One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times，it ____ several obstacles in its path. And after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour. At one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10 mm wide. After some ____ thoughts，the ant laid the feather over the crack，walked across it and picked the feather up on the other side，then continued on its way. I was ____ by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect，lacking ___ yet _______with a brain to reason，explore, discover and overcome. But this ant, like the other two­legged creatures ____ on the earth, also shares human failings.
After some time the ant finally reached its destination—a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its ____ home. It was there that the ant met its ____How could that large feather possibly fit such a small hole? ____, it couldn't. So the ant, after all this ____ and using great brightness, overcoming problems all along the way, just gave up the feather and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a____. Isn't our ____ like that?
We worry about our families; we worry about the ____ of money and we worry about all kinds of things. These are all unfavorable heavy weights—the things we pick up along life's path，and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to ____ that at the destination they are ____ and we can't take them with us.1.

A．brought about

B．got over

C．came across

D．dealt with

2.

A．brave

B．tiring

C．magic

D．short

3.

A．frightened

B．attracted

C．annoyed

D．satisfied

4.

A．size

B．height

C．depth

D．length

5.

A．filled

B．provided

C．equipped

D．given

6.

A．working

B．sleeping

C．existing

D．walking

7.

A．underground

B．lonely

C．comfortable

D．small

8.

A．partner

B．match

C．parent

D．friend

9.

A．Doubtfully

B．Definitely

C．Suspiciously

D．Deliberately

10.

A．decision

B．pleasure

C．trouble

D．matter

11.

A．loan

B．gift

C．burden

D．harvest

12.

A．life

B．aim

C．dream

D．study

13.

A．waste

B．lack

C．worth

D．danger

14.

A．assume

B．illustrate

C．imagine

D．find

15.

A．priceless

B．worthless

C．practical

D．splendid

Students may notice that schools are setting up more monitoring (监视的) cameras on campus. With stairs, hallways, gates, classrooms, dormitories     16    (equip) with more and more cameras, it seems that they are almost everywhere.
Most students have mixed opinions about the change. On the one hand, they think we’re     17    (safe) on campus. Just think: there are so many cameras working day and night, and who would dare to break into school? All images recorded     18    (send) to the operation room. On the other hand, students think the cameras are peeping (窥视) on them as well. They think they aren’t free to say     19    do what they want. The cameras remind them they have to behave     20    , which makes them unhappy. They want their freedom and privacy. But at least our     21    (secure) is guaranteed. Also, we don’t have to worry about our personal property.     22    is said, freedom is not something you are given, but something you have to fight for. Giving some of my freedom in exchange for safety is     23    fair trade. If the cameras are watching what I am doing, let them watch! I don’t behave any differently     24    other students. Moreover,     25    they can monitor what I do, they can never get into my mind and know what I am thinking.

It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich？”
“Am I rich? Pity, no！”
I looked at my worn­out slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
26. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Lady, are you rich?

B．A story of Thanksgiving Day

C．Don't forget how rich you are

D．Does cups and saucers match well?

27. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.

A．she wanted to sell old papers to them

B．she showed great pity and care on them

C．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party

D．she had the same experience as them in the past

28. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.

B．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.

C．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.

D．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.

29. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.

A．show that she was a kind­hearted lady

B．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is

C．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was

D．prove that she had understood what meant being rich

30. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.

A．how much money you have made

B．what attitude you have had towards life

C．the way you help others

D．your social relationship

Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some forms—football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.
Those who have apassionfor climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A mountain climber continues to improve in skills year by year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.
31. What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?

A．Soccer and golf.	B．Skiing and skating.
C．Cycling and hockey.	D．Mountaineering.

32. The underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by _ _____.

A．strong emotion	B．good way
C．better feeling	D．enough affection

33. Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because_______.

A．it has man-made rules

B．it is too dangerous for climbers

C．it is free for climbers to use their own methods

D．it can’t bring people joy or leisure

34. We know from the passage that _______.

A．mountaineering has no appeal for people

B．physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers

C．a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirty

D．it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps

35. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Sports in winter	B．Team work in climbing
C．Mountaineering	D．The quality for mountaineering