阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by . I was taken to a small room. Lina lay
(sleep) quietly on a table.
This wasn’t first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours
the poison stopped doing its harm.
I sat down by Lina’s side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around again. “I’m sure I’ve been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room I gave birth
Lina seventeen years ago.
happy I was then!
Lina used to be such a bright, (health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her
(take) dope to destroy themselves? There must be something
(serious) wrong with our society. What is it?”
Violence is more than a criminal problem. It's also a public health issue.
More than 6,000 people (injure) annually due to violence, mostly young people in low-income neighborhoods .Job programs for teens done with school have proven
( cost) and seem to do little
( reduce) violence.
But summer employment for kids still in school may be effective, according to a study by criminologist Sara Heller at the University of Pennsylvania.
She followed more than 1,600 young people, many of took part in a Chicago program called One Summer Plus. It offers 8-week stints at jobs such as camp counselors, community gardeners, or government office workers at minimum wage.
One group of kids worked 25 hours a week, with an adult mentor. Another group worked 15 hours and got 10 hours of social-emotional ( educate).
A control group got nothing. ( base)on school and police records, Heller found a 43 percent decrease in __
( violence) crime in the two groups that had jobs. This lasted long after the program ended.
The work ( apparent)helps students learn to manage conflict, reduce frustration
improve self -control.
Heller concludes that intervention programs can be low-cost and effective, “even for problem as destructive and complex as youth violence.”
短文填词（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）.
A recent study found that some people could be devoted to their cell phones. The study was c_____ at Staffordshire University in England. About 40 percent of students
(survey) said they couldn’t do without their cell phones. About 90% said they took their
with them everywhere. One third of students surveyed said they used cell phones to c
themselves up.
The study also asked students 18 to 25 questions designed to check addictive behavior. The results found that one in six cell phone users have a lot in with gambling addicts. Some people said they sometimes lied about their cell phone use. The others admitted __
___(steal) to pay for their cell phone habit.
Dr David Sheffield, conducted the study, said he wasn’t surprised by the results. “Students use their phones frequently, and this has both p_
___ effects such as staying in touch with friends and family, and negative ones too, such as financial costs and social costs,” he told Weekly Reader. “The most
(surprise) finding was that a number of people reported they had l__
a relationship or job because they spent too much time on mobile phones .”
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it
(actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of
most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work
(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is
(clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 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 (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the
(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be
(patience).
I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled A Real Test in My Life before the whole class at the age of 9 ! You can imagine how (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that--- with so many eyes
(fix) upon me. I had no
(choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part
(lie) in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began _
I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my
(listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding---I made
! From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience
(appear). Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way
success is our fear. Overcome it, _
we will be able to achieve our goals.
It is always good to come to an understanding with your parents．
Gurdjieff used to say,“you are in good communion with your parents, you have missed your life．" If some anger persists between you and your parents, you will never feel
ease． Wherever you are, you will feel a little guilty． You will never be able to forgive
forget…Parents are not just a social relationship． It is out of them
you have come． You are part of them, _
branch of their tree． You are still rooted in them． When parents die, something very deep-rooted dies within you． When parents die, for the first time you feel alone, uprooted．
while they are alive, do everything that you can so that an understanding can arise and you can communicate with them and they can communicate with you． Then,
they leave the world-and they will leave someday，you will not feel guilty; you will not repent; you will know that things have settled．
have been happy with you and you have been happy with them．
Part m Reading Comprehension （30 marks）