Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming lake behind his house.

   In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swan toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(鳄鱼) was swimming toward the shore.

His mother in the house was looking out the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer. In extreme fear, she ran toward the water, yelling(大叫) to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him.

From the dock(码头)，the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched(夺取) his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-water(拔河). The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate(有感情的). A farmer happened to drive by, took aim and shot the alligator.

After weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. The newspaper reporter asked if he would show him his scars(伤疤). The boy lifted his legs, then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “but look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mum wouldn’t let go. ”

Some scars have caused us deep regret, but some scars are because of love.

From the second paragraph we can infer that_____.

A. A child shouldn’t swim in the water by himself.

B. We’d better grasp some skills to protect ourselves

C. We should make enough preparations before swimming

D. We are enjoying ourselves but don’t know the enemy is coming.

The incredible tug-of-water is between _______.

A. The boy and the alligator

B. the boy and the mother

C. The alligator and the mother

D. the alligator and the farmer.

Which of the following statements is true?

A. The alligator was killed by a hunter.

B. There’re scars both on the boy’s arms and legs.

C. The mother was calm when seeing the alligator.

D. The mother won the “match” because of her strength.

Why was the boy proud when he showed the scars on his arms？

A. He survived luckily.

B. He was a child of God.

C. He was injured slightly.

D. He was proud of the scars of love.

They are discussing how to ____a plan to advertise their new product in the office.

A. look through     B. get through    C. make up     D. draw up

As a young man , he’d rather have a room of his own, however small it is, than _______ a room with someone else.

A. to share               B. to have shared       C. share              D. sharing

________ by keeping down costs will Power Data hold its advantage over other companies.

A. Only                        B. Just              C. Still                            D. Yet

Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit（因纽特人）families going off on snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves cut off from home by a sea of mud. There are also reports of sea ice breaking up earlier than usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters. Climate change may still be a rather abstract（抽象的）idea to most of us, but in the Arctic it is already having great effect—if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean could soon become almost ice-free in summer. The knock-on effects（连锁反应）are likely to include more warming, cloudier skies and higher sea levels. Scientists are increasingly eager to find out what’s going on in the Arctic.

     For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in unsteady balance with one of the toughest environments on earth. Climate change, whatever its causes, is a direct danger to their way of life. Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals, which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outsider experts tell them what’s happening. In Canada, where the Inuit people are trying hard to guard their hard-won autonomy（自治权）in the country’s newest land, Nunavut, they believe their best hope of survival in this changing environment lies in combining their ancestral (祖先的) knowledge with the best of modern science. This is a challenge in itself.

     The Canadian Arctic is a vast, treeless polar desert that’s covered with snow for most of the year. Adventure into this area and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls this home. Farming is out of the question and nature offers few pickings. Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500 years ago, surviving by taking advantage of sea first. The environment tested them to the limits: sometimes the settlers were successful; sometimes they failed and disappeared. But around a thousand years ago, one group appeared that was uniquely well adapted to deal with the Arctic environment. These Thule people moved in from Alaska, bringing dogs, iron tools and the like. They are the ancestors of today’s Inuit people.

Which of the following is likely to be the effect of climate change?

  A. Shorter and shorter summertime.     B. Ice-free summer around the Arctic.

  C. Lower sea levels.                  D. More rainy skies.

The Inuit people believe the solution to the climate change problem is ________.

  A. to change their way of life

  B. to do as their ancestors

  C. to try to protect the environment from now on

  D. to use their ancestral knowledge and modern science

It can be concluded from the last paragraph that ________.

  A. the first settlers in the Arctic survived there quite easily

  B. it’s hard to farm in the Arctic due to climate change

  C. the ancestors of Inuit people stood out among the settlers

  D. the Thule people from Alaska invented iron tools

Which of the following is the best title for this text?

A. Climate Change and the Inuit       

B. Climate Change around the Arctic

C. Global Warming around the World   

D. The Inuit and Their Ancestors around the World

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The heart is ______ the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain.

  A. as intelligent as                                  B. not so intelligent as 

  C. more intelligent than                              D. no more intelligent than

So many brand marks _____each other that we had great difficulty finding the one he referred to.

A. resembled to         B. differed from         C. differed               D. resembled

_______ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

              A. Compare           B. Comparing        C. To compare              D. Compared

Without enough evidence, the jury couldn’t find him      of the crime ,so he was set free.

  A. skeptical        B. ashamed            C. guilty         D. innocent