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In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she was a teenager, she 36 of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American 37 was from the textbooks she had read. “I had a 38 in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room, Mummy 39 cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.”
Atsuko 40 to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 41 world. “People were struggling with problems and often seemed 42 ,” she said. “I felt very alone.”
One of her hardest 43 was physical education. “We played volleyball.” she said. “The other students were 44 it, but I wasn’t.”
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 45 the ball to her teammates so they could knock it 46 the net. No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face 47 she failed.
A young man on her team 48 what she was going through. He walked up to her and 49 , “Come on. You can do that”
“You will never understand how those words of 50 made me feel…Four words: You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness.”
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 51 .
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. “I have 52 forgotten the words.” she said. “When things are not going so well, I think of them.”
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 53 to her. “He probably doesn’t even remember it,” she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will 54 . She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 55 words: You can do that.
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【解析】
1.根据单词意思，dream of doing sth意思“梦想做某事”，根据意思，可知选D
2.根据单词意思，life意思“生活”，根据意思“美国人的生活”，可知选C
3.根据单词意思，photo意思“照片”，paiting意思“油画”，picture意思“画面”，drawing意思“绘画”，根据意思，可知选C
4.根据单词意思，baking意思“烤”，frying意思“煎”，steaming意思“热气腾腾的”，boiling意思“沸腾的”，根据意思，可知选A
5.根据单词意思，hope意思“希望”，arrange意思“安排”，like意思“喜欢”，attempt意思“企图”，arrange to do sth意思“安排做某事”，可知选B
6.根据单词意思，described意思“描述的”，imagined意思“想象的”，created意思“创造的”，discoured意思“发现的”，根据意思，可知选B
7.根据单词意思，tense意思“紧张的”，relaxed意思“放松的”，cheerful意思“欢乐的”，deserted意思“被遗弃的”，根据意思，可知选A
8.根据单词意思，question意思“问题”，times意思“时代”，project意思“工程”，class意思“班”，根据意思，可知选D
9.考查词组，curious about意思“对……好奇”，good at意思“擅长……”，slow at意思“慢”，nervous about意思“紧张……”，根据意思，可知选B
10.根据单词意思，kick意思“踢”，pass意思“传球”，carry意思“支撑”，hit意思“碰撞”，根据意思，可知选D
11.根据单词意思，through意思“穿过”，into意思“进入……中”，over意思“越过”，past意思“过去的”，根据意思，可知选C
12.考查单词意思，after意思“在……后面”，if意思“如果”，because意思“因为”，until意思“直到……”,根据意思，可知选B
13.根据单词意思，tense意思“感觉到”，consider意思“考虑”，believe意思“相信”，wonder意思“想知道”，根据意思，可知选A
14.根据单词意思，warn意思“警告”，sigh意思“叹气”，order意思“整理”，whisper意思“小声说”，根据意思，可知选D
15.考查单词意思，excitement意思“兴奋”，encouragement意思“鼓励”，persuasion意思“劝说”，suggestion意思“建议”，根据意思，可知选B
16.考查单词意思，interesred意思“有趣的”，doubtfull意思“怀疑的”，puzzled意思“困惑的”，sure意思“确信的”，根据意思，可知选D
17.考查单词意思，seldom意思“很少”，never意思“从不”，already意思“已经”，almost意思“几乎”，根据意思，可知选B
18.考查单词意思，meant意思“意味”，apply意思“申请”，seem意思“好像”，happen意思“发生”，根据意思，可知选A
19.考查单词意思，continue意思“继续”，stay意思“保持”，exist意思“存在”，live意思“生活”，根据意思，可知选B
20.考查单词意思，merciful意思“仁慈的”，bitter意思“尖锐的”，simple意思“简单的”，easy意思“容易的”，根据意思，可知选C
One of the world's richest men has taken a close interest in one of man’s most basic functions: visiting the toilet．Bill Gates’s charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, which, they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people around the world．
So, what's wrong with the traditional flush toilet? Firstly, it wastes a huge amount of potential drinking water．Secondly, they are more likely to cause pollution．This is a real problem in many areas of the developing world, where, according to United Nations estimates, unsafe sanitation causes half of all hospitalizations．Younger people are particularly at risk．Illnesses which cause diarrhea are responsible for the deaths of about 1.5 million children a year．Finally, standard lavatories simply aren’t practical in remote areas．
The challenge set by Bill Gates was to come up with a latrine which works without running water, electricity or aseptic tank(化粪池)．It also needed to operate for less than 5 cents．28 designs were displayed at the recent Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle, USA．Among them was one which turned human waste into electricity using microwaves, another which converted human waste into charcoal, and yet another which used urine for flushing．
But the winner was a solar-powered design which generated hydrogen gas and electricity.The team from the California Institute of Technology（CIT）picked up a prize of $ 100,000.
But clearly Bill Gates doesn’t feel he’s flushing money down the toilet．After the Seattle event he said, “We, couldn’t be happier with the response we’ve gotten,” Gates has even pledged $370m more to the future toilet project．They hope to field test more prototypes over the next three years．
【小题1】Why is Bill Gates paying people to invent new toilets?
| A．Because he wants to test people’s sense of creativity． |
| B．Because he wants to improve sanitation for many people． |
| C．Because he thinks the traditional ones are out of fashion． |
| D．Because he can’t design this kind of things himself． |
| A．They waste too much water． |
| B．They might cause diseases． |
| C．They are not always practical． |
| D．They are too complicated to use. |
| A．Loo | B．sanitation | C．diarrhea | D．prototype |
| A．can change human waste into electricity |
| B．can turn human waste into charcoal |
| C．can produce power with solar energy |
| D．can use urine for flushing |
| A．showing off their wealth |
| B．being angry with their work onditions |
| C．wasting money for nothing |
| D．expressing their great determination |
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