To get a well-paid job,_____________.

  A. it is absolutely necessary of one to have a good education

B. one will surely have to have a good education

C. having a good education is something we will sure do

   D. a good education is surely something we can do without

Having retired from his business, he now ________ himself with the welfare of the disabled.

A. associates      B. charges    C. equips      D. occupies

On average, the footprints discovered are 14 to 18 inches long, 5-9 inches wide and much larger than _____ of a human.

   A. that          B. ones        C. those           D. one

The deadline for applications is 30 April. Do you think you can ______ it?

   A. set           B. reach       C. grasp           D. meet

All of us thought _________ no use talking about some unpractical matters frequently.

A. that          B. it          C. this          D. which

_______ , and he felt hopeless.

   A. Because Charles was sentenced to death      

 B. As Charles was sentenced to death

   C. Sentenced to death               

D. Charles was sentenced to death

---I think Maths is playing a more important part in the new test system. What about you?

   --- ______. We should be more devoted to it.

   A. No pains, no gains.      

B. Fact speaks louder than words.

   C. Great minds think alike.

D. Don’t claim to know what you don’t know.

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other   36  , including her "sixth sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's   37  anything.

Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,   38   that she doesn’t push too hard on them,   39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often   40   don't realize she's blind.

I   41   this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42   about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43   excited about her finger-painting project."Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to   44   colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle  45   with us.

To my great   46  , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, "Michelle told me my   47   showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really  48   what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt   49  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never   50  in conversation. When I told her, she was   51   for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla   52 . And I knew my child was  53   because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's   54  in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55  ." Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.A．ways       B．means        C．methods      D．senses

2.A．enjoyed        B．found        C．missed       D．lost

3.A．and            B．except       C．even     D．but

4.A．who        B．it           C．she          D．which

5.A．children       B．family       C．guests       D．friends

6.A．realized       B．heard        C．recognized   D．witnessed

7.A．sad            B．satisfied        C．excited      D．enjoyed

8.A．especially B．not so       C．a little     D．not at all

9.A．paint      B．draw     C．create       D．mix

10.A．stayed        B．painted      C．talked       D．played

11.A．excitement    B．encouragementC．delight      D．surprise

12.A．attitude      B．color        C．picture      D．paper

13.A．touched       B．distinguishedC．saw      D．understood

14.A．after     B．before       C．until        D．when

15.A．come up   B．turned out   C．referred to D．talked about

16.A．curious      B．quiet         C．puzzled      D．worried

17.A．cried    B．insisted     C．complained   D．informed

18.A．right        B．wrong     C．worried      D．uncertain

19.A．shortcomingsB．difficulties C．pride          D．description

20.A．paper      B．pens        C．hands       D．eyes

What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?

Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 21 years. Testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream — as well as for developing over 75 flavors (味道）.

Some people think that it would be easy to do this job: after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No — there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.

In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12℉. Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”

While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the color expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!

Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy — working at one cool job.

1.What is John Harrison’s job?

A. An official.               B. An ice-cream taster.

C. A chemist.               D. An ice-cream manufacturer.

2.According to John Harrison, to be qualified in the “cool field”, it is helpful to ______.

A. keep a diary of work         B. have a degree in chemistry

C. have new ideas every day D. find out new flavors each day

3.What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?

A. He stirs the ice cream.

B. He examines the color of the ice cream.

C. He tastes the flavor of the ice cream.

D. He lets the ice cream cool down.

Two years ago, the Funk family of suburban Chicago adopted a Chinese baby girl who had been abandoned on a sidewalk near a Yangzhou textile factory.

Last year and halfway across the United States, the Ramirez family of suburban Miami adopted a girl who had been abandoned a week later on the same spot.

Both families named their daughters Mia. It turns out, a first name and Chinese heritage aren’t the only things the three-year-olds have in common. The girls’ mothers—Holly Funk and Diana Ramirez—met on a website for parents who had gone through international adoptions. After a flurry of e-mails comparing photographs and biographical details, DNA testing proved the families’ suspicions: The girls are probably fraternal (手足般的) twins.

“I was in shock,” said Ramirez, who lives with her husband Carlos in Pembroke Pines, Florida. “Well, now this is for real.”

The Internet and Web groups revolving around international orphanages are increasingly being used to link adopted children with biological kin(亲属). The site that the Funks and Ramirezes used has a membership of 137 people, with 15 sets of twins and seven sets of siblings whose relationships have been confirmed.

At a reunion on Friday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Mia Diamond Funk Mia Hanying Ramirez shyly surveyed each other, then reached for each other’s hand.

DNA tests established an 85 percent probability that the girls are at least half sisters. Scientists did not have a biological parent to test and reach a greater certainty, but given their ages and physical similarities, experts say it is likely they are fraternal twins.

Douglas and Holly Funk hope to take Mia to Miami in October. Both sets of parents say they are committed to staying in touch and often let the twins talk to each other on the phone.

1.. Both the adopted girls shared a first name ________.

  A. because they both came from China       

  B. because of their physical similarities

  C. because their US parents suspected they were twins

  D. for no good reason

2. Why did the girls’ mothers meet on the Internet?

  A. To compare photographs of the two girls.

  B. To communicate with other people who had adopted children abroad.

  C. To test their suspicion.

  D. To exchange experiences on adopting children.

3.Experts are still not 100 percent sure that the two girls are fraternal twins because ________.

  A. DNA tests are still not accurate enough

  B. the two girls were born by different parents

  C. the DNA of a biological parent is still missing

  D. one girl is born a week later than the other

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

  A. Adopted Twins Reunited on Internet  

  B. Adopted Twins Live happily in the US.

  C. Suspicion Turned into Reality

    D. The Story of Adopted Twins and Their Parents