-I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula, Okla. ___31__ the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I__32__out of old boards.

　　I got my first__33__job, at JM’s Restaurant in town, when I was 12. My main responsibilities(职责) were__34__tables and washing dishes,__35__sometimes I helped cook.

　　Every day after school I would__36__to JM’s and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I__37__from two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and__38__my friends run off to swim or play. I didn’t necessarily like work, but I loved what working__39__me to have. Because of my__40__I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me__41__.

　　Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working__42__around town. A local clothing store offered me credit (赊帐)__43__I was only in seventh grade. I immediately__44__a $68 sports coat and a $22 pair of shoes. I was__45__only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper $90! So I learned__46__the danger of easy credit. I paid it__47__as soon as I could.

My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a__48__of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced. As my father,__49__worked three jobs, once told me, "If you__50__sacrifice(奉献) and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can’t have." How right he was.

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Lying in the sun on a rock,the cougar(美洲狮) saw Jeb and his son,Tom,before they saw it.Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands,making himself look big to the cougar.It worked.The cougar hesitated,ready to attack Jeb,but ready to forget the whole thing,too.

Jeb let go of his jacket,grasped Tom and held him across his body,making a cross.Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger,and it rose up,ready to move away,but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.

“Tom，no!”shouted his father.

But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar.The second Tom broke free,Jeb threw himself on the cougar,just as it jumped from the rock.They hit each other in mid-air and both fell.The cougar was on Jeb in a flash,forgetting about Tom,which was what Jeb wanted.

Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance,even with just his fists.As the cougar’s claws(爪子) got into his left shoulder.Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard.The animal howled(吼叫) and put its head back.Jeb followed up with his other fist.Then out of the corner of his eye.Jeb saw Tom.The boy was running back to help his father.

“Knife,Tom,”shouted Jeb.

The boy ran to his father’s bag,while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting,to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom.Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb.The cougar was moving its head in and out,trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms.Tom swung with the knife,into the cougar’s back.It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.

The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.

1.Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?

A.To get ready to fight.                        B.To frighten it away.

C.To protect the boy.                       D.To cool down.

2.What do we know about cougars?

A.They are afraid of noises.

B.They hesitate before they hit.

C.They are bigger than we think.

D.They like to attack running people.

3.How did Jeb try to hold the cougar’s attention?

A.By keeping shouting and hitting.

B.By making a wall out of his arms.

C.By throwing himself on the cougar.

D.By swinging his fists at the cougar’s eyes.

4.Which of the following happened first?

A.The cougar jumped from the rock.

B.Tom struggled free of his father.

C.Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.

D.Jeb held Tom across his body.

When building houses, people used to think about not only the climate of the areas but also the building materials and the fashions for their houses. However, since electricity became more and more expensive, people began to pay much more attention to the energy they could get for their houses and the new ways they could find to protect their houses from both cold and heat.

Now, houses of an old yet new type have been widely built. In some parts of the world, people share their houses with their livestock. During cold weather, they gather their cows, goats, or other animals and keep them on the first floor of their houses. The reasons are that the animals can be protected from the cold and that they can help to heat the houses as well. The body heat given off by the animals rises to the second floor of the houses, where people live. By sharing their houses with their livestock, people gain a source of heat.

People who live in or near cities do not usually keep livestock. However, home builders use the fact that heat rises. This natural law can be used in building houses in these areas. Instead of keeping livestock on the first floor, builders fill it with large rocks. As they are open to the sun’s rays during cold weather, these rocks take in heat. They also give off the heat, and, of course, the warm air rises into the living areas of the houses. So these houses are energy-saving.

House building becomes a great challenge to building designers and energy engineers. They try to meet this challenge by learning from old traditions and by using modern technology. And someday in the future, people will be able to live in more energy-saving houses.

1.What did people begin to consider as electricity was no longer cheap?

A．The climate of their areas

B．The building materials for their houses

C．The fashions for their houses

D．The energy for their houses

2.People in some areas gain a source of heat by _________.

A．keeping their livestock downstairs

B．protecting their livestock from the cold

C．sharing their houses only with their cows

D．living on the second floor with their livestock

3.The underlined words “natural law” in the third paragraph refer to the fact that ________.

A．heat raises the temperature in the houses

B．heat goes in the upward direction

C．heat goes up if temperature is raised

D．heat increases the temperature of rocks

4.From the passage, we can conclude that _______ .

A．people will no longer consider building materials in the future

B．almost all people will move into the houses heated by large rocks

C．energy-saving buildings will become more popular in the future

D．energy engineers will devote themselves only to modern technology

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Energy-saving house building

B．House building is a great challenge

C．How to live in energy-saving houses

D．Energy-saving houses’ bright future

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分；满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项。

  When I was twelve, I suddenly developed a strong feeling for writing poetry(诗歌). I gave up all my other hobbies, such as   41  stamps, and spent all my   42  time reading poetry and writing it. The   43  of writing poetry on every possible occasion (机会) soon   44  me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not  45  me. I would take out my notebook and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very   46  , but it was not long before I got   47  . One day while I was busy writing a poem during a  48  lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing   49  me in   50    because I was not   51  attention. He tore the poem up, with a  52  not to waste time in his lesson.   53  I was sure that I had written a good poem, 54  that evening I wrote it out from memory again. Not long after, I  55  about a poetry competition and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long   56  I had given up hope, I got a letter informing me that I had won the first  57  . Everyone at school    58  me for it except the geography teacher, who  59  me more carefully than ever. He was quite  60  that I was not going to write poetry in his lesson!

41．A．keeping      B．collecting    C．gathering  D．getting

42．A．other                  B．rest                         C．free                 D．more

43．A．habit                    B．kind                                C．means                 D．type

44．A．came              B．entered                        C．arrived                 D．got

45．A．interest               B．surprise                        C．understand        D．develop

46．A．silently                 B．carelessly                     C．carefully              D．quickly

47．A．held                      B．caught                          C．taken              D．improved

48．A．Chinese              B．English                          C．maths                  D．geography

49．A．over                      B．on                                   C．below                   D．after

50．A．pride               B．anger                                C．care                      D．satisfaction

51．A．calling                  B．making                          C．noticing               D．paying

52．A．warning               B．smiling                          C．suggestion             D．demand

53．A．As usual        B．In other words            C．By the way         D．All the same

54．A．however       B．so                                   C．thus                      D．even

55．A．read                        B．got                                 C．noticed                D．looked

56．A．before                B．after                              C．ago                       D．until

57．A．position               B．reward                          C．victory                 D．prize

58．A．praised                B．thanked                        C．surprised            D．puzzled

59．A．saw                      B．watched                       C．looked at             D．cared about

60．A．afraid                  B．angry                       C．sure                      D．sorry