A camp built by students and volunteers spreads over Southern Methodist University（SMU）. The affordable 21 are designed to be used by the poor as well as survivors of war and natural disasters.
“By the time 2020, there’s going to be about 1.7 billion people living in slums（贫民窟） so we would like to 22 change,” says Stephanie Hunt, co-founder of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanities at SMU. The institute, which 23 build the village on SMU’s campus, was established to solve problem of the poor in the United States and around the world through engineering, and the free 24 .
The goal is not just to 25 lives, but to change the victims’ lives. The Institute hopes some entrepreneurs（企业家） might program and 26 some money with these ideas. One of the structures in the SMU village was built with bricks made 27 from recycled plastic bags.
They’re 28 together with heavy wires. Harvey Lacey, father of two college-aged sons, including one here at SUM, heard about this project and 29 his invention. It’s a heavy-duty, hand-crank compactor（手动压缩机）that anybody can use to form the big bricks he calls Ubuntu Blox.
“The advantages are that these 30 weigh less than two pounds. They’re very, very 31 These things can go for many generations of housing, ”says Lacey, who is 32 the design. Anybody can follow his online plans to 33 the compactor that turns plastic bags into bricks.
On this warm day, it’s 34 inside the Ubuntu Blox hut, thanks 35 to the thick plastic insulation（绝缘）. Kenyan 36 Ronald Omyonga, visiting the global village before returning to his native Africa, says his country is full of these recyclable bags. With Lacey’s design, he says that litter could be transformed into 37 housing. He dreams of other 38 too.
“Look at the Harvey Lacey hut, as a means of creating 39 ,”says Omyonga.“Leaning the environment, and turning 40 into something that can form houses, not just for the poor.”
A．shelters B．clubs C．parties D．rooms
A．affect B．adapt C．effect D．adopt
A．discovered B．helped C．studied D．explored
A．entry B．competition C．trade D．market
A．save B．survive C．defend D．cure
A．share B．donate C．earn D．cost
A．briefly B．relevantly C．mostly D．efficiently
A．held B．stressed C．knocked D．packed
A．delivered B．contributed C．devoted D．sacrificed
A．piles B．masses C．loaves D．blocks
A．fragile B．thick C．hard D．bitter
A．giving out B．giving off C．giving up D．giving away
A．build B．invent C．improve D．possess
A．hot B．cold C．wet D．cool
A．nearly B．exactly C．partly D．fairly
A．doctor B．athlete C．photographer D．architect
A．safe B．dangerous C．beautiful D．large
A．advantages B．chances C．benefits D．profits
A．things B．jobs C．wonders D．conditions
A．waste B．resources C．ideas D．technology
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 36in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 37 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 38 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 39 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 40 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 41 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had42 her. I was 43 and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it 44 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 45 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen 46 , but it’s really there. Love is 47 .”
I listened carefully but I 48 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly 49 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked 50 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 51 on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t 52 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 53 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 54 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just 55in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
A．keep fit B．rise early C．earn money D．collect money
A．magic B．romantic C．fantastic D．attractive
A．simple B．easy C．relaxing D．luxurious
A．the question B．question C．reach D．control
A．feeling B．love C．quarrel D．smile
A．raised B．shook C．nodded D．bowed
A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed
A．in great surprise B．in a great embarrassment C．with deep depression D．at extreme sorrow
A．happens B．comes about C．appears D．occurs
A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable
A．somewhere and sometime B．anywhere or anytime C．more or less D．here and there
A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
A．could believe B．couldn’t understand C．wouldn’t recognize D．might know
A．got sick B．got stuck C．threw up D．became disabled
A．quite healthy B．very pale C．fairly red D．much surprised
A．jump high B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．walk slowly
A．think about B．talk with C．worry about D．laugh at
A．Reading B．Seeing C．Saying D．Writing
A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．sweet kisses D．beautiful jewelry
A．a thread B．a needle C．the cloth D．the cotton
There was a man who had a little boy that he loved very much．Every day after work the man would come home and 36 with the little boy．He would always 37 all of his extra time with the little boy．
One night, while the man was at work, he 38 that he had extra work to do for the evening, and that he wouldn't be able to play with his little boy．39 he wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him 40．So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine with a large 41 of the world on the cover．He got a（n） 42 ．He removed the map, and then patiently tore it up into small pieces．Then he put all the 43 in his coat pocket．
When he got home, the little boy came 44 to him and was ready to play. The man 45 that he had extra work to do and couldn't play just now．He 46 the little boy into the dining room, and 47 all the pieces of the map．He spread them on the table．He explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the time he could 48 together, his extra work would be 49_, and they could both play．Surely this would keep the child busy for hours, he thought．
About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now?" The man was50, saying, "That's impossible．Let's have a look" And 51 enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together every piece in its 52 ．The man said, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It's 53．On the 54 of the page is a（n）55 of a man．When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”
A．enjoy B．watch C．share D．play
A．take B．spend C．spare D．have
A．recognized B．told C．realized D．expected
A．However B．Or C．For D．But
A．happy B．busy C．excited D．silent
A．map B．picture C．figure D．image
A．information B．chance C．idea D．advice
A．world B．pieces C．paper D．magazine
A．running B．expecting C．shouting D．meeting
A．explained B．persuaded C．shouted D．discussed
A．asked B．ordered C．led D．showed
A．did up B．dealt with C．put out D．took out
A．look it up B．get it around C．put it back D．turn it over
A．finished B．wasted C．delivered D．filled
A．shocked B．surprised C．satisfied D．tired
A．beautiful B．sure C．right D．quite
A．way B．position C．side D．place
A．funny B．difficult C．simple D．interesting
A．back B．cover C．top D．front
A．picture B．impression C．sculpture D．shade
Never before had I imagined I should have the opportunity to live with so many girls．Would they 36 such a single “Hi” from me? I was about to greet my new roommates， 37 they did not seem to have the same 38 attention that I had．They just dealt with their own 39 ， sorting out their clothes，and making arrangements for their university life．Thus tranquility（宁静）
became the 40 atmosphere in the dormitory．
To my surprise， 41 such a situation，I did not feel a sense of 42 ．With time going on，we got to know each other deeper．I was 43 to find that in deep soul we all had great dreams and belonged to the same 44 ．
However，not long before the 45 was disturbed by my own upset of mind for study pressure．What I was 46 about seemed to have 47 to do with them and what they were doing and talking about seemed so far away from me．However，one incident changed my 48 and made me treasure this kind of 49 better and more confident in our friendship．
One day，when I was leaving the teachers’ office，it was in complete silence and frightening 50 ．At my dormitory gate，I was startled （使惊奇）to find there still 51 a little light glimmering in the darkness，so faint but yet so clear．Just under the 52 of the light，I went to the room without any difficulty．They were in sound sleep，leaving the 53 light on in the calm world．Tears rolled down my cheeks．
I know 54 that we all like tranquility，both in environment and in our mind．It is the care that 55 all the misunderstandings and unpleasantness．
A．hear B．accept C．expect D．like
A．but B．so C．and D．then
A．worried B．eager C．deep D．warm
A．homework B．meal C．business D．reading
A．silent B．other C．rest D．only
A．having B．thinking C．facing D．doing
A．surprise B．disappointment C．happiness D．warmth
A．pleased B．disappointed C．sorry D．sure
A．dormitory B．class C．pattern D．group
A．harmony B．friendship C．order D．arrangement
A．interested B．curious C．concerned D．doubtful
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．idea B．life C．dormitory D．mind
A．calm B．friendship C．care D．situation
A．light B．darkness C．time D．feeling
A．happened B．had C．existed D．set
A．guidance B．calm C．shadow D．middle
A．bright B．rosy C．strong D．cold
A．at last B．on purpose C．at first D．once again
A．moves B．melts C．touches D．tears
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 36 that he didn’t know what to do with himself. The person who had gone in 37 him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in, not like James. He felt 38 that she had already got the job. The problem was that he wanted his job so much. It meant everything to him. He had 39 it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 40 brilliantly（出色地）at the interview and being offered the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 41 . He couldn’t remember all those things he 42 to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and leave. But no – he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 43 like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 44 with herself. She smiled sympathetically （同情地）at James. At the moment, James 45 her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you 46 .” James suddenly wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 47 and forehead sweating and wondered he looked as terrified as he felt.
A．healthy B．nervous C．careless D．confident
A．by B．with C．before D．after
A．doubtful B．sure C．angry D．astonished
A．dreamed of B．learned of C．thought about D．talked about
A．explaining B．performing C．answering D．writing
A．mad B．excited C．certain D．terrible
A．had planned B．has planned C．planed D．would plan
A．take back B．put off C．give up D．put down
A．ugly B．pleased C．sad D．pretty
A．noticed B．loved C．missed D．hated
A．wait B．waiting C．being waiting D．waited
A．shaking B．bending C．broken D．stopped
I can honestly say it was the best of times and the worst of times. I was joyfully expecting my first child at the same time that my mother was 1 her battle with a brain tumor(瘤). For ten years, my fiercely independent and 2 mother had fought, but none of the treatments had been successful. 3 , she never lost her ability to smile. But now, finally, she became totally 4 —unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.
As she grew closer and closer to death, my 5 grew closer and closer to life inside me. My biggest 6 was that their lives would never connect. I was sad not only at the 7 loss of my mother, but that she and my baby would never know each other. Her doctor did not 8 any hope; they told us her time was up.
We brought Mother 9 to her own bed in her own house. As 10 as I could, I sat beside her and talked to her about the baby moving inside me.
On February 3, 1989, at about the same time my labor(分娩) 11 , Mother opened her eyes. When they told me this at the 12 , I called her home, “Mom, listen. The baby is coming! You’re going to have a new grandchild!”
“Yes! Yes! I know!”
Four beautiful words! The first 13 words she’d spoken in months!
When I 14 again an hour later, the nurse at her house told the 15 message: Mom sat up, smiling, with her oxygen tubes removed. When I brought Jacob home. Mom was sitting in her chair and 15 to welcome him. Tears of joy blocked my vision(视野) as I 17 my son in her arms and she clucked (发出咯咯声) at him. They 18 .
Then she quietly clipped back into a coma (昏迷) and 19 peacefully. Memories of my son’s birth will always be bittersweet(甜中带苦的) for me, but it was then that I learned love has the 20 to overcome any worries and any sorrow. And love can last forever.
A．attending B．losing C．quitting D．defeating
A．brave B．interesting C．funny D．lucky
A．So B．Again C．Instead D．Still
A．outstanding B．blind C．disabled D．troublesome
A．sorrow B．love C．baby D．body
A．problem B．dream C．surprise D．fear
A．coming B．disappearing C．falling D．greeting
A．admit B．hold C．drop D．permit
A．up B．away C．about D．home
A．soon B．fast C．early D．often
A．started B．failed C．ended D．continued
A．office B．hospital C．house D．station
A．common B．caring C．clear D．correct
A．got up B．woke up C．called up D．looked up
A．impossible B．possible C．necessary D．terrible
A．likely B．ready C．free D．nervous
A．hugged B．threw C．took D．laid
A．joined B．knew C．nodded D．cried
A．passed away B．turned over C．settled down D．gave out
A．depth B．description C．power D．mask