Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏). Our legs were so heavy and cold that   1   felt like big pieces of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That’s  2 we looked like! Along the way children in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late   3   we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰). However, the lakes   4   like glass in the setting (落下的) sun and looked wonderful.

Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was very happy and I knew I didn’t need to   5   her. To climb the mountains (山) was hard work but as we   6   us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going down the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much   7  . At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to change our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.

In the early evening, we put up our tent and then we ate. After supper Wang Wei went to sleep   8  I stayed awake (醒着的). At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. As I lay below the stars I thought about   9   we had already travelled.

We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We can’t  10  to see them!

1  A. we                            B. you                          C. they                  D. it

2  A. what                   B. why                         C. how                  D. where

3  A. morning              B. afternoon                 C. evening             D. night

4  A. burnt                  B. sounded                   C. felt                   D. shone

5  A. frighten               B. encourage                 C. admire                     D. greet

6  A. looked at             B. looked after                     C. looked for         D. looked around

7  A. colder                 B. cooler                      C. warmer             D. wetter

8  A. but                            B. and                          C. or                     D. so

9  A. how long            B. how much                C. how far             D. how often

10  A. hope                 B. want                        C. ride                   D. wait

Droughts (干旱)are common in Kenya . Before ,they came every 10 years ,but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time .
We gave the droughts names :“longoza”was the drought when many animals died ; there was the drought of the “planes” because food was dropped from the air by planes; and one particularly bad drought was called “ man who dies with his money in his fist (拳头)”，because ,even if there was money , there was simply no food to buy .
I was born in 1951 in Machakos. From what my mother tells me , when I was 7, there was a serious drought . I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger. I can’t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating . “ I slept like that ,” is how we described it . I can’t count the number of days when “ I slept like that,” or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry ,knowing I’d wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast.
My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit (赊欠). Each night he would return home around 10:00p.m. My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water . I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling , along with the hopes that we would eat that night. But my father would arrive frustrated and empty -handed. And I would sleep like that.
【小题1】The best title for the text is ________.

A）按要求转换下列句式。  

1. They have painted their new house. (改为被动语态)

Their new house                                   by them.

2. I have already had my supper. (改为否定句)

I          had my supper            .

3. It's ten minutes’ walk from my home go the school. (对划线部分提问)

                             is it from your home to the school?  

B)根据上句完成下句，使两句意思基本相同，每空一词。

4. I ‘m sorry to hear that he got killed in the traffic accident 5 years ago.

   I ‘m sorry to hear that he                    for 5 years in the traffic accident.

5.James Herriot was good at dogs.

   .James Herriot                 in treating dogs.

6.Mary is too young to dress himself.

    Mary is not                     to dress himself.