People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the ___1___ have made up their minds to ___2___ the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗议) against heavy trucks which run ___3___ through the narrow High Street.
“They not only make it ___4___ to sleep at night, but they are ___5___ damage to our houses and shops of historical ___6___,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“__7___ we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student. “Why don’t they build a new road that goes ___8___ the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a ___9___ village. Its streets were never ___10___ for heavy traffic.”
Harry Fields also studying ___11___ said they wanted to make as much ___12___ as possible to force the ___13___ to realise what every body was having to ___14___. “Most of them don’t ___15___ here anyway,” he said, “They come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), ___16___ they probably don’t ___17___ the noise all that much. It’s high time they realized the ___18___.”
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were ___19___ on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
___20___ asked if they were ___21___ that the police might come to ___22___ them.
“Not really,” she said, “Actually we are ___23___ bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no ___24___ against practising.”
I ___25___ the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
1. A. college B. village C. town D. church
2. A. change B. repair C. ring D. shake
3. A. now and then B. day and night C. up and down D. over and over
4. A. terrible B. difficult C. uncomfortable D. unreasonable
5. A. doing B. raising C. putting D. producing
6. A. scene B. period C. interest D. sense
7. A. If B. Although C. When D. Unless
8. A. to B. through C. over D. round
9. A. pretty B. quiet C. large D. modern
10. A. tested B. meant C. kept D. used
11. A. well B. hard C. biology D. education
12. A. effort B. time C. trouble D. noise
13. A. townspeople B. other students C. government officials D. truck drivers
14. A. stand B. accept C. know D. share
15. A. shop B. live C. come D. study
16. A. but B. so C. or D. for
17. A. notice B. mention C. fear D. control
18. A. event B. loss C. action D. problem
19. A. hardly B. unwillingly C. mostly D. usually
20. A. I B. We C. She D. They
21. A. surprised B. afraid C. pleased D. determined
22. A. seize B. fight C. search D. stop
23. A. proper B. experienced C. hopeful D. serious
24. A. point B. cause C. need D. law
25. A. left B. found C. reached D. passed
It was a quiet morning during the war. In a small valley, there was a little wooden building, which was an orphanage (孤儿院) that__16__ many young children who had lost their ___17__ in the war. Suddenly, a shell (炮弹) __18__ on the top of the orphanage’s building. Many children were ___19__. One little girl was badly hurt and bleeding. A runner was at once sent to __20__medical help.
When the doctor arrived, he_21_ that the girl’s greatest need at the moment was blood. He immediately checked the records in the__22__ to find someone who had the same blood type as the girl’s. A nurse soon __23__the children that had the same blood type together and asked who would be __24__ to donate blood to the girl. The children looked shocked, and no one said a word. Again with __25____ eyes, the doctor pleaded (恳求). __26__ a boy slowly raised his hand.
When the doctor injected the needle, the boy began to cry. The doctor tried to _27__ him, but in vain. Even when the needle was _28__ , the little boy was still crying. After the blood was given to the wounded girl, her___29__ got better. Then the doctor came to the boy, "Does it hurt?" "No, but I was afraid of dying." The doctor was __30_! "Why did you think you would die? "With __31_ in his eyes the boy replied, "Because I thought you would take all of my __32__ to save her! "The doctor didn’t know what to say! Then he asked, "__33_you thought you were going to die, why did you__34__to give her your blood?" With tears streaming down, he said in a___35__ voice, "Because she is my friend and I love her." There is no greater love in the world!
A.stored B.hid C.gained D.housed
A.neighbors B.friends C.parents D.teachers
A.fell B.appeared C.jumped D.flew
A.ruined B.wounded C.harmed D.lost
A.operate on B.take over C.get around D.ask for
A.introduced B.realized C.predicted D.promised
A.orphanage B.hospital C.school D.store
A.recognized B.turned C.gathered D.assumed
A.valuable B.willing C.regrettable D.useful
A.anxious B.curious C.delightful D.surprising
A.immediately B.happily C.finally D.probably
A.stop B.comfort C.interrupt D.support
A.disappeared B.Pulled C.Removed D.finished
A.function B.occasion C.position D.condition
A.shocked B.frightened C.pleased D.worried
A.smiles B.puzzle C.hope D.tears
A.energy B.health C.money D.blood
A.If B.Since C.Though D.Unless
A.expect B.wish C.agree D.permit
A.soft B.strange C.tired D.embarrassed
Dear Dr Fang,
How are you? I am writing to ask for some 36about how to help my 15-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost anything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very 37. Though his grandparents buy him many things, yet he is still 38to them and often shouts at them. He also 39to spend time with us or do as we tell him.
Recently, he has been refusing to do his homework, and instead insists on 40his time listening to foreign music. I cannot understand that 41, and I don’t like it. Meanwhile, he spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games 42chats on the Internet. He is wasting valuable time during this 43period in his life!
What shall I do? I am worried about it. 44I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse. How can I help my son 45hurting our feelings?
Best regards
Liu ZhenA questions B advice C problems D lessons
A badlyB ill C well D coldly
A kind B good C polite D rude
A prefers B wants C likes D refuses
A saving B missing C wasting D winning
A music B filmC game D play
A and B or C but D so
A darkB oldC sad D important
A If B Until C Though D Before
A for B in C without D about
Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and 36 the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without 37 drinking water. The United Nations 38 to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n) 39 challenge. But everyone, 40 teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the 41 of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work— 42 discarded(废弃的) batteries(电池)which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how 43in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that 44 the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone 45 batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to 46 awareness in her area.
She 47 her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools 48 the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management 49 , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n) 50 video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made 51 progress.
When asked 52 she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite ____53 . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize 54 young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in 55 the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
A.had B.gave C.wrote D.discussed
A.enough B.safe C.much D.polluted
A.asks B.orders C.hopes D.ensures
A.good B.strong C.important D.unreal
A.especially B.sometimes C.even D.seldom
A.boys B.others C.students D.grown-ups
A.collecting B.selling C.buying D.using
A.things B.chemicals C.water D.air
A.making B.recycling C.reducing D.handling
A.uses B.has C.throws D.needs
A.tell B.increase C.spread D.inform
A.talked to B.listened to C.heard from D.thought about
A.and B.beside C.as well as D.as good as
A.officials B.workers C.clerks D.experts
A.industrial B.agricultural C.scientific D.educational
A.much B.no C.some D.little
A.if B.how C.when D.why
A.proud B.glad C.modest D.worried
A.praises B.helps C.supports D.honors
A.awarding B.saving C.serving D.favoring
A farmer had a cow. (奶牛) He 36 very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill. He was very 37 . He telephoned the vet(兽医).
“What’s the problem?”the vet 38 him when he arrived.
“My cow is ill,”the farmer said.“I don’t know what’s the matter 39 her. She’s lying down and won’t 40 up. She won’t eat, and she’s making a strange 41 .”
The vet looked at the cow.
“She’s certainly ill.” he said, “and she needs to take some very strong 42 .”
He took a bottle out of his box, and put two pills into his 43 .
“Give her these,” he said. “The pills should make her 44 .”
“ 45 should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a 46 tube(管子).
“Put this 47in her mouth, ”he said,“then put the pills 48 the tube and blow( 吹). That’ll make it.”
The vet went away.
The next day he came to the 49 again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked 50 .
“How’s your cow?”the vet asked.
“No change,”the 51 said. “and I’m feeling very well myself.”
“Oh?”the vet said.“ 52 .”
“I did 53 you said,”the farmer answered.“I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two 54 in it.”
“And?”the vet asked.
“The cow 55 first,”the farmer said.
A.made B.took C.got D.carried
A.happy B.glad C.frightened D.worried
A.asked B.told C.said D.spoke
A.in B.to C.for D.with
A.wake B.take C.throw D.stand
A.face B.line C.voice D.song
A.rest B.wind C.cold D.medicine
A.mouth B.bottle C.hand D.pocket
A.ill B.upset C.better D.good
A.Why B.What C.When D.How
A.thick B.long C.wide D.short
A.tube B.house C.door D.eye
A.from B.in C.on D.above
A.factory B.garden C.park D.farm
A.beautiful B.obvious C.worried D.balanced
A.vet B.farmer C.cow D.woman
A.When B.What C.Who D.Why
A.what B.which C.how D.that
A.apples B.pills C.tubes D.pens
A.admired B.looked C.cried D.blew
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my junior year, my 1 allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful 2 of this year. Mrs. Alexander 3 me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was 4 , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter. 5 English was still my subject.
I graduated from high school, 6 early and had children. 7 about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I 8 long articles and beautiful poetry for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an “A” student, I 9 an “A” student. I lived up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I 10 my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle (捆) of report cards 11 back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor’s office, explaining that I had always been excellent at English and complaining that I did not 12 a “D” from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was 13 but unable to change a grade.
My old 14 cards showed something else too. I wanted to tear them up or 15 them. I was not an “A” student in high school English! Somehow, I had convinced myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an 16 student with an occasional “A” or “B”, but mostly “C”s.
Had I lived up to those 17 and define (定义) myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently 18 my writing career. Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of 19 to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity. 20 , I regarded my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.
A.teacher B.headmaster C.classmate D.monitor
A.memories B.thoughts C.expectations D. impressions
A.forced B.appointed C.permitted D.begged
A.active B.creative C.interesting D. disappointing
A.So B.But C.And D.Or
A.worked B.married C.succeeded D. progressed
A.Confident B.Happy C.Sorry D. Anxious
A.wrote B.edited C.read D. copied
A.met B.lost C.admired D.remained
A. counted B.remembered C.discovered D.approached
A. turned B.brought C.held D. put
A. deserve B. make C.receive D. learn
A. sympathetic B. energetic C.angry D. sad
A. birthday B. post C.invitation D. report
A. keep B. correct C.hide D. send
A. silent B. bright C.average D. outstanding
A. figures B. grades C.papers D. words
A. changed B. ended C.damaged D.sought
A. change B. risk C. stress D. failure
A. Otherwise B. Besides C.Instead D. Still