Unlike many surfers who sought the perfect wave, my interests always lay beneath the sea' s surface in a world I could only imagine and dream of．When I was twelve, I made my first adventures in the deep．Later I would learn how to dive, expanding my world of exploration many times over．

Perhaps the greatest turning point in my life came when I was in high school and I wrote a letter to the famous Scripps Oceanographic Institution, asking how I might learn more about the sea．A kind scientist answered my letter and told me how to apply to Scripps for a summer scholarship, which I received．During one of their courses that summer, I met Dr．Robert Norris, a marine geologist．He loved the sea almost as much as I did．Soon he suggested I consider his school, the University of California, for my study．One year later I became a member of the freshman class．

Now my love affair with the sea became a serious endeavor（艰苦的努力）．If I wanted to be an undersea explorer, I needed to learn as much as I could about the laws of the physical world that controlled the environment I wanted to enter．The undersea world is not our natural world．It is unforgiving to those who make mistakes．At its greatest depths the water temperature is near freezing, the pressure is eight tons per square inch, and it is totally dark．It is easy to get lost in such a world．I needed to learn a lot about geography, navigation, geology, biology, and many other things．

I decided another important thing for me to do was to join the U．S．Navy．If I was going to be an undersea explorer, I would have to lead men and women on dangerous adventures where they might get hurt, and I didn't want that to happen．

In the Navy I learned discipline, organization, and how to motivate and lead people on adventures so that we could explore the wonders of the deep．

Finally, the time came to put all that I had learned to use, to go forth with a team of men and women and explore an adventure I am still on and hope to be on for many years to come．

1.What happened to the author at the age of twelve?

A．He dreamed about undersea exploration．

B．He began to swim under the deep water．

C．He surfed on big waves for the first time．

D．He learned to dive off the cliffs．

2.In college, the author took many different types of courses because he

A．was told it was easy to get lost in exploration

B．was advised to take them by Dr．Robert Norris

C．thought they were needed to fully understand the ocean

D．believed it would help him succeed in the Navy

3.The author joined the Navy to ______．

A．develop his leadership skills

B．get along with people under stress

C．learn about the dangers of the ocean

D．gather specific information about ocean life

4.Which word can best describe the author?

A．Imaginative．      B．Optimistic．       C．Independent．     D．Ambitious．

Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present．He was so    16 ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes．

All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball   17  , Chuck Hart．    18   Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship（运动员风范） and infamous（臭名远扬的）   19 , he was a great player．In fact, Travis wasn't thinking about Hart' s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart' s  20  on the side of the box．The first indication that something was   21  came as he tore away the last piece of paper．Not Hart' s．The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was   22   for his amazing work in the community．

Travis's hands   23  ; his heart stopped．It wasn't that the Ryann shoes weren't nice, but what would his friends think ?

They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be   24  by the other players． When he looked up into his dad' s eyes, however, Travis knew  he  25  tell him． "'Thanks, Dad．I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box．

Next morning his dad drove him to school．When they   26  in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door．Just then, his dad stopped him．

"Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look"…" his dad said  27   "Travis, I know those aren' t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a（n）   28   The guy whose name is on those shoes," he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, "is someone I   29   .Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in   30 ?"

"No," Travis said．

" Never．He' s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he' s a team player．You could have acted like a   31  when you didn't get the shoes you wanted, Travis,   32  you were polite and made the best of it．You have    33  , like the guy whose name is on these shoes．I' m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I' 11 ever see．"

When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes   34   . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful   35   .

1.                A．surprised       B．ashamed        C．excited   D．worried

2.                A．team           B．player          C．coach    D．game

3.                A．Unless         B．If              C．Because  D．Although

4.                A．skill            B．performance     C．behavior  D．action

5.                A．name          B．photo          C．sign  D．model

6.                A．strange         B．wrong          C．true D．funny

7.                A．known         B．encouraged     C．adopted  D．influenced

8.                A．fell            B．froze           C．shook    D．folded

9.                A．questioned      B．noticed         C．teased   D．attacked

10.               A．mustn't         B．needn't        C．wouldn't   D．couldn't

11.               A．pulled up       B．put up         C．took up   D．turned up

12.               A．peacefully      B．hesitantly       C．delightedly D．naturally

13.               A．choice         B．effort          C．comment  D．mistake

14.               A．believe         B．miss           C．admire    D．remember

15.               A．danger         B．anger          C．sorrow    D．trouble

16.               A．teammate       B．adult           C．kid   D．student

17.               A．so             B．and            C．but   D．or

18.               A．honor          B．courage        C．dream D．belief

19.               A．clearly         B．carefully        C．patiently   D．differently

20.               A．gift            B．look           C．hope D．lesson

I will visit Austria ______ the invitation of my friend this summer vacation．

A．by               B．for               C．to               D．at

—Is there any mail?

—No, ______ at all．

A．nothing           B．none             C．no one           D．neither

Programmes, ______ to bring the old and the young together, are growing in popularity all over the world．

A．designed                              B．to be designed

C．designing                             D．having designed

David _____ a customer when the fire started．

A．served           B．was serving        C．had served        D．would serve

Martin drove along ______ he found a convenient parking place．

A．after             B．when             C．until             D．since

—Excuse me, visiting hours are over．It' s time for you to leave．

—I' m sorry, I didn't know the time or I ______ earlier．

A．will leave                             B．would leave

C．had left                               D．would have left

—Have you seen the film The War Horsey

—Of course, I have．It was in my hometown ______ it was made．

A．where            B．when             C．that              D．which