My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this ? ? ? .

One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and ? ? ? . All the students were working ? ? ? a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no ? ? ? of stopping. I walked down the row and found ? ? ? was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.

By this time the activity aroused my ? ? ? , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on ? ? ? I noticed she too was busy writing. “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” I felt it best not to ? ? ? .

After another ten minutes, the students were ? ? ? to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoebox. Then Donna? ? ? hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door. Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to ? ? ? . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the ? ? ? of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and ? ? ? your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.

Donna delivered the eulogy (悼词). “Friends, we gathered here today to ? ? ? the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is ? ? ? by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in ? ? ? . Amen!”

She turned the students ? ? ? and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the ? ? ? of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student ? ? ? and said, “I Can’t,” Donna ? ? ? pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.???

1.A. job????????????? ????????????? ?? B. project????????????? ????????????? ? C. observation????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. course

2.A. checked????????????? ?? B. noticed????????????? ????????????? ? C. watched????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. waited

3.A. on????????????? ????????????? ?? B. with????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? C. as????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. for

4.A. scenes ????????????? ?? B. senses????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? C. marks????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. signs

5.A. nobody????????????? ?? B. somebody????????????? ????????????? ? C. everyone????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. anyone

6.A. curiosity????????????? ?? B. suspect????????????? ????????????? ? C. sympathy????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. worry

7.A. and????????????? ????????????? ?? B. or????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? C. but????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. so

8.A. insert????????????? ????????????? ?? B. interrupt????????????? ????????????? ? C. talk????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. request

9.A. taught????????????? ?? ????????????? ?? B. shown????????????? ????????????? ? C. forced????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. instructed

10.A. added????????????? ?? ????????????? ?? B. wrote????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? C. made????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. folded

11.A. cry????????????? ????????????? ?? B. pray????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? C. dig????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. play

12.A. back????????????? ????????????? ? ????????????? B. bottom????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. top????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? D. edge

13.A. drop????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. raise????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. fall????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? D. lift

14.A. keep????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. thank????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. forgive????????????? ????????????? ? D. honor

15.A. remembered????????????? B. punished????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. removed????????????? ????????????? ? D. replaced

16.A. silence????????????? ????????????? B. heart????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. peace????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? D. memory

17.A. down????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. up????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. off????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? D. around?????????????

18.A. birth????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. passing????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. loss????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ? D. starting

19.A. awoke????????????? ????????????? B. reminded????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. forgot????????????? ????????????? ? D. apologized

20.A. simply????????????? ????????????? B. hardly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. seriously????????????? ????????????? ? D. angrily

There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a busy road,but from time to time,cars passed the farm.
　　Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. this hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably not deep.So when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.
　　The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most time watching the hole. Whenever a car drove into it, he would pull the car out with his tractor and he would charge the drivers for much more money than they had expected.
　　One day, a driver of a car said to him, "You must have made a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."
　　"Oh no," the farmer said, "I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."
【小题1】Many cars went into the hole because the drivers_____.

The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.

On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people drowned.

Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the Earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.

Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?

1.What is mainly described in the passage?

A. A historic discovery.           B. An event of imagination.

C. A research on space.           D. A scientific adventure.

2.When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes      .

A. an earthquake                B. damages to cities

C. an Earth explosion            D. huge waves

3.Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long?

A. Because the land is covered with water.

B. Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the Earth.

C. Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero.

D. Because wars break out among countries.

4.By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove      .

A. animals could not live in the cold climate

B. what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story

C. the human beings will die out in 2094

D. the Earth could be hit by other objects in space

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Richard’s father died when he was five. Later on he lost his mother. An old woman felt sorry for the poor boy and often helped him. Of course he had no money to go to school. He had to work for a rich farmer. The man paid him nothing except food and clothes.__ _ He found some old books near the school and taught himself to read and write.

___It connected the village and the town. One morning people found there was a big stone on it. It stopped them from going to town. They had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountain if they had something to do in the town. But the stone weighed thirty tons at least and the strongest young men couldn’t do that.  ___

Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, “I have a way to move it away.” But few men believed him. ____ Night fell and people went home. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was gone the next morning. They didn’t know which spirit had moved it away.__ __

“How could he?” the rich farmer called out. “He’s only fifteen! He couldn’t move it at all!”

“He dug a big hole beside the stone”, said the old woman, “And then he could easily push it into the hole!”

Looking at each other, the farmers couldn’t say a word.

A. The old woman said Richard had done it all.

B. There seemed to be nothing strange in village.

C. There was a narrow path between two mountains.

D. They discussed for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.

E. The boy hoped he could do something for the villagers some day.

F. Some farmers even laughed at the boy.

G. But the boy didn’t lose heart.

With the average temperature for January standing at －50 ℃，it is no wonder the Russian village of Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.Known as the“Pole of Cold”，the coldest ever temperature recorded in Oymyakon is －71.2 ℃.This is the lowest recorded temperature for any permanently inhabited location on Earth and the lowest temperature recorded in the northern hemisphere(北半球)．

Ironically，Oymyakon actually means“non?freezing water”due to a nearby hot spring.Most homes in Oymyakon still burn coal and wood for heat and enjoy few modern conveniences.

Nothing grows there so people eat reindeer(驯鹿)meat and horsemeat.A single shop provides the town's bare necessities and the locals work as reindeer?breeders，hunters and ice?fishermen.

There are few modern conveniences in the village—with many buildings still having outdoor toilets—and most people still burn coal and wood for heat.When coal deliveries are irregular，the power station starts burning wood.If the power ceases，the town shuts down in about five hours，and the pipes freeze and crack.

Daily problems that come with living in Oymyakon include pen ink freezing，glasses freezing to people's faces and batteries losing power.Locals are said to leave their cars running all day for fear of not being able to restart them.Even if there was coverage for mobile phone reception，the phones themselves would not work in such conditions.

Another problem caused by the frozen temperatures is burying dead bodies，which can take anything up to three days.The earth must first have thawed(融解)sufficiently in order to dig it，so a bonfire is lit for a couple of hours.Hot coals are then pushed to the side and a hole couple of inches deep is dug.The process is repeated for several days until the hole is deep enough to bury the coffin.

Travel companies offer tourists the opportunity to visit the village and sample life in the freezing conditions.

1.From the passage we can infer that people in Oymyakon ________.

A．prefer meat to any other kind of food

B．seldom have fresh vegetables and fruits

C．can buy anything in the shop

D．might row a boat to catch fish

2.Which of the following is the first step when burying a dead body?

A．The coffin must be put in place.

B．A bonfire has to be lit first.

C．Hot coals have to be pushed to the side.

D．A hole couple of inches deep is dug.

3.Mobile phones would not work in Oymyakon because ________.

A．the batteries are of poor quality

B．there was no coverage for phone reception

C．batteries can't be charged in such conditions

D．the extreme coldness makes the batteries lose power

4.Why do the locals have their cars running all day?

A．They are afraid they can't get the car started.

B．They want to keep warm in the car.

C．They have abundant oil resources.

D．They have little awareness of saving.