Cliff House
Top of the world
Near the North Pole
Christmas, 1925
My dear boys,
I am dreadfully busy this year一it makes my hand more shaky than ever when I think of it一and not very rich; in fact awful things have been happening, and some of the presents have got spoilt, and I haven't got the North Polar Bear to help me, and I have had to move house just before Christmas, so you can imagine what a state everything is in, and you will see why I have a new address, and why I can only write one letter between you both．
|K] It all happened like this: one very windy day last November my hood blew off and went and stuck on the top of the North Pole. I told him not to, but the North Polar Bear climbed up to the thin top to get it down一and he did. The pole broke in the middle and fell on the roof of my house, and the North Polar Bear fell through the hole it made into the dining room with my hood over his nose, and all the snow fell off the roof into the house and melted and put out all the fires and ran down into the cellars where I was collecting this year's presents, and the North Polar
Bear's leg got broken.
He is well again now, but I was so cross with him that he says he won't try to help me again一I expect his temper is hurt, and will be mended by next Christmas.
I send you a picture of the accident and of my new house on the cliffs above the North Pole(with beautiful cellars in the cliffs).
That's all. Good Bye！
1.Why can the writer only write one letter to the two boys?
A. His hand is more shaky than ever.
B. He is extremely busy.
C. He has got a new address.
D. He has to help the North Polar Bear.
2.Which of the following is most likely to be the picture of the accident?
3.The underlined "him'，refers to
A. the hood B．the pole C. the hale D. the bear
Children have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation! Recently a campaign encouraging children to put away - and play outside has been organized. The campaign, said to be the biggest _____, has been launched with the ______of a documentary film, Project Wild Thing. It tells the story of how, ______ an attempt to get his daughter and son outside, film-maker David Bond______ as marketing director for nature. The call to renew a__＿with nature comes from about 400 organizations, from playgroups to the National Health Service. Children are being ____to take back their "wild time",__＿30 minutes of screen use for outdoor activities. The organizers____that giving up 30 minutes of television and computer games each day in exchange for outdoor playwill increase the __＿of fitness and alertness and improve children's well-being.
According to the chairman Andy Simpson, right now, time spent outdoors is ___,activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been ____ "With many more parents becoming ____ the dominance（统治地位）of screen time in their children's lives, and growing scientific evidence that a decline in____ time is bad news for the health and happiness of our children, we all need to become marketing directors for nature. We want parents to see what this magical wonder product does for their kids' development, independence and creativity, by giving wild time a ____，”said Mr. Simpson.
In Mr. Bond's opinion, the reasons why kids, ____ they live in cities or the countryside, have become ____from nature and the outdoors are complex. " We need to make more space for wild time in children's daily routine, ____ this generation of kids to have the sort of experiences that many of us took for granted. It's all about finding ____ on your doorstep and discovering the sights, sounds and ____ of nature一maybe in a back garden, a local park, or just green space at the end of the road."
1.A. subjects B. screens C. stages D. scenes
2.A. ever B. likely C. then D. even
3.A. outcome B. direction C. exposure D. release
4.A. by B. on C. for D. in
5.A. behaves B. acts C. treats D. regards
6.A. connection B. commitment C．contract D. campaign
7.A. pulled B. forced C. urged D. warned
8.A. providing B. taking C. swapping D. preparing
9.A. allow B. admit C. acquire D. argue
10.A. amounts B. levels C. degrees D. standards
11.A. down B. up C. over ． D. off
12.A. developed B. shown C. tested D. lost
13.A. delighted with B. guilty of C. concerned about D. desperate for
14.A. free B. active C. spare D. normal
15.A. go B. bit C. look D. fit
16.A. while B. though C. as D. whether
17.A. escaped B. disconnected C. suffered D. protected
18.A. freeing B. forbidding C. seeking D. serving
19.A. imagination B. fortune C. wildness D. solution
20.A. senses B. voices C. features D. smells
一One cannot achieve anything by sitting around and talking about it.
一I can't agree more.＿．That's why Johnson failed to get into college.
A. A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
B. An old pan is the one that makes good food.
C. A roaring lion kills no game.
D. A bad workman always blames his tools.
一Do you think Chinese elements in "Gravity" were included just to＿an increasingly influential Chinese viewing audience?
一I don't know, but the director denied the storyline was just to＿the booming market.
A. appeal to; win over B. cater to; take over
C. adjust to; turn over D. adapt to; get over
一What do you think of the UNICEF?
一Great. Its programs have saved thousands of children in Africa who would have______died from lack of food or terrible diseases.
A. instead B. otherwise C. therefore D. moreover
You should be grateful to your employees, because you wouldn't be＿you are now without them.
A. why B. how C. where D. which
