On our first anniversary, Jack bought a bottle of Casaque, an expensive cologne(古龙香水)for me. "We agreed to save the money for your postgraduate education", I said somewhat half-heartedly as I took it out from a beautifully-wrapped packet. "I am unable not to give something_______to the world’s most beautiful bride, honey!" I held it to my_______, and smelled the most pleasant flavor I could ever_______. Looking down at my_______blue jeans and ugly, ragged tennis shoes, I wondered if I could ever be worthy of it. But I would _______. I used only a little of it every time _______Jack graduated and our life was financially easier. It’s a _______the foolish love of a young husband.

Then one day three-year-old Jim was sitting on the floor_______the empty cologne bottle. His lips wet, he was making a(n) _______face. He drank my________cologne! "Jack, come quick," I cried, "can cologne________my baby? Jim drank the rest of it!" "It's mostly just alcohol, honey," Jack________me. Little Jim was fine, and my concern for my child was________. I now felt ________to see the empty cologne bottle.

A few weeks later, Jack bought another bottle of my beloved cologne. I ________it as much as I had done to the earlier one. ________, it became three-quarters empty. I thought it best to buy another ________. But the shop assistant told me that there wasn’t even a maker of that brand any more.

Now I only use my special cologne on very important occasions, because there will be________to replace it when these last few precious________are gone. But from the bottom of my heart it's not three-quarters empty but still one-quarter full. Perhaps if I'm very careful, I can ________using it for the rest of my life.

1.A. special B. terrible C. practical D. cheap

2.A. nose B. eye C. hand D. mouth

3.A. afford B. imagine C. touch D. describe

4.A. clumsy B. unique C. faded D. stylish

5.A. act B. try C. insist D. withdraw

6.A. unless B. even if C. until D. even after

7.A. cost B. consequence C. standard D. symbol

8.A. looking for B. holding C. reaching for D. filling

9.A. amused B. excited C. awful D. happy

10.A. precious B. poisonous C. dangerous D. magical

11.A. attract B. hurt C. frighten D. please

12.A. criticized B. encouraged C. educated D. comforted

13.A. relieved B. increased C. confirmed D. developed

14.A. grateful B. nervous C. heartbroken D. desperate

15.A. resisted B. wasted C. protected D. prized

16.A. So B. Still C. Otherwise D. Therefore

17.A. bottle B. brand C. flavor D. color

18.A. some B. none C. another D. more

19.A. quarters B. packets C. drops D. shops

20.A. turn to B. devote to C. count on D. decide on

Hobbs was an orphan(孤儿). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.

One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”

“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will(遗嘱),” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”

“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.

1.Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _______.

A. study abroad B. work abroad

C. pay off the debts D. learn to paint pictures

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

A. Surprised. B. Frightened.

C. Satisfied. D. Excited.

3.With the money he got, at first Hobbs _______.

A. planned to have a happy life for a few days

B. decided to give up his work in the factory

C. was to give a dinner to his friends

D. had no idea what to do

4.Hobbs was asked to _______.

A. tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it

B. read his uncle’s will

C. tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money

D. buy some pictures

Following news of the potential for life on the recently-discovered TRAPPIST-1 system, there may be another competitor ready to take its place.

With the help of the Cassini spacecraft, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientists have picked up the first evidence that chemical reactions are taking place deep below the surface of Enceladus, Saturn’s (土星的) sixth-largest moon. This means that there could be life in Enceladus’ warm underground seas.

An early study found that liquid oceans exist miles below Enceladus’ surface. But to reveal what is happening down there, scientists must rely on the plumes (股) of water that spray (喷射) through cracks in Enceladus’ icy surface. In October 2015, NASA sent Cassini into a deep dive into one of the plumes.

Cassini’s findings, published on April 13 in the journal Science, showed that hydrogen (氢) not only exists on Enceladus, but is also responsible for a chemical reaction between hot rocks and water in the ocean beneath its surface.

This same process on Earth provides energy for entire ecosystems around volcanic vents (火山口). There, tiny creatures are able to survive without sunlight, using hydrogen and carbon dioxide as fuel in a process known as “methanogenesis (甲烷生成)”.

The discovery of this chemical energy source on Enceladus means it could be a very good candidate to host life.

“Confirmation (确认) that the chemical energy for life exists within the ocean of a small moon of Saturn is an important milestone (里程碑) in our search for habitable (可居住的) worlds beyond Earth,” Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA, told the Daily Mail.

Alien life was once only thought possible on habitable planets within the “Goldilocks zone” – far enough from our sun not to be a fireball, but not so far as to be freezing.

Research on Enceladus is still in its early stages, but the recent findings have important meanings for future exploration.

“At present, we know of only one genesis (诞生) of life, the one that led to us,” David Rothery, professor of planetary geosciences (行星与地球科学) from the Open University in the UK, told The Telegraph.

“If we knew that life had started independently in two places in our solar system, then we could be pretty confident that life also got started on some of the tens of billions of planets and moons around other stars in our galaxy,” he said.

1.What is the article mainly about?

A. The connection between the TRAPPIST-1 system and Enceladus.

B. The potential for life on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus.

C. The chemical energy source on Enceladus.

D. Scientists’ constant search for life in the solar system.

2.Scientists assume that there could be life on Enceladus because ______.

A. there is evidence of a warm ocean under Enceladus’ surface

B. hot rocks and water have been discovered on Enceladus

C. hydrogen discovered on Enceladus could be a chemical energy source

D. the entire ecosystems of Enceladus are somewhat similar to those of Earth

3.According to David Rothery, the recent findings on Enceladus could mean that ______.

A. there is only one genesis of life in our galaxy

B. there could be many habitable planets, but all in the “Goldilocks zone”

C. it won’t be long before scientists find a habitable planet beyond Earth

D. alien life could exist on some other planets if it existed on Enceladus

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