Columnist Dave Barry says this about his father:"My dad would try anything - carpentry(木匠活),electrical wiring,roofing and so on.From watching him,I learned a lesson that still1to my life today:no matter how difficult a task may seem,2you're not afraid to try it,you can do it."
I learned from my parents the value of "going for it"."3ventured(冒险),nothing lost" is the motto of too many of us.Many people are so afraid to4that they never venture beyond the familiar."Better to be safe than sorry",has5too many people in the cocoon(保护膜) of their6zones.
A delightful7tells that Col.Robert Johnson of Salem,New Jersey,announced that he would take a8risk.He let the town know that he would9a wolf peach on the steps of the country courthouse at noon on September 26,1820. "Why would he take such a chance?" asked the10people.
Scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be11.If the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun,they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever.Should he somehow12the experience,the skin of the13would stick to the lining of his stomach(他的胃黏膜) and14cause cancer.
Nearly 2,000 people15the square to see Col.Johnson eat the "poisonous" peach - now known as the tomato.
Col.Johnson believed his16was small,but it must be take if the17about the peach were to be18.Who has accompished anything worthwhile19taking a risk?
Much like the tortoise it makes20only when it sticks its neck out.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      refers
   2. B.
      applies
   3. C.
      tends
   4. D.
      leads
2. 2.
   1. A.
      if
   2. B.
      since
   3. C.
      although
   4. D.
      unless
3. 3.
   1. A.
      Anything
   2. B.
      Something
   3. C.
      Nothing
   4. D.
      Everything
4. 4.
   1. A.
      fail
   2. B.
      win
   3. C.
      succeed
   4. D.
      leave
5. 5.
   1. A.
      turned
   2. B.
      trapped
   3. C.
      forbidden
   4. D.
      orced
6. 6.
   1. A.
      comfortable
   2. B.
      miserable
   3. C.
      surprising
   4. D.
      unimportant
7. 7.
   1. A.
      novel
   2. B.
      message
   3. C.
      joke
   4. D.
      story
8. 8.
   1. A.
      private
   2. B.
      public
   3. C.
      secret
   4. D.
      national
9. 9.
   1. A.
      buy
   2. B.
      sell
   3. C.
      eat
   4. D.
      cut
10. 10.
    1. A.
       puzzled
    2. B.
       disappointed
    3. C.
       angry
    4. D.
       happy
11. 11.
    1. A.
       delicious
    2. B.
       smelly
    3. C.
       salty
    4. D.
       poisonous
12. 12.
    1. A.
       enjoy
    2. B.
       survive
    3. C.
       understand
    4. D.
       know
13. 13.
    1. A.
       wolf
    2. B.
       seed
    3. C.
       peach
    4. D.
       body
14. 14.
    1. A.
       eventually
    2. B.
       firstly
    3. C.
       lately
    4. D.
       hardly
15. 15.
    1. A.
       reached
    2. B.
       decorated
    3. C.
       surrounded
    4. D.
       crowded
16. 16.
    1. A.
       audience
    2. B.
       risk
    3. C.
       fruit
    4. D.
       size
17. 17.
    1. A.
       myths
    2. B.
       ingredients
    3. C.
       truths
    4. D.
       prices
18. 18.
    1. A.
       changed
    2. B.
       adopted
    3. C.
       removed
    4. D.
       grasped
19. 19.
    1. A.
       without
    2. B.
       for
    3. C.
       with
    4. D.
       except
20. 20.
    1. A.
       sense
    2. B.
       trouble
    3. C.
       room
    4. D.
       progress

 The new movie__________to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time.

A. promises        B. agrees            C. pretends        D. declines

They stayed up until midnight _____ the old year out and the new year in.

A. and saw     B. to see

C. seeing D. for seeing

C

Wikipedia was founded as a branch of Nupedia, a now-abandoned project to produce a free encyclopedia (百科全书). Nupedia required highly qualified contributors, but the writing of articles was slow. During 2000, Jimmy Wales, founder of Nupedia, and Larry Sanger, whom Wales had employed to work on the project, discussed ways of supplementing (补充) Nupedia with a more open project. Multiple sources are suggested for the idea that a wiki might allow members of the public to contribute material, and Nupedia’s first wiki went online on January 10.

There was considerable resistance on the part of Nupedia’s editors and reviewers to the idea of associating Nupedia with a Web site in the wiki format (格式), so the new project was given the name “Wikipedia” and launched on its own domain (域名), wikipedia.com, on January 15. The domain was eventually changed to the present wikipedia.org when the not-for-profit Wikimedia Foundation was launched as its new parent organization. In March 2007, the word wiki became a newly-recognized English word.

In May 2001, a wave of non-English Wikipedias was launched — in Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. These were soon joined by Arabic and Hungarian. In September, Polish was added. At the end of the year, Afrikaans, Norwegian, and Serbocroatian versions were announced.

Anyone with Web access can edit Wikipedia, and this openness encourages inclusion of a great amount of content. About 75,000 editors — from expert scholars to casual readers — regularly edit Wikipedia, and these experienced editors often help to create a consistent style throughout the encyclopedia.

Editors are able to watch pages and techies (科技人员) can write editing programs to keep track of or correct bad edits. Where there’re disagreements on how to present facts, editors work together to arrive at an article that fairly represents current expert opinion on the subject. Although the Wikimedia Foundation owns the site, it’s largely uninvolved in writing and daily operations.

66. Jimmy Wales wanted a more open project because ______.

   A. he wanted to found Wikipedia

   B. Nupedia had its own disadvantages

   C. he earned less money from Nupedia

   D. Nupedia had been abandoned

67. The idea of connecting Nupedia with a Web site in the wiki format ______.

   A. gained a wide support

   B. came into being on January 15, 2000

   C. made Nupedia better and better known to the public

   D. weren’t welcomed by all Nupedia’s editors

68. Which of the following versions joined the Wikipedia in or after October 2001?

   A. English version.                       B. Norwegian version.

   C. Hebrew version.                       D. Arabic version.

69. Who are responsible to create the main style for the Wikipedia?

   A. Any readers of the Wikipedia     B. The techies.

   C. The Wikimedia Foundation.              D. The experienced editors.

70. Which of the following facts about Wikipedia most probably surprises readers?

   A. Its owner contributes less to its writing.

   B. It appeals to a wider audience.

   C. Its owner was founded only recently.

   D. It was evolved from Nupedia.

The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruits and green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet, say that when trying to lose weight, that it is necessary to make special provisions to supply the missing vitamins.

　　An example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as “beri-beri”, which used to make large numbers of Eastern people who lived mainly on rice suffer. In the early years of last century, a Dutch scientist named Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of beri-beri. At first he thought it was transmitted（传播）by a germ（病菌）. He was working in a Japanese hospital, where the patients were fed on polished rice which had had the outer coverings removed from the grain. It was thought this would be easier for weak and sick people to digest.

　　Eijkman thought his germ theory was proved when he noticed the chickens in the hospital yard, which were fed on remains from the patients’ plates, were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to separate the germ, which he thought was causing the disease, but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital official, who ordered that the rice without coverings, even though left over by the patients, was too good for chickens. It should be recooked for the patients, and the chickens should be fed on cheap, rough rice with the outer coverings still on the grain.

　　Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating unmilled rice（糙米）somehow prevented or cured beri-beri — even that a lack of some ingredient（成分）in the coverings may be the cause of the disease. Indeed this was the case. The element needed to prevent beri-beri was shortly afterwards separated from rice coverings and is now known as vitamin B. The milled rice, though more expensive, was in fact causing the disease the hospital was trying to cure. Nowadays, this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of vitamins.

According to the passage, a good mixed diet ________.

A. is suitable for losing weight           B. should be only fruits and vegetables

C. normally contains enough vitamins     D. is often difficult to arrange

What do we know about the disease beri-beri?

A. It killed large numbers of people.       B. It resulted from lack of vitamins.

C. It was transmitted by milled rice.       D. It was caused by diseased chickens.

What can be the best title of the passage?

A. A Good Mixed Diet　　　　　　     B. New Discovery

C. The Dangers of Beri-beri　　　　     D. The Importance of Vitamins