The images were shocking: Allison Samowitz and her twin sister, Jillian were watching the 2010 BP oil spill (溢出）on TV with their sinking. " We live right the beach, and we heard many stories of how sea birds and sea creatures because of sea pollution and how the spill the ocean's ecosystem，" says Allison. "It was just devastating (毁灭性)，and we were it would happen here." The （6） towns along the Gulf of Mexico didn't feel that far away from their little Golden Beach anymore. They decided to do for the nature conservation.
The sisters studied the habits of their friends and neighbors. "We're a(n) （9） town of 260 homes, and we found out only 20 percent of them ！” Allison says.
Moved to act, they first organized a town fair with demonstrations about how （11） people could make lasting changes to the environment. They local companies to join them and the fair a crowd of about 200 people. On the scene were trucks and booths (货摊）where volunteers and company workers accepted （14) electronic equipment, eyeglasses, clothes and books—all for recycling.
The girls are planning another this year. "It's an education campaign," says Allison. "People don't know, but there are so many simple things they can do every day that can the nature."
Allison now reports on the environment for her school's television station. Both girls devote their spare to various recycling projects around the town，such as giving old toys to children's charities and collecting clothes for the people in need.
And should anyone think that they're awfully single-minded, they are . The sisters have many other interests: ballet, volleyball，singing and deep-sea diving with their dad. "They're basically optimistic," said their dad.
A．boats B．ships C．habits D．hearts
A．for B．on C．above D．with
A．lived B．died C．appeared D．survived
A．promoted B．maintained C．controlled D．affected
A．sure B．sorry C．afraid D．certain
A．historical B．industrial C．official D．coastal
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．conservation B．contribution C．pronunciation D．nutrition
A．famous B．ancient C．large D．small
A．recycled B．fished C．worked D．waited
A．clever B．normal C．ordinary D．cautious
A．ordered B．reminded C．warned D．persuaded
A．collected B．informed C．attracted D．moved
A．used B．repaired C．polluted D．broken
A．game B．concert C．competition D．fair
A．damage B．benefit C．ruin D．endanger
A．time B．part C．money D．effort
A．new B．fashionable C．worn D．expensive
A．mistaken B．right C．silly D．friendly
A．wealthy B．strange C．popular D．healthy
Leaving for work one morning, I noticed that my newspaper hadn’t been delivered yet．Since I always took it to work, it me that I would have to stop at the store and pick one up．I was already running late, but figured I could make it if I hurried．It was putting me in a mood．
As I pulled into the parking lot of the to get a newspaper, I noticed a young man in a wheelchair who seemed to be with his wheelchair．“I’m sure he’s all right”, I thought, “or if he’s not, someone else will help him．”
by the customers and cars that were passing him by, I guessed they were thinking the thing．I got out and walked over to see what the was．
“Is there anything I can do?” I asked．I noticed he wasn’t able to , and was still struggling with the wheelchair．
I at the wheelchair and noticed that the clamp(夹锁) holding the electronic keyboard and chair controls had loosened, causing the equipment to slip down, out of his reach．
I pulled it back into ．His hand pulled over to the keyboard and he hit a single key．An electronic voice said, “Thank you．”
I felt a wave of gratitude come over me． I was truly blessed to have the physical that allowed me to live a normal life．The young man helped me gain a new way of thinking in life．
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A Different View At age 14, 15 and 16, the way we looked was the most important thing in the world to us．My friends and I wanted nothing less than perfection.
In high school, we joined the gymnastics team, and our became even more important to us．We had no fat, only muscle．On the weekends, we would go to the beach, of our flat stomachs．
One summer day, all my friends were at my house ．At one point, I was running back to the pool．I on a bee, and while it was dying under my foot, it stung (蛰) me．I instantly started to feel ．That night, I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red, hot and swollen．I couldn’t walk．I could barely .
When my foot started to go numb, everyone became more ．My foot was not getting enough blood．I had to go to the , and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken．I couldn’t move．All I could do was think about how soft my middle was becoming．That me more than any concern over my leg.
That would all 1 when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot．It was still not getting the supply it needed．The doctors would have to speed up their treatment.
Never before did I have such great for my foot．And walking seemed like a from the gods．Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about and who was wearing what．More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital, who were quickly becoming my friends.
One girl came to visit me ．Every time she came, she brought flowers．She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and the other patients.
She still had no hair, and she was swollen from medications she had been taking．I would not have given this girl a second before．I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her .
Finally, I was improving and soon I went home．My leg was still swollen, I was walking, and I had my foot! When I would go back to the hospital, I often saw my friend．She was still visiting people and good cheer．I thought if even there was an angel on this earth, it had to be her.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Though she had been in a coma（昏迷）for nearly six months, it was still a when my grandmother passed away．I was not yet thirteen when she ．I'd understood that death awaited her, but in those first moments of knowing, I could not that "eventually" had finally come to pass．
Friends came to the funeral home to pay their last respects to my grandmother and to show their support for my mother．Not where to be or what to do, I stayed off to the side．The finally ended with the arrival of my friend Kelly．
Kelly and I had been friends ever since she was three and Four．We were “home" friends, the kind who rode bikes together after school, went to a KFC a few blocks away, even though we weren't allowed to leave the block．
At the funeral home, Kelly came right to me．In her hands were two packages of M&M's．Kelly knew that was one of my ．We had often taken long trips to the store for ．We sat in the back, eating M&M's and talking quietly．A experience had suddenly become easier to bear, with a childhood offering of chocolates and the of a devoted friend．
Trying to come up with something to offer a heartbroken person is ．Kelly had understood, even at twelve, that there wasn't much she could do to reduce my pain be there with me and bring something that just might make me ．
Now, whenever Kelly and I find ourselves at funeral home for family member of ours, the other has always shown up M&M's, a small offering of to take the edge off the hovering sorrow．We've that when we' re old, the one who dies first will have a crazy old lady throwing M&M' s into her grave．M&M's will be significant to me．They will me that even when something as painful and powerful as comes to claim what’s most important to me, there will always be Kelly… and her chocolate．
M&M's, melt（溶解）in your , not in your hand．
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My dad, “Mutt” Mantle is a father to me, sometimes more like a good judge of talent—“故选A”
He was about baseball. He made his living working in mines. But he played baseball in several town teams.
From the day I was born, Dad said he wanted me to make my living as baseball player. He named me Mickey a catcher he liked. He hoped I would play for the New York Yankees.
Dad often a toy baseball to my crib(摇篮). One day, . I caught one. Then he was sure that I’d be a ball player!
I learned about the on a ball field before I learned my ABC’s. When I was three, Dad had Mama make me little uniform. He liked to around town in it.
When I five, I started school. That same day, I had my first in switch-hitting(左右手都能击球)
Dad and Grandpa were in the yard when I came home from school. They had a small bat and two “Mickey,” said Dad, “ Grandpa and I have thought up at a new . Take this bat and try to hit our
pitches(投掷).I’m left-handed. When I throw, you swing right-handed you always have. Grandpa’s right-handed. When he throws, turn around and swing left-handed.”
Dad was going to make me a ! He knew that a player who can bat both right and left has a good of making hit.
That day I tried and tried. But I couldn’t swing left-handed. After about 15 minutes, I yelled to Mama for help. She said, “ I know it’s easy. But please try. , to make Dad happy.”
So, every day after school we had switch-hitting . After two weeks, I didn’t it any more. My were getting trained. I began to hit a few.
After a year or two, Dad and Grandpa began throwing as as they could. And they put real curves(曲线)on those tennis balls. Then as I grew older, they began to use baseball .
So you know I, today’s baseball star Mickey Mantle, got my star as a Switch-Hitter.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was 14 years old. I was angry and rebellious, with regard for anything my parents had to say, if it had nothing to do with me. Like so many , I struggled to escape from anything that didn’t my picture of the world. A “ brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I rejected any obvious of love. In fact, I got angry at the of the word “love”.
One , after an extremely difficult day, I into m room, shut the door loudly and fell down onto my bed heavily. As I lay down in the privacy of my , my hands placed under my pillow. There was an envelope. I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, “To when you’re alone.”
I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not. So I opened it. It said，“Mike，I know life is right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don’t do everything right. I also know that I love you and nothing you do or say will ever change that. I am here for you if you ever need to talk. If you don’t, that’s also . Just know that no matter where you go or whatever you do in your life, I will always love you and be that you are my son. I’m here for you and I love you-that will never .love you Mom.”
Every night as I went to bed, I would put my hands under my , and I remember the I felt every time I got a letter. During my teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I still could be loved my anger and rudeness. Just before I fell I became grateful that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed.
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