阅读下面短文，并借助插图补充所缺信息。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

The day before yesterday was the worst day for me．In the  1______________ I didn’t get up until twenty to eight．I was afraid I would be 2 _________________ for my work． So I went to work 3____________ eating breakfast．

I was very worried 4______________the way to the restaurant．But I couldn’t 5______________ fast． It was rush hour．, and there were so 6________________ cars and people on the road．When I 7_____________into the restaurant, it was already 8_____________． My boss was very 9_____________ with me． What’s worse, I poured a bowl of soup all over a man． The man was angry． Then I lost my 10 ______________ that day and I had to find a new job the next day．

People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the church and have made up their minds to    15   the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议） against heavy trucks which run    16   through the narrow High Street.“They not only make it    17   to sleep at night, but they are doing damage（损害） to our houses and shops of historical   18  ,”
said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 19  we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student, “why don’t they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a  20    village. Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic”.
　　Harry Fields also studying    21    said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand. “Most of them don’t live here anyway,” he said, “they come in for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音的）, so they probably don’t    22   . It’s high time they realized the problem.” The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were mostly on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
　　I asked if they were    23    that the police might come to stop them.
　　“Not really,” she said, “actually we are suitable bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no    24    against practising.”
I left the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

Working parents feel that they are not giving their children enough care. They think that their children feel　1　and　2　 to spend more time with them.

Scientists in some colleges have found that working parents believed that they knew　3　 their children, but 　4 had ever asked their children what they thought. So scientists interviewed (采访) over 1,000 children of working mothers or fathers to　5　 what they wanted. They asked the children　6　they wanted their parents to stay　　7　 and some　8　questions．After they collected the answers, it was   9  that only 10% of the children in their study said that they wanted more time with their parents. _10_, the children who were interviewed said they wanted their parents to give more   11 to them. They said that their parents were as   12  as a bee. When they were asked about what they 13   most, a large number of the children said that they wanted to feel important and   14 .

So parents should know what their children really want and how to get along  15  with them.

1.                A．tired           B．afraid          C．unhappy  D．worried

2.                A．think           B．let             C．ask  D．want

3.                A．of　　         B．at　　　　      C．about    D．over

4.                A．every one       B．someone        C．anyone   D．no one

5.                A．try out         B．find out         C．take out  D．put out

6.                A．whether        B．why            C．when D．how

7.                A．behind         B．at home        C．away D．up

8.                A．other          B．others          C．the other D．the others

9.                A．surprising       B．important       C．necessary D．useful

10.               A．But            B．Also           C．However  D．too

11.               A．food           B．care           C．money    D．practice

12.               A．small          B．young          C．lazy  D．busy

13.               A．talked          B．learned        C．needed   D．studied

14.               A．loved          B．hated          C．complained D．troubled

15.               A．good          B．nice           C．fine  D．well

阅读理解

“ Cool ” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.

“ Cool ” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool . ” You may think, “He’s so cool，”when you see your favourite footballer.

We all maximize（扩大）the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “ new ”or “ surprising ”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall （瀑布）they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility （可信性）. Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can . And I think they are also very cool .

1. We know that the word “ cool ” has had _________

2. In the passage, the word “ express ” means “________”

3.If you are _____________ something, you may say, “It’s cool。”

4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.

5. In the passage, the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “ cool ” _______