Born into a family with three brothers, David was        to value the sense of

sharing.

    A. brought up      B. built up        C. picked out        D. put forward

 Teenagers are damaging their health because they often ______ themselves to so many electric products.

A. equip          B. absorb         C. devote        D. expose

Eating too much fat can ______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. result from     B. contribute to     C. come across       D. focus on 

Hong Kong is famous ______ a shopping heaven where you can buy things of high quality and with a reasonable price.

   A. for             B. as            C. by            D. of

With a lot of difficult problems ______, the newly-elected president is having a hard time.

A. settled    B. settling        C. to be settled          D. to settle

Professor Smith, along with his assistants, _____ on the project day and night to meet the deadline.

A. work        B. working    C. is working      D. are working

 I hope there are enough glasses for each guest to have ______.

A. it       B. those      C. them          D. one  

Diana Velex does everything with maximum effort — and at maximum speed. That  41  learning a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.

When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one  42  : to have what she had back home in Colombia. “I didn’t want to  43  what I do, like so many who come to a new country.” she said. “I  44   to open a store here in Canada but knew I had to 45  myself properly.”

Diana quickly realize that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a  46    meant going to school to get the  47   education and certification. “My experience of owning a shop and working as a designer in Colombia gave me  48   in my abilities. But I couldn’t speak the language and I had to  49   how to do things in Canada. It was like having to   50   all over again,” said Diana.

51 , she found just the help she needed for relaunch（重新开张） 52   continuing education at George Brown College. She began taking  53   for both the Essential Skills in Fashion Certificate and the image Consulting Certificate in May 2009.   54   Diana met with the language barrier, she was always going  55   while at college.

By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two years after her  56   in Canada, Diana at last achieved her  57   goal when her new store opened its doors in Toronto’s Sheppard Center．She was on the fast-track to  58  .

Looking back, Diana, a fashion designer,  59   her achievements to the goal she set, the education she received from the college, and   60  the efforts she made. Now Diana is very happy doing what she is doing.

1.A. requires           B. encourages      C. includes          D. advises

2.A. goal        B. memory                 C. choice            D. problem

3.A. continue           B. choose          C. change            D. lose

4.A. demanded    B. decided                C. agreed            D. hesitated

5. A. teach       B. prepare               C. enjoy             D. persuade

6.A. reality            B. fact            C. challenge         D. wonder

7.A. physical           B. private         C. primary           D. necessary

8.A. pressure           B. judgement       C. influence         D. confidence

9.A. put away     B. depend on             C. learn about       D. look into

10.A. advance      B. start           C. suffer                 D. work

11.A. Naturally  B. Gradually              C. Luckily          D. Clearly

12.A. through     B. for            C. before                   D. with

13.A. notes       B. responsibilities C. chances                D. courses

14.A. Though     B. As                     C. Since             D. Once

15.A. around     B. back           C. ahead             D. out

16.A. adventure  B. arrival         C. performance             D. journey

17.A. original     B. common               C. another           D. distant

18.A. success    B. wealth                 C. glory             D. happiness

19.A. adds            B. connects          C. devotes           D. owes

20.A. after all   B. above all             C. at least          D. at first

Einstein was the greatest scientist of his age. But he was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.

    Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he had been given too much change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it back to Einstein, saying “The trouble with you is you don’t know your figures.”

    He had nothing and thought little of the things most people set their hearts on— fame and money. He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.

    He led a very simple sort of life, went around in old clothes that needed pressing, seldom wore a hat, He shaved （刮胡子）with the same soap that he used for his bath. The man who was trying to solve the most difficult problems of the universe said that using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated（复杂的）.

1.From the second paragraph we know Einstein _____.

A. wasn’t good at maths                  

B. enjoyed playing jokes

C. had some trouble with figures           

D. didn’t care about money at all

2.Einstein was most interested in ______ in life.

A. sailing his boat                        B. fame and money

C. playing the violin                      D. work

3.“…using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated” in the last paragraph suggests that Einstein ______.

A. preferred to live a simple life             

B. was a man of humor

C. was too poor to buy more soaps          

D. liked to do something different

I bent down in the shade under a sixty-foot-tall cactus（仙人掌）, waiting for them to appear. The time was eight thirty in the morning. For seven mornings I had come to the same distant spot in the Sonoran Desert, in southern Arizona. I was here to watch the roadrunner, a small fast-running bird.

I spotted two birds under a bush with red flowers. The roadrunners rushed out from under it. The birds moved rapidly on long skinny legs. Their feathers were brown and black. Their tails were seven inches long. Roadrunners use the tail for balance when running.

That day, the roadrunners performed a courtship（求婚）dance. They ran in wild circles. Suddenly, one stopped and stood still, its round eyes full of light. The second bird took hold of a small stick off the ground and presented it to the first, a gift serving as a symbol of their partnership.

    I returned to the spot each day, leaving bits of boiled chicken hoping they would return. Roadrunners eat snakes, lizards, mice, beetles, and spiders. Food is in short supply in the desert, so my offerings were welcome. The pair grew used to me.

    Soon after the pair finished building their nest six white eggs appeared in the nest bowl. In about three weeks, six roadrunner chicks, skin as black as coal, cried for food. Their parents brought food such as fence lizards and stink bugs. They fed their young until they were a month and a half old.

    Early one morning, a coyote（丛林狼）came around, nose to the ground, for fresh bird meat. The roadrunners fearlessly drove the coyote away, but it was soon back. After three attacks the coyote went away for good, tail between its legs.

    I stopped watching the nest when the little roadrunners, at two months of age, were ready to live on their own. It was hard to break away from “my roadrunner family.” Whenever I see a roadrunner now, rushing over the ground, I say hello to it as an old friend.

1.The author went to the Sonoran Desert to       .

   A. go on a tour of the desert

   B. carry out research into some animals in the desert

C. make an observation about a kind of bird

   D. enjoy an adventure in southern Arizona

2.What can we learn about roadrunners from the text?

A. They have short tails and legs.        

B. They move at a fast pace.

C. Their feathers are red and brown.      

D. They don’t like boiled chicken.

3.We can learn from the last but one paragraph that the roadrunners were        .

   A. brave         B. clever         C. easily-frightened         D. lazy

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

   A. How do roadrunners seek a partner?

B. My close friendship with roadrunners.

   C. Roadrunner family in the Sonoran Desert.        

D. How did I find roadrunners in Arizona?