Ques: Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer . Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg . With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run. Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America. When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society. Jeff is _ , but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer . Jeff says, "People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody." ,. From the passage we know that Boston is _ . A) in the west B) half between the east and west C) near Los Angeles D) in the east
Ans: D

Ques: Twenty years ago,I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 a. m. . When I arrived to collect,I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked,"Just a minute,"answered a weak,elderly voice. After a long pause ,the door opened. A small woman over eighty stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing ," I told her . "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated." "Oh,you're such a good man."She said. When we got into the taxi,she gave me an address,and then asked,"Could you drive through downtown ?" "It's not the shortest way,"I answered quickly. " Oh , I'm in no hurry , " she said. " I'm on my way to a hospice . I don't have any family left. The doctor says I can't live very long ." I quietly reached over and shut off the meter . For the next two hours,we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked,the neighborhood where she had lived,and the furniture shop that had once been,a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. _ At dawn,she suddenly said,"I'm tired. Let's go now."We drove in silence to the address she had given me. "How much do I owe you?" she asked. " Nothing ." I said. "You have to make a living,"she answered."Oh,there are other passengers,"I answered. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug . She held onto tightly. Our hug ended with her remark,"You gave an old woman a little moment of joy." What can we learn from the story? A) Giving is always a pleasure. B) People should respect elderly people. C) An act of kindness can bring people great joy. D) People should learn to appreciate others' concern.
Ans: C

Ques: "Homestay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to rent a room from a local family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor's language ability,"said a teacher during a school meeting last term. "Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday. I am sure you won't be disappointed ." After this special meeting,I always thought about this kind of holiday. Last month,I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London,a place where I had wanted to go since years ago. As we were still young,we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us. After we got to London,we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family was a white couple who had a daughter about my age. They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there. They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them,too. The holiday was filled with activities every day. After breakfast,a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sightseeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben,the London Bridge,and the Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities. The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yet,time really flew fast. Three weeks later,we had to leave "home" for Hong Kong. The group leader should _ . A) make plans for the family B) take care of the students C) stay with different families D) rent rooms to the students
Ans: B

Ques: If you go to Egypt, you'll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons .The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 100,000 men twenty years to build it. Nobody can tell just how the men cut, carried and lifted the huge stones without our modern machines . The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves. They thought they had tombs strong enough to keep their bodies well until they came back to life. But they never thought that about 5,000 years later their bodies would be on show in museums. The Great Pyramid is about _ and made of _ huge stones. A) 137 metres high; 100;000 B) 137 high metres; 2;300;000 C) 137 metres; 2;300;000 D) 137 meters high; 2;300;000
Ans:
D