Dereck Joubert and his wife, Beverly, have made many films about wild animals in Africa. Their films and photographs are very popular and one of the photographs has been on the front cover of a National Geographic magazine.

　　A working day foe Dereck and Beverly starts very early-at 4:30 in the morning! That's when they get up and start filming. And it's a long day-they often work until 8:30 in the evening. In the winter it's very cold and in the summer it can be 40℃. Dereck always does the filming-Beverly never does that, and she doesn't write. But Dereck never takes photographs or records the sound. They work very well as a team, and they both believe we should shoot animals with cameras-not with guns!

　　When they have finished filming and taking photographs for the day, they have dinner and Dereck usually writes while Beverly looks at her photographs. At night, they usually sleep in a small tent, but they sometimes sleep in the Land Cruiser-when you're very close to wild animals, it's sometimes safer to sleep in the car.

　　Dereck and Beverly have also traveled around the world and given talks about their work. Dereck says that animals are not just something to look at-they play an important role. Beverly thinks the wild animals can teach us a lot about ourselves.

1. Dereck and Beverly start working ______.

A. at 4:30 in the morning       B. at 4:30 in the afternoon

C. at 8:30 in the morning       D. at 8:30 in the evening

2. Dereck and Beverly usually sleep ______ at night.

A. in a car      B. in a tent      C. in a house      D. in a hotel

3. Beverly thinks the wild animals ______.

　A. are something to look at        B. are very popular

　C. play an unimportant role        D. can teach us a lot

The world is divided into two parts. One half of the world is rich and   26  is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people have  27 got enough to eat. When they are ill, none of the   28 can receive them because they have no money. In the rich   29 , people eat very well,   30 a dog or a cat in North America eats   31 than a child in poorer countries.
The poor countries have some difficult problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow  32 on. People there have   33 rich land nor enough water. The land   34 be made better, but a lot of things must be done. The people must be taught and water must   35 .
But rich countries have problems, too. There are not always good places to   36 . Sometimes the air is not clean and the rivers are too   37 to swim in or to drink. The roads and streets are full of people and cars. Cars and buses have to move   38 . Noise is too much. Some people have no houses to live in. Something must be done about these problems. The air and the rivers must be cleaned and be   39 clean. More houses have to be built.   40 these things cannot be done easily.

 Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a __31__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

    That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d __32__ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he __33__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.

    He put a great deal of his __34__ into the project and the next day he handed it in __35__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a __36__ that read, “See me after class.”

    The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__37__ did I receive an F?”

The teacher said, “This is an __38__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no__40__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__41__ you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about __42__ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important __43__ for you.”

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the __44__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   45  .”

1.A. speech             B. paper                C. notice               D. diary

2. A. paint             B. win              C. own              D. sell

3. A. just              B. almost               C. ever             D. even

4. A. heart             B. life             C. advice               D. trust

5. A. to                    B. with             C. from             D. for

6. A. word              B. letter               C. note             D. post

7. A. How               B. Why              C. When             D. Where

8.A. unusual                B. unforgettable        C. unimportant      D. unrealistic

9. A. money             B. time             C. space                D. effort

10. A. wonder               B. way              C. problem          D. matter

11. A. Though               B. since                C. Until                D. If

12. A. himself              B. him              C. it                   D. itself

13. A. change               B. gift             C. message          D. decision

14. A. long             B. thick                C. same             D. correct

15. A. grade                B. dream                C. duty             D. secret