阅读下面短文，从文后的A、B、C、D中，选出恰当的一项还原到文中合适的位置，使文章内容完整并符合逻辑。

The world's oldest football is 450 years old．It was made from a pig's bladder,   1  "The Germans have decided that our hall is the oldest football in the world," said the museum's manager Michael McGinnis．

A would-be Japanese bank robber asked workers in the bank how he could carry out the robbery．The man is 58 years old．Newspapers said that the man first asked a bank teller, "Any idea about how I rob a bank?"   2   "He left quietly when asked to．" the police spokesman said．"But he hurt himself in the leg with a knife that he carried．"

  3   It changes its color from blue to white as the food temperature reaches 120°F．Then you may know when food is already hot．It features a stay-cool handle．A set of three spoons costs $ 8．

A husband, his wife and their first child share the same birthday．Evelin Alballat was introduced to Tony Osman several years ago by one of her relatives who learned they were both born on May 21．Their baby's due date was May 20, but it entered the world on May 21．  4  "The chances of three family members sharing a birthday are 0．000751%," a mathematician said．

A．If you are afraid of burning tongues and lips, this spoon could change your life．

B．The teller reminded another member of it, who asked the man to leave．

C．"We didn't plan for it; it just happened," Alballat said．

D．The ball was once owned by Mary Queen of Scots and its current home is Sterling’s Smith Museum.

People often complain they face too many problems. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up.
People have money problems, work problems, family problems, health problems..... the list goes on. And we usually think that people who are happy and successful are having fewer problems than us. Look at the successful people we often mention. They have money they need, they have jobs they love, they have good friends, they have obedient(孝顺的) kids, they have the successful business, they have loving families etc. Everything goes well with them. That is why they are happy and successful. But in fact, the more successful you are, the more problems you have to face. More success means more challenges they have to face, and more success means more risks they have to take.
Young and old, rich and poor, successful and unsuccessful, educated and uneducated, all have problems. The difference is that their problems are different from each other.  Rich and successful have big problems. Poor and unsuccessful have small problems. Still they all have problems which they can face. Successful people are successful just because they are ready to face challenges larger than ordinary people.
Winning the US elections(选举) makes Obama very happy. As a new US president, he has to face bigger challenges. He has to be more careful about his work he does, or he will lose his position(位置). Looking at him, we may say he is lucky, happy and successful. But, I think, as the US president, he has more pressure than an ordinary person.
【小题1】You will be a/an ______ person if you are afraid to face more challenges.

People often complain they face too many problems. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up.

People have money problems, work problems, family problems, health problems..... the list goes on. And we usually think that people who are happy and successful are having fewer problems than us. Look at the successful people we often mention. They have money they need, they have jobs they love, they have good friends, they have obedient(孝顺的) kids, they have the successful business, they have loving families etc. Everything goes well with them. That is why they are happy and successful. But in fact, the more successful you are, the more problems you have to face. More success means more challenges they have to face, and more success means more risks they have to take.

Young and old, rich and poor, successful and unsuccessful, educated and uneducated, all have problems. The difference is that their problems are different from each other.  Rich and successful have big problems. Poor and unsuccessful have small problems. Still they all have problems which they can face. Successful people are successful just because they are ready to face challenges larger than ordinary people.

Winning the US elections(选举) makes Obama very happy. As a new US president, he has to face bigger challenges. He has to be more careful about his work he does, or he will lose his position(位置). Looking at him, we may say he is lucky, happy and successful. But, I think, as the US president, he has more pressure than an ordinary person.

1.You will be a/an ______ person if you are afraid to face more challenges.

A．ordinary          B．successful         C．famous           D．educated

2.From this article we know that President Obama ______.

A．has fewer problems                     B．was born in a rich family

C．takes more risks                        D．is a successful businessman

3.The main idea of this article is _______.

A．why poor people are always poor

B．how many problems people usually have to face

C．how lucky and happy President Obama is

D．how to deal with problems in life

任务性阅读

先阅读(A)、(B)两篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列四项任务。

     How can we practice our spoken English ? The first and the most important thing is to believe yourself . You should always be full of   1  . You should often encourage yourself. “Come on , don’t be afraid !” You should never lose heart and never give up.

Maybe you are afraid of losing face, but you should think since we are students and we are learning, there is no need to worry about   2  . We must always be active in practice. We should    3   with our classmates as often as possible in English. We must know that the main way to study English is that we should make   4   understood. We should believe that native speakers will not laugh at us, instead they will encourage us. So if we are brave enough, we’ll   5  make much progress in our spoken English. Don’t be shy or afraid! Just have a try.

(B)

People started wearing clothes to protect themselves from the sun, wind, rain and cold. People said that many years ago the first kind of clothes were made of animal skins. Today we use different materials.

But clothes do more than keep us warm. Our clothes can also tell about who we are, our culture, life and hobbies. For example, if we like to wear yellow or pink clothes, we are usually active and easy--going. If we like black and blue, we may be quiet people. As a middle school student, we often wear the school clothes. Someone who works in a bank may wear a suit every day.

1.用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次）

1.__________2 .__________ 3.__________4.__________5.__________

2.根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。

6. c__________ education, area, literature and so on

7. a__________ full of action

3.同义句转换，每空一词。

People said that many years ago the first kind of clothes were made of animal skins.

It 8._________9._________ that many years ago the first kind of clothes were made of animal skins.

4.根据短文内容简答问题。

10. If someone likes wearing black and blue, what kind of person is he?

______________________.

当你遇到下面这些问题时，你会怎么解决呢？请对以下问题和解决办法给予合理的配对。

Problems:

1.Some boys are swimming in the river without permission.

2.Sometimes you just get so angry about something.

3.You cheat(作弊) at school because you are afraid of failing the exam.

4.Someone in our district often wastes water.

5.You like to play computer games and spend too much time on them.

Solutions:

E. Put up some posters to ask him or her to save water.