Ted spent seven years as a prisoner of war. There he discovered the power of    1    . For more than half of that    2   he was in isolation (隔绝). He lived for ten months in total     3    . Those ten months was the longest of his life. When they    4    with wooden boards the window of his little seven-by-seven foot cell, shutting out the light, he    5    if he was going to make it.

Ted spent hours a day exercising and thinking. But at times he felt he could do    6    but scream. Not wanting to give his    7    the satisfaction of knowing they’d    8    him, he placed clothing into his mouth to lessen the noise    9    he screamed at the top of his lungs.

One day Ted got down on the    10    and crawled (爬) under his bed. He found a hole that   11   air from the outside. As he approached the hole, he saw a    12    ray of light. Ted put his eye next to the wall and discovered a small crack in the building. It allowed him to glimpse    13   , though all he could see was a     14     piece of grass. But when he saw this, he felt a surge of joy, excitement and   15    that he hadn’t had in years. “It represented life, growth and    16    ,” he later said. It was the small hope that helped Ted    17    this nearly unbearable experience.

The human spirit is   18    . It seems to run forever    19    nothing but a faint (微弱的) hope. Without it, you have nothing. With it, nothing else    20    — even the worst conditions.

1. A. thought             B. scream            C. support               D. hope

2. A. prison                B. war                 C. time                    D. month

3. A. happiness           B. sadness            C. darkness              D. silence

4. A. strengthened         B. fixed               C. covered               D. broke

5. A. reminded            B. required            C. wondered             D. feared

6. A. something         B. nothing            C. everything            D. anything

7. A. soldiers             B. friends             C. enemy               D. army

8. A. wounded           B. quitted             C. satisfied              D. broken

9. A. till                 B. since               C. as                  D. after

10. A. window            B. floor               C. wall                D. board

11. A. let in            B. put out              C. took in              D. gave off

12. A. weak               B. soft                  C. strong               D. sharp

13. A. inside             B. outside              C. above               D. below

14. A. very               B. right                 C. specific             D. single

15. A. gratefulness      B. usefulness           C. fulfillment          D. establishment

16. A. courage         B. perseverance          C. choice              D. freedom

17. A. by              B. out                   C. over                 D. through

18. A. straight         B. strong               C. lucky                D. interesting

19. A. against              B. from                  C. on                   D. over

20. A. matters         B. relates               C. changes             D. happens

There are hundreds of things that your parents controlled for you when you were a child．And it’s a good thing, too — kids need this kind of protection and assistance, because they aren’t mature enough to take care of themselves and make careful decisions on their own．

But eventually, kids grow up and become teens．It’s totally normal for teens to create their own opinions, thoughts, and values about life; it’s what prepares them for adulthood．But as you change and grow into this new person who makes his or her own decisions, your parents may have a difficult time adjusting themselves to it．

In most families, it’s this adjustment that can cause a lot of fighting between teens and parents．Teens get angry because they feel parents don’t respect them and aren’t giving them space to do what they like, and parents get angry because they aren’t used to not being in control or they disagree with the teens’ decisions．

It’s easy for feelings to get very hurt when there are conflicts like these．And more complicated issues can cause even bigger arguments, because your parents will always be intent on protecting you and keeping you safe, no matter how old you are．

The good news about fighting with your parents is that in many families the arguing will lessen as parents get more comfortable with the idea that their teens have a right to certain opinions．It can take several years for parents and teens to adjust to their new roles, though．In the meantime, concentrate on communicating with your parents as best you can．

Sometimes this can feel impossible — like they just don’t see your point of view and never will．But talking and expressing your opinions can help you gain more respect from your parents, and you may be able to reach a compromise that makes everyone happy．Keep in mind, too, that your parents were teens once and that in most cases, they can relate to what you’re going through．

1.Why do parents always want to control their children?

2.The author suggested that teenagers ________．

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________．

In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a forest of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lots.

Skyscrapers are also consumers and wasters of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscrapers office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts--enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.

Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss ( or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical brick wall filled with insulation (绝缘) board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare(眩目的光) as well as heat gain.

However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.               

Skyscrapers put a strain on a city's sanitation facilities(卫生设备),too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone produce 2.25 million gallons of wastes each year-as much a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000.

Skyscrapers also affect television reception, block bird flyways and air traffic, In Boston in the late 1960's, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still ,people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them-personal pride and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of space to rent.

36. The main purpose of the passage is to __

A. compare skyscrapers with other modern structures

B. describe some architectural designs of skyscrapers

C. describe skyscrapers and their effect on the environment

D. encourage using bricks in the construction of skyscrapers

37. According to the passage, what is one disadvantage of skyscrapers that have mirrored walls?

A. The surrounding air is heated.

B. Construction time is increased.

C. The windows must be cleaned daily.

D. Extra air-conditioning equipment is needed.

38. According to the passage, in the late 1960's some residents of Boston were concerned with which aspect of skyscrapers?

A. The noise from their construction.

B. The high cost of renting an office.

C. The harmful effects on the city's grass.

D. The removal of trees from building sites.

39. The author raises problems that would most concern which of the following groups?

A. Pilots                            B. Electricians.

C. Environmentalists.         D. Construction workers

Audrey Hepburn (奥黛丽·赫本) was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch noblewoman. After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girl school. Later, when her mother moved back to the Holland, she attended private schools as well. While taking a vacation with her mother in Arnhem, Holland, Hitler’s army took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. Audrey suffered from depression and poor nutrition.

After the liberation, Audrey went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a model, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found her job suitable for her in life - until the film producers came calling. After being spotted modeling by a producer, she was signed to a bit part in the European film Nederlands in 7 lessen in 1948. Later, she had a speaking role in the 1951 film, Young Wives’ Tale (1951) as Eve Lester. The part still wasn’t much, so she headed to America to try her luck there. Audrey gained immediate prominence in the US with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953. This film turned out to be a splendid success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and more plum roles. One of the reasons for her popularity was the fact that she was self-like, unlike the sex-goddesses of the time. Roman Holiday was followed by another similarly wonderful performance in the 1957 classic Funny Face.In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a position she retained until 1993.Her elegance and style will always be remembered in film history as evidenced by her being named in Empire magazine’s "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time."

1.The underlined words “fell on hard times” in the second paragraph refer to______

A. the producers always let her act a lit role in a film.

B. parents’ being divorced brought her serious pain

C. depression and no nutrition brought her serious pain

D. no good jobs were suitable to her

2.Audrey went to America to look for a new chance because_______

A. in the European films there were only little roles for her to act

B. in the Americana there were many important film roles waiting for her to act

C. in the American there were many different jobs suitable to her

D. in the European films there were all roles she didn’t like

3.Which one of the following films made Audrey win an Oscar Best Actress Award?_______

A. Nederlands in 7 lessen                      B. Young Wives’ Tale as Eve Lester

C. Roman Holiday                     D. the 1957 classic Funny Face

4.This passage mainly tells us about______

A. Audrey’s struggle in the film fields and public admiration

B. Audrey’s family and her career

C. Audrey’s childhood and her films won great awards 

D. Audrey’s hard times and her achievement

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Audrey Hepburn was born into a poor family.

B. In 1957, Audrey Hepburn won another success in Funny Face.

C. Audrey Hepburn received many parts shortly after being spotted modeling by the producer.

D. In 1993 Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations fund helping children in Latin America and Africa.