My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get﹣together in the town of Vail.
On Saturday， we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end， we all （1） at the fountain near the bridge， and the kids waded （蹚水） around in the fountain until we（2） . This is one of the busiest walking streets. After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon， my 7﹣year﹣old son Ponder （3） that nowhere could he find his backpack， which （4） his Gameboy and his watch. After a thorough （5） ， we determined that he must have left it at the fountain.
Ponder has never （6） anything. So we just take for granted that he needs no supervision （指导） for managing his （7） .
He was upset， not about the Gameboy， but about the watch. "But Dad，" he said， through massive （8） ， "they don't make that kind of watch anymore." We were all very （9） .
Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge， so I （10） him that we would not only search the area around the fountain when we went back for dinner， but we would also find the police and ask them if the backpack had been （11） .
As we exited from the parking garage， we could see the fountain as we walked down the long staircase. I saw something black （12） there， but it was right next to a woman standing by the fountain， so I could not （13） what it was or if it was hers.
"See it， Dad？" Ponder shouted. "Don't get too （14） because that may not be it，" I said. But that was it. It had been five or six hours since we left the fountain， and it was （15） there. There was no ID in it， and it looked like someone had looked through it and then set it right out where all I literally （17） when we reached it and it was his! Everyone in our party was blown away by this "miracle （奇迹）" . In my wildest （18） ， I would never have imagined that this could happen nowadays.
What a charmed life， eh？ I believe this was a perfect （19） for a child in losing something important …to lose it and feel the full （20） of that loss， and then to miraculously get it back.
（1）A．drove |
B．hiked |
C．met |
D．united |
（2）A．landed |
B．left |
C．settled |
D．slept |
（3）A．responded |
B．recognized |
C．realized |
D．recalled |
（4）A．contained |
B．combined |
C．comprised |
D．covered |
（5）A．preparation |
B．checkup |
C．revision |
D．search |
（6）A．wasted |
B．lost |
C．sought |
D．deserted |
（7）A．emotion |
B．time |
C．money |
D．stuff |
（8）A．tears |
B．fists |
C．reliefs |
D．outbreaks |
（9）A．hesitant |
B．curious |
C．sad |
D．eager |
（10）A．promised |
B．informed |
C．warned |
D．taught |
（11）A．worn out |
B．caught up |
C．put away |
D．turned in |
（12）A．hiding |
B．sitting |
C．swinging |
D．flowing |
（13）A．assess |
B．declare |
C．tell |
D．predict |
（14）A．excited |
B．puzzled |
C．relaxed |
D．amused |
（15）A．already |
B．even |
C．almost |
D．still |
（16）A．take |
B．see |
C．touch |
D．protect |
（17）A．panicked |
B．exploded |
C．collapsed |
D．cried |
（18）A．dreams |
B．claims |
C．efforts |
D．passions |
（19）A．mode |
B．lesson |
C．option |
D．plot |
（20）A．range |
B．pressure |
C．weight |
D．harvest |
Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For _, it is a useful way
___（release）their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.
_many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that
__（manage）one’s micro blogs will takea lot of time and energy,
___should be used to study．
In my view, I am in favor__the activity. Today the Internet is playing an important role in our life.
__, as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this meaningful tool to communicate and display
__（us）.What’s more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such as writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog.
___a result, we improve ourselves while organizing our micro blogs.
In fact, micro blog itself is of little harm．It is your attitude towards it _matters.We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.
John was studying when he heard（尖叫声）．When he rushed
（出来），he found Anne Slade was lying in her front garden bleeding
.Her hands had almost been cut off. John immediately asked a number of nearby people for
（绷带），and, when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels and tape from their house. John used these to
（治疗）the most severe injures to Ms Slade's hands. He
the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds
the police and ambulance arrived.
“I am proud ofI did, but l was just doing what I'd been taught ,”John said.
“There is no doubt John's quick thinking and the first aid skills he learned at school save Ms Slade's life. It shows that a
（知识）of first aid can make a real difference.”Mr. Alan Southerton said.
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As we all know, if adolescents become addicted to smoking, it will do terrible d_____ to their heart and lungs.
Q________ smoking is difficult but not impossible. So as a young man if you are
______(下决心) to give up smoking, please accept my advice. First, you had better choose a day that is not
_____ (有压力的) to stop smoking and throw away all your
____. Secondly you should always remind
_____ that you are a non-smoker when you feel like smoking.
_____ your spare time you should try your best to
_____(培养) some other habits to keep yourself busy. You can stop smoking with a friend or join a group.
_____ necessary, ask a doctor or chemist for help.
L_____, what matters most is to keep trying. Don’t feel disappointed if you smoke again. Just try again.
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确，并将该词完整地写在答题卡中相应的横线上。
Dear editor,
My hometown used to be a beautiful place. Thick trees and green grass could be seen ____(到处). In __
__to build houses and grow more crops, people cut down more and more trees. _
__ time going on, the whole forest was almost ___
_(毁灭). Gradually the green hills have c__
___ into wasteland. As a result, sandstorms strike us now and then, from _
__ we suffer a lot. So, I do hope all the people will r_
__the terrible result of _
__caring about our environment. What's___
__, we should take good care of the forests and plant trees instead of cutting them down to improve our living c__
____.
He met his wife at a party. At that time she was so outstanding while he was so normal .At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffeehim. She was surprised but in order to be polite, she agreed. He was too nervous
(say) anything . As a result, she felt so
(comfortable) that she wanted to go home . Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put
in my coffee.” Everybody stared at him. It was so strange! His face turned red, yet still he put the salt in his coffee and
(drink) it . She asked him curiously, “ Why do you have this hobby?” He replied, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the
(salt) coffee.” She was deeply touched because she thought a man
could tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves his family. After 40 years, he passed away,
(leave) her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. That was
only lie I said to you ---the coffee with salt. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time. Actually I wanted some sugar,
I said salt.”