Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets  16 him, especially those who are    17  .

For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that  18 ?

He looks like any otner businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's  19 _. His briefcase always has some gloves。

In winter,Mr.Greenberg does not  20 like other New Yorkers,who look at the sidewalk and  21 the street.He looks around at   22 .He stops when he   23 someone with no gloves.He gives them a pair and then he   24 ,looking for more people with cold   25 .

On winter days,Mr.Greenberg   26 gloves.During the rest of the year,he   27 gloves.People who have heard about him   28 him gloves,and he has many in his apartment.

Mr. Greenberg     29   doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and      30     his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes    31   him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them   32   .

It runs in the   33  .Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the   34  .A pair of gloves may be a   35  thing,but it can make a big difference in winter.

1.                A．know about     B．learn from       C．cheer for D．look after

2.                A．old            B．busy           C．kind D．poor

3.                A．iob            B．name          C．chance   D．message

4.                A．calm           B．different        C．crazy D．curious

5.                A．act            B．sound          C．feel  D．dress

6.                A．cross over      B．drive along      C．hurry down    D．keep off

7.                A．cars           B．people         C．street numbers D．traffic lights

8.                A．helps          B．chooses        C．greets    D．sees

9.                A．holds up        B．hangs out       C．moves on D．turns around

10.               A．hands          B．ears           C．faces D．eyes

11.               A．searches for     B．stores up       C．gives away D．puts on

12.               A．borrows        B．sells           C．returns    D．buys

13.               A．call            B．send           C．lend  D．show

14.               A．delayed        B．remembered    C．began     D．enjoyed

15.               A．understand      B．dislike          C．study D．excuse

16.               A．sorry for        B．satisfied with    C．proud of   D．surprised by

17.               A．smart          B．rich           C．special    D．happy

18.               A．city            B．family          C．neighborhood  D．company

19.               A．honor          B．pain           C．same D．cold

20.               A．small          B．useful          C．delightful  D．comforting

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项 。
Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and     36    the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without     37    drinking water. The United Nations      38    to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)     39    challenge. But everyone,     40    teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the     41  of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work—     42    discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how     43    in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that     44     the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone     45    batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to     46    awareness in her area.
She     47     her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools    48   the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management    49   , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)     50    video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made     51   progress.
When asked     52    she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite ____53   . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize     54  young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in     55    the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.

Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and   36   the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without   37  drinking water. The United Nations   38   to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)   39  challenge. But everyone,   40    teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the   41 of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work—   42    discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how   43  in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that   44   the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone     45     batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to   46     awareness in her area.
She   47   her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools   48   the public library, hospital, and churches. With the help from her family, friends and local waste-management  49  , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)   50  video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made   51   progress.
When asked   52   she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite __53 . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize is   54  to young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in   55   the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
【小题1】..

Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.

In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on January 1st. People may go to parties, dress in formal clothes -- like tuxedos (小礼服) and evening gowns, and drink champagne at midnight. During the first minutes of the New Year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the New Year by waking up early to watch the sun rise. They welcome the New Year with the first light of the sunrise.

It is also a common Western custom to make a New Year’s promise, called a resolution. New Year’s resolutions usually include promises to try something new or change a bad habit in the new year.

Many cultures also do special things to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh (again). Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.

Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck is to eat grapes on New Year’s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas (豇豆) for good luck -- but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!

1.Which culture celebrates New Year in the morning?

    A．The United States.   B．Spain.

    C．France.      D．The passage doesn’t say.

2.What is a resolution?

    A．Something you burn. B．Something you eat.

    C．Something you say.   D．Something you wear.

3.What is the topic of the fourth paragraph?

    A．Bringing good luck. B．Keeping away bad luck.

    C．Planning for the next year. D．Remembering the past.

4.Which is probably true about eating black-eyed peas on New Year?

    A．Black-eyed peas taste bad.  

    B．One pea brings one day of luck.

    C．The peas are very difficult to cook.    

    D．It is bad luck to eat a lot of black-eyed peas.

When a couple falls into a divorce or separation, their child often has to make a big       in his or her life.

A．promise              B．breakthrough     C．target D．adjustment.