________ ways to be more gentle with the earth, or we’ll be punished.

A．To find             B．Having found           C．Finding           D．Find

Tom looked at Mary, with tears ________ his eyes, and shouted out the words ________ in his heart for years.

A．filling; having been hidden                           B．filled; hiding

C．filled; hidden                               D．filling; hidden

I was studying theater at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and feeling anxious and uncertain about my future. Will I be able to support myself? I __1__. That summer, I decided to see if I could __2__ it on my own.

       Two girlfriends and I got into a car and __3__ to Aspen, Colo, where I found a job as a servant at a hotel. I don’t remember what I __4__, but the money was so little that I lived on noodles, brown rice and hamburgers.

       I was at the hotel by six o’clock every morning to __5__ with breakfast. When breakfast was finished, I cleaned the room __6__ it was served and then the conference rooms and restrooms. I had never been in a men’s room before, and I was always terrified of someone walking in while I was on my knees ____7___ the floors and toilets.

       I came from an upper-middle-class background, and my parents’ friends always treated me __8__. But now that I was a servant, I found that many of the guests of the same background were not so nice. That was a __9__.Guests were supposed to(应该/理应) serve themselves at the breakfast; it was my __10__ to walk around the room and refill coffee and juice. But some people wanted me to do __11__ for them. I remember one man who kept __12__ me to get his food and demanding things we did not __13__. He was also very critical(吹毛求疵). Even though I wanted to say, “Go and get it yourself.” I knew it was my job to be __14__ and do in a nice way whatever I was told. So I’d take a deep __15__ and somehow get what he wanted.

       Still, I’ve never forgotten how it felt to be spoken to so __16__. Today, whenever I am in a cab or a restaurant, I always try to be as __17__as possible. Service-industry jobs are not easy, and they’re even __18__ when people treat you like dirt.

       My first job also helped me gain confidence. After that summer I realized that what I had been afraid of in acting was failure. I now knew that it would be worse if I failed at it without__19__ trying. I decided to give it all my energy. If I __20__, at least I would always know that I had done my best.

1．A．knew                    B．guessed               C．wondered            D．understood

2．A．make                    B．give                    C．work                  D．take

4．A．did                       B．found                  C．learned                D．earned

5．A．cook                     B．deal                     C．help                    D．come

6．A．what                     B．that                     C．when                  D．where

7．A．cleaning                B．repairing              C．destroying           D．marking

8．A．badly                    B．well                    C．friendly               D．hard

9．A．danger                  B．chance                C．shock                 D．pleasure

10．A．turn                    B．honor                  C．chance                D．job

11．A．anything              B．everything           C．nothing               D．something

12．A．ordering              B．wanting               C．begging               D．persuading

13．A．give                    B．get                      C．serve                  D．like

14．A．busy                   B．ready                  C．fast                     D．quiet

15．A．walk                   B．note                    C．breath                 D．rest

16．A．rudely                 B．nicely                  C．nervously            D．angrily

17．A．cold               B．thoughtful        C．rude               D．doubtful

18．A．nicer                   B．harder                 C．ruder                  D．worse

19．A．really                  B．hardly                 C．suddenly             D．kindly

20．A．succeeded          B．achieved              C．failed               D．worked

We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe did not know anything about tea. Some people had heard about it, however, very few of them knew what to do with it.

There is a story about an English sailor who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He had been to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered them brown tea-leaves. The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea leaves.

At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”

“I boiled it as you said.”

“And what did you do with the water?”

“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.

“Now you may throw away the leaves, too.” said her son.

1．More than three centuries ago, _____________.

A．most Europeans began to drink tea

B．some people in Europe drank tea every day

C．only a few people drank tea

D．few people in Europe knew about tea

2．The sailor ______________.

A．gave his mother some tea as a gift         B．didn’t know what to do with the tea

C．offered to hold a “tea party”                 D．told his mother what to do with the tea

3．At the tea party, the mother ____________.

A．gave her friends some tea                     B．sell her friends some tea

C．asked her friends to eat the tea-leaves    D．suggested throwing away the tea

4．The old woman made a mistake, ______________.

A．so she threw the tea away

B．because she didn’t know what to do with the tea

C．and nobody was fond of drinking tea

D．for she boiled the tea

Leeds, England—A Leeds University professor is teaching a course to help dozens of people to forgive their enemies.

   “The hate we hold within us is a cancer,” Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure (血压)and heart disease.

   More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop in London. The course, he says, is the first of its kind in the world.

  These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realized their hate is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

   The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every two weeks.

   The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. “People have lots of negative attitudes toward forgiveness,” he said, “forgiveness is not forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.”

   Hart explained that the main idea of their training is to give us guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect us, and how to change our attitudes towards the person you are angry with,” said Norman Claringbul, a senior expert on the project.

   Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people want to “get free of the past”.

1．What does Hart mean by comparing “hate” to “a cancer”?

     A．Hate may lead to a cancer.

     B．Hate is a feeling that is hard to get over.

     C．Hate will grow with time passing.

     D．Hate will do harm to those who hold it inside

2．From the passage we know that __________.

     A．high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hate

     B．high blood pressure can only be cured by the professors

     C．without hate, people will have less chance to develop high blood pressure and heart disease

     D．people who suffer from high blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

3．According to Professaor Hart, if you are angry with somebody, it is better __________.

     A．to try your best to defeat him or her

     B．never to meet him or her again

     C．to think of the matter in a different way

     D．not to think of him or her any more

4．In Hart’s 20-week workshop, people there can __________.

     A．talk with those they hate

     B．learn to get rid of their anger

     C．enjoy professor’s speech

     D．forget what they did in the past

5．The author wrote this passage in order to __________.

     A．persuade us to go to Hart’s workshop

     B．tell us the news about Hart’s workshop

     C．tell us how to run a workshop like Hart’s

     D．help us to look at various kinds of angers

Put yourself in these tourists’ position. You are walking on an icy mountain path in the Alps in Europe. Suddenly you discovered a body on the ground, face downward and stuck to the ice. You think someone may have been murdered or in a fatal accident. So you rush back and call the police. The police, however, quickly realize that this body is different from others they’ve found on the mountain. For one thing, it is mostly undamaged. For another, its skin is dried out, like a mummy’s. And with it is a knife with a small stone knife.

The body turned out to be much older than the tourists could have guessed. When scientists had a chance to examine it, they discovered it had been there for about five thousand years!

How could a body stay undamaged for all this time? Two things probably helped. First, the place where the man died was somewhat sheltered, so animals couldn’t get at it. Then he was quickly covered by falling snow. Wind blowing through the snow probably “freeze-dried” his body, removing all moisture from it.

Objects found with the body told something about the Iceman’s life. He wore a well-made fur jacket and trousers. He clearly had been hunting, for he carried arrows, and animal bones were nearby. He also had a grass cushion for sitting or sleeping on. Perhaps he was exhausted when he lay down for the last time.

The body was found in 1991, when some of the ice on the mountain melted. Searching for the cause of the Iceman’s death, scientists put the body back into cold conditions — and hoped they were able to work out the mystery.

1．The best title for this passage might be __________.

     A．What Life Was Like Five Thousand Years Ago

     B．The Frightened Tourists

     C．The Mysterious Iceman

     D．The Mystery of the Alps

2．The time of the year that the Iceman died was probably ____________.

     A．early fall            B．late spring         C．summer            D．winter

3．In this passage the word “moisture” means ___________.

     A．skin B．nutrition    C．water       D．heat

Dear Carol,

  I wear braces (牙箍) and I know I look just terrible in them. Is there anything I can do to improve my appearance until they come off?

                                                       Connie N.

Philadelphia, PA

Dear Connie,

  Start by thinking about how good you are going to look when your braces come off. If you are negative about your appearance, people will pick that up right away about you. In the meantime there are several things that you can do to lift your spirits:

l         Change your hairstyle. Be sure to get a good cut so that the shape of your hair will make your face prettier and also good for your type of hair (fine, thick, straight, curly, etc.) Choose a hairstyle that draws attention away from your face. Hair pulled back into a pony-tail or into a ball on top or slightly off-center can be attractive and practical for this purpose.

l         Keep skin clean. If you choose to wear makeup, it should look natural. Blusher(腮红) and lipstick in light color of peach or pink are best.

l         Be well-groomed（梳洗整洁的）. Neatness really counts. People see a total look about you before they ever become aware of your braces. And first impressions are lasting ones!

                    Carol

1．Why did Connie write to Carol?

       A．Because she really care about her clothes.

       B．Because she cared much about her appearance.

       C．Because her teeth were not good.

       D．Because she didn't know how to make up.

2．Carol's idea about one's appearance is ______.

       A．change your hairstyle and you will look beautiful

       B．keep your skin clean and you will look good

       C．neatness really counts

       D．if you yourself don't think you look smart, neither will other people

3．Carol tries to let Connie know that _______.

       A．the deepest impressions one leaves on others is the first ones

       B．spirits are important when we talk about one's appearance

    C．there are some practical ways to draw people's attention away from where you don't feel good

    D．all of the above

4．The underlined word “count” means ________ in the passage.

A．say numbers in order                        B．be of importance    

       C．not include                                      D．be accepted

To find out what the weather is going to be, most people go straight to the radio, television, or newspaper to get an expert weather forecast. But if you know what to look for, you can use your own senses to make weather predictions.

There are many signs that can help you. For example, in fine weather the air pressure is generally high, the air is still and often full of dust, and faraway objects may look unclear. But when a storm is stirring up, the pressure drops and you are often able to see things more clearly. Sailors took note of this long ago and came up with a saying: “The farther the sight, the nearer the rain.”

Your sense of smell can also help you discover weather changes. Just before it rains, odors(气味) become stronger. This is because odors are repressed (抑制) in a fair, high-pressure center. When a bad weather is coming, air pressure lessens and odors are set free.

You can also hear an coming storm. Sounds bounce(弹回) off heavy storm clouds and return to earth with increased force. An old saying describes it this way: “Sound traveling far and wide, a stormy day will betide.”

And don’t feel funny if your grandmother says she can feel a storm coming. It is commonly known that many people feel pains in their bones when the humidity(湿度) rises, the pressure drops, and bad weather is on the way.

1．he topic of this passage is ___________.

     A．expert weather prediction

     B．seeing coming storms

     C．old sayings about weather

     D．using the senses to discover weather changes

2．According to the passage, as a storm approaches, faraway objects look ___________.

     A．unclear because of dust in the air

     B．clearer because air pressure is high

     C．clearer because air pressure is dropping

     D．dark because of cloud storms

3．In the last paragraph, the writer implies that ___________.

     A．the idea of feeling a coming storm is foolish

     B．older people know a lot about weather

     C．it’s impossible that people feel aches when a storm is coming

     D．it’s definitely true that some people can feel coming weather changes

4．The writer quotes the old saying “The farther the sight, the nearer the rain” in order to ___________.

     A．show how foolish and untrue such sayings were

     B．show that this observation, made long ago, is true

     C．make the reader believe that expert predictions are not reliable

     D．explain why you can’t see clearly when the rain is coming

单词拼写.根据所给汉语提示或首字母用适当的单词完成句子。

1．He______________ (低声说)to me that I had passed the exam.

2．I lost my way on the way to the hotel.  ______________ (此外), it was getting dark.

3．Rockets often carry ______________ (科学) instrument into space.

4．Terry was late for school yesterday but he didn't ______________ (解释) why to the teacher.

5．Mr. Smith is a _____________ (幽默) person, because he has a born ability to make people laugh.

6．Ocean Park is d______________ into two sections: the Headland and the Lowland.

7．He has very s______________ eyes; he catches sight of things very quickly.

8．They held a debate about which b______________ of science is the more important, biology or chemistry.

9．People use telescopes to o______________ the stars and planets.

10．Not knowing what to do, I s______________ advice from my parents and friends days ago.

单句改错.

下列句子中每句有一处错误，请按照要求在题中标出错误，并改正。

若多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在对应横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

若缺一个词：在缺词处用一个漏字符号（∧）,在对应横线上写出该加的词。

若错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在对应横线上写出改正后的词。

(注意：每句有且只有一个错误)

1．I still remember the day when we spent together．                      1．___________

2．There we can experience almost anything without risk injury.                    2．___________

3．Ted got up such late that he didn’t catch the early bus.                              3．___________

4．He together with his friends are going to see the film “Harry Potter”.         4．___________

5．A theme park is one that both entertains and educate.                               5．___________

6．She is the teacher who is praised at the meeting yesterday.                        6．___________

7．It is 5 years before he left school.                                                           7．___________

8．There seems no point work on his PhD．                                                8．___________

9．It has been a long day. I can’t keep my eyes opened.                                9．___________

10．Science is often misunderstand by most people. 10．__________