(四)

One midnight, a little girl was thirsty and got up to drink some water. She walked to the bedroom door and 1 it. The little girl looked outside but walked 2 and stood in the center of the room, because it was so 3 in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said: “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!”

“ 4 is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered.

“Mom, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” her mother replied, The little girl held out her cold hands, saying: “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to 5 .”

After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳) 6 , afraid that the “breath of courage” would 7 away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with 8 to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself: “It will be nice 9 someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified.”

In a word, the thing that we are afraid of is nothing but the 10 in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.

2. A. in B. back C. out D. down

3. A. bright B. dark C. cold D. warm

4. A. What B. How C. Where D. Why

5. A. me B. you C. her D. it

6. A. politely B. happily C. luckily D. carefully

7. A. pull B. run C. move D. took

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

9. A. because B. though C. if D. until

10. A. fear B. idea C. worry D. secret

(五)

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 21th century，because many changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be?

The population(人口) is 1 fast.There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home.And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at 4 .

People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21th century，and they will have more free time for sports， 5 TV and traveling.Traveling will be more 6 . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

More land will be used for building new towns and houses.Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so 7 will be more expensive.Maybe no one will eat it every day， 8 they eat more vegetables and fruit.Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be 9 ，too.Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人). 10 of this，many people will not have enough work to do.This will be a problem.

1.A.making B.growing C.running D.doing

2.A.1onger B.shorter C.faster D.taller

3.A.Trains B.Cars C.Computers D.Houses

4.A.factory B.hospital C.farm D.school

5.A.watching B.seeing C.1ooking D.buying

6.A.interesting B.convenient(方便) C.expensive D.difficult

7.A.fruit B.milk C.meat D.bread

8.A.instead B.sometimes C.still D.however

9.A.dangerous B.difficult C.heavy D.different

10.A.One B.Some C.Because D.All