Preventing the flu for common people ______avoiding going to the public places, doing regular exercise, taking a healthy diet and so on．

A．makes up of                          B．makes up

C．takes up                                       D．consists of

He has worked out exactly what his income will have to be during the first six months to ______ his costs．

A．take         B pay          C．cover          D．spend

The fellow felt rather_______ as he was the only person that wore sportswear at the party．

A．in place          B．in place of           C．out of place           D．to the place

Many soldiers who came back from Vietnam had to struggle with painful ______ from the war．

A．separation                                         B．adjustments

C．impressions                                             D．flashbacks

---When can I use your computer?

--- Never! ______ should you touch it．

A．in no time                                         B．on no condition

C．No way                                            D．Not until

I can’t tell you which wine is the best_____, as it is a ______ of personal taste．

A．for the moment; matter                     B．for a moment; variety 

C．at the moment; number                     D．the moment; thing

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination．    1   , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work．

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived     2    for many years．In 1881he returned to Scotland for a      3    ．With him were his American wife Fanny and his son      4     ．

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long     5    over the hills．They had been     6    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse．Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days     7  ．To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some     8    ．

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island, Robert     9   that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of     10   ．“What’s that?” he asked．“That’s the    11     treasure,” said the boy．Robert suddenly12     something of an adventure story in the boy’s   13    ．While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story．He would make the    14   a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd．But who would be the pirate（海盗）？

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   15   of a wooden leg．Robert had always wanted to    16    such a man in a story．  17    Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was     18    ．

So, thanks to a    19   September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest     20   stories in the English language．

1．A．However       B．Therefore             C．Besides          D．Finally

2．A．alone               B．next door            C．at home         D．abroad

3．A．meeting           B．story                C．holiday           D．job

4．A．Lloyd             B．Robert              C．Henley          D．John

5．A．talk               B．rest                C．walk            D．game

6．A．attempting           B．missing            C．planning              D．enjoying

7．A．quiet               B．dull               C．busy                D．cold

8．A．cleaning             B．writing               C．drawing              D．exercising

9．A．doubted             B．noticed           C．decided               D．recognized

10．A．the sea          B．the house         C．Scotland          D．the island

11．A．forgotten          B．buried           C．discovered          D．unexpected

12．A．saw             B．drew            C．made                  D．learned

13．A．book            B．reply            C．picture          D．mind

14．A．star               B．hero            C．writer          D．child

15．A．help           B．problem         C．use                     D．bottom

16．A．praise             B．produce         C．include          D．accept

17．A．Yet            B．Also                C．But                 D．Thus

18．A．read           B．born            C．hired                   D．written

19．A．rainy          B．sunny           C．cool           D．windy

20．A．news          B．love                 C．real-life               D．adventure

Rising above the names

I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice．

“Mom, come here! There’s this lady here my size!”

The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize．

I smiled and told her, “It’s okay．” Then talked to the boy, “Hi, I’m Darry Kramer．How are you?”

He studied me from head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?”

“Yes, I have a son,” I answered．

“Why are you so little?” he asked．

“It’s the way I was born,” I said．“Some people are little．Some are tall．I’m just not going to grow any bigger．” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy’s hand and left．

My life as a little person is filled with stories like that．I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents．

It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness．I stand three feet nine inches tall．I was born an achondroplasia dwarf （侏儒）．Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up．

I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school．Some kids picked on me, calling me names．Then I knew．I began to hate the first day of school each year．New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs．

But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life．I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage．What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality．

I’m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I’ve grown older．People are amazed when they see me driving．I try to keep a good attitude．When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have – a great family, nice friends．”

It’s the children’s questions that make my life special．I enjoy answering their questions．My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers （a person of the same age, class, position, etc．）, whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect．

1．Why did the mother apologize to the author?

      A．Because the boy ran into the author．

       B．Because the boy laughed at the author．

       C．Because they boy said the author was fatter than him．

       D．Because the mother thought the boy’s words had hurt the author．

2．What does the underlined expressions “calling me names” mean in the text?

       A．use unpleasant words to describe me in order to upset me

       B．to greet me by calling my full name

       C．warn me against danger by calling my family name

       D．use some nicknames to show the close relationship between us

3．Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word “diminished”?

       A．dislike                 B．increased             C．decreased            D．appeared

4．How does the author feel about people’s stares?

      A．Angry．              B．Calm．               C．Painful．             D．Discouraged．

When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list．Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important．Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority（优先）．This view is shortsighted．In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students．

Music tells us who we are．Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from．Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as does a Schubert song．The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions．Music expresses our character and values．It gives us identity as a society．

Music provides a kind of perception （感知） that cannot be acquired any other way．Science can explain how the sun rises and sets．The arts explore the emotive （情感的） meaning of the same phenomenon（现象）．We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all．

The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols．They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other．They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosity, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes．The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others．When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses．

Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human．The arts do．Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love．

1．What does the underlined sentence in the first paragraph mean?

       A．Students consider music just as a way of entertainment

       B．Students disagree with their parents on education

       C．Students do not think music is part of education

       D．Students prefer the arts to science

2．In Paragraph 2, the author uses jazz as an example to __________．

      A．compare it with rock music

       B．show music identifies a society

       C．introduce American musical traditions

       D．prove music influences people’s lifestyles

3．According to the passage, the arts and science __________．

       A．approach the world from different angles（角度）

       B．explore different phenomena （现象）of the world

      C．express people’s feelings in different ways

       D．explain what it means to be human differently

4．What is the main idea of the passage?

     A．Music education deserves more attention．

     B．Music should be top education priority．

     C．Music is an effective communication tool．

     D．Music education makes students more imaginative．

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1．First aid is a temporary form of help give to someone who suddenly _____ill or gets injured before a doctor can be found．The skin is our body’s largest ______．Its functions are very _______．If your skin gets____, it can be serious．____ ____is very important first step in the ______of burns．

2．If you get a job as a journalist, you can’t go out on a story on your own _________．At first, you should work as an assistant of an ________ journalist．You can have a _________photographer with you to _____photographs．Your colleagues can be very eager to _______you．You need to be _____．Only if you ask many _____questions will you ______ all the information you need to know．

3．First there was England．Wales was _____to it in the _______century ．Now when people ____ to England you find Wales _____as well．Next England and Wales were ____to Scotland in the seventeen century and the name was changed to “Great Britain” Happily this was_________ without_____ when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well．