While traveling in Ssesse Island, Uganda, I came across a basket weaver. Weaving basket designs is a complex craft that ____1____ much skill and cleverness. To see an expert at work is so ____2____ that I had watched this particular lady for hours. What was astonishing, ____3____, was that a young African man had also become ____4____ as the basket weaver performed her craft.

____5____ whether the young man was more interested in the basket weaving or the weaver, I ____6____ the unexpected couple. On being asked about his ____7____ in weaving, the wise young man looked at me with complete puzzle and ____8____ that he didn’t know how to weave so he was watching because people can always ____9____ something from one another.

Of all the lessons I’ve learned during my travels, one of the finest is that ____10____ has nothing to do with wealth and little to do with ____11____ education! Wisdom can be ____12____ in every village, every town, every city, country, and continent in every ____13____ of the earth. Moreover, the wisest are often not those who are the most outspoken but, ____14____, those who are quiet and modest.

The young man on Ssesse Island is a perfect ____15____. His high status in the village was such that he was not ____16____ to study the lowly task of basket weaving; yet, there he was. And to top it off, this modest young man threw out a pearl of wisdom so ____17____.

As I watch what is ____18____ in our world today, I find myself wishing that more people had the wisdom of my young African friend. Much time has ____19____ since I met the young man but I have carried his wisdom in my heart ____20____. And I believe that it doesn’t matter who we are, we can always learn something from one another.

1．A．asks                  B．takes                      C．costs               D．deserves

2．A．encouraging       B．moving                   C．fascinating       D．touching

3．A．however            B．otherwise                C．anyhow           D．therefore

4．A．inspired             B．excited                    C．delighted          D．engaged

5．A．Thinking            B．Finding                   C．Wondering       D．Accepting

6．A．walked              B．approached             C．reached           D．met

7．A．hobby            B．doubt                      C．advantage        D．interest

8．A．replied            B．told                        C．spoken            D．remarked

9．A．borrow              B．learn                       C．understand       D．think

10．A．thought            B．knowledge              C．wisdom           D．opinion

11．A．private             B．special                    C．usual               D．formal

12．A．found              B．invented                  C．discovered              D．created

13．A．side                 B．space                      C．corner             D．district

14．A．though             B．instead                    C．however          D．therefore

15．A．example           B．figure                     C．model              D．symbol

16．A．meant              B．predicated               C．planned            D．expected

17．A．certainly          B．naturally                  C．surely              D．definitely

18．A．appearing         B．turning                    C．happening        D．showing

19．A．passed             B．disappeared             C．lost                 D．missed

20．A．ever after         B．before long              C．long since        D．ever since

Moths are very ugly creatures．At least that is what I always thought until a reliable source told me otherwise．My brother Joseph and I once stayed overnight at our Aunt Linda’s house, our favorite relative．She spoke to us like adults, and she always had the best 21 ．Joseph was only four and still afraid of the dark．Just as I dozed off to sleep, he woke me up and asked, “Jennie, what are those ugly things near the light?” He was pointing to the moths fluttering around the hall light．“They’re just moths, go to sleep,” I told him．

He wasn’t 22 with that answer, so the next time my Aunt walked by the door he asked her to make the ugly moths go away．When she asked why, he said 23 , “Because they’re ugly and scary!” She laughed, rubbing his head, and asked, “Do you know why moths are brown?” Joe just shook his head．

“ 24 , moths were the most beautiful animals in the animal kingdom．They have always been helpful, kind, and 25 creatures．One day the angels up in heaven were crying．They were sad because it was cloudy and they couldn’t 26 the people on earth．Their tears fell down to the earth as 27 raindrops．Now that the sweet little moths 28 to see everyone so sad, they decided to make a rainbow．The moths 29 that if they asked their cousins, the butterflies, to help, they could all give up just a little bit of their colors and 30 , make a beautiful rainbow．

One of the littlest moths flew to ask the queen of the butterflies for help．31 , the butterflies were too vain and selfish to give up any of their colors for neither the people nor the angels．So, the moths decided to make the rainbow themselves．They 32 their wings very hard and the powder on them formed little clouds．They kept giving a little more and more 33 the rainbow stretched all the way across the sky．They had given away all their colors except brown, which didn’t 34 their beautiful rainbow．

Now the once colorful moths were 35 and brown．At the rainbow, the angels up in heaven became joyous．They smiled and the 36 of their smiles shone down on the earth as sunshine．It made the people on earth cheerful and they smiled, too．Now every time it rains the baby moths, who still have their colors, spread them 37 the sky to make more rainbows．”

My brother sank into deep 38 with that story and hasn’t feared moths 39 ．The story my aunt told us had been gathering 40 in the back corners of my brain for years．

21．A．jokes 　　　　　　　　　 B．editions 　　　　　　　　 C．stories 　　　　　　　　 D．memories

22．A．familiar 　　　　　　　　 B．content 　　　　　　　　 C．impressed 　　　　　　 D．confirmed

23．A．cautiously 　　　　　　 B．casually 　　　　　　　　 C．simply 　　　　　　　　 D．anxiously

24．A．By all means 　　　　 B．In any circumstance C．To be honest 　　　 D．At one time

25．A．generous 　　　　　　　 B．aggressive 　　　　　　 C．considerate 　　　　　 D．faithful

26．A．hang out with 　　　 B．show concern for C．take control of 　　　 D．look down upon

27．A．constant 　　　　　　　 B．endless 　　　　　　　　 C．occasional 　　　　　　 D．permanent

28．A．hesitated 　　　　　　　 B．declined 　　　　　　　 C．intended 　　　　　　　 D．hated

29．A．clarified 　　　　　　　 B．figured 　　　　　　　　 C．recommended 　　　 D．predicted

30．A．moreover 　　　　　　 B．therefore 　　　　　　　 C．meanwhile 　　　　　 D．instead

31．A．Unexpectedly 　　　　 B．Obviously 　　　　　　 C．Eventually 　　　　　　 D．Strangely

32．A．expanded 　　　　　　 B．struck 　　　　　　　　　 C．beat 　　　　　　　　　　 D．stretched

33．A．until 　　　　　　　　　　 B．before 　　　　　　　　　 C．while 　　　　　　　　　 D．after

34．A．adapt to 　　　　　　　 B．bring out 　　　　　　　 C．make up 　　　　　　　 D．fit into

35．A．ordinary 　　　　　　　 B．common 　　　　　　　 C．plain 　　　　　　　　　　 D．awful

36．A．warmth 　　　　　　　　 B．strength 　　　　　　　 C．truth 　　　　　　　　　　 D．wealth

37．A．beyond 　　　　　　　　 B．through 　　　　　　　　 C．under 　　　　　　　　　 D．across

38．A．thought 　　　　　　　　 B．dream 　　　　　　　　　 C．sleep 　　　　　　　　　 D．curiosity

39．A．though 　　　　　　　　 B．since 　　　　　　　　　　 C．anyway 　　　　　　　 D．later

40．A．powder 　　　　　　　　 B．rainbows 　　　　　　　 C．dust 　　　　　　　　　　 D．shadows

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　　It is well known that smoking causes harmful side effects; however, we see thousands of smoking. Not only the elderly;  1 young people and children are under smoke, in order to show they  2 ——maybe smoking is a  3 of being a grown up.  4 smoking has become a serious social problem.

　　Our government has  5 called on people to  6 smoking. As a result, many have given up smoking.  7 , a lot more people are joining the ranks of smokers.  8 it is far from enough to  9 the matter to slogans(口号).  10 is necessary is a campaign  11 smoking.

　　First, I suggest, regulations  12 be made to forbid smoking in public places. In many cities smoking is not  13 in cinemas or in theatres. Smokers have to abide by(遵守)it,  14 they'll be fined. Why can't we  15 this as a good example to develop it in other public places  16 on the trains, in the offices, hotels and so on?

　　Secondly, stricter measures  17 taken to impose a tax  18 smokers for causing pollution.  19 we'll continue the fight against smoking in the  20 that one day smokers will fully realize the health dangers they face.

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　　It is well known that smoking causes harmful side effects; however, we see thousands of smoking. Not only the elderly;  1 young people and children are under smoke, in order to show they  2 ——maybe smoking is a  3 of being a grown up.  4 smoking has become a serious social problem.

　　Our government has  5 called on people to  6 smoking. As a result, many have given up smoking.  7 , a lot more people are joining the ranks of smokers.  8 it is far from enough to  9 the matter to slogans(口号).  10 is necessary is a campaign  11 smoking.

　　First, I suggest, regulations  12 be made to forbid smoking in public places. In many cities smoking is not  13 in cinemas or in theatres. Smokers have to abide by(遵守)it,  14 they'll be fined. Why can't we  15 this as a good example to develop it in other public places  16 on the trains, in the offices, hotels and so on?

　　Secondly, stricter measures  17 taken to impose a tax  18 smokers for causing pollution.  19 we'll continue the fight against smoking in the  20 that one day smokers will fully realize the health dangers they face.

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