Polar bears are suffering in a(warm) world than ever before.
Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals. For much of the year,live and hunt on the frozen Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared them for the cold conditions. But nothing has prepared the bears for the danger threatening the only home
they know.
The polar bears’ world is melting. Studies show that the polar ice(reduce) by 9.8% every 10 years since 1978. Now about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their
(survive). “The sea ice is more than just this platform that the bears walk over.” says Andrew Derocher,
scientist who studies North American polar bear populations. “
it, they can’t exist.”
Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural. in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time
(hunt). Normally, they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight. The extra fat is used later,
the bears are not actively hunting.
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it
(actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of
most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work
(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is
(clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the
(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be
(patience).
I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled A Real Test in My Life before the whole class at the age of 9 ! You can imagine how (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that--- with so many eyes
(fix) upon me. I had no
(choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part
(lie) in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began _
I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my
(listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding---I made
! From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience
(appear). Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way
success is our fear. Overcome it, _
we will be able to achieve our goals.
It is always good to come to an understanding with your parents．
Gurdjieff used to say,“ you are in good communion with your parents, you have missed your life．" If some anger persists between you and your parents, you will never feel
ease． Wherever you are, you will feel a little guilty． You will never be able to forgive
forget…Parents are not just a social relationship． It is out of them
you have come． You are part of them, _
branch of their tree． You are still rooted in them． When parents die, something very deep-rooted dies within you． When parents die, for the first time you feel alone, uprooted．
while they are alive, do everything that you can so that an understanding can arise and you can communicate with them and they can communicate with you． Then,
they leave the world-and they will leave someday，you will not feel guilty; you will not repent; you will know that things have settled．
have been happy with you and you have been happy with them．
Part m Reading Comprehension （30 marks）
In the summer of 1848, in Guatemala, a man called Ambrosio Tut went into the jungle, as he did almost every day. Tut was a gum-collector(树胶采集者)，(look) for gum in the jungle. To do this, he had to climb the trees.
this particular day, he got to the top of one tree and something caught his eye. He looked out across the trees and saw the tops of some old buildings.
Tut didn't really know what he had seen but he knew it was something (specially). He ran to tell the local governor, and together they
(walk)into the jungle. There they found Tikal(蒂卡尔)，the city that the Mayans (玛雅A) had built many hundreds of years before. The two men saw temples and pyramids, squares and houses, and places
kings had lived when the Mayan people ruled the region.
For a long time before that day, local people had known that somewhere in the jungle there was an old Mayan city, no one had seen it for centuries.
200 and 900 AD, the city of Tikal had been the center of Mayan civilization in the region, but then the Mayans left
─nobody knows why! After 1000 AD, the jungle began to cover it and people forgot that it was there.
Seven years before Tut looked out for the trees, two British explorers had gone to Guatemala and had written a report about Mayan treasures in the jungle, but they didn't mention Tikal. Even (early)than this, local Indians had told European travelers about a great city
(hide) in the trees, but no one would listen to them. Now the lost city had been found again, and archaeologists (考古学家) went there immediately to see it.
I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then, Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man
(dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I
(see) many like him before.
But he man wasn’t sitting down with a sad (express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing
(merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing
he had.
“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought ,” she replied.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t only important things. We need happiness, too.”
“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life. it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!
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