One morning Raman, a true master of the art of archery(箭术), invited his favorite student to watch a display of his skill. The student had  36 this more than a hundred times before, but he still obeyed his  37 .
Together, they went into a nearby wood and reached a tall  38 . Raman picked a rose flower and   39 it on one of the branches of the tree. He  40 opened his bag and took out three objects: his   41 , an arrow and a white handkerchief.
Raman stood one hundred paces from the spot where he had placed the  42 . Facing his target, he  43 his student to blindfold(蒙住眼睛) him with the handkerchief. The student did as his teacher   44 .
“How often have you seen me practice the sport of archery?” Raman asked him  45 .
“Every day,” replied his student. “And you have  46 managed to hit the rose from three hundred paces away.”
With his eyes covered by the  47 , Raman placed his feet firmly on the ground and  48 the bowstring(弓弦) with all his strength. Aiming at the rose on the  49 , he let the arrow fly. The arrow whistled through the air,   50 it did not even hit the tree, missing the target by a few meters.
“Did I  51 it?” said Raman, removing the handkerchief from his eyes.
“No, you missed   52 ,” replied the student. “I thought you were going to  53 me the power of thought and your ability to perform magic.”
“I have  54 taught you the most important lesson about the power of thought.” replied Raman. “When you  55 something, concentrate only on that: No one will ever hit a target they cannot see.”

Now we’re always hearing about road accident, and when we’re in a car we try to drive carefully, but how many of us take the same degree of care in our homes? Any large hospital will tell you the number of the accidents that happen in the home is almost the same as those on the road.

One of the commonest and most dangerous causes of home accidents is wrong and careless use of electrical equipment. People will continue to use a loose plug or pull out a plug without first turning off the power. In spite of warnings, one will carry an electric heater into the bathroom when he is going to have a bath. Sometimes one forgets to cut off the power before mending a lamp or something else. All this will cause accidents. So the rule about anything that work by electricity is：Switch off before you touch anything and don’t pretend you know when you actually don’t.

If you’ve got children in the house, it's always best to keep medicines of any kind out of their reach. Otherwise, they may be taken for candies or a new kind of drink. When there are older people living with you, you have to take particular care in a number of ways in order to make them safe and happy.

Fire, of course, is always a risk. So, remember not to dry clothes in front of fires, or leave stoves in the middle of rooms where they can easily be knocked over. And don’t forget to keep the children away from fire. Smoking, too, may cause fire. So you’d better give it up. Safety first may mean a little more time and care, but it may save you a lot of trouble.

1.According to the writer, we try to drive carefully in a car while __________.

2.We can learn from the text that __________.

3.It can be inferred in the text that our life at home will be much safer if __________.

4.The main purpose of writing the text is __________.

Some people are never right．They never have good luck．They usually do the wrong thing and say the wrong thing．And even if what they say or do is OK, they as a rule say it or do it at the wrong time．So these people always have problems．They often break dishes．They sometimes miss buses and airplanes．Mr Neff is different．He is always right．He is never wrong．He usually has good luck．He seldom has problems．He never breaks dishes．He never misses buses or airplanes．Even if he does miss them, it is always the fault of the buses or air planes．Mr Neff knows almost everything．He doesn't ask questions; he answers questions．He never says, “I don't know．”

Q：Which of the following best describes the writer's attitude towards Mr Neff?

1. A.
   He finds Mr Neff hard to understand．
2. B.
   He thinks Mr Neff wonderful．
3. C.
   He feels pity for Mr Neff．
4. D.
   He does not like Mr Neff．

     You are near the front line of a battle . Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t  36   carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a    37  and you’re telling the TV   38  what is happening.

      It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very    39  .In the first two years of the   40   in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫）,28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were    41  . What kind of people put themselves in danger to   42   pictures to our TV screens and   43   to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?

      “I think it’s every young journalist’s   44   to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s   45   you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes, you take it    46   it is a war.”

       But there are moments of   47   . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying  48   your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling   49   after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be   50   .”

       “None of us believes that we’re going to   51   ,” adds Michael. But he always 52   a lucky charm（护身符）with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.”Does he ever think about dying?“Oh,   53  ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I   54   I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God   55   , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”

36．A．simply             B．really                 C．merely               D．even

37．A．crowd              B．house                C．battlefield         D．camera

38．A．producers         B．viewers             C．directors           D．actors

39．A．dangerous         B．exciting             C．normal              D．disappointing

40．A．stay                 B．fight                   C．war                    D．life

41．A．injured            B．buried               C．defeated                D．saved

42．A．bring               B．show                 C．take                    D．make

43．A．scenes              B．passages              C．stories               D．contents

44．A．belief              B．dream                   C．duty                    D．faith

45．A．why                B．what                 C．how                    D．where

46．A．even so            B．ever since            C．as if                D．even if

47．A．fear                 B．surprise            C．shame               D．sadness

48．A．into                 B．around                  C．past                 D．through

49．A．returns             B．goes                  C．continues         D．occurs

50．A．there                B．away                 C．out                  D．home

51．A．leave               B．escape                  C．die                  D．remain

52．A．hangs               B．wears                   C．holds                D．carries

53．A．never               B．many times          C．some time               D．seldom

54．A．consider           B．accept               C．promise           D．guess

55．A．whispering       B．laughing               C．screaming        D．crying

You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells （炮弹）are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t  36  carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a  37  and you’re telling the TV  38  what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very  39  . In the first two years of the  40  in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were  41  .
What kind of people put themselves in danger to  42  pictures to our TV screens and  43  to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s  44  to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s  45  you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it  46  it is a war.”
But there are moments of  47  . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets（子弹）are flying  48  your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling  49  after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be  50  .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to  51  ” adds Michael. But he always  52  a lucky charm（护身符）with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 53  , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I  54  I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God  55  , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”