Money for the project is still 　　　 and the project has to be given up for 　　　 money.

　 A. lack; lack of　 B. lack of; lack　 C. lacking; lack of　　 D. lack of; lacking

It might not be so unusual for a student to run a school newspaper. But when it comes to    1  the school newspaper of Harvard, it’s definitely a   2   story.

May Habib is now in her fourth year at Harvard. She    3    works 40～50 hours for the newspaper every week in addition to being a full-time student.   4   such a busy schedule（日程表）, she has no time for lessons sometimes, not to mention   5   . “But it’s one of the best experiences in my life so far.” She said.

One of the most important stories May    6    is the Harvard AID research program in Africa. Harvard was given a huge amount of    7    from the White House to do research into AIDS. A female professor at the school was in   8   of the project. But top administrators at the university thought the professor shouldn’t do the job because it was so   9   a program that just a professor couldn’t oversee the project .    10    they took her off the project and put in a director.

     By talking to the professor, May found that the administrators   11  funding（拨款） on the program for five months. She called a Nigerian doctor   12    and was told that about 420 deaths in the program were    13   to the delay of the money. She thought that Harvard administrators didn’t take into account （把…考虑在内） that effect  14    they made the decision.

   “ That was really an important story. The second year the funding    15    and I was told that the funding was    16    not released. So I started making phone calls. Two days    17  , they released the funding. They did it so quickly because of the press, though I was a little student, ” May said   18   .

    May is a happy girl. “ My secret to stay   19  is optimism （乐观）. My optimism is sort of realism,” she said , “I think I’m a lucky person. Even if I didn’t go to Harvard, I would be happy   20   .”

1. A．managing         B．reading                   C．hearing        D．writing 

2. B．boring           B．simply                    C．easy          D．different

3. A．actually          B．hardly               C．usually        D．really

4. A．Due to          B．According to        C．But for        D．Instead of

5. A．beliefs           B．sports               C．accidents      D．attitudes

6. A．covered         B．talked               C．spoke         D．took

7. A．duty            B．money              C．work        D．pay

8.A．front            B．face                C．charge        D．time

9. A．important         B．weak                 C．light          D．regular

10. A．And             B．So                   C．Or            D．But

11. A．advised          B．missed              C．delayed        D．forgot

12. A．aimlessly        B．immediately           C．slowly         D．continuously

13. A．caught        B．brought              C．tied           D．led

14. when              B．as if                 C．even if         D．after

15. A．came across   B．came out            C．came away   D．came up

16. A．even           B．ever                C．just           D．still

17. A．later           B．before               C．ago           D．then

18. A．nervously       B．proudly              C．madly         D．curiously

19. A sad             B．upset               C．happy         D．grateful

20. A at least          B．in time              C．as well         D．once more.

Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the world？It’s an increasingly urgent question，given the recent high?profile(引人注目的) mining accidents in Sago，W.Va.and Huntington，Utah.A small group of engineers and robotics experts look forward to a day in the not?too?distant future when robots and other technology do most of the dangerous mining work.

Robotic technology，in particular，holds much promise，McAteer says，especially when it comes to mapping mines and rescuing trapped miners—the special operations of the mining industry.

One of the first mining robots was developed five years ago at Carnegie?Mellon University’s Robotics Institute.It was called Groundhog and it looked like a golf cart.It used lasers(激光器) to “see” in dark tunnels and map abandoned mines—some of the most dangerous work in the business.

The latest design is called Cave Crawler.It’s a bit smaller than Groundhog，and even more advanced.It can take photos and video and has sensors mounted(增加) that can detect the presence of dangerous gases.Incredibly，the robot has a real sense of logic.If it comes across an obstacle it gets confused.It has to think through the process and where to go next，and sometimes it throws_a_fit just like a real person.

The biggest obstacle，though，is cost.The original research project was federally funded，but that money has dried up，and it’s not clear where future funding will come from. Partly for that reason，and partly because of advances in safety，mining is not nearly as dangerous as it was in the past.Since 1990，fatalities(致命性) have declined by 67 percent and injuries by 51 percent，according to the National Mining Association.

Some experts predict that robots in mines will serve much of the same function that they do in the automotive industry.The robots do the most repetitive and dangerous jobs，but don’t eliminate(消除) the need for human workers.

1.The underlined phrase “throws a fit” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．

A．gets angry? B．gets sick

C．becomes hungry? D．becomes cheerful

2.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A．robots in mines will serve much in the automotive industry

B．there will be no need for human workers in mines

C．the mine robots will have a very bright future

D．robots in mines have a long way to go

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Mining robots do most of the mining work at present.

B．Groundhog can discover the presence of dangerous gases.

C．Experts are trying to make robots save miners in danger.

D．Robots cannot do dangerous work in dark areas.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．Mining Accidents in America

B．Could Robots Replace Humans in Mines?

C．Cave Crawler，the Latest Robot

D．The Development of Robots

You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a  36  woman.

One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly  37  had grown to over ＄150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and  38  almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a  39  fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national  40 .

What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had  41  my life. I am 19 years old and the first  42   of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship.

I was a  43  student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I  44  being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the  45  way I could attend.

One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous  46 . The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money  47  for me, but if anything came up they’d call.

A few days later, I was going out with my mother  48  the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was  49 !

McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is  50 , she sits most of the day and reads the Bible, that is, when she is not getting rewards. Every time I go to visit her, she has a new  51 . She’s even gone to the White House. She is so happy and proud. We have tried to talk her into getting a VCR (录像机) so she can tape the programs and see  52  on TV—she just smiles.

McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of  53 . Now I know there are good people in the world who do good things. She worked hard and helped others, and in turn she has inspired me to  54  when I can some day. So  55  I plan to add to her scholarship fund.

36. A. cafe                           B. buffet                       C. laundry                    D. laboratory

37. A. expenses                    B. profits                   C. wages                      D. savings

38. A. returned                            B. donated                    C. delivered                  D. removed

39. A. welfare                      B. project                            C. scholarship               D. research

40. A. customs                            B. headlines                  C. sympathies               D. doubts

41. A. affected                            B. formed                     C. disturbed                  D. ruined

42. A. designer                   B. receiver                  C. contributor              D. reporter

43. A. considerate               B. casual                      C. hard-working            D. sensitive

44. A. advocated                  B. avoided                    C. regretted                  D. missed      

45. A. normal                       B. wrong                      C. legal                         D. only

46. A. gift                            B. idea                          C. decision                   D. plan

47. A. left                           B. raised                      C. available                   D. enough

48. A. since                         B. before                      C. though                            D. when

49. A. excited                       B. shocked                   C. puzzled                    D. encouraged

50. A. dismissed                   B. retired                      C. promoted                 D. transferred

51. A. job                                   B. hobby                      C. life                           D. award

52. A. everybody                 B. everything                C. herself                            D. us

53. A. giving                        B. understanding           C. receiving                  D. loving

54. A. give back                   B. give in                      C. give off                    D. give up

55. A. suddenly                    B. originally                  C. eventually                 D. gradually