I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地)  1  the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again,  2  a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love  3  as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so  4 . I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I  5  mean that the loss of  6  made me enjoy more of  7  I have now.
Life asks us to keep making  8  to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will  9  more meaningful. I became blind, but I was  10 . My parents and my teachers saw  11  in me-a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it-which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest  12  I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the  13  of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase  14 . That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the  15  there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine       B. find             C. remember     D. guess
2. A. but           B. though               C. so           D. because
3. A. myself        B. life             C. eyes         D. blindness
4. A. that         B. therefore            C. happily      D. deeply
5. A. seldom        B. just             C. hardly           D. always
6. A. them      B. it                   C. blindness        D. light
7. A. that         B. what             C. which            D. where
8. A. moments      B. encouragements       C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become        B. change               C. look         D. end
10. A. brave        B. lucky                C. sad          D. wise
11. A. something    B. everything           C. nothing      D. anything
12. A. problem      B. experience           C. difficulty       D. lesson
13. A. rest     B. whole                C. need         D. last
14. A. lonely       B. alone                C. self         D. person
15. A. company  B. group                C. society  (社会)   D. family

A thousand years ago Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to  31  in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is 32  forest left, though there are still some small areas covered with trees. We call these woods.
  Elephants, tigers and many 33  animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the 34  began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and 35  pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed 36  to keep themselves warm in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared because there was not enough food for them.  37  did most of the wolves and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon 38  in the same way.
  You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong 39  in the zoos. But there are still about 36 different animals 40  there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong's animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals 41  a rich brown coat and a white patch (补丁) under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet 42 . They make a noise rather like a dog 43 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy-- 44 . People hunt these little animals though it is illegal (违法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important 45  people to protect wild animals.

【小题1】
A.work B.study C.live   D.enjoy
【小题2】
A.many B.a few C.no   D.not
【小题3】
A.otherB.others  C.the other D.another
【小题4】
A.peopleB.animals C.plants  D.things
【小题5】
A.grewB.made  C.got  D.kept
【小题6】
A.fireB.hotness C.heat  D.stoves(炉子)
【小题7】
A.so  B.Such  C.As  D.Nor
【小题8】
A.lived B.died(死)C.came  D.left
【小题9】
A.besidesB.except  C.andD.or
【小题10】
A.live B.to live C.livedD.living
【小题11】
A.have B.without C.with  D.get
【小题12】
A.highB.higher  C.shortD.shorter
【小题13】
A.ShoutingB.crying C.barking D.talking
【小题14】
A.tigersB.men C.wolvesD.elephants
【小题15】
A.to  B.for  C.like   D.of

In some countries, the most common unlucky number is thirteen. People don’t like to live in a house that is number 13. People don’t like to have parties with thirteen people. People don’t like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month. Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together---nine and four ---they make thirteen.
There aren’t many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday. Friday is always unlucky. Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden (伊甸园) on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. There were thirteen people at his last supper. In Europe, they kill criminals(罪犯) on Fridays.
For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things. My elder brother was born on the thirteenth. He passed his exams on the thirteenth. He married on the thirteenth. He became a pilot on the thirteenth. It was always a lucky number for him.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
【小题1】What is the unlucky number in Japanese?

A.ThirteenB.NineC.FourD.Nine and four
【小题2】Generally speaking, how many days are there in a year on which people don’t want to hold business meetings?
A.9B.12C.13D.24
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT used to prove that Friday or thirteen is unlucky?
A.Adam and Eve.B.Jesus Christ’s death.
C.Jesus Christ’s last supper.D.The author’s brother’s marriage date.
【小题4】When did Europeans kill criminals?
A.On the thirteen every month.B.On Fridays of the fifth month every year.
C.On Fridays.D.On the third week of every month.
【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The author was born on the thirteenth.
B.The author’s elder brother passed his exams on the thirteenth.
C.The author’s elder brother married on the thirteenth.
D.Thirteen was a lucky number for the author’s brother.

Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that's not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I'm interested in things happening at school.” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There's also world news: from international problems to pop stars.

Read the newspaper carefully, we'll find different types of articles on the pages:

News stories — these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.

Opinion writing — opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn't just facts. Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas. They make readers believe that they are telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to “Speak Out” on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.

Advertisement — Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!

1.The underlined sentence means that the readers "_______".

    A. should understand interesting news stories     

B. ought to know which kind of things to read

    C. need to look at the school news first     

D. must know the contents of all the news

2.This passage mainly discusses how_______.

A. reporters write different kinds of news  

B. teenagers get interested in newspapers

C. readers can read newspapers in better ways

D. readers can’t read different news in newspapers

 

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