Life in the twenty-first century will be very   50 . Many changes will take place, but   51  will the changes be.

The population is growing   52 . There will be many   53  in the world and most of them will live   54  than people in the twentieth century.

Computers will be much smaller and   55  and there will be at least one in every   56 . And   57  studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

People will work   58  and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling.   59  will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to   60  countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our   61 , too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be   62 . Work in the future will be different, too.   63  and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this,   64  will not have enough work to do .This will be a problem.

1.                A．interesting      B．hard           C．different  D．beautiful

 

2.                A．why           B．how           C．when    D．what

 

3.                A．slowly          B．fast            C．quietly   D．suddenly

 

4.                A．people         B．workers        C．scientists  D．doctors

 

5.                A．long           B．longer          C．happy    D．lucky

 

6.                A．more useful     B．useful          C．helpful   D．less useful

 

7.                A．hospital        B．factory         C．home    D．town

 

8.                A．science         B．maths          C．English   D．computer

 

9.                                  A．fewer hours B．more hours

C．eight hours                       D．more than eight hours

 

10.                                A．Seeing doctors   B．Going to the cinema

C．Shopping                         D．Travelling

 

11.               A．rich           B．other          C．poor  D．small

 

12.               A．food           B．clothes         C．fruit  D．drinks

 

13.               A．fatter          B．thinner         C．healthier  D．more pleased

 

14.               A．Safe           B．Easy           C．Simple    D．Dangerous

 

15.               A．a few people    B．all the people    C．many people   D．some people

 

 

My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. We all began to   31  our destination. The girls took the concrete stairs, but the boys ran   32  up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence(围栏). Without   33  the boys ahead of me vaulted（跃过） over the fence bravely.

What should I do? Take the stairs and   34  a girl, or jump over the fence and look   35  ? Then I took my chance with the fence. I placed both   36  on the top and jumped, feeling uneasy. I didn’t   37   it. As I tried, my foot   38  on the top of the fence. Down I went! I landed on my backside. I tried to  39   off the accident, but then I felt something moving   40  me. Just then I saw  41  seemed like hundreds of bees flying toward me. I had landed on a beehive（蜂窝）!  I  42  up and rushed as fast as I could. But the bees flew faster. What a/an  43  situation I was in!

My clothes were covered with   44 . I parked myself in the camp and I was at a loss.  45  this, my teacher quickly took off all my clothes but underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and  46  out of my mouth!

I had gained the  47  of all the campers, but I didn’t feel cool. I had been  48 almost 40 bees stings(蛰) all over my body. I learned a most   49   lesson that day. When we are led by the   50   to show off（炫耀）, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive.

1.	A．race B．walk C．set D．get

 

2.	A．already B．happily C．fast D．straight

 

3.	A．fun B．fear C．help D．luck

 

4.	A．feel like B．care about C．look like D．wait for

 

5.	A．cool B．worried C．strong D．excited

 

6.	A．feet B．hands C．arms D．legs

 

7.	A．do B．climb C．succeed D．make

 

8.	A．arrived B．got C．stepped D．caught

 

9.	A．fall B．put C．laugh D．look

10.A. inside   B. under          C. up             B. beside

11.	A．that B．which C．what D．if

 

12.	A．jumped B．stood C．picked D．sat

 

13.	A．embarrassing(尴尬) B．hopeless C．difficult D．pleasing

 

14.	A．tears B．grass C．dust D．bees

 

15.	A．For B．At C．In D．With

 

16.	A．almost B．again C．still D．even

 

17.	A．experience B．attention C．knowledge D．respect

 

18.	A．got B．found C．given D．put

 

19.	A．valuable B．deepest C．difficult D．successful

 

20.	A．courage B．leader C．desire(欲望) D．teacher

 

Coin confusion

Rachel looked through troubled eyes at his sister and said, “1 wouldn't have thought Eric would be a thief. His sister Sarah replied, “Whoa, that's a    accusation to make against your best friend!”

         Rachel remembered two days ago when he had brought out his coin collection for Eric to    .At the end of that day, Rachel's mother had asked him to do her a favor，so he had asked his friend,“1s it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?" Eric had said, "Go ahead. I'll clean up here,"      at the piles of coins on the floor.

         When Rachel had returned, it never occurred to him to    his coins until two days later that he realized some quarters were     .

         Sarah said, “Why don't you just ask him?”

         “Ask him what? Hey, Best Friend, did you     my coin collection?” Rachel thought for a moment,     if that would be a good idea. The theft of his collection left him with a feeling of    .“How could I have misjudged my friend's    ?"

         The next day Rachel went over to  Eric's house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn't be    . In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed （产生）as  Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind,     Eric had obviously stolen from him. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric    ,“I can't stand it anymore!” Rachel was astonished at hearing his own      burst forth from his friend! Only, instead of sounding     , Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.

         "Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait1” Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the     . Laid out in front of him were all of the quarters from his coin collection. Each quarter was in its own    in a new collection case.  Each quarter shone like it was new.

         Rachel felt     rush over his neck and ears. He    said, “Thank you this means...a great deal to me.” He was grateful that Eric had cut him     before he said something he would      . Eric was exactly the type of person he wanted as a friend !

1.A. repeated   B. false      C. baseless         D. serious

2.A. clean B. store     C. choose D. see

3.A. working      B. gesturing       C. playing  D. glaring

4.A. seek  B. select    C. check    D. collect

5.A. destroyed          B. messed C. missing D. decreasing

6.A. replace      B. steal      C. pick       D. remove

7.A. deciding     B. knowing         C. asking   D. minding

8.A. stupidity  B. abandon        C. failure   D. betrayal

9.A. decision     B. character      C. appearance           D. method

10.A. still  B. confident      C. generous       D. silent

11.A. when        B. so C. after      D. if

12.A. expressed       B. condemned          C. yelled   D. argued

13.A. purpose   B. choices C. desire   D. thoughts

14.A. shocked   B. curious C. guilty     D. cruel

15.A. jar    B. box        C. can        D. bag

16.A. spot B. form      C. condition       D. style

17.A. air    B. heat      C. wind      D. sweat

18.A. absently   B. unwillingly     C. weakly  D. fearfully

19.A. off              B. down    C. in  D. up

20.A. suspect          B. explode         C. tolerate         D. regret

 

In the first week after arriving in the new city for further study, I fell and broke my leg. I was really   36  by the kindness of my new roommate. “We are family now,” she said when she   37  me lying in my room with a swollen(浮肿的)  38 , unable to move. She took me to the nearest  39 by taxi to get my leg examined. The driver was so   40  that we arrived there very quickly. After that, my   41  didn’t stop helping me though I told her I could do things on my own.

So many blessings(幸事) I had never   42  came to me when I was alone and helpless. Bus drivers picked me up  43  anywhere they saw me. Many people   44  the door for me. Such things were small but   45  for a person on walking sticks.

  46 people’s kindness, I did whatever I could to make people   47  . I made many jokes about my two   48 and the bad fall. And I tried not to   49  even a single time about what had happened. I also tried to be kind to   50  students who were injured. I took time to   51  with a girl in a wheelchair who always ate lunch alone.

I soon realized that pain can be   52  by mental (精神上的) power. I could see that   53  I was using physical sticks, there were hundreds of mental sticks I could depend on. I also saw that sometimes   54  situations could be good. Einstein once said, “You can live your life seeing nothing as a miracle( 奇迹 )   55  seeing everything as a miracle.”

1.                A．amazed         B．saved          C．loved D．supported

 

2.                A．heard          B．left            C．found    D．remembered

 

3.                A．head           B．stomach        C．arm  D．leg

 

4.                A．museum        B．hospital         C．playground    D．library

 

5.                A．patient         B．angry          C．nice D．funny

 

6.                A．driver          B．doctor          C．family    D．roommate

 

7.                A．listed          B．expected       C．given D．accepted

 

8.                A．before         B．from           C．through  D．with

 

9.                A．cleaned        B．moved         C．opened   D．guarded

 

10.               A．hard           B．rare           C．easy  D．weak

 

11.               A．Instead of       B．In place of      C．Except for D．In return for

 

12.               A．believe         B．laugh          C．talk   D．think

 

13.               A．hands          B．books          C．sticks D．stories

 

14.               A．complain       B．advise          C．miss  D．enjoy

 

15.               A．both           B．no            C．other D．few

 

16.               A．study          B．discuss         C．practise   D．eat

 

17.               A．reduced        B．seen           C．caused    D．doubted

 

18.               A．since          B．because        C．whether   D．although

 

19.               A．boring         B．unpleasant      C．dangerous D．tiring

 

20.               A．and           B．so             C．but   D．or

 

 

Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest contained four  21  eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain,  22  one of the eggs to roll down the mountain  23  a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must  24  and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen   25  to hatch and raise the large egg.

    One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born.  26  , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n)  27  . Soon, the eagle believed he was 28  more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family,  29  his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and  30  a group of eagles soaring(翱翔) in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle  31  , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with32  , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.”

    The eagle  33  staring at his real family up above,  34  that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his  35  be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is  36  the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle  37  dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. 38  , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle  39  .

    You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle,  40  your dreams, not the words of a chicken.

1.

 A. large           B. curious          C. small                D. fortunate

2.

 A. guiding         B. blowing          C. causing          D. inviting

3.

 A. on              B. over             C. past             D. to

4.

 A. introduce       B. punish              C. protect      D. share

5.

 A. offered        B. regretted            C. managed          D. turned

6.

A. Carefully    B. Gently               C. Sadly                D. Luckily

7.

 A. chicken         B. eagle                C. hero             D. fool

8.

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

9.

 A. and         B. but                  C. so               D. however

10.

. A. noticed      B. recognized         C. respected            D. watched

11.

A. cried        B. smiled               C. argued               D. explained

12.

 A. excitement      B. anger                C. laughter         D. surprise

13.

 A. approached  B. avoided          C. continued            D. considered

14.

A. promising        B. proving          C. believing            D. dreaming

15.

 A. suggestion  B. advantage            C. dream                D. discovery

16.

. A. what           B. why              C. how              D. when

17.

. A. went           B. enjoyed          C. began                D. stopped

18.

. A. Happily            B. Finally          C. Quickly          D. Probably

19.

 A. gave away       B. broke down           C. passed away      D. died out

20.

 A. steal           B. follow               C. have             D. remember