阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一　　 个最佳答案。

    Today in China most of the parents can 1 the advanced education that their children need. And most of the students can 2 to pass　　 their examination 3 graduation from middle school. 4 , many of them are not able to 5 their education at college or university, 6 a few of the best students can 7 doctor's degrees a few years after graduation. Therefore, many of those who 8 senior middle school go to work as workers in factories or 9 in middle or primary schools, and 10 with the 11 they receive they buy books and 12 useful things needed to go on with 13 . To many of the 14 this is the most important 15 , during which they first begin to 16 themselves various kinds of subjects 　　 17 the help of lessons 18 on radio or TV, which will some day 19 to their great success in scientific invention, discovery and theory. Self-teaching is 20 that some of them may not be able to understand it now and 21 will not accept it 22 . Some people may 23 them, however, anyone who 24 his study and never gives it up will certainly be a 25 man.

　　  (1)A. spend　　 B. pay　　　　 C. pay for　　 D. give out  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (2)A. try　　   B. manage　　  C. fail　　　　D. succeed 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (3)A. as　　　　B. when　　　　C. after　　   D. before 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (4)A. So　　　　B. While　　   C. However　　 D. Therefore 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (5)A. go over   B. go on with  C. take up　　 D. take on 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (6)A. which　　 B. there　　   C. where　　   D. in the place 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (7)A. give　　  B. admit　　   C. accept　　  D. receive 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (8)A. study in  B. give up　　 

　　　　 C. get out　　 D. graduate from 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (9)A. teachers  B. students　　C. managers　　D. principals 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (10)A. then　　 B. later　　   C. soon　　　　D. before long 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (11)A. pay　　  B. reward　　  C. prize　　   D. income 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (12)A. other　　B. the other   C. others　　  D. another 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (13)A. work　　 B. research　　C. education   D. efforts 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (14)A. workers  B. teachers　　C. grow-ups　　D. youths 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (15)A. time　　 B. course　　  C. period　　  D. step［　　］ 　　  (16)A. teach　　B. help　　　　C. learn　　   D. prepare 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (17)A. under　　B. with　　　　C. without　　 D. in  ［　　］ 　　  (18)A. given　　B. shown　　   C. designed　　D. learned 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (19)A. come　　 B. stick　　   C. lead　　　　D. belong 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (20)A. very long　　　　　　   B. too hard   　　　　  C. so difficult　　　　　　D. such a difficult work 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (21)A. still　　B. even　　　　C. yet　　　　 D. almost 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (22)A. all at once　　　　　　 B. in the future 　　　　  C. at the present time　　 D. now and then　　   ［　　］ 　　  (23)A. help　　 B. turn to　　 C. laugh at　　D. talk about 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　  (24)A. keeps on　　　　　　　　B. sticks to 　　　　  C. fixes his mind　　　　  D. belongs to　　　　 ［　　］ 　　  (25)A. brave　　B. great　　   C. useful　　  D. successful 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］　　

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye：Queen City Casket Company．“What is it?” I wondered．I 　36　 it over．There，in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 　37　. Immediately my mind traveled  38   many years．

   I was nine years old, walking down the cold，wet streets of Springfield，with a bag of magazines on my shoulder．On my   39  that day．I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader，had always taken me there to ask his workers  40  they wanted any magazines．

    Shaking off the  41  like a wet dog．I entered Mr. Rader's office．After a quick glance ,he  42  me over to the fire-place．Noticing the  43   in the top of my  44   ，he said，“Come with me!”，pulling me into his pickup  45  ．we pulled to a stop before a shoe store．Inside，a salesman  46   me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had  47  seen．I  48  about 10 feet tall when I got up  49  them．“We’d like a pair of new socks too．” Mr Rader said．

    Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a  50   ，wrote something on it, and handed it to me．With   51  eyes，I read，“Do to others as you would have them do to you．” He said affectionately(深情地)，“Jimmy，I want you to　52　　I  love  you”．

    I said good-bye, and for the first time I  53    a flicker of hope that somehow things would be  54  ．With people like Mr Rader in the world，there was hope，kindness and love，and that would always make a   55  ．

A．read          B．thought        C．turned       D．passed

A．address       B．1ist            C．message     D．information

A．forward       B．so             C．ahead       D．back

A．return         B．rounds         C．trip         D．arrival

A．if only        B．how           C．whether      D．why

A．dust          B．sweat          C．tail          D．rain

A．led           B．followed        C．watched     D．carried

A．hole          B．mud           C．water        D．cover

A．magazine      B．shoe           C．sock         D．bag

A．truck         B．factory         C．home        D．store

A．dressed        B．fitted          C．showed      D．comforted

A．ever          B．already         C．never        D．hardly

A．appeared      B．seemed         C．looked 　    D．felt

A．for           B．with            C．on　 　     D．in

A．pen          B．paper           C．card　　     D．notebook

A．tearful        B．unbelievable     C．curious.　    D．puzzled

A．admit         B．know           C．consider 　  D．express

A．sensed        B．received         C．lost　       D．gained

A．mistaken      B．fight            C．all right 　   D．possible

A．deal          B．fortune          C．choice　　   D．difference

　　ARIEL, West Bank: A suicide bomber blew up near Israeli soldiers outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank yesterday, killing at least three people and wounding about 30 others, the settlement's mayor and rescue workers said.

　　"A suicide bomber came and there were many soldiers...and he blew himself up." said Ron Nachman, mayor of the settlement of Ariel. "Soldiers were among the casualties. "People on the spot said the bomber blew up after soldiers eating at a food stand in a petrol station at the entrance of the settlement found him. According to some people on the spot accounts reported by Israeli media, a soldier shot and wounded the bomber, who then exploded.

　　The Magen David Adorn ambulance service said at least three people were killed and at least 30 wounded in the blast, which set the bomber burning at Ariel, about 25 kilometers east of Tel Avi v.

　　A fire brigade official said: "The bomber was still burning when we got there and we put out the fire immediatelly."

　　Meanwhile, a blast shook homes in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp early yesterday, damaging buildings but causing no injuries, Palestinian sources said. They said the bomb was planted outside the home of a member of Palestimian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction in Ain el-Hilwch camp, and exploded while the family was sleeping.

　　Some of people including ________were killed or wounded in the blast accident.

　　A. soldiers　　　　　　　　　　　 B. mayor

　　C. rescue workers　　　　　　　　 D. a fire brigade official

　　　The suicide bomber blew himself up because________.

　　A. there was something wrong with his brains

　　B. a soldier shot and wounded him

　　C. he couldn't see the settlement's mayor

　　D. he wanted to make himself known

　　What does the underlined word "casuahies" probably mean in the second paragraph?________

　　A. sufferers　　　B. killers　　　　 C. passersby　　　D. losers

　　It can be concluded that the passage is most probably part of a （n）________.

　　A. announcement　　　　　　　　　B. advertisement

　　C. news report　　　　　　　　　　D. science research

Most forest fires are caused by human carelessness, negligence, or ignorance. Forest fire prevention, therefore, is mainly a problem of creating a better understanding of the importance of forests, an awareness of the danger of fire in the woods, and a sense of personal responsibility to safeguard the forests from danger. This is not an easy job. A city dweller, used to paved street, does not easily change his smoking habits when he goes into the woods.

Careless smokers are responsible for thousands of forest fires each year. Many of these are started when cigarette butts and matches are tossed from automobiles. Others are caused by hunters, hikers, fishermen, or woods workers who are careless in disposing of their smoking material. The Forest Service has posted rules in many of the National Forests that prohibit smoking except in certain designated areas. Many of the states have laws against throwing lighted materials from automobiles. The prevention of smoker-caused fires, however, depends upon changing the attitudes and behavior of millions of people who smoke in hazardous area.

The most important natural cause of fire is lightning. This accounts for 11 percent of forest fires on protected land for the entire nation. In the western states, lightning causes a much higher percentage of fire than it does in the east.

Advances in knowledge of fire weather are helping forest protection forces to know when to be alert for lightning-caused fires. Adequate and well-equipped forces can control them quickly and hold the damage to a minimum. Experiments in “seeding” thunder clouds to prevent or control the lightning itself have been in process for many years, but new breakthroughs are needed for any significant reduction in the lightning starts.

　　 1. The passage is chiefly about

　　　　 A. smoking in forests

　　　　 B. the chief cause of forest fire and their prevention

　　　　 C. changing the attitudes and behavior of millions of people

　　　　 D. advances in knowledge of fire weather

　　 2. Preventing smoker-caused forest fires is mainly a problem of——.

　　　　 A. building the proper knowledge and habits in human beings

　　　　 B. safeguarding the forest from fire

　　　　 C. posting rules in forests

　　　　 D. holding the damage to minimum　　　　　　　　   　　

　　 3. Lightning-caused fires can be controlled quickly by——.

　　　　 A. hunters and woods workers　　　　　　   B. responsible smokers

　　　　 C. adequate and well-equipped forces　　　　 D changing people's habits

　　 4. Which of the following statements is not true?

　　　　 A. The chief causes of forest fires are human carelessness, negligence, or ignorance.

　　　　 B. Lightning, the important natural cause of forest fire, can be prevented or controlled by men.

　　　　 C.  Quite a few states in America have laws against throwing lighted materials from automobiles.

　　　　 D. “Seeding” thunder clouds are a good way to prevent forest fire.