A sudden snowstorm occurred in Hangzhou in February, 2012, ____ great inconvenience in transport.

A. causing        B caused        C. to cause      D. having caused

My sister is _______ about what she eats, otherwise she would not be so thin.

A．special           B．curious           C．particular         D．specific

Liang Bo, __________ rock singer from Changchun, gained ________ great support from his fans in the programme The Voice of China.

A．the; 不填         B．a; a              C．a; 不填           D．the; a

--Remember the first time we met?

---Sure. You _____________ the novel Gone With the Wind in the library.

A．had borrowed      B．have borrowed     C．were borrowing    D．borrowed

----I hear that Tom was badly injured in a car accident and is in hospital now.

-----_________, let’s pay a visit to him.

A．If any             B．If so              C．When possible     D．When necessary

Global warming caused by human being’s casual behaviour has become a major _______ for people all over the world.

A．conflict           B．concern           C．challenge         D．factor

The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ______ for a meal to be cooked.

A．laid              B．laying             C．to lay             D．being laid

---It’s reported that young people are responsible for 60% of the traffic accidents.

---Exactly. Young drivers are far more _______ to drive faster than old ones.

A．possible          B．probable          C．likely             D．perhaps

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the sailing track and floating in a lifeboat, alone. His supplies were  36 . His chances of surviving were small.  37 when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive — much  38 than he was when he started, but alive.

His  39 of how he survived is interesting and attractive. His subtle act — how he  40 to catch fish, how he evaporated sea water to 41 fresh water — is very interesting. But the thing that  42 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when it seemed no  43  continuing the struggle, when he was  44  greatly, when his lifeboat was pierced and after more than a week’s struggling with his weak body. He was starved and  45  exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only sensible choice.

When people  46 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in  47 dangerous circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on  48 major difficulties.

"I tell myself I can  49 it," wrote Callahan in his book. "Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,  50  courage and strength."

I wrote that down after I read it  51 it struck me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 52 off or when my problems seemed too powerful. And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my senses.

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad  53 to something better. But others have been through much worse, that is, in comparison with what  54 have been through, you're fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you  55 the rough spots with a little more perseverance(毅力) .

1.                A．less            B．little           C．few  D．enough

2.                A．And           B．Yet            C．Still  D．While

3.                A．thinner         B．poorer         C．worse    D．fatter

4.                A．attitude        B．imagination      C．instruction D．story

5.                A．tried           B．tended         C．managed  D．intended

6.                A．make          B．collect          C．select    D．replace

7.                A．attacked        B．caught          C．froze D．cheated

8.                A．operation       B．taste           C．message  D．use

9.A improving        B. suffering    C. strengthening        D. increasing

10.               A．firmly          B．completely      C．surely D．generally

11.               A．deal           B．defend         C．survive    D．observe

12.               A．similarly        B．likely          C．probably  D．commonly

13.               A．for the lack of    B．in spite of       C．in support of   D．as a result of

14.               A．handle         B．carry          C．follow D．inspect

15.               A．rolling up       B．using up        C．building up D．making up

16.               A．but            B．so             C．although   D．and

17.               A．far            B．long           C．near  D．short

18.               A．related         B．measured       C．contributed    D．compared

19.               A．you           B．others         C．we   D．another

20.               A．see through     B．cut through     C．get through    D．think through

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis,cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless." he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say, 'You are completely crazy,'" Saunders says.

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

1.The turning point in Saunders'life came when ________.

A．he started to play ball games

B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

D．he started to receive Ridgway's training

2.We can learn from the text that Ridgway ________.

A．dismissed Saunders' dream as fantasy

B．built up his body together with Saunders

C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

3.What do we know about Saunders?

A．He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C．He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

4.The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A．Excited           B．Convinced         C．Delighted         D．Fascinated

5.It can be inferred that Saunders' journey to the North Pole ________.

A．was accompanied by his old playmates

B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

D．made him well-known in the 1960s