In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean,preparing for the worst,adventurer Peter Seiter wrote a farewell note to his family,put it in a wine bottle and threw it overboard. With a sense of bad feeling he wrote, " The ocean has a personality of its own. The place can be such a peaceful en?vironment to be in,yet it can be frightfully violent. I've experienced both."

  "I included my geographical coordinates (地理坐標(biāo)) so if anything happened to me,they'd know my last place when I threw the bottle into the ocean”，says Peter. He also included some money with his message,asking whoever found it to use the money to post the letter to his family.

  Seventeen days later he reached his destination,having survived the dangerous seas. But he never thought that his message in a bottle could be found on shore,11 years later！

  Recently,American woman Katherine and a friend came across the bottle on a deserted beach in the Bahamas. Alongside it they found a life jacket. Assuming the worst,they broke the bottle open and spent 24 hours drying it out so they could read an adventurer's story and write to his family like he had requested.

  "I couldn't believe it―that after all these years my bottle turned up with its contents still undamaged," Peter said. Overjoyed,he wrote to the pair,saying he was alive and living in Australia with his wife and kids.

  Katherine posted him his letter,money and some broken glass from his bottle,placed in a tiny box as a special souvenir. The special souvenir now shares pride of place among photos of Peter's Atlantic voyage. "I can't express what this old letter means to me," Peter says, "It gives me a sense of hope and belief. It's something special to share with my children as they grow up."

(   ) 1. Why did Peter have the idea of a message bottle?

   A. He missed his family very much.

   B. He regretted running a risk on the ocean.

   C. He felt he might lose his life on the voyage.

   D. He hoped to share his experience with others.

(   ) 2. As for the survival of the message bottle,Peter         .

   A. gave up hope of finding it

   B. mentioned it in a novel

   C. did much research on it

   D. felt very certain about it

(   ) 3. Which of the following is true dbout the message bottle?

   A. Certain pieces of glass could be found in it.

   B. It had ever contained Peter's favorite wine.

   C. It was marked with a map of geographical coordinates.

   D. Perhaps there was water in it when Katherine found it.

(   ) 4. From the passage we can infer that         .

   A. it took Peter 17 days to finish his voyage

   B. in a way,Katherine is a very careful person

   C. without the life jacket,the bottle couldn't survive at all

   D. it was the first time Peter had traveled on the Atlantic Ocean

 Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado's history. We were on "evacuation alert (疏散警報(bào)) ”.If we got the 1        to evacuate,we would have to leave imme?diately.

  We 2       suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn't 3        these things were valuable,but time was. We moved the computers,with which I wrote for news?papers and made a 4      . We took family pictures off the 5        and packed them in boxes.

  Then we took a hard look at all that 6        There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a 7       to my family. And there was the piano my wife Bev 8        to play when she was a little girl. Not of great 9        in itself,but another family connection.

  The thought of 10       something passed down from our families saddened me deeply,11 I'd never been much attached to things. It's about what they 12      family and love. They each had a(n) 13       to tell,and some of them spoke in the 14        of our parents and grandparents.

  The fire 15        reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 16      . I also realized just how fortunate I had been 17      . I saw just how rich my life had been. Someone 18       said, " There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money."And now I 19      . I was indeed rich. I was rich in family,rich in memories,rich in everything that really 20       .

  I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.

(   ) 1. A. answer   B. call   C. chance   D. task

(   ) 2. A. sold   B. bought   C. searched   D. packed

(   ) 3. A. worry   B. care   C. think   D. doubt

(   ) 4. A. mark   B. living   C. sign   D. plan

(   ) 5. A. walls   B. ceilings   C. windows   D. albums

(   ) 6. A. left   B. burnt   C. remained   D. unmoved

(   ) 7. A. present   B. connection   C. symbol   D. treasure

(   ) 8. A. learned   B. agreed   C. forgot   D. refused

(   ) 9. A. quality   B. taste   C. value   D. sense

(   ) 10. A. knocking out   B. picking out   

       C. giving away   D. leaving behind

(   ) 11. A. but   B. unless   C. even though   D. or

(   ) 12. A. contained   B. included   C. represented   D. gathered

(   ) 13. A. idea   B. lie   C. right   D. story

(   ) 14. A. sounds   B. voices   C. speeds   D. feelings

(   ) 15. A. never   B. once   C. seldom   D. finally

(   ) 16. A. returned   B. spared   C. stopped   D. found

(   ) 17. A. in another way   B. in return   C. at last   D. at most

(   ) 18. A. curiously   B. accidentally   C. wisely   D. coldly

(   ) 19. A. promised   B. knew   C. announced   D. thanked

(   ) 20. A. affects   B. desires   C. helps   D. counts

10. My head teacher was honoured for         . (devoted)

我的班主任因致力于教育事業(yè)受到了表彰。

9. The Yangtze River is very busy        every day. (with)

每天長(zhǎng)江上各種船只來(lái)來(lái)往往顯得格外忙碌。

8.        and express yourself when most people are against you. (take)

當(dāng)大多數(shù)人都反對(duì)你時(shí)，敢于站起來(lái)表明自己的意見是需要勇氣的。

7. Never take me to watch horror movies again. I         . (scared)

以后再也不要帶我去看恐怖電影了，我簡(jiǎn)直要嚇?biāo)懒恕?/p>

6. Everything in the house        the thorough cleaning.(upside)

由于進(jìn)行大掃除,屋里的一切被弄得亂七八糟。

5. Good mothers,I thought,         for work. (abandon)

我認(rèn)為好母親不會(huì)丟下生病的孩子去工作。

4. He        of their attitude towards his appeal.(aware)

他好像沒有意識(shí)到大家對(duì)他的呼吁態(tài)度冷淡。

3. If you have any difficulty,just let us know and       (help)

如果你有什么困難，請(qǐng)讓我們知道,大家一起幫助你解決。