John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters  (36) .

    John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball  (37)  was over. John did what the doctors told him, but it (38) .When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康復(fù)中心).

A week  (39)  he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach（教練）.His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.

    Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because  (40)  on the team played from a wheelchair（輪椅）.Sunny invited John to  (41)  the game. John played badly, but for the  (42) time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.

    After becoming a part of the Suns, John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much  (43)  than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John  (44)   the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.

    Sunny  (45)  and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows will fall behind."

1.A. away        B. from      C. out          D. in

2.A. game        B. dream     C. team         D. coach

3.A. worked      B. affected    C. didn't work    D. didn't affect

4.A. until        B. when       C. before       D. after

5.A. somebody    B. anybody    C. everybody    D. nobody

6.A. join         B. show       C. study        D. watch

7.A. next         B. last        C. first         D. early

8.A. worse       B. better       C. busier        D. smarter

9. A. arrived      B. got to       C. went to       D. left

10. A. smiled      B. shouted      C. cried         D. turned

 

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket - anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year he met John Ridgway and started to work as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure（冒險(xiǎn)） in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-waterexploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, he decided that this would be his future.
In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition （探險(xiǎn)）towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite（凍傷）, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his sled up and over the rocky mountains.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
【小題1】 What changed Saunders according to Paragraph 2?

A．A friend’s words.	B．A mountain bike.
C．His 18th birthday gift.	D．His first marathon.

【小題2】What did Saunders do in 2001?

A．He decided to build up his body.

B．He met John Ridgway in Scotland.

C．He worked as an instructor at school.

D．He took an adventure to the North Pole.

【小題3】What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

A．He is a success in sports.	B．He is the youngest British skier.
C．He is Ridgway’s best student.	D．He is a good instructor at school.

Jerry Green went to spend a year at the South Pole Station (南極站)as the only doctor in 1998 when she 47. While working at the station that March. she discovered that there was a hard lump (腫塊) in her stomach. She knew it was cancer, but she wasn't able to go to a doctor for help. She couldn't leave the station for the next seven until the snow thawed. Dr. Green didn't wait for the death. But decided to fight against the cancer. She tried to about the lump to a hospital in the United States. The doctors said it was cancer. Without the proper wouldn't live for long. Soon a USA airplane came to provide her with some help. She started her own treatments(治療)after getting instructions from American doctors. She finally spent the long winter there before she returned home that October .Since then, she had become a incubus in support of cancer charities. She also wrote a best-selling book called Ice Bound.
　　 Sadly, Dr. Green's cancer finally returned. She died on June 23.2009.
【小題1】Jerry Green discovered that she bad a bard lump in her stomach in       .

A．March.1998

B．May. 1998

C．June.2009

D．July,2009

【小題2】What does the underlined word" thawed "mean in Chinese?

A．形成

B．堆積

C．融化

D．覆蓋

【小題3】When did she start her own treatments?

A．After searching the Internet.

B．After getting instructions from American doctors.

C．After hearing from her paw law

D．After becoming a member in support of cancer charities.

【小題4】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Dr. Green decided to give up the treatments.

B．She sent the information about the lump to a hospital in the United Stales.

C．She wrote a book called Ice Bound.

D．Dr Green died of cancer.

【小題5】What does the writer feel about Dr. Green's death?

A．exciting

B．Happy.

C．Sad

D．Pleased

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis Cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless." he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say, 'You are completely crazy,'" Saunders says.

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.The turning point in Saunders' life came when ________.

A．he started to play ball games

B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

D．he started to receive Ridgway's training

2.We can learn from the text that Ridgway ________.

A．dismissed Saunders' dream as fantasy

B．built up his body together with Saunders

C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

3.What do we know about Saunders?

A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

4.The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A．Excited

B．Convinced

C．Delighted

D．Fascinated

5.It can be inferred that Saunders' journey to the North Pole ________.

A．was accompanied by his old playmates

B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

D．made him well-known in the 1960s

 

Jerry Green went to spend a year at the South Pole Station (南極站)as the only doctor in 1998 when she 47.While working at the station that March. she discovered that there was a hard lump (腫塊) in her stomach. She knew it was cancer, but she wasn't able to go to a doctor for help. She couldn't leave the station for the next seven until the snow thawed. Dr. Green didn't wait for the death. But decided to fight against the cancer. She tried to about the lump to a hospital in the United States. The doctors said it was cancer. Without the proper wouldn't live for long. Soon a USA airplane came to provide her with some help She started her own treatments(治療)after getting instructions from American doctors. She finally spent the long winter there before she returned home that October .Since then, she had become a incubus in support of cancer charities. She also wrote a best-selling book called Ice Bound.

Sadly. Dr. Grecn's cancer finally returned. She died on June 23.2009.

1.Jerry Green discovered that she bad a bard lump in her stomach in _

A. March.1998      B. May. 1998      CJune.2009   D. July,2009

2.What does the underlined word" thawed "mean in Chinese?

A. 形成     B. 堆積    C. 融化   D.覆蓋

3.When did she start her own treatments?

A. After searching the Internet.

B. After getting instructions from A merit an doctors.

C. After hearing from her paw law

D. After becoming a member in support of cancer charities.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Dr. Green decided to give up the treatments.

B. She sent the information about the lump to a hospital in the United Stales.

C. She wrote a book called Ice Bound.

D. Dr Green died of cancer.

5.What does the writer feel about Dr. Green's death?

A. exciting      B. Happy.      C Sad   D. Pleased