阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I have a blind friend who lives in New York City. ______ we have never met face to face, we still ______ each other frequently. She is a ______ lady and has become like a sister to me. Her ______ and enthusiastic letters always ______ my spirits and the inspiring poems she shares with the world always bring a ______ to my face. She is all the more ______ due to the fact that she lost her ______ halfway through her life. She had to ______ her career and relearn to do everything that most of us take for granted. Many would have given up after such a ______ but not her. ______, she started a glorious new life full of award winning volunteer work. Her ______ are full of teaching English to new immigrants, giving comfort to ______ hearts, writing, serving her religious community, and helping others in ______ way she can.
The light of my friend’s example is a beacon (灯塔) that I try to ______ as well. Whenever I feel too ______ in my own life I look at the challenges that she has ______ in hers. She may have lost her sight but she ______ lost her soul. She knows that the eyes that really see are the eyes of the heart, and she does her best every day to follow the ______ vision that they give to her. I am sure too that their eyes of the angels watching over her are always filled with tears of ______ and that their faces are always full of shining smile.
1.A. When B. As C. Since D. Although
2.A. call B. write C. email D. encourage
3.A. remarkable B. humorous C. funny D. considerate
4.A. constant B. brief C. optimistic D. beautiful
5.A. attract B. reach C. improve D. lift
6.A. smile B. cloud C. puzzle D. look
7.A. helpful B. amazing C. sensitive D. disappointing
8.A. way B. parents C. sight D. heart
9.A. put off B. depend on C. keep on D. give up
10.A. loss B. failure C. break D. challenge
11.A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Then
12.A. plans B. days C. ideas D. thoughts
13.A. feeling B. touching C. breaking D. hurting
14.A. every B. some C. no D. possible
15.A. examine B. copy C. follow D. complete
16.A. cheated B. bored C. nervous D. challenged
17.A. controlled B. overcome C. passed D. overlooked
18.A. never B. still C. also D. already
19.A. lasting B. caring C. loving D. continuing
20.A. pity B. joy C. sorrow D. surprise
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Most people buy a lot of gifts just before Christmas. But some people think we buy too much. They have started a special day called Buy Nothing Day. 1..
Buy Nothing Day is November 29. It’s 25 days before Christmas. It’s after Thanksgiving and often the first day of Christmas shopping. 2..
The idea for Buy Nothing Day started in Vancouver, British Columbia. 3.. In California, parents and children get together to read stories, sing songs, and paint pictures. The children talk about why they don’t need a lot of toys. This year, in Manchester, England, people dressed up in costumes to tell people that we buy too much.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, high school students wanted to tell other students about Buy Nothing Day. They organized a spaghetti dinner to give people information about Buy Nothing Day. 4.. They made posters and talked to other students about it. 5.. The students at high schools liked the idea of this new tradition. Next year, they want to have another dinner to tell more people about Buy Nothing Day.
A. They asked restaurants in the neighborhood to donate the food.
B. At this time, we see ads in Newspapers and, on TV telling us to “buy, buy, buy!”
C. Buy Nothing Day has successfully persuaded people not buy anything.
D. Many people think highly of the idea of Buy Nothing Day.
E. They don’t want anyone to go shopping on that day.
F. Now people all over the world celebrate Buy Nothing Day.
G. The dinner was a big success, and many students agreed not to buy anything on November 29.
从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Some people would have you believe that being fat is the worst thing you can be. They think that if a person is fat they have no life, no love, no reason to want to look good in their clothes. The sad thing is that many people who are fat do feel the same loathing toward themselves and others who are overweight or obese.
I know what I’m talking about because I have been there. I have been that fat girl who wore big T-shirts to cover my “sins”. Forget style. Forget fashion sense. I absolutely had none. I didn’t even bother getting haircuts for years, just wore my hair long and straight, pulled back in a ponytail, I have to wonder if the reason the fashion industry has ignored plus sized women and children for so long is because plus sized people, feeling they couldn’t possibly look great, didn’t bother shopping for new clothes, and therefore no profit was to be found by producing those sizes.
For me, the change that improved my outer look actually started with my outlook on life. I started by being grateful for all I do have, like great health, a stable family, a steady income, freedom, a decent home, the ability to see the trees turn orange in the fall, to hear my grandson humming in the back seat, to remember the great times I’ve had in my life.
I started to focus on all the positive aspects of the life I already had. I actually started to feel the beauty of the Universe all around me and to realize that I am part of that perfection. The self loathing stopped. I noticed all the people in my life who loved me in spite of my size. I got off the pity pot and smiled at myself. I acknowledged my shame and embarrassment and moved through that too.
1.We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.
A. a fat person is easy be taken away by others’ viewpoint
B. fat people always have a low opinion of themselves
C. fat people usually envy others who are slim
D. fat people usually have pity on each other
2.According to the author, the fashion industry ________.
A. makes a lot of money by making clothes for fat people
B. does not bother to make clothes for fat people
C. targets on fat people mainly for the purpose of making profit
D. looking down upon fat people too
3.What does the author think is the most important to lead a happy life?
A. One’s view on life.
B. The support and care from others.
C. Neglecting others’ views.
D. Focusing on one’s inner beauty.
4.The author is probably ________.
A. an expert at weight loss
B. a girl who is troubled by her weight
C. an old woman who is much careful with her appearance
D. an old lady who is happy with almost everything
从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Danger-junkie orangutans(猩猩) in Borneo climb dead trees and shake then until they begin to fall. They scream with excitement as they cling to the falling tree. Just before the tree hits the ground the orangutans leap to another tree or vine, narrowly escaping death. While no one cab ask orangutans if they enjoy it as a person playing an extreme sport, one animal behaviorist sees this monkey fun as a bit of harmless thrill-seeking.
A growing number of scientists agree that animals are conscious and capable of experiencing basic emotions(情感), such as happiness, sadness, boredom or depression. A few scientists even see the possibility for higher animal emotions like love, jealousy and spite.
Five years ago, behaviorist and animal-rights activist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe stood on a Virginia hotel balcony watching two crows intimately groom (清洁) each other in the comfort of an abandoned billboard. He felt that the birds liked what they were doing, even if engaged in a natural, beneficial act, such as picking parasites (寄生虫) off the other’s feathers. That moment changed the way he would view animals forever and led to a book, “Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good”, which is filled with hundreds of examples of animals living it up thanks to developed senses of touch, taste, sight, sound and smell.
Balcombe recounts a favorite example of Kenyan hippos (河马) having high-end spa treatment in a fresh water spring. They splay their toes, open their mouths wide and wait for a school of cleaner fish to remove parasites and slough off dead skin, he recalls. Balcombe knows that the hippos and the fish both benefit from this arrangement. “My interpretation is that it is also enjoyable for them ,” he says.
1.Danger-junkie orangutans shook the tree to ________.
A. get some fruits B. enjoy themselves
C. train their escaping skills D. frighten other animals
2.The purpose of the first paragraph is to ________.
A. describe an unusual scene among animals
B. give an example that animals can experience pleasure
C. make a comparison between monkeys with humans
D. show that animals can avoid danger
3.The passage leads us to the belief that _____.
A. animals can experience emotions
B. animals have a way to adapt to their environment
C. animals can copy what humans do
D. animals are only eat-or-be-eaten beasts
4.We can conclude from the passage that ________.
A. only a few animals have emotions
B. Balcombe’s theory is not supported by other scientists
C. Balcombe has watched a lot of animals showing emotions
D. Balcombe can understand animal language
从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Spring is just around the corner and it’s a time to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. Here is a selection of festivals around the country that are a great excuse to get back in the spring sunshine.
Dana Point Festival of the Whales
Dana Point, California
March 7 to 8 and 14 to 15, 2010
Each year, over two sunny weekends in March the town of Dana Point, California celebrates the return of migratory California Gray whales to this part of the Pacific Ocean. Festivities include whale-watching, an arts festival and educational hands-on activities for the entire family. Prices start at $ 29 per adult and $ 19 for children. For more information, visit www.dpfestivalofwhales. com
Chandler Ostrich Festival
Chandler, Arizona
March 13 to 15, 2010
Chandler is the center of Ostrich(鸵鸟) ranching in the U.S. You can see jockeys ride these feathered beasts around the ostrich track at Tubleweed Park. General admission is $ 9 for adults, $ 8 for seniors, $ 7 for children aged five to 12 and kids four and under are free. For more information visit www.ostrich festival.com
Festival of Houses and Gardens
Charlestib, South Carolina
March 19 to April 18, 2010
The Historic Charleston Foundation gives curious travelers the opportunity to explore gardens of some of the finest private residences in America. Each three-hour tour(afternoons from 2 to 5 p.m. and evenings from 6 to 9 p.m.)lets you to visit eight to ten properties dating from the American colonial period. Prices range from $25 to $45. For more information, visit www.historic-charleston.org.
Tulip Time Festival
Holland, Michigan
May 1 to 9, 2010
You don’t need to travel to the Netherlands this spring to see and smell some of the world’s finest tulips (郁金香). The town of Holland is home to millions of colorful bulbs. The 81st annual Tulip Time Festival, one of the largest flower festivals in the country will begin with fireworks on May 1. Admission fee ranges from $ 6 for the children’s area to $ 38 for theatre tickets. Tickets and more information are available at www.tuliptime.com.
1.Which of the following is truer of Tulip Time Festival?
A. It is held in a town in the Netherlands.
B. It will start with fireworks on the first day.
C. It is the largest flower festival in the country.
D. It has been held every year for the past 81 years.
2.A group of travelers who want to have fun in mid-April will go to ________.
A. Dana Point Festival of the whales
B. Chandler Ostrich Festival
C. Festival of Huouses and Gardens
D. Tulip Time Festival
3.A couple with their 4-yer-old son will go whale-watching, they have to pay ________.
A. $58.B. $38.C. $48.D.$77.
从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Patricia Blues, 29, has a new aim in life: to keep drivers’ hands on their steering wheels and off their cell phones. On November 2, 2007, Blues lived through a horrible experience. A motorist dialing a cell phone drove through a stop sign at 45 miles per hour and ran into the side of Blues’ car. Blues’ 2-year-old daughter was killed immediately in the crash.
Blues has since devoted her time top pushing for laws that would prevent this type of tragedy from happening again.
Cell phones are not the only distractions（分神） that cause accidents. Eating, changing CDs, reading maps, talking to passengers, and just reaching for an object on the floor can be dangerous. Therefore, the emphasis should be on educating drivers to avoid all distractions. However, talking on cell phones might be easier to regulate than eating or changing music. At least 34 states have already passed laws to restrict cell phone use in moving cars. No state has banned it yet, but several US. cities. Worldwide, 13 nations, including Australia, England, Germany, Japan and China have banned drivers’ use of cell phones in moving cars.
To date, no scientific evidence has been published showing that talking on the phone affects driving safety. But according to a test by some high school students, “driving while on the phone does affect safety and probably shouldn’t be done”.
1.What happened to Patricia Blues on November 2, 2007?
A. She was seriously injured in a car crash.
B. She lost her daughter in a road accident.
C. She broke the traffic rules at a bus stop
D. Her vehicle was destroyed by a motorbike.
2.The tragedy was caused by ________.
A. Blues’ lack of driving experience
B. the motorist’s failure of seeing the stop sign
C. Blues’ poor car conditions
D. the motorist’s absence of mind while driving
3.Patricia Blues’ new goal of life is to persuade the government ________.
A. to forbid the carrying of cell phones in cars
B. to educate drivers to avoid all distractions
C. to ban talking on cell phones while driving
D. to study harmful results of using cell phones
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. Using cell phones while driving is easier to be controlled by law than other distractions
B. It is more important to make laws than educate drivers to be aware of driving safety.
C. Driving while on the cell phone is firmly against only by some students from high schools.
D. It is extremely urgent for the cities with a large population to restrict using cell phones
