The pickle(咸菜)jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside my parents’bed.  21    he got ready for bed,Dad would empty his pockets and drop his   22   into the jar.When the jar was    23    ,Dad would sit at the kitchen table,   24   the coins,then take them to the bank,and put the rolled coins on the    25   ,saying     26   ,“These are for my son’s college education.He’ll    27     work at the mill(磨坊)all his life like me.”

    The years passed,and I    28    college and took a job in another town.    29     while visiting my parents.I noticed that the jar was gone.It had served its purpose and had been    30   .My dad was a man of    31   words,and never lectured me on the   32   of determination and faith.The jar had taught me far more than any    33    could have done.

   When I married,I told my wife Susan about the important part the    34     had played in my life as a boy.In my mind,it showed,more than anything else,how much my dad    35     me.No matter how     36    things got at home,Dad continued to drop his coins into the jar.

   The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born,we spent the holiday with my parents.After dinner, Susan carried the baby into my parents’bedroom to feed her.Minutes later, Susan came back into the living room with a/an     37    look.She took my hand and led me into the bedroom.“Look,”she said     38    ,her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor beside the bed.To my     39    ,there,as if it had never been removed,stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins.l walked over to the jar, dug down into     40    ,and pulled out a handful of coins.With the strong feelings choking(使…哽咽)me.I dropped the coins into the jar.

 

 21.A.Until   

B.Unless   

C.Before

D.If

 22.A.coins   

B.pickle   

C.money

D.purse

 23.A.broken   

B.filled   

C.removed

D.locked

 24.A.pile   

B.clean   

C.roll

D.pack

 25.A.table   

B.bench   

C.floor

D.counter

 26.A.seriously   

B.gently   

C.proudly

D.anxiously

 27.A.still   

B.also   

C.always

D.never

 28.A.finished   

B.started   

C.entered

D.dropped

 29.A.Once   

B.Again   

C.Besides

D.However

 30.A.removed   

B.stolen   

C.sold

D.broken

 31.A.no   

B.many   

C.few

D.big

 32.A.worth   

B.values   

C.use

D.differences

 33.A.money   

B.words   

C.books

D.language

 34.A.coins   

B.jar   

C.determination

D.faith

 35.A.loved   

B.treated   

C.supported

D.encouraged

 36.A.rough   

B.easy   

C.smooth

D.wrong

 37.A upset   

B.cold   

C.worried

D.strange

 38.A.happily   

B.angrily   

C.loudly

D.softly

 39.A.surprise   

B.delight   

C.comfort 

D.satisfaction

 40.A.the pillow   

B.the jar   

C.my handbag

D.my pocket

On the night of July 6, 1943, a plane took off from an Air Force base in England to intercept (截击) German fighters over the English Channel. Piloting the plane was Captain Thomas Nash. Looking westward, Nash saw twelve orange lights in a row, moving at a fantastic rate of speed. An old experienced flyer, he had never seen anything like them. Thinking they might be a new German weapon, he decided to give chase. But when he swung the plane around and headed directly for the lights, they disappeared.

    Captain Nash may have been the first to see such orange lights but he wasn’t the last. His experience was repeated many times by pilots during World WarⅡboth in Europe and the Far East. Pilots in the Korean War also reported seeing the strange lights.

    What were they? No one knows for sure, but there is an interesting theory to account for them. According to this theory, the orange lights are space animals ― animals specially adapted to life in the upper atmosphere just as some creatures are adapted to life at the bottom of the sea.

    These space animals, the theory says, live so far up in the atmosphere that they are not visible from earth. They feed partly on the air and partly on energy from sunlight. Being almost pure energy themselves, they can adjust their bodies to glow (发光) at night. During the day they become invisible.

Before World War II, continues the theory, there was little radiated (发射的) energy available on the earth’s surface. Then came the development of rockets, atomic reactors (核反应堆), and hydroelectric plants (水力发电厂). The space creatures are attracted to these sources of energy of food. At night when there is no energy from sunlight, they go down into the lower levels in search of a meal. They may even drift into the range of human eyesight. This explains the fact that they have been sighted regularly from the earth since 1943.

 

65.The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that _________.

    A.Captain Nash saw twelve orange lights traveling at a fantastic rate of speed

    B.Captain Nash may have been the first to see lights in space

    C.according to an interesting theory, the orange lights are space animals

    D.the mysteries of nature can be fully explained

66.The theory says that during the daytime the space animals _________.

    A.glow brightly in the sky                               B.are invisible

    C.can be spotted from earth                           D.visit the earth’s surface

67.If the space animal theory is correct,the creatures go down to the lower regions in order to_________.

    A.escape being discovered                                    B.cause curiosity

    C.search for man-made energy                             D.make contact with man

68.The space animal theory would seem to suggest that _________.

A.living beings are extremely adaptable             B.life in space is impossible for man

C.the fittest creatures always survive               D.life cannot exist in the depth of the sea

 “Some of the worst human tragedies happening in the world today go on because we don't really see them.We rarely make eye communication with people who are suffering,so we act sometimes as if the people don't exist.”

    The speaker is Bill Gates,the world's richest man.At a gathering in Seattle,he is talking not as the Microsoft chairman but as a partner in a strong personal duty.For Gates and his wife,Melinda,making less inequality in global health and domestic education has become a life's goal.

    Having set up their foundation with close to $29 billion,the Gateses are on track to become history's greatest philanthropists(慈善家).But they do more than just give money out.Experts praise the couple for their wisdom and their ability to gather others:“Even with this great contribution,”says Susan Schwab,president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation,“they know they can't solve these problems alone.”

    Their devotion came from different sources.For Melinda,it was a vacation to Zaire.Where she was struck by meeting women in being extremely poor.For Bill,it was reading that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases.“Melinda and I had assumed that if there were medicines and treatments that could save lives,government would be doing everything they could to get them to…people,”Bill said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.“We couldn't escape the cruel conclusion that…some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not.”

    From shock came action.They focused on the simple message that one life is worth no more or less than another.Frances Hesselbein,chairman of the non-profit Leader to Leader Institute, says:“Sometimes people give in a very fair way,but there is something about what they are doing…that is the opposite of that.It is very difficult to understand and very personal.”

    Both Gateses read scientific books and travel extensively in developing countries.So far, the Gateses have devoted $9 billion to global health.They share a sense of urgency.“We're not doing enough in developing countries to give out the treatments and practices we know are effective in fighting diseases such as malaria,tuberculosis and HIV,”the couple told U.S.News.

 

60.Which of the following does Bill Gates think is not correct?             

      A.We act sometimes as if the people suffering don't exist.

      B.They can't solve these problems alone.

      C.Some lives are worth saving and others are not.

      D.Government would be doing everything to help people.

61.What made Gates’ wife also a philanthropist according to the passage?    

      A.She was attacked and was saved while traveling to Zaire.           

B.She was impressed with the poverty of people in Zaire.             

C.She read that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases.       

D.She and her husband have set up their foundation with close to $29 billion.

62.What do we know about the projects supported by Gates' Foundation?    

      A.They have had great influence on global health.

      B.They are limited to the areas in Africa.

      C.They only focus on medical treatment.

      D.They are carried out without government's support.

63.The passage is intended to ___________.        

      A.praise Bill and Melinda Gates for their kindness

      B.raise more money for the foundation

      C.explain to people how the projects work

      D.convince more people of helping others

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