Last year I travelled to Paris by plane. I was very excited because I knew I would meet a lot of interesting people and see some amazing things there. On the night before I left, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep at all. When I sat on the plane the next day, I felt very tired. I wanted to have a good sleep during the 9-hour flight. Unluckily, there was a baby sitting next to me. It cried and screamed during the whole trip. How could I fall asleep with all of that noise?
When I arrived in Paris at last, it was already 8 o’clock in the evening. I felt even more tired. After getting off the plane, I went to my hotel at once. I paid no attention to the beautiful evening scenery of Paris. I just wanted to have a good rest in my room. When I lay down on the comfortable bed, I fell asleep very quickly.
A sudden noise woke me up at midnight. I didn’t know what happened, so I turned on the light. What did I see? You wouldn’t believe it! I saw two mice playing on the floor!
What a terrible trip!
【小題1】How did the writer travel to Paris?

Rachel lived in a small town in America. She always wanted to help others when she was young. At the age of 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love. It uses hair donations to make wigs (假發(fā)) for children who have    1   their hair because of cancer or other illnesses. Rachel then asked her mother to cut her long hair and send    2   to the organization.
At 8, she learned that other children had no clean    3   in Africa, and she was shocked. When her school began    4   money to build wells (井) there, she asked her parents to    5  holding her birthday party. Also, she asked her friends each to donate $9 to the project in Africa    6   giving her birthday presents.
One year later, it was her    7   birthday on June 12. She made a    8   page on the Internet with a goal of $300. However, Rachel was able to raise only $200. This made her a little    9  .
Unluckily, Rachel was badly hurt in an accident    10   eight days. That was a terrible shock to her friends. They wanted to find some ways of showing    11   to her. They began donating on Rachel’s birthday page. Donations    12   her $300 goal quickly and kept rising.
When it was clear that she would    13   come back to herself（蘇醒）, her parents donated her organs (器官) to other children. They also donated her hair a    29   time to Locks of Love.
More    14   was being raised. The total donations soon reached $100,000, then $300,000. So far more than $850,000 has been raised from all over the world, including donations from the Africans who are moved (感動) by the little American girl.

News Review

Head- on Train Crash  On May 18, two trains had a head-on crash（相撞）near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.

Travel Time  Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000tourists

visited the place of great interest from April 29 to May 1, during the three-day holiday.

Brave Volunteer   Liao Zhi , a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.

Tomato Competition   A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April

16. The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shape, color and taste. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.

1.About  ________ people were hurt in the head-on crash.

A．18                                   B．29

C．60                                   D．250

2.A lot of people visited the Taishan Mountain________.

A．13 hours after the earthquake             B．on May 18

C．during the May Day holiday                D．on April 16

3.Liao Zhi, the dance teacher from________, came to Ya’an to offer help.

A．Huainan          B．Chengdu          C．Taishan           D．New York

4.The tomato competition in Anhui Province was held to________.

A．help the people in Ya’an                 B．save the people on the trains

C．forget the terrible time                   D．help grow better tomatoes

When Daniel woke up yesterday morning, he found he was a bit late for school, so he started running to catch the bus. Moments later, he saw a dog, but not its lead. He tripped over the lead and fell down. He jumped up quickly, went on running and got on the bus. After a while an old coach broke down in the middle of the road, and the driver couldn’t move it. It was eight o’clock, the middle of the rush hour, so it soon created a terrible traffic jam. The bus driver tried to go round the coach. Unfortunately a taxi was coming in the opposite direction. The driver tried to stop the taxi, but he couldn’t prevent the accident— the taxi crashed into the front of the bus! Luckily nobody was hurt.
When Daniel finally got to school out of breath, the Science lesson had been on for five minutes. Daniel said sorry to the teacher and sat at his desk. He reached out for his school bag— no, it was nowhere to be found.
“Where is my school bag?” Daniel was puzzled. Suddenly he realized that he had left it on the bus. Bad luck!
【小題1】What does the underlined word “tripped” mean?

A terrible earthquake happened in Wenchuan on May 12, 2008. 42 people lost their lives and homes. During those days, we could hear a lot of stories about 43. Here is 44 of them. After the earthquake, under a fallen building, some soldiers found that a 45 died in a very strange way. When they were ready to take her away, they were surprised to find that a baby in her arms was still 46. The baby was sleeping and 47 hurt(受傷) at all. Between the dead mother _48 the living baby, there was a cellphone (手機) with a short 49 on the screen, “My dear baby, if you can survive (幸存) , remember that I love you.” Everybody 50 when they read these words.
Besides this story, many other stories also moved (感動) us deeply. 51 these stories, we learn more about love.
You’re lucky if you’re loved by others. You’re great if you love others when you’re in danger.