2.　　　 Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?

A.　　　 He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.

B.　　　 He was interested in planting trees since he was young.

C.　　　 He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.

D.　　　 He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.

1.　　　 When Paul was a boy, _____.

A.　　　 he had decided never to leave his hometown

B.　　　 the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter

C.　　　 no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution

D.　　　 he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area

8. The author will most probably agree that composers _______

A. are born with a gift for music　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. are people full of mystery

C. work late at night for their music　　　　　　　　　

D. know a lot about eating and sleeping

第9天　　　　　　　　　　　　 A

When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter(炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.

Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back.. The answer from that big industry was “No.”

Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted.

Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.

And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.

Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.

7. Most people seem to think that a composer _______ .

A. finds it difficult to write music　　　　　　　

B. considers it important to have a good rest

C. should like to talk about inspiration　　

D. never asks himself very simple questions

6. The words "covered in complete darkness" underlined in Paragraph I most probably mean

A. difficult to be made　　　

B. without any light 　　　　

C. black in color　　　

D. not known

5. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Composer: a man of mystery 　　　　　　　 　　　　　　

B. Practice makes good music

C. Relation between sleeping and music 　　　　 　　　　

D. Music: product of nature

4. 　Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

　 A. Infant Girl Dies After 2nd Head Removed

　 B. Rebecca , Hiciano’s Third Child

　 C. The Death of a Gril With two Heads

　 D. Rebecca’s Surgery, the First Known Operation

B

Most people want to know how things are made. They honestly admit, however, that they hard­ly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made. Where a composer (作曲家) begins, how he manages to keep going - in fact, how and where he leams his trade -all are covered in complete darkness. The composer, in short, is a man of mystery. (神秘).

One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration (灵感) plays in a composer' s work. He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question. Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all. Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.

The composer, therefore, does not say to himself: "Do I feel inspired?" He says to himself:

"Do I feel like working today?" And if he feels like working, he does. It is more or less like saying to himself: "Do I feel sleepy?" If you feel sleepy, you go to sleep. If you don't feel sleepy, you stay up. If the composer doesn' t feel like working, he doesn' t work. It' s as simple as that. (07全国卷二)

3.　 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

　 A. Rebecca died because mistakes happened during the operation

　 B. Rebecca most probably died of bleeding

　 C. Rebecca was her parents’ third child

　 D. Without an operation , Rebecca would have little hope of living

2. 　Rebecca Martinez died ________________________after she went to the operation table.

　 A. 8 weeks　　　　　　　 B. 11 hours　　　　　 C. 7 hours　　　　　 D. 18 hours

1.　　　 The underlined word “infant “ most probably means____________________.

A. a disabled child　　　　　　　 　　　　　

B. a newly-born child

C. a 2-headed child　　　　　　　　　　　　

D. a very young child