【正文】 tball team told me that I couldn39。t go on playing basketball because I was too short. But some days later, I saw her playing basketball again, practising even harder than before. I was curious（好奇的） and asked her the reason. My father told me if my dream is big enough, nothing can stop me. I was moved again.（1）Alice39。s school was not far away from the writer39。s home. （2）The writer was touched when he heard what Alice said in the third paragraph. （3）From the passage we know Alice was a hardworking girl. （4）Alice39。s father told her that she was too short to go on playing basketball. （5）Alice might give up playing basketball according to the last paragraph. 11．閱讀理解 Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid. About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their houses as much as possible. In 1749, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people for stopping thieves. They were like policemen and were called Bow Street Runners because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were about 120Bow Street Runners, but London had bee very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan （or London） Police Service was started with about 3, 000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses.Today, London police are quite well—paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even higher than for the others.（1）In 1700, the men who protected the streets in London were paid _______. A.a fewB.nothingC.a littleD.a lot（2）About 300 years ago, many people _______. A.wanted to leave LondonB.had big houses in LondonC.became policemenD.came to live in London（3）People didn39。t leave their houses because _______. A.they had no moneyB.they were afraid of losing moneyC.the city was not cleanD.they liked homes（4）The Bow Street Runners _______. A.stopped people from stealingB.stole moneyC.paid people for stealingD.stopped people riding horses12．閱讀材料，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。 A British man has learned the skills needed to perform Beijing Opera, making the audience （觀眾） enjoy his lively performance of the Monkey King. Ghaffar Pourazar, born in Iran, said he has been a big fan of Bruce Lee since he was a child and is full of interest about China. In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera performed in London by professionals from Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing. Ghaffar said he fell in love with the beautiful voices, colorful costumes, excellent shows and so on. So after one year, he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school. At the age of 32, he had to learn with teenage students every day, starting from the most basic training of the legs and waist. At the time, he was mostly troubled by the dialogue in Beijing Opera. To him, it was the biggest obstacle. But he never gave up. Four years later, he began to learn to perform the Monkey King, a traditional character from the Chinese classic story Journey to the West. He said he arrived in the workroom an hour earlier than other performers and also bought books and CDs to better understand the character. Ghaffar today is not only good a speaking Beijing dialect （方言） but has also built a fame for Beijing Opera. He once got a top international prize for performing the Monkey King. To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the United States, Britain and other countries. When he found that the language was difficult to understand, he started to translate Beijing Opera song lyrics. Ghaffar led a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the United States. He also led a 48member team to perform in Malaysia. In the past 10 years, he has performed in more than 400 shows.（1）In the year of 1994, Ghaffar began to ________. A.make friends with Bruce LeeB.take an interest in ChinaC.learn Beijing Opera in BeijingD.act the part of the Monkey King（2）The underlined word obstacle in Paragraph 3 probably means ________. A.chanceB.problemC.topicD.dream（3）It can be inferred from the passage that Ghaffar ________. A.is successful in performing Beijing OperaB.has written some books about Beijing OperaC.got a prize for translating Journey to the WestD.doesn39。t need any more members in his team（4）The passage is most probably from the part of ________ in a newspaper. A.sportsB.businessC.cultureD.education13．閱讀理解 Good Neighbours Mr. and Mrs. March lived together with their four daughters. Amy was very shy. Beth loved being at home. Meg looked very pretty. Jo was tall and thin and she was a tomboy. Their home was always busy and full of noise and people. Next to them lived old Mr. Laurence and his grandson, Laurie. They lived in a very large and fortable house. But it was a house without life. One day, Joe saw Laurie standing at an upstairs window in his house and looking down at