A thousand years ago , Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to ___1____ in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is ___2____ forest left, though there are still some small areas covered by trees. We call these woods. Elephants, tigers, and many ___3_____ animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the ___4_____ began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and ____5____ pigs and chickens in the valleys(山谷). They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed ____6____ to keep themselves warm in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared because there was not enough food for them. Most of the wolves and tigers disappeared ,____7_____. Monkeys and many other animals soon ____8_____ in the same way.

   You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong_____9_____ in the zoos. But there are still about 36 different animals ___10_____ there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong’s animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals ____11____ a rich brown coat and a white patch (斑點) under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet(英尺) ____12______. They ___13_____ a noise rather like a dog barking. There are now not many barking deer ____14____. So it is important ___15____ people to protect wild animals.

1.  A. work             B. study           C. live             D. enjoy

2   A. many                   B. a few           C. no              D. much

3.  A. other             B. others           C. the other        D. another

4.  A. people            B. animals          C. plants           D. things

5.  A. grew                    B. made           C. got             D. kept

6.  A. fire               B. hotness          C. heat             D. light

7.  A. too               B. also             C. either                   D. /

8.  A. lived              B. died            C. came           D. left

9.  A. besides            B except           C. with            D. against

10.  A. live              B. to live             C. lived             D. living

11.  A. about           B. without          C. with            D. between

12.  A. tall             B. high            C. shot             D. small

13.  A. show           B. bring            C. make           D. take

14.  A lived             B. left              C. stayed           D. stood

15.  A. to              B. for             C. like              D. of

My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36________ hurt.

    “Hello! I'm Mrs. Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"

    “Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that

______37________ .

    “Well," she said with a ______38________Smile. 161've always liked Texas."

    She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who

    told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was______39________.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she______40________ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.

       I______41________ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it

______42________ stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student.

     During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to______43________ ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44________ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.

     Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45________  0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she______46_______ . I'II never forget her.

1.A. speech                     B. study                  C. dream                 D. fear

2.A. maybe                      B. even                            C. still                              D. never

3.A. instruction                 B. description                    C. introduction                   D. presentation

4.A. shy                           B. cold                              C. weak                   D. kind

5.A. silent                                 B. simple                 C. direct                            D. different

6.A. cried                        B. listened                C. waited                 D. stopped

7.A. sang                          B. spoke                            C. played                 D. clapped

8.A. against                      B. besides                   C. beyond                D. without

9.A. practise                    B. communicate                 C. report                           D. reply

10.A. train                               B. share                  C. change                D. follow

11.A. advice                    B. influence             C. dependence                  D. action

12.A. continued               B. taught                           C. agreed                D. cared