Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college. In 2007,    1    he was a student at the University of Illinois, he came up with an idea to    2    his tuition fee（學(xué)費(fèi)）and college costs problem. Hayes  3    everyone could afford to give him a penny.

He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene. Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s    4    to send him a penny. Greene thought the idea sounded    5    and agreed to do it.

“Just one penny,” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t    6    anything to anyone. If everyone    7    is reading your paper looks around the room right now, there will be a    8    under a seat, or on the corner of the desk, or on the floor. That’s all I’m    9   . A penny from each of your readers.”

In less than a month, the Many Pennies for Mike Fund（基金） had around 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone sent    10    a penny, many even sent dollars. Money was    11   from every state in the United States. So, Hayes    12    his $28,000 target（目標(biāo)） and went on to get    13    for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.

Perhaps the last    14    is best left to his father, Bill Hayes: “When Mike first told me about his 15   , I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish-which shows you that he’s smarter than I am.”

1．A．before               B．because             C．while               D．if

2．A．solve                B．make               C．spend              D．cause

3．A．thought              B．heard               C．a(chǎn)greed               D．wondered

4．A．editors               B．readers              C．managers             D．writers

5．A．bad                 B．true                 C．relaxing               D．fun

6．A．buy                 B．mean               C．show               D．pass

7．A．whose              B．which              C．who                D．whom

8．A．newspaper             B．book               C．dollar               D．penny

9．A．a(chǎn)sking                 B．writing              C．saying              D．doing

10．A．only         B．a(chǎn)lmost              C．a(chǎn)lso                  D．over

11．A．taken               B．borrowed           C．searched            D．received

12．A．found               B．remembered           C．reached             D．missed

13．A．time                B．reasons              C．money              D．lessons

14．A．news               B．word               C．gift                 D．money

15．A．dream              B．idea                C．problem                    D．study

In America，where labor(勞工)costs are so high，“do-it-yourself”is a way of life．

    Many people  1  their own cars，build their own garages，and even rebuild their own houses． 2  many of them will also write their own books．In Hollywood there is a  3  that publishes(出版)children’s books with the help of computers．  4  other book companies also publish in that way, this company is not like the others．It  5  the reader to become the main character with the help of computers．Here is  6  they do it．Let us suppose a child is named Hody．The computer uses this information to make up a story  7  pictures．The story is then printed up．“This book is about me．”a child who 8  such a book might say．So the company is called the“Me-Books Publishing Company”．

    9  like me-books because they like to see in print their own names，their pictures，and the names of their friends and their pets．But more   10  ，in this way，readers are much more interested in reading the stories．Me-books are helping children to learn how to read．

1．A．make           B．build          C．buy         D．repair

2．A．Otherwise        B．Only          C．Once           D．Soon

3．A．director          B．person          C．company     D．computer

4．A．However        B．Although        C．That                D．Unless

5．A．a(chǎn)llows          B．hates        C．hires            D．pays

6．A．what           B．how          C．why            D．where

7．A．with            B．a(chǎn)bout          C．for              D．except

8．A．prints          B．borrows        C．sells         D．receives

9．A．Writers           B．Children         C．Companies      D．Friends

10．Ａ．impossible   B．imaginative   C．important     D．inactive

In America，where labor （勞工） costs are so high，"do it yourself" is a way of life. Many people   1   their own cars，build their own garages，and even rebuild their own houses．  2  many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a   3  that publishes （出版） children's books with the help of computers．  4   other book companies also publish that way，this company is not like the others．It   5  the reader to become the main character with the help of computers．Here is   6   they do it．Let us suppose a child is named Hody．The computer uses this information to make up a story   7   pictures．The story is then printed up．"This book is about me，" a child who   8  such a hook might say．So the company is called the "Me Books Publishing Company"．

__9   like me books because they like to see in print their own names，their pictures，and the names of their friends and their pets．But more    10  ，in this way，readers are much more interested in reading the stories．Me books are helping children to learn how to read．

1．A．make         B．build                 C．buy                D．repair

2．A．Otherwise           B．Only               C．Once              D．Soon

3．A．director             B．person             C．company          D．computer

4．A．However            B．Although           C．That               D．Unless

5．A．a(chǎn)llows               B．hates              C．hires               D．pays

6．A．what                B．how               C．why              D．where

7．A．with                B．a(chǎn)bout              C．for                D．except

8．A．prints               B．borrows           C．sells               D．receives

9．A．Writers               B．Children            C．Companies         D．Friends

10．A．impossible          B．imaginative         C．important           D．inactive

There’s a big supermarket called Jiahui in our city. It’s very   46  to find. It is in the center of our city. It’s   47  the bus stop and it’s also very easy to take a taxi, too.

The supermarket is big   48  nice. It    49  at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m. So every day, lots of people go   50  at it    51  work. You can buy   52 , drinks, clothes, shoes, vegetables,…and stationery there. The workers at the supermarket are very  53  . So many people like shopping there.

At the weekend, people don’t go to work or go to school, so there are  54  people shopping there. We must  55  our turn a long time to pay for what we buy.

1.46.

A．hard

B．difficult

C．easy

D．good

2.47.

A．in

B．near

C．a(chǎn)t

D．between

3. 48.

A．but

B．or

C．a(chǎn)nd

D．/

4.49.

A．opening

B．open

C．is open

D．to open

5.50.

A．shopping

B．swimming

C．running

D．shop

6.51

A．a(chǎn)t

B．to

C．a(chǎn)fter

D．with

7.52.

A．dogs

B．food

C．cats

D．nothing

8.53.

A．busy

B．well

C．nice

D．tired

9.54.

A．too many

B．too much

C．a(chǎn) few

D．some

10.55.

A．see

B．look at

C．look for

D．wait for

 

What can people do when natural disasters (災(zāi)難）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to 41  after the disasters.
Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42  raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43  instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.
Schools   44  and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.
Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water 50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .
When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.
We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.
【小題1】A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up
【小題2】A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped
【小題3】A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats
【小題4】A. started        B. closed          C. opened
【小題5】A. water.        B. fire              C. ice
【小題6】A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness
【小題7】A. ran          B. slept             C. died
【小題8】A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear
【小題9】A. temperature   B. weather           C. water
【小題10】A. had.         B. made             C. changed
【小題11】A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients
【小題12】A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good
【小題13】A. weak        B. strong            C. happy
【小題14】A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain
【小題15】A. want         B. hope             C. see