Four Corners, U. S.A.

　　Gordon Yazzie is on his way home from Aneth, Utah. With long oars(桨) he takes the boat out on the brown-gray water of the San Juan River. He has started out in Utah. Then he follows the river to New Mexico. Soon he's almost home. He lives in Rattlesnake, New Mexico. Rattlesnake is part of the Navajo Indian Reservation.

　　The San Juan River flows almost across Four Corners. Four Corners is the only point in the U. S. where four states come together. The map below shows exactly(准确地) where the corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico meet.

　　At the bottom of the map of Four Corners is a map key. The key shows the symbols (符号) used on the map. These symbols stand for features such as small towns, major cities, highways, rivers, and borders. Use the map key and the map to answer the questions below.

1．Aneth, Utah is northwest of Four Corners. Aneth is a ________ .

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2．Route 160 crosses Four Corners from Colorado to Arizona. This route is a ________ .

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3．Which town is closest to Four Corners?

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4．What is the name of the biggest city near Four Corners?

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5．Suppose Gordon Yazzie drives from his home in Rattlesnake to Farmington. Which U. S. highway should he use?

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Dear Abby,
I’m a helpless mother. My son Tom is 15 years old. I find that the older he grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need help.
My first problem is about his hobbies. He spends almost all his spare time on computer games. When he gets home, he always turns on the computer and closes the door. I’m getting worried about him, especially when his English teacher tells me he always gets low marks in the English exams.
Recently, I’ve found that he is always alone. I’ve never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is the last problem I have.
What should I do to help him? Please give me some advice.
【小题1】 The helpless mother has         problems.

A．two	B．three
C．four	D．five

【小题2】 Tom          for almost all his spare time at home.

A．plays computer games	B．talks with his mother.
C． does his homework	D．practices typing（打字）

【小题3】From the passage we know that Tom’s mother         .

A．is worried about Tom	B．feels very happy.
C．is not rich	D．likes new technology

【小题4】 The helpless mother asks Abby to         .

A．play with Tom	B．talk to Tom
C．buy what Tom wants	D．give her some advice

【小题5】 Which of the following is TRUE about Tom?

A．He is 14 years old.

B．He is not good at English.

C．He often phones his friends.

D．He likes going out on weekends.

阅读理解填词（本题共10分，每小题1分）
先阅读短文，在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。
One day Harvey’s wife was cleaning out a cupboard.
“Look at all these umbrellas,” Harvey’s wife said to him. “There are eight and they all b__(76)___.”
“I’ll take them all to the umbrella shop and have them repaired,” Harvey said. “They are too good to t__(77)__ away.”
Harvey took the eight umbrellas to the shop and l__(78)__ them there. The shopkeeper said, “They’ll be r__(79)__ tomorrow.”
That evening Harvey went home from the office by bus as he u__(80)__ did. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor between the s__(81)__. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up.
“Hey!” the woman said, “That umbrella b__(82)__ to me.”
“I’m so sorry.” Harvey said, giving it to her. “Please excuse me for taking your umbrella by m__(83)__.”
The next day he collected the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on the bus. As he sat down, a v__(84)__ behind said, “You have certainly had a s__(85)__ day!” He turned around and saw the woman whose umbrella he had almost taken the day before.

As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36   in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37  .

Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38  plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39   he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.

Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40   a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41   jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.

The boy seems to take no interest   42   learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43  , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44   as he is.

In the evening, when his parents   45   him to speak with me in English, he gets   46  . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47  , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48  . He speaks in his own language.

He   49   not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50   can speak in gibberish(胡言乱语) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

1. A. both             B. all              C. either           D. none

2.A. drawing           B. Chinese          C. English          D. playing

3. A. a hundred of     B. hundreds of      C. hundred of       D. hundreds

4. A. when             B. what             C. where            D. that

5.A. hardly            B. never            C. usually          D. almost

6. A. more             B. fewer            C. better           D. worse

7. A. with             B. in               C. for              D. on

8. A. after all        B. at all           C. first of all     D. all the time

9.A. busily            B. busiest          C. busier           D. busy

10.A. make             B. push             C. have             D. let

11. A. frustrated      B. relaxed          C. pleased          D. injured

12.A. move             B. to move          C. moving           D. moved

13.A. too              B. also             C. as well          D. either

14.A. can              B. may              C. must             D. need

15.A. who   B. whom C. whose    D. which

 

For many years, Yang Shanzhou was the local party secretary in a remote, mountainous village in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Though he could live a better life in the city, he still decided to move even further into the mountains, and devoted himself to greening the land. He passed away in 2010, but his story lives on.

A blanket of green - And it all started with a surprising decision made by Yang Shanzhou back in 1988.

The 62 year old decided to return to his hometown in Daliang Mountain, to bring green back to the barren hills. Along with fifteen other people, Yang settled down deep in the mountains and began to work on his plan.

It was a life that was harder than most people could ever imagine.

Su Jiaxiang, Yang Shanzhou’s secretary, said, “I went to visit him several times. He didn’t even have decent shoes and it was very cold at night. But you know he was almost seventy!”

In 2010, Yang Shanzhou passed away. He was buried in Daliang Mountain, according to his will. More than twenty years has passed since he first began his planting in the mountains.The hills are now covered with kinds of trees. By planting trees, Yang Shanzhou also planted hope. This hidden hero left his local government with a priceless legacy.

1.Yang Shanzhou lived in __________.

A. Jiangsu           B. Guizhou        C. Yunnan       D. Guangxi

2.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Mr Yang has been dead for three years.

B. Yang Shanzhou didn’t want to be buried in the mountain.

C. Yang Shanzhou gave up the better life in the city.

D. Yang Shanzhou will be remembered for ever.

3.The 62 year old decided to return to his hometown in Daliang Mountain, to bring green back to the barren hills. “barren” means ________.

    A. 荒芜的         B. 葱郁的        C. 长满树木的      D. 美丽的

4.From the passage we can know Mr Yang Shanzhou passed away at the age of _______.

     A. 74              B. 62            C. 84                  D. 94

5.Mr. Yang brought many things except_________.

     A. green hills         B. hope         C. priceless legacy     D. hard life