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　　Robert performs his 24-foot boat past willow (柳树) young trees that stick out of the waters of the Mississippi River.  1 dances off maples(枫树)their branches heavy with  2 spring. leaves. But a  3 inspection discloses(显露)trouble behind the beautiful sight.

　　Rubbish is  4 in a logjam (浮木阻塞) and hangs from the tree's branches.

　　For the next three hours Robert and his team pull plastic bags , tanks , bottles and  5 bowling pins out of the water. Then they  6 for a picnic table caught in the trees.

　　Welcome to the Mississippi River Beautification Project, began in 1997 as Robert's one man  7 to pick up rubbish  8 a 400-mile stretch(伸展)of the 2340-mile river. That year, often working  9 , the 22-year-old cleaned 150 miles of shoreline.

　　At first the project appeared  10 and useless. But Robert tried his best to find  11 ,and with their backing, he soon had a new boat and five-man  12 -the Boom Crane Crew. Last year along the crew  13 from the water 44055-gallon drums ,1104 tires and enough plastic bags to  14 a football field. Much of the waste will be  15 

　　“Robert's operation is the only one actually in  16 on the river”, says Mark of the Mississippi River Basin Alliance , a union of environmental groups. “It's the  17 I've ever seen in 20 years, and he is inspiring others to do the  18 .”

　　“The river has given me a livelihood and brought me so much  19 ,” Robert says, “I wanted to do something in  20 ”

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My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” Or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree   36   some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they  37     Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football   38   scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or   39    which we are uncertain, but we all, my friends   40   I, consider this one of life’s 41  .

We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness  42   nonsense（胡闹）. As an old saying   43    : “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not   44  anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that   45   one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say   46   about Beckham’s good looks.

If we close our eyes,   47  in deep thought, we can find that the things that   48   us to be in truth happy, sad or touched   49   a clear meaning. If we don’t go deeper and just satisfied with superficial（表面的）things,  50   we will find that we have not really gained anything  51  our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant(无知)  52   we realize that and make some changes.

It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a sign of great   53  . If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it   54   us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible（理智的）, mature（成熟的）, and intelligent we have   55  .

36．A．to          B．on         C．in           D．at

37．A．learn from         B．learn C．know          D．know about

38．A．rather than       B．except for          C．except       D．apart from

39．A．with          B．in         C．about        D．for

40．A．not            B．as well as C．rather than        D．but

41．A．pleasures          B．taste     C．sorrow       D．regrets

42．A．nor          B．and       C．or          D．or else

43．A．speaks      B．talks          C．tells     D．goes

44．A．take          B．judge         C．accept       D．conclude

45．A．makes       B．causes      C．builds        D．create

46．A．better       B．more     C．worse         D．less

47．A．taking         B．leaving       C．falling        D．getting

48．A．move         B．change   C．doubt              D．follow

49．A．lack       B．have          C．include      D．cover

50．A．in fact        B．indeed       C．in a while D．sooner or later

51．A．so          B．even though     C．because    D．although

52．A．even if       B．although   C．unless       D．if

53．A．joy         B．progress   C．effort         D．work

54．A．cares        B．pains         C．delights    D．minds

55．A．come         B．made         C．had           D．become