1. The sudden disaster shocked the people and__________(to damage something completely) everything in sight.

2 I tried every means to__________(to make someone decide to do something) her to give up smoking, but I failed.

3. Paul is reasonable in most cases but he can also be as__________(not willing to change one's mind) as a mule.

4 Having a large__________(词汇量) is very helpful in learning a foreign language.

5 The school has a system of__________(奖励，报酬) and punishments to encourage good behaviour.

6. The government__________(预测) that more people would get jobs the next year.

7. The new headmaster is a quiet and__________(rely) man who wins everyone's respect.

8. Staying in a cage with a lion is the most__________(fright) experience in my life.

9. No force on earth can stop the passage of time, only those who work__________(self) are able to gain time.

10. Wang Feng will hold another concert to express his thanks to the__________(devote) fans.

1. The sudden disaster shocked the people and__________(to damage something completely) everything in sight.
2 I tried every means to__________(to make someone decide to do something) her to give up smoking, but I failed.
3. Paul is reasonable in most cases but he can also be as__________(not willing to change one's mind) as a mule.
4 Having a large__________(词汇量) is very helpful in learning a foreign language.
5 The school has a system of__________(奖励，报酬) and punishments to encourage good behaviour.
6. The government__________(预测) that more people would get jobs the next year.
7. The new headmaster is a quiet and__________(rely) man who wins everyone's respect.
8. Staying in a cage with a lion is the most__________(fright) experience in my life.
9. No force on earth can stop the passage of time, only those who work__________(self) are able to gain time.
10. Wang Feng will hold another concert to express his thanks to the__________(devote) fans.

At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa started to take skating lessons. Her motivation was      :wearing pretty outfits! Very quickly, she     a passion for skating, and she decided to     all her free time to training. At the age of eight, she was already      to perform a triple salchow (三周跳). The young girl from      won five national championships, three times as a junior and twice as a senior.

In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa      for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16. Japan had high      for her.       the Emperor and Empress of Japan came to see her performance. She finished thirteenth in the       rankings. Four years     , she was not present at the Salt Lake City Games. The skater finished second in the Japanese national championships and was not    in the Japanese Olympic team. In     of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in    championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK(日本广播协会)Trophy. In 2004 in Dortmund, she became women’s world    skating champion.

In 2006, after a year-long period in which she almost      her career, Shizuka Arakawa took      in the Turin Olympic Games. A new coach and a new programme had     a new, invigorated(充满活力的)Shizuka. The short programme was a real challenge      the Japanese skater. She performed a noteworthy sequence to Chopin’s “Fantasie Impromptu”, finishing third. On 23 February, 2006, she performed a perfect long programme.      by Puccini’s “Fantasy for Violin”, she performed splendidly and she obtained a       of 191.34, which won her the top step of the winner’s podium(领奖台) in Turin.

1.A. complex      B. bright                 C. simple              D. stupid

2.A. developed   B. became               C. interested    D. realized

3.A. occupy        B. spend                 C. refer        D. devote

4.A. ready                    B. able           C. willing      D. used

5.A. China                    B. Japan                   C. America          D. Russia

6.A. attended             B. prepared C. entered         D. participated

7.A. hopes        B. ambition     C. chances           D. help

8.A. Ever             B. Already              C. Even            D. Still

9.A. middle                  B. final                     C. general           D. beginning

10.A. after                    B. before                 C. ago                 D. later

11.A. contained          B.win        C. held                 D. included

12.A. spite                   B. charge                C. honor               D. possession

13.A. others                 B. another              C. other               D. else

14.A. character           B. figure    C. creature       D. portrait

15.A. ruined              B. ended             C. left             D. fired

16.A. part                    B. pride                  C. control          D. turns

17.A. resulted              B. caused              C. accessed        D. produced

18.A. at                         B. towards               C. for                 D. upon

19.A. Danced     B. Accompanied C. Followed            D. Played

20.A. score                  B. level             C. point               D. top

Friendship among the nations will _______the economic development of the region.

A．devote to         B．contribute to       C．attend to          D．appeal to

One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural world. Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnection between kids and the great outdoors, which will change the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child’s play.

Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment（蚕食）?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods.

Without having a nature experience, kids, can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health, to stress levels, creativity and cognitive（认知的）skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents — and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it; research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters（培养）leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child. The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world. A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more.

Kids are not to blame. They are over-protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite of passage（通过仪式）.

Everyone, from developers, to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that strengthen love, respect and need for landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause.

1.According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will _________.

A. be less healthy both physically and mentally B. keep a high sense of wonder

C. be over-protected by their parents                          D. change wild places and creatures for the better

2.According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is _________.

A. the fault on the part of their parents                        B. the result of their own carelessness in play

C. the natural experience in their growing up      D. the effect of their repetitive stress from computers

3.In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to _________.

A. blame children for getting lost in computer games

B. show his concern about children’s lack of experience in nature

C. encourage children to protect parks from encroachment

D. inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around