I was fat kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was      laughed at for being heavier than the other kids,      me feeling shy. I tried several diets, but      worked, and I     gaining weight. Another factor        my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating. 　 
　When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds.       the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home      going away to college. I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes. 　 
My turning point came 10 years later at a friend's New Year's Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds. I caught my       in a mirror and the truth      me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and       . 　 
After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss     and realized they didn't work because they required me to abandon foods I loved. Then I would constantly think about food and binge,       the diet      my hunger and not feel deprived. 　 
　My biggest       was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle. At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to         myself thinking about food. The result: Food was all I thought about.       had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating. I found the     after reading several low-fat cookbooks. With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious.　 
　The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn't feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it     .　 
I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits.      I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind.　 Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am         my body and myself. I have finally found myself. 　 

1.A．hardly???? B．frequently???? C．immediately???? D．instantly

2.A．left???? B．to leave???? C．leaving???? D．having left

3.A．nothing?? B．no one?? C．none?? D．anything

4.A．ended up??? B．ended over??? C．ended up with?? D．was ended up

5.A．contributing to? B．resulted in? C．resulting from? D．led to

6.A．lacking of B．lack of C．lacking D．lacked in

7.A．or rather? B．instead of C．together with D．as well as

8.A．reflection B．infection C．imagination D．attention

9.A．laughed B．hit C．knocked D．beat

10.A．unfamiliar B．unhappier C．unfriendly D．unfit

11.A．efforts B．affords C．effects D．infects

12.A．giving out? B．giving in ? C．giving up ? D．giving away

13.A．satisfy ? B．decrease ? C．increase ? D．fill

14.A．challenge ? B．success ? C．energy ? D．work

15.A．keep ? B．have ? C．prevent ? D．make

16.A．It ? B．They C．There ? D．I

17.A．solution ? B．secret ? C．answer ? D．road

18.A．deserved ? B．focused ? C．caught? D．paid

19.A．Instead ? B．However ? C．Therefore ?? D．So

20.A．keep up with? B．in line with? C．put up with? D．catch up with

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　　请根据下表提供的信息为《21世纪报(中学生版)》写一篇报道，内容为西部贫困地区的一所农村学校受“希望工程”资助后的变化．

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　　Thanks to the Hope Project , great changes have taken place in a western country school…

Traveling on the Information Superhighway

In the early 1990s, few people outside of governments and universities had ever heard the term internet. The World Wide Web was in its infancy（初期）, Back then if you said to someone, “Send me an e-mail with directions to your house.” All you would have received is a puzzled look . Technology has come a long way since those days. Today, the Internet connects millions of computers around the globe, making a worldwide exchange of information possible.

The Internet is often called the “information superhighway.” That’s because vast amounts of information travel over it. If you searched the word grasshopper, for instance, you would have thousands of sites to look at. Some sites would give information on these insects. Other sites would be companies with “grasshopper” in their names. Still other sites might want to sell you books about grasshoppers.

In addition to information, the Internet also offers one of the greatest inventions in communications, electronic mail, or e-mail for short. E-mail is the brainchild of a shrewd（精明的）man named Ray Tomlison. He developed the program and sent himself the first e-mail in 194. He isn’t sure, but he thinks his first message was QWERTYUIOP （ the top row of letters on a key-board）. As a result of Tomlinson’s invention of e-mail, the way in which the world communicates has changed.

　 Thanks to e-mail, you can communicate with a student in London and find out how his weather experiment is going. E-mail has also changed the speed with which we exchange information. In minutes, you can contact another person who shares your love of kites or stamps. Your aunt and uncle can send you pictures of their new puppy without ever leaving their home. If you are sick and can’t attend school, your teacher can e-mail you the assignments you have missed. You can even send e-mail to a grasshopper expert and ask questions for a research paper.

However, there is one big disadvantage when you use e-mail. Unlike a letter you send through the mail, e-mail is NOT private. It can be reviewed by anyone with access to your receiver’s computer. Your receiver could also forward it to other people—so be careful. Do not say anything in an e-mail that you wouldn’t say in front of crowd!

　 In January 2008, during the first week of a six-month stay at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for leukemia (白血病) treatment, Michael wandered over to his hospital window in search of distraction (散心). The 　 36　  first-grader watched a construction crew 　37 on a 10-story addition to the hospital. 　38 Michael's third-floor window, Ritchie, an iron-worker from the East Falls section of Philadelphia, 　39 and saw this kid with no hair 　40 face was pressed up to the window. “I waved, and he smiled and 　　41　 . I'll never forget that,” says Ritchie, a father of three.
　 As winter 　42 spring, Michael watched, fascinated, as 3,000 tons of steel 43 formed the skeleton of the building. One day he colored a message for the crew and held 　44 up to the window: Hi, Local Iron Workers. I'm Mike. Ritchie and the 　45 crew messaged back. Over the 　46 months, as his treatment continued, Ritchie and the crew 　47 Michael up and cheered him with 　48 signs like Be Strong Mike.
　　 　　49 the construction reached the third floor, Ritchie jumped across the 　 50 between the buildings and the two had a 　51 chat. The hard hat with the tender heart wells up (涌出眼泪) when he thinks about it. "Michael 　52　 my life," says Ritchie. "I was a really hard-core (顽固不化的) person without a lot of sympathy. But I'd 　53 seeing this kid every day waving at me and excited about the construction. I look at life 54　 thanks to him." Today Michael is a 10-year-old third-grader in complete recovery. What does he hope to 　55 when he grows up? "A construction worker," he says. 

36. A. strange 　 B. curious　　 C. serious　　 D. anxious

37. A. playing 　 B. studying   C. living　　 D. working

38. A. Below　　　 B. Above 　　 C. Under　　　 D. Over

39. A. watched out B. watched at C. looked up  D. looked down

40. A. whom 　　　 B. whose　　　 C. which　　　 D. that

41. A. came back  B. came on　　 C. waved back  D. waved on

42. A. went off　 B. went out 　 C. turned into D. turned to

43. A. gradually　 B. immediately C. successfully   D. usually

44. A. that 　　　 B. it 　　　　 C. one　　　　 D. itself

45. A. hospital　 B. repair　　 C. construction　 D. school

46. A. first　　　 B. last 　　　 C. long 　　　 D. next

47. A. cheered　　 B. lighted  　 C. called 　　 D. woke

48. A. discouraging　　　　　　　 B. encouraging 　 C. surprising  　 D. interesting

49. A. Before　　 B. Since 　　 C. While　　　 D. When

50. A. ground 　　 B. floor　　　 C. space　　　 D. story

51. A. face-to-face　　　　　　　 B. hand-in-hand　 C. neck-and-neck D. step-by-step

52. A. gave　　　 B. changed　　 C. saved　　　 D. took

53. A. pay attention toB. get down to　　　　　 C. be used to   D. look forward to

54. A. differently B. happily　　 C. sadly　　　 D. excitedly

55. A. have　　　 B. get 　　　 C. be 　　　　 D. appreciate