It is six o’clock in the morning. You are asleep in my left arm and I am learning the art of one-handed typing. Your mother, more tired yet more happy than I’ve ever known her, is sound asleep in the room next door.
When you’re older we’ll tell you that you were born in Hong Kong in the lunar year of the pig. “It's a boy, so lucky,” our neighbours told us. They said you were the first baby to be born in the block this year. This, they told us, was good Feng Shui, in other words, a positive sign. Naturally your mother and I were only too happy to believe that.
Your coming has turned me upside down and inside out. I am pained by the memory of each suffering child I have come across on my journeys as a journalist. To tell you the truth, it’s nearly too much for me to even think of the children being hurt and abused and killed.
Last October, in Afghanistan, when you were growing inside your mother, I met Sharja, aged twelve, motherless, fatherless, guiding me through the grey ruins of her home. Everything was gone, she told me.
There is another memory of Rwanda, and the churchyard where I found a mother and her three young children huddled(蜷缩) together where they’d been beaten to death. The children had died holding on to their mother.
Daniel, these memories explain some of the protectiveness I feel for you, and the occasional moments of blind terror when I imagine anything bad happening to you.
1.We can see that this text is written to ________.
A．the author’s wife B．the author’s neighbour
C．Daniel D．a suffering child
2.The author mentions some of his painful memories because ________.
A．he wants his son to care for others
B．he feels more pain thinking about them as a father
C．he hopes to forget the tragedies he witnessed
D．his experience has affected his mental health
3.The underlined word “blind” in the last paragraph means ________.
A．unable to see B．meaningful
C．not clear D．not based on reason
4.Which of the following words best describes the author’s feeling when typing this text?
A．Relieved. B．Regretful. C．Loving. D．Calm.
It was a cold, wet day on June 6, 2010, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to 36 , Wasana stared at the 37 . Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that 38 at the back of the classroom.
He 39 large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡) at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Wasana 40 the water, wondering why it looked so 41 . Then it hit him — the 42 was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a 43 disaster, he shouted 44 at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don't stay here! The 45 on the hill is going to fall on us!”
Chaos(混乱) broke out as the 46 ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers 47 Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.
Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school. Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening. After 48 the site, Gurusinghe knew the school was in 49 . The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down 50 .
51 a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too 52 : ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth 53 their classrooms. Thanks to Wasana’s 54 action and careful observation, 55 was hurt in the incident.
1.A．arrive B．rest C．dine D．chat
2.A．book B．sun C．rain D．hill
3.A．placed B．stood C．hid D．faced
4.A．noticed B．felt C．knew D．heard
5.A．shouted at B．aimed at C．glared at D．stared at
6.A．interesting B．dangerous C．moving D．familiar
7.A．show B．scene C．site D．view
8.A．going B．heading C．coming D．leaving
9.A．happily B．wildly C．rudely D．angrily
10.A．rock B．sand C．tree D．water
11.A．principals B．villagers C．students D．climbers
12.A．questioned B．blamed C．instructed D．approached
13.A．examining B．visiting C．choosing D．clearing
14.A．security B．relief C．danger D．damage
15.A．for the moment B．at any minute
C．at one time D．for once
16.A．Taking B．Helping C．Demanding D．Leading
17.A．late B．unique C．nervous D．strange
18.A．occupy B．threaten C．swallow D．enter
19.A．legal B．quick C．united D．direct
20.A．someone B．only one C．anyone D．no one
It’s nearly 5 years since I worked in the company. I _______ in a school.
A．taught B．was teaching
C．am teaching D．had been teaching
Thank you for giving up your coffee break to help. I know you always need _________after three classes.
A．that B．one C．it D．this
According to a new study by a British’s university, learning ________ second language can lead to ________ increase in your brain power.
A．a; the B．不填; the C．a; an D．the; an
She spent four weeks which she could afford _______ around the country, promoting her new album.
A．to tour B．toured C．touring D．having toured
