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作业32 B1U1 编制：邵明允姓名：班级：I ClozeA Night with the HomelessEvery Saturday night my family and I go out and feed the homeless people in the city of Orlando.We want to see 1 it is like in the life of a homeless person. One special thing I like to 2 is that my family and I do not eat before we begin our journey so we know how it feels to be 3 . We all get together in the 4 and prepare the food. Some of the meals are sandwiches and cookies and a bottle of water. Sometimes my mom 5 a steaming hot delicious meal. We then 6 them all up to feed 30 or more people.Before my family and I get into the car we ask God for protection in a family 7 . A lot of people 8 homeless people. Not all homeless people are drug addicts or bad people. Some are really nice; some of them just had 9 things happening to them.10 when my family and I went out on the street we had to earn their 11 , because a lot of people are 12 to them for no good reason. But 13 they see us every week they 14 us. We even know some of their names. We all have to remember that these are people with 15 . Some of them shake our hands for giving them food. Some of them do really funny dances because they are happy.We have become really close 16 the man named Tony and his wife. They have all of their personal 17 in shopping carts. After we 18 them several times he has told us a lot about his life. He graduated from Harvard University. He 19 teach French and Spanish.After we finished feeding the homeless, it makes me 20 what I have at home. I love feeding the homeless, and making a difference in someone's life.1. A. what B. how C. whether D. why2. A. talk B. imagine C. mention D. remind3. A. thirsty B. hungry C. homeless D. helpful4. A. hall B. yard C. kitchen D. street5. A. buys B. takes C. brings D. prepares6. A. make B. pack C. press D. add7. A. prayer B. ceremony C. party D. adventure8. A. disappoint B. misunderstand C. ignore D. dislike9. A. terrible B. normal C. personal D. common10. A. At last B. At least C. At first D. At once 11. A. trust B. thanks C. admiration D. love12. A. generous B. cruel C. unfriendly D. merciful13. A. in case B. now that C. for fear D. provided that14. A. care for B. believe in C. agree with D. worry about15. A. sympathy B. courage C. feelings D. determination16. A. to B. by C. of D. with17. A. belongings B. clothes C. groceries D. goods18. A. departed B. saved C. helped D. greeted19. A. would B. used to C. was to D. ought to20. A. remember B. realize C. recognize D. appreciate II Reading comprehensionAWind, water, fire and ice — these powerful natural forces have shaped the land of America in the past. They are still changing it today.The Colorado River slowly cut down through stone to make the Grand Canyon（大峡谷）Long ago, ice sheets cut Yosemite Valley and the Great Lakes, and glaciers (冰川) are still on the move in Alaska.Wind and rainstorm hit the land from time to time. Fires sometimes burn down forests and destroy the homes of wild animals: This happened in Yellowstone Park in 1988.Dead volcanic (火山的) mountains such as Haleakala on Maui and Carter Lake in Oregon are beautiful to look at. But there are several active volcanoes in the US, especially along the Pacific Coast. There are also many earthquakes in this area. Scientists can do nothing to control earthquakes or volcanoes. This was shown clearly on May 18,1980. At 8:32 that morning, Mount St Helens in Washington state broke out. The top of the mountain was blown off.Over 60 people —campers, scientists, journalists, forest workers —were killed. Hundreds of square miles of forests were knocked down. In towns over 100 miles away, day suddenly became night. An ash cloud hid the sun for many hours. Towns and fields in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho were covered with dirty gray ash.Scientists knew that Mt St Helens might erupt (喷发) soon. But no one could say when. And no one expected the terrible strength of the eruption. Many people were surprised and unready. Harry R. Truman, 84 , owned a small hotel in Mt St Helens. Scientists had asked people to move away because the volcano was becoming dangerous.But Harry R. Truman would not leave his home. Now it iscovered with many feet of dirty ash. A small cross stands above the place where Harry probably died. Perhaps it is better that he did not see the destruction of Mt St Helens, the once beautiful lake, and the forests.But slowly, life is returning to the dead area around the mountain. Grass and small plants are beginning to grow again. Deer and birds have been seen. The land will never be the same as it once was. Perhaps Mt St Helens will erupt again. But this is all part of nature's pattern of change, and man has little power to control it.21. What is the best title for this passage?A. Wind, Water, Fire and IceB. V olcano's Beauty and DangerC. The Power of NatureD. Natural Force Shapes Beautiful Land of America22. After the eruption of the volcano, what made the sky turn dark?A. The smoke.B. The earth.C. The fog.D. The ash.23. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 8 refers to ____ .A. the body of old HarryB. the place of Harry's homeC. the opening on top of Mt St HelensD. the place where Harry probably died24. We can infer from this article that ____.A. Washington and Oregon are neighboring statesB. Colorado River runs through Yosemite ValleyC. the eruption of Mt St Helens also caused trouble with the Yellowstone ParkD. scientists never knew Mt St Helens was activeBRestoring the quake-hit ecosystems is a question of balancing the interests of the local people and the environment. Rural methane (沼气) projects can reduce the number of locals taking firewood from the mountainsides. The use of straw as food for animals will ensure that vegetation can grow. In Sihai township and Dazhuangke village, in Beijing, they now have a forest coverage of 85% or more, compared to the 30% they had 15 years ago. Back then, land was used very inefficiently: one person would use 20 mu of forest just for firewood. With those pressures on the ecosystem, no amount of spending on reforestation will succeed. Then the government relocated the population and paid those who remained to tend the forest and provide coal. This reduced the pressures on the ecosystem and it was able to recover naturally.When an ecosystem has not been pushed past certain limits, it is able to recover on its own. Human involvement should only play a minor role, including after an earthquake. This is particularly the case for sandy grasslands, grasslands deserts, the mountains of the south and the northern sides of mountains in the north. In these areas soil remains and the water, light, heat and nutrients needed are available. Less human involvement is even more appropriate in areas with a small population, where it can avoid money being wasted on ineffective efforts, such as creating forests in dry areas.The creation of nature reserves should be a model to allow damaged ecosystems to recover. Funding can start at the national level; centrally-funded nature reserves can enforce environmental protection laws and help to promote the local economy. This will solve the problems of reserves being run to make money. When national reserves are funded, local governments will be able to adopt the same model and provide the funds for nature reserves from their own budgets. The first project should be established in nature reserves hit by the quake; these can then become models for other areas.25. To restore the quake-hit ecosystem, government should____.A. forbid locals from taking firewood from the mountainsidesB. encourage local people to feed their animals just with strawC. spend large amounts of money relocating the populationD. protect the environment without harming the locals interests26. The forest coverage in rural Beijing has increased greatly because ____.A. pressures on land were reducedB. a large amount of coal is providedC. no people live in that areaD. the locals take good care of the forest27. According to the passage ____ play(s) a majcir role in ecosystem recovery.A. local peopleB. nature itselfC. human involvementD. government's effort28. According to the last paragraph, which of the following is NOT true?A.Nature reserves could be helpful to recover the damagedecosystems.B. Centrally-funded nature reserves are beneficial to logicaleconomy.C. Some nature reserves are created for the purpose of making money.D. The first project on nature reserves should be set up in quake-hit areas.CIt is a plain fact that we are in a world where competition is going on in all areas and at all levels. This is exciting. Yet, on the other hand, competition breeds a pragmatic (实用的) attitude. People choose to learn things that are useful, and do things that are profitable. Today's college education is also affected by this general sense of utilitarianism(功利主义).Many college students choose business or computing programming as their majors convinced that these professions are where the big money is. It is not unusual to see the college students taking part-time jobs as a warming-up for the real battle. I often see my friends taking GRE tests, working on English or computer certificates and taking the driving lessons to get a license. Well, I have nothing against being practical. As the competition in the job market gets more and more intense, students do have reasons to be practical. However, we should never forget that college education is much more than skill training. Just imagine, if your utilitarianism prevails on campus, living no space for the cultivation (培养) of students' minds, or nurturing of their soul, we will see university is training out well trained spiritless working machines. If utilitarianism prevails society, we will see people bond by mind-forged medicals lost in the money-making ventures; we will see humanity losing their grace and dignity, and that would be disastrous. I'd like to think society as a carriage and people's pursuit for profit or fame as the horse that pulls the carriage. Yet without the driver picking direction the carriage would go straight and may even end up in a precarious situation.A certificate may give you some advantage, but broad horizons, positive attitudes and personal integrities (正直) ,these are assets you cannot acquire through any quick fixed way. In today's world, where highest level of competition is not of skills or expertise (专业技能), but of vision and strategy, your intellectual quality largely determines how far you can go in your career.29. The author's attitude toward today's college education isA. positiveB. cautiousC. criticalD. doubtful 30. Many college students choose to major in business becauseA. a businessman is very likely to make big moneyB. studying business is less competitiveC. too many students have chosen computing programmingD. computing programming is not a must for them31. The author does strongly suggest that _____.A. more competition be encouraged on college campusB. people not ignore the value of broad horizons, positive attitudes and personal integritiesC. intellectual quality determines how far one can go in his careerD. college students get as many part-time jobs as possible32. In the author's opinion, ____.A. college students are not pragmatic enoughB. college students should have drivers pick direction for themC. college education should provide students with more business coursesD. college education should value the cultivation of students' mindsDDo American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten to fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day—which really for handwriting is pretty much death.Many adults remember learning that way—by copying letters over and over again. Today's thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency—writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting.Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive (连笔，草书) , which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SA T college admission test—more than 75% of students choose to print their essays on the test rather than write in cursive.33. We can infer from the first paragraph that ____.A. teachers spend little time in teaching handwritingB. most teachers attach importance to teaching handwritingC. handwriting teaching is not commonly requiredD. most teachers are at a loss on how to teach handwriting34. Which of the following about traditional handwriting in the USA is NOT true?A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.B. Printing is taught first in preference to writing in cursive.C. Handwriting is taught for its own sake.D. Two skills get involved in handwriting.35. Some American people consider handwriting not important any more because ____.A. all the American children learn to print firstB. about 1/4 of the students choose to print their essays on the testC. it is unnecessary to use handwriting in the age of keyboardD. computers and voice recognition programs are widely used36. What could be the best title for the passage?A. Handwriting: Fascinating in Keyboard AgeB. Right or Wrong: the Death of HandwritingC. Two Skills Involved in HandwritingD. Handwriting Lessons on the Way OutIII Proof-readingOne snowy day, I fell over because carelessness on my way to school. And my feet were serious hurt. The doctor told me to lay in bed for a month or so, which was deeply frustrated me. Still worse, my classmates and I have planned a trip to Beihai Park to celebrate my birthday on Sunday. There was no doubt whether I would have a lonely and bored birthday.To my surprise, on the afternoon of my birthday, several classmate turned up in my home with some gifts. We had a happy chat, sang karaoke and played cards. Both of us had a good time. Their thoughtfulness or kindness really touched me. How moving and unforgettable!批改日期：2013. 12. _________。