People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

   A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount

The trees _____ in the storm have been moved off the road.

 A. being blown down   B. blown down  C. blowing down   D. to blow down

The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only__________, but students became more interested in the lessons.

    A．saved was teachers’ energy          B．was teachers’ energy saved

    C．teachers’ energy was saved          D．was saved teachers’ energy

The player kept on running ___ it was raining heavily.

A.if   B. although    C. until     D. in case

Walk along this road and you’ll find it on the night.Here “along” means ___.

A. down   B. in    C. with      D. on

As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to ______ the problem.

A. handle           B. raise            C. face             D. present

       Last year my sixth-grader daughter ,Elizabeth ,was forced to put up with science .Her education week after week ,contained mindless memorization of big words like “batholith” and “saprophyte” She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists who did things like “improved nuclear fu-sion（核聚变） “—never mind that she hasn’t the least idea of what nuclear fusion means .Eliza—beth did very well (she’s good at memorizing things ). And now she hates science .My eighth-grader son ,Ben ,also suffered from science education . Week after week he had to perform lab experiments with answers already known .Ben figured out how to guess the right answers ,so he got good grades .Now he hates science ,too.

       Science can provide an exciting way to develop children’s curiosity .Science education should teach ways to ask questions and week answers .But my children got the mistaken idea in school than science is difficult dull and has no relation to their everyday interests .

       As a physicist ,I am saddened and angered to see “the great science turnoff” I know that science is important in our lives .Yet studies prove that our schools are turning out millions of graduates who know almost nothing about and have almost no interest in science .What’s gone wrong ?Who is to blame ?

58．We learn from paragraph 1 that           .

A．the writer was proud of Elizabeth and Ben

B．both Elizabeth and Ben could become scientists

C．Elizabeth had to learn much about great scientists

D．Ben was good at trying new ideas in lab experiments

59．The writer thinks that in science education we should first        .

A．get students interested in the subject          B．answer students’ questions in delightful ways.

C．smooth out difficulties in lab experiments     D．explain the special terms clearly

60．By writing the text ,the author questions          .

A．the difficulty level of the science texts         B．the way science is taught in school

C．the achievements of famous scientists            D．students’ poor records in science classes

   It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.

   The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货），saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.

   I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.

   People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.

56. Why was the bike so important to the couple?

A. The man’s job was bike racing.                     B. It was their only possession.

C. It was a nice Kona 18 speed.                                D. They used it for work and daily life.

57. We can infer from the text that ____________.

A. the couple worked 60 hours a week.                     B. people were busy before Christmas

C. the stranger brought over the bike                D. life was hard for the young family.

58. How did people get to know the couple’s problem?

A. From radio broadcasts.                               B. From a newspaper.

C. From TV news.                                                  D. From a stranger.

59. What do the couple learn from their experience?

A. Strangers are usually of little help.               B. One should take care of their bike.

C. News reports make people famous.                D. An act of kindness can mean a lot.

     When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships（奖学金）. The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan’s West Side.

     At Power. Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young man who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city. Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly. As a first-year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then. But by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, Alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school All American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season.

     From then on be simply got better. Some rival coaches（对方教练）used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to. Wearing size 16D shoes and sucking a lollipop（棒棒糖）, Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups（擦板球）. Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans.

      When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely, Donohue protected his boy firmly. He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, and this suited Lew fine. He was not comfortable talking to grownups, perhaps because he towered over them. Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe. “People want you not for yourself,” Donohue warned him, “but because you’re a basketball player. Don’t forget that.”

57. Many schools offered Alcindor scholarships because_______.

A. he was young                                       B. he was hardworking

C. he was tall for his age                           D. he was skillful at playing basketball

58. Which of the following best describes Donohue as a young coach?

A. serious, popular and slow               B. tall, skillful and successful

C. kind, powerful and undefeated        D. well-known, strict and experienced

59. Why did some rival coaches take their teams away from the floor before Power warmed up?

A. Their teams refused to play Power. B. Their teams feared to see Alcindor.

C. Their teams would lose courage.      D. Their teams would lose interest.

60. What does the last paragraph mainly discuss?

A. How Donohue protected Alcindor from the press.

B. How Alcindor disliked meeting reporters.      

C. Why the press followed Alcindor closely.        D. Why the public wanted Alcindor badly.

22. The two boys fought and fought until one ______.

A. gave up          B. gave in                C. gave                 D. gave off