I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The        on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“     one of you did this?”
We all        the step. There was a child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very         . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so afraid. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, Dad.”
The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us must have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the         to tell the truth.
To find out who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to write exactly what you see on the step.”
I tried my best to write the words       . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. “    none of you will admit(承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all.” I stood there and said        . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“I did it.” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was grounded for a month.
We didn’t       that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry because of it. That was the        time I let anyone take the blame for me.

小题1:	A．smile B．ache C．change D．look

小题2:	A．Whose B．Which C．What D．Who

小题3:	A．looked up at B．looked over on C．looked down at D．looked around at

小题4:	A．surprised B．amazed C．interested D．frightened

小题5:	A．chance B．courage C．condition D．cause

小题6:	A．differently B．carefully C．clearly D．slowly

小题7:	A．Since B．Because C．As D．For

小题8:	A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing

小题9:	A．worry about B．think about C．talk about D．care about

小题10:

A．first B．second C．last D．other

“Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷).
Close your eyes and imagine you are living in the next two centuries or more. You'll be living in a world filled with smart robots, which will be helping you to take care of your children, or your elderly parents in your home. You'll live much longer thanks to the medicine made by genetic (基因的) science. And mankind may be going farther in space than ever before-you will be living on the moon or Mars.
How should we view the changes that wait for us in the future? Should we be optimistic (乐观的)about the years ahead, or worried about what the future holds? Some scientists and experts are having a discussion about how technology, science and society will develop in the future.
"I'm looking forward to the day when more technology will come to my life," says John Searle, a professor at the University of California Berkeley Philosophy, "because I think further research in such areas as genetics, physics, chemistry and medicine will help us to overcome poverty, improve health, and make life longer."
Hugh Herr, at MIT's Biomechatronics Group, considers very powerful weapons as concern over the future. Another is the growing role of technology in our lives."Machines’ taking over what humans do is not a good thing," Herr says.
That is a similar concern shared by Daniela Cerqui, a social and cultural scientist. "I am afraid that the long-term future we are building will have no space left for human beings," says Cerqui. "The main values of our society are related to information that must progress as quickly as possible, and computers are much better than humans in these tasks ."
小题1: The second paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A．how science will develop in the future

B．how people will live in a modern society

C．what life would be like in the future

D．what computers will bring to our society

小题2:From Paragraph 4 we can infer that ___________.

A．John Searl is optimistic about the future

B．we should wait to see the changes in the future

C．John Searl worries much about what the future holds

D．further science research will be helpful for making life longer

小题3: The underlined word "That" in the last paragraph refers to________.

A．The poverty problem in the future

B．Machines’ taking over what humans do

C．The technology of weapons

D．The health problem of humans

小题4:The best title for the passage can be “___________”.

A．The Future--Full of Hope or Concern

B．Great Changes Will Take Place in the Future

C．The Relationship Between Technology and Humans

D．The Role of Robots and Computers in the Future

During the Second World War．John's family didn't have a washing machine．Therefore，小题1:_____ （keep）clothes clean became a problem for them.
Before long，a family friend decided 小题2:______（join）the army and his wife was going with  him．John's family told them that they could take care of their furniture while they were away. To the family’s surprise，the friend suggested they should use his Bendix washing machine．“It would be better for it to 小题3:______（use），rather than sitting quietly，”he said．
Young John helped with the washing，and he developed a deep love of the old，green Bendix．
later，the war ended and the family's friend returned．When he came小题4:_____(take) the machine away．John became very sad．His mother saw this and said to him．“Son， you must remember that machine小题5:____(not belong) to us in the first place. It was a gift for us小题6:_____(be) able to use it for such a long time．So，instead of 小题7:_____ （be）sad about the loss．Let’s be grateful that we 小题8:_____ （be）able to use it at that time.”
We have all experienced loss：loss of people and things．However，if we see the thing we小题9:______（lose）as a gift that we were given for a time，maybe the sad memories 小题10:_____( change) into thankful ones．