Now the little river _23_ before she became a river, _24_ was the breeze that had carried her up a high mountain, _25_ she turned into rain and fell onto the ground and became what she was now. Finally the river _26_ her courage and rushed into the open arms of the _27_, which carried her to the next stage of her life.

The course of our lives is like the _28_ of the little river. If you want to_29_ difficulties in your life, you should also have the wisdom and courage to change yourself.

Perhaps you can try asking yourself these questions: What is my inner _30_? What is it that I stick to? And what is it that I really want?

11. A. problem B. way C. power D. time

12. A. ending B. starting C. planning D. considering

13. A. immediately B. directly C. slowly D. sadly

14. A. breeze B. desert C. voice D. rain

15. A. think of B. stick to C. take up D. refer to

16. A. order B. requirement C. idea D. trick

17. A. disappear B. change C. get D. flow

18. A. beautiful B. appropriate C. historic D. familiar

19. A. cause B. road C. route D. course

20. A. patiently B. proudly C. angrily D. aimlessly

21. A. uncountable B. ordinary C. invisible D. unbelievable

22. A. outside B. upside C. downside D. inside

23. A. understood B. realized C. found D. remembered

24. A. it B. she C. he D. which

25. A. when B. where C. how D. why

26. A. decided B. saw C. gathered D. exposed

27. A. desert B. mountain C. breeze D. God

28. A. experience B. appearance C. performance D. style

29. A. meet B. overcome C. avoid D. refuse

30. A. thought B. course C. nature D. courage

三、阅读理解

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Each Indian tribe had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language；the other way by signals.

Sign language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs were made with the hands. One sign meant “man”. Another meant “horse”. To tell the time of day when something happened, an Indian pointed to the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.

Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.

To signal that he had seen many animals. an Indian rode his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger. The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket，