It was a village inIndia. The people were poor. However,they were not unhappy. After all,their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.

  Then one day,some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog's legs. However,they did not have enough frogs of their own,and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

  This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around,and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was to catch them. Agreement was reached,and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time,the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn't last long.

  The change was hardly noticed at first,but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often,and,there seemed to be more insects around lately.

  The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

  Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been useless. They had been doing an important job―eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed,the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.

  Now,the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

1.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

   A.The frogs were easy money.

   B.They needed money to buy medicine.

   C.They wanted to please the visitors.

   D.The frogs made too much noise.

2.What might be the cause of the children's sickness?

   A.The crops didn't do well.

   B.There were too many insects.

   C.The visitors brought in diseases.

   D.The pesticides were overused.

3.What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?

   A.Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

   B.Health is more important than money.

   C.The harmony between man and nature is important.

   D.Good old days will never be forgotten.

4.What's the main idea of the passage?

   A.It tells us a story about frogs.

   B.It tells us how villagers destroyed the environment.

   C.It tells us a story on how villagers killed and then protected frogs.

   D.It tells us how villagers made money.

3.He determined to __________(献身于)the great cause of communism.

2.Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave __________(当场) .

1.It was __________(多亏了) your encouragement and support that I didn't give up.

1.Development of the area would __________(危害) wildlife.

5.The government will__________(采取强硬措施) people who avoid paying taxes.

 It is often said that politeness costs nothing. In fact,it seems that a little more courtesy could save businesses $ 5 billion every year.

  Frequently hearing the phrase " thank you" or " well done" means the same to staff as a modest pay rise,researchers say. Praise and encouragement also makes employees more likely to work hard and stay in their jobs,saving on the cost of finding replacements.

  A third of 1 ， 000 workers surveyed by the famous firm White Water

  Strategies said they did not get thanked at all when they did well―and a fur- ther third said they were not thanked enough,meaning they were less likely to put themselves into work and were more likely to look for employment else?where.

The final result is around $ 5. 2 billion in lost productivity from employ?ees who would raise their interests in work if they felt more appreciated,White Water claimed. According to the company,praising staff has the same motivational kick as a 1 per cent pay rise―and works out much cheaper for bosses.

  Three out of four employees said that regular acknowledgement (认可) by their bosses was important to them,but only a quarter said they were actually given as much praise as they felt they needed. The survey found that those blue-collar and manuaK体力的) workers were less likely to be given any rec?ognition for doing well.

  In regional terms,Scottish staff felt most undervalued. Four out of ten workers said they were never thanked and eight out of ten said they would like more praise. However,workers in the north-east are less impressed by being praised by the boss,as only 69 per cent said they felt the need to be told "well done" regularly. Older employees and women need the most praise,according to psychologist Averill Lemmon.

1.The underlined word "courtesy" (Paragraph 1) probably means "        ”.

A. politeness   B. authority

C. pay rise   D. replacement

2.The survey done by White Water Strategies shows that .

   A.giving workers a pay rise can't make them work hard

   B.most workers not praised have no interest in their work

   C.workers who got few praise are more likely to change their jobs

   D.sometimes politeness and encouragement cost nothing

3.Which of the following statements agrees with the passage?

   A.Scottish bosses don't like praising their workers very much.

   B.Older workers and women need more pay rise. -

   C.Most workers don't need any praise.

   D.Blue-collar workers get more praise.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

   A.Politeness is very important in our daily life

   B.The words "well done" are as useful as a pay rise

   C.Several ways to make workers work hard

   D.Workers and their bosses

 One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is you can take something valuable out of it. The 1    I wasn't sure of that was on September 11th.

  I heard old people  2 about the attack on Pearl Harbour and Kennedy's being murdered and 3    greatly those events 4    them in their lives. For my 5    ， the tragedy of September 11th can be 6    to that of Pearl Harbour. We will be talking about the terrible effect ' our country,and on our lives as the single human being,for years to come.

  It wasn't until a few weeks 8   September 11th that I began to see that perhaps something good did come from this tragedy. People seem 9    now,more understanding,more friendly. Little things that seemed to be much a bother before are no longer a 10    deal. Personally,I am more patient than I was. I realize life is too short and 11    to let myself get upset over unim?portant things. Life is also too short to carry complaints and 12    I've become more forgiving and understanding. I've also learnt that you can't take things for granted. You know how we always say " 13    you later. ”One thing I have realized from September 11th is that you can't ever say that for sure. 14    change in the blink of an eye. People go to 15    and don't come back. One minute they are living and the 16    minute they are not.

And,it doesn't  17   who you are because there is nothing you can do about it. We 18    know when our time will be over,so we all need to make the 19    of every minute we have.

  You try to learn from what happened. You cannot live by it. All you can do is just to 20    .

1.A. thing   B. time   C. event   D. place

2.A. think   B. know   C. talk   D. learn

3.A. how   B. what   C. when   D. where

4.A. affected   B. taught

C. disappointed   D. improved

5.A. opinion   B. people   C. generation   D. children

6.A. connected   B. followed   C. compared   D. mixed

7.A. in   B. on   C. for   D. to

8.A.after   B. before   C. when   D. that

9.A. happy   B. sad

C. funny   D. different

10.A. little   B. big   C. small   D. right

11.A. terrible   B. hard

 C. precious   D. hopeless

12.A. then   B. therefore   C. yet   D. however

13.A. See   B. Call   C. Meet   D. Visit

14.A. Demands   B. Things   C. Buildings   D. People

15.A. offices   B. factories   C. work   D. hospitals

16.A. other   B. another   C. next   D. last

17.A. matter   B. trouble   C. mean   D. realize

18.A. always   B. ever   C. possibly   D. never

19.A. most   B. use   C. effort   D. sense

20.A. study   B. work   C. live   D.play

up to, pick up ,compete in, what if, get tough with

1. He is beginning to        after the operation.

2.       anything should happen to the plan?

3.The teacher had to       the naughty boy.

4.It's        you to decide the price of the house.

5.More than twenty teams will come and        the winter games.

5. According   the latest news report,the housing price goes down gradually.