My wife and I moved into our home two years ago.We had a yard with a lot of 41 .Very often when we have flowers,Denise or I would plant some between the rocks,just to add some 42 to the area.
Last summer,I found a tiny little 43 in the yard that I could not immediately identify.I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.We decided to let it 44 growing until we could find out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the 45 plant,it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to 46 the weeds around it.As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds,I noticed something 47 .The sunflower had not 48 where I saw it begin.It actually had begun under a big 49 and grown under and around it to reach the 50 .
That’s when I 51 that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its 52 of developing,we too have the ability of doing the same thing.If we 53 ourselves like that little sunflower, We can reach where we 54 to go and get what we need for growth.
We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the 55 to achieve our goats.Like the 56 ,it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had 57 in itself that it would succeed.Stand tall like the sunflower and be 58 who and what we are,then the environment will begin 59 us. We will find a way to go under or 60 any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.
41.A.flowers B.insects C.rocks D.vegetables
42.A.colour B.water C.fertilizer D.shape
43.A.weed B.seed C.rock D.plant
44.A.stop B.continue C.improve D.escape
45.A.weak B.lonely C.strange D.pretty
46.A.remove B.tend C.watch D.collect
47.A.wonderful B.terrible C.valuable D.unusual
48.A.passed B.started C.left D.died
49.A.tree B.table C.rock D.wall
50.A.air B.top C.sun D. house
51.A.realized B.doubted C.regretted D.hoped
52.A.place B.way C.course D.process
53.A.fill in B.put in C.worry about D.believe in
54.A.forget B.hate C.aim D.wait
55.A. ability B.wish C.plan D.idea
56.A. yard B.sunflower C.home D.summer
57.A.energy B.virtue C.courage D.faith
58.A.aware of B.afraid of C.proud of D.tired of
59.A.support B.affect C.upset D.forgive
60.A.into B.around C.through D.from
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Inequality between men and women results in poorer health for children and greater poverty for the family, ___50___ a new study. The UN agency Unicef found that in places where women are excluded from family___51___, children are more___52___to suffer from malnutrition.(营养不良) There would be 13 million ___53___ malnourished children in South Asia if women had an ___54___ say in the family, Unicef said.
Unicef ___55___ family decision-making in 30 countries around the world. Their chief finding is that ___56___ between men and women is vital to___57___ poverty and improving health, especially that of children, in developing countries. The ___58___ are contained in the agency's latest report. This report___59___ to a greater lack of ___60___ for girls and women in education and work which contributes to inferior position and poverty. Where men control the household, less money is spent on health care and food for the family, which ___61___ poorer health for the children.
An increase in ___62___ and income-earning opportunities for women would increase their ___63___ power, the report said. For example, the agency found that ___64___ has the greater share of household income and property decides whether those resources will be used for family needs.
50. A. devoted to | B. according to | C. thanks to | D. with regard to |
51. A. decisions | B. agreement | C. circle | D. history |
52. A. vital | B. used | C. possible | D. likely |
53. A. more | B. few | C. fewer | D. least |
54. A. equal | B. right | C. superior | D. smart |
55. A. found | B. considered | C. released | D. surveyed |
56. A. relationship | B. equality | C. income | D. friendship |
57. A. growing | B. urban | C. local | D. reducing |
58. A. conclusions | B. reasons | C. keys | D. notes |
59. A. points | B. indicates | C. shows | D. suggests |
60. A. money | B. care | C. opportunities | D. help |
61. A. costs | B. makes | C. cares for | D. results in |
62. A. health | B. employment | C. wealth | D. movement |
63. A. female | B. strong | C. household | D. social |
64. A. whatever | B. whoever | C. whichever | D. however |
One day an out of work mime (哑剧演员) was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he started to draw a 50 , a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the mime that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla, had died suddenly and the keeper feared that 51 at the zoo would fall off.
He offered the mime a job to 52 the gorilla until they could get another one. The mime53 .
So the next morning the mime put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He discovered that it was a 54 job. He could sleep if he wanted, play and 55 people and he drew bigger crowds than he ever had as a mime. 56 , eventually the crowds got tired of him and he got tired of just swinging on tails. He 57 to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition (隔墙), and dangled (悬荡) from the top to the lion’s cage. Of course, this made the lion very angry, but the crowd 58 it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave the mime a 59 for being such an attraction. Well, this went on for some time, the mime kept 60 the lion, the crowds grew larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day when he was dangling over the angry lion he slipped and fell. The mime was 61 .
The lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce (猛扑). The mime was so scared that he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close 62 . Finally, the mime started screaming and yelling, “Help me, help me!”, but the lion was quick and pounced. The mime soon found himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion said, “ 63 you fool! Do you want to get us both 64 ?”
50. A. ticket | B. profit | C. crowd | D. lesson |
51. A. reputation | B. cost | C. confidence | D. attendance |
52. A. take care of | B. dress up as | C. make up for | D. keep up with |
53. A. declined | B. hesitated | C. accepted | D. doubted |
54. A. great | B. demanding | C. meaningless | D. busy |
55. A. make fun of | B. communicate with | C. cooperate with | D. take advantage of |
56. A. Surprisingly | B. However | C. Therefore | D. Additionally |
57. A. failed | B. refused | C. managed | D. began |
58. A. loved | B. feared | C. forgot | D. excused |
59. A. warning | B. direction | C. raise | D. punishment |
60. A. fighting | B. insulting | C. boring | D. frightening |
61. A. caught | B. attacked | C. terrified | D. offended |
62. A. behind | B. ahead | C. beyond | D. aside |
63. A. Hurry up | B. Get up | C. Wake up | D. Shut up |
64. A. helped | B. killed | C. favored | D. fired |
Cash is no longer king as far as most Australians and South Koreans are concerned as more than eight in ten pay less often in cash today than they did five years ago, according to a survey released on Monday. 50 , 69 percent of Americans surveyed use less cash than five years ago, 51 in Asia the figures were generally 52 , with
Shuan Ghaidan, MasterCard’s Asia Pacific head of product sales and delivery, said one 53 for the 54 use of cash in Australia was the growing 55 of debit cards (借记卡), while in South Korea contactless payment on mobile phones had been popular. Credit cards 56 be used for higher value transactions, he said. Besides young people, for whom 57 cards are usually their first card, he said the debit card is also 58 by some older people “who don’t want credit any more, don’t want to 59 debt any more.”
The global 60 has been rocked in the past year by a credit crisis 61 US mortgage loan defaults (次级房贷问题).
The 62 noted that nearly nine in ten Australians and New Zealanders said they
63 carrying large amounts of cash, compared with six in ten Singaporeans or 80 percent of Americans.
MasterCard said it 64 7,000 interviews across 12 countries, including
50. A. On the contrary | B. In comparison | C. In addition | D. By turn |
51. A. as | B. yet | C. while | D. when |
52. A. higher | B. lower | C. shocking | D. notable |
53. A. reason | B. cause | C. result | D. case |
54. A. declining | B. sensible | C. full | D. good |
55. A. development | B. involvement | C. recycling | D. popularity |
56. A. designed to | B. used to | C. were used to | D. tended to |
57. A. post | B. ID | C. debit | D. credit |
58. A. agreed | B. proved | C. honored | D. preferred |
59. A. fall into | B. take into | C. break into | D. put into |
60. A. economy | B. weather | C. population | D. environment |
61. A. leading to | B. resulting from | C. bringing about | D. resulting in |
62. A. experiment | B. survey | C. examination | D. competition |
63. A. disliked | B. preferred | C. favored | D. enjoyed |
64. A. invented | B. published | C. conducted | D. carried |
At the age of 2, Tai Lihua lost her hearing after a fever. She did not realize she was 50 from other children until she was 7 when she was sent to a 51 school for the deaf and mute.
To a little girl who once 52 a beautiful voice, this 53 was almost fatal. She was driven into a deep depression and spent all her time alone. But a music class at the special school totally changed her life.
“Our teacher 54 a drum on the floor and I could feel rhythmic vibration (震动) passing under my feet over the floor,” Tai said when remembering her childhood.
She was totally fascinated by the vibration and bent 55 the floor to press her face and hands and even her 56 body to the floor to feel the vibration and rhythm. Dance and rhythm have become her lifelong friends since then. In the following years, whenever she saw dance performances on TV, Tai would like to press her face 57 to the loudspeaker to feel the rhythms of different beats.
When she was 15, she was 58 by the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe (剧团), an unofficial troupe for special art founded in 1987. She was chosen as a dancer and began to receive 59 dance training. Tai made dance her form of expression through 60 and hard work.
“The only way for me to learn dancing is to remember, repeat, and remember again, 61 I can feel that a band is alongside me and can play music for me at any time,” said Tai. In her eyes, dance is visible and colorful music and a beautiful language to express her inner world.
The persistence and hard work 62 . She became one of the best dancers of the troupe. Along with other members, she has visited over 50 countries and performed in all the world’s leading theaters, 63 New York’s Carnegie Hall and
50. | A. unusual | B. different | C. uncommon | D. unique |
51. | A. special | B. primary | C. peculiar | D. music |
52. | A. produced | B. occupied | C. owned | D. formed |
53. | A. ambition | B. realization | C. recognition | D. intention |
54. | A. hit | B. knocked | C. struck | D. beat |
55. | A. toward | B. above | C. on | D. over |
56. | A. entire | B. all | C. whole | D. total |
57. | A. roughly | B. toughly | C. closely | D. nearly |
58. | A. selected | B. elected | C. invited | D. touched |
59. | A. national | B. traditional | C. educational | D. professional |
60. | A. strong will | B. born gift | C. unfortunate fate | D. colorful music |
61. | A. while | B. until | C. as soon as | D. as long as |
62. | A. turn off | B. put off | C. took off | D. paid off |
63. | A. included | B. containing | C. just like | D. such as |
64. | A. posted | B. published | C. performed | D. staged |
On the morning of January 1 two European cities woke up as European Capital of Culture for 2009. The residents of Linz, the third largest city of Austria, and Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania(立陶宛), were given the __50__ by the European Union. The title offers the two cities the chance to improve their fortunes by showing the rest of Europe how exciting they are __51__.
The cities of Linz and
No Austrian city has changed as __56__ as
Vilnius, like
To mark winning the European Capital of Culture title, the Lithuanian city held an enormous 2009 New Year’s Eve __64__. It included a light show said to have been “visible from outer space”, an achievement
50. A. honor | B. title | C. winner | D. name |
51. A. commonly | B. capably | C. culturally | D. commercially |
52. A. potential | B. likely | C. probable | D. possible |
53. A. while | B. since | C. though | D. if |
54. A. natural | B. arts | C. historic | D. agricultural |
55. A. describe | B. define | C. deserve | D. determine |
56. A. incredibly | B. differently | C. dramatically | D. impressively |
57. A. independent | B. inevitable | C. interesting | D. industrial |
58. A. lively | B. lovely | C. living | D. alive |
59. A. focus | B. highlight | C. represent | D. find |
60. A. suffered | B. enjoyed | C. seen | D. changed |
61. A. Presently | B. Primarily | C. Properly | D. Previously |
62. A. With | B. Beyond | C. Despite | D. Within |
63. A. keeps | B. remains | C. continues | D. lies |
64. A. celebration | B. decoration | C. demonstration | D. position |