阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

I think I’m one of the luckiest people in the world because of the time I’m able to spend with young people who are not afraid to show their excitement and zest for life. , I would prefer a person with passion and enthusiasm to a person with and talent any day of the week. You can teach and develop skills, you cannot develop a love of life and an optimistic attitude. These are of a person and appear at all times during work or play. Furthermore, they are traits that one is born with and they will never them.

As a and an Independent Education and Career Planning Advisor, I too many children and young adults who are on a road to despair unless someone can find a way to change their attitude towards and indeed life itself!

, society has turned out too many children and young that are unwilling to put much or thought into their work. Whenever I come across such people— or old, I’m reminded of a boy who went with his mother on a blueberry picking hike into the . The boy filled his mostly with moss(苔藓) and then covered the moss with a thin layer of blueberries so that it looked . But the next morning, he found the blueberry pie which his mother for him was moss.

So , whether you are in school or , if you have enthusiasm and if you are to put in consistent effort along with passion, you will receive the . If, on the other hand, you are and prefer to take short-cuts, you should not expect to achieve the same results.

1.A. Obviously B. Personally C. Luckily D. Quickly

2.A. skills B. ideas C. kindness D. courage

3.A. or B. for C. but D. if

4.A. choices B. requests C. appearances D. characters

5.A. use B. deserve C. lose D. cherish

6.A. journalist B. doctor C. colleague D. teacher

7.A. search for B. come across C. care aboutD. depend on

8.A. learning B. donating C. speaking D. greeting

9.A. Eventually B. Unfortunately C. Hopefully D. Perfectly

10.A. equipment B. information C. effort D. possession

11.A. innocentB. young C. poor D. stupid

12.A. woods B. corner C. park D. market

13.A. mouth B. pan C. basketball D. hand

14.A. delicious B. beautiful C. clean D. full

15.A. collected B. baked C. kept D. bought

16.A. promise B. guess C. remember D. look

17.A. in danger B. in distance C. in hospital D. at work

18.A. willing B. confident C. proud D. careful

19.A. crop B. trust C. votes D. rewards

20.A. lazy B. busy C. curious D. stubborn

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The truth 1. trees are vital to our life is not a secret. They provide us with food, wood and most 2. (important), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we can add to this list—blocking out harmful bacteria from water.

The discovery 3. (make) by a team 4. (consist) of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school students 5. were seeking a natural water filter—one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have 6. (accessible) to modern water filter systems.

The 7. (research), led by Professor Rohit Karnik, decided to turn to trees for help because they could allow liquid to flow through, while blocking out air bubbles.

They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The people related then tested the wood’s filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different sizes through. 8. their amazement, they found that it was effective in trapping all the articles. 9. (encourage), the team conducted 10. experiment, this time with water that contained bacteria. Sure enough, the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flow through.

请修改下面的短文。短文中共有10处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2 只允许修改10处，多着（从第11处起）不计分。

In China, people and giant pandas had been living together for thousands of years. But China’s human population has been great growing. More population means more land is needed for farming. It also mean more forests are cut for wood to build and heat houses. Loss of habitat in lowland areas has forced pandas live only in the mountains. The most damaged result of development has been that it has divided the panda’s habitat into little islands of forest. Today, many panda are isolated in these small sections of forest, because of they will cross into areas which people live. The result is that the giant pandas can connect with one another to mate and have babies.

Besides, to our relief, there is still some good news that people are trying to help the giant pandas by creating protected areas.

面对繁重的学业负担，很多学生出现了不同程度的心理和身体方面的不适。鉴于此种情况，中学生应该学会放松。假入你是中学生李华，请以How to Relax Ourselves为题写一篇文章给《21世纪英语报》投稿

内容包括：

1. 为什么要学会自我放松；

2. 自我放松的途径（如看电视﹑上网﹑体育锻炼﹑旅游等）

3. 你更喜欢哪种自我放松方式及原因

注意：1. 词数120左右；

2. 文章开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

How to Relax Ourselves

Faced with heavy learning burdens, many of us students

The main street is lined with small stands and shops _____ sell almost anything you can imagine.

A. what B. where C. who D. which

—Wow, you have a really good voice. I_____ you were good at singing.

—Thank you.

A. haven't known B. hadn't known

C. didn't know D. don't know

The scientist spent years alone in the forest, ______ by eating wild fruit and small animals.

A. surviving B. survived

C. to survive D. having survived

Mom, don’t you think it's OK to play once in a while it doesn’t affect my studies?

A. even if B. unless

C. so that D. as long as

—Why not find a new job?

—Why should I? I _____ as much, but I like what I'm doing.

A. didn't earn B. don't earn

C. hadn't earned D. haven’t earned

Anyone be in a rough life time, whether he is “Bai Fumei” or “Gao Fushuai.”

A. must B. will

C. can D. should