The small town of Rjukan in Norway is situated between several mountains and does not get direct sunlight from late September to mid﹣March﹣（1） six months out of the year．
"Of course， we （2） it when the sun is shining，" says Karin Ro， who works for the town's tourism office． "We see the sky is（3） ， but down in the valley it's darker ﹣ it's like on a （4） day．"
But that（5） when a system of high﹣tech（6） was introduced to reflect sunlight from neighboring peaks（山峰）into the valley below． Wednesday， residents（居民）of Rjukan （7） their very first ray of winter sunshine： A row of reflective boards on a nearby mountainside were put to（8） ． The mirrors are controlled by a computer that （9） them to turn along with the sun throughout the （10） and to close during windy weather． They reflect a concentrated beam（束）of light onto the town's central（11） ， creating an area of sunlight roughly 600 square meters． When the light （12） ， Rjukan residents gathered together．
"People have been （13） there and standing there and taking（14） of each other，" Ro says． "The town square was totally（15） ． I think almost all the people in the town were there． "The 3，500 residents cannot all （16） the sunshine at the same time． （17） ， the new light feels like more than enough for the town's（18） residents．
"It's not very （19） ，" she says， "but it is enough when we are （20） ．"
（1）A． only |
B． obviously |
C． nearly |
D． precisely |
（2）A． fear |
B． believe |
C． hear |
D． notice |
（3）A． empty |
B． blue |
C． high |
D． wide |
（4）A． cloudy |
B． normal |
C． different |
D． warm |
（5）A． helped |
B． changed |
C． happened |
D． mattered |
（6）A． computers |
B． telescopes |
C． mirrors |
D． cameras |
（7）A． remembered |
B． forecasted |
C． received |
D． imagined |
（8）A． repair |
B． risk |
C． rest |
D． use |
（9）A． forbids |
B． directs |
C． predicts |
D． follows |
（10）A． day |
B． night |
C． month |
D． year |
（11）A． library |
B． hall |
C． square |
D． street |
（12）A． appeared |
B． returned |
C． faded |
D． stopped |
（13）A． driving |
B． hiding |
C． camping |
D． sitting |
（14）A． pictures |
B． notes |
C． care |
D． hold |
（15）A． new |
B． full |
C． flat |
D． silent |
（16）A． block |
B． avoid |
C． enjoy |
D． store |
（17）A． Instead |
B． However |
C． Gradually |
D． Similarly |
（18）A． nature﹣loving |
B． energy﹣saving |
C． weather﹣beaten |
D． sun﹣starved |
（19）A． big |
B． clear |
C． cold |
D． easy |
（20）A． trying |
B． waiting |
C． watching |
D． sharing |
Last night, my dad showed me something special that I had never seen before. It was____ old box which contained many silver coins. My dad has been collecting old silver coins_
____ he was a kid. But I didn’t know
______ he had put all his coins he showed them to me. He said his father used to do the same. He decided to give me his collection when I was to move out to live
______ my own. I knew the
_______(choose) I made was a difficult one, but I wanted to do things by myself.
My father divided his collection into two parts and told me to use______ only when I really got into trouble. I didn’t understand what he
______(mean), so he explained it to me. And I didn’t know whether I could sell them or not, so I asked my father some other questions about them and he answered them
_______(patience) one by one. He said he only sold_
____ of his coins to help him finish his studies many years ago. After_
_____(take) out part of the coins, I thanked him and promised that I would use them wisely.
One day, a tramp (流浪汉) was sleeping on a park bench, ____(satisfy) with the afternoon sunshine. A couple walked by. The man stopped, woke the tramp up, and asked him, “Excuse me. ___
you have the time?” the tramp replied, “I’m sorry---I don’t have a watch, so I don’t know the time.” The man apologized and walked away with his wife.
The tramp lay down and went back to sleep. Just then, a woman, ______ was out walking her dog, shook the tramp’s shoulder until he woke up, ___
said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, but do you happen ___
___ (know) the time?” The tramp was a little annoyed at ___
(wake) up again, but he politely told the woman he didn’t have a watch and had no idea ___
___ the time. After the woman left, an idea ___
(occur) to the tramp. He opened his bag and took out a pen and a piece of paper. He wrote down with all his ___
(strong), “I do not have a watch. I do not know the time.” He then hung the paper round his neck thinking that nobody would hold him back in his sleep. Fifteen minutes ___
, a policeman noticed the tramp and the sign around his neck. Out of a sense of responsibility, he woke the tramp up and said, “It’s 2:30 p.m.”
A little boy invited his mother (attend) his elementary（初级的） school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s
________________(happy), she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance.
she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（伤痕）
_____________covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and _______________ (hide) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of（在听力范围之内） a conversation
_______________ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam(房梁) coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious(无意识的) but
_______________ (fortunate), a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing
_______________I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out , _______________(run) towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
A young American woman worked in a school in Shanghai．she came to China，she knew little about the Chinese culture of language． One day on her way to school，she went to a bank
(draw) some money．To
surprise，the bank clerk(职员) asked her if she had had her lunch．She was surprised at such
question because in the American culture it would mean that the bank clerk is inviting her to lunch．Between unmarried young people it can also mean the young man’s interest in dating the girl．Since this bank clerk
(be) a stranger to the American woman，she was very puzzled(困惑的)，and quickly answered that she had
(eat) already．After this she went on to school and was even
surprised when one of the teachers asked her the same question．
By now she understood that it could not be an (invite) but was puzzled as to why they asked it．In the following days she was asked the same question again and again and she spent many hours
(try) to work out why so many people kept asking her this．At last she thought that these people must be
(concern) about her health．She was rather thin at the time，and she thought they must be worrying that she was not eating well!
In fact the question like that has no real meaning at all — it is only a greeting．
A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. sat next to each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.
“Gold. There was nothing but gold,” answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears and was great surprise. Then he began to think about
to get the money. The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man
(lie) down on the chair and fell asleep.
The young man took big bag gently and quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man’s body. Several times he tried to pull it out,
in vain（徒劳）. At last he took off his coat,
(think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat.
Worried but (delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him, until he reached a place
he thought the old man couldn’t find him. He stopped and
(quick) opened the bag but he just found a great many of small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station hurriedly only to find that the old man was gone.