can't force life to 　10　 our wishes. The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we accept it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves 　11　 the world. I think we should learn to accept 　12　 life gives us, whether it's the spring sunlight 　13　 the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.

　　Deeply 　14　 by the pop song Grandmother, I always try to 　15　 every pleasant thing in my life. 　16　 now I see I can't catch all of them. It is more likely that they slip by and leave you feeling regretful. I have realised that I'm not just living for myself and that there are others around me I 　17　 think of. They all pay attention to my growing up, 　18　 it's just a little progress.

　　Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, positive or 　19　. It doesn't matter, I think. There is one 　20　 that should be obeyed-to make this world a better place to live in.

1. A. pressure　　　 B. impression C. influence D. direction

2. A. put　 　 B. find　 　 C. leave　 　 D. give

3. A. childhood B. neighborhood C. brotherhood D. adulthood

4. A. saying B. idea C. fact D. practice

5. A. respected B. valued C. limited D. admired

6. A. waiting for B. applying for C. dealing with D. sticking with

7. A. except for B. as for C. instead of D. in spite of

8. A. scared B. impressed C. annoyed D. amused

9. A. go with B. go by C. go ahead D. go against

10. A. realize B. accept C. consider D. follow

11. A. fight B. turn down C. fit in with D. laugh at

12. A. what B. which C. that D. how

13. A. and B. or C. so D. yet

14. A. worried B. confused C. concerned D. moved

15. A. create B. uncover C. grasp D. achieve

16. A. But B. So C. Thus D. And

17. A. can B. should C. will D. need

18. A. in case B. so that C. even if D. only when

19. A. relevant B. false C. negative D. unreal

20. A. point B. word C. thing D. rule

Ⅲ. 语法填空

　　阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　In 1990, over 100 countries signed 1. ________ international agreement to make it illegal to buy or sell ivory, which is mainly used 2. ________ jewelry. Most ivory is made from the tusks(象牙) of African elephants. These tusks are 3. ________(terrible) valuable-one pair is worth more than three times the income of an African farmer or factory worker in a year.

　　Hunting elephants was so profitable that from 1979 to 1989 the number of elephants in Africa 4. ________(fall) from 1. 3 million to 600, 000. It was feared that by the year 2000 there would be none 5. ________(leave). However, thanks to the international agreement, there 6. ________ (be) much less illegal hunting since 1990.

　　But considering 7. ________(vary) of aspects, it costs a lot of money to preserve elephants. Game wardens (狩猎监督员) must be hired to protect them, land must be set aside for them, and when they destroy a farmer's crops, the farmer must 8. ________(pay) compensation.

　　Zimbabwe and four other African countries say that some of the elephants should be killed legally. This would help keep the population stable, and selling the ivory would help pay for preserving the elephants. But conservationists say that 9. ________(make) ivory legal to sell would lead to even more illegal hunting. Others say 10. ________ is wrong is to kill elephants because they are sensitive animals who feel emotional pain at the death of other elephants.