C

I grew up in a neighborhood that many city kids can only dream of: a quiet street that was our adventure park: a street filled with kids whose parents had to drag us inside for dinner, most of the time long after the sun had retired for the night.

Our street was also a zoo. There were cats, dogs, birds, fish, sheep, rabbits, horses, not to mention all the little things we caught and decided to keep as pets. But these farm animals weren't just farm animals. They were our friends.

Everything was great. I loved my life and never wanted anything to change. Then a day arrived that would ruin everything. The day they said, “We're moving.” Dad's job had been relocated, and I would soon be leaving everything I had ever known. I cried. “We are going to live near the beach,” I kept hearing, but it was no comfort. I hated my parents for doing this to me,  for putting an end to the series of colorful adventures. I watched as removal trucks were filled with boxes my life had been shoved（挤） into, but I knew that there was one thing that wouldn't fit into a box. My neighborhood and all the fun and adventure it contained.

I forced myself to dislike our new life and insistently(坚持地) referred to our old house as “home”. I would give no one the satisfaction of enjoying our new beachfront lifestyle, not my family, my friends or myself. To admit taking pleasure in the new meant to let go off the old. But once I allowed myself to like the town, I grew to love it and I don't want anything to change. But this time, I know it will. And as scary as that may be, it's okay because exciting adventures can happen anywhere. All I have to do is to let them happen.

59．The best title of the text could be________.

A．My beautiful memory    B．Country life and city life 

C．My wonderful neighborhood  D．Adventures could be everywhere 

60．In my old neighborhood, children________.

A．often moved to other places to live 

B．lived in a zoo with a lot of farm animals 

C．played together until late in the evening 

D．were pulled to do homework after school 

61．At last the writer came to realize that one should________.

A．keep fun in the past in a box   B．accept the change with an open mind 

C．find ways to enjoy a new life   D．start a new life and forget the past 

D

(Reuters) — A group of Chinese scientists and explorers are looking for international help to organize a new search for the country’s answer to Bigfoot, known locally as the “Yeren”, or “wild man”.

Over the years, more than 400 people have said they saw the half-man, half-ape (半猿) Yeren in a remote, mountainous area of the central province of Hubei, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.

Expeditions (探险) in the 1970s and 1980s found hair, a footprint, and a sleeping nest suspected(怀疑) of belonging to the Yeren, but there has been no conclusive proof (确凿的证据), the report added.

Witnesses(目击者) describe a creature that walks upright and is more than 2 meters tall with grey, red or black hair all over its body, Xinhua said.

Now the Hubei Wild Man Research Association is looking for volunteers from around the world to join them on another expedition to look for the Yeren.

“We want the team members to be devoted, as there will be a lot of hard work in the process,” Luo Baosheng, vice president of the group, told Xinhua.

But the team will have to come up with about 10 million yuan ($1.50 million) first, and is talking to companies and other bodies to secure the money, so there is no timetable yet for when they may start, the report added.

China is no stranger to crypto zoology. There are many tales about mysterious, monster-like creatures in remote parts of the country. For example, Tibetans have long talked about the existence of the Yeti (喜马拉雅雪人), or “Abominable Snowman”, in the high mountains of their snowy homeland.

62. What the volunteers for this expedition need most is _____.

A. experience     B. enthusiasm     C. confidence      D. devotion 

63. The timetable for starting the trip depends on _____.

A. the number of explorers        B. government’s support 

C. the money                   D. local people’s guiding

64. According to the text, the underlined word “crypto zoology” in the last paragraph probably refers to _____.

A. the study of mysterious animals    B. the study of human beings 

C. dangerous expeditions           D. tourism industry

65. What would be the best title for this text?

A. Volunteers for an expedition needed

B. Scientists to look for China’s Bigfoot

C. International cooperation in finding wild animals 

D. Yeren appeared in Hubei again
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