1 . I found a wonderful picture of Maolan karst cones online and presented it to the innkeeper. “You can’t go there,” the innkeeper ________me with a smile. “The viewing platform has been closed due to________that too many visitors could cause geological damage.”

Though disappointed, we________an alternative: a seven-hour hike through the“funnel forest”. Initially, we were ________to run the risk. However, I had________the tourism motto in the nature reserve: “If you don’t do it now, you won’t do it in your lifetime.” Three of our group ________decided to venture into the forest. The innkeeper responded with a knowing ________:“Great. Bear Grylls went there.”

The next morning, we set off with a local________. Rain came and went three times, and before I actually________to climb over the first mountain, I had already got wet to the skin. I was a walking________of mud and water.

Our guide, in his 50s, behaved like a botanist, introducing the locally specific plants to us, but I was hardly in the________. Every step sank into the muddy, sucking ground. Every log or rock in front of us was a physical________. “One can never reach those places without strong willpower,” I murmured, reciting that millennium-old________, over and over again.

Sinkholes and entrances to underground rivers kept popping up along our________. Thinking of them leading to an unknown world, I began to________the road that I can control even more.

Wandering in a green chaos without any obvious landmarks is also breathtaking.

1.

A．motivated

B．told

C．followed

D．favored

2.

A．surroundings

B．matters

C．concerns

D．conclusions

3.

A．worked out

B．took in

C．poured out

D．broke down

4.

A．unwilling

B．ambitious

C．bound

D．modest

5.

A．anticipated

B．promoted

C．interpreted

D．noticed

6.

A．shortly

B．lately

C．eventually

D．severely

7.

A．taste

B．trick

C．smile

D．temper

8.

A．botanist

B．keeper

C．farmer

D．guide

9.

A．managed

B．exposed

C．subscribed

D．yielded

10.

A．adaptation

B．mixture

C．antique

D．presentation

11.

A．zone

B．mood

C．angle

D．peak

12.

A．association

B．adaptation

C．participation

D．challenge

13.

A．prediction

B．line

C．trace

D．comfort

14.

A．route

B．landmark

C．platform

D．intervention

15.

A．guarantee

B．occupy

C．reveal

D．appreciate

2 . A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling _________ and blue.

There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the _________. Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange _________ in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich. The penguin got in _________ the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and _________ quickly.   

Of course, Harry was very _________. He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon. At first Harry asked himself _________ that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking _________ appeared outside the window, he couldn’t help_________ and found it hard to stop.

An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a __________way. The little boy didn’t tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had __________ so much that he was able to go back to school again.

There he told his classmates all that he had __________. While he was talking to his best friend, he saw __________ coming out of his friend’s school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that __________ his friend had to show him what was in the bag.

There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to __________ the little boy!

And from that day on, Harry always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

1.

A．happy

B．sad

C．excited

D．cool

2.

A．roof

B．hole

C．window

D．wall

3.

A．photo

B．painting

C．sign

D．shape

4.

A．above

B．below

C．over

D．through

5.

A．left

B．slept

C．flew

D．drove

6.

A．annoyed

B．surprised

C．bored

D．tired

7.

A．what

B．which

C．when

D．where

8.

A．people

B．students

C．children

D．characters

9.

A．crying

B．laughing

C．running

D．coughing

10.

A．funny

B．rude

C．dull

D．strict

11.

A．grown

B．improved

C．increased

D．developed

12.

A．acted

B．heard

C．experienced

D．dreamed

13.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

14.

A．quickly

B．suddenly

C．immediately

D．finally

15.

A．cheer up

B．give up

C．make up

D．put up

4 . Ajay Munot, a rich businessman in India, has built and donated 90 houses to the poor, instead of spending the money on a wedding for his daughter.

Munot had been ___to spend $115,000 on his daughter Shreya’s wedding, but after __ with Shreya, he decided there was a better way to ___all that money, which was to help those ___.

They both agreed that providing the poor with their own houses was the ___idea. Munot began ___90 houses in a land belonging to him. On the big day, the bride and groom were the ones who handed the keys to the newly built ___to the carefully selected persons.

In order to qualify for a new home, people needed to ___some standards—they had to be poor, and didn’t suffer from alcohol, drug or gambling addiction. The few ___selected didn’t just get a roof over their heads, but also ___to electricity and clean drinking water, things that they could only ___before.

As for Shreya, she said that her father’s ___is the greatest wedding gift he could have given her. “I am very happy with the ___we made and consider it the biggest gift for my wedding.”

The 90 houses measure 12 by 20 square feet, feature two windows and two doors, and have all been ___red and white. They’re ___by Western standards, but for their ___owners, they are more than they had ever hoped for.

Ajay Munot told reporters that all ___businessmen should do something similar for their children’s weddings, ___wasting the money.

“This is a new chapter in history and I hope that the same ___will be followed by other rich communities,” he said, “We have some ___towards our society.”

1.

A．planning

B．inspiring

C．managing

D．pretending

2.

A．arguing

B．talking

C．sharing

D．walking

3.

A．save

B．cost

C．earn

D．spend

4.

A．with tears

B．in need

C．in particular

D．on time

5.

A．worst

B．least

C．best

D．most

6.

A．constructing

B．destroying

C．buying

D．decorating

7.

A．gardens

B．yards

C．houses

D．rooms

8.

A．achieve

B．make

C．challenge

D．meet

9.

A．faithful

B．lucky

C．kind

D．poor

10.

A．approach

B．entrance

C．access

D．solution

11.

A．dream of

B．put up with

C．worry about

D．show off

12.

A．loyalty

B．honesty

C．belief

D．kindness

13.

A．regret

B．decision

C．comment

D．progress

14.

A．painted

B．washed

C．built

D．discovered

15.

A．basic

B．high

C．good

D．enough

16.

A．old

B．exhausted

C．new

D．negative

17.

A．healthy

B．wealthy

C．nice

D．careful

18.

A．regardless of

B．but for

C．out of

D．instead of

19.

A．situation

B．theory

C．guidance

D．concept

20.

A．rights

B．attitudes

C．responsibilities

D．affairs

5 . Go for the Gold

Diana Golden was 12 years old when she found she had bone cancer. Doctors recommended ______ her right leg above the knee.

____ Diana heard the news, she asked the first question that came into her mind, “Will I still be able to ______?”

“When the doctors said yes,” she later said, “I thought it wouldn’t be too ______.”

That was Diana’s ______ to life. Losing a leg would cause most children to lose ______, but Diana refused to think about the ______ side. “Losing a leg?” she’d say. “It’s nothing. A body part.”

Most of all, Diana didn’t want to let cancer stop her from doing what she loved—skiing. She had been on ski since five. After the operation, Diana worked hard to get back to the ______. “I always skied, and I intended to keep on skiing. There was never any question in my mind about that,” she ______. Seven months after losing her leg, Diana met her ______. She was back out on the slopes (斜坡).

Skiing wasn’t quite the same with just one leg, but Diana made the best of it. She ______   to go faster on one leg than most people could go on two. When she was just 17, she became a member of the U.S. Disabled Ski Team.

After high school, Diana went on to Dartmouth College. There she saw how top two-legged skiers trained. ______ not to be left behind, Diana began training with the Dartmouth team. When they ran up and down the steps of the football stadium, she went up and down the steps too—by ______. “I had to ______,” she later explained. “I was an athlete. I had one leg, which meant I had to do it ______.”

Her constant efforts finally paid off. In 1987, Diana placed 10th in a race ______ some of the best nondisabled skiers in the country. And in 1988, the magazine Ski Racing selected her “Skier of the Year”, breaking the ______ of electing able-bodied World Cup athletes.

As a result of her ______ and determination, Diana has changed the way the world looks at______ athletes. People have begun to see them as strong and competent. “Everyone has some kind of ‘disability’,” Diana says, “It’s what we do with our abilities that ______.”

1.

A．pulling

B．losing

C．removing

D．breaking

2.

A．Until

B．When

C．Once

D．Since

3.

A．run

B．walk

C．train

D．ski

4.

A．bad

B．strange

C．difficult

D．dangerous

5.

A．answer

B．attitude

C．attention

D．challenge

6.

A．memory

B．interest

C．confidence

D．patience

7.

A．serious

B．practical

C．positive

D．negative

8.

A．mountain

B．field

C．track

D．court

9.

A．responded

B．complained

C．declared

D．introduced

10.

A．goal

B．requirement

C．approval

D．standard

11.

A．offered

B．agreed

C．expected

D．learned

12.

A．Determined

B．Ashamed

C．Anxious

D．Cautious

13.

A．climbing

B．running

C．jumping

D．walking

14.

A．adapt

B．perform

C．survive

D．transform

15.

A．properly

B．immediately

C．differently

D．deliberately

16.

A．between

B．against

C．to

D．for

17.

A．reality

B．system

C．promise

D．tradition

18.

A．wisdom

B．experience

C．behavior

D．courage

19.

A．top

B．disabled

C．young

D．international

20.

A．pushes

B．matters

C．helps

D．contributes

6 . One day I was doing a big clean-up when I ____ a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside. I took one look and immediately ____ an unforgettable time.
In 1991, I spent five months in Niger, with sandstorms and great heat. Its ____ and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint. Street beggars would continually reach out their hands, shouting “Gift! Gift!”
One day, I ____ for neighboring Burking to work in a health clinic.
Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina, we began to ____ In darkness, a motorbike with two men approached slowly. Without any ____ , one of them grabbed my pack as the motorbike swept close by. Within seconds, the two were out of sight, ____ up by the night.
The bag had my passport, money, traveler’s cheques, a camera, an airline ticket and other things ____ to me. I was in deep trouble.
In the weeks that followed, I ____ guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all ____ with suspicion. All I wanted was to leave this place.
Then, walking through Burkina’s streets, I met with an old woman. “Gift! Gift!” she cried. I’d had enough. I was ____ of the country: its poverty(贫困), its thieves, the heat, and the dust. I told her angrily, “A thief stole all my money and now I can’t ____ out of your country. I cannot give you anything.”
The woman beggar listened attentively and ____ my words. Then she reached ____ the folds of her dress.
“Then I will give you a gift,” she announced. Kindly, she placed an old, dark brown coin in my hand. I looked at it in ____ It was a very small amount of money, but for this woman, the coin ____ a meal. At that moment, I felt a shame. In spite of her ____ , she was able to give me something priceless.
I saw then the ____ beauty of the people of Burkina, and appreciated deeply the quiet ____ of the poor. With the old woman’s gift, I hope never to part with the coin she gave me. With one small coin, she ____ my concept completely.1.

A．cared about

B．came across

C．looked for

D．focused upon

2.

A．presented

B．gave

C．recalled

D．reminded

3.

A．traffic

B．dust

C．noise

D．climate

4.

A．headed

B．struggled

C．stood

D．came

5.

A．move

B．unload

C．hide

D．pass

6.

A．warning

B．planning

C．thinking

D．arranging

7.

A．hung

B．put

C．swallowed

D．cleared

8.

A．obvious

B．expensive

C．familiar

D．precious

9.

A．elegantly

B．cautiously

C．dependently

D．frequently

10.

A．locals

B．thieves

C．beggars

D．men

11.

A．proud

B．conscious

C．sick

D．aware

12.

A．get

B．run

C．come

D．rush

13.

A．attended to

B．looked up

C．thought about

D．wrote down

14.

A．for

B．into

C．out

D．at

15.

A．order

B．vain

C．serve

D．shock

16.

A．meant

B．made

C．deserved

D．suggested

17.

A．dirtiness

B．poverty

C．kindness

D．safety

18.

A．updated

B．unfolded

C．broken

D．unexpected

19.

A．moment

B．action

C．dignity（尊严）

D．life

20.

A．changed

B．damaged

C．found

D．accepted