阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When you’re a preteen, a huge problem might be that you just have to have a new rock-rap CD, 　36 your parents won’t give you the money for it. I thought life was so 　37 when things like this happened—until September 11, 2001.

　 I was in P.E. when the planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As soon as I got home and for weeks after, I saw the disaster 　38 on TV. Seeing the innocent people running for their 　39 as the debris(瓦砾) started coming down the fire and smoke rose out of the 　40 brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t help imagining what the people on the 　41 and in the buildings were thinking and going through, not 　42 what was going on. I admired the courage of the firefighters who rushed in and risked their own lives to 　43 others. It tore my heart apart to watch the 　44 looks on the faces of so many people who didn’t know if their loved ones were dead or alive while 45 in all the debris.

Then it 　46 me: All my life I had thought mainly of myself. I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted.

A feeling of coldness 　47 down my back, and I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily 　48 to my family. My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again. I began to evaluate what a real 　49 in life was.

This disaster 　50 me that awful things can happen to anyone at any time. Now when my mom or dad or sister go somewhere, even if it’s just 　51 the store, I try to remember to tell them that I love them because I know there is a 　52 that I may never tell them that 　53 .

Not getting a new CD is not going to make or 　54　 my life. I can live with those kinds of problems. But losing someone I love would 　55 make my life miserable.

9/11 showed me just what I am.

Some of you must have complained why there are so many English words that you have to 　22 every day. However, do you know how many words the English language has exactly? Maybe ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or 　23 one million!

Every 98 minutes, there is a new English word being 　24 Last time when words were being 25　 to the language at this rate was during the 　26 of William Shakespeare. The 　27 popularity of English has 　28 the most fertile period of word creation. About 1.53 billion people speak English as a 　29 , a second or a business language. The Global Language Monitor, 　 30 in the state of Texas in the US, has been recording English word creation since 2003. Now, there are almost one million English words.

Words that are predicted to be the one millionth 　 31　 “defollow”, “defriend”, “noob”, and “greenwashing”. “Defollow” and “defriend” are Internet words, 　 32 what users do with a person they do not wish to 　 33 in touch with on the Internet. “Noob” is an offending name for someone new 　34 a particular task or community. The word “greenwashing” 　35 what companies do to appear 　36 friendly. And “chiconomics” means a difficult time in fashion. Of course, there is a 　37 that the one millionth word will be a sixth choice. The Global Language Monitor once 　38 that the millionth English word would be “imminent” in 2006, but the organization has 39 that expected date 　40 once. Other experts have 　41 doubts about its methods because they don’t think that there is an agreement about how to classify a word.

22.　　 A．write 　　 　　　B．read 　 　　　　 C．memorize 　　 　　　D．copy

23.　　 A．still 　　　　　B．hence 　　　　 C．nevertheless 　　　D．even

24.　　 A．inspired 　 　　　B．motivated 　 　　 C．commented 　　　D．created

25.　　 A．advocated 　　 　B．added 　　　　 　　 C．adopted　 　　　　 D．acquired

26.　　 A．years 　　 　　　B．days 　 　　　　 C．months　 　　　　 D．hours

27.　　 A．appropriate 　　 　B．fundamental 　　　 C．widespread　　 　　 D．elementary

28.　　 A．brought　 　　 B．led 　　　　　　 C．found　　 　　　　 D．taken

29.　　 A．primary 　 　　　B．social 　　　　 C．physical 　　　　 D．typical

30.　　 A．lay　 　　 　　B．located 　　　　 C．built 　　 　　　　　D．found

31.　　 A．conclude 　　　B．consist 　　　 　　　　 C．exclude 　　　　　D．include

32.　　 A．saying 　　 　　　B．writing 　　　 　　 C．describing 　 　　　D．accounting

33.　　 A．lose 　　　　　B．pay 　　 　　　　 C．have 　　 　　　　　D．stay

34.　　 A．on 　 　　　　　B．of 　　　　　　 C．to 　　　　　　　D．with

35.　　 A．refers to 　　　B．prefers to 　 　　 C．comes to 　　 　　　D．sticks to

36.　　 A．continually 　　 　B．eventually 　 　　 C．environmentally 　 　D．constantly

37.　　 A．possibility 　　　 　B．fact 　　 　　　　 C．result　　 　　　　 D．bond

38.　　 A．published 　　　 　B．declared 　　 　　 C．expected 　　 　　　D．claimed

39.　　 A．put up　　 　　 B．put off　　　　 C．put down　　　 　D．put out

40.　　 A．other than 　　 　B．more than　　 　 C．rather than　　 　　 D．less than

41.　　 A．consulted 　　 B．instructed 　 　　 C．associated 　 　　　D．expressed

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