14、____ taken away made his parents worried and they had to turn to the police for help.

A. Tom’s     B. Tom being     C. Tom     D. Tom’s being

13、I will call on you to see if you are ____ better.

A. any     B. some     C. so far     D. ever

12、____ is known, John studies in ____ is considered the best school in the city.

A. Which; which     B. What; what     C. It; which     D. As; what

11、Kathy has wasted so much time playing, ____ failing in the exam.

A. so     B. thus     C. and     D. otherwise

10、There are ____ to show that a new, different city is coming out of its dark past.

A. signals     B. marks     C. signs     D. symbols

9、It is the third time that you ____ to our school .

A. have come     B. come     C. would come     D. came

8、Many students are planning field trips as spring draws near.  Fourteen-year-old Zhou Lique is busy digging holes along rivers.  The girl and her“One Piece of Paper Team”are planting trees to  1  the environment.

They collect waste paper to sell for trees and have set up websites to spread the  2  of connections between humans and  3  . “We want to make environmental protection everyone’s  4  ”says the girl. “Even a piece of paper  5  . ”

  6  to join Zhou in such meaningful work? Now you are  7  advice on what to do.  Last month,  8  for public participation in environmental protection were published by the State Environmental Protection Administration.  The special measures are  9  to change light rain of the past into a  10  of environmental protection.

Last year’s Songhuajiang River pollution acted as a/an  11  to Chinese people.  According to SEPA officials, environmental pollution has become serious, and will continue so for the next 15 years.

A recent survey showed that  12  most Chinese people care about environmental problems, they don’t put their  13  into practice.  One reason is that they don’t know how.  So the newly published measures  14  information about how to report environmental problems and how to join in the battle against pollution.

  15  there is much you can do in daily life.  Buy less to  16  waste.  Don’t throw away things  17  you have made the most use of them.  Use electricity, water and gas only when 18  . Switch them off when you don’t need them.

Everyone can participate in making the  19  suitable for future generations.   20  not join in and make our world more fantastic?

1. A. change                  B. improve                     C. increase                    D. influence

2. A. disease                  B. news                         C. information               D. relation

3. A. animals                  B. air                             C. universe                    D. nature

4. A. work                     B. habit                         C. life                           D. dream

5. A. values                   B. stresses                     C. matters                     D. destroys

6. A. Eager                    B. Embarrassed              C. Afraid                       D. Frightened

7. A. brought                 B. offered                      C. raised                       D. consulted

8. A. measures               B. books                        C. means                       D. methods

9. A. earned                   B. designed                    C. charged                    D. demanded

10. A. fog                      B. snow                        C. storm                       D. rain

11. A. mirror                 B. model                        C. standard                    D. alarm

12. A. as                       B. though                      C. unless                       D. if

13. A. evidence              B. control                      C. concerns                   D. applications

14. A. promise               B. present                      C. test                           D. value

15. A. Unluckily             B. However                   C. Actually                    D. Similarly

16. A. make                   B. produce                     C. increase                    D. reduce

17. A. before                 B. after                          C. when                        D. while

18. A. important             B. possible                     C. necessary                  D. meaningful

19. A. star                     B. space                        C. satellite                     D. planet

20. A. Why                    B. Do                            C. Dare                         D. Can

7、Abigale, who is in the sixth grade at Copley-Fairlawn Middle School, has turned a hobby into a good deed. The 12-year-old learned how to knit(编织) from her mother a year ago. Abigale saw her mom doing it and kept asking her mom to teach her and soon realized that the good could come from her new pastime(消遣).She decided to knit 100 scarves(围巾) to give to Akron’s homeless population. Abigale said she was inspired by the event of the past year.“After Hurricane Katrina, I saw all those homeless people,”Abigale said.

She also got her mother on board. Since the two began the project, they have knitted about 50 colorful scarves of various sizes. Abigale, who is also involved in cheerleading, music and dance, said it takes her about a week to finish each scarf. Her mother said she does as much as she can to help out, even though she has multiple sclerosis(多发性硬化症). Abigale and her mother try to pick out fun colors and textures to keep the project interesting.

It’s not unusual for Abigale to do something for others. In the past years, she has donated her hair for wigs(假发) through Locks of Love and has been a teacher’s helper at school. She’s been helping her grandmother baby-sit her new granddaughter and she recycles cans for the fire department.

“We’re just going to keep going,”her mother said.“Originally Abigale thought 100 scarves would be enough, but I told her,‘Honey, there’s more than 100 people out there who need them.’Neither of us plans on stopping.”

1. Why did Abigale learn to knit at the beginning?

  A. To learn something new just as a hobby.      B. To do a good deed.

  C. To give scarves to the homeless.            D. To earn money for her family.

2. According to the passage, Abigale’s mother         .

  A. didn’t support her daughter’s project at first   B. went in for the project long before

  C. also joined in the project warmly            D. had knitted about 50 scarves alone

3. The third paragraph of the passage is mainly to indicate that Abigale      .

  A. is an active girl with many hobbies          B. is a very helpful girl

  C. is a good student                         D. likes looking after babies

4. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

  A. Abigale doesn’t plan on stopping the project soon.

  B. Abigale’s present goal is to knit 100 scarves.

  C. Abigale’s project has widely been rewarded.

  D. Abigale’s project is sometimes boring in fact.

6、Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain’s most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect. And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe—the business tribe.

You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands. It showed you were serious. It showed you were a professional. It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one. It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn’t wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.

This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world. They are part of the uniform of business.

“Ties offer a point of indifference,”says John Milne, head of the British Guide of Tie Makers.“They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”

So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie, there is a good chance that he is the office joker. There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.

Is there a future for ties? The signs are not promising. Tie wearing seems to rare amongst the new bread of entrepreneurs(创业者) in the Internet and new technology industries. Many political leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now go without ties. This shows they are men of the people—but not the people wearing ties.

Up until around 1960,it was common for men across the Western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform. That changed with the election of John F.Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. Kennedy never wore a hat—in fact his nickname was“hatless Jack”.Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to,either. Hats simply vanished across the Western world. Perhaps“tieless Tony”(UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as“hatless Jack”.

1. In Britain, ties were first used as a sign to show a person’s        .

  A. personality       B. social position      C. wearing style    D. favorite hobby

2. In the business world, wearing a tie was necessary because       .

  A. it showed you used your brain           B. it showed you got a good salary

  C. it showed you were an employer         D. it showed you were well-trained

3. The writer may hold the opinion that      .

  A. Blair is the best leader in the world

  B. Kennedy is the best leader in the world

  C. millions of people will go to work without a tie

  D. people will wear hats instead of ties

4. The underlined word“vanished”in this passage may mean      .

  A. sold            B. washed            C. appeared         D. disappeared

5、Is there a“success personality”? Some winning combination of qualities that leads almost naturally to achievement? If so, exactly what is that secret success formula(公式), and can anyone develop it?

At the Gallup Organization we recently focused in depth on success, examining the attitudes of 1,500 successful people selected casually from Who’s Who in America. Our research finds out a number of qualities that occur regularly among top achievers. Here is one of the most important, that is, common sense.

Common sense is the most outstanding quality possessed by our respondents(回答者).79% award themselves a top score in this quality. And 61% say that common sense was very important in contributing to their success.

To most, common sense means the ability to present sound, practical judgments on everyday affairs. To do this, one has to sweep aside extra ideas and get right to the core(核心) of what matters. A Texas oil and gas businessman puts it this way,“The key ability for success is simplifying. In meeting arrangement and industrial management, reducing a complex problem to the simplest term is highly important.”

Is common sense a quality a person is born with, or can you do something to increase it? The oil man’s answer is that common sense can definitely be developed. He attributes his to learning how to debate in school. Another way to increase your store of common sense is to observe it in others, learning from their and your own mistakes.

Besides common sense, there are many other factors that influence success: knowing your field, self-reliance, intelligence, the ability to get things done, leadership, creativity, relationships with others, and of course, luck. But common sense stands out. If you develop these qualities, you’ll succeed. And you might even find yourself listed in Who’s Who someday.

1. It can be learned that common sense         .

  A. is something that common people like best

  B. is a popular quality a person is born with

  C. is something that enables one to form correct opinions

  D. is a quality that is possessed by common people

2. According to the passage, when trying to solve a problem, we had better         .

  A. get experience through practice

  B. pay attention to the most important part of it

  C. keep on learning as much as possible

  D. rely on ourselves as well as luck

3. The passage is mainly concerned with         .

  A. organizational ability and good working habits

  B. the way to gain big profits and achieve fame and success

  C. knowledge and interest which are primary to success

  D. what successful people have in common

4. According to the oil businessman, how can a person develop his / her common sense?

  A. Become a businessman. 

  B. Learn how to debate and learn from mistakes.

  C. Become famous.

  D. Simplify things.