Are you   1   that you will miss about one-third of this coming year? You will “miss” it by   2  . Researchers tell us that the   3   person sleeps about one-third of each year – or one-third of a   4  .

But the experts also tell us that something important   5   when we sleep –we   6 . Apparently all people dream, even if they don’t   7   dreaming. And over the next twelve months, most of us will have about a thousand dreams.   8   is important. But   9    important those are “dreams” we have for our   10   -- those plans, hopes and goals we will draw up   11   our relationships, our spiritual growth, self-improvement, our   12  health and our world. The dreams, or wishes, we have for our lives are just as   13   as dreaming while we sleep.

Dr Norman Vincent Peale used to tell of a 79-year-old woman who was   14   by a hit and-run driver. She was expected to   15   from her injuries. When he visited, he found her   16   in plaster from her hips to her heels. He   17   around the room, full of mementos（纪念品）of a lifetime. He saw a paisley shawl（披肩），a child’s drawing of a horse (lavender) and shelves of much loved, much-thumbed books.

One shelf was a row of brand new books—the only new items in the room. They looked as if they had never been   18  . Dr Peale asked her if she cared for poetry. Her   19   was a beautiful tribute （证明，标示）to hope and dreams, “I love poetry, but I haven’t read those yet.” Her face   20   up. “I’m saving them for my old age.”

She did, too. She lived to read those books many times. When she finally died at 91, she was planning a trip to Europe.

1．A．aware                   B．sure                    C．glad                    D．ready

2．A．living                    B．playing                C．sleeping               D．working

3．A．usual                    B．average               C．common             D．ordinary

2,4,6

4．A．year                      B．month                 C．period                 D．lifetime

5．A．goes                     B．happens               C．comes                 D．takes

6．A．play                      B．work                   C．dream                 D．speak

7．A．forget                   B．say                     C．remember            D．want

8．A．Working                B．Dreaming            C．Playing                D．Living

9．A．equally                  B．specially              C．quite                   D．possibly

10．A．work                  B．lives                    C．programs            D．purpose

11．A．including             B．resulting              C．concerning          D．according

12．A．mental                 B．normal                C．spiritual               D．physical

13．A．necessary            B．important             C．possible               D．good

14．A．hit                      B．struck                 C．attacked              D．fought

15．A．survive                B．live                     C．die                      D．pass

16．A．slept                   B．wrapped              C．lay                      D．stood

17．A．walked                B．examined             C．checked              D．glanced

18．A．read                    B．touched               C．moved                D．arranged

19．A．answer                B．word                   C．speech                D．response

20．A．made                 B．lit                        C．woke                 D．set

     Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

The eye-recognition program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.

However, scientists are also working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.
    Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers, and even twins have different eyes. So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. However, some other programs may only be 51% correct for the time being.  In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they like the idea of eye-recognition.

    In the future your computer will be looking you in the eye. So smile!

61.The program has been tested in shops and banks of the following countries EXCEPT __________.

   A. Turkey        B. America            C. France               D. Britain

62. When you are using the eye-recognition program, you _____________.

   A. look at the machine and type a number    B. look at the machine

   C. let the machine look at your face          D. need to speak and then look

63. What does the underlined phrase “for the time being” in Para. 4 mean?

   A. sometimes                B. always               C. never          D. at present

64. How many systems are being worked on according to the text?

   A. 4                B. 2                    C. 6            D. 8

65. The problem with the program is that ___________.

   A. it is not always correct                  B. eyes don’t change

   C. Twins’ eyes are the same               D. eyes can get dirty like hands

Food prices increased ________ 10% in less than a year.

A. for     B. to

C. by      D. at

The child was lost in the forest, where he was _____ the mercy of wild beasts.

    A. in            B. on           C. for             D. at

It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to.

　　A. at the expense of     B. at the risk of

　　C. in the way of         D. at the mercy of