Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chose to live alone far away from people. She lives in Belize — a county the size of Wales with a population only that of Swansea. Her home is at Gales Point, a tiny village which can be reached only by sea or air; after a 10-mile walk into the hills one finally reaches a piece of land and two small houses so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a handful of people know Dorothea is there.

She lives happily and totally alone – growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chickens. Once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food supplies and letters-usually including a letter from her sister in Scunthorpe and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a local man will come and cut wood for her and a group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee.

At night she lies in her tiny sleeping room with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table near the typewriter and one of the hens settled down in a corner of the bookshelf, and listens for hours to any Spanish, English, German or French broadcasts she can find on her radio. Sometimes she gets lonely but most of the time the animals and the radio are company enough.

But recently the very things that she had tried to get free from so well have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the noise of earth-moving machines not many miles away. What she once only heard of distantly on the radio is now on her doorstep. Things began to change three years ago. The new main north-south road in Belize was cut through the forest only four or five miles away. “Now more people know I’m here.” She says. “I feel more and more uneasy each day.”

Dorothea’s small houses ________.   

A. are entirely surrounded by trees   

B. have always been her home

C. were built for just a few people   

D. are in a county with the same population as Wales

Dorothea lives in the tiny village because ________.

A. she doesn’t like living near people    B. she is too old to move

C. machines destroyed her home        D. there’s nowhere else for her to live

Dorothea doesn’t get lonely since she has _______ with her.

A. her sister   B. some animals     C. friends from Canada    D. a postman

Dorothea spends a lot of time __________.

A. growing all the food she needs         B. cutting down trees

C. listening to the radio                 D. studying languages

Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chose to live alone far away from people. She lives in Belize ― a county the size of Wales with a population only that of Swansea. Her home is at Gales Point, a tiny village which can be reached only by sea or air; after a 10-mile walk into the hills one finally reaches a piece of land and two small houses so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a handful of people know Dorothea is there.

She lives happily and totally alone growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chickens. Once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food supplies and letters-usually including a letter from her sister in Scunthorpe and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a local man will come and cut wood for her and a group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee.

At night she lies in her tiny sleeping room with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table near the typewriter and one of the hens settled down in a corner of the bookshelf, and listens for hours to any Spanish, English, German or French broadcasts she can find on her radio. Sometimes she gets lonely but most of the time the animals and the radio are company enough.

But recently the very things that she had tried to get free from so well have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the noise of earth-moving machines not many miles away. What she once only heard of distantly on the radio is now on her doorstep. Things began to change three years ago. The new main north-south road in Belize was cut through the forest only four or five miles away. “Now more people know I’m here.” She says. “I feel more and more uneasy each day.”

56. Dorothea’s small houses ________.               

A. are entirely surrounded by trees   

B. have always been her home

C. were built for just a few people   

D. are in a county with the same population as Wales

57. Dorothea lives in the tiny village because ________.

A. she doesn’t like living near people    B. she is too old to move

C. machines destroyed her home           D. there’s nowhere else for her to live

58. Dorothea doesn’t get lonely since she has _______ with her.

A. her sister   B. some animals     C. friends from Canada    D. a postman

59. Dorothea spends a lot of time __________.

A. growing all the food she needs         B. cutting down trees

C. listening to the radio                        D. studying languages

60. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Dorothea doesn’t hear from her sister once a month or so.

B. The cats and hens are settled down in a corner of the bookshelf.

C. More and more people come to visit her now.

D. Dorothea’s quiet life has been affected because of the making of a new road.

Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chooses to live alone far away from people in Blize. Her home is at Gales Point, a small village which can be reached only by sea or air: after a 500-meter walk into the hills one finally reaches a piece of land and two small houses. They are so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a few people know Dorothea is there.

    She lives happily growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chicken. About once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food and letters from her sisters and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a worker who lives not far will come and cut wood for her and a group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee.

At night she lies in her small sleeping room with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table and one of the hens in a corner of the room and listens for hours to some news over the radio. Sometimes she feels lonely but most of the time the radio is her friend.

But recently the very things she tried to get free from so well have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the noise of earthmoving machines that are not many miles away. The new north-south road cuts through the forest only four or five miles away. “Now more and more people know I’m here,” she said. “I feel more and more uneasy each day.”

1．We can infer that Dorothea lives a _____ life.

    A．rich and happy                            B. simple and easy   

C. hard but happy                            D. rich but uneasy

2. Dorothea spends a lot of her time ____.

    A. cutting wood                              B. building the road   

C. listening to the radio                    D. talking with the soldiers

3. What makes Dorothea feel more and more uncomfortable?

    A. The peace of the forest has been spoiled.

    B. Her food is getting shorter and shorter.

    C. Something is wrong with her eyes.

    D. She is becoming older and older.

4. The writer wrote this article mainly to tell people _____.

    A. how Dorothea lives alone in a lonely place

    B. why Dorothea lives in such a lonely place

    C. that Dorothea is a strange old woman

    D. what kind of place Dorothea lives in

In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be____36____ .

Today things are___37_____, the world has become too___38____ . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are___39____ our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth ___40____survive.

Everyone___41_____ today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing__42_____ , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, ___43____will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we ___44_____to use bigger and more powerful machines to __45____more and more trees.

We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die.___46_____, in most countries wastes are ___47______put into rivers or into the sea, and there are _48_____laws to stop this.

We know, too, that if the___49____ of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough___50_____. What can we do to solve these problems ?

It we eat more vegetables and less___51____, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops __52_____five times more people than land where animals are kept.

Our natural resources will _53_____longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth__54_______ .

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer ___55____in the future.

1.                A．beautiful        B．unlimited （无限的） C．rare  D．valuable

2.                A．common        B．the same        C．changeable    D．different

3.                A．crowded        B．small           C．dirty D．busy

4.                A．protecting      B．saving          C．polluting  D．fighting

5.                A．may not        B．will not         C．shall not  D．could not

6.                A．wonders        B．realizes         C．consider  D．discovers

7.                A．poles          B．boats           C．methods  D．ideas

8.A mountains     B. the sea       C. trees              D. forests

9.                A．continue        B．have           C．ought    D．will go on

10.               A．grow          B．plant           C．save  D．cut down

11.               A．Thus           B．However       C．Generally speaking   D．Therefore

12.               A．still            B．even           C．also  D．certainly

13.               A．too many       B．a few          C．some D．few

14.               A．production      B．pollution        C．population D．revolution

15.               A．houses         B．vegetables      C．food  D．lives

16.               A．fruit           B．meat           C．fish   D．grain

17.               A．feeds          B．increases       C．supplies   D．helps

18.               A．use            B．stay           C．keep D．last

19.               A．control         B．born           C．plan  D．reward

20.               A．nature         B．sea            C．planet D．forest