While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.

The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.

I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.

I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.

But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.

No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.

A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.

Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.

60．From the passage we can learn that the young man         .

A．made his turn to start back pitifully

B．was skillful in freestyle in the game

C．swam faster than the average swimmer

D．was not capable enough to win the medal

61．The crowd changed their attitudes because          .

A．they felt sorry for the young man

B．they were moved by the young man’s courage

C．they wanted to show their sympathy

D．they meant to please the young man

62．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Compete for Gold!  B. Try again!  C．Break a Record! D．Go for it!

As a boy，Tim was much influenced by books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic of a local doctor where he was supposed to be helping to wrap up medicine bottles，but was actually trying to listen to the conversations taking place between the doctor and his patients in the next room.

During the war Tim served in the Navy as a surgeon（外科醫(yī)生）.“That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and on the whole making a success of it .”In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skills to himself and his ability to take decisions. Thus ，while he was able to tell them what to do， he could feel he was serving them. After the war, he got married and chose to be a doctor in the countryside，working under an old doctor who was popular in the area， but who hated the sight of blood and believed that the secret of medicine was faith. This gave the younger man many opportunities to go on working as a life saver.

56. Tim decided to become a doctor at fifteen mainly because

A．his father wanted him to be so

B．his father was a surgeon himself

C．he had read many books about medicine

D．he had chances to meet many doctors through his father

57. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Tim got married to the old doctor’s daughter.

B．Tim continued working as a surgeon after the war.

C．Before the war，Tim worked as a doctor at a local clinic.

D．While working in California，Tim taught life-saving to the patients.

58. From the passage we can infer that Tim        .

A．was sent to Europe during the war

B．worked as a surgeon during the war

C．was satisfied with his career as a surgeon.

D．decided to give up medicine for faith

59. The passage is mainly about        .

A．Tim’s life story   B．Tim’s dreams       C．Tim’s marriage    D．Tim’ s patients

We are always hearing about road accidents, and when we are in the car we try to drive carefully. But, how many of us take the same degree of care in our homes? A large  36  will tell you the number of accidents that happened in the home is almost the same as those on the  37 .  I don’t pretend to be  38  , but I’ve thought a lot about how and why these accidents happen and what we can do to  39  them.

One of the most common and most dangerous  40  at home accidents is wrong and careless use  41  electrical equipment. People will continue to use a loose plug or  42  out a plug without first turning off the  43  . In spite of warning, one  44  carry an electric heater into the bathroom when he is going to have a  45  . Sometimes one forgets to turn off the power  46  mending a lamp or something  47 . All this can cause accidents. So the  48  about anything that works by electricity is: Switch off before you  49  anything and don’t pretend you know when you actually  50.

If you’ve got  51  in the house, it’s always best to keep medicines of any kind out of their  52  . otherwise, they may be taken for candies or new kinds of drinks. When there are older people living with you, you have to take particular  53  in a number of ways in order to make them  54 and happy.

55  , of course, is always a risk. So, remember to turn it off after cooking. Also, don’t forget to keep the children away from the cooker.

Safety first may mean a little more time and care, but it may save you a lot of trouble.

---- Eric nearly always wins the science award

---- That is because his projects are_________.

A. extremely well presented             B. well presented extremely

C. presented well extremely             D. extremely presented well

___ it carefully can we hope to find a way to solve the challenging problem

A．When we observe                                   B．When to observe

C．That we should only observe                   D．Only by observing

Does anybody know how it _____ to live without eating for so many months

A. keeps       B. manages       C. succeeds     D. tries

--- How about seeing the new movie at the theatre tonight?

---- _____, but I’ve got to go over my notes for tomorrow’ exam.

A. All right       B. Sounds great    C. I can’t     D. No, I am terribly sorry

As time went by, the plan they stuck to______ fairly practical.

A. proving        B. proved         C. was proved     D. be proved

What a pity! I missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car was _____in the traffic jam.

A. broken up       B. broken down      C. held up         D. kept up

The new law to punish the drunk driver will come into        on the day it passes.

A．existence                    B．use                  C．service                   D．effect