He lost both of his parents in the big earthquake, but______ for him, a kind couple adopted him and took good care of him ．

A .cautiously                          B．approximately

C．absolutely                      D．fortunately

The traffic slowed down because of the heavy snow in Yushu County, presenting a new ____ to the recovery from the earthquake．

A．suffering               B．disaster            C．damage            D．challenge

The Expo site should be ______ from anywhere in the city of Shanghai within 90 minutes by bus, subways and special taxes.

A．adoptable       B．acceptable          C．available           D．accessible

Nowadays, many people walk to work______ Copenhagen Conference calling for living a low—carbon lifestyle to cope with global warming.

A．in relation to                                 B．in response to

C．in addition to                             D．in opposition to

— How much do you know about the 3D film technology?

— A little．Not until ______ the hot movie Avatar ______ some about it．

A．did I see; did I begin to learn                    B．I saw; I began to learn

C．I saw; did I begin to learn                          D．did I see; I began to learn

-—What happened to the young trees we planted last week?

—The trees ____ well, but I ____ them．

A．might grow; hadn’t watered                         B．needn’t have grown; didn’t water

C．would have grown; didn’t water                   D．would grow; hadn’t watered

Not having worked out the problem, ______ leave the office．

A．so he was not allowed to                      B．and he didn’t want to

C．the teacher couldn’t make him                         D．he couldn’t free himself to

--- Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I order?

--- Of course．_______, Sir.

A．Make yourself at home                             B．Take your time

C．At your service                                    D．It doesn’t matter

Mr. Dawson was an old bad-tempered man, and everyone in town knew it．Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick apples, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.

       One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy．They had to  1  Daw-son’s house, but as they got  2 , Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over the street．Like most, she was  3  of the old man.

       Amy said, “Don’t  4  .” When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his  5   frown （皱眉）, but when he saw it was Amy, he gave a broad  6  .

       Amy smiled back and told him that they were going to listen to music．Dawson told them that sounded  7  , and gave them each a（an） 8  .

       Later, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the  9  man in town．10 he was so nice to us? ”

Amy explained that when she  11  started walking past his house, he wasn’t very  12   either , but she pretended he was wearing a（an）  13  smile, so she always smiled．It really took some time  14  he one day half-smiled back.

       After a while, he started smiling a real smile and then  15  to her．She said he always 16  her an apple now, and was always very kind.

       In our everyday life we are always very busy doing a lot of things and trying to accomplish so much．It’s so  17  to forget that we can bring  18 to ourselves and others．Giving a smile takes so little  19 , but few people are aware of that．Please do remember after a while most people can’t  20  our sunniness at all.

1．A．drop into               B．go by              C．move into            D．look at

2．A．close                    B．inside                  C．outdoors             D．away

3．A．proud                   B．ashamed              C．scared                 D．fond

4．A．cry                       B．worry                 C．follow                 D．run

5．A．tired                     B．usual                   C．rare                    D．ugly

6．A．smile                    B．hug                     C．surprise               D．greeting

7．A．strange                 B．fun                     C．boring                 D．special

8．A．ticket                    B．apple                   C．lesson                 D．address

9．A．strongest               B．worst                  C．meanest              D．loneliest

10．A．What if               B．How about           C．What for             D．How come

11．A．first                    B．last                     C．sometimes           D．finally

12．A．charming             B．cold                    C．violent                 D．friendly

13．A．invisible               B．unbelievable         C．false                   D．kind

14．A．until                    B．before                 C．after                   D．when

15．A．suggested            B．came                   C．talked                  D．explained

16．A．sold                    B．offered                C．showed               D．saved

17．A．easy                    B．challenging          C．useful                 D．reasonable

18．A．gifts                    B．cheers                 C．memories            D．rewards

19．A．effort                  B．bravery               C．space                  D．interest

20．A．accept                 B．forget                  C．resist                  D．dislike

I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves．One January, I had to hold two funerals （葬礼）on successive days for two elderly women in my community．Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say．Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence（吊唁） calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased（亡故的）woman said to me, “If only I sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today．It’s my fault that she died．”At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today．That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take．It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty．Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation would have turned out better．After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty．The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens．That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen．It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault．The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it．He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks．He cries, and someone comes to attend to him．When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him．Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

1．The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because____.

  A．he was minister of the local church

  B．he wanted to comfort the two families 

  C．he was an official from the community   

  D．he had great pity for the deceased   

2．People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because ____.

  A．they couldn’t a better way to express their sorrow.

  B．they had neglected the natural course of events

  C．they believed that they were responsible

  D．they didn’t know things often turn in the opposite direction

3．According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that _____

  A．everything in the world is predetermined

  B．there’s an explanation for everything in the world

  C．the world can be interpreted in different ways

  D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

4．What’s the idea of the message?

  A．Life and death is an unsolved mystery

  B．Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault

  C．Every story should have a happy ending

  D．In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away