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 Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, hehad topick coal in a deserted mine near his home, then he sold1 he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had2schooling. For being so poor, how could he 3 school fees?

 When he was fifteen, he worked 4 a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt 5 for himself. How he 6 to have the same chance! He decided to study by 7 . In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he8stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he had 9 during the day. He worked 10 hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater 11 he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher dis?covered him and came to like this diligent boy and 12 him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the13one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship 14    he had been a regular student of the school.

Robeson 15 through six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which caught the16of some university professors. They admired his talent 17 his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and18him free guidance. Robeson felt 19 for he was sure that before him there was a broad road 20 success.

1.  A. whether     B.  which       C.  that              D. what

2.  A. many        B.  few      C.  little               D. much

3.  A. buy        B.  afford      C.  send            D. read

4.  A. as          B.  like       C.  for             D. by

5.  A. angry        B.  ashamed    C.  proud            D. sorry

6.  A. hated        B.  decided     C.  wished          D. regretted

7.  A. the teacher    B. himself     C.  his parents    D.  his schoolmates

8.  A. could        B. ought to     C.  should         D. would

9. A.learned         B. foun     C.  heard of          D.  written down

10. A. very          B.  so         C.  too         D. quite

11. A. joy           B.  interest        C.time          D. taste

12. A. allowed      B.  agreed        C.   let          D. refused

13.  A. worst        B. only         C. last          D. laziest

14.  A. if          B.  when        C.  though        D. because

15. A. learned      B.  listened      C. mastered       D. struggled

16. A. notice        B.  influence    C.  impression      D. attention

17.  A. except for    B. according to    C. as well       D.  in spite of

18. A. taught       B. offered       C.  lent            D. sent

19. A. sad         B.  angry        C.  happy      D. disappointed

20. A. leading to    B.  coming from     C. made of     D.  covered with

M： Hello, I'm carrying out some market research of Beauty Fitness Club. Would you be able to spare a few minutes 35.     (answer) a few questions?

W: Sure, as long as 36.   doesn't take more than 5 minutes.

M: OK, first of all, may I have your membership number, please?

W: Urn-It's PTF78196.

M: So that's PTF78196. OK, your occupation?

W:  I'm  37   . accountant  in  an oil company.

M: OK， now I'd like to ask you some questions 38.  (relate) to the club. What do you think of our classes?

W: Um， I really enjoy them.  I 39.  (attend) rock climbing and yoga in the past five weeks.

M: 40.     the scale is one to five. Five is the best. How would you rate your instructors?

W: Oh, I would say " the top score, definitely.They're extremely 41.     (profession) and supportive.

M ： Do you have any suggestions 42.      the improvement?

W: Well, the only thing 43.   I would say

is the evening class. Yoga, I mean, can get very busy. Maybe the club could think about running another class in the evening.

M ： Well ，  thanks. We  take  the view of our customers very 44.     (serious) and I'm sure you'll see some exciting improvement in the near future.

A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything talked about everything and kept no secrets 25.   each other except that the woman

had a box in a drawer 26.    she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

He'd never thought about it ever since. One day 27.   woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldn't recover.  To sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and 28.   (bring) it should know 29.     was in the box. 30.   (open) it he found two small table mats and a sum of money totalling $ 25,000. He asked

her about the contents. "When we were to be married,"she said, "my grandma told me the secret of happy 31.   (marry) was never to argue, and I should

just keep quiet and make a mat 32.      I got angry with you.

The man was so 33.  (move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! "Honey," he said, "that explains the mats, but what about the money? Where did it come from?"

"Oh," she said, " that's the money I made from

selling 34.     

As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation.   5   you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to    6     down. But relaxation is 7 for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a 8 part of everyday life and there is no way to 9 it. In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be. A 10 amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give    11    to life.

It is only when the stress gets out of control 12 it can lead to poor performance and  13 health.

The amount of stress a person can bear 14 very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such 15 are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at first 16 of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in 17 form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make a choice between 18 and fight. And in more ancient days the choices made the 19 between life and death. The crises (危機)we meet today are 20 to be so extreme, but however little the stress is, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction 21 long through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes 22 Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have 23 links with stress. 24 we cannot remove stress from our lives we need to find ways to deal with it. It would be unwise to do so even if we could.

So what do you think of stress? What is your way to deal with it?

5.    A. When B. While

C.  Once       D. As

6.    A. slow   B. calm

C.  get   D. turn

7.    A. unnecessary       B. satisfied

C.  useful      D. necessary

8.    A. physical     B. natural

C.  hard D. terrible

9.    A. tolerate      B. solve

C.  avoid            D. accept

10.   A.    sure B.    certain

C.    large       D.    great

11.   A.    purpose   B.    resource

C.    influence D.    instruction

12.   A. when  B. why

C.  that  D. how

13.   A. ill       B. good

C.  strong      D. weak

14.   A. insists B. depends

C.  calls D. spends

15.   A. patterns      B. personalities

C.   situations      D. characters

16.   A. glance B. view

C.  sight D. impression

17.   A. whichever  B. whatever

C.  however  D. whenever

18.   A. peace  B. fright

C.  pressure   D. heaviness

19.   A. decision     B. promise

C.  difference       D. choice

20.   A. unlikely     B. likely

C.  necessary D. probable

21.   A. continues   B. lives

C.  stands      D. lasts

22.   A. balanced    B. injured

C.  endangered     D. changeable

23.   A. established B. achieved

C.  found             D. developed

24.   A. Unless       B. Since

C,  Because   D. As

Cooking food over a smoky fire is found everywhere in the world. It is often difficult to find wood for the fire. People who do not have wood must spend large amounts of money on cooking fuel. However, there is a much easier way to cook food using energy from the sun. Solar cookers ， or ovens ， have been used for centuries. A Swiss scientist made the first solar oven in 1767. Today, people are using solar cookers in many countries around the world. People use solar ovens to cook food and to heat drinking water to kill bacteria and other harmful organisms.

There are three kinds of solar ovens. The first is a box cooker. It is designed with a special wall that shines or reflects sunlight into the box. Heat gets trapped under a piece of glass or plastic covering the top of the cooker. A box oven is effective for slow cooking of large amounts of food.

The second kind of solar oven is a panel (嵌板式) cooker. It includes several flat walls, or panels, which directly reflect the sun's light onto the food. The food is inside a separate container of plastic or glass that traps heat energy. People can build panel cookers quickly and with very few supplies. They do not cost much. In Kenya, for example, panel cookers are being manufactured for just two dollars.

The third kind of solar oven is a parabolic (拋物線的)cooker. It has rounded walls that aim sunlight directly into the bottom of the oven. Food cooks quickly in parabolic ovens. However, these cookers are hard to make. They must be re-aimed often to follow the sun. Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.

You can make solar ovens from boxes or heavy-paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at 232 degrees Celsius. A solar cooker never gets that hot. Solar ovens cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This permits people to leave food to cook while they do other things.

To learn more about solar cooking, you can write to Solar Cookers International. The postal address is nineteen-nineteen Twenty- First Street ， Sacramento ， California, nine-five-eight-one-one, USA. Or you can visit the group's Internet website. The address is www. solarcooking. org.

1.    When was the first solar cooker invented?

A.    About 1767 years ago.

B.    More than 300 years ago.

C.    More than 250 years ago.

D.    Less than 250 years ago.

2.    In which of the following columns could we find the passage?

A. Development Report.   B.  Agricultural Report.

C.  Health Report. D.  Education Report.

3.    Which of the following is TRUE?

A.    The first solar-cooker was made by a Swiss soldier.

B.    Parabolic cookers can be dangerous sometimes.

C.    Solar-cookers often get hotter than 232°C.

D.    It is more expensive to cook with a solar-cooker than on fire.

4.    Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A.    Different ways of cooking

B.    The history of the solar cookers

C.    How to choose solar cookers

D.    Cooking meals with the sun for fuel

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put in   after all   put out   above all   catch fire

1. The house_______________   last night when it was struck by lightning.

2. He hasn't finished the work, but____________________   he has tried his best.

3.The forest guards often find campfires that have not been________________________completely.

4. At the last moment, Tom decided to _____________________ _ a new character to make the story seem more likely.

5.In order to continue to learn by ourselves after leaving school, we must _____________  learn how to study in the school now.

5. Never put___________ till tomorrow what may be done today.

A. It would be difficult to find a man to_____________________ ____ of the secretary.

3. They warned him___________ _ the dangers of sailing alone.

2. The first thing _______________ you could do was to turn off .the light.