阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上。

After years of searching，a truth seeker was told to go to a cave，in which he would find a well．“Ask the well what is   36  ”，he was advised．‘'and the well will reveal it to you’． Having found the well，the seeker asked that most basic and important  37  ．And from the depths came the answer：“Go to the village crossroad，and there you shall find what you are seeking．”

    Full of    38  the man ran to the crossroad to find only three rather _____39____ shops．One shop was selling pieces of metal，another sold  40  ，and thin wires were for sale in the third．Nothing and no one there seemed to  41  much to do with the revelation of truth．

    Disappointed，the seeker returned to the well to demand an  42  ，but he was told only：“You will  43  in the future．”

    As years went by, the  44  of his experience at the well gradually  45  until one night，while he was walking，the sound of sitar(一种弦乐器)music  46  his attention．It was wonderful and it was   47   with great skill and inspiration．

     Deeply  48  ，the truth seeker felt drawn towards the  49    ．He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings．And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful  51  ：the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like  51  he had once seen in the three stores．

    At last he understood the  52  of the well：we have already been given everything we

need：our  53  is to assemble and use them in the proper way．Nothing is  54  so long as we recognize only fragments(碎片)．But as soon as the pieces arc put together, something new appears．whose nature we could not have  55  by considering the fragments alone．  

A．truth          B．hope              C．future              D．music

A．fact               B．reason              C．question           D．well

A．energy       B．hope                C．mystery           D．surprise

A．interesting   B．small               C．uninteresting       D．family-run

A．instruments  B．clothing            C．food                D．wood

A．connect      B．have                C．prepare            D．offer

A．explanation  B．advice              C．excuse             D．opportunity

A．succeed      B．discover        C．pay   D．understand

A．bitterness   B．failure           C．memory   D．secret

A．doubled    B．forgot           C．faded       D．recovered

A．paid         B．lost       C．split D．caught

A．played      B．broadcast      C．enjoyed    D．conducted

A．annoyed    B．moved          C．confused D．frightened

A．adviser    B．director        C．composer  D．player

A．admiration B．distinction    C．recognition      D．imagination

A．what        B．that       C．it      D．which

A．secret       B．message        C．theory      D．benefit

A．target       B．difficulty      C．task D．shortcoming

A．interesting B．meaningful     C．accessible        D．successful

A．foreseen   B．decided         C．judged     D．formed

Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.

A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).

In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldn't see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words.

In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before.

The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked

out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive.          

Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品种)known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.

It's hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can't talk back. Still, it wouldn't hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!

From paragraph 2 we know that __        .

A. animals are as clever as human beings

B. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees

C. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills

D. dogs have similar 'learning abilities as 3-year-old children

Both experiments show that             .

A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right

B. Rico can recognize different things including toys

C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics

D. Rico won't forget the names of objects once recognizing them

Which of the following statements is true?

A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie's mental abilities.

B. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.

C. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.

D. Rico is born to understand its owner's commands.

Which may be the best title of the passage?

A. Do dogs understand us?                       

B. Does your dog understand you?

C. Be careful with dogs.                             

D. Be friendly to your dog.      

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

    “Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.

    My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

      7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.

    One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16   nearly everything she owned.

    When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.

1．A．work         B．stay   C．live   D．expect

2．A．answer       B．speak C．smile        D．laugh

3．A．covering     B．moving     C．fighting    D．pressing

4．A．minds        B．memories  C．thoughts   D．brains

5．A．better         B．dark  C．younger          D．old

6．A．cave          B．place C．sight         D．scene

7．A．Discussing        B．Solving    C．Sharing           D．Suffering

8．A．learn from        B．talk to      C．help         D．know

9．A．needed      B．recognized       C．interested        D．encouraged

10．A．normal           B．common   C．unusual           D．quick

11．A．more       B．worse       C．fewer       D．less

12．A．word       B．speech      C．sentence          D．language

13．A．not          B．no     C．something       D．nothing

14．A．fed          B．kept  C．lived        D．depended

15．A．attention         B．control     C．treatment        D．management

16．A．lost         B．needed      C．destroyed        D．left

17．A．troublesome     B．unlucky    C．angry       D．unpopular

18．A．separated        B．went  C．reunited          D．returned

19．A．pushed     B．tried  C．showed           D．measured

20．A．nodding          B．greeting    C．meeting          D．acting

People who are outdoors in cold weather should avoid actions like suddenly lifting a heavy basket full of snow. Even walking through heavy, wet snow can strain a person’s heart.

Many people aren’t conditioned to the physical stress of outdoor activities and don’t know the dangers of being outdoors in cold weather. Those who like winter sports can suffer accidental hypothermia if they don’t make certain preparations.

Hypothermia means the body temperature has fallen below normal. It occurs when your body can’t produce enough energy to keep the internal (内部的) body temperature warm enough. It can kill you. Heart failure causes most deaths in hypothermia.

Children, the elderly and those with heart disease are at special risk. As people age, their ability to keep a normal internal body temperature often decreases. Elderly people can suffer hypothermia without knowing they’re in danger because they can’t notice the cold conditions as quickly as the young.

Besides cold temperatures, high winds, snow and rain can also steal body heat. Wind is especially dangerous because it removes the layer of heated air from around your body. At 30 degrees Fahrenheit in a 20-mile-per-hour wind, the cooling effect is equal to calm air at four degrees. Similarly dampness (湿气) causes the body to lose heat faster than it would at the same temperature in drier conditions.

To keep warm, wear more clothes. This traps air between layers. Also, wear a hat or head scarf. Much of your body’s heat can be lost through your head. Keep your hands and feet warm, too, as they tend to lose heat rapidly.

Don’t drink alcohol before going outdoors or when outside. Alcohol makes you feel warm at first because blood vessels in the skin expand. But heat is then drawn away from the body’s important organs.

The underlined word “strain” in Paragraph 1 means ________.

A. injure     B. warm      C. control    D. burn

What is implied in the passage about hypothermia?

A.    It means the body temperature falls rapidly.

B.    Most heart attacks are caused by it.

C.    It is not as scary as people think.

D.    It can threaten a person’s life.

Based on the passage, one of the reasons why the elderly are at special risk of suffering from hypothermia is that _______.

A.    they like exercising outside in cold mornings

B.    they can’t notice cold conditions if they are not told

C.    their body temperature is generally lower than young people’s

D.    their ability to keep a normal internal body temperature is not so good

What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?

A.    What causes the body to lose heat faster.

B.    The advantages of drier conditions.

C.    What else can steal body heat.

D.    Dangers of high winds.

Which of the following is NOT a result of drinking alcohol before going outdoors?

A.    Feeling warm at first

B.    The body’s heat is taken away

C.    Blood vessels in the skin expand

D.    The risk of hypothermia is reduced

Mrs. Green wants to buy that kind of cloth because she___________ that the cloth__________ very well.

A. has been told; washes                 B. is told; is washed

C. has been told; is washed               D. is told; is washed