American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19. 2003. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which has become one of London’s main tourist attractions.

Looking thinner and darker, 30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames（泰晤士河）and immediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process (过程)doctors say could be life threatening. He had been drinking only water since September 5.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s. He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends.

Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention.

In 1999, he was buried in a coffin (棺材) for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice. Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar(柱子) in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.

“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they’re able to do what they can do,” he said. “They don’t realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation.”

But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.

It is _    __ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation.

A. pleasant      B. delicious       C. dangerous        D. important

Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that _   ___.

A. he had become blind             B. he had serious back pains

C. he lost his sense of taste      D. he was in weak health

Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?

A. Serious         B. Adventurous          C. Mad          D. Crazy

Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?

A. Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box.

B. Blaine was born and brought up in England.

C. In Blaine’s opinion, people can create a wonder.

D. Blaine didn’t have any food for 44 days.            

American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19．2003．Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which has become one of London’s main tourist attractions.

Looking thinner and darker, 30-year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and immediately went to hospital．He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be life threatening．He had been drinking only water since September 5.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s．He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends.

Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention.

In 1999, he was buried in a coffin(棺材) for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice．Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar(柱子) in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.

“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they’re able to do what they can do,” he said．“They don’t realize we can survive．The human being is an amazing creation.” But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box．He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.

It is __________ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation.

A．pleasant　　　       B．delicious　　　      C．dangerous　　 D．important

Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that __________.

A．he had become blind　　　　　　      B．he had serious back pains

C．he lost his sense of taste　　　      D．he was in weak health

Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?

A．Serious　　     B．Adventurous    C．Mad　　　　　      D．Crazy

Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?

       A．Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box.

       B．Blaine was born and brought up in England.

       C．In Blaine’s opinion, people can create a wonder．

       D．Blaine didn’t have any food for 44 days.　

单词拼写（共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分）
76. You can’t turn your dream into r__________ if you just sit there and watch TV all day.
77. A good command (运用能力；掌握) of English e__________ you to communicate with foreign businessmen freely.
78. He missed the bus as a r__________ of getting up too late this morning.
79. It is time for us to take m__________ to stop air pollution in our city now.
80. Cycling is highly b__________ to health and the environment.
81. He seems to have __________ (忽视，忽略) one important fact.
82. I believe the house was __________ (故意地) set fire to, not accidentally.
83. She is so __________ (固执的) that she never listens to other people’s advice.
84. Her tears __________ (流动) freely down her cheeks the moment she heard the sad news.
85. They entered the country __________ (非法地).
86. On this __________, however, it had slowed down considerably.
87. “At the time the murder was __________, I was traveling on the 8 o’clock train to London,” said the man.
88. Six men have been __________ in a mine for seventeen hours.
89. They have been told that rescue operations are __________ smoothly.
90. A pilot noticed a __________ which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
91. We had to __________ for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
92. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood __________ before the microphone.
93. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their __________ by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
94. He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep __________ of the strange object.
95. “So do I,” answered the policeman in the same __________.

When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores in certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or anxious situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.

For example, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isn't sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And, if he can't make things work out right, he doesn't feel ashamed that he fails; he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook(人生观) on life, special feeling about life, and knows how he fits into it.

If you look at children, you'll see great difference between what we call “bright” children and “not bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amounts of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out more about life—he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream－world; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.

1. According to this passage, intelligence is the ability ________.

A. to behave immediately        B. to do well in school

C. to deal with life              D. to know what to do

2. In a new situation, an intelligent person ________.

A. knows more about what might happen to him

B. is sure of the result he will get

C. concentrates on the situation

D. cares more about himself

3. According to the passage the biggest difference between “bright” children and “not bright” children lies in ________.

A. the amount of intelligence

B. the different situations they face

C. the different attitudes to life

D. the background of life

4. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. What's real meaning of intelligence?

B. What's the “bright” children's behaviour?

C. What's a special outlook on life?

D. How to live and behave in a new situation?

5. In the next part of the passage, the author might continue to talk about ________.

A. how to determine what intelligence is

B. how education should be changed

C. how to judge whether a person is intelligent

D. how an unintelligent person should be taught

When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school subjects. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or upsetting situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.

For instance, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tried to do something about it. He probably isn’t sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And if he cannot make things work out right, he doesn’t feel ashamed that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and how he fits into it.

If you look at children, you’ll see a great difference in what we call “bright” children and “not bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amounts of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life, he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream world: he seems to have a walk between him and life in general.

61. According to the passage, intelligence is the ability to ________________ .

A. get high scores in some tests                         B. do well in school subjects

C. deal with life                                              D. know what to do

62. In a new situation, an intelligent person _______________ .

knows more about what might happen to him

is sure of the result he will get

is ready to face and fit himself in the situation

cares more about himself

63. If an intelligent person failed, he would  ___________ .

try not to feel ashamed                              B. learn from his experiences

C.  try to find all he could                            D. make sure what result he would get

64. The difference between bright children and non-bright children lies in _________ .

A. their attitude towards life                                    B. the degree of cleverness

C. the amounts of knowledge about the world     D. their way of thinking