Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts. But people in the streets 1        him,especially those who are 2      . For those people,he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that 3      ？ He looks like any other business?man,wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文包) . But he's 4      . His briefcase always has some gloves.

  In winter,Mr Greenberg does not 5        like oth?er New Yorkers,who look at the sidewalk and 6        the street. He looks around at  7    . He stops when he 8        someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he 9     ,looking for more people with cold  10      .

  On winter days,Mr Greenberg 11        gloves. During the rest of the year,he 12        gloves. People who have heard about him 13        him gloves,and he has many in his apartment.

  Mr Greenberg 14        doing this 21 years ago. Now,many poor New Yorkers know him and 15      his behaviour. But people whodon't know him are sometimes  16     him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them 17     .

  It runs in the 18     . Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the 19      . A pair of gloves may be a 20     thing,but it can make a big difference in winter.

1. A. know about   B. learn from   C. cheer for   D. look after

2. A. old   B. busy   C. kind   D. poor

3. A. job   B. name

   C. chance   D. message

4. A. calm   B. different   C. crazy   D. curious

5. A. act   B. sound   C. feel   D. dress

6. A. cross over   B. drive along   C. hurry down   D. keep off

7. A. cars   B. people

   C. street numbers   D. traffic lights

8. A. helps   B. chooses   C. greets   D. sees

9. A. holds up   B. hangs out

   C. moves on   D. turns around

10.A. hands   B. ears   C. faces   D. eyes 

11.A. searches for   B. stores up   C. gives away   D. puts on 

12. A. borrows   B. sells   C. returns   D. buys 

13.A. call   B. send   C. lend   D. show 

14.A. delayed   B. remembered   C. began   D. enjoyed 

15.A. understand   B. dislike   C. study   D. excuse 

16.A. sorry for   B. satisfied with   C. proud of   D. surprised by 

17. A. smart   B. rich   C. special   D. happy 

18.A. city   B. family   C. neighbourhood   D. company 

19.A. honour   B. pain   C. same   D. cold 

20. A. small   B. useful

   C. delightful   D. comforting

  The meal usually includes turkey served along with dishes like sweet potatoes,green beans and pumpkin pie. The turkey is usually seasoned (調(diào)味) and roasted in an oven,but some people fry the bird in oil or cook it on a grill (烤架) or in a smoker.

  The National Turkey Federation estimates that Americans ate 46 million birds for last year's holiday. The government expects turkey production to increase two per cent this year. About two-thirds of the tur?keys raised in the United States came from six states ： Minnesota,North Carolina,Arkansas,Missouri,Vir?ginia and Indiana.

  Turkey is eaten all year,and Americans have been eating more of it over the years,though chicken,beef and pork are still more popular. Federation president Joel Brandenberger says 2012 will not be as profitable for turkey farmers as the last two years were. Feed costs are up while turkey prices are about the same.

  In 1939,as the Great Depression was ending,President Franklin Roosevelt established the holiday on the fourth Thursday. He did not want to shorten the Christmas holiday shopping season in years when No?vember has a fifth Thursday.

  The season traditionally begins with a busy shop?ping day on the Friday after Thanksgiving,although some stores are now opening on the holiday itself.

  One of the America's founders,Ben Franklin,thought the turkey would better represent the country as its official bird than the bald eagle. But Joel Bran?denberger disagrees.

  "I think we're better off having the bald eagle on our coins and the Thanksgiving turkey on our dinner table.”

1. The big meal on Thanksgiving Day includes the fol- lowing dishes EXCEPT        .

   A. sweet potatoes   B. green beans

   C. pumpkin pie   D. baked sausages

2. The underlined word "profitable" in the fourth par- agraph probably means "        ”.

   A. beneficial   B. convenient

   C. boring   D. comfortable

3. From the passage,we can know        .

   A. Americans don't like eating pork

   B. Americans prefer to eat the turkey fried in oil

   C. the turkey is only eaten on Thanksgiving Day

   D. most of the turkeys raised in America came from six states

4. Why did Franklin establish Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday?

   A. There is a fifth Thursday sometimes in Novem?ber.

   B. He didn't want to shorten the Christmas holi?day shopping time.

   C. He thought the fourth Thursday in November was a good day.

   D. The Great Depression was over on the fourth Thursday in November.

5. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

   A. We can see the bald eagle on the American coins.

   B. The bald eagle is the American official bird now.

   C. Ben Franklin established the American official bird was the turkey.

   D. Joel Brandenberger wanted the turkey to be still on the dinner table.

 Researchers at the University of California,San Francisco have discov?ered a gene that might explain why some people need less sleep than others. Experts say the finding opens the door into the study of sleep.

  Even so,Ying-Hui Fu of the University of California? San Francisco says little is known about this basic human need. "We know very little about sleep. We don't know how our sleep is regulated," she said. "We don't know why some people need more sleep;why some people need less sleep;why most of us need eight hours of sleep;why,when we don't sleep,we don't function very well. We just don't know much about sleep at all.” Fu says sleep can be stimulated in humans when they drink alcoholic bev?erages or take sleeping pills. But she says no specific gene had been discovered that appeared to be involved in regulating sleep—until now.

  Fu's research team found the sleep gene by accident while looking for a molecular mechanism (分子機(jī)制) .In the course of their studies,Fu says re?searchers identified a genetic mutation in people who go to bed at a normal time but sleep for only about six hours,feeling as refreshed when they wake up as those who appear to need eight hours or more of sleep.

  Investigators genetically engineered mice to carry the mutation,and com?pared their sleep cycles and brain activity to others that did not have. They found that those with the gene slept less and were awake for longer periods of time. Mice with the mutation were also more energetic than normal mice,af?ter being deprived of sleep for 24 hours.

  Although the gene mutation is thought to be extremely rare,Fu says it is a significant find for sleep researchers. "We essentially don't know anything about how sleep is regulated," she says. "But this gene is kind of opening a door for us to say, ' Now we have this gene and we know it affects human sleep quantity.，” Fu adds that the gene might be related to other medical conditions.

1. What have the researchers discovered?

   A. How our sleep is regulated.

   B. Why some people need less sleep than others.

   C. Why most of us need eight hours of sleep.

   D. Why we don't function very well.

2. According to the passage,we can know      .

   A. the gene can make the body awake longer

   B. the gene extends people's sleep

   C. the gene can improve people's sleep quality

   D. the gene mutation can be found in each one

3. Which is the best title for this passage?

   A. People need right sleep

   B. Gene and sleep

   C. Researchers discover the secret of sleep

   D. Researchers discover the gene that affects sleep

  Like most people,I was brought up to look upon life as a process of get?ting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 1      ： giving away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 2        money.

This is how I 3        with giving away. If an idea for improving the win?dow display of a neighbourhood store 4        to me,I step in and make the sug?gestion to the 5      . If an accident takes place,the 6        of which I think the local police could use,I 7        him up and tell him about it,though I am not in 8        here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 9        get?ting something back,though the 10        often comes in an unexpected form.

  One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 11        letter to my home,though it was 12        to me at my office. I wrote the post?master a note of 13      More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was 14      . I was told at the window that there were 15        boxes left,and that my name would have to go on a long 16        list. As I was about to 17     ,the postmaster appeared in the 18      . "Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?" I said it was. "Well,you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 19        we make one for you. You don't know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 20        but complaints (投訴) .”

1. A. decision   B. research   C. speech   D. discovery

2. A. earn   B. lack   C. spend   D. steal

3. A. experienced   B. connected   C. combined   D. agreed

4. A. happens   B. flashes   C. sticks   D. leads

5. A. postmaster   B. headmaster   C. storekeeper   D. policeman

6. A. story   B. damage   C. challenge   D. material

7. A. call   B. hold   C. break   D. pick

8. A. need   B. trouble   C. common   D. charge

9. A. within   B. without   C. for   D. before 

10. A. process   B. goal   C. return   D. concern 

11.A. curious   B. immediate   C. special   D. heavy 

12. A. realized   B. addressed   C. forgotten   D. brought 

13.A. invitation   B. apology   C. instruction   D. appreciation 

14.A. dealing   B. providing   C. operating   D. starting 

15.A. enough   B. some   C. no   D. more 

16.A. admitting   B. relating   C. examining   D. waiting 

17. A. leave   B. shout   C. guess   D. conduct 

18.A. window   B. doorway   C. library   D. yard 

19.  A. in case   B. now that   C. even if   D. as if 

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

     knock into， break down， in other words， devote to， rely on

1. When experiments are to be made,one cannot     the human senses too much to make accurate observation.

2. When you play football,it's dangerous to     players and fall down.

3. Old fashioned phones matter when wireless networks      in disasters.

4. I don't think we shouldany more time     this question.

It wastes our time and energy.

5. Marty's disability is "one in a million".     ， there are not many people in the world like him.

5. Developing science and technology must     people rather than harm them.

4. Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have     schedules to make it easier to care for their children.

3. The state-run company is required to make its accounts as      as possible for its staff to monitor the use of money.

2. The police matched the finger prints and found they were     ,so the man was arrested.

1. The reason for his absence is     she is ill