Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities _____.

A．to live             B．to live in              C．lived              D．living

It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some _____ over 90 metres.

A．measure               B．measured              C．measures              D．measuring

Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they ____ to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.

A．tried               B．had              C．managed               D．surrounded

_____ a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.

A．To watch             B．Watching              C．Watch            D．Watched

Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months _____ to begin her project.

A．she was allowed                                       B．was allowed she

C．was she allowed                                       D．she allowed

I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi had ______ her whole life to her patients.

A．moved           B．leaded            C．crowded         D．devoted

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  2  and ill.

My father was  3  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  4  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  5 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  6  about life, and I told them about one of my  7 . I said that we must very often give things up  8  we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  9  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  10  up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  11 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  12 , he answered his own question: “I  13  the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  14  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated （愤怒的） at someone, I  15  remember his words and become  16 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  17  to give up my small irritations. In this  18 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  19  what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  20 .

1. A．Afterwards          B．Therefore            C．However               D．Meanwhile

2. A．tired                    B．weak                  C．poor                   D．slow

3. A．already                B．still                   C．only                     D．once

4. A．took                    B．threw                C．sent                     D．put

5. A．impossible           B．difficult             C．stressful                 D．Hopeless

6. A．worrying             B．caring               C．talking                    D．asking

7. A．decisions             B．experiences        C．ambitions                D．beliefs

8. A．as                       B．since                 C．before                   D．till

9. A．suggests              B．promises           C．seems                   D．requires

10. A．spoke                B．turned               C．summed                 D．opened

11. A．something          B．anything            C．nothing                  D．everything

12. A．Surprisingly       B．Immediately       C．Naturally                D．Certainly

13. A．had                   B．accepted            C．gained                   D．enjoyed

14. A．touched             B．astonished         C．attracted                D．warned

15. A．should               B．could                C．would                  D．might

16. A．quiet                  B．calm                 C．Relaxed                 D．happy

17. A．ready                 B．likely                 C．free                    D．able

18. A．case                  B．form                 C．method                 D．way

19. A．doubt                B．wonder             C．know                  D．guess

20. A．award                B．gift                   C．lesson                 D．word

We cannot feel speed．But our senses let us know that we are moving. We see things moving. We see things moving past us and feel that we are being shaken.

We can feel acceleration, an increase in speed．But we notice it for only a short time. For instance, we feel it during the takeoff run of an airliner.

We feel the plane’s acceleration because our bodies do not gain speed as fast as the plane does. It seems that something is pushing us back against the seat. Actually, our bodies are trying to stay in the same place, while the plane is carrying us forward.

Soon the plane reaches a steady speed．Then, because there is no longer any change in speed, the feeling of forward motion stops.

1. We can feel that we are moving by _____.

A．watching things move past                       B．feeling the speed

C．feeling ourselves being shaken                    D．both A and C

2. In the second paragraph, the underlined word “acceleration” means _____.

A．an increase in speed                                B．a steady speed

C．any kind of movement                              D．the movement of a plane

3. During the takeoff of a plane, we feel that we are being _____.

A．thrown forward                                           B．pushed back against the seat

C．lifted out of the seat                                D．pushed down into the seat

4. We feel the plane’s acceleration because our bodies gain speed _____.

A．just as fast as the plane                                  B．faster than the plane

C．more slowly than the plane                         D．before the plane

5. This feeling stops when _____.

A．the plane stops climbing                      B．the plane lands

C．there is no longer a change in speed            D．we begin to feel speed

Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia（南斯拉夫）, on August 27^th,1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.

When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta（加尔各答），where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress（女校长）.

However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta．Later she trained to be a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India．

Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.

1. Where did Mother Teresa receive her education?

A．In Yugoslavia and India．               B．In Yugoslavia and Britain.

C．In Britain and India．           D．In Yugoslavia, Britain and India．

2. What first inspired Mother Teresa to work in India?

A．Her visits to the poor parts of Calcutta．

B．Her visit to Britain after she left school.

C．The medical workers’ letters to her school.

D．The work of the nurse in the city of Patina．

3. In which order did Mother Teresa do the following things?

a．Trained to be a nurse.                              b．Went to India

c．Helped the dying.                                  d．Studied to be a teacher.

e. Went to Britain.                                    f. Worked as a headmistress.

A．b, a, c, e, d, f,       B．b, f, a, d, e, c        C．e, b, d, f, a, c        D．e, a, b, c, d, f

4. Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted _____.

A．to look after the poor                           B．to travel to poor countries

C．to build hospitals for the poor                    D．to train nurses to care for the poor

5. Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has _____.

A．saved many poor people in India

B．helped to bring about world peace

C．helped to make India a more peaceful place

D．taken care of many poor people in the world

Chicago, a city in the State of Illinois, is the second largest in the United States. It stretches for 29 miles along the southwest shore of Lake Michigan. Its splendid centre faces the lake behind a pleasant park. The Chicago River flows through the heart of the city. The city of Chicago, 713 miles west of New York and 1858 miles east of San Francisco, is located at the conjunction（连接） of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system and surrounded by the productive farmlands of the Midwest. This makes the city the crossroads of the nation and the “ bread basket” of the nation. From its beginning as a frontier fort（要塞） settlement in 1803, commerce（商业） has been the key to Chicago’s development, especially since the railroads and stockyards（牲畜围栏） were built in the 1840s and 1850s. Thousands of foreigners, attracted by the promise of steady jobs, have lived and worked there since the second half of the 19^th century; thousands more come to visit its famous fairs, and millions of others cross it every day by road or railway. Chicago is the world’s biggest road and railway centre, and it should claim（要求得到身份或权利的承认） the world’s busiest airport.

1. If you go to New York from Chicago, you go _____ for _____ miles.

A．east…713             B．west…713            C．east…1858           D．west…1858

2. From the passage, we can see that there is _____.

A．a lake right in the middle of the city

B．the Mississippi River in the middle of the city

C．a park in the middle of the city

D．a lake 29 miles away from the city

3. Chicago is called the “bread basket” of the nation because _____.

A．there is a river flowing through the city

B．it is located at the conjunction of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system

C．it is near the city of New York

D．there are rich farmlands around the city

4. _____ the city developed fastest.

A．Early in the 19^th century

B．Around the middle of the 19^th century

C．At the end of the 19^th century

D．During the second half of the 19^th century

5. Since the late 19^th century thousands of people have kept coming to Chicago _____. Which of the following is wrong?

A．on business                                            B．for a visit

C．for better jobs                                          D．to claim the world’s biggest seaport