1、” the young man asked _2_.“It is with you. Your _3_ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the _4_ things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your _5_ are
2、 your wealth. You can go to any places.” the fortune teller said.“You call these wealth?Everyone has them,” the young man said.“These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you _6_ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to _7_ for them,” the
3、 fortune teller said.“No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are _8_ to me!” the young man _9_.“Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not _10_ them or treasure
4、them. They are not _11_ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to _12_ one of them before you will treasure them?” the fortune teller said.Everyone is wealthy. But we should not _13_ it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take c
5、are of it and use it _14_.We should not overuse it because once it is _15_, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.1A. happy Byoung Cwealthy Dpoor2A. anxiously Bsadly Cquietly Dpatiently3A. knowledge Bskills Cbrain Deyes4A. ugly Bbeautiful Cstrange Duseful5A. legs
6、Bcars Cjewels Dbanknotes6A. lovely Boptimistic Cangry Dwilling7A. charge Bbuy Cexchange Dchange8A. precious Buseless Cextra Dspecial9A. wept Bdemonstrated Csmiled Dyelled10A. see Brealize Ckeep Dhold11A. grateful Bcareful Cmeaningful Dfaithful12A. get Bgrasp Chave Dlose13A. take Bmake Cset Dsell14A.
7、 wrongly Bwisely Cnaturally Dreally15A. old Bused Cgone Ddead第二节:语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)。Once upon a time there was an idiot named Hugh. The towns folk would often make fun of him,but a few felt sorry for him and gave him handmedown clothes,leftover food,and even a small old house to live _16_ at
8、the edge of town. Hugh lived on the donations made by the few kind people.One day,Hugh showed up at the village square_ 17_(wear) a brand new suit. Everyone _18_(amaze),for few people in the town could afford new clothing,let alone a nice suit. One of townsfolk asked Hugh where he got his new suit,t
9、hinking he must_19_ (steal) it. “I bought it!” he told them. And he added that the fine new house being built on the mountainside _20_ everyone was wondering about was_21_ . _22_questioned where he got the money,he told them it was the money they gave him. _ 23_people giving him food,clothing,and sh
10、elter,he _24_(simple)saved and invested everything they gave him. “I may be your village idiot,but Im no fool.” Hugh smiled,and then handed out hundreds of dollar bills to _25_ who had been kind to him. 阅读(共两节,满分50分)第一节 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)AThe shortage of clean drinking water is a major problem
11、worldwide. The World Health Organization says more than one billion people live in areas where fresh water resources are not available.The problem is especially serious in Asia and the Pacific. A United Nations report says water availability in that area is the second lowest in the world,after Afric
12、a.Nearly half a billion people in Asia and the Pacific dont have enough safe drinking water. The United Nations report notes that the worlds poor countries are also the ones that use the most water for agriculture. Agriculture uses about 80% of the water in the AsiaPacific area. There has also been
13、an increase in water used for industry. India used three times more industrial water between 1999 and 2009 than in the past.The shortage of clean drinking water around the world forces millions of people to drink unsafe water. This leads to an increase in diseases like diarrhea (腹泻),the second leadi
14、ng cause of death in children. Floods,pollution and climate change have made the water crisis more serious.The Millennium Development Goals for 2015 plans a 50% decrease in the number of people without safe drinking water. Scientists,governments and aid organizations around the world are increasing
15、their efforts to meet these goals. Still the United Nations says there is much work to be done. During this World Water Day celebration it called on other organizations to work together to fight against the water crisis.The American researchers are designing a new technology for turning sea water in
16、to drinking water. The process uses electricity to help bring salt out from sea water to make it drinkable.The technology removed 99% of the salt and other harmful materials from sea water.So far the method has purified only small amounts of water.But the researchers say it may someday be available
17、as a personal water purifying machine.26Which of the following has the lowest water availability in the world?AAsia. BAfrica.CEurope. DAustralia.27Whats the condition of water in poor countries?AThe problem of wasting water is much serious.BIndustry has been using most of the water.CMost of the wate
18、r is used for watering farms.DThe increasing population causes the water crisis.28From the passage we can know _.Amore people around the world are paying attention to the water crisisBWorld Water Day is celebrated every four years by the United NationsCmore organizations are sending safe drinking wa
19、ter to the people in needDthe water crisis will be solved with the effort of many organizations by 201529What do we know about the new technology for turning sea water into drinking water?AIt can take all the salt and harmful materials from sea water.BScientists have made it widely used in daily lif
20、e by now.CIt has turned a large amount of sea water into drinking water.DIt will cost some electricity during the process of purification.30The passage mainly tells us _.Awhich country has the least drinking waterBwhich country has the most agricultural landCthe ways to reduce the water wasteDthe wa
21、ter crisis humans meet withBSo long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent i
22、n activities about reading. Douglas insists that“ reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate
23、that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity. It can be seen and observed.Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is priva
24、te, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable ,what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest(探索)for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instruction
25、s. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children. ”When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure f
26、or both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading.31. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that _.A. it is one of the most diffic
27、ult school coursesB. students spend endless hours in readingC. reading tasks are assigned with little guidanceD. too much time is spent in teaching about reading32. The teaching of reading will be successful if _.A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the studentsB. teachers can enable stu
28、dents to develop their own way of readingC. teachers can devise the most efficient system for readingD. teachers can make their teaching activities observable33The underlined word“ scrutiny” most probably means“_”.A. inquiry B. observationC. control D. suspicion34According to the passage, learning t
29、o read will no longer be a difficult task when _.A. children become highly motivatedB. teacher and learner roles are interchangeableC. teaching helps children in the search for knowledgeD. reading enriches childrens experience35The main idea of the passage is that _.A. teachers should do as little a
30、s possible in helping students learn to readB. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possibleC. reading ability is something acquired rather than taughtD. reading is more complicated that generally believedCMillions of people die of hunger in southern Africa every year, but when Zambia was offered thousands of tons of free maize(玉米) by the US, the government politely pai
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