One night recently, I was driving down a highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car came from the _21_ direction at about the same speed. As we _22_ each other, I looked into the driver’s eyes for a second. I  23  whether he might be thinking, as I was, how  24  we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall  25  , not to cross over into my lane (车道) and bring my  26   to a sudden end. He relied on me in just the same way without doubt.

I believe that is the way the world _27 . At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to cross over the double yellow line. Sometimes it requires us to _28  cooperatively, with friends or even  29 .

_30 technology makes our world smaller, the need increases for cooperation. In 2003, doctors in five nations were encouraged to find the causes of SARS, saving thousands of lives. The  31 of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring the            32  across the world. We must  33  that our future is not controlled by ourselves alone.

I’ve come to believe that one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. So, while  34  alone down a dark road, we must know the coming light may not be a danger, but a         35  moment of trust.

1.A. same                  B. opposite                  C. near                    D. far

2.A. passed                 B. caught                 C. blamed                    D. reminded

3. A. asked                B. searched                  C. repeated               D. wondered

4.A. friendly             B. strange               C. dependent           D. confident

5.A. ill                    B. asleep                 C. away                        D. apart

6. A. car                B. trip                       C. journey                  D. life

7.A. forms                 B. runs                C. works                   D. appears

8.A. act                           B. walk                         C. stay                         D. travel

9.A. strangers     B. relatives                    C. colleagues                  D. animals

10. A. But                 B. If                         C. As                             D. After

11.A. arrival                      B. organization                C. development                 D. threat

12.A. efforts                   B. practice                    C. fighting                       D. forces

13.A. hope                   B. decide                     C. recognize                  D. face

14.A. sitting                B. standing                   C. flying          D. driving

15.A. closed                   B. shared                     C. broken                     D. concerned

In most parts of the world, many students help their school make less pollution. They join in “environment(环境) clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.

Here are the things students often do.

Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty tons of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.

No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember:

Walk, jump, bike or run.

Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!

No-garbage(垃圾) lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!

We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean!

1.After mending the broken toilets, they save ________.

A．a small river       B．a lot of water       C．a toilet            D．a year

2.On a no-car day, ________ will take a car to school.

A．only students                          B．only teachers

C．both students and teachers                D．neither students nor teachers

3.Environment clubs ask students ________.

A．to run to school every day                B．to play sports every day

C．not to throw away lunch bags              D．not to forget to take cars

4.From this passage we know the students usually have lunch ________.

A．at school          B．in clubs           C．at home           D．in shops

5.The writer wrote the passage to tell students to ________.

A．join in clubs                           B．help teachers

C．make less pollution                      D．clean schools

Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months. The system， called Driver Alert， aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20%—40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue(疲劳).

Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband(表带). The device， worn by drivers or pilots， gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel(方向盘). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the driver’s response. Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time. Usually， a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond， but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds， it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.

In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds， showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver’s response continues to slow down， the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.

The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing. If these tests， scheduled for six months’ time， are successful， the markets will bring the product to market within about a year.

1.Driver Alert

Ⅰ. 2.                  ：

To reduce 3.                     accidents.

Ⅱ. Working principle：

● (the device) based on 4.                          

● (the device) giving out a sound 5.                   

● (the driver) 6.                         by squeezing the steering wheel

● (the device) giving out more regular and louder sounds when response time is 7.       

● (the driver) stopping 8.                  if a nonstop alarm rings

Ⅲ. Present situation：

● (the device) still 9.           

● (the device) to be brought to market within about 10.           if the tests are

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J. D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski (Random House, $27)
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Molly was a peasant girl. Her parents did not have much money and Molly did not have many nice clothes.
One day Molly’s father said to her, “Molly, take this pot of milk to market and sell it. You may keep the money.”
Molly was very happy. She put the pot of milk on her head and started her journey to market. While she was walking alone she began to think. “I will get quite a lot of money for this milk,” she thought. “What will I do with the money? I will buy a lot of eggs. I will take the eggs home with me. One of our hens will sit on them. Then there will be lots of little chickens. I will not sell the chickens. They will grow into hens. Then there will be more eggs. And these eggs will give me still more chickens. Soon I will have hundreds of hens. Then I will sell them all. They will bring me a lot of money. I will be rich. I will buy lots of new clothes. I will always wear nice clothes. Then a rich man will marry me. We will have a beautiful house, a big car and nice children...”
Molly was very happy. She jumped into the air. The pot of milk fell from her head onto the road. And that was the end of all her dreams.
In English there is a proverb. It says: Do not count your chickens before they are hatched(孵化).
【小题1】Molly was happy to go to market because ________.