thousands more whose longing is 6 rewarded. When I 7 a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects(前景) at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a room In a New York apartment building. It didn't 8 matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a (an) 9manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.After a year or so, 10 , I still hadn't gotten a break and began to 11 myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I12 made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write.I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die 13 'What if?' I would keep putting my dream to the 14 even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of 15 , and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.1. A.advise B.encourage C.tell D.warn2. A.step B.advance C.gap D.difference3. A.and B.but C.not D.for4. A.reality B.idea C.news D.reason5. A.writing B.readers C.fortune D.others6. A.never B.always C.sometimes D.only7. A.began B.found C.left D.put8. A.ever B.just C.even D.greatly9. ed B.new eful D.old10. A.consequently B.therefore C.unluckily D.however11. A.scold B.doubt C.beat D.hate12. A.almost B.partly C.poorly D.barely13. A.regretting B.wondering C.dreaming D.depressing14. A.point B.best C.test D.most15. A.time B.death C.hope D.lifeSection BDirections: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Fish hear sounds, though they simply have no ears outside their bodies. However, fish do have ears inside their bodies near the brain and they hear very well with them. Some fish have been taught to recognize the difference between sounds better than some human beings do.Many underwater animals make noises only by chance while they are doing something else. Other sounds are real communication of a simple sort, telling one fish of the presence and direction of another. A few noises may be warning messages on finding food. The earliest report on fish sounds referred to one of these.A new field in science is learning to recognize and use underwater sounds. It relies on the same skill that man has shown in recognizing birds and other land creatures by their calls. But this method is a greater challenge than bird watching, for many of the animals of the sea cannot be followed in any other known way. Their voices cry for attention. Yet we still have too little of what the call makers will someday be made known more fully. It is as though the great oceans were for daring men to invade and to learn the secrets of the place from which his forefathers came so long ago.1. Which of the following is true of the noises made by underwater animals?A. Some make no sense.B. None of them make sense.C. All are actual communications.D. Human beings cannot hear them.2. Recognizing sounds made by underwater animals_______.A. is more or less like a battleB. costs a lot of money and laborC. is more difficult than recognizing land creatures' callsD. is totally different from recognizing those of land creatures3. From the last sentence we learn that_______.A. only brave people can make use of the great oceansB. human beings have invaded the oceans for longC. many secrets of the great oceans are to be found outD. people are fighting each other to become master of the oceans(B)Honeybees cannot live alone. Their body structure and instincts(本能) equip them for life in a colony or community, where they have a complex social organization and the various duties are divided among the individuals according to physical fitness and age. An individual worker bee cannot reproduce itself.While it may continue to live if forcibly isolated from its mates, it fails to care for itself adequately, and soon dies. Most insects have the ability to hibernate in winter, but the honeybee seems to have lost this. Since at low temperatures the bees will die, it must have the ability to make its own environment, so far as temperature is concerned. This makes a colony necessary to the bees in winter, so that they may collectively warm each other. Efficiency, if not necessity, demands that the work of the colony be divided, and such a division of labor tends to enhance the need to maintain the colony. The physical structure of the honeybee is further suited for the defense. The bee's barbed(有倒刺的) sting(刺) is used only once and is made more effective by the fact that it is left behind in the victim. With the loss of the sting, however, the bee dies. This kind of defensive weapon is not of service to the individual, but to the community.4. According to the passage, bees are fitted for communal life by virtue of their_______.A. flexibility and initiativeB. intelligence and sensitivityC. independence and enduranceD. instincts and form5. According to the passage, a worker bee may survive for a short time if it is_______.A. deprived of its stingB. denied access to oxygenC. isolated from other beesD. exposed to a wide range of temperatures6. It can be inferred from the passage that at one time bees had the ability to_______.A. increase their activity in lower temperaturesB. leave cold climates during winterC. remain dormant(休眠的) through periods of cold weatherD. construct insulated(隔热的) hives(蜂房)7. According to the passage, bees differ from most other communities of insects in their need to_______.A. reproduce in large numbersB. control the temperature where they liveC. divide the work of their coloniesD. have a complex defense system(C)I hear many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at one another's hands for reassurance.They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up huddled round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon(蚕茧;) into a larger cocoon.It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go for it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularitywill come with the people who respect you for who you are. That's the only kind of popularity that really counts.8. The author's purpose in writing this passage is to tell_______.A. readers how to be popular with people aroundB. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselvesC. parents how to control and guide their childrenD. people how to understand and respect each other9. According to the author, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most ofthem_______.A. have much difficulty understanding each otherB. lack confidenceC. dare not cope with problems single-handedlyD. are very much afraid of getting lost10. The author thinks of advertisements as _______.A. convincingB. influentialC. instructiveD. authoritative11. During the teenage years, one should learn to_______.A. differ from others in as many ways as possibleB. get into the right season and become popularC. find one's real selfD. rebel against parents and the popularity wave(D)Scratchy(发痒的) throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able to tell if the cause is a cold or flu may make a difference in how long the misery lasts.The American Lung Association (ALA) has issued new guidelines on combating colds and the flu(流感), and one of the keys is being able to quickly tell the two apart. That's because the prescription（处方) drugs available for the flu need to be taken soon after the illness sets in. As for colds, the sooner a person starts taking over-the-counter remedy, the sooner relief will come.The common cold and the flu are both caused by viruses. More than 200 viruses can cause cold symptoms, while the flu is caused by three viruses—flu A, B and C. There is no cure for either illness, but the flu can be prevented by the flu vaccine（疫苗), which is, for most people, the best way to fight the.flu, according to the ALA.But if the flu does strike, quick action can help. Although the flu and common cold have many similarities, there are some obvious signs to look for.Cold symptoms such as stuffy nose, runny nose and scratchy throat typically develop gradually, and adults and teens often do not get a fever. On the other hand, fever is one of the characteristic features of the flu for all ages. And in general, flu symptoms including fever and chills, sore throat and body aches come on suddenly and are more severe than cold symptoms. The ALA notes that it may be particularly difficult to tell when infants and preschool age children have the flu. It advises parents to call the doctor if their small children have flu-like symptoms.Both cold and flu symptoms can be eased with over-the-counter medications as well. However, children and teens with a cold or flu should not take aspirin for pain relief because of the risk of Reye syndrome(综合症), a rare but serious condition of the liver and central nervous system. There is, of course, no vaccine for the common cold. But frequent hand washing and avoiding close contact with people who have colds can reduce the likelihood of catching one.12. According to the author, knowing the cause of the misery will help_______.A. shorten the duration of the illnessB. the patient buy medicine over the counterC. the patient obtain cheaper prescription drugsD. prevent people from catching colds and the flu13. We learn from the passage that_______.A. one doesn't need to take any medicine if he has a cold or the fluB. aspirin should not be included in over-the-counter medicines for the fluC. delayed treatment of the flu will harm the liver and central nervous system4. 你怎么会决定出国呢？(make a decision)5. 发生战争时，人们把不能带走的东西都收拾起来。