Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean    1   at the time to the people who say them—can have great power.

    I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional   2 for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.

    As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and     3   . He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high-school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would    4     the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what    5   Mrs. Brauch gave him.   6    , what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Four words. They 7   his life.

    “Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “After reading her    8    ,I went home and wrote a short story,    9   I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”

     Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was   10   , helping and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said. 

1．A .much                                 B. little                      C. well                      D. ill

2．A. report                                                                B. designer                C. writer      D. teacher

3．A. weak                                 B. independent           C. troublesome          D. helpless

4．A. follow                               B. change                  C. connect                D. explain

5．A. help                                   B. encouragement      C. grade                    D. words

6．A. Therefore                          B. However               C. Meanwhile            D. Besides

7．A. improved                           B. developed              C. changed                D. enriched

8．A. chapter                              B. novel                    C. note                     D. explanation

9．A. everything                          B. something             C. nothing                 D. anything

10．A. encouraging                       B. careful                   C. strict                 D. effective

At first man didn’t have any way to control food supply. When he had killed the animals in one place and all the natural foods had been used up, he had to move to another place to find new sources of food. If there was no rain, or if the weather was too hot or too cold plants would not grow, and man had little or no food. However, man gradually learned to grow plants and raise animals himself. From that time on, man didn’t depend so much on nature conditions and didn’t have to worry so much about always having enough food. The kinds of plants which are raised by man are different in different regions. In the cold regions, very few plants can be grown in the warmer parts of the world, many varieties of plants are found. For example, in Asia rice is the most important crop. In the New World, the major grain is corn. In Europe and North Africa, wheat, oats(燕麦) and barley are grown. In the tropical(热带) regions of the world, many kinds of fruits grow naturally or are raised by man.

As man has learned more about plants and animals, man now uses modern methods to produce different kinds of food. However, there are still some areas in the world where plants and animals are raised in much the same ways as were used thousands of year ago.

1．The sentence “At first man didn’t have any way to control his food supply” means that man

　　  .

A. didn’t know how to cook his food at first

B. sometimes had more than enough to eat and sometimes had not enough to eat

C. didn’t know how to produce food at that time

D. was afraid that animals would control his food

2．In the second paragraph “natural food” means　　    .

A. food which are given by animals

B. food which was give by God

C. plants, animals, vegetables and fruits, etc. which grow naturally

D. crops and plants which were raised by man.

3．When man gradually learned ways to grow plants and raise animals, man　　   .

A. no longer depended on nature

B. could control the natural conditions

C. still depended on natural conditions, but not so much as before

D. began to look down upon natural conditions

4．Which of the following is not true?

A. Man knew how to produce foods and keep them at first.

B. At the very beginning man knew he needed food but didn’t now how to control his food supply.

C. Before man learned ways to grow crops and raise animals, he had to move from place to place in order to get food.

D. How to have enough to eat has always been a problem for man.

5．In the sentence “In the New World, the major grain is corn”, “the New World” refers to　　   .

A. Asia　　　　   B. Australia　　   C. The Middle East　　　　  D. America

Man must eat in order to live; therefore, one of the most important problems man has is how to have enough food for eating.

At first man didn’t have any way to control food supply. When he had killed the animals in one place and all the natural foods had been used up, he had to move to another place to find new sources of food. If there was no rain, or if the weather was too hot or too cold plants would not grow, and man had little or no food. However, man gradually learned to grow plants and raise animals himself. From that time on, man didn’t depend so much on nature conditions and didn’t have to worry so much about always having enough food. The kinds of plants which are raised by man are different in different regions. In the cold regions, very few plants can be grown in the warmer parts of the world, many varieties of plants are found. For example, in Asia rice is the most important crop. In the New World, the major grain is corn. In Europe and North Africa, wheat, oats(燕麦) and barley are grown. In the tropical(热带) regions of the world, many kinds of fruits grow naturally or are raised by man.

As man has learned more about plants and animals, man now uses modern methods to produce different kinds of food. However, there are still some areas in the world where plants and animals are raised in much the same ways as were used thousands of year ago.

1．The sentence “At first man didn’t have any way to control his food supply” means that man

　　  .

A. didn’t know how to cook his food at first

B. sometimes had more than enough to eat and sometimes had not enough to eat

C. didn’t know how to produce food at that time

D. was afraid that animals would control his food

2．In the second paragraph “natural food” means　　    .

A. food which are given by animals

B. food which was give by God

C. plants, animals, vegetables and fruits, etc. which grow naturally

D. crops and plants which were raised by man.

3．When man gradually learned ways to grow plants and raise animals, man　　   .

A. no longer depended on nature

B. could control the natural conditions

C. still depended on natural conditions, but not so much as before

D. began to look down upon natural conditions

4．Which of the following is not true?

A. Man knew how to produce foods and keep them at first.

B. At the very beginning man knew he needed food but didn’t now how to control his food supply.

C. Before man learned ways to grow crops and raise animals, he had to move from place to place in order to get food.

D. How to have enough to eat has always been a problem for man.

5．In the sentence “In the New World, the major grain is corn”, “the New World” refers to　　   .

A. Asia　　　　   B. Australia　　   C. The Middle East　　　　  D. America