A gentle wind blew through Jennifer's hair．The golden red sun was  46  ．She was on the beach，looking up at the ball．She was amazed by its  47  ，deep red in the middle， 48    fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the  49  and the seagulls flying up above in the sky．

The atmosphere  50   her．After all she had been through，this is what she  51  ．“ It’s getting late，”she thought，“I must go home，my parents will be  52  where I am．”She wondered how her parents would react，when she got home after the three days she was 53 .

The sun had set by now and it was getting  54  ．She tried to imagine having her favorite 55  on until she saw her front door It seemed different.   56   had taken care of the outside garden for days．She was  57  : her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now…It all seemed  58  ．She couldn't understand what was going on．

She entered the  59  ．First，she went into the kitchen where she saw a(n)  60  written by her father．It said：“Dear Ellen，there is some coffee ready, I went  61  ．”Ellen was her mother but—where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her  62  room．She went in．Then she saw her mother, lying on the bed sleeping．Her  63  looked so tired，as if she hadn’t  64  for days．She was really pale．Jenny just fell asleep beside her．When Jennifer woke up she found something  65  ．She was in her cosy bed in her nightclothes．

It felt so good being back home．Suddenly she heard a voice．“Are you feeling better  now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared．”

1.A．rising     B．setting      C．shining          D．smiling

2.A．shape      B．shadow       C．size             D．color

3.A．quickly        B．partly       C．softly           D．probably

4.A．waves      B．boats        C．trees            D．sands

5.A．relaxed        B．puzzled      C．disappointed     D．interrupted

6.A．understood B．considered   C．needed           D．regretted

7.A．discussing B．finding      C．asking           D．wondering

8.A．alive      B．asleep       C．missing          D．hardworking

9.A．sunny      B．warm         C．cold             D．cloudy

10.A．glasses       B．hat          C．skirt            D．jacket

11.A．Somebody    B．Nobody     C．Mother           D．Father

12.A．shocked       B．scared       C．exhausted        D．comforted

13.A．beautified    B．rearranged   C．deserted         D．destroyed

14.A．garden        B．bedroom      C．yard             D．house

15.A．book          B．note         C．article          D．poste

16.A．1ooking       B．working      C．fishing          D．sightseeing

17.A．own           B．parents’    C．sister’s        D．brother’s

18.A．gesture       B．body         C．face             D．eyes

19.A．studied       B．slept        C．exercised        D．moved

20.A．different B．new          C．precious         D．dangerous

      In some countries video games are ____53____ becoming a social problem. They are banned in the Philippines and Indonesia. In Japan, those who are under 15 years old are ____54____ to use the public machines at night. City elders across the United States are campaigning to restrict their numbers, while the Hong Kong government is proposing to license their operation. These video games are causing children to ____55____ their money on them. Even adults are lured into spending ____56____ hours playing them.

      In Singapore, the battle of man against the machines takes place in licenced amusement centers, mostly located in shopping centers. According to one ____57____, each establishment can make between $ 250 and $1,500 a day. The schoolchildren in uniforms there are not allowed into these centers. However, one cannot help ____58____ that the majority of those who are often found in these places are youngsters. Many of them are schoolchildren who have changed out of their uniforms. Some play for the ____59____ of it, others have turned them into a form of gambling, and some are hopelessly ____60____ to them.

       Now kids and adults ____61____ play these games in the privacy of their homes. Video game sets have invaded most homes. The question that must be asked is: Have they any educational value?

     We're waiting to take trips to outer space. When will it happen? According to individuals in the growing field of space tourism, it may be in five or fifty years.

     Space Adventures is taking ____55____ for the flights, similar to the first manned spaceflights. The trip will cost $ 90,000, with a $ 6,000 deposit required.  More than 200 people have made reservations, said Sarah, Dalton, the company spokeswoman.

     John Spencer of the Space Tourism Society says that a more realistic ____56____ for regular space travel is 50 years. Issues of expense, difficulty, and danger must still be resolved. Oh yes --- a reusable vehicle must ____57____ be invented.  He adds, however, that ten years from now, a ____58____ number of people may be able to visit a space station. He says he expects a fleet of private space vehicles or “space yachts (快艇)” to be in ____59____ in 20 to 25 years. They will do what he calls “orbital super yachting.” After that, there will be cruise lines, like those that travel the Earth's oceans, as well as space hotels and resorts.

     There have been only a few studies to determine the public's interest in space tourism, but they all conclude that a ____60____ of people would like to visit space and would be willing to pay good money for it.

     According to expert Patrick Collins, between 5 million and 20 million people will head for space by 2030. He also ____61____ 100 flights a day leaving Earth. It would be ____62____ to have more than 100 hotels in Earth's orbit, a few more orbiting the moon, and a few on the moon's surface. These hotels would ____63____ more than 100,000 people, who would work month-long shifts. Each hotel would have a service station. Such service stations would provide oxygen, water, and hydrogen. They might also ship environmentally safe electric power back to Earth. If all the issues can be resolved, Collins says that space tourism could one day become a $1 trillion industry.

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his   56 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 57 of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 58 . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 59  he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which 60 to his uncle in the afternoon. They        61 the night there, so that they could 62 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 63 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 64  he was. He turned over   __65__and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 66  that he was at the     67 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 68 quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the   69   ,where Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It   70  good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 71  , because they didn’t want to   __72__ up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle(热水瓶)        73 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 74 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera   75  and started out.

What a blessing to be alive in a wonderful world of unlimited possibilities．After contracting Hodgkin's disease at seven and being given six months to live，I recovered．I’m not dying of cancer．I’m   46  with it ．  47   what comes my way, I don’t have to be afraid any more．

In the second year of high school，the class was scheduled to run the  48   ．Due to the swelling and  49  from surgery on my leg，for two years I hadn't worn shorts and lived in  50  ．Yet that day，I was ready---shorts，heart and mind．When the coach yelled，“Ready．Set．Go!” I ran faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet， 51  to finish first．As we came around the first of four laps，there were students all over the  52  ．By the end of the second and third laps，many of the students had already  53  and were on the ground breathing deeply．By the time I hit the fourth lap，I was   54  ．Then it hit me．I realized nobody had given up．  55  ，everyone had already finished．I cried．12 minutes，42 seconds after starting，I   56  the finish line．I fell to the ground，  57  ．

46．A．enduring         B．studying       C．living          D．burdening

47．A．Regardless of     B．As of          C．In terms of     D．Let alone

48．A．game            B．competition    C．match          D．mile

49．A．wounds          B．scars          C．signs          D．treats

50．A．fear              B．surprise            C．anger    D．disappointment

51．A．hoped           B．determined     C．expected       D．longed

52．A．trip             B．school         C．ground         D．track

53．A．quit             B．gone          C．insisted        D．left

54．A．annoyed          B．confident     C．alone           D．lonely

55．A．Otherwise        B．Instead        C．Yet            D．Besides

56．A．ran              B．walked         C．passed        D．crossed

57．A．embarrassed      B．proud          C．amused        D．excited

58．A．sent me up        B．picked me up   C．took me up     D．set me up

59．A．up              B．over           C．straight        D．ahead

60．A．opinion          B．goal           C．belief         D．thought

61．A．can             B．may           C．should         D．must

62．A．hesitation        B．blame          C．pain          D．laughter

63．A．Other than       B．More than       C．Rather than    D．Less than

64．A．lifted            B．broke          C．sank          D．beat

65．A．before           B．when          C．that           D．since