12．Would you mindexplaining （解释） this sentence to me？

11．以下是Nick Vujicic的基本信息，请根据这些信息和要求，写一篇英语短文，向某英语报社投稿．

项目	信息及要求
生日	1982年12月4日
出生地	澳大利亚
主要事迹	1．一生下来就没有双臂和双腿，但他学会了游泳、穿衣服、使用电脑等． 2.2l岁大学毕业后周游世界做演讲，与年轻人谈人生和梦想，至今有三百多万人听过他的演讲． 3．到过中国5次，2008年来成都帮助地震中的幸存者（ survivors）．
你从他的故事中学到了什么？	写一点即可．

注意：
1．所写内容必须包括上面提示的所有要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐字翻译；
2．词数：100个词左右；开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3．语句通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，字迹工整；
4．文中不得出现真实校名、姓名等其它信息，否则，不予评分．
 Nick Vujicic is a world-famous speaker．His experience inspires a lot of people in the world．Nick Vujicic is a world-famous speaker．His experience inspires a lot of people in the world．He was born on December 4^th，1982 in Australia．Unluckily，he was born without arms or legs，but he learnt to swim，get dressed，used a computer and so on．At 21，Nick graduated from university．Then he began to travel around the world to give young people speeches on life and dreams．He has spoken to more than 3，000，000 people so far．He has ever visited China for five times．In 2008，he visited Chengdu to help the survivors of the earthquake．
From his story，I have learnt that we should not give up when facing difficulties in our life．．

10．By the time Rihanna was seventeen，she had released （发行） her first album and had an international hit with her first single （单曲） Pon de Replay．
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael，Barbados in 1988．She grew up there with her two younger brothers．As a child，she loved singing．She formed her first group with friends from secondary school when she was just fifteen．In 2004friends introduced the group to American record producer Evan Rogers，who was on holiday in Barbados．Rogers thought Rihanna could be a star in America，so she moved there aged sixteen to take up music after she finished school．Rihhanna  lived with Rogers and his wife．Then she worked for Def Jam Recordings and started working on her first album，Music of the Sun．It came out at in 2005and got into the top ten．Over 69，000copies of the album were sold in the first week alone．It went on to sell over two million copies worldwide and Rihanna quickly became a big star．Her second album，A Girl Like Me，came out a year later and included the song SOS，which was her first number one hit in America．In 2007Rihanna brought out her third album，Good Girl Gone Bad，which had more dance music than the first two albums．
Rihanna sold more than fifteen million album and forty-five million singles worldwide between 2005and 2010，the most of any artist at the same time．However，she manages to find time for her charity work，too．She has performed in several concerts to raise money for charity and in 2006she created her Believe Foundation to help sick children．She also took part in Gucci's activities to raise money for children in Africa．
67．What had Rihanna released before she was seventeen？C
A．An album but no singles．
B．A single but not an album．
C．An album and at least one single．
D．Two album and a single Pon de Replay．
68．Why did Rihanna move to America？A
A．To try to become a famous singer．
B．To form her first music group．
C．To meet the record producer Evan Rogers．
D．To record her album，A Girl Like Me，with the help of Rogers．
69．Which is true about Rihanna's first album？C
A．It included her first number one hit in the US．
B．It sold 69，000 copies in total．
C．It made Rihanna a star．
D．It came out before she finished school．
70．It can be learnt from the text that RihannaB．
A．Wants to start a charity to help sick children
B．Has helped to raise money for African children
C．Has organized some concerts to raise money for charity
D．Is producing another album for her Believe Foundation．

9．Droughts （干旱）are common in Kenya．Before，they came every 10years，but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time．
We gave the droughts names："longoza"was the drought when many animals died； there was the drought of the"planes"because food was dropped from the air by planes； and one particularly bad drought was called"man who dies with his money in his fist （拳头）"，because，even if there was money，there was simply no food to buy．
I was born in 1951in Machakos．From what my mother tells me，when I was 7，there was a serious drought．I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger．I can't tell you how many times I went to bed without eating．"I slept like that，"is how we described it．I can't count the number of days when"I slept like that，"or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry，knowing I'd wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast．
My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit （赊欠）．Each night he would return home around 10：00p．m．My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water．I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling，along with the hopes that we would eat that night．But my father would arrive frustrated and empty-handed．And I would sleep like that．

59．The best title for the text isA．
A．A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts
B．Food and Hunger
C．Protecting the Environment
D．Droughts and Their Names
60．What does the drought of the"longoza"refer to （指代）？C
A．Many animals needed food dropped by planes．
B．People had to eat animals because of hunger．
C．Many animals died because of the droughts．
D．People died of hunger even if they had money．
 61．Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling？B
A．To wait for her father to come back to have supper．
B．To cook the food that her father would bring back．
C．To keep her house warm all night．
D．To make her hungry mother happy．
62．The sentence"I slept like that"means"D．"
A．I was disappointed when my father came back empty-handed
B．I felt sorry because my family got hungry again
C．I went to sleep with no food for breakfast．
D．I went to bed with nothing to eat．

8．Children laugh often and easily．But as we grow up，we laugh less and feel more stressed．Try laughing for no reason at all．That's how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world，and doctors now think that having a good laugh may be one of the best ways to stay healthy．The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai，India，in  June，1995by Dr Madam Kataria．"Young children laugh about 300times a day．Adults laugh between 7and 15times a day，"says Dr Kataria．"Everyone's naturally good at laughing．We want people to feel happy with their lives．"There are now more than 500Laughter Clubs in India and over 1，300worldwide．
Place：264North Main Street，East Longmeadow．We're in an office building near the entrance．Walk              down the hall and we're on the right．
When：Every Sunday afternoon from 3：45p．m．to 4：45p．m．
Cost：Free．Donation will be welcomed．
Ages：Adults from 18to 75．
Parking （停车）：If you're facing the building，the car park is on the right of the building．
Teacher：Robert Rivest．
More information，go to http://www．robertrivest．com．
If you want to feel like a kid again，try our Laughter Club．You will get used to it in five minutes and begin to laugh for real in ten minutes and sometimes you just can't stop!You'll experience deeper pleasure in half an hour．You'll meet other people who want more fun and laughter．And you will feel so relaxed in about one hour!
Come and join us for laughter and a fun social experience!

55．The text is aD
A．note            B．report         C．story           D．poster
56．How soon will you start laughing in the Laughter Club？B
A．In five minutes．
B．In ten minutes．
C．In half an hour．
D．In about one hour．
57．The main purpose of Paragraph 1 is toC
A．tell people where the first Laughter Club is
B．explain how laugh makes people stay healthy
C．show Laughter Clubs are popular in the world  
D．describe the reason why children laugh often and easily
58．Which of the following is true？A
A．When you go out of the Laughter Club，you should turn left for the car park．
B．You may stay in the Laughter Club for more than one hour．
C．Children can go to the Laughter Club with their parents．
D．You have to donate to join the Laughter Club．

7．Today，I want to tell you a story about something I did when I was 14years old．I made some friends in school （36）C they turned out to be bad．They were some boys who stole（偷盗） （37）A and sold them．Whenever we were stealing a bike，a boy named John would break the lock （38）B two other boys were watching out．Then one of us would（39）D the bike to a cave （洞穴）．The next day，we would meet there and repaint the bike．When we stole four or five bikes，we would sell them（40）D a few hundred dollars．
One （41）C  afternoon，we went to an apartment in Bukit Batok．We found a bike on the fifth floor and started to work on the（42）B．It was hard to break．We spent 10minutes（43）A it．We were about to escape with the bike when the owner of the bike came out of the elevator．"My bike!"he （44）C．
We dropped the bike and ran down but two policemen nearby（45）D us．We were taken to the police station．Our parents were called and our teachers were told what had happened．The police took down what we had done．The next day，a bright Sunday，I（46）C to  the Boys'Home．
Life in the Boys'Home was very hard but it（47）B me a very important lesson．I learnt that stealing was not right．At the Boys'Home，the officers helped me and encouraged me（48）A my ways．I decided to（49）D stealing．
To this day，I feel so（50）B  for what I have done．I hope you will learn something from my story．

36．A．and	B．or	C．but	D．so
37．A．bikes	B．books	C．Suitcases	D．backpacks
38．A．When	B．while	C．sin	D．after
39．A．fetch	B．Pull	C．fill	D．take
40．A．To	B．with	C．by	D．for
41．A．Tuesday	B．Friday	C．Saturday	D．Sunday
42．A．floor	B．lock	C．elevator	D．bike
43．A．breaking	B．to break	C．break	D．broken
44．A．said	B．walked	C．Shouted	D．stopped
45．A．saw	B．pointed	C．impressed	D．caught
46．A．sent	B．was sending	C．was sent	D．would send
47．A．offered	B．taught	C．told	D．passed
48．A．to change	B．change	C．to keep	D．keep
49．A．pick up	B．put up	C．look up	D．give up
50．A．scared	B．sorry	C．confident	D．excited．

6．-Let's plan a surprise party for our class．What's your idea？
-Why not ______ a short play？（　　）

A．

get on

B．

keep on

C．

have on

D．

put on

5．Of the two sisters，Lucy is _____ one，and she is also the one who loves to be quiet．（　　）

A．

a younger

B．

a youngest

C．

the younger

D．

the youngest

4．-What are you packing so many books for，Grandma？
-I'll ______ to the kids in West China．（　　）

A．

give them up

B．

give them away

C．

give them off

D．

give them in

3．-Listen．Is that Millie playing the violin in the art room？
-No．It _______ be her．She has gone to the teachers'office．（　　）

A．

may not

B．

mustn't

C．

needn't

D．

can't