I prefer the stories about the swimmers at the Beijing Olympics，one of which is about Zakia Nassar. She's a 21-year-old Palestinian __21__ Bethlehem studying dentistry in Jenin. Having had neither a __22__ nor a chance to an Olympic-sized pool in the past year, she had no choice but to __23__ on her own at a 12m public pool.

There is a 50-meter __24__ in nearby Nazareth, but the Israeli government did not __25__ her to use it.

Nassar was __26__ to training only when she returned to her parents' home in Bethlehem, __27__ she did so only about every two months for two days or so. __28__ the pool is only 12 meters long.

“My parents and friends always __29__ me, reminding me that I had to keep training if I __30  wanted to go to the Olympics,” she said.

It was only when Nassar __31__ China a month ago that she finally got the opportunity to swim in a 50m pool and enjoyed the __32__ of having a coach.

When she at last took part in the Games, she swam the 50m in 31.97 seconds, a(n) __33__ of seven seconds on her personal __34__. Nassar said it was the most beautiful moment of her life.

She will not __35__ on the cover of Time magazine or __36__ millions of dollars in endorsements（捐款）, but she can always say she won a race at the Olympics. For her, it wasn’t about __37__ the other swimmers or winning a prize, but about __38__ her own goal, __39__ difficult. When I think things are too difficult or I get those “I-just-can’t-do-it,” I think of her. Then I realize how __40__ the task before me really is.

I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated(主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.”

When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense---there is a reason for everything that happens.  

The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.

72. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?

   A. They both died of old age.             B. They died from hard work.

   C. They were’t accustomed to the change in life.

   D. They died due to lack of care by family members.

73. People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because______.

   A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow

   B. they believe that they are responsible for what has happened

   C. they don’t know that natural course of events

   D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

74. The underline part “the world makes sense” in Paragraph 3 probably means that____.

   A. everything in the world is planned in advance

   B. the world can be understood in different ways

   C. there’s an explanation for everything in the world

   D. we have to be wise in order to understand the world

75. People have believed since early childhood that______.

   A. everybody is at their command

   B. life and death is an unsolved mystery

   C. every story should have a happy ending

   D. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens

I teach clay classes to children and adults. One cold afternoon a family came in to   36   a clay class together. It was a one-hour class that was meant to allow the family some fun at making their own artistic creations.

Three children aged nine, seven and three sat in their seats   37   to begin their little artistic creations. The warm clay and various tools made their eyes full of   38  . They were so excited to begin. Every word I said made them feel great in the clay class and so they began to create. The young artists enjoyed their   39   to touch, feel and express themselves until their parents  40   and controlled their every moment. They were told to do this, do that, use this, not that ... I   41   watched as the little blooms of creations were taken from their small hands.

The three-year-old rebelled and was told she was   42  . I wanted to ask how the parents would feel if they were enjoying themselves creating a piece of art and I took it from them and totally controlled the   43   of its creation. I asked the controlling father if he would like to have a cup of coffee and let the three-year-old just   44 , explaining she would have fun and stop   45   him. He did and she continued focusing on her work with the most beautiful smile.

In this hurried world, I   46   that some parents and teachers are not letting children   47   as they want. It is better to let children create works of art in their own way rather than tell them to do in ways that please us as adults.

36. A. give                    B. teach                        C. enjoy                       D. conduct

37. A. afraid                  B. ready                    C. unwilling              D. careful

38. A. confusion        B. terror                          C. expectation              D. anxiety

39. A. habit                  B. determination            C. responsibility         D. freedom

40. A. took over            B. gave up                    C. went out                  D. calmed down

41. A. hopefully            B. curiously              C. sorrowfully              D. excitedly

42. A. lazy                   B. brave                    C. proud                      D. naughty

43. A. aim                   B. process                    C. time                        D. reason

44. A. play                   B. cry                          C. sit                           D. watch

45. A. asking              B. annoying                  C. pleasing                    D. fighting

46. A. find                    B. suggest                    C. agree                       D. doubt

47. A. behave                   B. exercise                   C. study                       D. create

I got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her  1  had been stolen. She asked if he could  2  her some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to  3  paying it back. I was shocked. How could my father be so  4 ? It was clear that she was telling a lie, staying at the station all day long  5  money.

“She was lying!” I shouted.“ 6  did you give her anything? ”

My father looked at me. He was a bit  7  . “And what would you like me to do?” he said. “Should I tell  8  that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam(诡计)?” I did not understand him at all, and then he told me something that I have  9  forgotten. “First, she would not do this  10  she did not need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she is  11  than me. It is more important to her than the money, but I do not  12  this.”

A week later, we were at the same  13  , and the same woman came to my father with the same story. “Not this time,” my father told her. “In your business, you should learn to 14  people. Try another story  15  me next week.”

1. A. money                  B. bicycle                     C. phone               D. child

2. A. borrow                 B. keep                         C. lend                  D. pay

3. A. give up          B. worry about             C. hurry up       D. turn off

4. A. clever           B. friendly                    C. strict          D. silly

5. A. asking for        B. dealing with             C. fighting for        D. picking out

6. A. What                    B. When             C. Why                 D. How

7. A. angry                   B. happy                       C. sad                   D. shy

8. A. them                    B. her                           C. you                   D. me

9. A. seldom                 B. often                        C. never                D. usually

10. A. unless                 B. until                         C. while                D. if

11. A. smarter               B. younger           C. taller                 D. better

12. A. close                  B. mind                        C. enter                 D. hear

13. A. stop                   B. hospital                    C. station               D. school

14. A. think for             B. recognize          C. know                D. understand 

15. A. of                      B. in                C. on                     D. at

I’ll never forget the day, September 11, 2001. It is considered to be the 1 day in American history. I felt that 2 when the first terrorist (恐怖分子) plane hit the World Trade Center as I 3  in the North Tower that morning. I 4 to get out of the smoke-filled building. I heard the sounds of peoples  5  from the high floors of the towers. I saw men and women stuck in the building, waving for help in the fire as the South Tower fell down to the ground right in front of my 6 .I was An 200 meters away. No one knew had happened. To 7 like millions all effected by the attack, the real challenge(挑战) just started that day. China Daily Office had been in the United States 8 1983. After that, our Office had no longer been on the earth,  9 along with our computers. It’s hard to imagine a  10 misfortune in newspaper business than that. We had to rebuild our computer office as quickly as possible. Together with my 11 , we worked day and night during which the post of China Daily was never stopped, not 12 for a single day. As we were trying our best to get back to “normal”  business, the anthrax (炭疽) attack struck East Coast post offices. We had 13 choice but to go on with our business as “ 14” . We wore gloves and mouth masks while we were busy with hundreds of pieces of mail daily. We had to work in my living room 15 we had not yet found an office. How terrible those days were! Now it is the anniversary (周年纪念日) of September 11. 16 is time enough for many things. We have fought battles and won. We have 17 our business. Yet, we are not heroes. We burst into tears when we saw photos of our friends who died in the World Trade Center from the New York Times. We often doubted if the worst was over and we felt 18  about the future. If we are any different from what we_19  before September 11, we are stronger.

(Author: Sun Lingling, the manager of China Daily in North America ll/09/2002)

1. A. best 　　　　　　 B. most important C. darkest 　　　　    D. brightest

2. A. way 　　　　　　 B. week 　　　　　　   C. building 　　　　   D. place

3. A. was working  B. was speaking   C. worked 　　　　   D. spoke

4. A. tried 　　　　    B. was afraid 　　    C. expected 　　　　  D. managed

5. A. listening      B. gong 　　　　　　   C. falling 　　　　　　  D. passing

6. A. head 　　　　    B. ears 　　　　　　　　 C. eyes 　　　　　　    D. face

7. A. her 　　　　　　  　　B. him 　　　　　　　　 C. you 　　　　　　　　 D. me

8. A. since 　　　　   B. from 　　　　　　   C. away from 　　　　　　  D. in

9. A. gone 　　　　    B. mind 　　　　　　   C. lost 　　　　　　　　 D. disappeared

10. A. better 　　　　 B. worse 　　　　　　  C. taller 　　　　　　   D. less

11. A. employers    B. employees       C. manager 　　　　  D. friends

12. A. even 　　　　  B. most 　　　　　　   C. already 　　 D. still

13. A. no 　　　　　　 B. not 　　　　　　　　  C. nothing 　　　　    D. none

14. A. often 　　　　  B. usual 　　　　　　   C. already 　　　　    D. usually

15. A. when 　　　　 B. because 　　　　   C. as soon as  　　 D. how

16. A. One year　　  B. Two years 　　　　　　  C. Three years 　　 D. Four years

17. A. built 　　　　   B. rebuilt 　　　　　　  C. started 　　　　　　 D. finished

18. A. uncertain     B. sure 　　　　　　    C. angry 　　　　　　　　　　 D. dangerous

19. A. are 　　　　　　 B. have been 　　    C. did 　　　　　　　　  D. were