The meeting has to be ______ because of the storm．

       A．called on             B．called up              C．called off             D．called for

Heading back to the room for dinner and a hot shower may sound like the act of a tired tourist ,but in a traditional Japanese inn ─ or ryokan ─ those activities can be as interesting as anything along the sightseeing trail.“People going looking for a sort of nostalgic(怀旧的),old-fashioned ,and traditional view of Japanese life will find it most easily in a ryokan,”said Peter Grilli, the president of Japan Society of Boston, Massachusetts.

Many ryokans sprang up in the 17th century to put up feudal lords traveling along the Tokaido highway to Edo(now Tokyo). Today tourists looking for a taste of the country’s historic lifestyle find varying levels of understated elegance in ryokans throughout the country.

A typical stay starts with a greeting from the inn’s staff and a change from street shoes into slippers .An attendant leads guests to their rooms, where slippers are removed before walking on the rice-straw flooring, called tatami. Walking slowly along behind a kimonoclad（身穿和服的）attendant on the creaky wood floors of Fukuzumiro ryokan,s hallways is like stepping back in time. The inn was established in 1890 by a former samurai（武士）.

Tim Paterson ,33, a banker living in Tokyo, has stayed at several ryokans. This New Zealand native leaves after a recent stay at Fukuzumiro. “I think it’s quite good mixing culture with history and not just going to see it ,but living in it, staying in it,”he said. Sliding glass doors line the inn’s rural hallways, bringing in the sound of tricking water and the quietness of the stone and tree-filled courtyards outside.

From the first paragraph, we can see that_________________ .

A. there is no dinner and a hot shower in the ryokan

B. such activities as dinner and shower in the ryokan can take you back in time

C. such activities as dinner and shower mean the same both in ordinary inns and traditional inns

D. such activities as dinner and shower are more important than the sightseeing for tourists

What’s the purpose of building so many ryokans in the 17th century?

A. Providing rooms for the noble when they traveled.

B. Keeping the Japanese traditional style of life.

C. Making people feel elegant in the ryokan.

D. Attracting more tourists to put up in the ryokan.

Which of the following shows the right order of tourists entering the ryokan?

  a. An attendant shows guests to their room;

b. The guests take off their shoes; 

c. The staff greet the guests; 

d. The guests walk on tatami; 

e. The guests take off slippers; 

f. The guests put on slippers.

A. b ; c ; d ; e ; f ; a             B. c ; b ; f ; a ; e ; d  

C. c ; a ; d ; b ; e ; f             D b ; a ; d ; e ; c ; f

From Tim Paterson’s words in the last paragraph ,we can infer that      .

A. he will never stay in such a ryokan again

B. he stays in such a ryokan just for its long history

C. he feels relaxed and culturally enriched after staying in such a ryokan

D. he would rather live in such a ryokan than go back home

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend. But some women show great interest in colorful beads（珠子）from Uganda made of recycled paper. The beads are sold by a nonprofit organization called BeadforLife.
BeadforLife began as a chance meeting between three American women on a trip to Uganda and a local jewelry maker. Millie Grace Akena was rolling paper beads near her home. She made paper beads as a hobby. But there was no real market in her country.
Torkin Wakefield says she and her daughters Devin and Ginny brought some of the beads back home. Immediately people started admiring the beads. The three Americans started BeadforLife in 2004. Nearly 700 women have taken part.
The group says its beaders earn an average of more than 2,000 dollars a year in the program. This is five times what they earned before. The beads are sold across Uganda and in Boulder, Colorado. They are also sold online and at jewelry shows called bead parties. “Because they have meaning, because these are gifts that help people, when folks in America and beyond buy our beads, they feel a sense of generosity. They feel a direct connection, like they can really take part in getting rid of poverty.” Torkin said.
The jewelry costs between five and thirty dollars. BeadforLife reported sales in its last budget year of more that 3.5 million dollars. It says for every ten-dollar necklace sold, the beader gets two dollars and forty-three cents in money or materials. It says more than 90% of earnings are reinvested in community development projects in Uganda. Torkin Wakefield estimates that BeadforLife has helped more than 8,000 people this way.
So what about Millie Grace Akena, the jewelry maker? Mrs Wakefield says she has gone on to organize a small group of women who work with her, and they sell their beads to a religious group.
【小题1】According to the passage, BeadforLife is an organization that ______.

A．Mrs Wakefield makes a great contribution to developing countries.

B．BeadforLife makes beads out of recycled paper.

C．BeadforLife uses paper beads to improve people’s lives.

D．Mrs Wakefield’s career takes off thanks to paper beads.

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend. But some women show great interest in colorful beads（珠子）from Uganda made of recycled paper. The beads are sold by a nonprofit organization called BeadforLife.

BeadforLife began as a chance meeting between three American women on a trip to Uganda and a local jewelry maker. Millie Grace Akena was rolling paper beads near her home. She made paper beads as a hobby. But there was no real market in her country.

Torkin Wakefield says she and her daughters Devin and Ginny brought some of the beads back home. Immediately people started admiring the beads. The three Americans started BeadforLife in 2004. Nearly 700 women have taken part.

The group says its beaders earn an average of more than 2,000 dollars a year in the program. This is five times what they earned before. The beads are sold across Uganda and in Boulder, Colorado. They are also sold online and at jewelry shows called bead parties. “Because they have meaning, because these are gifts that help people, when folks in America and beyond buy our beads, they feel a sense of generosity. They feel a direct connection, like they can really take part in getting rid of poverty.” Torkin said.

The jewelry costs between five and thirty dollars. BeadforLife reported sales in its last budget year of more that 3.5 million dollars. It says for every ten-dollar necklace sold, the beader gets two dollars and forty-three cents in money or materials. It says more than 90% of earnings are reinvested in community development projects in Uganda. Torkin Wakefield estimates that BeadforLife has helped more than 8,000 people this way.

So what about Millie Grace Akena, the jewelry maker? Mrs Wakefield says she has gone on to organize a small group of women who work with her, and they sell their beads to a religious group.

1.According to the passage, BeadforLife is an organization that ______.

A. provides poor people worldwide with free education

B. mainly encourages people to learn to earn a living on their own

C. has attracted many businessmen to invest in beading

D. supports community development projects in Uganda

2.When Torkin Wakefield brought the beads to America, ______.

A. she didn’t know people would like them

B. she wanted to make a fortune out of them

C. people showed great interest in them at once

D. she was thinking of how to find investors

3.According to Paragraph 4, the beads are popular because ______.

A. people think buying them is a good way to help the poor

B. they are of good quality and can be kept for a long time

C. they symbolize the most important thing in people’s life

D. they look even more beautiful than diamonds

4.Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A. Mrs Wakefield makes a great contribution to developing countries.

B. BeadforLife makes beads out of recycled paper.

C. BeadforLife uses paper beads to improve people’s lives.

D. Mrs Wakefield’s career takes off thanks to paper beads.

Every dream has something to do with our feelings, longings, wishes, needs, fears, and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we ___36___. If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the ___37__on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are ___38___ or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will ___39___ tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.

___40___ the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an effect on you ___41___ you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young ___42___ are likely to dream of fairies(仙女), older children of school examinations, ___43___ people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.

To show you how that is ___44___ while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream, ___45___ is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his ___46___ was rubbed ___47___ a piece of cotton. He would dream that he ___48___ in a hospital and his girlfriend was visiting him, ___49___ on the bed and feeling gently his hand!

There are some scientists who have made a special ___50___ of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams ___51___. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it ___52___ an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are ___53___ expressions of wishes that didn’t ___54___. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes ___55___ out.

36. A. long                  B. dream                   C. think                   D. wish

37. A. blanket              B. book                     C. shoe                   D. trousers

38. A. working            B. running                 C. sleeping              D. studying

39. A. meet                 B. have                     C. see                     D. think

40. A. But                   B. For                       C. So                      D. Because

41. A. before               B. while                    C. after                   D. during

42. A. children            B. fathers                  C. drivers                D. gentlemen

43. A. happy               B. sad                       C. hungry                D. old

44. A. taking               B. carrying                C. dreaming             D.       happening

45. A. that                  B. here                      C. it                        D. this

46. A. leg                    B. head                     C. body                   D. hand     

47. A. in                     B. with                     C. of                       D. off

48. A. left                   B. lived                     C. was                    D. gave

49. A. waiting             B. smiling                  C. sitting                 D. speaking

50. A. study                B. watch                   C. sleep                   D. way

51. A. stand                B. do                        C. form                   D. mean

52. A. makes               B. finds                     C. offers                 D. demands

53. A. any                   B. almost                  C. hardly                 D. mostly

54. A. get                   B. come true             C. arrive                  D. believe in

55. A. carried              B. taken                    C. kept                    D. called