8、Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me   1   I couldn’t find something to eat.

    I was  2  through a local market one day when I chanced upon a jar of  3   jam. I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the  4   time I had seen peach. I took it.

    For the next few weeks, when I was feeling the need for a little   5  , I would carefully  6 the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit. Mum, delicious. I didn’t  7  it with anybody. It sat safely in my  8  , taken out on only special  9  .

    One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain. Everybody scattered for  10  and so did I. But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some  11  clothes.

    In my hurry to  12  further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was  13   in my clothing. One forceful yank(猛拉)and my  14 jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, smashing into pieces.

    I was so sad that I almost cried. And then, in the corner of my eye, I noticed an old woman in rags  15 . Without hesitating, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked  16  .

    Still   17  , she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the  18  jam and placed it into her toothless mouth. Carefully, like fish bones, she  19  the pieces of glass. She studied the broken container  20   she was certain that there was nothing left. Then she left.

My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me.

1. A. in order that   B. if            C. just in case        D. unless

2. A. looking             B. buying              C. getting                     D. running

3. A. apple                    B. peach         C. orange                     D. strawberry

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

5. A. meal                         B. treat           C. rest                          D. drink

6. A. remove                 B. move                C. discover                   D. uncover

7. A. divide                   B. eat                    C. share                D. separate

8. A. pocket                  B. pack                 C. corner               D. store

9. A. situations              B. conditions   C. atmosphere        D. occasions

10. A. protection           B. shelter        C. cover                D. warmth

11. A. beautiful              B. rain                   C. warm                       D. dry

12. A. avoid                  B. get into              C. defeat               D. overcome

13. A. hidden                B. buried        C. covered                    D. locked

14. A. expensive            B. valuable             C. precious                   D. priceless

15. A. disappearing        B. appearing    C. running                    D. approaching

16. A. all right        B. nice                  C. broken                     D. damaged

17. A. standing up         B. looked down upon     C. bent over    D. watching out

18. A. rest                        B. remaining   C. extra                 D. spare

19. A. swallowed           B. brought out C. ate up               D. spat out

20. A. until                    B. unless        C. after                 D. since

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7、For the person keeping a diary, whatever he experiences and wants to think about, he can write it down. But to get it down on paper begins another adventure. For he has to focus on what he has experienced, and to be able to say what, in fact, the experience is. What of it is new? What of it is remarkable? Is it a good or bad thing to have happened? And why, specifically(特别的,具体的)? The questions add to themselves quickly. As one tries to find the words that are best for this experience, the experience becomes even more clear in its shape and meaning.

   Beyond the value of the diary as a record, there is the value of the training it gives. The diary keeper begins to pay closer attention to what happens to and around himself. He develops and sharpens his skills of observation. He learns the usefulness of languages as a means of showing what he sees, and gains skill and certainty in the expression of his experiences. To have given up one’s experience to words is to have begun marking out the limits and its possible meaning. In the journal that meaning is developed and becomes clear.

1. The writer thinks of keeping a journal as ________.

A. an ordinary habit          B. an adventure     C. a discovery       D. an observation

2. When one keeps a journal, he has to ________.

A. consider the others’ experience    

B. sharpen his ability to find the best words

C. focus on his experience                

D. write a paper

3. According to the writer, keeping a journal is good for________.

A. observation and expression                     B. certainty and training

C. experience and adventure                       D. consideration and development

4. By keeping a journal, one can ________.

A. develop the usefulness of language    

B. develop his memory

C. make what he thinks about clear to everyone

D. have a thorough understanding of his experience

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. how to write a journal                       

B. the expressions of a journal

C. the values of keeping a journal          

D. how to solve the problems in a journal

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