Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed (黯然失色),  it is    41    
outweighed.
For every single act that is senselessly destructive,   42   are thousands more small, quiet acts of love,    43    and sympathy. For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who    44   their lives to helping and to healing.
There is a goodness to life that   45   be denied. In the most remarkable views and in the smallest details, look    46   , because that goodness always comes shining through. There is no   47  to the goodness of life. It   48    more abundant(充裕的) each time you feel it. The   49   you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more there is to be lived.
Even   50     the cold winds blow and the world seems to be    51   in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives   52   . Open your eyes, open your heart,   53    you will see that goodness is everywhere. Though the goodness of life    54    at times to suffer hardships, it is always going on there. For in the   55  moment, it becomes more clear that life is a   56   treasure. And so the goodness of   57   is made even stronger by the very things that would go against it.
Time and time again when you feared it was   58   forever, you found that the goodness of life was really only a / an   59    away. Around the next corner, inside every moment, the goodness of life is there to surprise and    60  you.

【小题2】

A．there B．here C．they D．those

    A German company was concerned about talks in Moscow trying to sell some 100 million dollars worth of equipment to a Russian State company. Talks went smoothly but differences remained. So Martin Bayer himself, the CEO of the German Company, decided to come to Moscow to head the talks. Besides caring about his business, the CEO wanted to go to Russia to hunt bears.

    Martin Bayer was one of the greatest hunters of our time (and the Russians knew about it). He went to the Sahara more than hundred times and hunted lions, crocodiles; he hunted polar bears in the North Pole and tigers in the rain forests of India. But he had never hunted Russian bears.

    So the Russians decided to organize a bear hunt for Mr. Bayer to sweeten the talks. This wasn't a simple task. Some people in the west still believe that bears may be found and seen everywhere in Russian cities just like squirrels may be seen in our back yards. This is not true. The closest place one may find bears in the wild is maybe 2,500 miles away from Moscow. However, a solution was quickly found. The Russian businessmen went to Moscow Circus（马戏团）and for $2,000 bought a very old bear. This bear used to amuse and amaze audiences in many countries for 30 years, but got and looked too old, and was retired.

    “Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening,” they told to Mr. Bayer. “If compared to the Russian bears, your African lions are nothing more than harmless cats.” The bear was brought to a forest 50 miles from Moscow and was left there. Mr. Bayer was told that bears were plentiful in that forest and that many cattle and even people had been eaten in the surrounding villages.

    Meanwhile, an 18-year old female drove through the forest on a motorcycle and suddenly saw a bear (no bears had been seen in those places for 200 years). She was frightened, fell, left her helmet and her motorcycle and ran away.

    Mr. Bayer was excited and ready to hunt. This could become the most successful part of his extraordinary hunting experience. The next moment Mr. Bayer saw a bear in a helmet driving on a motorcycle through the forest in front of him. The bear had a happy expression on his face, as he was doing something he had been doing in the circus for 30 years: circling on a motorcycle!

    Mr. Bayer lives in a private mental institution near Hamburg happily ever after. The equipment was never sold to Russia. It was sold to Iraq instead.

1. Why did the Russians invite Mr. Bayer to hunt bears?

         A. Russian bears are famous for their cruelty.

         B. They managed to find a bear for hunting.

         C. They expected the trade to be successful.

         D. There was a bear in Moscow Circus.

2. Why did the Russians say “Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening”?

         A. To tell Mr. Bayer that many people had been killed by bears.

         B. To make Mr. Bayer feel the hunting really challenging.

         C. To warn Mr. Bayer to mind his safety while hunting.

         D. To tell Mr. Bayer that the bear is really dangerous.

3. We can infer from the last paragraph that __________.

         A. Mr. Bayer has gone ma   

B. the bear injured him badly

         C. he has worked in a mental institution since then

         D. the trade has gone smoothly between Russian and Iraq

4. Which would be the best title of the passage?

         A. Mr. Bayer, a Brave Hunter        B. Russian Bears, Dangerous Animals

         C. Don’t Hunt in Russia         D. Don’t Deal with the Russians

 Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed (黯然失色),  it is    41     

outweighed.

For every single act that is senselessly destructive,   42    are thousands more small, quiet acts of love,    43    and sympathy. For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who    44    their lives to helping and to healing.

There is a goodness to life that   45    be denied. In the most remarkable views and in the smallest details, look    46    , because that goodness always comes shining through. There is no   47  to the goodness of life. It   48    more abundant(充裕的) each time you feel it. The   49   you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more there is to be lived.

Even   50     the cold winds blow and the world seems to be    51    in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives   52   . Open your eyes, open your heart,   53    you will see that goodness is everywhere. Though the goodness of life    54    at times to suffer hardships, it is always going on there. For in the   55   moment, it becomes more clear that life is a   56   treasure. And so the goodness of   57   is made even stronger by the very things that would go against it.

Time and time again when you feared it was   58    forever, you found that the goodness of life was really only a / an   59    away. Around the next corner, inside every moment, the goodness of life is there to surprise and    60   you.

1. A. always         B. never            C. often            D. usually

2.A. there           B. here             C. they            D. those

3.A. worry          B. anxiety            C. kindness       D. upset

4. A. make          B. put                C. contribute      D. devote

5.A. needn't         B. mustn't            C. can’t          D. won't

6.A. suddenly       B. closely             C. roughly        D. simply

7.A. limit           B. denying            C. doubt         D. point

8. A. loses           B. grows             C. plants          D. goes

9. A. less            B. fewer             C. more           D. most

10. A. when          B. if                 C. though          D. before

11. A. shone          B. covered            C. decorated        D. suffered

12. A. with           B. by                 C. through         D. on

13. A. yet            B. or                 C. and             D. still

14.A. seems          B. looks              C. proves          D. appears

15. A. shortest         B. darkest            C. brightest         D. fastest

16.A. priceless        B. valueless           C. useless          D. worthless

17.A. heart           B. life                C. wealth          D. health

18.A. disappeared     B. lost                C. gone            D. left

19.A. hour           B. mile               C. month           D. moment

20. A. delight         B. regret              C. shock            D. disappoint

    A German company was concerned about talks in Moscow trying to sell some 100 million dollars worth of equipment to a Russian State company. Talks went smoothly but differences remained. So Martin Bayer himself, the CEO of the German Company, decided to come to Moscow to head the talks. Besides caring about his business, the CEO wanted to go to Russia to hunt bears.

    Martin Bayer was one of the greatest hunters of our time (and the Russians knew about it). He went to the Sahara more than hundred times and hunted lions, crocodiles; he hunted polar bears in the North Pole and tigers in the rain forests of India. But he had never hunted Russian bears.

    So the Russians decided to organize a bear hunt for Mr. Bayer to sweeten the talks. This wasn't a simple task. Some people in the west still believe that bears may be found and seen everywhere in Russian cities just like squirrels may be seen in our back yards. This is not true. The closest place one may find bears in the wild is maybe 2,500 miles away from Moscow. However, a solution was quickly found. The Russian businessmen went to Moscow Circus（马戏团）and for $2,000 bought a very old bear. This bear used to amuse and amaze audiences in many countries for 30 years, but got and looked too old, and was retired.

    “Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening,” they told to Mr. Bayer. “If compared to the Russian bears, your African lions are nothing more than harmless cats.” The bear was brought to a forest 50 miles from Moscow and was left there. Mr. Bayer was told that bears were plentiful in that forest and that many cattle and even people had been eaten in the surrounding villages.

    Meanwhile, an 18-year old female drove through the forest on a motorcycle and suddenly saw a bear (no bears had been seen in those places for 200 years). She was frightened, fell, left her helmet and her motorcycle and ran away.

    Mr. Bayer was excited and ready to hunt. This could become the most successful part of his extraordinary hunting experience. The next moment Mr. Bayer saw a bear in a helmet driving on a motorcycle through the forest in front of him. The bear had a happy expression on his face, as he was doing something he had been doing in the circus for 30 years: circling on a motorcycle!

    Mr. Bayer lives in a private mental institution near Hamburg happily ever after. The equipment was never sold to Russia. It was sold to Iraq instead.

1. Why did the Russians invite Mr. Bayer to hunt bears?

       A. Russian bears are famous for their cruelty.

       B. They managed to find a bear for hunting.

       C. They expected the trade to be successful.

       D. There was a bear in Moscow Circus.

2. Why did the Russians say “Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening”?

       A. To tell Mr. Bayer that many people had been killed by bears.

       B. To make Mr. Bayer feel the hunting really challenging.

       C. To warn Mr. Bayer to mind his safety while hunting.

       D. To tell Mr. Bayer that the bear is really dangerous.

3. We can infer from the last paragraph that __________.

       A. Mr. Bayer has gone ma   

B. the bear injured him badly

       C. he has worked in a mental institution since then

       D. the trade has gone smoothly between Russian and Iraq

4. Which would be the best title of the passage?

       A. Mr. Bayer, a Brave Hunter      B. Russian Bears, Dangerous Animals

       C. Don’t Hunt in Russia       D. Don’t Deal with the Russians

A German company was concerned about talks in Moscow trying to sell some 100 million dollars worth of equipment to a Russian State company. Talks went smoothly but differences remained. So Martin Bayer himself, the CEO of the German Company, decided to come to Moscow to head the talks. Besides caring about his business, the CEO wanted to go to Russia to hunt bears.

    Martin Bayer was one of the greatest hunters of our time (and the Russians knew about it). He went to the Sahara more than hundred times and hunted lions, crocodiles; he hunted polar bears in the North Pole and tigers in the rain forests of India. But he had never hunted Russian bears.

    So the Russians decided to organize a bear hunt for Mr. Bayer to sweeten the talks. This wasn't a simple task. Some people in the west still believe that bears may be found and seen everywhere in Russian cities just like squirrels may be seen in our backyards. This is not true. The closest place one may find bears in the wild is maybe 2,500 miles away from Moscow. However, a solution was quickly found. The Russian businessmen went to Moscow Circus（马戏团）and for $2,000 bought a very old bear. This bear used to amuse and amaze audiences in many countries for 30 years, but got and looked too old, and was retired.

    “Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening,” they told to Mr. Bayer. “If compared to the Russian bears, your African lions are nothing more than harmless cats.” The bear was brought to a forest 50 miles from Moscow and was left there. Mr. Bayer was told that bears were plentiful in that forest and that many cattle and even people had been eaten in the surrounding villages.

    Meanwhile, an 18-year old female drove through the forest on a motorcycle and suddenly saw a bear (no bears had been seen in those places for 200 years). She was frightened, fell, left her helmet and her motorcycle and ran away.

    Mr. Bayer was excited and ready to hunt. This could become the most successful part of his extraordinary hunting experience. The next moment Mr. Bayer saw a bear in a helmet driving on a motorcycle through the forest in front of him. The bear had a happy expression on his face, as he was doing something he had been doing in the circus for 30 years: circling on a motorcycle!

    Mr. Bayer lives in a private mental institution near Hamburg happily ever after. The equipment was never sold to Russia. It was sold to Iraq instead.

1.  “the CEO of the German Company”  CEO here means ____________.

A. Chief Executive Officer                 B. Company Education Officer 

C. Cultural Education Office               D. Chief Employment Officer

2. Why did the Russians invite Mr. Bayer to hunt bears?

       A. Russian bears are famous for their cruelty.

       B. They managed to find a bear for hunting.

       C. They expected the trade to be successful.

       D. There was a bear in Moscow Circus.

3. Why did the Russians say “Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous and frightening”?

       A. To tell Mr. Bayer that many people had been killed by bears.

       B. To make Mr. Bayer feel the hunting really challenging.

       C. To warn Mr. Bayer to mind his safety while hunting.

       D. To tell Mr. Bayer that the bear is really dangerous.

4. We can infer from the last paragraph that __________.

       A. Mr. Bayer has gone mad

       B. the bear injured him badly

       C. he has worked in a mental institution since then

       D. the trade has gone smoothly between Russian and Iraq

5. Which would be the best title of the passage?

       A. Mr. Bayer, a Brave Hunter                      B. Russian Bears, Dangerous Animals

       C. Don’t Hunt in Russia                             D. Don’t Deal with the Russians