many years playing together.
However, last year, Eddie suddenly started walking into dustbins and walls. Soon he lost his eyesight. When Milo felt something was wrong, he decided to act as Eddie’s ―guide‖ dog. He leads Eddie through the house. When they go for walks, he holds Eddie’s leash (狗链). Once, Milo had to spend a few nights at the hospital himself. Poor Eddie often bumped (碰撞) into walls and furniture. Ever worse, he got lost during walks. Angie realized how much Eddie depended on his friend. Luckily, Milo is now fine and back at his BFF’s side, guiding him through life again. 47. Eddie’s BFF is _______.
A. Milo B. Angie C. Baker D. himself 48. What is Eddie’s problem?
A. He lost his friend. B. His leg was broken. C. He lost his eyesight. D. His owner dislikes him. 49. What does Milo do for Eddie?
A. He takes Eddie to the park. B. He acts as Eddie’s guide. C. He stays with Eddie at the hospital. D. He finds food and drinks for Eddie.
B
Here at the Fort Collins Club, we love families! We offer a number of different kinds of activities to keep you kids active and also allow time to yourself. Kid’s Club
Kids have a place of their own – Kids' Club! A place for kids from 6 weeks to 12 years tohave fun while you are working out.Our kid’s Club childcare facility (设施) allows you to drop the kids off, do physical exercise or visit our spa.
Please feel free to stop in duringour regular hours to meet our friendly staff and to get familiar with the Kids' Club! Club House
Check the Club House to see what games and youth activities are offered throughout the week. Our outdoor pool, open in summer, brings smiles and endless kid fun while you relax poolside. Children between the ages of 7-11 can be in the Club House unsupervised (无需看管的).However, parents need to sign them in and out.
Kids’ Club Hours
Monday and Wednesday: 8:00am— 8:00pm Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am — 8:00pm Saturday: 8:00am — 2:00pm Sunday: 9:00am —4:00pm
More information about Fort Collins Club can be found on our website: www.fortcollinsclub.net.
50. While children do activities in Kid’s Club, their parents _______. A. must look after them B. can take exercise
C. must leave the club D. can swim with their children 51. What does the underlined words―stop in‖ mean?
A. make a short visit B. make a phone call C. wait for a long time D. surf on the Internet 52. Kids’ Club opens _______.
A. at 6:00 am on Monday B. at 7:00 am on Monday C. at 8:00 am on Sunday D. at 9:00 am on Sunday 53. Where does this passage probably come from?
A. A science textbook. B. A tourist map. C. A fitness website. D. A news report.
C
On May 2, 2012, Ashok Gadgil became the winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation (全球创新奖). Each year, the honor is given to an inventor who has made a big difference in the lives of people in developing countries. Gadgil is a professor and physicist at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent thirty years helping people in need. His inventions have helped more than 100 million people around the world. ―I chose to focus on problems where my knowledge of science could help,‖Gadgil said.
In the 1990s, Gadgil designed his first life-saving invention after more than 10,000 people died from Bengal cholera (孟加拉霍乱) because of the clean water crisis (危机) in India. His invention uses ultraviolet light to kill deadly disease-carrying germs (细菌) from drinking water. It costs just one cent to clean five liters of water (about 21 cups). So far, the invention has provided safe drinking water for more than five million people in India and
other developing countries.
Gadgil’s another important invention is the Berkeley-Darfur Stove (炉具). The long and violent war in Darfur, Sudan, has caused many people to move to foreign countries and live in refugee camps (难民营). They are given food aid. But people still have to travel a long distance five times a week to gather firewood to cook meals. This can be dangerous because of street violence in the area. To avoid danger, some spend much of their money used to feed their families buying firewood.
The stove Gadgil created cuts fuel usage by 55%. That means people wouldn’t have to leave the camps to find firewood as often. The invention also helps to save homes more than $300 a year. About 125,000 people and their families have been helped.
As a professor, Gadgil encourages his students, ―Be optimistic (乐观的) when you try a hard problem,‖ he says. ―It’s when you solve a large problem that you can have a big influence on the world.‖
54. Ashok Gadgil was given the honor because _______. A. he was a famous professor and physicist at UC, Berkeley B. he improved the lives of people in developing countries C. he spent thirty years helping people in need D. he developed useful inventions with his team
55. Which of the following statements about Gadgil is TRUE? A. He helped about 125,000 people in India. B. He spent lots of money on his inventions. C. He used his knowledge to help people in need. D. One of his inventions could cure Bengal cholera. 56. What do people benefit from the Berkeley-Darfur Stove? A. They can sell stoves to make a living. B. They can save both time and money. C. They can be protected from diseases. D. They can cook their food easily.
D
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox (自相矛盾): it orders us to hold tightly to its many gifts even while it forces us to give up
everything at last. As an old saying goes, ―A man comes into this world with his fist clenched (握紧拳头), but when he dies, his hand is open.‖
Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wonderful, and full of beauty. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth too late. We remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.
We remember a beauty or a love that disappeared. But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered and that we failed to react with love when it was gentle.
A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized following a serious heart attack and had been in intensive care (特别护理) for several days. It was not a pleasant place. One morning, I had to have some additional tests. The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the courtyard. As we got out from our unit, the sunlight hit me. That’s all there was to my experience, just the light of the sun. And yet how beautiful it was — how warming, how sparking, how brilliant! I looked to see whether anyone else was enjoying the sun’s golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the beauty of each day, too busy with something unimportant. Life’s gifts are valuable — but we are too careless of them.
So, we should never be too busy for the wonder and awe of life. We should hold fast to life, but also learn to let go. This is the second side of life’s coin, the opposite pole of its paradox. We must accept our losses, and learn how to let go. This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world belongs to us, that whatever we want can or will be ours if we work with full force. But then reality finally hits us, and slowly but surely this truth comes to us. 57. What can we learn from Paragraph 1? A. Life seems strange with opposite ideas. B. Life teaches us to hold tight to our life. C. Life is a box of chocolates with secrets. D. Life is mainly about birth and death. 58. The writer may agree that _______.
A. wise people can easily realize what they lost in time B. people in sickness usually understand life much better C. it does us harm to think about what happened in the past D. we must accept our losses and then move onto a new life
59. The writer uses the example in Paragraph 4-6 in order to _______. A. explained the importance of keeping healthy B. tell a meaningful story about his life in the hospital C. show his regret about not enjoying the sunshine in the past D. prove people fail to enjoy something small but valuable
七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
选项中有一样为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）
Planet Earth
Welcome to Planet Earth Museum, a museum where you can learn some interesting facts about the world we live in.
― 60. Who knows, maybe you’ll see them all one day! Where shall we go first, children? ―Forests!‖
Forests are home to over half of the world’s animals and plants. Trees clean the air and produce oxygen (O2) for us to breathe. Every day we throw away hundreds of trees in paper and card and we destroy more than 36 football fields of forests.
61 . They transfer (传递) the sun’s heat into the air and move it around the world. A lot of the rubbish we produce on land pollutes the oceans. Turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and die when they eat them.
At opposite ends of the world, the Arctic and Antarctic are freezing cold lands. 62 . The fuel we use for energy makes the earth warmer. As it gets warmer, the ice melts (融化) and the sea rises. The land disappears.
Rivers collect rain water and carry it to the oceans. 63 , so it is safe for us to drink. Farms and factories pollute the rivers with pesticides (杀虫剂) and chemicals. Every day we flush (冲掉) 50L of dirty water down the toilet.
This is a green world, where people respect nature and live a long and healthy life. Wouldn’t you like to live here?
A. It is so cold that the sea it covered in ice B. There are many amazing places on Earth C. Thanks a lot for your visit to our museum D. Along the way, plants take in and clean the water E. The oceans are home to millions of sea animals 八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）