These days，it is easier for us to travel to other countries than ever before．However，there is a big difficulty that most of us   1    when we meet people in other countries—we cannot communicate with them．There are   2   where English is still not spoken，though it is the most widely known language．So，wouldn't it be   3   if there was one language that could be understood by anyone anywhere in the world?

Esperanto that was created in 1887 may be the world's  4  truly international language．In fact，although   5   artificial（人造的）languages have been already created，only Esperanto has had much success．Its learners say that it is about four times   6    to learn than other languages．Spelling and pronunciation are both easy，too．For example，it does not have silent __7_ like the “h” in “honest”．If you   8   a word，you can spell it without any difficulty．The grammar is also as simple as possible：only sixteen basic   9   ，no irregular verbs（不规则动词），only six verb endings．

In short，Esperanto should be attractive（有吸引力的）as a language to learn，  10   there is a problem：how many people have met anyone who can really speak it? Anyway，we hope that some day one language can be mastered easily by anyone．

1．A．need                      B．miss                    C．face                       D．touch

2．A．offices                     B．schools                 C．cities                     D．places

3．A．safe                     B．nice                     C．funny                    D．difficult

4．A．first                     B．another                  C．last                        D．other

5．A．little                 B．a little                    C．few                       D．a few

6．A．better                      B．easier                    C．slower                    D．shorter

7．A．marks                     B．parts                    C．words                    D．letters

8．A．hear                     B．see                      C．watch                    D．notice

9．A．subjects                   B．sentences                      C．rules                      D．lessons

10．A．and                       B．but                      C．so                         D．because

　　___5___ , ads also bring people all kinds of disadvantages. For example, some of the manufacturers（业主）, in their hope to win a big ___6___ for their products, are even so dishonest that they don't ___7___ about their products. When you are watching an interesting TV play, it is suddenly ___8___ by some ads and they are appearing on the screen. All above, people may get tired of ads. Also some ads ___9___ children, and they ask their parents to buy them something in the ads. From this point, ads ___10___ have some disadvantages.

It is very difficult to find a public place without advertisements now. We can   1  them in the newspaper, on the television, and hear them over the radio,   2  when we watch a ball game, ads will meet our eyes.

   It is true that in the activities of business ads are  3 a more and more important part. They tell people about new products and help more in  4  . In this way they help to be on the increase of products. This is a big advantage.

  5  , ads also bring people all kinds of disadvantages. For example, some of the manufacturers(业主), in their hope to win a big   6   for their products, are even so dishonest that they don’t   7   about their products. When you are watching an interesting TV play, it is suddenly   8  by some ads and they are appearing on the screen. All above, people may get tired of ads. Also some ads   9  children, and they ask their parents to buy them something in the ads. From this point, ads   10  have some disadvantages.

1．A．read                   B．see                      C．feel                        D．realize

2．A．and                 B．only              C．even                 D．even though

3．A．playing             B．taking            C．getting                 D．doing

4．A．sellers              B．sales             C．shopping              D．producing

5．A．But                B．Also             C．Anyway                D．However

6．A．shop                 B．supermarket      C．production             D．market

7．A．tell the truth           B．say anything      C．think a lot               D．describe anything

8．A．continued            B．stopped           C．attacked                D．performed

9．A．fit                   B．encourage        C．prefer                D．attract

10．A．hardly               B．badly          C．really                    D．nearly

James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves(奴隶). His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.

“J.C.,” he replied.

She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.

Owens ran his first race at the age of 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time in order to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.

A week before the Big Ten games, Owens fell down when he went downstairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he was helped in and out of the car that drove him to the games. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he should give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.

The stage was set for Owens’ success at the Olympic Games in Berlin(柏林) the next year, and his success would come to be considered as not only athletic but also political(政治的). Hitler(希特勒) did not give congratulations to any of the black American winners.

“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.”

After returning from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.

Owens’ Olympic success made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and racing against cars and dogs.

“Sure, it worried me,” he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”

In the end, however, his gold medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”

1.In the Big Ten games, Owens         .

A．hurt himself in the back

B．was successful in setting many records

C．tried every sports event but all failed

D．had to give up all events

2.We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because         .

A．he was the grandsonof black slaves

B．he was the son of a poor farmer

C．he didn’t shake hands with Hitler

D．he didn’t talk to the US president on the phone

3.When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years”, he means that the medals          .

A．have been changed for money to help him live on

B．have made him famous in the US

C．have encouraged him to face difficulties in life

D．have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．Jesse Owens — A Great American Sportsman B．The Big Ten Games

C．Making a Living As a Sportsman             D．How to Be a Successful