I’ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my  31  was nothing more than a kid’s imagination.

   There was a  32  near our house. In winter it was the greatest  33  place in the world. One  34  all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks  35  the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: “Never ice-skate alone.” But I couldn’t  36  any longer that afternoon. So I  37  my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey．I was not really  38  ．

The hockey game had attracted   39  audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering  40  . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water  41   my body, and I sank like a rock.  My feet  42   the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn’t last another  43 , I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Don’t worry,” someone said. I swung my  44  around. I couldn’t see anybody. But I heard the voice again，“Push your feet into the bottom and you’ll shoot straight up to the surface.” I did as I was told and  45 . I crawled to the shore and lay down,  46  ．The next thing I knew was people were   47    around me, covering me with coats.   

When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me,   48  my hand. “I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my  49  ．” I said. Mom smiled, “I just thank God you’re safe.”

    For a long time I thought I would  50  a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did.

1.A. attention   B. behavior        C. explanation          D. reason

2.A. river      B. pond         C. lake                 D. dam

3.A. skating    B. fishing      C. swimming         D. skiing

4.A. afternoon B. morning      C. evening              D. night

5.A. after          B. until        C. as                   D. if

6. A. go        B. run          C. sit                  D. wait

7.A. found      B. threw            C. took                 D. hid

8.A. lonely     B. single       C. alone                D. afraid

9.A. noisy      B. happy        C. small                D. young

10. A. changed      B. disappeared      C. increased            D. stopped

11.A. filled        B. controlled       C. covered         D. loaded

12.A. hit       B. dragged      C. set              D. tapped

13.A. day       B. hour         C. minute               D. second

14.A. head      B. hand         C. arm                  D. leg

15.A. left          B．succeeded   C. tried           D. survived

16.A. worried       B. surprised        C. excited          D. exhausted

17.A. lying         B. standing     C. laughing        D. crawling

18.A. raising       B. shaking      C. holding          D. washing

19.A. place     B. mind         C. defense              D. rescue

20.A. take up   B. make up with     C. bring up             D. come up with

　　Reuven Feuerstein is an 1 who helps children learn to think. Here is a story of one 2 he taught a young girl who had one kind of 3 problem.

　　Feuerstein was sitting across the table from a 13 year-old-girl named Ruth. 4 , Feuerstein asked Ruth to hold up her 5 hand. Ruth did this with no problem. Then she was asked to tap Feuerstein's right 6 . She touched his left hand. Clearly, she did not understand.

　　Feuerstein then asked , “Show me 7 right hand. ” The girl acted. “Now show me my right hand. ” The girl pointed to his 8 hand again.

　　Next, Feuerstein turned around, and with his 9 to Ruth, he put his hands out behind him. Again she was asked to touch his right hand. This 10 she touched Feiuerstein's right hand, the hand 11 her own right hand. Slowly, he turned around, holding out his arms. Again having turned around, he asked, “Where is my right hand?” Ruth still 12 to his left hand. It seemed that she could not understand.

　　Feuerstein turned his back to Ruth one more time, but this time, he marked 13 “X” on the back of his right hand with a red pen, and asked Ruth to 14 his right hand. She did so.

　　Finally, when he turned around to face her, she could recognize that the hand with the “X” on it 15 “changed” positions. “Touch my right hand now, ” he said. And she did.

　　When asked about his lesson, Feuerstein said that Ruth has to learn better “spatial orientation” (空间定位). She has to learn more about how to 16 things as they change positions in space.

　　“Spatial orientation” is one of several 17 skills. Feuerstein works with children to help them 18 thinking skills such as “spatial orientation”.

　　Feuerstein says that schools should begin to teach children thinking skills as part of their regular 19 . He thinks that children need not only maths, science, language arts, and social studies, 20 thinking skills that they can use to learn any subject.

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    I. Standing with your feet apart, pushes both arms out straight in front of you, fingertips touching.  Raise them above your head, then down to the sides pushing each arm backwards at the same time.

    Ⅱ. Standing with your feet apart, and hands on hips (臀部). Tip your head back and look straight up to the ceiling. Roll your head round slowly to face the right, then the floor, then the left, and finally up at the ceiling again. Repeat in the other direction.

    Ⅲ.Standing with your feet apart and hands on your sides, lean first to the right and then to the left, sliding the hand down the side of the leg.

    Ⅳ.  Standing feet apart and arms out straight in front, with your eyes fixed on your right hands, as far as it will go. Return it to the front and repeat with the left arm.

1. Why should you do these exercises?

A．To strengthen muscles.

B．To stretch joints.

C．To prepare for physical activity.

D．To develop control of movement.

2. How should these exercises be carried out?

A．With pauses, taking 10 breaths between each one.

B．Continuously for two or three minutes.

C．Steadily and slowly, breathing calmly.

D．As energetically as possible.

3. The first set of pictures shows you how to do exercise________.

A．Ⅳ

B．Ⅱ

C．I

D．Ⅲ

4. Doing exercise Ⅱ mainly trains the joints of your________.

A．hands

B．waist

C．neck

D．hips

Before any period of exercise it is well worth spending two or three minutes warming up with a series of simple stretching exercises. This not only helps your joints (关节) to move easily but also prepares all your muscle groups for more energetic activity. It is rather like a cat stretching itself before it springs into action. Here are four movements to do in an easy and unhurried way, gently stretching each action without forcing it. Repeat each movement ten times, breathing normally throughout.

    I. Standing with your feet apart, pushes both arms out straight in front of you, fingertips touching.  Raise them above your head, then down to the sides pushing each arm backwards at the same time.

    Ⅱ. Standing with your feet apart, and hands on hips (臀部). Tip your head back and look straight up to the ceiling. Roll your head round slowly to face the right, then the floor, then the left, and finally up at the ceiling again. Repeat in the other direction.

    Ⅲ.Standing with your feet apart and hands on your sides, lean first to the right and then to the left, sliding the hand down the side of the leg.

    Ⅳ.  Standing feet apart and arms out straight in front, with your eyes fixed on your right hands, as far as it will go. Return it to the front and repeat with the left arm.

1. Why should you do these exercises?

A．To strengthen muscles.

B．To stretch joints.

C．To prepare for physical activity.

D．To develop control of movement.

2. How should these exercises be carried out?

A．With pauses, taking 10 breaths between each one.

B．Continuously for two or three minutes.

C．Steadily and slowly, breathing calmly.

D．As energetically as possible.

3. The first set of pictures shows you how to do exercise________.

A．Ⅳ

B．Ⅱ

C．I

D．Ⅲ

4. Doing exercise Ⅱ mainly trains the joints of your________.

A．hands

B．waist

C．neck

D．hips