
___ 22___Margaret Young was pleased that the books had been returned. They were in excellent___23__ , except for the one that the borrower admitted had been damaged by a___24___.
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__28__. But, because of the sweet letter and $50 note, Mrs. Young said all was__29__.
She said, “We thank him for returning the books and hope his conscience（良心）is __ 30 _. I’d like to think he can come back into the library one day to borrow more material__31__he returns it.”
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About 20 years ago I__32 __to return the three books to your library. In fact I__33__them.During that time, one of the books was damaged by my dog. I have enclosed all three books and a sum of money that will go some way toward __34__the damaged book.
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I want you to know that for the last few years this theft has__38__my conscience and I am sorry I was so selfish to steal them in the first__39__. I hope this goes some small way to__40 __my actions. 
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A．explanationB．a(chǎn)pologyC．thankD．payment
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A．regretful B．luckyC．thankfulD．sorry
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A．overB．goodC．dueD．a(chǎn)way
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A．finesB．moneyC．rewardsD．payment
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A．paidB．punishedC．returnedD．forgiven
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A．easedB．calmedC．killedD．lost
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A．even ifB．a(chǎn)s long asC．a(chǎn)s thoughD．because
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A．plannedB．failedC．meantD．promised
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She said, "Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, this book will be very different from the Harry Potter series. The freedom to explore a new field is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me."
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"Wouldn’t it be funny if JK Rowling’s first novel for adults turned out to be a crime story set in Edinburgh?" he said.
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B．JK Rowling's new book will be more successful than her Harry Potter series.
C．JK Rowling’s first book for adults will be published later this year.
D．JK Rowling has to switch to a new publisher in order to publish her new book.
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A．has been sold 30 million copies in the UK alone
B．is poorly thought of by the London-based publisher Bloomsbury
C．has nothing in common with the Harry Potter series
D．is expected to bring her more money than the Harry Potter series
小題3:The author used Ian Rankin’s words in order to         .
A．tell us that some famous novelists offer to give Rowling some advice
B．show that many readers are curious about Rowling’s new book
C．tell us that many readers prefer to read detective or crime novels
D．prove that a crime story set in Edinburgh is sure to be successful
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A．Little, Brown and Company is specialized in publishing adult books
B．the author has no doubt about the success of Rowling’s new book
C．JK Rowling will be a crime novelist as good as Ian Rankin
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I argued，pointing to a very large belly(肚子)of mine，“I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive？”He answered coldly，“It’s the law，madam.”
Henry encouraged me to calm down，just go ahead and get the license and be done with it. “No，” I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail—using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland，and I had to take the Maryland driver’ s exam. Since then I just go in and renew every four years—sign the name Susan Brown，have my new picture taken，and walk out with a license to drive.
小題1:Susan got her first driver’ s license________.
A．before she got married to Henry
B．when she was twenty years old
C．a(chǎn)fter she finished high school
D．when she just moved to Maryland
小題2:Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because________.
A．she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law
B．she lacked driving experience in Maryland
C．she was to give birth to a baby soon
D．she insisted on signing for herself
小題3:We can infer from the text that in the U.S.________.
A．American males should serve in the army
B．different states may have different laws
C．people have to renew their licenses in their home states
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Ezra Pound, another American poet living in Britain, read the poems and liked them very much. He wrote a magazine article about Frost. He also helped get Frost’s second book of poems published in America. That book was called North of Boston.
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A．Robert Edward LeeB．Robert Lee Frost
C．Ernest HemingwayD．Ezra Pound
小題2:The passage wrote about Hemingway in order to show that __________.
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B．Frost’s poetry style was the same as Hemingway’s
C．Frost was unhappy because he was the victim of his father
D．Frost spent his childhood unhappily
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A．Once Frost’s first book was published he gained great praise in his country.
B．After leaving Harvard University, he began to learn to write poetry.
C．Frost was found lo have a gift in poetry while he studied in high school.
D．Robert Frost’s father was angry and drank a lot because he didn’t realize his dream.
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A．Robert Frost’s unhappy childhood.
B．Robert Frost’ s first and second book.
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【題文2】A. make it     B. make sense       C. make a mess      D. make a difference
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A．a(chǎn)wfulB．elegantC．memorableD．sensitive
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A．strikeB．putC．hitD．shake
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She decided to start   45  the next day. She ran for an hour,   46  a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks   47  I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in   48  with the after effects of it.
Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for   49  distance runners. Over the next years, she   50  records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon   51 than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records   52  an 8-month period.
Patti believes that, if we can   53  standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult   54  and come out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an   55  and everybody has that in them.”
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A．lostB．gainedC．earnedD．reduced
小題2:
A．changeB．moveC．walkD．cry
小題3:
A．rememberingB．collectingC．sharingD．recording
小題4:
A．set outB．set upC．set asideD．set about
小題5:
A．litB．swungC．surroundedD．burnt
小題6:
A．spokeB．saidC．wrote D．went
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)fraidB．fondC．tiredD．a(chǎn)shamed
小題8:
A．happiestB．saddestC．loneliestD．luckiest
小題9:
A．smokingB．bathingC．dietingD．running
小題10:
A．onlyB．rightC．evenD．a(chǎn)gain
小題11:
A．overcomingB．spreadingC．passingD．covering
小題12:
A．butB．a(chǎn)lthoughC．sinceD．because
小題13:
A．peaceB．lineC．loveD．touch
小題14:
A．menB．womenC．a(chǎn)dultD．children
小題15:
A．keptB．heldC．brokeD．cleared
小題16:
A．fasterB．moreC．slowerD．rather
小題17:
A．forB．overC．a(chǎn)tD．on
小題18:
A．setB．followC．requireD．seek
小題19:
A．pleasuresB．pitiesC．challengesD．purposes
小題20:
A．expertB．runnerC．a(chǎn)thleteD．champion

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A few days ago I got a call from my old college friend whom I haven’t seen for a very long time. The topic, which was about all the good old times that we had changed to a touching story when he started talking about his father.　　
His father’s declining health made him stay at the hospital. Because of his illness, his father suffered from insomnia (失眠) and often talked to himself. My friend, who had not been able to sleep for a few days as he had to keep watching his father’s condition, became irritated and told his father to keep silent and try to get some sleep. His father said that he really wanted to sleep well because he was very tired and told my friend to leave him alone in the hospital if he did not want to keep him company.　　
After his father finished talking, he fell unconscious (失去知覺). My friend was very sorry for speaking the ill words towards his father. My friend, whom I knew as a tough person, cried as a baby on the other end of the telephone. He said that from that moment on, he prayed every day, asking God to let his father wake up from his coma. He promised himself that whatever words came out from his father’s mouth after he regained his consciousness, he would gladly take them. His only hope for God was to give him a chance to rectify his past mistake.　　
Often, we complain when we have to accompany or watch over our parents for years, months, days, hours or even minutes. But do we realize that our parents keep us company and watch over us for as long as we (or they) live? From the day we were born to our adulthood, and even when deaths come to us, they are always at our side.
Imagine how sad our parents will be when they hear a seemingly innocent word of “no” come out from our mouths. We can make promises to ourselves that from now on there will be no more complaints that come out from our mouths when we have to watch over or accompany our parents. No more complaints come out from our mouths when we feel that our parents have treated us like little children. There are so many unlucky ones who have neither fathers nor mothers. They long to have the things that we most complain about, but never have them.
Actually, it takes only a second to think and light the lamp that will bring us to a place where peace is dwelling.
小題1:Which of the following word can be used to describe the writer’s friend?
A．SadB．SorryC．RegretfulD．Pitiful
小題2:What does the underlined word “rectify” mean in Para. 3?
A．put…rightB．recite…by heart C．realizeD．recognize
小題3:What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
A．Your parents will keep talking to themselves when they are old.
B．Be good to your parents when you still have the chance.
C．You will regret in your life if you don’t show your kindness to your parents.
D．It is not easy to take good care of sick old parents.

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