Dae Jon is the city in South Korea, where I was born and grew up. There was a public park there. It was a very popular place, and I have tons of precious (珍贵的) memories from times spent there.

Our teachers often took us to that park for a spring or fall picnic. When I learned martial arts (武术)—Tae Kwon Do, my master usually took us there to train us. There was a hill there which was not high, so I could reach the peak (山顶) within forty minutes even though I was very young. From the peak, I could see a lot of places if it was a sunny day.

There was a huge rock on the top called Eagle Rock because the shape of the rock looked like the head of an eagle. We spent lots of fun days there. We played hide-and-seek within the limited area, and we sometimes caught frogs and fish in the pond. When we felt thirsty, we enjoyed drinking cold spring water.

When I was a ten-year-old boy, I usually went to the park with my father to exercise early in the morning. It was quite dark, so I sometimes felt afraid, but after I got used to going there, I enjoyed breathing the fresh air and hearing the birds sing.

Recently, I went back to the park to remember my good times there. When I arrived at the entrance, I was surprised because it didn’t seem to be the same as I remembered it. Everything has changed in the thirteen years since I last saw it, but the good memories soon came back. I could almost imagine a boy playing there with a slight smile and shaking hands with me.

1.The writer went to the park with his teachers __________.

A. to read books                                                    B. to have a picnic          

C. to do morning exercises                                          D. to catch dogs

2.As a child, the writer did the following in the park EXCEPT __________.

A. practicing martial arts                           B. climbing the hill

C. swimming in the pond                                        D. playing hide-and-seek

3.How long has the writer not been there?

A. 10 years.                      B. 13 years.              C. 20 years.                      D. 23 years.

4.The writer went back to the park in order to __________.

A. meet his old friends

B. play with his old classmates

C. exercise with his father

D. remember his good times  

5.The writer was surprised when he got to the park because __________.

A. the park had changed a lot

B. his good memories didn’t come back

C. he didn’t see the boy with a slight smile

D. he couldn’t breathe the fresh air as usual

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Around the end of my stay in Yellowknife, I had a chance to ride in a dogsled (狗拉雪橇). I went to   36    a man who had   37    dogsled tournaments more than four times. In his house, there were lots of awards on the shelves. I had a girl take my picture in    38   of the awards.
Finally, the time came to take a    39    in a dogsled. The instructor asked me time and time again if the clothes I was    40   were warm enough. Because it wasn’t so   41    outside, I thought I was wearing    42    .
However, my thinking   43    right after the 12 dogs started to    44    the sled on the frozen lake. It was freezing! I don’t know how fast they were running, but I lost all    45    in my hands and feet. Sometimes the snow which the dogs    46    up hit me.
After my ride in the dogsled, I went to see an igloo (圆顶建筑),which is a house    47    snow. There I had a    48    to hear the stories about Eskimos(爱斯基摩人).
Of course, as a person from Japan, I couldn’t    49    what they were talking about.  50   , there was a(n)   51    beside me, so he translated everything the Eskimo was saying. Then the Eskimo kindly    52    me some of the tools that they used. I had    53    seen such strange things before.
He talked about the    54    he needed to learn while traveling in the Arctic, such as how to make an igloo, how to make water from ice, and how to hunt using their inventions. I    55    that I didn’t take pictures of their tools because I didn’t have my camera at that time.
36. A. instruct         B. invite            C. take           D. visit
37. A. beaten           B. won                  C. received       D. defeated
38. A. front           B. need                C. honor         D. celebration
39. A. drive          B. look                    C. ride            D. tour
40. A. buying         B. wearing          C. choosing      D. borrowing
41. A. cool           B. warm              C. cold           D. hot
42. A. enough        B. obviously          C. comfortably    D. fully
43. A. gathered        B. reminded          C. remained      D. changed
44. A. push           B. pull               C. drive          D. carry
45. A. blood                B. temperature        C. feeling        D. movement
46. A. kicked          B. picked            C. turned         D. made
47. A. covered with    B. decorated with      C. made of       D. filled with
48. A. chance          B. time              C. moment       D. message
49. A. hear            B. understand          C. realize       D. admire
50. A. Therefore      B. Otherwise         C. However       D. Besides
51. A. villager        B. teacher             C. instructor          D. translator
52. A. lent           B. showed               C. sold            D. gave
53. A. ever           B. also                     C. usually           D. never
54. A. skills          B. materials           C. experiments    D. conditions
55. A. think          B. consider              C. regret          D. infer

I have to admit: I don’t flush(冲) the toilet every time I go to the bathroom. In fact, I firmly believe “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.”
I’m sure a lot of it has to do with the fact that I work at home. Alone (well, except for the cats and dog). All day. And I drink a lot of water, which makes for many trips to the bathroom.
Another thing I have to admit: I also try to use very little toilet paper. I wash my hands after, though. Every time. (So maybe the water I don’t use flushing makes up for the water used to wash my hands?)
Ironically, my husband, who only uses toilet paper when necessary, always flushes. But he doesn’t seem to mind that I don’t flush every time. Or, at least not enough to file for divorce. Yet.
Posted by Juliet Farmer
Jun 14, 2010 at 10:21 PM
Comments (2)                                                     
When I’m at home alone I do not flush every time I pee(小便).  My husband hates that, though, so when he’s home, I flush a little more often.  I grew up doing that because I had a family that lived with huge tanks and you have to do it that way because it’s easier on the system, so it doesn’t bother me.  I do flush when I’m out in public, at people’s houses that don’t have big tanks and when we have company!
CherBearCM, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:21 PM
Not always. But I have 4 children who are always hanging from the door knob（球形捏手） while I pee anyway. So I’m lucky I have time to wash my hands after. The average toilet uses 8 gallons of water per flush! Much less than what it takes to wash my hands after. (just saying)
luvbnmomnwife, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:32 PM
【小题1】 CherBearCM doesn’t flush the toilet every time she pees ________.

I have to admit: I don’t flush(冲) the toilet every time I go to the bathroom. In fact, I firmly believe “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.”

I’m sure a lot of it has to do with the fact that I work at home. Alone (well, except for the cats and dog). All day. And I drink a lot of water, which makes for many trips to the bathroom.

Another thing I have to admit: I also try to use very little toilet paper. I wash my hands after, though. Every time. (So maybe the water I don’t use flushing makes up for the water used to wash my hands?)

Ironically, my husband, who only uses toilet paper when necessary, always flushes. But he doesn’t seem to mind that I don’t flush every time. Or, at least not enough to file for divorce. Yet.

 Posted by Juliet Farmer

 Jun 14, 2010 at 10:21 PM

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Around the end of my stay in Yellowknife, I had a chance to ride in a dogsled (狗拉雪橇). I went to   36    a man who had   37    dogsled tournaments more than four times. In his house, there were lots of awards on the shelves. I had a girl take my picture in    38   of the awards.

     Finally, the time came to take a    39    in a dogsled. The instructor asked me time and time again if the clothes I was    40   were warm enough. Because it wasn’t so   41    outside, I thought I was wearing    42    .

     However, my thinking   43    right after the 12 dogs started to    44    the sled on the frozen lake. It was freezing! I don’t know how fast they were running, but I lost all    45    in my hands and feet. Sometimes the snow which the dogs    46    up hit me.

     After my ride in the dogsled, I went to see an igloo (圆顶建筑),which is a house    47    snow. There I had a    48    to hear the stories about Eskimos(爱斯基摩人).

     Of course, as a person from Japan, I couldn’t    49    what they were talking about.  50   , there was a(n)   51    beside me, so he translated everything the Eskimo was saying. Then the Eskimo kindly    52    me some of the tools that they used. I had    53    seen such strange things before.

     He talked about the    54    he needed to learn while traveling in the Arctic, such as how to make an igloo, how to make water from ice, and how to hunt using their inventions. I    55    that I didn’t take pictures of their tools because I didn’t have my camera at that time.

36. A. instruct         B. invite            C. take            D. visit

37. A. beaten            B. won                    C. received        D. defeated

38. A. front            B. need                 C. honor          D. celebration

39. A. drive            B. look                     C. ride             D. tour

40. A. buying         B. wearing            C. choosing      D. borrowing

41. A. cool             B. warm               C. cold             D. hot

42. A. enough        B. obviously          C. comfortably    D. fully

43. A. gathered        B. reminded           C. remained      D. changed

44. A. push           B. pull                C. drive           D. carry

45. A. blood                 B. temperature        C. feeling        D. movement

46. A. kicked           B. picked             C. turned          D. made

47. A. covered with    B. decorated with      C. made of       D. filled with

48. A. chance           B. time                C. moment        D. message

49. A. hear             B. understand           C. realize        D. admire

50. A. Therefore      B. Otherwise         C. However       D. Besides

51. A. villager        B. teacher              C. instructor          D. translator

52. A. lent             B. showed                C. sold              D. gave

53. A. ever             B. also                      C. usually            D. never

54. A. skills          B. materials           C. experiments    D. conditions

55. A. think          B. consider               C. regret           D. infer