2、“We are reading the first part of the first section of a book whose pages are never-ending. ”I don’t know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.  We can take the mysterious, unknown future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone . We are all in the position of the farmer.  If we plant a good seed , we get in a good harvest ; if our seed is poor and the field is full of weeds , we get in a useless crop ; if we plant nothing at all , we. I want the future to be better than the past.  I don’t want it damaged by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the rest of our lives. The past is gone forever. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we can do will affect it. Each day will bring with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we will only recognize them.  We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human effort.

1. What is the purpose of the author? (Please answer within 10 words.)

2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

  Future is of vital importance to us in our life, so we should take care of it.

3. Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.  (Please answer within 10 words.)

4. The author said, “The future can be anything we want to make it.” What do you want to make your future? (Please answer within 30 words.)  

5. Translate the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph into Chinese.

1、就“高三学生是否应该参加其它课外活动”这个主题发表你的看法，并根据你个人的学习经历和老师的看法和建议，简述你的理由。（题目自拟）

27、You know he is not going to let us leave early if we ___ get the work done.

A. can't                B. may not                   C. shouldn't                 D. mustn't

26、Both sides have accused of breaking the contract ___.

A. another             B. the other                  C. neither                     D. each

25、We ___ our new neighbors yet, so we don't know their names.

A. don't meet               B. won't meet               C. haven't met              D. hadn't met

24、The parents suggested ___ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to camp out during the trip.

A. sleep                B. to sleep                    C. sleeping                   D. having slept

23、These shoes look very good. I wonder ___.

A. how much cost they are                        B. how much do they cost

C. how much they cost                                    D. how much are they cost