1 . Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It    1    (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it    2    (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of    3    most outstanding（杰出的）examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days    4    even a few months. It took years of work     5    (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is    6    (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit    7    is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are    8    (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the    9    (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be     10    (patience).

2 . When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late, but it’s not my fault; the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.
Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.
This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stop on for success.
1. According to the passage, winners        .

A．deal with problems rather than blame others

B．meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C．have responsible and able colleagues

D．blame themselves rather that others

2. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should         .

A．ask a more able colleague for help

B．blame him for his lack of responsibility

C．tell him to find the cause of the problem

D．find a better way to handle the problem

3. When problems occur, winners take them as         .

A．excuses for their failures	B．barriers to greater power
C．challenges to their colleagues	D．chances for self-development

4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．A Winner’s Problem.	B．A Winner’s Secret.
C．A Winner’s Opportunity.	D．A Winner’s Achievement.

3 . There was a story many years ago of a school teacher--- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.
Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水)。
Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole lift. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士).
The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
1. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

A．She made Teddy feel ashamed.	B．She asked the children to play with Teddy.
C．She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.	D．She told the class something untrue about herself.

2. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?

A．He often told lies.	B．He was good at math.
C．He needed motherly care.	D．He enjoyed playing with others.

3. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?

A．She taught fewer school subjects.	B．She became stricter with her students.
C．She no longer liked her job as a teacher.	D．She cared more about educating students.

4. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?

A．She had kept in touch with him.	B．She had given him encouragement.
C．She had sent him Christmas presents.	D．She had taught him how to judge people.

4 . Far from the land of Antarctica, a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.

For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fish would freeze to death? It must have some secret. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work and research has been slow. Now it seems we have an answer.

Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish. Scientists studied the fish’s blood and measured its freezing point.

The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of -1.88℃ and many tiny pieces of ice floating in it. The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to -2.05℃. That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the ice-salt mixture.

The scientists’ next research job was clear: Find out what in the fish’s blood kept it from freezing. Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein never before seen in the blood of a fish. When it was removed, the blood froze at seawater temperature. When it was put back, the blood again had its antifreeze quality and a lowered freezing point.

Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecules held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content, it is called a glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein. Or AFGP.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A．The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.

B．A special fish living in freezing waters.

C．The ice shelf around Antarctica.

D．Protection of the Antarctic cod.

2. Why can the Antarctic cod live at the freezing temperature?

A．The seawater has a temperature of -1.88℃.

B．It loves to live in the ice-salt mixture.

C．A special protein keeps it from freezing.

D．Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05℃.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．A type of ice-salt mixture.	B．A newly found protein.
C．Fish blood.	D．Sugar molecule.

4. What does “glyco-” in the underlined word “glycoprotein” in the last paragraph mean?

A．sugar	B．ice
C．blood	D．molecule

5 . A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not _______, and they had few things except friends, _______ they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were never _______ because they had each other.

John and Bobby _______ to take long walks together. After their _______ John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then _______ in front of the fire. They had a(n) _______ but happy life.

Then John developed a(n) _______disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was _______ in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s ________ said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He ________ near it. He stayed there all night.

Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the ________. When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was ________, he slept on the ground near John’s grave.

________, in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a ________ grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.

1.

A．rich

B．lucky

C．beautiful

D．funny

2.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

3.

A．lonely

B．alone

C．worried

D．separate

4.

A．failed

B．competed

C．imagined

D．liked

5.

A．work

B．rest

C．run

D．walk

6.

A．sang

B．talked

C．sat

D．studied

7.

A．hard

B．sad

C．easy

D．simple

8.

A．serious

B．unhealthy

C．big

D．sick

9.

A．put

B．escaped

C．stored

D．buried

10.

A．friends

B．children

C．parents

D．brothers

11.

A．got up

B．turned down

C．sat down

D．put up

12.

A．garage

B．grave

C．home

D．town

13.

A．cool

B．warm

C．wet

D．rainy

14.

A．Luckily

B．Quickly

C．Finally

D．Interestingly

15.

A．large

B．small

C．firm

D．weak