阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       One morning all the employees reached the office as usual．And on the wall they saw a big  on 21  on which was written：Yesterday, the person who has been  22  your growth in this company passed  23  ．We invite you to join the funeral prepared in the  24  ．

              In the beginning，they all got  25  for me death of one of their colleagues．  26  after a while they started getting  27  to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself．

      The  28  in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were  29  to control the crowd within the room．The more people reached the coffin(棺材)，the more the excitement  30  up．Everyone whispered to each other：“  31  on earth is this guy?”

      One by one the excited employees got loser to the coffin，and when they  32  inside it，they  33  became speechless。They stood nearby the coffin，shocked and in  34  ．as if someone had  35  the deepest part of their soul．

       There was a  36  inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that  37  There is only one person who is  38  to set limits to your growth：IT IS  39  !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes．Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside．Don’t be afraid of  40  ；build yourself and your reality．It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!

A．card       B．post   C．sign   D．1etter

A．encouragingB．helping       C．building    D．limiting

A．on  B．by     C．away D．down

A．office    B．gym  C．way   D．meeting room

A．sad B．excited     C．afraid       D．calm

A．and B．but    C．or     D．so

A．ready     B．pleased     C．curious     D．serious

A．surprise  B．anger C．excitement       D．sadness

A．admitted       B．forced      C．forbidden  D．ordered

A．heated  B．woke C．turned      D．kept

A．Ⅵmere B．What C．How  D．Who

A．walked B．looked      C．got    D．turned

A．suddenly     B．gradually  C．merely      D．extremely

A．Sorrow       B．order C．silence      D．person  ‘

A．stolen   B．touched    C．attacked    D．seen

A．1etter   B．book C．mirror      D．appeared

A．wrote   B．read  C．showed     D．able

A．sure     B．eager C．afraid       D．able

A．YOU   B．ME   C．HE    D．ITSELF

A．punishmentB．praises       C．changes    D．blame

I hope you enjoyed the film last night.

How on earth do you know I went to a film? I ________ you.

A．won’t tell        B．didn’t tell        C．haven’t told      D．hadn’t told

 The hole in the earth's protective ozone layer（臭氧层）won't repair itself until about two decades later than had been expected, scientists announced.

The ozone layer blocks more than 90 percent of the sun's ultraviolet radiation（紫外线辐射）, helping to make life on Earth possible. For many dacades, ozone was depleted（削减） by chlorine and bromine gas in the air. A hole in the ozone layer formed over the Southern Hemisphere.

Computer models had forecast that the hole would fill back in by 2050. An improved computer model forecasts the recovery won't occur until 2068. The model, fed with fresh data from statellites and airplanes, was supported by the fact that it accurately reproduced ozone levels in the Antarctic stratosphere（平流层）over the past 27 years.

The ozone hole is actually more of a broad region with less ozone than ought to occur naturally. It is not limited to Antarctica, as is often believed.

Over areas that are farther from the poles like Africa or the US, the levels of ozone are only three to six percent below natural levels. Over Antarctica, ozone levels are 70 percent lower in the spring. This new method allows us to more accurately estimate（估计）ozone-depleting gases over Antarctica, and how they will decrease over time, reducing the ozone hole area.

Paul Newman, a scientist,said that the ozone hole has not started to become smaller as quickly as expected. They figure it will not become much smaller until 2018, after which time the recovery should proceed more quickly. And the hole will not be filled in again until 2065.

1.According to the passage, the ozone layer _______

2.The improved computer model is believable because _________

3.The underlined word “they” in the fifth paragraph refers to ________

All Eskimos live most of their lives close to sea or fresh water. They may follow game inland for several hundred miles, but they always return to the shores of rivers, lakes, or seas. Eskimo land has a bare look. Large rocks, pebbles, and sand cover much of the surface. Plants called lichen (地衣) grow on the rocks, and where there is enough soil, grass, flowers, and even small bushes manage to live. No trees can grow on Eskimo land, so geographers sometimes call it the Arctic plains. There are some animals in Eskimo land, such as rabbits, which eat the plants. Other animals, like the white fox and the gray wolf, eat the rabbits. The Eskimo is a meat－eater, too, and may even eat a wolf when food is scarce.

The Eskimo year has two main parts：A long, cold winter and a short, cool summer. Spring and fall are almost too short to be noticed. Summer is the best time, as food is usually plentiful. But it is also the time when Eskimos are very busy. Winter is never far away, and the men must bring home extra meat for the women to prepare and store, for seldom can enough animals be killed in winter to feed a family.

The Far North is sometimes called the land of the midnight sun. This is true in the middle of summer, for between April 21st and August 21st the sun never sets in Northern Greenland. But in midwinter the Far North is a land with no sunshine at all. Around October 21st the Eskimos of Northern Greenland see the sun set directly south of them, and they don't see it again until February 22nd. All places on earth get about the same amount of daylight during a year. As a result, if summer is lighter, winter has to be darker.

Winter nights in the Far North are seldom pitch－black. As in the rest of the world, the stars and moon provide a little light. The northern lights also help the Eskimo to see. And with the ground covered with snow, even a little light is reflected back to the Eskimo's eyes.

6. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Eskimos do not usually eat wolves.

B. Eskimos like to chase one another.

C. Eskimos depend heavily on water.

D. Eskimos are meat－eaters.

7.  In the Eskimo year, ________.

A. there is no spring and fall

B. winter is cold and summer is hot

C. summer is a time for growing food

D. winter comes early and goes late

8.  What's the meaning of the underlined word “pitch－black” in Paragraph 4?

A. Dark with a little light.

B. A little dark.

C. Not dark at all.

D. Extremely dark.

9. From the passage, we can infer all of the following EXCEPT that ________.

A. Eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer

B. Eskimo women are responsible for housework

C. meat is the main source of food for the Eskimo

D. hunting is an important part of Eskimo life

10. Why is summer lighter in the Far North?

A. Because the Far North is far away from the sun.

B. Because the sun is not seen for five months of the year.

C. Because the sun never sets in midsummer.

D. Because people see the sun set directly south of them.

 (2011年南通一模)________there are living creatures in the outer space as those on Earth hasn’t been proved until now.

A．How                     B．When

C．Where                   D．Whether