阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I was driving home late at night ___1.___ my car lost momentum(冲力) and got slower and slower. Nothing I did seemed to make any __2.__ (different). “It can’t be the fuel,” I thought. The petrol gauge(汽油量表) was showing I had plenty ___3.___(leave).” Then my car died completely after I ___4.__ (manage) to roll to the side of the road. It was an extremely dark, lonely country road. Neither a single person __5.___ any traffic was in sight at all. I felt like an idiot. I should not have left without charging my cell phone. The battery was dead __6.___I was alone without any way to contact my family. Time dripped slowly like a leaking tap.
“God, help me!” I begged anxiously. “Is there someone who will be kind enough to stop and help me out?” ___7.____, there was no sign of anyone. I was starting to panic, ____8.__ (feel) completely abandoned. Suddenly I saw a faint light ___9.__ the distance. I waved my white scarf as hard as possible. It was a huge lorry. The driver stopped and kindly drove me to the nearest hotel, ___10.___ I had a rest, and then I called my family and explained what had happened. How lucky I was! When he stopped for me, I felt as if I had just found a million dollars.
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。
Mac was cycling along a road in Canada’s Yukon, halfway through a 2,750-mile bike tour to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He was carrying a 30-pound camping bag, he wasn’t moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. “Man, that’s a big dog!” he thought. He looked to the side, but to his great , he saw that it wasn’t a dog, but a wolf, running hard to him.
Mac’s heart jumped. He reached for the from his bag. With one hand on the handle bar, he the spray. A bright red cloud covered the wolf , and it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later it was by his side again. He sprayed a second time, and the wolf fell again, but only to quickly restart its .
The wolf was getting closer and closer, a dozen yards away. Mac waved and yelled at passing motorists, but meanwhile hard. He knew clearly that he must be not to slow down. Otherwise, he would become a of the wolf. Paul and Becky were driving along the same road. From a distance, they spotted what they was a dog running after a man on a bike. As they got , they realized it was a wolf.
Mac heard a car coming up behind him, and he slowed down. The car veered (改变方向)around the , then suddenly stopped in front of him. Mac off his bike and dashed for the back of the car. It was locked. Paul quickly the door so 
as to let Mac in, and the man dived in, shutting the door behind him.
It was quite a while before Mac became and cried out: “I thought I was going to die!” And Paul and Becky were glad that they had given a helping hand to people in need.
1.A. but B. so C. for D. or
2. A. regret B. disappointment C. fear D. anger
3.A. catch up with B. break away from C. give in to D. come back to
4.A. hammer B. stick C. gun D. spray
5.A. dropped B. fired C. threw D. held
6.A. in turn B. at last C. in time D. at random
7.A. back B. down C. behind D. over
8.A. flight B. race C. journey D. attack
9.A. still B. just C. also D. even
10.A. kicked B. rode C. hit D. pressed
11.A. crazy B. wrong C. careful D. fair
12. A. victim B. competitor C. killer D. protector
13.A. decided B. declared C. assumed D. found
14.A. faster B. closer C. stronger D. wiser
15.A. climber B. motorist C. cyclist D. runner
16. A. sent B. fell C. turned D. jumped
17.A. window B. seat C. door D. wheel
18.A. bent B. struck C. blocked D. unlocked
19.A. frightened B. worried C. discouraged D. confused
20.A. brave B. calm C. optimistic D. confident
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，选项中有两项为多余选项。
There is an old Spanish saying which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” How many times have we put off our dreams tomorrow? __1.____ We have to go for them now!
Tomorrow is not promised.
Nobody likes to talk about death, but everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day or the hour. ____2.____ Don’t go to your tomb(坟墓) with unrealized dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.
____3._____
One of the biggest dream killers is fear. Many people could have achieved amazing things if only they weren’t afraid. Just think about all the things you’ve wanted to go, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren’t talented, or good enough. Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.
Take action to realize your dream.
You can dream about writing a great play, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure. ___4.____
Possibilities are waiting on you.
There are so many amazing opportunities and people waiting on you. How do you get to them? Simple! Follow your dream. ___5.____ You’ll never see those doors if you sit around waiting on a dream to happen, instead of actually working to make it happen.
A. Don’t let fear win.
B. In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do.
C. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait.
D. Therefore, today is all we have.
E. You’ll be much happier if you go for it.
F. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody can copy.
G. Doors that you couldn’t imagine open up when you go after what you want.
Here is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone can’t make us tire. It sounds absurd. But a years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human brain could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue (疲劳). To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day laborer, we would find it full of fatigue toxins(毒素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxins at the end of the day.
So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours of effort as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired? Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotional(情绪的) attitudes. One of England’s most outstanding scientists, J.A. Hadfield, says, “The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact, fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares, “One hundred percent of the fatigue of sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”
What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired? Joy? Satisfaction? No! A feeling of being bored, anger, anxiety, tenseness, worry, a feeling of not being appreciated---those are the emotions that tire sitting workers. Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue. We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.
1. What surprised the scientists a few years ago?
A. Fatigue toxins could hardly be found in a laborer’s blood.
B. Albert Einstein didn’t feel worn after a day’s work.
C. The brain could work for many hours without fatigue.
D. A mental worker’s blood was filled with fatigue toxins.
2.According to the author, which of the following can make sitting workers tired?
A. Challenging mental work. B. Unpleasant emotions.
C. Endless tasks. D. Physical labor
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards the scientists’ idea?
A. He agrees with them.
B. He doubts them.
C. He argues against them.
D. He hesitates to accept them.
4.We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energetic, sitting workers need to ________.
A. have some good food.
B. enjoy their work
C. exercise regularly
D. discover fatigue toxins
Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has
other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion across cultures. For example, many people in Russia smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian culture, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
Our faces show emotions, but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not
express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions
permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show
their emotions similarly.
It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.
1.What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?
A. Love. B. Politeness.
C. Joy. D. Thankfulness
2.The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that smile can ___ .
A. show friendliness to strangers.
B. be used to hide true feelings .
C. be used in the wrong places.
D. show personal habits.
3.What should we do before attempting to “read” people?
A. Learn about their relations with others.
B. Understand their cultural backgrounds.
C. Find out about their past experience.
D. Figure out what they will do next.
4. What would be the best title ?
A. Cultural Differences
B. Smiles and Relationship
C. Facial Expressiveness
D. Habits and Emotions
Donald Watson was a man who thought very much about the food he ate. He was born in Yorkshire， England , in September 1910. And he died in November 2005, at the age of 95. That is a very great age. Watson explained that it was because he never ate any food from animals.
When he was a boy, Watson stayed on a farm. .He loved to see the animals. He said that they gave so much to people. And all the animals were so friendly. Then , one day , he saw a man killing a pig . He was very sad. . From then on, Watson decided that he would never again eat meat .Twenty years later he decided that he wouldn’t eat anything from animals, such as milk, cheese or eggs. He became a vegan.
Watson formed a group called “The Vegan Society”. In its newspaper, The Vegan Society thought it was terrible and wrong to eat food from animals. At first, there were not many people who agreed with him. They thought it was crazy to do it .Most people thought it was too difficult and unhealthy. However, over time , more and more people began to agree with Watson and The Vegan Society.
People become vegans for many reasons. Watson and his friend stopped eating because they loved animals. They believed that it was wrong to hurt another living thing.
Now, people also become vegans for environmental reasons. Keeping animals takes a lot of resources， including water and food. Also, in some places, people are cutting down trees to create more land for cows. By avoiding food from animals, vegans hope to protect these forest areas.
Finally, just like Watson, some people believe that being a vegan is healthier. They believe that food from animals causes heart problems, a high body weight and many other health problems.
1. At first, Watson refused to eat meat____________.
A. because of his love for animals
B. because he has a lot of health problems.
C. because of environmental reasons
D. because keeping animals needed lots of resources
2.The underlined word “vegan” in paragraph 2 refers to a person_________.
A. likes keeping animals
B. protect animals
C. doesn’t kill any animals
D. doesn’t eat any product from animals
3. At first, most people think eating food from animals is_______.
A. hard B. reasonable
C. ridiculous D. unhealthy
4.The best title for the text is :___________.
A. Donald Watson : a new way to eat
B. Animal protection in England
C. The Vegan Society：a special group
D. Healthy eating habits
