18．---Why haven't you handed in your experiment report yet？
---I'm sorry．I had no time for it because I _____ my grandfather in hospital all day．（　　）

	A．	took care of		B．	take care of
	C．	was taking care of		D．	had taken care of

17．Iwould rather（寧愿，寧可）give all my money to poor children．

16．Thanks to  （幸虧） your help，the baby was saved．

15．We have learned 2000wordsso far（直到現(xiàn)在）．

14．It is impolite tolook down on/upon（看不起）other people．

13．The young mother is telling her naughty kid tobehave（注意舉止）himself．

12．Have you played it？It's a game for a person or for a carload．
Someone begins，"I'm grateful to God for…"And he or she shares something．Then the next person gives gratitude for something．This goes on for 5 minutes or more until you reach your destination．There's no loser．Everyone feels happy after expressing gratitude．And sometimes you discover amazing things．
My 5yearold granddaughter and I played the gratitude game when she visited us．I found out she was grateful to her friend Josh…and"the other Josh"．She was grateful to go swimming at the pool．She was grateful to have a daddy who played with her and to a nice mommy．
She would begin the gratitude games as soon as we settled into the car to drive somewhere．Playing it with her，I tried to be honest and not just say something fast．I really stopped to think．What was I grateful for at the moment？That our country was not at war．That we had plenty to eat．Playing the game made me more aware of the good things in my life．
A friend of mine was having a tough time seeing that there wasn't any good in his life．I[來源：學(xué)科網(wǎng)]suggested to my friend that he take a few minutes before going to bed and write down all the good things he could think of that happened during the day．
Later he told me what happened．He couldn't think of anything good．But he persisted until he was able to write a few things down．The next morning he decided to look for signs of good during the day．He sat down on his front steps．A robin（知更鳥） landed on the grass．In his words，it began"doing a little dance"，preening（整理羽毛） and cleaning itself．He watched the entire show．It was delightful．He realized that if he hadn't been really looking for good，he would never have noticed the robin and would have missed what to him was a remarkable display．
That evening he filled several pages with recordings of good that had happened during the day and things he was grateful for．Gratitude had made a huge difference!
28．The purpose of the gratitude game is to．B
A．let people share their gratitude to God
B．make people realize the good things around them
C．discover amazing things in life
D．practice people's skill of expressing themselves
29．What was the problem with the writer's friend？B
A．He had lost his purpose of life．
B．He saw nothing worth his appreciation．
C．He had trouble remembering what had happened during the day．
D．He found it hard to play the game．
30．In which way has the game helped the writer's friend？B
A．It made him interested in birds
B．It opened his eyes to nothing good in life．
C．It taught him the necessity of giving gratitude．
D．It inspired him to play the gratitude game every day．
31．The story of the writer's friend tells us thatC．
A．life is meaningless to a person who doesn't know how to give gratitude
B．one can always find relief in nature when he is in depression
C．it's not difficult to find good things in life if one starts looking for them
D．gratitude plays an important role in changing a person's character．

11．Yuan Longping has struggled for millions of Chinese farmers for the past fivedecades（十年）．

10．Janeinspires（鼓舞） those who want to cheer the achievements of women．

9．Jane Goodall spent yearsobserving（觀察） and recording chimps'daily activities．