Having said goodbye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home．  16 excited, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily． And even little Alax  17  from time to time． The family were   18  from trip．

   But about three hours later things began to   19  ． It was starting to snow． Alvin sped up the car,   20 to arrive home before dark． But it was too dangerous to drive fast now． Because it was snowing more and more heavily． So Alvin had to   21 down． The snow on the   22 was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to   23 on it． Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow   24 the engine refused to start again．

“The snow doesn’t seem to   25  ． Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked． Clare said she  26  to walk． So they got out of the car with their son and began walking． But   27  was to come． Soon they lost their  28  and had to walk aimlessly on and on．

Night came． They were not afraid of the dark． But they were  29  that poor Alax would die of cold． However, their faith to keep Alax   30 made them filled with courage, warmth and strength． They  31 and rested in turn and then continued their walk． They had countless falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their   32  again．

One, two, three, …seven days passed． On the eighth day,   33  at last came from Alvin’s parents, the police and local people． But the young   34  had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frost-bites(冻伤)． Fortunately, there was  35  seriously wrong with little Alax．

1.A．Still             B．Even             C．Yet          D．Ever

2.A．cried       B．jumped           C．smiled       D．sang

3.A．taking      B．having            C．enjoying            D．starting

4.A．work   B．change           C．come        D．finish

5.A．phoning          B．deciding          C．thinking        D．hoping

6.A．get             B．slow               C．go           D．look

7.A．land            B．highway            C．fields        D．car

8.A．walk           B．sit                C．stay         D．wait

9.A．and             B．but              C．or             D．for

10.A．fall            B．end            C．continue      D．melt

11.A．liked          B．preferred         C．decided           D．wished

12.A．better        B．something       C．nothing            D．worse

13.A．hope           B．luck             C．way            D．money

14.A．certain       B．afraid           C．sorry          D．sure

15.A．happy       B．silent            C．alive            D．dead

16.A．slept           B．walked          C．watched        D．ate

17.A．heads       B．eyes             C．hands             D．feet

18.A．danger        B．help             C．luck            D．news

19.A．husband     B．wife         C．couple            D．baby

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

 

    If you go into the woods with your friends，stay with them. If you don’t，you may get lost. If you do get lost，this is what you should do.

    Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friend—let them find you. There is another way to help your friend or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal by shouting or whistling three times. Stop shouting and whistling. Then three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help. Keep up shouting or whistling，always three times together. When people hear you，they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give two shouts, two whistles or two gun shots. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.

    If you don’t think that you will get help, try to make a little house—cover up the holes with branches with lots of leaves，and a soft bed with leaves and grass.

   What should you do if you need drinking water? You would have to leave your little branch house to look for a river. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop as you walk so that you can find your way back.

    The most important thing to do when you are lost is to stay one place.

 66．When you get lost in the woods，you should，

    A．try your best to get out of the woods

    B．make a little house with branches

    C．keep quiet and wait for help to come

    D．stay in one place and send signals for help

  67．How do you make your friends know that you are calling for help but not making noise for fun?

    A．Keeping shouting or whistling three times together．

    B．Crying all the time

    C．Keep shouting or whistling or firing gun twice together

    D．Making a house with branches

  68．Why should you leave some small branches on the way to get some water?

    A．So that you can find the water

    B．So that your friends know where you have gone

    C．So that you can come back to the place where you were lost

    D．So that you can pick the branches for your house

  69．The best title of the passage is          

    A．Don’t Get Lost     B．Stay With Your Friends

    C．Stay In One Place   D．What To Do When Lost In Woods

  70．According to the author “a signal is given twice” is          .

    A．the key to the house    B．a reply to help

    C．an answer to a call for help    D．a call for help

    If you go into the woods with your friends，stay with them. If you don’t，you may get lost. If you do get lost，this is what you should do.

    Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friend—let them find you. There is another way to help your friend or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal by shouting or whistling three times. Stop shouting and whistling. Then three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help. Keep up shouting or whistling，always three times together. When people hear you，they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give two shouts, two whistles or two gun shots. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.

    If you don’t think that you will get help, try to make a little house—cover up the holes with branches with lots of leaves，and a soft bed with leaves and grass.

   What should you do if you need drinking water? You would have to leave your little branch house to look for a river. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop as you walk so that you can find your way back.

    The most important thing to do when you are lost is to stay one place.

 66．When you get lost in the woods，you should，

    A．try your best to get out of the woods

    B．make a little house with branches

    C．keep quiet and wait for help to come

    D．stay in one place and send signals for help

  67．How do you make your friends know that you are calling for help but not making noise for fun?

    A．Keeping shouting or whistling three times together．

    B．Crying all the time

    C．Keep shouting or whistling or firing gun twice together

    D．Making a house with branches

  68．Why should you leave some small branches on the way to get some water?

    A．So that you can find the water

    B．So that your friends know where you have gone

    C．So that you can come back to the place where you were lost

    D．So that you can pick the branches for your house

  69．The best title of the passage is          

    A．Don’t Get Lost     B．Stay With Your Friends

    C．Stay In One Place   D．What To Do When Lost In Woods

  70．According to the author “a signal is given twice” is          .

    A．the key to the house    B．a reply to help

    C．an answer to a call for help    D．a call for help

In Greek mythology（神话）, the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity（来世）. But he was probably better off than if they’d forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, even something pointless, are happier than people who sit around.
“The general phenomenon I’m interested in is why people are too busy doing what they are doing in modern society,” says Christopher K. Hsee, of the University of Chicago. “People are running around, working hard, the way beyond the basic level.” Sure, there are reasons, like making a living, earning money, and so on. But, Hsee says, “I think there’s something deeper: We have extra energy and we want to avoid idleness.”
In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Not everyone chose to go to the faraway location. Two-thirds chose the lazy option. Yet those who chose to stay busy by going to the faraway location were found to be happier than those who had stayed put.
But if the chocolate bars offered at the  two locations were different, they were more likely to choose the far location—because they could make up a good and acceptable reason for the trip, Hsee and his colleagues say.
Hsee thinks it may be possible to use this principle—people like being busy, and they like being able to show being busy right or reasonable—to benefit society. “If we can find a way for idle people to engage in activity that is at least not harmful, I think it is better than destructive business,” he says. Hsee himself has been known to  give a research assistant a useless task when he doesn’t have anything to do, so he isn’t sitting around the office getting bored and depressed.
【小题1】The author starts the passage with the Greek mythology story to ________.

A．make it easier to understand the passage

B．draw readers’ attention to Greek culture

C．show Greek people enjoyed being busy

D．bring about the subject of the passage

【小题2】According to Hsee, people are busy in modern society because they want to _________.

A．make others think they are not lazy

B．keep their energy at the basic level

C．earn more money to support their family

D．avoid the state of having nothing to do

【小题3】The underlined phrase “stayed put” in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.

A．remained there

B．kept occupied

C．got around

D．stayed awake

【小题4】How does Hsee’s assistant probably feel while performing a task?

A．Blue.

B．Empty.

C．Contented.

D．Trapped.