______ hard work, he gained high achievements in that area．

A．Owe to           B．Owing to           C．According to           D．Stick to

Money can not _____ happiness．

A．take place         B．take place of        C．instead of          D．take the place of

What Junichiro Koizumi （小泉） should do is not to play homage to Yasukuni Shrine （靖国神社）, but to ______ to the Chinese victims．

A．make an excuse                                        B．make an attempt

C．make an apology                                             D．make an effort

She is such a girl ____ is always____ fault with other people．

A．that; finding          B．as; finding         C．who; seeking        D．as; seeking

The little boy was so careless with his spelling that she often______ letters from words．

A．left out        B．left behind         C．left off         D．left alone

Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a ____ of exercise．

A．limit          B．lack         C．need          D．demand

---- Smoking is bad for your health．

---- Yes, I know．But I simply can’t _____．

A．give it away        B．give it out      C．give it in          D．give it up

       It was a cool October evening．Excitement and family members __1___ the hall．I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __2___．Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would __3_ all my hard work in a dance of performance．Everything would be __4___ —so I thought．I waited backstage all __5__ in my black tights with a golden belt．In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies  __6__ that my class was next．

       My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the  __7___．All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box．I really was an  _8__ move．I was concentrating so much  __9___ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look  _10__ I was going．I missed my partner’s box altogether and __11__．There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes．I could hear giggles（咯咯笑） coming from the audience, and I felt the ___12___ rush to my face．I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ___13___．” I did my best to follow her ___14___ as I continued with the routine．

       When the curtain dropped, so did my __15___ for the evening．I ___16___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face．I ran backstage, but no one could __17__ me down．

       Recently I realized I had been a __18__ that night．I was __19___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage．__20___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face．Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too．

1．A．filled                   B．visited                C．attended             D．decorated

2．A．pressure             B．impression         C．debate              D．attention

3．A．take over            B．show off            C．look after         D．give up

4．A．reasonable          B．suitable             C．obvious            D．perfect

5．A．dressed up         B．folded up            C．covered up        D．mixed up

6．A．suggested           B．explained          C．announced          D．predicted

7．A．music                  B．audience          C．curtain            D．stage

8．A．easy                 B．active                C．adventurous      D．extra

9．A．containing            B．hiding                C．sharing             D．keeping

10．A．why                B．whether            C．where             D．what

11．A．wandered           B．slipped             C．waved              D．skipped

12．A．blood                 B．pleasure            C．pride              D．tear

13．A．leave                B．cheer               C．believe            D．notice

14．A．gesture              B．example           C．advice             D．plan

15．A．doubts              B．hopes              C．voice              D．patience

16．A．argued             B．shouted           C．begged            D．sobbed

17．A．turn                   B．calm             C．let                     D．put

18．A．star                   B．pioneer              C．loser                  D．fool

19．A．satisfied            B．moved                C．embarrassed       D．confused

20．A．However          B．Instead            C．In total           D．in return

       EDGEWOOD—Every morning at Dixie Heights High school, customers pour into a special experiment : the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs．

       Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates．Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries．

       By closing time at 9．20 a．m．, the shop usually sells 90 drinks．

       “Whoever made the chi tea, Ms．Schatzman says it was good, ”Christy McKinley , a second year student , announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher．

       The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition．Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school．

       They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs．They keep a timecard and receive paychecks , which they keep in check registers．

       Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia．

       Not that it was easy．Chevalier’s first problem to overcome was product-related．Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?

       Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped．She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition（营养）guidelines．

       The whole school has joined in to help．

       Teachers agreed to give up their lounge（休息室）in the morning．Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall．Business students designed the paychecks．The basketball team helped pay for cups．

1．What is the text mainly about？

       A．A best-selling coffee．                 B．A special educational program．

       C．Government support for schools．     D．A new type of teacher-student relationship．

2．The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to     ．

       A．raise money for school affairs           B．do some research on nutrition

       C．develop students’ practical skills          D．supply teachers with drinks

3．How did Christy McKinley know Ms．Schatzman’s opinion of the chi tea？

       A．She met her in the shop．              B．She heard her telling others．

       C．She talked to her on the phone．        D．She went to her office to deliver the tea．

4．We know from the text that Ginger Gray       ．

       A．manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton County

       B．sees that the drinks meet health standards

       C．teaches at Dixie Heights High School

       D．owns the school’s coffee shop

       Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws（爪）on its wings when young ．They build their homes about 4．6m above the river ,an important feature（特征）for the safety of the young．It is called the hoatzin．

       In appearance，the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside ．The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin．Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos．Its most striking feature , though, is only found in the young．

       Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip ．Using these four claws ,together with the beak（喙）,they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done．When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws．

       During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes．

1．What is the text mainly about?

       A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons．

       B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins．

       C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon．

       D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins．

2．Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that

       A．they look like young cuckoos           B．they have claws on the wings

       C．they eat a lot like a cow                 D．they live on river banks

3．What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?

       A．They had claws to help them climb．

      B．They could fly long distances．

       C．They had four wings like hoatzins． 

       D．They had a head with long feathers on the top．

4．Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?

       A．To find more food．                      B．To protect themselves better．

       C．To keep themselves warm．             D．To produce their young．