__________ picked us up every time we fell down when we were young（）

A.impressive

B.aggressive

C.ref1ective

A.pick up

B.make up

C.take up

D.look up

caused the damage of up to US$1 billion in North America.

A．illness

B．virus

C．weakness

D．Attachment

icked berries or dug up roots to eat. Four of them chose poisonous food and died. The remaining six noticed that their food was safe to eat. They told their children, who, in turn, passed the message on to their descendants. In this way, habit became a vital factor in the survival of mankind : if you ate the right plant, you lived; if you wanted to make your own experiments, you would probably die.

The importance of habit on the survival of the human species is an interesting matter. Even today, most of us hesitate when we are invited to eat a new type of food or drink something we have not tasted before. Even if the food or drink is offered by a friend, we are usually not at all anxious to experiment and accept the offer.

When you get up tomorrow morning, notice which shoe or sock you put on first. Then notice which one you put on first on other days. You may discover that (a) you tend to put on one shoe or sock first every day, and that (b) if you are right-handed, you usually deal with your left shoe or sock first. If you try to change this habit, you may find it uncomfortable or annoying, and you will soon return to your old habit.

When it comes to other matters, we often follow a fixed pattern. We sleep in one or two favorite ways. We often follow familiar routes even when they are not the shortest or best. We often wear a watch on the same wrist even when there is no real reason for doing so. (83)In hundreds of other ways, we show that we are creatures of habit, following fixed patterns of behavior. This characteristic can help us to survive but it can be a barrier to progress too. We must be alert and not let a beneficial factor become a harmful one.

The best title for this passage might be _____.

A．Habit—a Barrier to Progress

B．The Survival of Mankind

C．Various Patterns of Human Behavior

D．We Are Creatures of Habit

The(72)in e-mail messages has affected almost every computer around the world and has caused the damage of up to US$1 billion in North America．

A．illness

B．virus

C．weakness

D．attachment

The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT______.

A. we should think before, while and after we read a passage

B. we'd better look up every new word in a dictionary

C. we should learn to guess the meanings of new words

D. the clues in a passage should be made use of

● The （72） in e-mail messages has affected almost every computer around the world and has caused the damage of up to US$1 billion in North America.

（72）

A. illness

B. virus

C. weakness

D. attachment

Maggie Banes looked __26__at her watch—as she had done every few minutes for the last three hours. __27__ it was nearly eight o'clock. 'Where on earth is Jill？' she thought.'It isn't like her to be so late.’__28__，she picked up the plate of sandwiches she'd made for tea and went to the kitchen. __29__the door opened and Jill walked into the house. She looked tired. 'What a relief! Are you OK？' said Maggie loudly. 'Yes, I'm fine, Auntie,'replied Jill. 'I'm so sorry I'm late, but something strange happened on the way here.'__30__，Jill explained that, in her hurry to get through the woods, she had tripped and knocked herself unconscious. When she woke up, she realised she was lost. 'I walked around for ages until I found the right path. Then I ran alt the way here.

A. Reluctantly

B. Just then

C. anxiously

D. To her aunt’s amazement

E. She was dismayed to see that

up Broadway.Nora noticed a guy sitting inside a cardboard box next to a newsstand.She pulled at my coat sleeve and said, “That man's cold, Daddy.Can we take him home？”

I don't remember my reply, but I do remember a sudden heavy feeling inside me.I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her world, whether it was birds in flight or children playing.But now she was noticing suffering and poverty.She wasn't even four.

A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who delivered meals to elderly people.The volunteers went to a nearby school on a Sunday morning, picked up a food package, and delivered it to an elderly person.I signed us up.Nora was excited about it.She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how valuable our job was.When Sunday came, we picked up the package and phoned the elderly person we'd been assigned.She invited us right over.

The building was depressing.When the door opened, facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress.She took the package and asked if we would like to come in.Nora ran inside.I reluctantly followed.Our hostess showed us some photos of her family.Nora played and laughed.I accepted a second cup of tea.When it came time to say good-bye, we three stood in the doorway and hugged.I walked home in tears.

Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something enjoyable that's good for yourself as well as for others？ Indeed, the poverty my daughter and I helped lessen that Sunday afternoon was not the woman's alone — it was in our lives, too.Now Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and collect clothes for the homeless.Yet, as I've watched her grow over these past four years, I still wonder — which of us has benefited more？

26.The man Nora noticed on that evening was probably ______.

A.asking for food

B.one of those homeless

C.taken home by the author

D.buying a newspaper

27.The author had a sudden heavy feeling (Para.2), because ______.

A.his daughter had noticed the dark side of life

B.he did not want to take the guy home

C.he felt a deep sympathy for the guy

D.his daughter was afraid of what she saw

28.Their volunteer job was to ______.

A.visit poor homes

B.serve meals at a nearby school

C.pick up packages for poor, elderly people

D.deliver food to needy, elderly people

29.The word “us” in the last paragraph refers to ______ .

A.the author and the old woman

B.the giver and receiver of the help

C.the author and his daughter

D.the author and the guy in the box

30.The best title for this passage might be “______.”

A.A Loving Kid

B.A Lesson in Caring

C.Volunteers at Work

D.How to Help the Needy

31. Lily wakes before her mother. ()

32. Joan sometimes spends the day with Lily' s mother. ()

33. Tilly is satisfied with her appearance. ()

34. Lily' s brother comes to visit every three weeks. ()

35. Lily and her mother play cards more than they watch TV.()