Alcohol is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a sign of friendship．So it is 36 to see people toasting with a large glass of alcohol to the health or fortune. 37 , every year, alcohol also ruins thousands of lives and destroys many happy families .
Some people drink alcohol to 38 their tension or pain. They 39 think that through drinking, they can 40 from their problems and worries. But it is never a 41 ．During those hours of drinking, alcohol only numbs（麻木）their senses and makes them forget their worries. 42 , when they wake up, their problems are still unsolved .
A 43 alcohol drinker is running the great 44 of getting heart diseases and liver（肝脏）failure. Too much alcohol taken into the body system, death will 45 occur. Alcohol also affects unborn babies 46 . Those pregnant mothers with 47 alcohol in their blood system risk 48 their unborn babies to suffer from defects（缺陷）at birth. 49 , babies are innocent victims due to their mothers’ mistake. Therefore they should be extremely cautious of any alcohol and it is better to 50 all drinking during pregnancy(怀孕期).
Drunken driving is one of the worst 51 of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost due to 52 driving on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distance clearly and will find it difficult to control his vision and 53 on the road，so he 54 control over his reflexes. That is 55 accidents occur. Not only does he hurt himself but also other innocent road users.
36.A.normal B.common C.ideal D. regular
37.A.Accidently B. Fortunately C.Excitedly D. Unfortunately
38. A. relieve B.increase C.create D.produce
39. A.usually B.surely C. mistakenly D. aimlessly
40. A.differ B. solve C. cancel D. escape
41. A. success B. solution C. fact D. decision
42. A. However B. Meanwhile C. So D. Besides
43. A. social B. heavy C. addicted D.light
44. A.advantages B.possessions C.risks D.measures
45. A. eventually B. probably C.hardly D.strongly
46. A.anxiously B. disastrously C. extensively D.differently
47. A. proper B.little C. excessive D.no
48. A. causing B.making C. having D.protecting
49. A.Above all B.First of all C.All in all D. After all
50.A. run out B.leave out C. cut out D.carry out
51.A. reasons B. causes C. effects D. examples
52. A. drunken B.normal C.careless D. dangerous
53.A. patience B.emotion C. judgement D.imagination
54.A.manages to B.tries to C.refuses to D.fails to
55.A.when B.what C.where D. how
Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired（退休），but she needed to keep 1.She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 2with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3other old folks like her. By talking with them，she 4two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5. But old people also had some 6 .She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years，she 7to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8 ： Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called“Sixty Plus”， which was about 9old . She writes about the problems of old people，especially their problems with being 10.
Anna Douglas uses her11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12problems begin. For example，one of her 13said that his grandchildren 14the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas 15some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
“It's important to know 16about your grandchildren's world，”says Mrs Douglas. “That means questioning and listening，and 17is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them，”she continues. “Never try to 18your grandchildren or other young people. Never19your opinion. Don't tell them what they should do.20，they have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well. ”
1. A. free B. rich C. powerful D. busy
2. A. service B. money C. students D. books
3. A. observed B. met C. comforted D. answered
4. A. recognized B. followed C. enjoyed D. demanded
5. A. studied B. agreedC. gave D. used
6. A. mistakes B. problems C. questions D. characters
7. A. had B. ought C. was D. used
8. A. subject B. life C. way D. plan
9. A. getting B. respecting C. employing D. supporting
10. A. unknown B. refused C. misunderstood D. discouraged
11. A. thinking B. working C. writing D. leading
12. A. that B. when C. why D. whether
13. A. visitors B. readers C. listeners D. friends
14. A. got B. entered C. left D. passed
15. A. invented B. chose C. suggested D. imagined
16. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
17. A. listening B. speaking C. pleasing D. advising
18. A. praise B. scold C. trouble D. encourage
19. A. speak out B. give up C. get back D. stick to
20. A. Commonly B. Surprisingly C. Happily D. Naturally
It is already home to whales, seals and polar bears, but soon the Arctic (北极) must find __1__ for some Chinese visitors.
A team of nine scientists will __2__ to the Arctic this month to mark the opening of China's __3__ Arctic scientific research station, SOA (the State Oceanic Administration (国家海洋局) has __4__.
Construction of the station finished a while __5__, but operations were held __6__ during the polar night, __7__ normally runs from late October to the end of February. __8__this period, the sun never __9__ over the Arctic. And from mid-July to the end of August, the sun never sets, a time__10__ as polar day (极昼).
With territories (版图) __11__ far up into the northern half of the globe, China __12__Arctic studies to learn __13__ about its climatic and environmental changes. Many of these, __14__ sand storms and heavy droughts, are believed to have __15__ to do with the Arctic.
Research teams __16__ the area in 1999 and 2003, but the new station will allow scientists to study the Arctic in __17__ depth.
The station is a two-storey building and __18__ a laboratory, office, reading room, bedroom and storeroom. It can hold 20 to 25 researchers.
"It will be __19__ great support to the scientists' research there," said Xia Limin, an officer in SOA.
This year the SOA also plans to upgrade (提升) two existing scientific bases in the Antarctic (南极洲). They are "Great Wall", which was set up in 1985, and "Zhongshan", __20__ five years later.
1. A. house B. hotel C. palace D. room
2. A. journey B. travel C. trip D. tour
3. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
4. A. told B. spoke C. announced D. published
5. A. before B. later C. after D. ago
6. A. forward B. toward C. back D. ahead
7. A. which B. through which C. that D. where
8. A. During B. While C. When D. As
9. A. raises B. rises C. lifts D. carries
10. A. knows B. to know C. known D. knowing
11. A. spreading B. spreads C. to spread D. spread
12. A. works out B. picks out C. keeps out D. carries out
13. A. less B. more C. few D. much
14. A. for example B. such as C. for instance D. such that
15. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
16. A. showed B. went C. visited D. got
17. A. great B. greeting C. greater D. greatest
18. A. includes B. contains C. including D. containing
19. A. to B. for C. at D. of
20. A. establishing B. to establish C. established D. establish
Hard-working Making People Live Longer 努力工作使人长寿
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are ___1___ than housewives, Evidence (证据) shows that ___2___ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows ___3___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this ___4___ one point: Work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, __5___ loneliness and solitude (孤独). Researches show that people feel __6___ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are ___7___. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as ___8___ between man and reality. By work, people ___9___ each other. By collective (集体的) activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work __10___ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于)___11___.
__12___, work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充实感) and a sense of ___13___. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When ___14___ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __15___ a patient or a teacher sees his students ___16___, they are happy __17___.
From the above we can come to the conclusion ___18___ the more you work, __19___ you will be. Let us work hard, __20___ and live a happy and healthy life.
1. A. more healthierB. healthier C. weaker D. worse
2. A. career womenB. the busy C. the jobless D. the hard-working
3. A. that wheneverB. whether C. that thoughD. since
4. A. comes down to B. equals to C. adds up to D. amounts to
5. A. 不填 B. off C. in touch with D. away from
6. A. happy, interested B. glad, joyful
C. cheerful, concernedD. unhappy, worried
7. A. busy B. free C. lazy D. empty
8. A. a river B. a gap C. a channel D. a bridge
9. A. come across B. come into contact with
C. look down upon D. watch over
10. A. means B. stands C. equals D. matches
11. A. successB. death C. victory D. disease
12. A. BesidesB. NeverthelessC. However D. Yet
13. A. disappointment B. achievement C. regret D. apology
14. A. a worker B. a farmer C. a writer D. a manager
15. A. manages B. controls C. operates on D. deals with
16. A. raise B. grow C. rise D. increase
17. A. in a word B. without a word C. at a word D. beyond words
18. A. that B. which C. what D. 不填.
19. A. the lonelier and weaker B. lonelier and weaker
C. happier and healthier D. the happier and healthier
20.A. study well B. studying well C. study good D. studying good
The Abominable Snowman 喜马拉雅雪人
He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The1 of the Snowman has been around for__2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced an evidence（证据）.
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has6 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the Abominable Snowman might really 9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were10 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as the melted（融化）and refroze in the snow.13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15 . no evidence has ever16 been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman __17. But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 : Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel?
1. A. event B. story C. adventure D. description
2. A. centuries B. too long C. some time D. many years
3. A. heard from B. cared for C. knew of D. read about
4. A. even B. hardly C. certainly D. probably
5. A. as B. though C. when D. until
6. A. developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued
7. A. entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply
8. A. found B. declared C. felt D. doubled
9. A. exist B. escape C. disappear D. return
10. A. clearer B. more C. possible D. rare
11. A. huge B. recent C. ordinary D. frightening
12. A. strange B. large C. deep D. rough
13. A. In the end B. Therefore C. After all D. However
14. A. imagined B. real C. special D. familiar
15. A. so B. besides C. again D. instead
16. A. rightly B. actually C. normally D. particularly
17. A. lightly B. jokingly C. seriously D. properly
18. A. succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in
19. A. decision B. situation C. subject D. problem
20. A. zoo B. mountain C. museum D. Laboratory
The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll1 that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I2 to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t3 my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what4 kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were5 impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I6 I had done for them. I just hoped they___7 .
As I walked into the8 quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase9a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly10 of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It11 :
She took a day off from her busy12 to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early13 he could see his hero take batting practice. 14 their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was15 his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to16 his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy17 one in the morning…
It took me long enough to 18 it, but I finally know who the19 hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a20 Mother’s Day, after all.
1. A. admit B. adopt C. deny D. refuse
2. A. intended B. liked C. tended D. hesitated
3. A. stress B. spare C. strengthen D. spend
4. A. poorB. great C. faithless D. pretty
5. A. merely B. usuallyC. never D. often
6. A. wished B. hopedC. expected D. desired
7. A. supported B. understood C. approved D. disgusted
8. A. 1iving-room B. kitchen C. bed loom D. study
9. A. including B. containing C. possessing D. pinning
10. A. handwriting B. description C. tone D. scratch
11. A. wrote B. recorded C. memorized D. read
12. A. event B. contentC. schedule D. circumstance
13. A. or B. for C. but D. so
14. A. At B. InC. On D. By
15. A. impressed B. printedC. presented D. pressed
16. A. buy B. abandon C. get D. swap
17. A. before B. until C. after D. when
18. A. see B. hear C. realize D. tell
19. A. actual B. true C. imaginary D. visual
20. A. sadB. bitter C. happy D. Exciting