完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

Are you carrying too much on your back at school? Lots of kids at the same age as you are. Not only are students in China ___36___ from this problem, but kids in the United States are ___37___ fed up with（饱受…之苦） heavy school bags.

Experts are starting to___38___ that more and more young students are having back and neck problems as a result of school bags ___39___ too heavy for them. “It’s hard for me to get up the___40___ with my bag because it’s so heavy,” said Rich Hammond, ___41___ 11-year-old student in the US. Rick is among the students who have ___42___ backpacks with two straps (带子) to carry them, ___43___ a number of other students choose rolling backpacks. However, even with rolling backpacks, ___44___ up stairs and buses with them is ___45___ a problem for kids. Many of them have hurt their knees, backs or necks because of heavy school bags.

But how much is too ___46___? Experts say students should carry ___47___ more than 10 to 15 per cent of their own body weight. Scott Bautch, a Wisconsin ___48___ doctor, said kids under 4th grade should ___49___ with 10 per cent. But it’s also important that older kids don’t go ___50___ 15 percent, because their bones are still growing. Bautch explained that there are other injuries caused by backpacks. “Kids are ___51___ their balance and falling down with these backpacks,” he said．

Parents and teachers are starting to tell the kids to only take ___52___ library books they will be reading that night. Some teachers are using worksheets (作业纸) or ___53___ workbooks for students to take home. One of the best answers is, as some ___54___ themselves suggested, to have no homework ___55___!

36． A．meeting                B．facing                    C．experiencing   D．suffering

37． A．already       B．always             C．yet              D．also

38． A．explain             B．say               C．worry               D．announce

39． A．being              B．be                C．are               D．is

40．A．schools              B．stairs            C．houses             D．homes

41．A．this                 B．that             C．a                    D．an

42．A．special               B．unusual          C．ordinary            D．regular

43．A．when                B．but             C．then                  D．and

44．A. getting               B．climbing     C．going                D．turning

45．A．only                 B．still              C．even                D．just

46．A．more                B．very              C．much              D．many

47．A．no                  B．not              C．any                 D．much

48．A．children              B．student           C．bag                  D．back

49．A．carry               B．stay         C．take               D．bring

50．A．about              B．under        C．beyond               D．before

51．A．keeping             B．missing       C．losing              D．making

52．A．home              B．class         C．school              D．city

53．A．valuable             B．thin         C．important           D．interesting

54．A．reports              B．teachers      C．parents       D．kids

55．A．at all                B．after all      C．in all         D．for all

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.   36  , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was   37   and ill.

My father was   38   a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  39   all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is   40  . One night. I went to visit him with my sisters. We started

  41   about life, and I told them about one of my   42  . I said that we must very often give things up   43  , we grow－our youth, our beauty, our friends－but it always   44   that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father   45   up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up   46  ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say,   47  , he answered his own question: “I   48   the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also   49   by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(恼怒的) at someone, I   50   remember his words and become   51  . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be   52   to give up my small irritations. In this   53  . I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I   54   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

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

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

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

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

40．A．impossible        B．difficult            C．stressful          D．hopeless

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51．A．quiet                B．calm                C．relaxed            D．happy

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

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

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

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

In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year  36 .?

According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a  37  one. The world will be more  38  because the population will continue to grow . The population could be  39  6 300 million, almost 2 115 million more than in 1985 .More people would move into cities, especially cities in  40  countries . Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would  41  have 15 million by then .

Food production will  42  , but not enough to feed all the people . Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,  43  most of the increase would be in countries that

 44  produce enough food for their people . Little increase is  45  in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East . Poor farming ways are 46  large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts . More farmland is  47  as cities become larger and more houses are built . 48  will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil .?Many of the world’s  49  could disappear as more and more trees are cut down . Energy will continue to be a serious problem . The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010  50  . They only carried out the situation that  51  today . By changing the situation, by  52  the problems, the picture can be changed . There is  53  time for the nations of the world to work  54  a plan of action . But they warned that  55  too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success .?

1.                A．learning        B．project         C．notice    D．study

2.                A．pleased        B．pleasant        C．safe D．blue

3.                A．dangerous      B．beautiful        C．crowded  D．terrible

4.                A．no more than    B．as many as       C．as much as D．as large as

5.                A．developing      B．developed      C．big  D．mountainous

6.                A．none          B．each           C．all   D．neither

7.                A．insist           B．reduce         C．increase  D．continue

8.                A．so             B．but            C．or   D．however

9.                A．already         B．hardly          C．partly    D．never

10.               A．wanted         B．lacked         C．founded   D．expected

11.               A．destroying      B．protecting      C．disturbing  D．interrupting

12.               A．saved          B．lost            C．discovered D．used

13.               A．Air pollution     B．Water pollution  C．Some diseases  D．All farmland

14.               A．Animals        B．plants          C．forests    D．people

15.               A．must be true    B．will come true   C．can’t be true  D．may be wrong

16.A. happens       B develops          C .exists            D. appears

17.               A．settling         B．working at      C．answering D．dealing

18.               A．no            B．still            C．less  D．plenty of

19.               A．about          B．in             C．out   D．for

20.               A．working        B．suggesting      C．spending  D．waiting

In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___36___. according to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___37___ one. The world will be more __38___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___39__ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___40___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___41___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___42___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, __43___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___44___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___45___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___46___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___47___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___48___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___49___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___50___. They only carried out the situation that ___51___ today. By changing the situation, by ___52___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___53___ time for the nations of the world to work ___54___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___55___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.

The dining room is clean and tidy, with a table already ______for a big meal．