Maybe it was the strange   1　　 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that   2　　 me so much．There was never total   3　　 ，but a streetlight or passing car lights   4　　 clothes hung over a chair take on the   5　　   of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my   6　　 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no    7　　 .A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight．My    8    would run wild，and my heart would beat fast．I would    9　　 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me．

  Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost，   10      on the way home from school．Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home—that was no    11    ．After school，    12    ，when all the buses were    13    up along the street，I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some  14        neighborhood．On school or family trips to a park or a museum，I wouldn't   15　　 　　the leaders out of my sight．

 Perhaps one of the worse fears  1 6  all I had as a child was that of not being liked or   17　　 by others．Being popular was so important to me 　　 18   ，and the fear of not being liked was a  19  one．

One of the processes(过程)of growing up is being able to  20  and overcome our fears．U

nderstanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life．

1. A. way　　　　 　　 B. time　　　　   C. place　　       D. reason

2. A. wounded　　 　　 B. destroyed       C. surprised        D. frightened

3. A. quietness  　 　　 B. darkness　　    C. emptiness       D. loneliness

4. A. got　　　　 　　   B. forced　　      C. made　　　　 D. caused

5. A. spirit　　   　　    B. height　　      C. body　　　　 D. shape

6. A. eye　　　　 　　   B. window　　     C. mouth　　    D. door

7. A. breath　　  　　    B. wind　　　　 C. air　　　　     D. sound

8. A. belief　　  　　　　 B. feeling　　    C. imagination      D. doubt

9. A. 1ay　　　　 　　  B. hide　　　　    C. rest　　　　    D. 1ie

10. A. especially 　　　　  B. simply　　      C. probably　　    D. directly

11. A. discussion 　　　　 B. problem　　    C. joke　　　　   D. matter

12. A. though　　 　　   B. yet　　　　    C. although　　    D. still

13. A. called　　 　　　　 B. backed　　     C. 1ined　　      D. packed

14. A. old　　    　　   B. crowded　　  C. poor　　　　   D. unfamiliar

15. A. 1eave　　 　　　　 B. let　　　　     C. order　　      D. send

16. A. above　　 　　    B. in　　　　    C. of　　　　     D. at

17. A. protected 　　　　  B. guided　　    C. believed    　　  D. accepted

18. A. then　　  　　　　 B. there　　       C. once　　　　 D. anyway

19. A. strict    　　　　   B. powerful　　  C. heavy　　      D. right

20. A. realize   　　　　   B. remember　　 C. recognize   　　 D. recover

It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful： blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.

My father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I’m so glad I did.

On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all， it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.

On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t believe it ——there aren’t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.

The little baby whale——actually as big as our boat——was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves. ”She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side, ”my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe——and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.

In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day, Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.     

1.The author says “I’m so glad I did ” (in Para. 2)because ______.

2.The harbour survived the storm owing to____________.

3.The mother whale failed to help her baby because__________.

4.what is the theme of the story?

　There is a story of a country where the rate of inflation（通货膨胀率）is so high that clever people pay for a taxi ride before the trip instead of after. This story may or may not be true. But inflation was almost that serious in Germany from July 1920 until December 1923. Prices went up so fast that by the end of 1923 they were 50 billion percent higher－a rise of almost 25000 / 40 a month.

　　There was so much paper money, and it had so little value, that people carried bags full of money around to pay for things. One woman told the story of standing outside a shop with a basket full of 500 000 mark notes（马克）. She wanted to buy just one piece of meat, and she hoped she had enough money. But when she was looking, a thief robbed（抢夺） her. He didn't take her money, though, he threw it away and took the basket in stead.

　　At first workers demanded to be paid every day. But as the situation be came worse, they had to be paid twice a day. But they had to run out and spend the money at once, or it would lose its value. People bought anything that was for sale, but food was almost impossible to find. Farm workers re fused to take money. They wanted to be paid in potatoes instead.

　　New policies（政策）ended the inflation in 1923, when the government introduced a new money. But about half of the German people lost every thing in those three and a half years.

　　1．People paid for a taxi ride before the trip because they________

　　　　A. did not want to carry so much money with them

　　　　B. had so much paper money that they wanted to spend them quickly

　　　　C. wanted to save money

　　　　D. were afraid of the taxi driver

　　2．According to the passage, in Germany the prices in 1920 were ________.

　　　　A. higher than those in 1923

　　　　B. lower than those in 1923

　　　　C. the highest in history

　　　　D. the lowest in history

　　3．The thief stole the basket instead of the money in it because he thought _________

　　　　A. he couldn't buy a piece of meat with the money

　　　　B. the basket was more valuable than the money

　　　　C. the basket was what he needed most

　　　　D. the money was of no value

　　4．The farm workers demanded to be paid in potatoes because they be lieved that _______

　　　　A. the money could not buy potatoes

　　　　B. the money might lose its value

　　　　C. the potato was too expensive

　　　　D. the potato was valuable

My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought   11  . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理）  12  , were always landing on   13   ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end up with their   14   into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to   15   my method of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain  16  , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was   17   to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.”  18   arriving back, the children were   19   excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy   20   

for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and   21   asking them to play a certain violin  22  . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas   23  ．

         Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little   24  : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in   25   of well-done jobs the day   26  .

  27   I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the   28   centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be   29  .

We all benefited from and  30   the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．

1.A.differently          B.positive          C.negative      D. same

2.A.shouting      B. crying   C. persuading    D. beating

3.A. side           B. neither        C.deaf   D. either

4.A.crying         B.bringing             C.droping D. bursting

5.A.addict B. adopt    C.access   D. adjust

6.A.sentence    B. words          C. speech D. sight

7.A.sent         B. addressed     C.delivered      D. read

8.A.As     B.On C. In          D. At

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

10.A.asking        B. praying C. waiting  D. expecting

11.A.gently       B. friendly          C.politely  D. toughly

12.A.music        B. piece            C.song            D. tone

13.A.respectable   B. uninteresting        C.incredible             D. fresh

14.A.suggestion         B. question       C.challenge      D. advice

15.A.response          B. answer         C.praise   D. honor

16.A.ahead        B. before  C. over     D. ago

17.A.though      B. Even so C.Even if D. Actually

18.A.memory           B. main     C. life             D. reminder

19.A.sent          B. posted  C.struck   D. hanged

20.A.appreciated      B. learned          C. shared               D. thanked

Pregnancy(妊娠) and childbirth kill more than 536,000 women a year. More than half of the cases happened in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. In fact, most of the deaths are preventable with basic medical care.

The five leading causes are bleeding, infection, high blood pressure, long­time labor and bad abortions (流产). Mothers' deaths from such causes were largely reduced nearly a century ago in developed countries.

Experts say that what kill many women are “the three delays”— the woman's delay in deciding to go to the hospital, the time she loses traveling there and the hospital's delay in starting treatment. Only about 15 percent of births have dangerous complications(并发症)．

Women lack education and information about birth control. Husbands and in­laws, may decide where a woman gives birth and insist that she stay at home to save money. However, there is no single solution to a problem with so many factors—shortages of doctors, nurses, drugs, equipment, roads and transportation—though hospital officials are trying many things now.

One stopgap measure to solve the problem for the present has been to train assistant medical officers, to perform certain operations. Some African countries are now struggling to train more assistants and midwives (接生婆) , and provide places for pregnant women to stay near hospitals.

But there is a long way to go. Only 20 percent of women in the continent give birth at the hospital. More than 50 percent stay at home to give birth, and the rest go to local clinics that cannot handle emergencies.

1.Which is not included in the five leading causes of women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth?

A. Infection.                               B. High blood pressure.

C. Traveling long distances.                D. Bleeding.

2.The underlined word “stopgap” probably means “________ ”in the passage.

A. final            B. temporary            C. effective        D. instant

3.What can we learn from this passage?

A. The governments of African countries have to take more effective measures to save pregnant women.

B. Developed countries should help African countries reduce mothers'deaths.

C. The husbands in poor countries should take responsibility for their wives'deaths.

D. Most problems that cause women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth can be treated or prevented.

4.What is the author's attitude towards the future of preventing women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth?

A. Positive.        B. Negative.            C. Objective.           D. Subjective.