_________ the problem of land erosion getting more serious, the government is searching for a way to deal with it.

A．As    B．With  C．When       D．Because

We ______ to move but are still considering which place to go to.

       A．are deciding          B．decided             

       C．have decided             D．had decided

With a lot of difficult problems________, the manager felt worried all the time.

A．settled   B．to be settled   C．settling   D．to settle

Hank Viscardi was 26 years old when he put on his first pair of long trousers and his first pair of shoes. For the first time he saw himself as he had always wanted to be a full five feet eight inches tall.

Hank had been born without legs. Until he was seven, his world was a world of repeated operations. At last he had not legs, but stumps（残肢）that could be fitted with a kind of special boots.

Out of the hospital, Hank often found people staring at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him “Ape Man” because his arms dragged（拖）on the ground.

He went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years instead of the usual twelve.

After graduation, Hank worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, Hank had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. Hank would soon have to use a wheel chair.

Hank felt himself go cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial（人造的）legs.

Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror and saw himself for the first time, five feet eight inches tall.

But this was not the end yet. He had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed the stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.

When World War Ⅱ came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, the man without legs.

It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is         .

       A．an average height for an adult（成人）

       B．too tall for an average person

       C．too short for an average person

       D．none of the above

Children laughed at Hank and called him “Ape Man” because             .

       A．he didn’t talk to them

       B．he kept away from them

       C．when he moved his arms touched the ground

       D．his arms were too long

The writer implies in the story that             .

       A．the Red Cross was only too glad to give him a job

       B．the Red Cross gave him a job because he was a good soldier.

C．the Red Cross gave him a job after he talked to somebody he knew in the organization

       D．the Red Cross was not willing to give him a job at first

When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers          .

       A．he did everything the other soldiers did

       B．he did most of the things the other soldiers did

       C．he did some of the things the other soldiers did

       D．he took some special training

The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi           .

       A．had no friends at all

       B．was a man with a strong will

       C．had lost his legs in an accident

       D．was not satisfied with his artificial legs

An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft(在空中) all night.

       Pilot Andre Borschberg eased the Solar Impulse onto the runway at Payerne airfield about 30 miles southwest of the Swiss capital Bern at exactly 9 a.m. (3 a.m. EDT) Thursday. Helpers rushed to stabilize the pioneering plane as it touched down, ensuring that its massive 207-foot wingspan didn't scrape the ground and topple(倾倒) the craft.

       The record feat(壮举) completes seven years of planning and brings the Swiss-led project one step closer to its goal of circling the globe using only energy from the sun. ‘We achieved more than we wanted. Everybody is extremely happy,’ Borschberg told reporters after landing.

       Previous flights included a brief ‘flea hop’ and a longer airborne test earlier this year, but this week's attempt was described as a ‘milestone’ by the team. The team said it had now demonstrated that the single-seat plane can theoretically stay in the air indefinitely, recharging its depleted batteries using 12,000 solar cells and nothing but the rays of the sun during the day. But while the team said this proves that emissions-free air travel is possible, it doesn't see solar technology replacing conventional jet propulsion(喷气推进) any time soon. Instead, the project's overarching purpose is to test and promote new energy-efficient technologies.

       Project co-founder Bertrand Piccard, himself a record-breaking balloonist, said many people had been skeptical that renewable energy could ever be used to take a man into the air and keep him there. ‘It’s a matter of time that people come to believe and understand about renewable energies,’Piccard said, adding that the flight was proof that new technologies can help break society's dependence on fossil fuels.

       The team will now set its sights on an Atlantic crossing, before attempting a round-the-world flight in 2013, making only five stops along the way. ‘It's absolutely not time to relax,’ said Piccard.

Title: A __________ in solar-powered flight and its background information

       _______ in the 1800s and first mass-produced in Germany, the harmonica(口琴) was designed to play simple folk tunes.

A. Being invented  B. Inventing   C. Invented     D. Having invented

Time ________ quickly. Three years passed before we knew it.

A. went by         B. went on                 C. went away            D. went off

I prefer a flat in the suburb to        in downtown , because I want to live near my Mom’s .

 A．one            B．that            C．it                D．this

Many of us have heard of the saying: everything is possible if you can just believe. But few of us really know the power of faith and perseverance(坚定).  South African swimmer Natalie du Tiot embodies(体现)those virtues.

   Du Tiot, 24, became the first swimmer to compete in both the Olympic Games and the Paralympics (残奥会)in Beijing. Although she finished 16^th in the tough 10km marathon in the able-bodied Games, she has collected three golds in the Paralympics so far.

   One of the most successful disabled athletes of all time, Natalie du Tiot was already a promising swimmer when she lost her leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001, at just 17.

   “There are a lot of dark moments,” she said, “There are some days when I cry. But I try to remember that better days are ahead. You just go on.”

    Within a few months, she was back in the swimming pool.

    She still completes and still succeeds. The only difference is she has switched to longer events—from 200m and 400m individual medley to 800m and 1,500m freestyle—to make up for her loss of speed with only one leg. But she made no adjustment to her mental look(精神面貌).

    “Going out in the water, it feels as if there’s nothing wrong with me. It doesn’t matter if you look different. You’re still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.”

     She is the owner of many world records, and she also won gold when competing against able-bodied swimmers in the 1,500m freestyle at the All African Games in 2007.

     But there is no magic recipe(秘诀) for success. It all comes down to hard work and determination. “She is stubborn, which is good and bad,” said her coach Karoly Von Toros. “Good for the swimming, but bad for the coach.”

     There is a poem that hangs on her wall that reads:

     The tragedy (悲剧)of life does not lie in not reaching your goals;

     The tragedy of life lies in not having goals to reach for.

Natalie du Tiot is a vivid example that____________________.

   A. you are what you believe

   B. your biggest enemy is yourself

   C. results are not so important as the process

   D. you must set reasonable goals or you will fail

According to the text , Natalie du Tiot became________________.

   A. the first athlete to compete with able-bodied swimmers in the world

   B. the youngest disabled swimmer to break the world record in the 1,500m freestyle

   C. the youngese disabled swimmer to collect three golds in a single Paralympics

   D. the first swimmer to compete in both the Olympic Games and the Paralympics

Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Natalie du Tiot？

   a. She won gold at the All Africa Games.

   b. She finished 16^th in the tough 10km marathon in the Olympics

   c. She adjusted herself to long events.

   d. A motorcycle accident disabled her.

   A. cdab               B. dcba             C. dcab          D.dacb

In dark moments it was_______________ that pushed her on.

   A. her coach     B. her family    C. hope and faith    D. her love of swimming

阅读下面短文，回答后面的问题。(共5小题；每小题2分，共10分。)

[1]The cigarette industry began in the 1870s with the development of the cigarette manufacturing machine. This made it possible to produce great numbers of cigarettes very quickly. And it reduced the price.

[2] Today cigarette smoking is a wide –spread habit . About forty percent of the adult men and thirty –one percent of the adult women in the US smoke cigarettes regularly. It’s encouraging to note, however, that millions of people have given up smoking habit. Seventy-five percent of the male population and forty-six percent of the female population have smoked cigarettes at some time during their lives, but twenty-six percent of these men and eleven percent of the women have stopped smoking. The number of the persons who have given up smoking is increasing.

[3]Income. education, and occupation all play in determining a person’s smoking habit. City people smoke more than people living on farms. Well-educated men with high incomes are less likely to smoke cigarettes than men with fewer yeas of schooling and lower income. On the other hand. If a well-educated man with a higher income smokes at all, he is likely to smoke more packs of cigarettes per day.

 [4]                     . There are slightly more smokers among women with higher family incomes and higher education than among the lower incomes and lower education group, These more highly educated women tend to smoke more heavily,

 [5]Among teenagers the picture is similar. High school students who are preparing for college are less likely to smoke than those who do not plan to continue their education after high school. Children are most likely to start smoking if one or both of their parents smoke.

What is the reason for the cigarette industry’s fast growth?(no more than 11words)

Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.

.What’s the general idea of Paragraph2 (no more than 10 words)

Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.(no more than 8words)

Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?

More and more people in the US have given up smoking.