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Fortunately, the number of cyclists running traffic lights is ______.

A. on the decrease    B. on the rise

C. on the run    D. on the move

The right thing would be to ______ direct pressure to the wound.

A. attach    B. apply

C. devote    D. contribute

Some of us are ______ to smells, others find colors easier to remember.

A. familiar    B. similar

C. sensitive    D. distant

Most parents send care packages and gifts to their children when they’re away at university. Terri Cox, from Leonardtown, Maryland, isn’t one of those ______.

A few weeks ago, Terri sent her son, 18-year-old Connor, who’s now away at Westminster College in Pennsylvania, a(n) ______. When Connor first ______ the package, he thought it was a ______ gift filled with necessities(必需品).

“I was ______, because it’s like Christmas when you get mail from ______ when you’re in college,” he said.

______ as Connor opened the package, what was actually inside couldn’t have been further from what he had ______.

It wasn’t a ______, a care package, or even college supplies. It was something he’d ______ while at home for the Christmas break --- his ______.

The box was filled with trash(垃圾) --- everything he was too ______ to take out when his mother had ______ him to over Christmas.

In fact, Connor ______ to do all of his housework at home. So Mom Terri got the idea to post his rubbish to him to ______ him. Connor didn’t ______ why his mom did this to him until he gave her a call. “She isn’t usually ______, and I didn’t see this as a big punishment. It was more of a(n) ______ reminder(提醒) that I have duties. And we have a good laugh on the phone,” he added.

Connor later said that the rubbish he’d received in the box was only a part of what he was actually meant to ______.

Where was the rest? They were hidden in his bedroom drawers.

Considering what happens to rubbish if left for a long time, let’s hope Terri ______ the rest of it fast.

1.A. children    B. parents    C. students    D. friends

2.A. postcard    B. book    C. package    D. email

3.A. discovered    B. opened    C. prepared    D. got

4.A. normal    B. small    C. cheap    D. different

5.A. excited    B. careful    C. angry    D. disappointed

6.A. class    B. neighbors    C. family    D. shops

7.A. So    B. But    C. Unless    D. And

8.A. refused    B. decided    C. imagined    D. avoided

9.A. prize    B. gift    C. box    D. joke

10.A. looked into    B. put down    C. searched for    D. left behind

11.A. paper    B. rubbish    C. money    D. food

12.A. lazy    B. afraid    C. shy    D. stupid

13.A. invited    B. promised    C. allowed    D. asked

14.A. planned    B. failed    C. happened    D. preferred

15.A. warn    B. rescue    C. surprise    D. stop

16.A. remember    B. understand    C. believe    D. realize

17.A. creative    B. humorous    C. strict    D. kind

18.A. fun    B. important    C. final    D. uncomfortable

19.A. wait for    B. pay for    C. take out    D. point out

20.A. finds    B. recycles    C. sends    D. hides

I work as a meteorologist(气象学家) in Tampa, Florida. It’s my job to follow hurricanes(飓风) and provide information about them to scientists.

I was working for the National Meteorological Office in Bracknell, near London, in the autumn of 1995, and I saw a documentary called Stormchasers with family. 1. Two months later I came across an ad for a meteorologist to work in Florida. I was interviewed over the phone, moved to the US, and started to work here in Tampa in May 1996.

2. I have been all over the world hunting hurricanes. It’s exciting to end up in different cities and different countries day after day. If you are a meteorologist, you have to love flying. I also love working with top scientists. 3. For me, it’s like a classroom in the sky.

People often ask me what an average day is like. In fact, there’s no such thing as an average day in my job! 4. We often take off at a moment’s notice to hunt storms.

Next, I would like to join a space program and be the first meteorologist in space. 5. There aren’t any hurricanes!

If you also want to be a meteorologist, study math and science and get a degree in meteorology. I have taken the hurricane hunter path, but you could do research.

A. I have learned so much from them.

B. What I like most about my job is the travel.

C. It’s a wonderful job and the pay is pretty good.

D. It all depends on the weather, and you can’t control that.

E. However, I haven’t come up with an experiment to do in space yet.

F. Because of the job, I’m away from my family who all live in the UK.

G. It was about hurricane hunters and I thought, “Wow, that’s an interesting job!”