It is so dark that I can't see anything．(变同义句)

　　It is ______ ______ for me ______ ______ anything．

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　　As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult. 　1　 　Don’t panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!

　　With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about making choices. In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions. 　2　 　You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.

　　Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. 　3　 　But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.

　　It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.

　　This period is a part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey. There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again.

　　You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. 　4　 　So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely.

　　A. They will help shape the future.

　　B. They may seem to happen quickly.

　　C. You will probably want to be independent.

　　D. You may appreciate what you have in your own life.

　　E. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices.

　　F. Your family has been with you since you came into this world.

阅读理解

　　Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with them.

　　The old woman had to sell her house and moved here. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.

　　Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She can't do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of(讨厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.

　　One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的) plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised(惊讶的) and asked, “Why did you buy two plates, son?”

　　“One is for grandma,” answered the boy. “The other is for you! You'll also have to use a wooden plate when you're old, I think.”

　　The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she's kind to her mother as she did before.

1．Sandra asked her mother to live with them because ________.

[　　]

A．the old woman lived alone

B．she needed her help

C．the old woman couldn't look after herself

D．the old woman could give her much money.

2．The family liked Mrs Black because ________.

[　　]

A．she was very rich

B．she could watch their door

C．she could do all the housework for them

D．she was friendly to them all

3．Mrs Black was afraid ________, so she couldn't leave her daughter's house.

[　　]

A．she bad no house to live in

B．she couldn't look after herself

C．Sandra couldn't go to see her any more

D．A and B

4．Sandra was afraid ________, so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.

[　　]

A．her mother could break another plate

B．her mother didn't want to leave

C．her husband could be tired of her mother

D．her mother couldn't do anything at home

5．James bought a wooden plate for his mother because ________.

[　　]

A．he didn't love her

B．she liked it

C．he hoped she was kind to his grandma

D．she often broke the plates at home

6．Sandra is friendly to her mother because ________.

[　　]

A．she knows she did wrong

B．she was afraid of her son

C．the old woman is poor

D．it's her duty

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　In many countries, people t__________ 1. by car or by bike. They also get from place to place using p__________2.transport such as buses and trains. However, some people live in parts of the world where it is i__________3. to build roads. In these places, animals or other forms of transport have to be used.

　　It is difficult to w__________ 4. in snow but easy to ski over it. So in places like Alaska, people use skis. If they want to go faster, they get dogs to p__________ 5.them on sleds(雪橇). Riding a snowmobile(雪地摩托) is a more m__________6., but expensive way of getting around on snow.

　　In desert(沙漠) like the Sahara in North Africa, people s__________ 7.get around on camels. Camels survive w_________8. in the desert, not because they can s_________9.water in their bodies though! They can survive without water for two weeks and without f__________10.for up to a month. He can only go without water for about three to five days.

In the Caucasus region（高加索地区）, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100^th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Caucasus people aren’t alone. The Pakistani Hunzas, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Vilcabambans of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador seem to share the secret of long life too.

　　These peoples remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Caucasus people aged 110-140, work in the fields beside their great-great-grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked, “At what age does youth end?” most of these old people had no answer. Several replied, “Well, perhaps at age 80.” The very youngest estimate was age 60.

　　What accounts for this ability to survive (live) to such old age, and to survive so well? First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived peoples. They began their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr. Rustam is 142 years of age. He remembers his life experience: the Crimean War of 1854; the Turkish War of 1878; the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr. Rustam has no plan of retiring from his life as a farmer. “Why? What else would I do?” he asks. Oh, he’s slowed down a bit. Now he might quit (stop working) for the day after 6 hours in the field instead of 10.

　　All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations（海拔）of 5,000 to 12, 000 feet(1,660 to 4,000meters) above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollution-free. This reduced oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel（血管）system stronger.

　　Another factor（因素）that may lead to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressure（压力）and worries of industrial society.

　　Inherited（遗传的） factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived peoples had parents and grandparents who also reached very old age. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer.

　　Finally, although these three groups don’t eat exactly the same foods, their diets are similar. All of them eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese and milk. They never eat more food than their bodies need.

　　It is clear that isolation from urban pressure and pollution, clean mountain air, daily hard work, moderate diets, good genes, and a youthful approach to life all lead to the health and remarkable long life of all these people.

1. What is the main idea of this article?

A．Cause and effect of long-lived life.

B．People in the world enjoying a longer life.

C．Factors leading to the health and long life of people.

D．A description of several societies where people living a long life.

2. “The idea of aging is foreign to them” means that _________.

A．they don’t care much about their age

B．they have no idea of how old they are

C．they won’t say anything about their age until they are asked to

D．the idea of getting old has never come into their mind

3. How do you think the writer feels about these long-lived people?

A．He is much impressed with them.

B．He doesn’t care a bit about them.

C．He hopes that they will live a still longer life.

D．He doesn’t think their life is full of pressure and worries.