根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

56. We must do what we can to improve the living      （条件）of the people.

57. I am to ________ (责怪) for the accident.

58. This ________ (地毯) is made by hand. 

59. We know the boy who __________  (邮递) newspapers every day.

60. —Could you tell me the way to the mall?

—Sure. It is four ________（街区）from here. You can't miss it.

—Plastics are very useful, aren’t they?

—Yes, they are.

—Plastics are often used instead of natural materials.  51 

—I don’t think so. I prefer things made of natural materials.

—Don’t you know plastics are not only cheap but also light in weight?

—  52  But I don’t like man-made things. I feel clothes made of silk or cotton more comfortable than those made of plastics.

—  53 

—You make a mistake about me.  54 

—I’m sure with the development of modern science and technology there can be no trouble at all.

—  55 

—Well, we’d better leave this problem for scientists to discuss.

       A．Yes, I do.

       B．You think plastics should come out of use.

       C．I think plastics cannot completely take the place of natural materials anyway.

       D．I think plastics may do harm to people’s health.

       E．They are as good as natural materials. 

       F．They are being made and used almost everywhere

    G．It seems that you have something against plastics.

Dogs are social animals and without proper training, they will behave like wild animals. They will soil your house, destroy your belongings, bark excessively, fight other dogs and even bite you. Nearly all behavior problems are perfectly normal dog activities that occur at the wrong time or place or are directed at the wrong thing. The key to preventing or treating behavior problems is learning to teach the dog to redirect its normal behavior to outlets that are acceptable in the domestic setting.

One of the best things you can do for your dog and yourself is to train it to obey. Obedience（服从，顺从） training doesn't solve all behavior problems, but it is the foundation for solving just about any problem. Training opens up a line of communication between you and your dog. Effective communication is necessary to instruct your dog about what you want it to do.

Training is also an easy way to establish the social rank order. When your dog obeys a simple request of "come here, sit," it is showing obedience and respect for you. It is not necessary to establish yourself as top dog or leader of the dog pack by using extreme measures. You can teach your dog its subordinate（次要的） role by teaching it to show submission（屈从） to you. Most dogs love performing tricks for you to pleasantly accept that you are in charge. 

Training should be fun and rewarding for you and your dog. It can enrich your relationship and make living together more enjoyable. A well-trained dog is more confident and can more safely be allowed a greater amount of freedom than an untrained animal.

47．Behavior problems of dogs are believed to        

       A．worsen in modern society                    B．occur when they go wild

       C．be just part of their nature                 D．can’t be solved

48．Effective communication between a dog and its owner is_______        .

       A．an extreme measure in obedience training

       B．a good way to teach the dog new tricks

       C．the foundation for dogs to perform tasks

       D．essential to solving the dog's behavior problems

49．Why do pet dogs love performing tricks for their masters?

       A．To show their willingness to obey.      

       B．To show their affection for their masters.

       C．To avoid being punished.                  

       D．To win leadership of the dog pack.

50．What is the main idea of this passage?

       A．Methods of the dog’s obedience training.

       B．Methods of the dog’s feed.

       C．Behavior problems with the dog’s obedience training.

D．Communicating with your dog.

In recent years, especially during the 1960s, there was much discussion about “the brain drain（排干，流失）,” which dealt with the problem of students and learned people who left their own countries for other countries that offered better chances for study, research, and employment. For example, according to a report from U.N., between 1962 and 1966 more than 50 percent of all engineering graduates of Iran and 14 percent of Iranian scientists left their country for work abroad. Over 30 percent of Chilean engineers and 15 percent of Turkish physicians also went to work in other countries. Probably the greatest brain drain occurred among young scientists who had gone abroad to study. Many of them had planned to return to their countries to teach but chose to remain in more industrialized nations where they were able to continue their work and their research in fields in which there were no job possibilities at home. The countries that attracted most of these scientists were the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, and Australia.

Recent studies show that the brain drain to the United States may be decreasing. Many foreign scientists are going home again, and in some cases American scientists are leaving the United States for employment in other countries. The main reasons are that good jobs are becoming fewer here, money for national research has been sharply cut, and university fellowships reduced too. However, in the field of medicine the drain to the United States still goes on. Today more than one of every five American doctors is foreign – born, and several thousand foreign doctors immigrate to the United States each year. Over eighty countries have asked the State Department to send students who are skilled in important fields such as medicine back home when their study programs are over.

43．Which of the following is not the reason for “the brain drain”?

       A．Better chances of study                           B．Better research condition

       C．Good job possibility                             D．Good housing 

44．The brain drain to the United States may be decreasing mainly because             .

       A．many foreign scientists are ordered to return to their motherlands

       C．they don’t need any foreign scientists now

       D．the universities refuse to provide money for the foreign scientists

45．How many American doctors are foreign – born?

       A．More than 20 percent                              B．About half of them

       C．Several thousand                                     D．About 15 percent

46．Which is the best title for this passage?

       A．How to seek a job in the USA                   B．Doctors’ immigration to the USA

       C．The brain drain                                       D．A strange case

What’s on TV?

6:00   Channel 3     Let’s Talk! Guest: Animal expert Jim Porter

       Channel 5     Cartoons

       Channel 8      News

       Channel 9      News

7:00  Channel 3    Cooking with Cathy Tonight: Chicken with mushrooms

      Channel 5       Movie A laugh a Minute (1955) James Rayburn

      Channel 8      Spin (旋转) for Dollars!

      Channel 9      Farm Report

7:30  Channel 3      Double Trouble (comedy) The twins disrupt the high school dance

      Channel 9      Wall Street Today. Stock Market Report

8:00  Channel 3      NBA Basketball. Teams to be announced

Channel 8  Movie At Day’s End (1981) Michael Collier, Julie Romer. Drama set in World War II

Channel 9       News Special “Saving Our Waterways: Pollution in the Mississippi”

40. Which of the following programs is most likely intended for housewives?

   A. Let’s Talk!                          B. Wall Street Today

   C. Cooking with Cathy Tonight            D. Farm Report

41. If you’d like to watch a sports game , you could turn on the TV to _________.

   A. Channel 5 at 6:00                    B. Channel 8 at 7:00

   C. Channel 3 at 7:30                    D. Channel 3 at 8:00

42. Which is most probably the News Channel?

   A. Channel 3.      B. Channel 5.        C. Channel 8.          D. Channel 9.

While I was waiting outside my wife’s office building for her to get out of work, I saw a beggar coming my way from across the parking lot.

“I hope he doesn’t ask me for any money,” I thought.

He didn’t.

He came and sat in front of the bus stop, but he didn’t look like he could have enough money to ride the bus. After a few minutes he spoke. “That’s a pretty car,” he said, pointing to my car. He was ragged (衣衫褴褛), but he had an air of dignity about himself.

I gave him a smile and continued cleaning my car.

He sat there quietly as I worked. The expected asking for money never came. As the silence between us widened, it seemed that a voice inside me said, “Ask him if he needs any help.” I was sure that he would say “yes”, but I listened to the inner voice.

“Do you need any help?” I asked.

He answered in three simple but meaningful words that I shall never forget. We often look for wisdom in great men and women, and we expect it from those of higher learning and achievements. I expected nothing but a dirty hand from him, but he said three words that shook me.

“Don’t we all?” he said.

I was feeling high, successful and important above a beggar in the street, until those three words hit me like a shot.

Don’t we all?

I needed help. Maybe not for a bus fare or for a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only for a bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have achieved, you need help, too. No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help.

36. The story happened _________.

   A. outside an office building                      B. in front of a store     

C. near a post office                                D. on a bus

37. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The writer was waiting for his wife to get out of work.

   B. He thought the beggar would ask him for money.

   C. The beggar kept silent and didn’t ask him for money.

   D. The writer was shocked by the three simple words.

38. We can learn from the passage that _________ .

   A. we should expect nothing from a beggar

B. the writer felt depressed after he heard the beggar’s answer

C. it was the writer that started the small talk

D. the beggar, though ragged, said something meaningful

39. The best title of the passage is _________.

A. The Story of a Beggar         B. Three Words That Upset Me

C. Everyone Needs Help         D. Giving Help

When I was in seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town. Most of the  21   I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any visitors and nobody seemed to care about his  22  .

       I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine,  23 he responded with only an occasional squeeze（捏）of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).

       I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was gone. I didn’t have the   24  to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear that they might  25  me he had died.

      Several  26  later, when I was a senior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I  27   who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was   28  ! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie, With a(n)  29  look on his face, he replied yes. I 30   how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever   31 .

       He began to tell me how, as he lay there comatose（昏迷的）, he could hear me talking to him and could  32  me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Cillespie   33  believed that it was my voice and touch that had kept him alive.

       Although I haven’t   34   him since, he fills my heart with  35   every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.

21．A．money                B．energy                 C．time                    D．effort

22．A．interest                B．requirement         C．condition             D．thought

23．A．so                       B．even though         C．yet                      D．as if

24．A．right                   B．chance                C．courage               D．time

25．A．cheat                  B．tell                      C．remind                D．warn

26．A．days                   B．weeks                 C．months               D．years

27．A．realized               B．wondered            C．heard                  D．asked

28．A．great                   B．alive                    C．successful           D．lucky

29．A．happy                 B．uncertain             C．excited                D．proud

30．A．apologized           B．remembered         C．explained             D．told

31．A．dreamed              B．shown                 C．wanted                D．received

32．A．notice                 B．feel                     C．imagine               D．appreciate

33．A．hardly                 B．rightly                 C．firmly                 D．wrongly

34．A．forgotten             B．called                  C．missed                D．seen

35．A．joy                      B．regret                  C．respect                D．sympathy

 — Can I use your computer now?

     —________. It doesn’t work.

     A. That’s all right             B. You’re welcome     C. I’m afraid not     D. It doesn’t matter

 ________ this road and you’ll get to the cinema quickly.

     A. To follow                   B. Following               C. Follow                    D. Followed

 All the things         must be done well.

       A．worth to do                                            B．worthy of being done     

       C．worthy doing                                           D．worth of doing