The media has a great effect on us in our daily life. Believe it or not , I would tell you the true story of my own.

Last evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for scientific 21 ; I forgot what it was . The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story ,said something that caught my 22 . “All great discoveries”, he said , “are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.” 23 a little over thirty myself, I wanted to disagree with him. 24 wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the 25 of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

First I looked at some of the 26 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 27 fall at the same speed , was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 28 to Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26when he published his world changing theory of relativity. Well , 29 of that. Yet I 30 if those “best years ”were true in other 31. Then how about the field of 32? Surely it needed the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 33 ,but look at when these people 34 　their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 35 　the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.

But why 36 best years come after thirty ? After thirty, I 37 most people do not want to take risk or try 38 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 39 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety.

Perhaps there is still 40 for me.

21、A、invention　　 B、discovery　　　 C、experiment　　　　 D、progress

22、A、mind　　　　 B、idea　　　　　　 C、attention　　　　　 D、thought

23、A、As　　　　　 B、Being　　　　　 C、However　　　　 D、Moreover

24、A、Anybody　　 B、Somebody　　　 C、Nobody　　　　　 D、Whoever

25、A、names　　　 B、ages　　　　　　 C、address　　　　　 D、education

26、A、modern　　　 B、scientific　　　　 C、last　　　　　　　 D、oldest

27、A、height　　　 B、size　　　　　　 C、weight　　　　　 D、length

28、A、led　　　　　 B、meant　　 　　　　C、stuck　　　　　　 D、referred

29、A、plenty　　　　 B、none　　　　　 C、much　　　　　 D、enough

30、A、believed　　　 B、trusted　　　　 C、wondered　　 D、asked

31、A、fields　　 B、countries　 C、courses　　 D、ages

32、A、agriculture　　 B、society　　　 C、industry　　 D、politics

33、A、is　　 B、will　　　 C、has　　 D、does

34、A、finished　　 B、went　　　 C、started　 D、failed

35、A、devoted　　 B、gave up　　　 C、began　　　 D、led

36、A、don’t　　　 B、the　　　　　 C、can　　　　 D、not

37、A、believe　　 B、know　　　　　 C、guess　　 　D、agree

38、A、other　　　 B、new　　　　　 C、best　　　 D、their

39、A、always　　　 B、still　　　　　 C、seldom　　 D、almost

40、A、discovery　　 B、problem　　　 C、wish　　　 D、hope

20. Bill suggested _______ a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation.

A having held　 B to hold　 C holding　 D hold

19. The system has been designed to give students quick and easy _____ to the digital resources of the library.

A access　 B passage　 C way　 D approach

18. As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area ________.

A need repairing　 B needs to repair　 C needs repairing　 D need to repair

17. ------Don’t stop ________. I enjoy listening to it.

　 ------Thank you. It’s very kind of you to say so.

A singing　 B sing　 C to sing　 D sung

16. They insisted on ______a thorough rest before going back to work.

A him to take　 B he took　 C his taking　 D his taken

15. The old man, _______ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.

A to work　 B working　 C to have worked　 D having worked