When people think of tigers, they think：strong and dangerous (危险的)．But now, the big animal is calling for our help．
There were once eight kinds of 1 in the world, but three died out during the 20th century．In the last 70 years, the 2 of Siberian tigers (东北虎)has gone from as many as 300 to 3 22 somewhere．The Siberian tiger has been 4 dying (死亡)out completely．If the government doesn't make any efforts(努力), it's quite 5 that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years．
In order to double the number of wild tigers in the 6 ten years, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会)has started a program recently．It 7 save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing．China, together with twelve other 8 , has joined in．
Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main 9 of tigers．The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (危险)to tigers．So the most important thing is 10 the animals that tigers eat．To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild ani-mals．
It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade．Carmen found she couldn't see things 1 all the time．She became very worried, but she hoped 2 would know that．When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor, she didn't 3 ．But her mother's mind was made up．
Three days later．Carmen got new glasses and instructions 4 ．her doctor．"All of the kids will think I'm silly．" Carmen said．Her mother 5 and shook her head．"You look just as beautiful as before, she said．But Carmen didn't believe her．
The next day．Carmen kept the 6 in her pocket(口袋))as she walked into the schoolyard．She stood alone away from her friends, feeling 7 Suddenly, she heard her friend Theresa shout．
Carmen ran over to the other girls．"What's the 8 ?" she asked．
"My ring is gone!" Theresa cried．"My sister sent it to me from California．It's very 9 and I can 't lose it．"
Carmen and her friends began to 10 the ring in the grassy area of the playground．Carmen realized that she could do better 11 she could see better．She took the glasses out and put them on．Everything looked so 12 ! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 13 ．It was the ring．
"Here it is," she shouted．She handed it to Theresa．
"Thanks, Carmen," she said．"I 14 thought we'd find it．" She paused(停顿)．“Hey, 1 didn’t know you wore glasses．They look great!"
Carmen had 15 that she was wearing the new glasses．“Thanks,” she replied．
"Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all．" Carmen thought．
Mr Smith moved to another town, and soon he needed a new doctor．So he went to see one．He sat down in the waiting-room and looked round．The doctor's degrees were on the wall．Suddenly Mr Smith remembered．There had been a classmate with the same name in his class at the school, and he had become a doctor!As he went in to see the doctor, he remembered a young, handsome student, and was sad to see how old and grey this man looked．
He said to him．“Good morning, Doctor．Did you go to King High School?”
The doctor answered,“Yes, I did．”
“Were you there from 1942 to 1946?”Mr Smith asked．
“Yes, I was,”the doctor answered．“How did you know?”Mr Smith laughed and said．“You were in my class”“Oh?”the doctor said and looked at him carefully for a few minutes．“What were you teaching?”
Choose the right answer for each blank：
(1)
Mr smith ________, so he needed a new doctor．
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A．
visited a town
B．
went to live in another town
C．
went away from a town
D．
arrived in a town
(2)
Mr Smith saw the doctor's degrees ________．
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A．
on the wall of the doctor's office
B．
on the doctor's desk
C．
on the wall of the waiting room
D．
on the desk in the waiting-room
(3)
Mr Smith suddenly found the doctor's name was the same as one of his ________．
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A．
classmates
B．
students
C．
friends
D．
workmates
(4)
When Mr Smith met the doctor, he asked him if he once ________．
Have you heard of Zhou Yang?She is now well known 1 an excellent short track speed skater(短道速滑运动员)．
Zhou Yang is not an overnight 2 ．She was born in a poor family in Changchun on June 9th,1991 and started 3 at the age of 8．She fell in love with the 4 at once when she put on her skate shoes to train for the first time．Soon her talent(天分) for short track speed skating was 5 ．Zhou Yang trained hard and made her way into the national team 6 ．
In the world championships in 2008,Zhou Yang set a world record in the 1,500 metres event．Zhou Yang 7 herself again at the 2010 Winter Olympics,Her performance gave China the 8 gold medal in the women's 1,500 metres in the Winter Olympics-China had never won the event before．
“Winning 1,500 m is my dream, 9 I still have one more dream,winning the relay(接力) competition,”Zhou Yang said．
Her“one more dream” 10 when she and her teammates won the women's 3,000 metres short track relay with a new world record．
1 name is JimHe is 2 the USAHe likes 3 food very muchHe can 4 English and 5 ChineseLi Lei and Jim are in the same 6 They are classmatesThey go to school five 7 a weekThey stay 8 home on Saturdays and SundaysAt school they play 9
after classThey like swimming, 10 ．
