Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often, achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house. As he was working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch. “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a while, the boy picked up a jar. He showed it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and confidently, “Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I’ve found during this period!”
The boy’s goal was far too difficult, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is for — to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will end up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you fall short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look what I’ve found along the way! There are so many wonderful things having come into my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really makes sense.
【小题1】The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be         .

完型填空（共20小题，每题1．5分，满分30分）。

       In 1990 a report was published about  36  the earth might be like 20 years from then on．The report was a result of a three-year study．

       According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a  37  one．The world will be more  38  because the population will continue to grow．The population could be  39  6,300 million, almost 2,500 million more than in 1985．More people would move into cities,  40 cities in developing countries．Such cities as Cairo and Jakarta probably would 41  have 15 million by then．

       Food production will  42 , but not enough to feed all the people．Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,  43  most of the increase would be in countries that  44  produce enough food for their people． 45  increase is expected in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East．Poor farming ways are  46  large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts．More farmland is  47  as cities become larger and more houses are built． 48  will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil．Many of the world’s forests could disappear as more and more trees  49 ．Energy will continue to be a serious problem．The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010  50 ．They only pictured the situation that  51  today．By changing the situation, by  52  the problems, the picture can be changed．There is  53  time for nations of the world to 54  a plan of action．But they warned that 55  too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success．

A．that             B．whether       C．how           D．what

A．pleased           B．pleasant       C．safe            D．clean

A．dangerous          B．brilliant       C．crowded        D．awful

A．no more than    B．as many as    C．as much as    D．as large as

A．especially       B．specially       C．deliberately  D．apparently

A．none            B．each            C．all            D．neither

A．insist              B．reduce         C．increase       D．continue

A．so                B．but             C．or            D．however

A．already           B．hardly       C．partly              D．never

A．Much            B．More         C．Heavy         D．Little

A．destroying         B．protecting    C．disturbing    D．interrupting

A．saved             B．lost           C．discovered   D．used

A．Air pollution     B．Water pollution       C．Some diseases D．All farmland

A．is cut across      B．is cut up       C．are cut down  D．are cut off

A．must be true      B．will come true  C．can’t be true  D．may be wrong

A．happens         B．develops       C．exists          D．appears

A．settling        B．working out      C．answering       D．dealing

A．much           B．still               C．less             D．fewer

A．work about    B．work at           C．work out        D．work for

A．working       B．suggesting        C．spending        D．waiting

PART FOUR WRITING

SECTION A

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer

Tuvalu, a tiny country in the Pacific Ocean, has asked for help as it fears it will be flooded by the sea water.

Storms and huge waves are a constant threat and none of Tuvalu’s nine little islands is more than five meters above sea level. Salt water is already entering the country’s drinking water supply, as well as damaging plantations that produce fruit and vegetables. Without urgent help, the country’s days are numbered.

But Tuvalu is not the first place to face sinking into the sea. Venice, a historic city in Italy, best known for its canals, has sunk 24cm over the past 100 years. Experts say that it will have sunk another 20-50cm by 2050. A century ago, St. Mark’s Square, the lowest point in the city, flooded about nine times a year. Nowadays, it happens more than 100 times.

While Venice is slowly sinking into the mud on which it stands, Tuvalu’s rising sea level is caused by global warming.

The average global temperature has increased by almost 0.5 centigrade degree over the past century, scientists expect it to rise by an extra 1-3 degrees over the next 100 years.

Warmer weather makes glaciers(冰川) melt, adding more water to the ocean. The warmer temperatures also make water expand, so it takes more space, causing the sea level to rise. The sea level has risen about 10-25cm in the last 100 years.

The main cause of global warming is human pollution. Through burning coal and gas, people have been increasing the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This adds to the power of the greenhouse effect, making the planet even warmer.

Many scientists believe that, if the warming is not stopped, there would be huge climate changes. The sea level could rise by one meter this century.

Should this come true, millions of homes would be flooded by the sea water and the world would be flooded with climate refugees(难民) looking for somewhere to live.

The Power of   71 

I. Causes:

72   → global warming →  73   →sea level rising

II.   74  :

●   75  , a tiny country in the Pacific Ocean, will be flooded by the sea water.

● Venice,   76   in Italy,will sink another 20-50cm by 2050.

III.   77  :

● There would be   78  .

● The sea level could rise   79   this century.

Millions of homes would be flooded.

Many people would beturned into   80  .

阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

Big storms, high waves, technical failures, loneliness, After battling hard times and danger for over nine months. British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo (单独) around the world.

     The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal ( 巴拿马运河) and then sailed through the Caribbean and home across the Atlantic.

     Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland. the 17-year-old American boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor in July.

     The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different directions. Mike insisted they were not rival (竞争对手). "No. It's two teenagers going out there, living their dream and having the adventure of a lifetime." he said.

     Mike may be young, but he is no stranger to sailing adventures. He picked up the hobby at age 6 when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake. Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14, making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.

     On the recent journey. the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southem Indian Ocean.

     "We were picked up by what felt like a 60-foot wave and threw down on our side at 90 degrees," he said.

     "It felt like I was going right over. Stuff was flying around and I just thought 'Oh no'".

     At other times, he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems. He tied himself to the boat, jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30-second dives undemeath (在......之下) the boat to cut a rope away.

     Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true. "You've got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it." he said.

1.What's the main idea of the passage?  (No more than 15 words)

2.Which canal did Mike Perham cross? (No more than 3 words)

3.What does the underlined word "taste" in the fifth paragraph mean? (1 word)

4.What did Mike believe in? (No more than lO words)

5.What do you think of Mike Perham? (No more than 10 words)