Most people like to travel on land because it’s always safe.  36   there are still some people who want to travel in dangerous places. One of these places is the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋).

Men do not   37   the Arctic Ocean very often. It is   38   danger. It is dark and cold there in winter. The ice is  39  ,too . Especially in summer the ice breaks and moves   40   .

In February, John William started to cross the Arctic Ocean. He went with three men and several dogs. The dogs pulled the sledge(雪橇) over the ice, and on the sledge there was food and some    41   things for them. They traveled slowly    42   months.

In the summer the ice broke, so they   43   stop and wait for the cold days to come. Then when the ice was hard, they started the journey again. They stayed on a big piece of ice. The ice moved in wind and took them to the    44   . During their journey, a    45   dropped some food for them. On April 6, they reached the North Pole(北極). Then they traveled to the south. They came back and reached the land on May 29.

(   )36. A. So                         B. But                      C. Or                          

(   )37. A. across                  B. crossing                C. cross               

(   )38. A. full of                 B. fill with                C. stored with

(   )39. A. dark                 B. cold                   C. dangerous               

(   )40. A. fast                      B. slowly                 C. highly       

(   )41. A. another                      B. other                  C. others              

(   )42. A. to                            B. in                            C. for

(   )43. A. had better                 B. had to                C. might 

(   )44. A. east                    B. south                 C. north                      

(   )45. A. ship                    B. plane                  C. train   

Hello, I’m  David. I’m a middle school student. It’s nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you __36___ about my family. There are five people in my __37___. They are my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and me.
My father is a worker, and my mother is an English teacher. My sister is 18 and my brother is 16. I’m 14. we are ___38____the same school. We all enjoy ___39___football games.
My __40___ is on West Street. There is a big tree and some small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple ___41__, ___42__ there ___43__any pears or apples on them now. ____44___a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three cats in my house. They are all black and white. We ___45___ them very much.
【小題1】A. anything   B. something   C. thing  d. anyone

A leading biologist has found the angels and fairies that sit at top of Christmas trees did not get there under their own power.
Prof Roger Wotton, from University College London, found that flight would be impossible for angels with arms and bird-like feathered wings. 
"Angels cannot take off and cannot use powered flight,” said Prof Wotton. “They would need to be exposed to very high wind velocities at take off - such high winds that they would be blown away."
Some the world’s most famous religious paintings and architecture make most Americans believe in angels.
The study found that 68 per cent of the 36,000 adults thought that angels and demons (魔鬼) were at work in the world.
According to the latest study, angels lack the powerful muscles which allow birds to beat their wings.
Prof Wotton’s paper explores why there are so many stories about angels. “Angels are very powerful religious icons for people with faith. Their similarity to humans adds to their power. At the same time, they have wings on them because they are more than human. They take messages to heaven and therefore have to fly.” said the academic.
【小題1】What did the leading biologist find?

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was  31     cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she    32     but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler,    33      happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the   34        .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is  35    I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you    36    .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the     37   , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by    38       . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry    39     those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was    40      to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as    41  as he could, ‘how silly you are! My     42  ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘ 43         I can’t help them all .I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man    44      to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   45     person.