One day I was walking home along the street with my iPod on, when suddenly my headphones(耳机) were knocked off my head and a man threw his arm around my neck, saying “Just be quiet.” I was being attacked, and this man’s arm was gripping (紧夹) onto me! I started screaming and tried to pull him off me, but failed. He was forcing me to walk towards the back of an auto repair shop and he just kept saying: “Be quiet.”
My mind froze with fear. Then I heard my great-grandmother’s voice in my head. She was saying: “Come on now, I know you are stronger than that!” She was the rock in our family until she died four years ago.
I have never had any self-defense(自卫) training, but I went for it—I let out a loud scream as I kicked my leg back into his shin(胫骨)! He let go of me and I ran off. When I looked back to see if he was running after me, I saw he was running in the opposite direction. Then I ran like crazy to a nearby drugstore.
I asked the girl at the counter for the phone and called my mom. She picked me up five minutes later and I explained what happened through sobs. “I am calling the police!” She exclaimed. When we got home, two officers were waiting for us and I told them what had happened.
After my experience, I was afraid to do anything. Things slowly got better, but I still don’t like anyone going near my neck.
The fear isn’t totally gone—after all, the guy is still out there somewhere. But I had a new understanding of my own strength. I never expected to be able to fight off an attacker. I am stronger than I realized.
1. How did the author get rid of the man?
A. Her great-grandmother came and helped.
B. She used all her strength to pull him off her.
C. Her loud scream scared the attacker and people came to help.
D. Her great-grandmother’s words gave her the strength to defend herself.
2. After the author escaped from the man, _________.
A. she called the police
B. she called her mother
C. she screamed to get more attention
D. she looked back to remember his appearance
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The accident left no influence on the author now.
B. The attack made the author more confident in a way.
C. The author Suddenly remembered some self-defense moves.
D. The author was so frightened that she did nothing to fight back.
4. What might be the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To show the importance of self-defense training.
B. To warn teenagers of possible dangers on the way to school.
C. To show how brave she was while she was being attacked at that time.
D. To share her experience and tell us that we are perhaps not as weak as we thought we were.
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often.achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a hole behind his house. As he was ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an . “What are you doing？” asked one of the .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy excitedly. The older boys began to , telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a while, the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is --to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you short of your aim, maybe you can say,“ Yes, but look at 52 I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have my life because I tried to do something!” is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the that really makes sense.
1.A.small B. big C. deep D. wide
2.A.working B. playing C. moving D. wondering
3.A.hand B. look C. tool D. order
4.A.visitors B. girls C. friends D. neighbors
5.A.dug B. answered C. admitted D. debated
6.A.laugh B. shout C. attack D. explain
7.A.dangerous B. illegal C. impossible D. unnecessary
8.A.took B. gave C. passed D. showed
9.A.excitedly B. happily C. confidently D. successfully
10.A.but B. or C. so D. and
11.A.good B. difficult C. clear D. common
12.A.with B. on C .for D. in.
13.A.road B. way C. path D. direction
14.A.every B. each C. all D. both
15.A.begin B. end C. start D. finish
16.A.reach B. fall C. find D. set
17.A.whether B. when C. where D. what
18.A.come into B. got into C. devoted to D. turned to
19.A.That B. This C. It D. There
20.A.life B. goal C. failure D. journey
— I’m afraid I can’t finish the magazine within the required time.
— _________.
A. Please go ahead B. That’s right
C. Not at all D. Take your time
--Come on, please give me some ideas about the project.
--With so much work filling my mind, I almost ______.
A. break in B. break out
C. break down D. break off
Only when I woke up______ what had happened.
A. I knew B. I did know
C. did I know D. had I known
The weather turned out to be very good, _________ was more than we expected.
A. which B. what C. that D. this
