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       Have you ever seen or heard (1)________ Facebook, MySpace and YouTube? Ten years ago, there were even no these names.Today they have been part of people's daily life, especially the teenagers' daily life.In (2)________， they are three of the most popular websites (网站).

       In the early days of World Wide Web (万维网), writers and editors wrote articles or (3)________ photos for a certain website.As users, we could only read things that others had written.It was not much different from (4)________ a newspaper or a book.The only difference was (5)________ thing—the words were on a screen, not on paper.

       In the last five years, all that has changed.(6)________ the websites like Bebo and Facebook appeared, they have become more and more popular.Why are these new websites so popular? Unlike those past websites, these new websites allow users (7)________ make the web pages of their own.So every day many articles, photos and home­made films are on show on the websites.They're interactive.You can communicate with people on the (8)________ side of the world.If you read (9)________ article online and don't (10)________ with the writer, you can write a message to the writer on the website to have a discuss.So isn't that amazing?

 Not long ago, my daughter’s shoes were scratched（划损）by someone’s knife. I took the shoes to the shoemaker to get them repaired. He looked at them and said to me,“If you trust me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes.”

I was confused and asked why.

He explained,“ As if the openings were made on purpose for a special style”.

I didn’t fully understand him, but I decided to leave the shoes there.

Two days later I dropped by from work to fetch the shoes. At the first sight I found there were indeed five or six more scratches on each shoe, but all the openings were patched（补）by red soft leather（皮革）. They looked particular. I couldn’t help making compliments on the shoemaker’s skills.

Another time, there was a large opening on the back of my wife’s sister’s white coat. My wife took it over, checked carefully, and then said,“ Let me take it home and mend it.”

Three days later, seeing the coat again, I was shocked: the big opening was taken place by a beautiful flower and it took on a wonderful look. I gave my praise,“ It’s just as beautiful as a piece of art!”

Perfection is impossible to achieve in everything, and so is human’s life., which will appear in the form of injury, disability or disease. Since you can’t change a wound（伤口）,you should not expect people’s pity by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful. All you can do and have to do is to make up the wound by patches and try your best to grow the most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is the meaning of life.

（  ）46.How did the writer feel about the shoemaker’s work?

      A. Satisfied       B. Moved      C. Disappointed    D. Angry

（  ）47. The word “exposing”in the last paragraph is the closest in meaning to “      ”.

A. appearing       B. showing     C .seeing      D. feeling

（  ）48. It can be inferred from this passage that          .

 A. the shoemaker didn’t know how to make shoes      

 B. the shoemaker fooled the writer on purpose

 C. the writer’s wife was good at mending shoes        

D. patches are common in our clothes

(   )49. After reading this passage we know         .

A. human’s life is perfect

B. the wound is very hard to close up

C. we should try to make up the wound on our own

D. the writer was unsatisfied with his wife’s work

(   )50.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

    A. A Wonderful Wife                 B. The Scratches Shoes

    C. A Kind of Perfection               D. The Patches of Life

James Michener, a famous American writer donated at least 90 per cent of what he made from his 43 novels. He seemed to donate more than this. At his death, in October 1997, he had gave away US＄ 117 million.

Michener made a good example, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of giving. The writer worked hard at doing good (行善). He usually follows up his donations to see how the money was used and he had a lot of fun in doing so.

Michener was 90 when he died. He was the only writer on the list of American’s top 25 philanthropists (慈善家). He gave his donations to the college he went to. Michener gave to his college-–US＄72million to Swarthmore. He said, “I am from a family without any money, the college made me from darkness into light.’’

Michener was married three times, but he had no children. For his last 15 years, he lived quietly in Austin, Texas. He moved there to write the 1,000-page novel. The film called South Pacific was inspired （改编)）by his first book，Tales of the South Pacific, written when he

was 40.

1  Michener died in __________.

A. 1991                     B. 1994              C. 1997              D. 2000

2     Michener cared about __________ after he donated.

A. how much money he gave away          B. how the money was used

C. when the money was given back         D. how much fun he had

3     Michener came from a __________ family.

A. rich                      B. poor               C. big                       D. small

4     What’s the name of the college which Michener went to?

A. Austin                   B. Texas             C. Oxford         D. Swarthmore

5     He wrote his first book __________.

A. when he moved to Austin.             B. in his last 15 years.

C. when he was married for the third time. D. at the age of 40.