opened hospital to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors could learn about new treatments.
Dr. Bethune worked very hard without stopping to 5 . Once, he performed operations 6 69 hours without stopping, and saved 112 people. He 7 working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not take care of his 8 .
Dr.Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made 9 a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is 10 remembered in both Canada and China.
36.A. is B. was C. has been D. be 37.A. doctor B. nurse C. teacher D. worker 38.A. understand B. believe C. help D. count 39.A. little B.few C.much D. many 40.A. rest B. act C.agree D. think 41.A.from B. since C. with D.for 42.A. allowed B. continued C. forgot D. stopped 43.A. face B. leg C. foot D. hand 44.A. his B. he C. him D. one 45. A. still B. never C. hardly D.regulary
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三、阅读理解（20分）
A
◆ Mo Yan---- Born in 1955. Worked hard and became the first Chinese national writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature(诺贝尔文学奖).His novel : Red Sorghum (红高粱)
◆ Yao Ming ---- Born in 1980 in Shanghai. The son of two great basketball players. Joined the Houston Rocket in June, 2002.
◆ Liu Yang---- Born in 1978 in Henan Province, China. The first Chinese woman astronaut. Traveled in Shenzhou Ⅸ in outer space with Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang from June 16th,2012 to June 29th,2012.
◆ Jay Chou ---- Born in 1979 in Taiwan, China. A popular singer. Favorite music: Hip-Hop
46.YaoMing played basketball in _______ after 2002. A. Germany B. Canada C. America D.England 47.Red Sorghum is the name of _______.
A. sport B. song C. magazine D. novel
48.LiuYang, Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang traveled in outer space for _____ days. A. 11 B. 12 C. 14 D.15 49. According to the passage, the _____ was born in 1979. A. writer B. astronaut
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C. basketball player D. singer 50.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Liu Yang is the first Chinese woman astronaut from Henan, China B. Jay Chou is from Taiwan, China
C. Mo Yan is the second writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature D. Yao Ming’s parents are both basketball players.
B
People have strange ideas about food. For example, tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it . But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their garden because tomato plants are so pretty. So they thought the vegetables were poisonous(有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honoured guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honoured guests about the fact.
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51.Tomato is a kind of _______.
A. poisonous fruit B. poisonous vegetable C. tasty fruit D. tasty vegetable
52. After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is TURE ? A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes. 53.Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good for eat _______ A. while he was in Paris B. when he was a little boy C. because his parents told him so D. from books
54.From the passage we know all the honoured guests invited by Jefferson were_______
A. people from other countries B. from France C. people of his own country D. men only
55.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE ?
A.None of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.
B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was
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nice.
C. President Thomas Jefferson knew that tomatoes weren’t good to eat but not poisonous at all
D. All of the guests didn’t know that their president would serve his honoured guests “poison apples”
四、任务型阅读（10分）
①Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706. He is remembered as an inventor, writer, statesman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
His father was a soap-maker and candle-maker with a large family. At the age of 10,Ben was taken out of school and put to work in the shop.
The Franklin family lived near the water, so Ben learned to swim well and row small boats. But all great people were kids once and got into trouble. In writing about his life, Franklin wrote that he was a leader among the boys in his neighbourhood and something led them into troubles.
There was a salt marsh nearby. Ben decided to build a wharf (码头) there, so that they could stand on it to fish. He showed his friends many stones, which were used for a new house. That evening, when the workmen were gone, he asked his friends to take all the stones away to build their wharf. Soon , Ben and his friends were discovered and several of them were corrected by their fathers.② And though Ben explained the usefulness of the work, his father told him that nothing was useful
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