15、The thought _____ they could cross the whole continent was exciting.

A．that                      B．what                    C．which                  D．why

14、People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city, _____ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

A．surrounding          B．surround         C．to surround         D．surrounded

13、Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities _____.

A．to live             B．to live in              C．lived              D．living

12、It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some _____ over 90 metres.

A．measure               B．measured              C．measures              D．measuring

11、Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they ____ to catch sight of some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.

A．tried               B．had              C．managed               D．surrounded

10、_____ a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.

A．To watch             B．Watching              C．Watch            D．Watched

9、Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months _____ to begin her project.

A．she was allowed                                       B．was allowed she

C．was she allowed                                       D．she allowed

8、I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi had ______ her whole life to her patients.

A．moved           B．leaded            C．crowded         D．devoted

7、Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  2  and ill.

My father was  3  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  4  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  5 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  6  about life, and I told them about one of my  7 . I said that we must very often give things up  8  we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  9  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  10  up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  11 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  12 , he answered his own question: “I  13  the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  14  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated （愤怒的） at someone, I  15  remember his words and become  16 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  17  to give up my small irritations. In this  18 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  19  what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  20 .

1. A．Afterwards          B．Therefore            C．However               D．Meanwhile

2. A．tired                    B．weak                  C．poor                   D．slow

3. A．already                B．still                   C．only                     D．once

4. A．took                    B．threw                C．sent                     D．put

5. A．impossible           B．difficult             C．stressful                 D．Hopeless

6. A．worrying             B．caring               C．talking                    D．asking

7. A．decisions             B．experiences        C．ambitions                D．beliefs

8. A．as                       B．since                 C．before                   D．till

9. A．suggests              B．promises           C．seems                   D．requires

10. A．spoke                B．turned               C．summed                 D．opened

11. A．something          B．anything            C．nothing                  D．everything

12. A．Surprisingly       B．Immediately       C．Naturally                D．Certainly

13. A．had                   B．accepted            C．gained                   D．enjoyed

14. A．touched             B．astonished         C．attracted                D．warned

15. A．should               B．could                C．would                  D．might

16. A．quiet                  B．calm                 C．Relaxed                 D．happy

17. A．ready                 B．likely                 C．free                    D．able

18. A．case                  B．form                 C．method                 D．way

19. A．doubt                B．wonder             C．know                  D．guess

20. A．award                B．gift                   C．lesson                 D．word

6、We cannot feel speed．But our senses let us know that we are moving. We see things moving. We see things moving past us and feel that we are being shaken.

We can feel acceleration, an increase in speed．But we notice it for only a short time. For instance, we feel it during the takeoff run of an airliner.

We feel the plane’s acceleration because our bodies do not gain speed as fast as the plane does. It seems that something is pushing us back against the seat. Actually, our bodies are trying to stay in the same place, while the plane is carrying us forward.

Soon the plane reaches a steady speed．Then, because there is no longer any change in speed, the feeling of forward motion stops.

1. We can feel that we are moving by _____.

A．watching things move past                       B．feeling the speed

C．feeling ourselves being shaken                    D．both A and C

2. In the second paragraph, the underlined word “acceleration” means _____.

A．an increase in speed                                B．a steady speed

C．any kind of movement                              D．the movement of a plane

3. During the takeoff of a plane, we feel that we are being _____.

A．thrown forward                                           B．pushed back against the seat

C．lifted out of the seat                                D．pushed down into the seat

4. We feel the plane’s acceleration because our bodies gain speed _____.

A．just as fast as the plane                                  B．faster than the plane

C．more slowly than the plane                         D．before the plane

5. This feeling stops when _____.

A．the plane stops climbing                      B．the plane lands

C．there is no longer a change in speed            D．we begin to feel speed