When we can see well, we do not think about our eyes often．It is only when we can not see perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are．

       People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes．Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing and reading, become nearsighted．Then they have to wear glasses in order to see distant things clearly．

       People who are farsighted face just the opposite problem．They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length．If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses too．

       Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape．This, too, can be corrected by glasses．Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts．Long ago these people often became blind．Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them．

       When night falls, colors become fainter to the eyes and finally disappear．After your eyes have grown used to the dark, you can see better if you use the side of your eyes rather than the centers．Sometimes, after dark, you see a small thing to one side of you, which seems to disappear if you turn your head in its direction．This is because when you turn your head, you are looking at the thing too directly．Men on guard duty sometimes think they see something moving to one side of them．When they turn to look straight at it, they can not see it any more, and they believe they were mistaken．However, this mistake happens because the center of the eye, which is very sensitive in daylight, is not as sensitive as the sides of the eye after dark．

We don’t know that our eyes are of great importance until ________．

       A．we think about our eyes      B．we cannot see clearly

       C．we wear glasses              D．we have to do much reading

According to the passage, a ________ is more likely to be nearsighted．

       A．student    B．doctor          C．guard           D．painter

People who are farsighted ________ ．

       A．can do a lot of close work without glasses

       B．can only see things that are very close to their eyes

       C．have difficulty reading a book if they hold it at arm’s length

       D．can correct their eyes by glasses

To see a small thing at night, it is better to look ________ ．

       A．with wide open eyes     B．with half shut or narrowed eyes

       C．straight at it                 D．in a slightly different direction

阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答下列小题。

Cell phones are everywhere-everywhere except Aztec High School.

A new policy put in place at the beginning of the school year by the Aztec School Board forbade cell phones from the school’s campus.

“They are interrupting the educational process,” said Kirk Carpenter, the Aztec High School headmaster. “There is no educational benefit from having them here.”

The new policy started recently afrer long discussions between school and district managers. Aztec school officials said that cell phone use had become a problem during testing sessions.

Carpenter said, “There are also a lot of issues with cell phones. The bottom line(问题的关键) is that they are not in line with what we are trying to do bere, which is providing an education for our students.”

Although the headmaster has heard of no serious objections to the new rule, the complaint he hears most often is parents’ being concerned about contacting students directly in case of an emergency.

–I’d like to order a piece of pizza, a cup of coffee and two steaks. How about you, Helen?

-         !

A.Just the same                           B.All the same to me

C.Same again, please                   D. The same to you

Before the Hope Project was carried out in this poor area, children here had no _____ to education.

   A. approach         B. access                  C. attitude         D. attraction

The English play ______ my classmates acted at the get-together was really a great success．

       A．for which       B．at  which           C．in which     D．on which

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

   A businessman was deep in debt and could see no way out. He sat on the park chair, with 21    in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from   22   .

   Suddenly an old man appeared before him and was willing to   23   him help. He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying,“  24   me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as  25  as he had come.

   The businessman saw a check for $500,000 in his hand, which was 26   by John D. Rockefeller, one of the   27   men in the world! “I can remove my money worries 28   !” he realized. But the man decided to put the check in his safe,   29   it might give him the strength to find out a way to save his business. With a renewed   30    attitude, he thought of some new business ideas which soon led to his success in several big   31   . Within a few months, he was out of debt and making   32   once again.

   Exactly one year   33   , he returned to the park with the check. At the time they have agreed on, the old man   34   , too. But just as the man was about to hand back the check and share his   35   story, a nurse came running up and   36   the old man. She said the old man was always   37   from the rest room and telling people he was John D. Rockefeller. Then she led the old man away   38   the arm hurriedly.

   The man just stood there,   39   . Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money   40   his self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

Generally, ________ wolves are animals of __________ endangered species.

A. /; the          B. a; an          C. the; the          D. /; an

It was an exciting moment for these football fans this month, _____ again Sun Wen appeared on the football pitch．

       A．that            B．where               C．which         D．when

The fire was finally brought under control,but not ________ great damage had been caused.

　　　A.after B.before C.since D.as

To our great surprise,we have made ______ profitst as we expected despite the economis crisis throughout the world.

　　　A.twice as many B.twice many C.twice many as D.as twice many