阅读下面短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。
Long long ago, there were two brothers, they decided to dig a big hole behind their house. While they1. （dig）, some young men stopped2. （watch）. "What are you doing?" asked one of the young men. "We want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers3. （reply）. The young men began to laugh at them. They told them that their plan was quite silly and digging a hole all the way through the earth was4. （possible）.
After some5. （time）, one of the brothers picked up a jar filled with gold coins and then a bottle of different6.（kind） of seeds which made their yard a beautiful garden later on. He showed the amazing things to others. Everyone was shocked. Then he said7.（confident）, "Even we can't dig through the earth, look at what we have found a long the way!"
Their goal wasn't easy enough to reach, but it did get them to dig. Even we8.（ not reach） every goal at last, but when you can't get to your goal, perhaps you can say to9.（you）, " So many great things have come into my life while I am doing something.
It is in the digging that life is lived. And there is10. （much） joy in the journey, sometimes than in the end."
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
"Problems and worries are normal（正常的）in life," says Laura." But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don't talk to someone, we'll certainly feel_______________
Laura once lost her_______________, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have any money. She just kept_______________of the problem again and again in her mind. "If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!" But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really_______________. Her dad said that he_______________made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new wallet and asked her to be more careful. "I will always remember to_______________my problems in the future!" Laura says.
Robert Hunt advises students about common_______________. He feels the same way as Laura. "It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them." He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn't need to be an expert（专家）like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more________ than them, and are always there to_______them.
In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in________. So you're halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it.
1.A.better B.happier C.cleverer D.worse
2.A.money B.wallet C.bike D.phone
3.A.hoping B.expecting C.thinking D.wishing
4.A.understanding B.seeing C.learning D.knowing
5.A.seldom B.always C.never D.sometimes
6.A.cover B.share C.guess D.stop
7.A.questions B.problems C.ideas D.answers
8.A.love B.experience C.truth D.friendship
9.A.help B.beat C.hurt D.fail
10.A.piece B.pair C.part D.half
根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
1.It's the most popular topic of conversation（谈话）. For example, people may say to each other "Isn't it a nice day?" "Do you think it's going to rain?" or "I think it is going to snow." All these are the common ways to start a conversation. Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like.2.One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It is going to rain tomorrow." But another man may say, "Yes, it's cloudy in the east, so we are going to have a fine day tomorrow."
3.When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain; he won't believe other things. When people are having a picnic, but it begins to rain, they will be so sure about something that shows the weather is going to be fine very quickly.4.They won't believe that they will finish their lunch in the rain.
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he does not always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake.5.
A. People often hope for the weather they want.
B. However, he still probably comes closer to being correct than most people.
C. But they don't always agree with each other.
D. Everybody talks about the weather.
E. They often have the same opinion about the weather.
A very important world problem is the growing population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 7,400,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but the rate of the growth. It is about 1.63 percent every year.
Every second, 4.2 babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing faster and faster. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 months. The rapid growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2025. There will be as many as 8.1 billion people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to see in your life.
1.From the passage, we know there are about new babies to be born in one minute in the world.
A.4 B.350 C.14,400 D.250
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The population of the world is very large.
B.The problem of the large population will be solved by 2025.
C.The growing population will be a big problem in our life.
D.The large population may cause lots of problems.
It is most difficult for parents to decide to have a second child. Someone says that a single child is likely to be a lonely child. There are no other children in the family for the child to talk or play with. An only child is not able to get along well with children of his age. Some parents regretted（后悔）making the decisions to have only one child.
But the number of parents choosing to have only one child is increasing in many parts of the world. In the US, for example, more than 14 percent of women between 18 and 34 plan to have just one child. The same can be seen in the UK. In Japan, the average number of children born per family had gone down to 1.42 by 1996.
For some single child parents, especially who are busy working every day, time and energy seem to be overwhelming（势不可挡的） They don't have enough time and energy to share with more children. For other people, money is their first consideration（考虑）. Many couples in Japan choose not to have large families because the cost of supporting a child up to the age of 18 reaches around US $ 160,000.
1.According to the passage, why is a single child likely to be lonely?
A.Because his parents don't love him.
B.Because he doesn't have holidays.
C.Because he doesn't have a brother or a sister to talk or play with.
D.Because there are other children in the family.
2.What do people not think about when they choose to have a second child?
A.Time. B.Food. C.Money. D.Energy.
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.It is not easy to make a decision to have a second child.
B.Many couples in Japan love to have large families.
C.All parents feel confident about having a second child.
D.Less than 14% of women in the UK plan to have just one child.
4.The main idea of the passage is .
A.the cost of supporting a child is so high.
B.parents can't share their time and energy with more children.
C.some parents regretted making the decisions to have only one child.
D.the reasons for parents not to have a second child.
1.What time do western people usually have dinner?
A.After midday. B.At 5: 00 in the afternoon.
C.Before 7: 00 in the afternoon. D.Around 7 pm or even later.
2.What will a host（主人） probably say to a guest at the start of a meal?
A.Can I help you? B.Eat slowly! C.Help yourself! D.Can you serve me?
3.Which of the following is helpful when you're in the west according to the poster?
A.You can leave as soon as you've finished eating.
B.The fork is held in your right hand and the knife in your left.
C.If you don't know what to do, just watch the others and do as they do.
D.You can't eat chicken legs with your fingers.
