pictures; you just have to read the words to __11__ them. It's like magic."

　　"Nice try, Aunt Dede，" Lainey replied __12__ from the back seat.

　　Another __13__ was in order. "Well, if you don't want to read it, give it __14__.Maybe your mom would __15__ hearing the story." The book sailed through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud. By the end of the first chapter, __16__ were coming from the back seat："Please read a little __17__."

　　Lainey is an example of an __18__ reader. As shown here, Lainey can become __19__ about reading when __20__ with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.

1. A. within B．on C．to D．above

2. A. daughter B．niece C．student D．friend

3. A. opened B．dried C．rolled D．shaded

4. A. Even B．Still C．Just D．Yet

5. A. surprised B．annoyed C．puzzled D．attracted

6. A. read B．told C．listened D．wrote

7. A. suspectedly B．anxiously C．calmly D．enthusiastically

8. A. amazing B．boring C．ridiculous D．humourous

9. A. pictures B．stories C．adventures D．conversations

10. A. crazy B．foolish C．wrong D．different

11. A. see B．match C．show D．recognize

12. A. sourly B．patiently C．eagerly D．shyly

13. A. idea B．try C．belief D．behavior

14. A. away B．out C．in D．back

15. A. enjoy B．admit C．mind D．finish

16. A. decisions B．requests C．comments D．promises

17. A. more clearly B．longer C．louder D．more carefully

18. A. unpleasant B．innocent C．unwilling D．independent

19. A. astonished B．worried C．confused D．excited

20. A. presented B．concerned C．disturbed D．replaced

四、语法填空

　　Many teachers believe that hands­on experience is the 1.________ (good) way to learn. A group of students in the United States are putting that belief to the test. They 2.________ (success) designed and built a robot for discovering unexplored mines 3.________ the bottom of the sea. Students made the robot 4.________ (answer) a challenge from the U．S. Department of Defense.

　　The students recently tested the underwater vehicle 5.________ (call) Perseus Ⅱ in a 95­meter­long tank of water at the Stevens Institute of Technology.

　　The robot costs about $15,000 to build. The students use a video game control to direct 6.________ (it) movements in the tank. What's more, devices known as Japters 7.________ (able) the robot to go up, down and toward its target in the water. Video cameras on the robot send images back to a computer through a 13­meter­long cable. Perseus Ⅱ also has 8.________ set of lasers (激光), which are used to measure the size of an object.

　　The robot is the creation of five undergraduate students. For over six months, they worked up 9.________ 20 hours a week to design and build Perseus Ⅱ.

　　De Lorme supervised the project from 10.________ (begin) to end. He says the specialized requirements of robots were demanding.

五、七选五阅读理解

　　Vacations are important. We need to take time out from work to relax, and just be ourselves.__1__ We should all be allowed to leave our jobs behind us-at least for a few weeks each year-and just have fun. This might be something as simple as reading a good book in front of a warm fireplace and travelling to the most interesting places on our planet. Whatever we fancy doing is worth taking time out for.

　　Workplace stress is on the rise.__2__ These include disease, depression and even death. We all seem to be running from one place to the next, never finding out where we want to go in the first place. I intend to break that trend in the coming days.

　　__3__ I will sleep late, write, watch movies, drink the occasional glass of wine, and eat to my heart's content ignoring calorie counting. My plan is to just enjoy the fleeting moments of being alive.

　　__4__ Spend your next vacation the way you want. Do what will restore your mental health. You're very valuable to the people who are close to you, and to those who depend on it. Like it or not, we are all interdependent in this great life of ours.

You are valuable. Just remember that the next time you look at the mirror and take