The flight to Guangzhou had to be            because of the heavy snow.

A. put up            B. put off          C. put away         D. put down

At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never   46   the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures,  47  Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 48 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.
The day came when he was to have another   49 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he  50 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but   51  the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.
  52 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the  53 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of   54  was extremely good, almost as great as that  55 view. The mountain below was surrounded (包围) by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the  56  . Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses,  57  Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!
Bobby __58  that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing   59  when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his   60   was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

Dogs are considered as man’s best friend. But what about cats? Sometimes cats can make equally wonderful friends. The following is a comparison of the two animals.
A Friend Helps You When You’re Sick

Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent the  36  . But it’s not easy to hold an umbrella if there is heavy rain and  37  wind. And it’s harder to make a phone call or ride a bike  38  an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company spend 6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella.  39  , they made it.

They called it Nubrella. Just touch a button（按钮），and the Nubrella will open  40 With the help of its “shoulder support（支持）”,the umbrella can rest on the user’s shoulders. So the user needn’t hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands  41 even in the strong wind.

The hand-free umbrella is $ 59.94 each. People all around the world like it very much. Because of this smart  42  ,they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now.  43  in the rain under a Nubrella is really cool, isn’t it?

1.A、snow   B、water   C、sun   D、cloud

2.A、tall   B、short   C、weak   D、strong

3.A、by   B、without   C、with   D、use

4.A、At first   B、At last   C、At most   D、at the end

5.A、easily    B、hardly    C、nearly    D、easy

6.A、free   B、busy   C、difficult   D、easy

7.A、invention   B、magazine   C、book   D、history

8.A、Lying   B、Flying   C、Running  D、Walking

Mr Evans works in Sydney. Last week he had a two-week holiday, but he didn't know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, "I hate the hot weather here, but I can't think of a cool place in Australia. Where shall I take my holiday?"

"That's easy," said Robert, "You can go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground there now."

Mr Evans agreed with his friend. He bought a plane ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He was having a good time there, but one day he got into trouble（麻烦）. After lunch, he went to a park outside the city. He noticed a dog following him when he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wanted some food to eat. But Mr Evans had no food in his pockets. He tried to shoo （以嘘声吓走） it away, but it began to bark at him. Just at that moment, he saw a stone on the ground. He tried to pick it up, but he couldn't.

"How strange these Russians are!" Mr Evans said to himself, "They do not tie up （栓住） their dogs, but firmly（牢牢地）tie down the stones!"

1.Mr Evans is________.

A. American      B. Russian     C. Australian    D. Chinese

2.Mr Evans didn't like the________in Australia.

A. hot weather         B. cool weather

C. rainy weather        D. cold weather

3.Mr Evans went to Moscow________.

A. by train      B. by bus      C. by air      D. on foot

4.The word "bark" means "________".

A. 跳      B. 叫      C. 追     D. 咬

5.Mr Evans couldn't pick up the stone because________.

A. it was too cold

B. it was too heavy

C. the Russians tied their stones to the ground

D. it was not a stone