______ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A. Faced                   B. Face                C. Facing             D. To face

But more than a month passed, real winter had come, and everything was still clear in his memory as though he ________ with Anna only the day before.

A. was parted  B. has parted   C. had parted  D. had been parting

—Everything goes well__________?

    —Not really．

      A．does it                 B．doesn’t it             C．do they                  D．don’t they

.The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, ________ I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere.

     A．if          B．before      C．though         D．unless

You may catch up with others__________you work a little harder.

   A. so long as      B. so far as     C. however       D. unless

Do your spirits soar (猛增) on a sunny day? Do you relax at the sound of flowing water?

    Some scientists suggest that these contacts with nature are good for your health. In one study, hospital patients with a view of trees had shorter hospital stays and less need for pain medications. Another study indicated that prisoners with a view of the outdoors had fewer doctor visits.

    “Why do we desire nature? Maybe we’re programmed to need it, since our ancestors’ survival was so dependent on their connection with nature,” suggests biologist E.O. Wilson.

    Want to find out if contact with nature improves your outlook on life? Try a few of these ideas.

    Hang out a bird feeder and watch the birds that visit it.

    Sit down in the backyard or a nearby park. Close your eyes. What do you hear? Birds singing? The wind in the trees? Crickets (蟋蟀) chirping?

    Find an anthill. Sit down and watch the ants work.

    Take a walk right after a rainstorm. What looks different? Smells different?

    Go barefoot on a sandy beach.

    Open the curtains and the window, if the weather allows it.

    On a windy day, watch the trees.

    Go to a creek, river or park fountain. Listen to the sound of water in motion.

    Camp out in the backyard or at a nearby state park. Use a tent or sleep on the ground.

    Find a wide-open space to study the stars. Learn about the different constellations (星座).

    Raise a garden. Or plant some seeds in a flowerpot.

    Go hiking with your family. Talk about all of the colors you see in nature.

    Take a camera and capture your nature experience.

60. From Paragraph 2 we can learn that ______.

A. prisoners don’t like to go to the doctor when ill   B. trees can be used as pain medications

C. prisoners should often get out of prison to come into contact with nature

D. contacts with nature are very helpful for hospital patients

61. According to E.O. Wilson, we desire nature probably because ______.

A. it can help us feel relaxed

B. we have inherited (继承) from our ancestors who were dependent on nature

C. people have lived with nature for thousands of years

D. contacts with nature can improve a person’s outlook on life

62. The author gives us many ideas in order to let us ______.

A. find out if contacts with nature improve our outlook on life

B. hear birds sing and watch ants work

C. talk about the colors we see in nature   D. capture our experience in nature

63. From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. studying the constellations is important to everyone

B. you can know all the colors only by going hiking

C. nature is quite important to us    D. walking in a rainstorm can be very helpful

64. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Go hiking with your family.   B. Let nature nurture you.  

C. Visit your doctor less.        D. Watch the trees more often.

The Heritage (遗产) at Risk programme aims to understand the overall state of England’s heritage by assessing each of its different elements. In particular we need to identify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats. We will use this information to work out how to reduce those pressures and in turn to calculate the resources needed to make our unique heritage of historic places safe.

You can search for sites on the register by entering a site name, location, street or educational block in the box below.

Conservation areas

A nationwide survey of conservation areas indicates that approximately 1 in 7 is at risk from neglect (疏忽), decay (腐烂) or unpitying change.

Show your support for our campaign to save conservation areas from unavoidable decline and receive a free campaign pack by registering. There are some 9,300 conservation areas across England, meaning that we all live in or near to one or visit one regularly for work, shopping or rest. They are the element of England’s heritage that is all around us and which touches all of our lives. But until now no one had a clear idea what condition they were in.

Buildings

The task of assessing condition and risk started with buildings. Following a survey of all grades of listed buildings in London, English Heritage published in 1991 the first annual register of those at risk there.

The success of this London work led to the national buildings at risk strategy in 1998, and publication of a register of buildings at risk conversing all grade I and II listed buildings and structural scheduled monuments in the country, at risk and vulnerable (易受伤害的).

Parks & Gardens

    There are 1,600 entries on the current English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. Sites at risk have typically been diversely (不利地) affected by development and neglect; often they have been changed by development and are faced with major change. Sometimes development beyond the boundary of a registered landscape can be just as harmful as construction within its boundaries; this is especially true that development would influence designed views that extend beyond the chosen site itself.

72．The purpose of using the information to work out how to reduce pressures is to_______.

       A．assess each of English heritage’s different elements

       B．identify those that are facing the greatest pressures and threats

       C．calculate the resources needed to make heritage of historic sites safe

       D．help you to search for sites at risk on the register

73．It can be inferred from “Conservation areas” that conservation areas across England_______.

       A．are almost all at risk from neglect, decay or unpitying change

       B．can be entered with a campaign pack free of charge

       C．are in very close connection with our lives

       D．are in whatever condition people are sure about

74．The text mainly talks about_______.

       A．English heritage at risk  

       B．historic places of interest

       C．English heritage register 

       D．location of English heritage

75．According to the last paragraph, the bad effect development has on the sites at risk is that_______.

       A．it has changed the sites at risk with no intention

       B．it can sometimes cause harm beyond the registered boundaries

       C．it would affect the designed views instead of the chosen sites

       D．it has neglected the local people of special historic interest

On Feb. 6, Xi’an – Zhenzhou High – Speed Railway,_________first high – speed railway in_______West China, was put into operation.

       A．不填；the       B．the; the     C．the; 不填 D．不填；不填

. He ______to help me work out the problem, but I’d prefer to depend on myself.

   A. managed      B. offered      C. suggested        D. refused

 — May I help you?

— Yes, I'd like to try on some sports jackets just like___________I'm wearing. 

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