Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（马拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours ,breaking the record by adding 6 hours . Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.
The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. On the second night,they fell asleep as soon as they stopped.Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理学的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth nigth was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!
【小题1】Before this basketball marathon, the world record was      .

Crazy is our new normal. With two teenage boys and three little boys, our family is restless—to the baseball field, track field(田径场)and piano lessons. Even though we’ve limited each boy’s activities and try our best to defend our family time, it seems that we’re in a constant state of flight.

“Embrace it. Roll with it,” my husband, Lonny, says, “It’s going to be like this for a while.”

He is right. It’s likely that life will continue to go forward before it slows down. But I remembered the still, quiet days that our family used to enjoy. I missed long walks through the park when we held the boys’ little hands. I longed for(渴望) lazy Saturday afternoons under the tree in our backyard. I wanted to slip back a few years, when busyness was the exception and not the rule.

One night, after a particularly full day and evening games, our family gathered on the porch(门廊)for ice cream. Two parents, two teens, and three small boys piled on one old swing and a couple of rocking chairs. We were together, in one place, for a small slice of time.

The moon was full. The Mississippi River, flowing past our home, was smooth as glass. I wrapped my own arms around the son who sat on my lap and breathed deeply to inhale his little-boy scent(气味)—dirt and sweat. My heart was still and content(满足的).

I realized that while crazy is our new normal happiness is as usual. They may look different from before, but they are still there—even if they’re in the form of a single moment on the porch. Maybe I just need the eyes to see.

1.What does the author mainly talk about?

2.How did the author feel about life before the night sitting on the porch with the family?

3.The underlined word “inhale” in the fifth paragraph probably means ______.

4.Which of the following could describe the author’s present life?

5.Which of the following statements might the author agree to?

此题要求改正所给句中的错误。每题只有一个错误，按下列情况改正：此句多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该句右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线(＼)划掉。此句缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该句右边横线上写出该加的词。此句错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该句右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：此题没有正确的题。
Each boy and each girl were given a chance to compete in the game.
【小题1】        
The flowers in the field smell sweetly.
【小题2】_________
He made so rapid progress that he was praised by all.
【小题3】        
This is the tallest building which I have ever seen.
【小题4】_________
What will happen if you don’t have balanced diet.
【小题5】 _________
Seeing from the spaceship, the earth is a huge water globe.
【小题6】 _________
Great changes have been taken place in my hometown in the past ten years.
【小题7】 _________
I think it is wrong for you to stare at others.
【小题8】 _________
The doctors did all what they could to save the soldier.
【小题9】_________
The girl became very frightening at the sudden noise.
【小题10】_________

第二部分阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
阅读下例短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（马拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.
The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night,they fell asleep as soon as they stopped, Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理学的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!
41．Before this basketball marathon, the world record was       .
A．84 hours   B．86 hours   C．90 hours   D．96 hours
42．The first night was hard for the players because_______.
A．they were too excited      B．they only slept for a short time
C．no one watched them play      D．it was very long
43．“…the players looked as fresh as when they started.”Here “fresh”means_______.
A．不熟练的 B．兴奋不己的     C．精神饱满的     D．伤痕累累的
44．Which of the following is not true.
A．Some of the boys were hurt when they played
B．It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night
C．The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening
D．In the end, all the boys felt happy

第二部分阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）

阅读下例短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（马拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.

The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night,they fell asleep as soon as they stopped, Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理学的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!

41．Before this basketball marathon, the world record was       .

A．84 hours   B．86 hours   C．90 hours   D．96 hours

42．The first night was hard for the players because_______.

A．they were too excited      B．they only slept for a short time

C．no one watched them play      D．it was very long

43．“…the players looked as fresh as when they started.”Here “fresh”means_______.

A．不熟练的 B．兴奋不己的     C．精神饱满的     D．伤痕累累的

44．Which of the following is not true.

A．Some of the boys were hurt when they played

B．It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night

C．The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening

D．In the end, all the boys felt happy