Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught in school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

    In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

    Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children.  Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

 1. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

She couldn’t get admitted to medical school  

B. She decided to further her education in Paris

 C. A serious eye problem stopped her   

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2. What main problem almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?

   A. She was a woman.                         B. She wrote too many letters.

   C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.     D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

   A. Eight years    B. Ten years      C. Nineteen years           D. Thirty-six years

4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell, except that she ______.

   A. became the first woman physician    

   B. was the first woman doctor

   C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

   D. set up the first medical school for women

 “Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷).

Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill(窗台) and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond’s wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.

Yes, that’s parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.

Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that.

Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念) behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life to reach the destination successfully. A parkour lover said, “I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything.”

Another philosophy we’ve learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence.

5. Parkour has become popular throughout the world because of ___________.

A. its founder, David Belle                   B. the varieties of participants

C. its risks and tricks                          D. the film, Casino Royale

6. The underlined word“obstacles” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to“        ”

A. streets           B. objects           C. barriers         D. roofs

7. Which of the following is the philosophy of parkour?

A. Determination and freedom.                   B. Excitement and freedom

C. Dreams and success.                          D. Sports and extremes.

Gone are the days when men and women couldn’t associate（交往）with each other . When we are asked whether boys and girls can associate with each other, most of us will say, “Yes, of course. Why not? ”

If we want to deal with the association between boys and girls properly, here are some “dos and don’ts” for you to follow.

1. Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. It is very natural for boys and girls to contact each other and build up the friendship with the students of the other sex. Generally speaking, we should broaden the circle of the association. We should make as many friends as possible. We should have more friends of the other sex instead of one or two. We should contact the students in public instead of in secret.

2. Contact students of the other sex warmly, generously and sincerely. Don’t be too nervous or too shy in contact with a person of the other sex. In that case it is very difficult for you to make a lot of friends, as no one likes a person who is too shy to say a word. If you are too shy a person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can contact the students with the same interest and hobby with you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.

3. Don’t fall into the ditch（泥潭）of early love . The boys and girls at adolescence（青春期）are rich in feeling and full of imagination . They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion, boys and girls at middle school are too young and too tender to shoulder the heavy duty of love. Early love is a green apple that can’t be eaten. An apple won’t taste sweet until it is fully ripe（成熟）. Do keep out of early love.

8. The main idea of the passage is to       .

A. tell students to keep away from early love

B. give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls

C. say contact does good not only to boys but also to girls

D. teach boys how to talk with girls

9. The underlined word “broaden” in the passage means “        .”

A. close down     B. make small     C. make big    D. make known

10. A person at adolescence is NOT        .

A. rich in feelings            B. old enough to fall in love

C. full of imagination            D. easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love.

Public Speaking Training

·Get a coach

             11     ，so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that's right for you.

·Focus on positives

       Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren't doing well.   12       , so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn't do.

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If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don'ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about.

          14   . As far as we're concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.

·You are a special person not a clone

Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits.       15      . Your training course should help you bring out your

personality, not try to turn you into someone you're not.

A. You aren't like anybody else

B. You already do lots of things well

C. Turn your back on too many rules

D. Check the rules about dos and don'ts

E. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough

F .The one thing you don't want is for them to fall asleep

G. So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse

36. Our army is well ____________(装备).

37.The students found that his ____________(行为)had changed.

38.You can do the same within your ____________(组织).

39.All students should ____________(尊敬)their teachers.

40.The two students are of the same ____________(国籍).

41. We ____________(支持)the police strongly in their work against crime.

42.There is still much to discuss. We shall, _______(因此), return to this item at our next meeting.

43.Everyone has the right to enjoy the ____________(自由)of speech.

44.Lucy said she _____________(后悔) telling lies to her parents and teachers.

45.Tom, the top student of our class, thinks studying is a very ________（值得的）work.