A: Welcome to the Zhoukoudian caves here in China. It is 1.        great pleasure to meet you students from England,who are interested in archaeology. You must be aware that it’s here 2.        we found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world. We’ve been excavating here for many years and... 

  SI: I'm sorry 3.        (interrupt) you but how could they live here? There are only rocks and trees.

  A: Good questions. You are an acute 4.       (observe) . We have found human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and other objects. So we think it is 5.        (reason) to assume they lived in these caves,regardless of the cold.

  S2: How did they keep warm? They couldn’t have mats,blankets or quilts like we do. It must have been very uncomfortable.

  A: We’ve discovered fireplaces in the centre of the caves 6.      they made fires. That would have kept them warm,cooked the food and scared wild beasts away as well. We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick,which 7.        (suggest) that they might have kept the fire burning all winter. We haven’t found any doors but we think they might have 8.       (hang) animal skins at the cave mouth to keep out the cold 9.        the freezing winter. 

  S3:10.       wild animals were there all that time ago?

  A:Well,we’ve been finding the bones of tigers and bears in the caves,and we think these were their most dangerous enemies. Now what do you think this tells us about the life of these early people?

 It’s hard being an astronaut’s son. I 1     ,everybody expects you to be special or 2     ,and I'm just an average student,and I’m average,too,when it 3        basketball,football,soccer,and baseball.

  I often wonder 4        my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so 5        and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular to 6        my father and make him 7        me.

  In one class,my teacher 8 a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home,9     my father,who I would write about in my essay.

  He sat with me in the 10        when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He 11        me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to 12        death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me,he wasn’t a world-famous astronaut,just my dad.

  I wrote about all these 13        in my essay.

  One of our neighbours said, “I 14        you’ll win the contest,David. You’re the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut. ” I 15        I hadn’t shown anyone the essay,but now I almost hoped I wouldn’t win. I didn’t want to win just 16        my father was an astronaut.

  I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay,the 17      applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

  Dad nodded to me,18        his throat,and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son,this is the 19        moment of my life,” he said.

  It was the proudest moment of my life,too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize,but just then,it was 20        just to be my father’s son.

(   ) 1. A. mean   B. say

       C. know   D. believe

(   ) 2. A. strange   B. honest

       C. perfect   D. formal

(   ) 3. A. refers to   B. relates with

       C. talks about   D. comes to

(   ) 4. A. why   B. how

       C. whether   D. when

(   ) 5. A. normal   B. funny

       C. special   D. unique

(   ) 6. A. shock   B. influence

       C. attract   D. impress

(   ) 7. A. proud of   B. interested in

       C. satisfied with   D. ashamed of

(   ) 8. A. reported   B. announced

       C. claimed   D. warned

(   ) 9. A. caring about   B. worrying about

      C. thinking about   D. complaining about

(   ) 10. A. silence   B. threat

       C. horror   D. dark

(   ) 11. A. pleased   B. astonished

       C. supported   D. encouraged

(   ) 12. A. describe   B. explain

       C. declare   D. remark

(   ) 13. A. experiments   B. incidents

       C. details   D. memories

(   ) 14. A. wish   B. guess

       C. bet   D. promise

(   ) 15. A. smiled   B. nodded

       C. doubted   D. shrugged

(   ) 16. A. because   B. if

       C. while   D. as

(   ) 17. A. parents   B. audience

       C. students   D. teachers

(   ) 18. A. cleaned   B. blew

       C. cleared   D. opened

(   ) 19. A. best   B. proudest

       C. finest   D. greatest

(   ) 20. A. natural   B. honourable

       C. important   D. enough

 They say after a parent dies,the surviving children can take on some of their parent’s characteristics. I 1        becoming anything like my dad for years 2        I wanted to be me,not him;but there I sat at his memorial service several months ago,telling myself, “You’ve 3 a lot more of your dad in you than you think. ”

  There is this phrase my dad 4,and I know I’m going to sound 5        to complain about it,but it used to 6        me. “I am so proud of you”’ he told us kids,whether we’d won a race or helped others. That should be a (n) 7 thing,but here’s what always 8         my mind: “You are taking credit for what isn’t really yours. You can be proud,but the 9        is mine. ”

  Your parent is doing his best to give you 10,but you do not 11        it. “I’m so proud of you. ” It came out of my dad’s mouth  12    ,on those calls where I might have 13        something that happened at work or when he and Mum came to visit and we 14     the talents of our two boys. I knew the feeling of parental 15        well,especially when my boys achieved in ways that were 16        my comprehension and ability,but I looked for other ways to 17        it. “That’s an extremely good story you’ve written!” I would say about the composition. I thought that by making my praise 18,it would feel like I was claiming their achievement less as mine and more as one they could own themselves.

  So just the other day when my older son sent me an e-mail about his scholarship,I searched for 19        things to say,but finally I 20        he doesn’t need my cleverness. He just wants what my dad gave me. “I'm so proud of you ,” I wrote. Just like the old man to me.

(   ) 1. A. insisted   B. resisted

   C. considered   D. meant

(   ) 2. A. if   B. until

      C. though   D. because

(   ) 3. A. remembered   B. explained

   C. missed   D. got

(   ) 4. A. used   B. created

   C. changed   D. translated

(   ) 5. A. interesting   B. funny

   C. silly   D. rude

(   ) 6. A. worry   B. harm

   C. bother   D. reward

(   ) 7. A. basic   B. good

   C. difficult   D. important

(   ) 8. A. opened up   B. went through

   C. tested out   D. broke down

(   ) 9. A. adjustment   B. enjoyment

   C. achievement   D. assignment

(   ) 10. A. praise   B. comment

   C. support   D. information

(   ) 11. A. win   B. offer

   C. accept   D. hear

(   ) 12. A. in no time   B. ahead of time

   C. all the time   D. for a time

(   ) 13. A. complained   B. written

   C. forgotten   D. mentioned

(   ) 14. A. showed off   B. depended on

   C. found out   D. drew out

(   ) 15. A. control   B. choice

   C. responsibility   D. pride

(   ) 16. A. beyond   B. near

   C. below   D. about

(   ) 17. A. feel   B. express

   C. take   D. analyze

(   ) 18. A. scientific   B. reliable

   C. specific   D. logical

(   ) 19. A. personal   B. powerful

   C. clever   D. secure

(   ) 20. A. believed   B. realized

   C. proved   D. suggested

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