Because of my _____English, I can’t make myself _____.

　 A. broken; understand　　 B. broken; understood　 C. break; understood　　 D. breaking; understanding

______ is know to us all, China has its own English language newspaper.

A. it 　 　　　　B. which　　　　 C. that 　 　　　 D. as

Simon made a big bamboo box ________ the little sick bird till it could fly.

A. keep　　　 B. kept　　　 C. keeping　　 D. to keep

The hospital burn unit is a popular place on the day after Thanksgiving. I found that out three years ago, when my 18-month-old daughter touched a radiator pipe while playing around our friends' farmhouse. Instead of feasting on leftover stuffing, I rushed my child as she screamed to hospital. Instead of getting a jump on my Christmas shopping, I learned how to take care of second-degree burns.

Our story had a happy ending. With weeks of twice-daily treatments at Mommy and Papa's kitchen-table burn clinic, my daughter's hands healed. But other children we saw at the outpatient burn clinic weren't so lucky. I saw hands _____________________, a mouth that would never smile straight, a scalp that would never grow hair. All the parents had stories of accidents as easy as ours: a cup of tea knocked from a side table, a tumble（摔倒）into a space heater. "Heaters and soup," one veteran nurse told me at the hospital. "That's all it is. Heaters and soup. " 

Most of the injuries were to hands and wrists, and most came from contact with hot liquids or from touching hot objects. Not only do small children not realize the danger posed by hot objects; their skin is much thinner than that of adults. They burn more quickly, and the burns tend to be deeper and more severe.

Traditional fire safety education focused on preventing fires. The number of children injured by playing with fire has declined substantially when the Consumer Product Safety Commission required that cigarette lighters be child-resistant. "We know people know about smoke alarms," says Chrissy, program manager for Safe Kids USA, a nonprofit that works to reduce childhood injuries. Now, fire safety experts hope that public education efforts will turn to burns that can be just as terrible as injuries caused by flame.

1. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

People used to be warned of the fire burns.

__________________________________________________________________________

2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with a proper sentence．（within 10 words）

__________________________________________________________________________

3. What is the best title for this passage? （within 10 words）

__________________________________________________________________________

4. For what purpose does the author mention “a cup of tea” or “a tumble into a space heater” in Paragraph 2? （within 10 words）

__________________________________________________________________________

5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese．

__________________________________________________________________________

This year this factory has produced ________ cars as it did last year.

　 A. as more than three times many　　　　　 B. more than three times many as　

C. more than three times as many　　　　　 D. three times as more than many

Although it was not named ________ 1782, this kind of metal was used as early as 5300 BC．

　 A．in　　　　　 B．for　　　　 C．until　　　 　 D．since

The choice to adopt and hold gratefulness is the one that is different from those who suffer misfortune and those who enjoy a full life.

My mother died when I was 24. It was a very difficult time in my life — everything seemed to fall apart. I lost my job, and then my utilities were turned off. I had to take cold showers for six months. A neighbor who knew about my situation came to my house and made me an offer. I took care of her children as a job, and I no longer went hungry. I was surprised that someone would trust me — a young woman with her children. And it was with the very confidence that before long I began taking care of other people’s children, too. I have since moved 300 miles from Boise, Idaho. For more than 23 years I have made every effort to reach out to all the kind-hearted people who helped me when I was down and out. Without their trust, I don’t know what I would have done. I am very involved in my community and volunteer at the local food bank, and I help out whenever I can. I’d like to owe what I am to whoever has offered me generosity.

If you are grateful for what you already have, the world will work together to give you more to be grateful for. Otherwise, the world will give you more to complain about.

Moreover, the true master learns to be grateful, in advance, for the things that are desired, because, being grateful in advance for some attainment or accomplishment does two very important things: one…it tricks your subconscious into believing that the goal is certain and two…it convinces other people, with whom you must interact to achieve your desires, that you know what you are about, that you are a winner, not a whiner (哀訴者).

1. The underlined word “utilities” refers to __________ in the passage.

A. water and gas supplies　　　　　 　　　 B. gas and electricity supplies

C. shower equipment and water supply　　　 D. heating and TV signals

2. The writer was grateful mainly for ___________.

　 A. his neighbor’s donation　　　 　　　　　　 B. his community　

　 C. having got the job　　 　　 D. others’ trust

3. The writer’s personal story in the second paragraph tells us that __________.

　 A. to be grateful will get you nowhere but away from home

　 B. a grateful person is most likely to be successful

　 C. we need to be grateful to be helpful and useful

　 D. the fragrance (芳香) stays in the hand that gives the rose

4. The best title for the passage would be ____________.

　 A. A Thank-You Note to Trusting Neighbor　　　　

　 B. You Are a Winner, Not a Whiner

　 C. Be Grateful to Life in Advance　　　　　　

　 D. Gratefulness Brings a Great Fullness to Life

The boy was sitting _____ his mother, _____ his back _____ the door.

A. next to…with…to　 　 B. nearly…of…against

C. close to…with…on 　 D. near…in…towards

In Europe,one half of the population ______ the Black Death.

他突然停下來，我們幾乎撞著他。