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As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and shabby, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe, supervised activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop youngsters’ physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $5 an hour. “Playgrounds are dirty, not supervised,” says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N.Y., part of a Kansas City-based chain. “We’re indoors; we’re padded(铺上软垫); parents can feel their child is safe.”
Discovery Zone has sold 120 outlets in the past 14 months, boasting sandboxes full of brightly colored plastic balls, mazes(迷宫), obstacle courses, slides and mountains to climb. Now McDonalds is getting into the act. The burger giant is test-marketing a new playground, Leaps&Bounds, in Naperville, Ill. Phys Kids of Wichita has opened one center and has plans to expand.
American parents are rightly worried about their kids leisure life. There are 36 million children in the U.S. aged 2 to 11 who watch an average of 24 hours of TV a week and devote less and less energy to active recreation. Nationwide decrease in education budgets are making the problem worse, as gym classes and after-hours sports time get squeezed. Says Discovery Zone president Jack Gunion: “we have raised a couple of pure couch potatoes.”
In an attempt to attract more people , the new facilities cater to the concerns of two-earner families, staying open in the evenings, long after traditional public playground have grown dark and unusable. At Naperville’s Leaps&Bounds, families can play together for $4.95 per child, parents free. Fresh-faced assistants, dressed in colorful sport pants and shirts, guide youngsters to appropriate play areas for differing age group.
These new playground are not meant to be day-care facilities; parents are expected to stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At some of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special supervised programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner.
The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-career families and two-hour commutes: play with their kid. That, at least, is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates.
68. What is this article mainly talking about?
A. Children can play in the public playground without parents’ care.
B. The fast development of Discovery Zone.
C. A new type of playground for kids.
D. The decay of outdoor playground.
69. According to the article, which of the following is true to the new playground?
A. The cost is high for a family.
B. It’s a place where kids can watch TV while eating potatoes.
C. It doesn’t allow parents to leave their kids.
D. It’s a place where parents can play together with their kids.
70. What does the writer mean by saying “old-fashioned”?
A. The so-called new playground is outdated.
B. the new playground offers a fashion which is popular in the past.
C. The new playground is also enjoyed by old people.
D. The new playground is actually enjoyed by parents
71. What is the writer’s attitude toward the new playground?
A. Agreeable.         B. Indifferent.        C. Objective.         D. Neutral.

第二节：完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

Form the very beginning ,the girl's family objected strongly to her dating this guy(小伙子).Though the girl loved the guy___36_____, she always asked him: "How deep is your love for me? "As the guy was not good at words , this often caused the girl to be very ____37_____.

     After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ____38______his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to _____39____her for the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, Her family finally ____40_____.Before he went abroad, they got engaged. They often sent their ____41_____through e-mail and phone calls. Though it was hard, both never thought of giving up.

     One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was ___42______by a car. The collision (碰撞)on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. The girl did not want to be a(n) ____43______to him, she ____44______to him saying that she did not wish to wait any longer, with the letter, she sent the ring back to him.

     The girl decided to move away, hoping that she could completely forget____45_____. In the new environment, the girl learnt the _____46_____and started a new environment, she told herself every day that she must ___47______the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he was_____48______. She asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her. Since then, there wasn't any more ____49______of him.

     A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ____50______an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered(打击).When she opened the letter, she saw her own ___51_______in it. She was about to ask her friend what was the matter ____52______she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used the sign language telling her, "I've spent a year ____53_____the sign language. I want you to know I haven't forgotten my____54______. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I love you ."With these, he slipped the _____55_____back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.

36. A. deeply         B. affectionately       C. gently       D. kindly

37. A. pleasant        B. foolish            C. upset        D. happy

38. A. add           B. expand            C. do           D. further

39. A. take care of    B. get along with       C. wait for      D. keep in touch with

40. A. gave up       B. gave in            C. gave away     D. gave out

41. A. words         B. letters             C. secret        D. love

42. A. blown down    B. broken down       C. knocked down  D. torn down

43. A. burden        B. package           C. weight         D. obstacle

44. A. explained to    B. wrote to           C. replied to      D. spoke to

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

46. A. sign language   B. native tongue      C. Braille         D. foreign language

47. A. remember      B. forget            C. leave          D. miss

48. A. away          B. out              C. back          D. in

49. A. sense          B. report            C. advice         D. news

50. A. containing      B. including         C. owning        D. combining

51. A. photo          B. name            C. promise        D. agreement

52. A. while          B. so               C. until          D. when

53. A. teaching       B. learning           C. writing        D. creating

54. A. promise       B. permission         C. dream         D. desire

55. A. card          B. letter              C. envelope      D. ring

第二节：完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

Form the very beginning ,the girl's family objected strongly to her dating this guy(小伙子).Though the girl loved the guy___36_____, she always asked him: "How deep is your love for me? "As the guy was not good at words , this often caused the girl to be very ____37_____.

     After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ____38______his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to _____39____her for the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, Her family finally ____40_____.Before he went abroad, they got engaged. They often sent their ____41_____through e-mail and phone calls. Though it was hard, both never thought of giving up.

     One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was ___42______by a car. The collision (碰撞)on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. The girl did not want to be a(n) ____43______to him, she ____44______to him saying that she did not wish to wait any longer, with the letter, she sent the ring back to him.

     The girl decided to move away, hoping that she could completely forget____45_____. In the new environment, the girl learnt the _____46_____and started a new environment, she told herself every day that she must ___47______the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he was_____48______. She asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her. Since then, there wasn't any more ____49______of him.

     A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ____50______an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered(打击).When she opened the letter, she saw her own ___51_______in it. She was about to ask her friend what was the matter ____52______she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used the sign language telling her, "I've spent a year ____53_____the sign language. I want you to know I haven't forgotten my____54______. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I love you ."With these, he slipped the _____55_____back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.

36. A. deeply         B. affectionately       C. gently       D. kindly

37. A. pleasant        B. foolish            C. upset        D. happy

38. A. add           B. expand            C. do           D. further

39. A. take care of    B. get along with       C. wait for      D. keep in touch with

40. A. gave up       B. gave in            C. gave away     D. gave out

41. A. words         B. letters             C. secret        D. love

42. A. blown down    B. broken down       C. knocked down  D. torn down

43. A. burden        B. package           C. weight         D. obstacle

44. A. explained to    B. wrote to           C. replied to      D. spoke to

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

46. A. sign language   B. native tongue      C. Braille         D. foreign language

47. A. remember      B. forget            C. leave          D. miss

48. A. away          B. out              C. back          D. in

49. A. sense          B. report            C. advice         D. news

50. A. containing      B. including         C. owning        D. combining

51. A. photo          B. name            C. promise        D. agreement

52. A. while          B. so               C. until          D. when

53. A. teaching       B. learning           C. writing        D. creating

54. A. promise       B. permission         C. dream         D. desire

55. A. card          B. letter              C. envelope      D. ring

We are bothered that the kids aren’t old enough but we’ll be more  1  when they  are．After that we’re  2  that we have teenagers to deal with．We will 3  be happy when they are out of that stage．

We always tell ourselves that our life will be  4   when our spouse（配偶）gets his or her act together, when we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we   5  ．The truth is，there’s no better time than 6  ．If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with  7  ．It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy   8 　．

One of my  9  quotes comes from Alfred Souza．He said “for a long time it had  Seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life．But there was always some  10 in the way, something to be  11  first, some unfinished business，time still to be served，a debt to be paid．’’

Then life would begin．12  ，it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life．This perspective has helped me to see that there is no   13  to happiness．Happiness is the way．So  14  every moment that you have．

And remember that  15  waits for no one．So  16  waiting until you finish schoo1．until you go back to school；until you get married，until you get  17  ；until you have kids；until you retire；until you get a new car or home；until spring；Until you are  18   again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy．

Happiness is a journey，not a（n）  19  ．So，work like you don’t need money，love like you’ve never been hurt,  20  dance like no one’s watching．

1．A．unhappy             B．content             C．upset                 D．enthusiastic

2．A．confused            B．determined        C．annoyed            D．amazed

3．A．fortunately         B．deliberately       C．surprisingly        D．certainly

5．A．refresh               B．work                C．retire                D．complain

6．A．ever                   B．before              C．right now          D．future

7．A．fancies               B．happiness         C．doubts              D．challenges

8．A．anyway              B．presently          C．occasionally       D．immediately

9．A．primary              B．favorite            C．personal            D．pessimistic

10．A．expectation       B．success            C．conflict             D．obstacle

11．A．gotten round    B．gotten down    C．gotten away       D．gotten through

12．A．Eventually        B．Abruptly           C．Regularly           D．Frequently

13．A．problem           B．way                 C．good                 D．need

14．A．admire             B．remember         C．treasure             D．appreciate

15．A．happiness         B．time                 C．1ife                   D．work

16．A．stop                 B．start                 C．keep                  D．continue

17．A．changed           B．divorced           C．tired                  D．discouraged

18．A．relaxed             B．delighted           C．born                  D．forced

19．A．experience        B．approach          C．suspicion           D．destination

20．A．and                  B．but                   C．nevertheless      D．yet

Form the very beginning ,the girl's family objected strongly to her dating this guy（小伙子）.Though the girl loved the guy___1____, she always asked him: "How deep is your love for me? "As the guy was not good at words , this often caused the girl to be very ____2_____．

After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ____3______his studies overseas．Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to _____4____her for the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, Her family finally ____5____.Before he went abroad, they got engaged．They often sent their ___6____through e-mail and phone calls．Though it was hard, both never thought of giving up.

One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was __7______by a car．The collision （碰撞）on her brain has caused her to lose her voice．The girl did not want to be a（n） ____8____to him, she ____9____to him saying that she did not wish to wait any longer, with the letter, she sent the ring back to him．

The girl decided to move away, hoping that she could completely forget____10____．In the new environment, the girl learnt the _____11____and started a new environment, she told herself every day that she must __12______the guy．One day, her friend came and told her that he was_____13______．She asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her．Since then, there wasn't any more ___14____of him．

A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ___15____an invitation card for the guy's wedding．The girl was shattered（打击）．When she opened the letter, she saw her own __16_______in it．She was about to ask her friend what was the matter ____17_____she saw the guy standing in front of her．He used the sign language telling her, "I've spent a year ____18____the sign language．I want you to know I haven't forgotten my___19______．Let me have the chance to be your voice．I love you ．"With these, he slipped the _____20_____back into her finger．The girl finally smiled．

1．A．deeply            B．affectionately      C．gently            D．kindly

2．A．pleasant              B．foolish               C．upset            D．happy

3．A．add              B．expand            C．do              D．further

4．A．take care of        B．get along with   C．wait for          D．keep in touch with

5．A．gave up           B．gave in            C．gave away       D．gave out

6．A．words            B．letters              C．secret           D．love

7．A．blown down       B．broken down     C．knocked down  D．torn down

8．A．burden            B．package            C．weight         D．obstacle

9．A．explained to        B．wrote to          C．replied to        D．spoke to

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

11．A．sign language     B．native tongue     C．Braille           D．foreign language

12．A．remember      B．forget             C．leave          D．miss

13．A．away          B．out             C．back            D．in

14．A．sense          B．report               C．advice         D．news

15．A．containing      B．including           C．owning        D．combining

16．A．photo              B．name                C．promise        D．agreement

17．A．while          B．so                   C．until            D．when

18．A．teaching         B．learning             C．writing          D．creating

19．A．promise         B．permission         C．dream         D．desire

20．A．card           B．letter             C．envelope       D．ring