二、完形填空(10 分)
I first learned about Silent Observer 1 an article in a university news report. The story was fascinating(吸引人的). It describes a deaf 2, Christy MacKinnon. As an adult, she had 3 written and drawn pictures about her childhood. When she passed away, a great number of her drawings and writings were discovered and were praised as priceless treasure. Many of them were sent to a local university press to be published as a book.
The book was a 4 of her best writings and beautiful watercolor drawings. Both the writer and her sister lost their hearing when they were very young. The scene in which her mother 5 that her daughter is deaf is simple, and quite moving(感人的), because MacKinnon does not hear a horse jumping over her head. The horse could have hurt her. Growing up on a farm without having a chance to learn official sign(官方手语) language, the writer and her family 6 a form of signing all their own.
MacKinnon experienced the 7 of her mother at a young age, attended a school with hearing children, and had escaped school just like any other child.
Silent Observer is 8 than a book about a deaf childhood. It is simple and moving. I have read it so many times that I have forgotten the exact number. I will be never 9 re-reading this wonderful book. 10 this is a children's book, adults will love reading it for its simplicity(简单)and its touching description of a deaf childhood.
()1. A. with
B. through
C. for
D. by
()2. A. actress
B. musician
C. pianist
D. artist
()3. A. rapidly
B. specially
C. secretly
D. quietly
()4. A. collection
B. contribution
C. translation
D. suggestion
()5. A. decides
B. realizes
C. means
D. understands
()6. A. invented
B. produced
C. developed
D. made
()7. A. stress
B. loss
C. strength
D. pity
()8. A. less
B. fewer
C. more
D. bigger
()9. A. crazy about
B. tired of
C. fond of
D. interested in
()10. A. Since
B. Because
C. Unless
D. Although

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. D

三、阅读理解(16 分)
A
Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months' professional(专业的) training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics after several years' hard work.
In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8,000 people. In order to realize her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate special machines.
Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unluckily, she passed away in 2012.
()1. What did Sally Ride want to do at first?
A. She wanted to study stars.
B. She wanted to study science.
C. She wanted to play tennis.
D. She wanted to do researches.
()2. Which is NOT true about Sally Ride?
A. She learned how to jump out of a plane.
B. She learned how to produce machines.
C. She learned how to fly a plane.
D. She learned how to use special machines.
()3. Sally Ride taught at the University of California .
A. before she got her PhD in astrophysics
B. before she went to Stanford University
C. after she wrote books on space
D. after she travelled into space
()4. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. The first American woman writer
B. The first American woman astronaut
C. The first American woman teacher
D. The first American woman scientist

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B