Ero Carrera is watching the computer screen in a lab in California as he tracks a new computer virus slowly circling the globe, targeting cell phones. Working from the US office of the Finnish computer   21   firm, Carrera knows this virus could be the start of something big and   22  . He’s one of a couple of hundred “virus hunters” worldwide who guard computers and cell phones from   23  . That’s the job for these unlikely action heroes of the Internet age, where quick and curious minds are more important than strong   24  .

    Carrera works with Tzvetan Chaliavski to form the two-man team in California. Like that of other employees in the anti-virus companies in the world, their work is at the battle front of providing   25   from the damaging of computer virus, worms and Trojans. They break down software to discover a new virus and crack its code. Then they   26   and ship out a software update to customers. Roughly 300 new samples of viruses await the pair on a(n)  27   day.

    Carrera has created a mathematical formula(公式), to   28   easily the software structure of viruses. With it, he is better able to compare the many variants(变种) and families of malware(恶意软件). To his   29  , Chaliavski, it doesn’t even matter why someone would create a virus. All that   30   is the hunt.

21. A. advertising          B. commercial                     C. printing                    D. security

22. A. admiring             B. exciting                    C. inviting                    D. threatening

23. A. attack                 B. bombing                  C. competition                     D. struggle

24. A. heads                  B. feelings                    C. muscles                    D. spirits

25. A. access                 B. contact                     C. measures                  D. protection

26. A. copy                   B. create                    C. delete                    D. download

27. A. average               B. original                    C. previous                   D. special

28. A. get off                B. make out                  C. pick up                    D. take in

29. A. assistant                  B. manager                   C. partner                            D. secretary

30. A. ignores               B. matters                     C. overlooks                 D. rejects

Shaping a child is like shaping clay（粘土）— you have to start from the beginning and work your way to the end with extreme caution but with gentle and loving   16 . However, unlike clay, you don’t get a second   17  with a child. You can put all the clay back together and start again but with a child, what is done is done.   18  it’s even more caution with care.
Building a child’s esteem is no small play; it makes your black hair   19 , steals away years of your life and still will not look done. Therefore you have to learn how to build self-esteem and   20  your child from the beginning. After all, parenting begins from babyhood.
Small case could leave large   21  on your child’s mind. Reason why you should not overlook something that went wrong. If another child   22  your kid, everyone laughed and you told your son to   23  it, that’s the first wrong step. You have to teach your child to   24  up for himself. Don’t let your child fall down inside. Tell him to ask the child why he is hitting him or   25  to the nearest adult he can reach.
Most of all before you speak to a child you have to be a   26  example. If you go around laughing at people, your kids will do the   27 . If you are a coward（懦夫）yourself and do not stand up to situations, do not   28  your child not to follow you. Children are like monkeys—they copy every   29 , from how you eat to how you handle situations.
Building self-esteem begins at home. Small self-confident acts make a(n)   30  impact on your child.

Long time ago, there was a seed. Because he was only a seed,   36   cared to notice him. Thus, feeling useless, the seed thought he was not important at all.

     Then one day, a   37  picked him up and threw him on an open field under the sun. He was   38 , thinking, "Why would a wind do such a thing?" But   39  any pleasant answers, he was   40   with sunlight as well as   41  , sometimes light and sometimes heavy.

 Time flew by and years later, he saw a  42  sitting by his side. "Thank God for this. I really need some   43 ",he heard the traveler say.

  "What are you   44  ?"The seed asked. He thought the man was   45  him. Surely he had seen many people sitting by his side,  46  no one ever spoke to him like that.

  "Who is this?" The man was   47

  "This is me, the seed. "

  "The seed?" The man looked at the big   48   "Are you kidding me? You are not a seed. You are a tree. A big tree ！

   "   49  ?"

   "Yes! Why else do you think people   50  here?"

   "What do they come here for?"

   "To   51 your shade! Don't tell me you didn't know you had   52 over time. "

    A moment passed, and the traveler's words made him think a lot.

    The seed, now a big tree, thought and  53  for the first time in his life. The years of suffering from the sun and the rain were useful to him at last.

   "Oh! That means I'm not a(n)   54  seed anymore! Wow! I'm a big tree now. That's the   55  that I really want !"

1.A. everybody    B. nobody              C. someone          D. anything

2.A. wind          B. bird                   C. boy               D. man

3.A. confused      B. glad                 C. excited            D. hurt

4.A. except for    B. because of           C. instead of         D. in case of

5.A. made          B. covered             C. heated            D. provided

6.A. food           B. rain                 C. friends            D. flowers

7.A. traveler       B. woman               C. dog               D. god

8.A. water          B. 1ove                C. rest               D. money

9.A. thinking of     B. preparing for       C. looking for       D. talking about

10.A. looking at     B. making fun of      C. seeing off       D. getting away from

11.A. so             B. because              C. but               D. since

12.A. angered       B. delighted            C. moved           D. surprised

13.A. stone           B. mountain            C. tree               D. river

14.A. When         B. Really              C. Where            D. Who

15.A. hate            B. leave                C. live               D. come

16.A. hunt            B. like                  C. enjoy             D. steal

17.A. appeared       B. survived            C. grown            D. risen

18.A. cried            B. smiled              C. sang               D. danced

19.A. small            B. beautiful          C. ugly               D. lovely

20.A. experience      B. adventure         C. reason            D. life

Long time ago, there was a seed. Because he was only a seed,  36  cared to notice him. Thus, feeling useless, the seed thought he was not important at all.
Then one day, a  37  picked him up and threw him on an open field under the sun. He was  38 , thinking, "Why would a wind do such a thing?" But  39  any pleasant answers, he was  40  with sunlight as well as  41  , sometimes light and sometimes heavy.
Time flew by and years later, he saw a  42  sitting by his side. "Thank God for this. I really need some  43 ",he heard the traveler say.
"What are you  44  ?"The seed asked. He thought the man was  45  him. Surely he had seen many people sitting by his side,  46  no one ever spoke to him like that.
"Who is this?" The man was  47
"This is me, the seed. "
"The seed?" The man looked at the big  48   "Are you kidding me? You are not a seed. You are a tree. A big tree ！
"  49  ?"
"Yes! Why else do you think people  50  here?"
"What do they come here for?"
"To  51 your shade! Don't tell me you didn't know you had  52 over time. "
A moment passed, and the traveler's words made him think a lot.
The seed, now a big tree, thought and  53  for the first time in his life. The years of suffering from the sun and the rain were useful to him at last.
"Oh! That means I'm not a(n)  54  seed anymore! Wow! I'm a big tree now. That's the  55  that I really want !"

【小题8】

A．water B．1ove C．rest D．money

【小题14】

A．When B．Really C．Where D．Who