She won the first prize in the speech contest, ______ surprised us.

third Winter Games that she finally won her first medals：a silver in the 5-kilometer race and a bronze in the pursuit.Two more silver medals were won in 2002,this time at 15 kilometers and in the pursuit.Because she also competed in the mountain bike event at the 1996 Summer Games(18th),the Torino Games were the sixth in which she participated.On 12 February,she earned another silver medal,this one in the pursuit.On 24February,Neumannova skied in the 30-kilometer race and,at the age of 33,she won her first gold medal.

In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last yes.

As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again？ That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

What do we learn from the first paragraph？

A) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.

B) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

C) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

D) A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.

Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.

In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortageof mindless activities to keepa child occupied. Yet, despite the competition,my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure timewriting shortstories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competitionshe won last year.

As awriter I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it islike to work hard on astory only to receive a rejection slip from thepublisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputationcreatedby previous victories. What if she doesn't win the contest again？ That's thestrange thing about being aparent. So many of our own past scars and dashedhopes can surface.

Arevelation (启示)came last week when I asked her, "Don't you want to win again？" "No," she replied, "I　just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade."

I hadjust spent weeks correcting her stores as she spontaneously(自由地)told them. Telling myself that Iwas merely an experienced writerguiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions forcharacters,conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angelstarting first grade was quickly "guided" by meinto the tale of alittle girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turnedher contest into mycontest without even realizing it.

Stayingback and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I knowvery little about farmanimals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, Ihad to accept the fact that I was coopting (借用)mydaughter'sexperience.

Whilestepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that Iwill quickly follow with moresteps, putting myself far enough away to give herroom but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will bereminding myselfthat children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

61、What do we learn from the first paragraph？

A.Children do find lots of fun in many mindlessactivities.

B.Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy herleisure time.

C.Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials forher writing.

D.A lot of distractions compete for Children'stime nowadays.

62、What did the author say about her own writingexperience？

A.She did not quite live up to her reputation as awriter.

B.Her way to success was full of pains andfrustrations.

C.She was constantly under pressure of writingmore.

D.Most of her stories had been rejected bypublishers.

63、Why did Rebecca want to enter this year'swriting contest？

A.She believed she possessed real talent forwriting.

B.She was sure of winning with her mother's help.

C.She wanted to share her stories with readers.

D.She had won a prize in the previous contest.

64、The author took great pains to refine herdaughter's stories because ____

A.she believed she had the knowledge andexperience to offer guidance

B.she did not want to disappoint Rebecca whoneeded her help so much

C.she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dream ofbecoming a writer

D.she was afraid Rebecca's imagination might runwild while writing

65、What's the author's advice for parents？

A.A writing career, though attractive, is not forevery child to pursue.

B.Children should be allowed freedom to growthrough experience.

C.Parents should keep an eye on the activitiestheir kids engage in.

D.Children should be given every chance to voicetheir opinions.

Maria Mitchell(1818-1889,the first woman astronomer(天文学家)in the United States, was born in Nantucket. Massachusetts. Her parents valued education and insisted on giving her the same quality of education that boys received.

Her father. William Mitchell, was an astronomer and teacher himself. When he built his own school, Maria became a student and also a teaching assistant to him. At home. Marias father taught her to watch the stars and other natural objects in space using his personal telescope(望远镜).

Later she went to work at the library of the Nantucket Atheneum. Over the next tweny years. she further developed her interest in reading as many books as she could.She spent her nights watching the sky closely with her father.

On October 1, 1847,Maria discovered a comet(彗星 )by merely using a two-inch telescope. Some years before, King Frederick VI of Denmark had set up prizes to each discover of a"telescopic comet". The prize was to be given to the"first discoverer"of each such comet because comets were often discovered by more than one person.

There was once a question of who should be the winner. As the story goes, francesco de Vico had discovered the same comet two days later, but had reported it to the European vor. She won the prize in 1848 and became a big name the world over. The comet was named“ Miss mitchell&39;s Comet.”

What ean be learnt about Marias parents according to the text？

A.They came from low-income families.

B.They gave Maria equal chance for education

C.They were both astronomers

D.They were both teachers.

When did Franeeseo de Vico discover the comet？A.In1818

B.In1889

C.In1848

D.In1847

What problem did Maria meet with in winning the prize？A.She named the comet on her own

B.She did not use the required telescope.

C.She did not report her discovery in time

D.She discovered the comet with her father

Whe played the most important role in Maria's great achievement？A.King FrederickⅥ

B.Francesco de Vico

C.Her father

D.Her mother

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage(孤儿院)knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else-to be independent. At twenty-one，she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then，in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody. Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn't good enough.” she says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her. Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places-China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family. The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.

(1).Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage，she had lived in the streets for many years.

A.T

B.F

(2).The sentence "orphanage girls could be something" means that orphanage girls could be popular and successful.

A.T

B.F

(3).Her life changed in 1985.

A.T

B.F

(4).This passage is probably taken from a novel.

A.T

B.F

(5).Mary's boyfriend was good at English.

A.T

B.F

Out of Africa

1 When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City Marathon in 1994, she was presented with nine cattle, 16 sheep and some land by the grateful people of her hometown. But it was the words of the ordinary womenfolk which Loroupe valued the most. "You did a good job," they told her. "You showed us that women can be successful just like men. We are not useless"

2 In a country where most people think women are supposed to stay home and care for the kids, Loroupe, s victory meant a lot. It was the first time a black African woman had ever won a major marathon, and the triumph provided her independence, both financially and culturally. It also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters

3 Male athletes have made Kenya synonymous with success in long-distance running, but women are discouraged from competing beyond the age of 16, when they are expected to start a family. Most people think that if a woman goes out of the dountry, she will be spoiled, that she will learn more than the others, and that when they tell her to do something, she will say no. Due to this situation, Kenyan male runners have gained international success, while the female runners have been left at home

4 The Kenyans' success in distance running began at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where Kep Keino captured the gold in the 1,500-meters. The domination by Kenyan men across all distance running, from road races to cross-country, stems from youngsters running many miles to school each day, a nutritious diet, the benefits of living at high altitude and having no diversions from other sports

5 Loroupe, now 25, recalls her early running days and the discouragement she received from others. When she ran to school, the men in her tribe would tell her she was

wasting her time. "They didn't want me to do sports," she said. But Loroupe, from a town called Kapenguria on the Ugandan border, about 400 miles from Nairobi, began running for the same reason most of the men did 一 to avoid being late for school. "If you were late, they beat you," she said

6 One of seven children, Loroupe, s was a traditional family, and her parents took a

long time to be convinced that she was not wasting her life. They wanted their daughter to give up the i dea of finishing school so she could stay at home and look after her younger siblings. But she insisted on going and continuing to run even though, as a child, she developed problems with her lungs

7 Loroupe' a family is a member of the Bokot tribe, nomads who once drove their cattle across the plains of Kenya. Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on. As a child, Loroupe used to chase the family's cattle herd for up to 12 miles, and looking back on it now, she says it was great training. The more she ran however, the more distance Loroupe put between herself and the expectations of her society. And having been overlooked four times by the Kenya Amateur Athletics Association for major championships both nationally and internationally, she eventually had to travel abroad for opportunities. It was in Germany that Anne Roberts, the elite-athlete coordinator of the New York City Marathon, first discovered Loroupe, s huge talent

8 The launching pad for her success began in 1994 when Roberts invited Loroupe to take part in the New York City Marathon. Winning it gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite the problems back home. Roberts has marvelled at Loroupe,5determination to succeed, and the obstacles she has overcome. "I think she has a very strong sense of what' s fair and what isn ' t," she said. "When you' re running everywhere, to school, to get the cows in, all over the thousand acres of farm, and yQu, re running with your brothers and you're beating them" . she fought long and hard to get out of the country to compete"

9 Her victories m New York and Rotterdam have smoothed wrink!ed relationships back home. In April 1997, Loroupe won the New York Central Park City Marathon. in October of the same year, she won the World Half Marathon in Slovakia, setting a world championship record of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 14 seconds. Although Loroupe developed a knee injury from over use during the fall of 1997, she recovered, and in April 1998 she set a world record of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 47 seconds in the Women's Marathon in Rotterdam. Now many people expect Loroupe to go further and become the first woman to run under 2:20:00 一 a barrier only broken by a male marathon runner in 1953, when Britain Jim Peters clocked 2,18,40. These world records and her promising future have changed the attitudes of Kenyan people

10 Loroupe now lives in Germany where she shares a house with Tanzanian and Ethiopian male runners, as well as other Kenyans. These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running, but is taking it step by step. She trains 100 miles per week, while many of her rivals log 180 miles. At 25 years of age, she realizes that she is still young and inexperienced, and knows there is plenty of time. As a Kenyan woman, she knows the meaning of the words patience and strength, especially patience

Questions 1-10 Directions:

Read Passage 1 and find which the underlined woid (s) in each of the follow 吨 sentences refer 恤

1. When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City

Marathon in 1994, she was presented with nine cattle, 16 sheep and some tand by the

grateful people of her hometown. (paragraph 1)

2. "You did a good job," they told her. (paragraph 1)

3. it also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters

(paragraph 2)

4. Most people think that if a woman goes out of the country, 业 will be spoiled,.

(paragraph 3)

5. "They didn't want me to do sports," she said. (paragraph 5)

6. Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on. (paragraph 7)

7. As a child, Loroupe used to chase the family's cattle herd for up to 12 miles, and

looking back on it now, she says it was great training. (paragraph 7)

8. Winning 丝 gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite the

problems back home. (paragraph 8)

9. '1 think she has a very strong sense of what' s fair and what isn' t," she said

(paragraph 8)

10. These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running, but is taking it step by step. (paragraph 10)

ard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require an extraordinary talent to help yourself to one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as hoisting.

But the hoisting game is not what it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.

As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed at work and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court.

Selfridges was the first big London store to install close-circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using as evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to install similar equipment.

When the balls, called sputniks, first made an appearance in shops it was widely believed that their only function was to frighten shoplifters. Their strange appearance, the curious holes and red lights on and off, certainly made the theory believable.

It did not take long, however, for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect. Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume into her bag.

As she turned to go, Chadwick recalled, she suddenly looked up at the sputnik and stopped. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her. For a moment she paused, then she returned to the counter and started putting everything back. When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store.

(1)Why is January a good month for shoplifters？

A、Because the shop staff will serve them.

B、Because they are not excellent thieves.

C、Because there are so many people and the staff are busy.

D、Because there are so many wonderful goods in the shops.

(2)Sputniks are to __________________.

A、frighten shoplifters.

B、entertain customers.

C、show the performance of the shoplifters.

D、make films that can be used in evidence.

(3)The woman stealing perfume __________________.

A、checked at the cosmetics counter

B、sensed that Brian was watching her

C、saw the hidden camera

D、was thinking what the sputnik was for

(4)Why the woman opened her bag towards the camera？

A、To show she was sorry for what she had done.

B、Because she was afraid of being arrested.

C、To show she didn’t steal anything.

D、Because she didn’t want the things she had picked up.

(5)The author believes that __________________.

A、shoplifters respect sputniks now

B、to play the hoisting game, you need to be talented

C、the theory in paragraph 5 tells us how sputniks work

D、the case last October let other shops realize sputniks is useful

re they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage，she learned something else-to be independent. At twenty-one，she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special

happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.

Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. "My English just wasn't good enough." she says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her. Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987，she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places-China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.

The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.()

1. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, she had lived in the streets for many years. ()

2. The sentence "orphanage girls could be something" means that orphanage girls could be popular and successful. ()

3. Her life changed in 1985. ()

4. This passage is probably taken from a novel. ()

5. Mary's boyfriend was good at English. ()

Mary is very hard-working, _______ ？

A. doesn’t she

B. isn’t

C. won’t she