任务型读写(共10小题；每空1分, 满分10分)
阅读下列短文, 根据所读内容在文章后的表格中填入恰当的单词。注意：表格中的每个空格只填1个单词。
Being on bad terms with your neighbors can make your life frustrating day after day. But taking the time to establish a good relationship with your neighbors has a good many benefits. The community will be friendlier, the neighborhood safer, and the area a nicer place to live in. ’There are some suggestions t0 develop a good relationship with your neighbors.
Whether you're new in the neighborhood or new residents who have just moved into your block, introduce yourself. Say hello, offer a welcoming gift and share or ask about the local area.
Sometimes, you can remedy (补救) problems before they even start; for example, if you do a lot of yard work, let them know in advance and mention that if it's getting too loud, they shouldn't hesitate to let you know.
Be aware of the shared walls, if you and your neighbors share adjacent (相邻的) living spaces. and try to put noisy household appliances such as washing machines and tumble dryers away from the shared walls.
Keep your pet dog on a leash (皮带) if it has a habit of running rampant on your neighbors’ lawns, especially if they have a pet cat or a pet dog of their own, and ensure to clean up after it.
When you park your vehicle, be sure not to block anyone's access, or make them have to pull out of a very tight spot. Don't slam (砰地关上) your car doors late at night.
Weed your garden in a regular way, because the presence of weeds in your yard is not only unsightly but can also spread to your neighbor's yard.
Really good neighbors watch out for each other. They offer to help, especially on matters that impact the larger neighborhood and look for opportunities to communicate. Great neighbors make for great neighborhoods.

In the past ten years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.

    When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters^① will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.

    The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.

    “Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stern. The strategy^② in China is television. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil.

“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout^③ internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming — number one draft pick in 2002 — and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two overall in this year’s draft — are icons^④in-waiting. It is the ultimate^⑤ revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.

Notes:

roster  n. 花名册

strategy  n. 战略，策略

scout  vt. 寻找，觅得

icon  n. 偶像

ultimate  adj. 最后的，根本的

Choose the best answers according to the above:

According to the report,       ___.

A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA

B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great

C. Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA

D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games

The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of       ___.

A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”

B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China

C. there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings

D. the NBA’s live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China

. What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?

A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league.

B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.

C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan.

D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.

When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to        __.

A. farms in the States             B. native Americans 

C. the NBA training center         D. the USA

Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

A. The Non-American Basketball Players    B. NBA Is Coming to China

C. The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA      D. NBA Is Making Big Progress

The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.

“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is  36   . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.

Dad felt it was his  37 to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each   38 in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.

The child stood up, put out his hands, and  39 as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ 40 and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they    41 ?”

“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices  42  them what they are.”

“  43  choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.

“Oh, no. Only when we choose the 44 things.”

“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.

Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's  45  . He reached down and began to  46  with the snow. He  47  the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.

“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.

The child looked at both sides but 48   answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.

“It’ s a snowman! The side 49  made me snowman!” the boy replied with  50

Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) 51   to build up mankind,” Dad said.                    

The child then stood up and  52 an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n)  53  .”

Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and  54 him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right   55 

and learn to build the best snowman ever.”

1.                A．similar          B．different        C．freezing D．special

2.                A．challenge       B．trouble         C．responsibility  D．position

3.                A．private         B．associated       C．unique   D．isolated

4.                A．inspected       B．watched        C．glanced   D．glared

5.                A．beautiful        B．effective        C．comfortable   D．significant

6.                A．get along       B．take care        C．cheer up D．break up

7.                A．remain         B．appear         C．become  D．make

8.                A．Though         B．However        C．So   D．While

9.                A．exact          B．coincident       C．fortunate D．wrong

10.               A．interest        B．concern        C．worry D．faith

11.               A．communicate    B．work           C．mix   D．relate

12.               A．separated       B．divided         C．distinguished   D．parted

13.               A．couldn' t        B．shouldn' t       C．wouldn' t  D．needn' t

14.               A．that           B．what           C．how  D．when

15.               A．disappointment  B．frustration      C．enthusiasm D．humour

16.               A．power         B．effort          C．organization    D．attempt

17.               A．gathered       B．sorted         C．threw D．formed

18.               A．war           B．debate         C．agreement D．negotiation

19.               A．trembled       B．swung          C．pulled D．held

20.               A．steps          B．turns          C．choices   D．points

完形填空  (共15小题；每小题1分，共15分)
On a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the ­ 36  door, leaving behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.
He  37  into the water, not realizing that as he swam to the middle of the lake, a(n)  38  was swimming toward the 39 . His mother in the house saw the two. Full of  40 , she ran toward the water, screaming at her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became  41  and made a U-turn to swim hurriedly to his mother. But it was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile  42  him. The mother grabbed her little boy by the  43  just as the crocodile seized his legs.
The crocodile was  44  stronger than the mother; but the mother was much too  45  to pull her son back. A farmer heard the  46  , raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.
Remarkably, a few weeks later, the little boy  47 . His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal.  48 , on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh(肉体) in her  49  to hang on to the son she loved.
The newspaper reporter, who  50  the boy after the accident, asked if he would show him his scars（疤痕）: The boy, with obvious  51  , said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom would not let go.”
You and I can  52  with that little boy. We have scars, too. Not from a crocodile, but the scars of a painful  53 . some of those scars are ugly and have  54  us deep regret. But , some wounds, my friend, are because our relatives have  55 to let go. In the course of your struggle, they have been there holding on to you.

【小题10】

A．hurried B．worried C． eager D．anxious

Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with __1__，an gang (团伙)problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often __2__ trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day __3__.

Those fun trips had a(n) __4__ impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day, __5__ working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys __6__. He sensed trouble between them. __7__ one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug.“I __8__ you. You took me __9__  when I was  in fifth grade. That was one of the __10__ days of my life.”

Deeply touched by the boy's word, Moody decided to create a foundation(基金会)that __11__ teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw __12__  there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging __13__ on the kids，” says Moody.

By turning kids on to fishing, he __14__ to present an alternative way of life, “When you're sitting there waiting for a __15__，”he says, “you can't help but talk to each other, and such __16__ can be pretty deep.”

“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer(同龄人)pressures in high school，” says Michelle,17, who __17__ the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother __18__ drugs.”

Moody faces __19__in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full－time.“I'm living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my __20__ to give back，” Moody says.“If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”

1. A. drinking　     B. drug　 　   C. security　　      D. smoking

2. A. ran into        B. got over     C. left behind         D. looked into

3. A．ahead         B. away        C. off           D. out

4. A．immediate     B. damaging    C. limited         D. lasting

5. A．once         B. while               C. since         D. until

6. A．quarreling      B. complaining

C. talking         D. cheering

7. A．Slowly      B. Suddenly     C. Finally         D. Secretly

8. A．understand      B. hear      C.  see         D. remember

9. A．fishing       B. sailing       C. boating        D.  swimming

10. A．quietest       B. longest     C. best          D. busiest

11. A．connects      B. introduces     C. reduces     D. commits

12. A．where       B. unless       C. as           D. whether

13. A．impression     B. burden       C. decision       D. impact

14. A．asked         B. intended     C. pretended        D. agreed

15. A．solution         B. change       C. bite           D. surprise

16. A. concerns          B. interests  

C. conversations       D. emotions

17. A. participated in     B. worked out

C.  approved of     D. made up

18. A. misuse           B. avoid          C.  tolerate      D. test

19. A. unemployment    B. challenge

C.  competition     D. retirement

20. A. team          B. school  C. family         D. community