—Look at the sign, what does it mean?

      —It means “_____”.

   A. Don’t talking       B. No talking      C. Not talk

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was  1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   2  but a failure.”

After five years of   3  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best   4 that could have happened to me. I  5  I wanted to do something positive(积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to  6  that what people said about me was   7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s face it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my  8  and went to college. My first novel   9 while I was at college.

After college I taught during the   10  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of   11  that job to write full time   12  I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself. —Here was a working-class boy who’d   13 school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I   14  wish all the people that have put me down had  15  “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1.                A．bright          B．useless         C．simple    D．hopeful

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

3.                A．low            B．poor           C．good     D．useful

4.                A．support         B．happiness       C．surprise D．thing

5.                A．agreed         B．decided        C．planned D．told

6.                A．me            B．them           C．her  D．it

7.                A．wrong          B．right           C．stupid    D．faulty

8.                A．experiment     B．practice        C．writing   D．composition

9.                A．came on        B．came in         C．came out D．came back

10.               A．day            B．night           C．month D．year

11.               A．giving in        B．giving back      C．giving out  D．giving up

12.               A．while          B．if              C．when D．Or

13.               A．left            B．attended       C．changed   D．graduated

14.               A．just            B．exactly         C．so    D．very

15.               A．praised         B．said           C．answered  D．advised

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa. It is also the second largest lake in the world. It is an important lake because it is one of the sources(源头) for the longest river in the world, the Nile River. Lake Victoria provides a source of water, food, and power(电力) for several African countries. Lake Victoria is a big part of African life.
Unfortunately, Lake Victoria has a problem. It is shrinking. There are several power stations at Lake Victoria in Uganda. These are on the Nile River, and besides producing power, they keep the water of the lake at a certain level. For the past forty years, that level has been 11.9 meters. Over the last several years, the water level has dropped by about 2.5 meters. There seem to be several reasons for this drop.
One possible reason is drought(干旱). Drought has been very bad in the area since 2000. Lake Victoria gets all of its water from rain, so the drought means less water in the lake.
However, some environmentalists believe that the real problem is the power plants(工厂) on Lake Victoria. Uganda depends on those power plants for most of its power, and they made the power plants larger in 2000. Many people believe the power plants have been taking too much water off Lake Victoria. As a result, they have been asked to use less water until Lake Victoria goes back to its old level.
Whether the low water level is caused by drought or power plants, the result is the same. This is already a poor area of Africa, where many people live a really hard life. People, animals and plants around Lake Victoria will suffer even more from low water levels on the lake. Many people need Lake Victoria for fishing or growing food. Fish need the water to live, and animals need it for water. Plants around the lake will die without the water, and then more animals and people will suffer. Unless the lake fills soon, many people will suffer and die.
【小题1】Lake Victoria is __________.

Are you reading the newspaper now? What does it ?

A．sayB．tell

C．speakD．Talk

The food here smells good, but what does it          like?

 A. taste               B. touch               C. seem              D. feel