36．A．stream　 　　　　　　 B．lake　 　　　　　　　 C．beach　 　　　　　　　 D．river

55. A Bring in 　　　　　　 B. Watch out　　　　　　　　 C. Depend on 　　　　　　　 D. Get away from

答案 　36~40 BDCAA　 41~45 BCDAB　 46~50 BDDCA　 51~55 BCDAC

Passage 43

(广西南宁二中2010届高三第二次月考)

Every day Chris met me at the beach of the River Ob．The 　36　 　is 3,700 kilometers long．It is frozen almost half the year．When the water was 　37　 　enough to go in, we played "throw-and-catch" with his shark toy．"Mr．Shark," he called it．Mr．Shark was very 　38　 , but after it got filled with water, it became heavy enough to 　39　 , like a ball．

We had long talks about our 　40　 　．Chris worked as a lawyer but was 　41　 　with his job．He had to work long hours．His bosses were not always kind．He 　42　 　of travel, or working a different job．Why don't you 　43 　? I asked him．But quitting is not so 　44　 . Attending university for so many years cost him a lot of money．Working as a lawyer 　45　 　well. But he thought about doing 　46　 　work, work that would help poor countries and poor people, volunteer work perhaps．That's 　47　 　we were both doing in Siberia, volunteering our time．

But if we were just 　48　 　here, we'd never get the 　49　 　to know so many local people．The students did almost anything the 　50　 　asked．They wrote and acted plays, did dances, and sang songs．Siberian kids were certainly not 　51　 　．Well, the students were not all kids．The youngest was about ten years old; the 　52　 　was 40!

Each day throughout the two weeks had a 　53　 　．One day the theme of our class was the world 　54　 　day．As an American, it was interesting talking to young Russians about peace because when I was growing up, the United States and Russia did not 　55　 　．They almost had wars．Wouldn't it be great that we were now talking about peace?

54. A lie 　　　　　　　　　　 B. speech 　　　　　　　　　　 C. story　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. joke

53. A opinion 　　　　　　 B. similarity 　　　　　　　　 C. difficulty 　　　　　　　　 D. disease

52. A soon 　　　　　　　　　 B. long 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. well 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. total

51. A drink 　　　　　　　　 B. medicine 　　　　　　　　 C. juice　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. soup

50. A hoping 　　　　　　　 B. deciding 　　　　　　　　 C. considering 　　　　　　 D. expressing

49. A but 　　　　　　　　　　 B. and 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. however 　　　　　　　　 D. then

48. A news 　　　　　　　　　 B. excitement 　　　　　　　 C. match 　　　　　　　　　　 D. message

47. A make 　　　　　　　　 B. protect 　　　　　　　　　 C. devote 　　　　　　　　　　 D. benefit