It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which,    11  , he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something    12   in the company should ever do. I wish I    13   give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow —    14   it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m    15  , experienced and I know better.
   16   I work with some very kind and compassionate (富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to    17   by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar    18   they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “   19  ” person here.
One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who    20   the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely    21   about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would    22   to such an extremely embarrassing incident.
As I expected, Lois didn’t pass over the    23   when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly,    24   with empathetic consideration. She listened to my    25  . Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n)    26  .
“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to    27   that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s    28  . It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her    29   to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”
I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those    30   words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.

【小题1】
A.by the way B.in the way C.on the way D.to the way
【小题2】
A.someoneB.anyone C.no one D.the one
【小题3】
A.should B.might C.willD.could
【小题4】
A.fixB.blame C.rely D.put
【小题5】
A.outgoing B.old C.cheerful D.energetic
【小题6】
A.Thankfully B.Naturally C.Generally D.Hopefully
【小题7】
A.work B.stopC.watch D.sit
【小题8】
A.decisions B.troublesC.attempts D.mistakes
【小题9】
A.annoying B.confusing C.embarrassing D.puzzling
【小题10】
A.repairs B.wants C.works D.occupies
【小题11】
A.mad B.serious C.curious D.hopeful
【小题12】
A.react B.agree C.turn D.object
【小题13】
A.issue B.outcome C.standard D.message
【小题14】
A.for B.therefore C.butD.otherwise
【小题15】
A.challengeB.imaginationC.conclusion D.explanation
【小题16】
A.order B.key C.end D.process
【小题17】
A.forgetB.ruinC.prevent D.change
【小题18】
A.brokenB.doneC.lost D.kept
【小题19】
A.attention B.skill C.patience D.interest
【小题20】
A.sweet B.pleasantC.meaningful D.colorful

America’s Beauty Is in Its Diversity

    America is built on the idea of freedom, and there is no exception for Muslim women. I     the freedom of religion and speech. But mostly, I believe it’s OK to be      , and to stand up for who and what you are. So I believe in wearing the hijab.

The hijab is a religious head covering, like a scarf. I am Muslim, and keeping my head covered is a       of maturity(成熟)and respect toward my       and to Allah’s will.      , I also like to wear it to be different. I don’t usually like to do what everyone else is doing. I want to be a(n)      , not just part of the crowd. But when I first wore it, I was also afraid of the       that I’d get at school.

I      on my own that sixth grade was the       I should start wearing the hijab. I was      about what the kids would say or even do to me. I thought they might make fun of me, or       be scared of me and       my headscarf. Kids at that age usually like to be all the same, and there’s little or no       of differences.

On the first day of school, I put all those       thoughts behind my back and walked in with my head held high. I was holding my breath a little, but       I was also proud to be a Muslim, proud to be wearing the hijab, proud to be different.

I was       about everything I thought the kids would say or even do to me. I actually met a lot of people because of wearing my head covering. Most of the kids would come and ask me questions —     — about the hijab and why I wore it.

I did hear some kid was making fun of me,       there was one girl—she wasn’t even in my class, and we never really talked much–and she spoke       me, and I wasn’t even there! I made a lot of new friends that year, friends that I still have until this very day, five years later.

Yes, I’m different, but everyone is different here, in one way or another. This is the      of America.

1.A. believe in  B. stick to  C. carry out       D. push for

2.A. independent      B. free     C. sensitive        D. different

3.A. signal B. sign       C. reminder       D. cause

4.A. religion      B. country          C. parents D. status

5.A. In a word   B. In general        C. To be exact  D. To be honest

6.A. princess     B. heroine         C. individual      D. adult

7.A. praise         B. punishment  C. reaction         D. reflection

8.A. hoped      B. expected       C. realized         D. decided

9.A. time   B. chance C. case           D. occasion

10.A. disappointed    B. scared  C. enthusiasticD. angry

11.A. still  B. already C. even         D. ever

12.A. show off              B. pull off  C. pick up D. put up

13.A. rejection B. ignorance      C. awareness     D. acceptance

14.A. negative  B. optimistic      C. serious     D. strange

15.A. often        B. inside    C. only               D. outside

16.A. concerned       B. particular                 C. wrong        D. convinced

17.A. respectfully      B. cautiously      C. suspiciously  D. critically

18.A. and  B. so C. but                D. or

19.A. in terms of        B. in front of      C. in charge of  D. in favor of

20.A. significance      B. beauty  C. value            D. power

 

In recent years, the world has made progress in reducing deaths among children under the age of five. A new report says an estimated 6.9 million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday. That compares to about twelve million in1990.

The report says child mortality rates have fallen in all areas. It says the number of deaths is down by at least 50 percent in eastern, western and southeastern Asia. The number also fell in North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ties Boerma is head of the WHO’s Department of Health Statistics and Informatics. He says most child deaths happen in just a few areas.

TIES BOERMA: “Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia face the greatest challenges in child survival. More than eighty percent of child deaths in the world occur in these two regions. About half of child deaths occur in just five countries—India, which actually takes twenty-four percent of the global total; Nigeria, eleven percent; the Democratic Republic of Congo, seven percent; Pakistan, five percent and China, four percent of under-five deaths in the world.”

Ties Boerma notes that, in developed countries, one child in one hundred fifty-two dies before his or her fifth birthday. But south of the Sahara Desert, one out of nine children dies before the age of five. In Asia, the mortality rate is one in sixteen.  

The report lists the top five causes of death among children under five worldwide. They are pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and problems both before and during birth.

Tessa Wardlaw is with the U-N Children’s Fund. She is pleased with the progress being made in Sub-Saharan Africa. The area has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world. But she says the rate of decline in child deaths has more than doubled in Africa.

TESSA WARDLAW: “We welcome the widespread progress in child survival, but we importantly want to stress that there’s a lot of work that remains to be done. There’s unfinished business and the fact is that today on average, around nineteen thousand children are still dying every day from largely preventable causes.”

The World Health Organization says one way to solve these problems is to make sure health care services are available to women. In this way, medical problems can be avoided or treated when identified.

1.Since 1990, the number of the children who died before 5 in the world has dropped by about__________.

A.6,900,000         B.12,000,000        C.1,200,000         D.5,100,000

2. What does the underlined word “mortality” ( in Paragraph 2)mean?

A.illness            B.reduction         C.death            D.problem

3.According to the passage, the readers are likely to believe that __________.

A.child mortality rates have fallen just in five areas

B.Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world

C.in developed countries, no children die before the age of five

D.the world has made little progress in reducing the rates of child mortality

4.______ is the top-one cause of death among children under five worldwide.

A.Global warming     B.Malaria           C.Pneumonia        D.Diarrhea

5.What will be probably referred to in the following paragraph?

A.Women do not want to have babies.

B.How more health care services are available to women.

C.Medical problems are completely solved.

D.The World Health Organization.

 

完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

I had a friend who visited me from out of town and I wanted to show him the CN Tower. It was one of the tallest structures on the earth. So I thought it would offer a(n)   36  sight.

We were standing in line for 45minutes to enjoy the    37   up to the watch point. When we got there, we went around the   38     of the tower and saw the hard wire fence  39     to the structure serving as a barrier. We went back inside to look for the glass floor that provided a direct view   40     . As soon as both of us  41     , we stopped before walking onto it. We found that our legs began to   42  . I stopped for a minute considering the step, taking several seconds to   43     the edge before moving.

And then I had a thought in my mind:“It is far   44     compared to any other floor in this building. There is no real danger to me — it’s    45   an illusion. Look at all the people standing on it, and think about those who have stood on it before.”I began to  46     that step onto the glass floor. I didn’t look down —  47    not for a few minutes.

I walked on the    48   and looked around and thought about how  49   the experience was. I even found myself jumping up and down. There was no  50   , and it was certainly an illusion.

I considered how many things in our lives we  51    and exactly how many of them are actually illusions. I thought about all the things we   52    ourselves from doing because we have  53   ourselves into thinking there’s risk. I thought about all the things that I still have yet to do that appeared  54   . I was glad to discover that although fear isn’t a stranger to me, my desire to live a life without    55   has a much stronger pull.

1.                A.expressive      B.impressive      C.frightening    D.beneficial

 

2.                A.bus            B.ladder          C.car  D.elevator

 

3.                A.outside         B.top            C.center   D.surface

 

4.                A.connected      B.surrounded      C.referred  D.combined

 

5.                A.around         B.up             C.down D.out

 

6.                A.understood     B.approached     C.talked    D.returned

 

7.                A.wave          B.move          C.tremble  D.wander

 

8.                A.look over       B.think over       C.look up   D.think up

 

9.                A.tighter         B.taller           C.weaker   D.stronger

 

10.               A.happily         B.simply          C.greatly    D.relatively

 

11.               A.take           B.choose         C.decide    D.pick

 

12.               A.at most         B.at least         C.at last     D.at best

 

13.               A.fence          B.floor           C.edge D.tower

 

14.               A.grateful        B.useful          C.wonderful D.helpful

 

15.               A.death          B.warn           C.trouble    D.danger

 

16.               A.handle         B.ignore         C.fear  D.hide

 

17.               A.block          B.protect         C.help  D.separate

 

18.               A.forced         B.advised         C.entered   D.led

 

19.               A.amazing        B.worrying        C.exciting   D.interesting

 

20.               A.cost           B.doubt          C.regret D.waste

 

 

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