“Wolf！”

Lydia Angiyou's five-year-old nephew Paulussie whispered with alarm as he touched her

arm. At first, she didn't believe him.

Angiyou, Paulussie, her another newphew Lueassie, also five, and her youngest son Jessie,

seven, were walking to her mother's house one night last February. Animals were often sighted

near lvujvik--a village of 274 Inuit on the shore of Hudson Bay--but rarely on its streets.

The 41-year-old teacher and mother of five turned around. Looking behind her into the

darkness, at first she thought that Jessie was the wolf. But a meter behind the boy was 350kg

polar bern -no wolf in sight--standing on the icy road. Jessie turned and saw it, too, then ran,

screaming, to his mother.

Angiyou felt a rush of blood to her brain. "Get as far away as you can!" she shouted to the

boys as she ran towards the bear. She stopped just in front of it, then faced it quiedy. It made a

move to go around her to get to the boys, who must have seemed like the easier meal.

But Angiyou moved with the bear to maintain her position blocking the children. Finally she

got the animal's attention. In response, it rose on its hind legs to its full 2.5m height. The bear

charged, and knocked her into a seated position. The skin under her nose tore. Falling onto her

back, she screamed for help and kicked at the animal in a bicycling motion. She soon passed out.

Sirqualuk Ainalik, a fellow teacher, had been at his brother's house nearby when Jessie

dashed inside for help. Grabing a rifle, the 33-year-old ran to the road, firing a warning shot into

the air. He then aimed his gun at the huge bear.

With two more shots, Ainalik killed the polar bear.

56. Lydia Angiyou and             children went through the adventure.

A. two            B. three           C. four            D. five

57. What's the right order of the following according to the passage?

a. Angiyou passed out.

b. The bear struck Angiyou on the nose.

c. Angiyou went to her mother's home.

d. A fellow teacher killed the bear.

e. Angiyou was warned of a wolf.

A. e c b d a        B. c e d a b          C. c e b a d          D. c e a b d

58. The following are all right except          

A. Lydia Angiyou was in her forties

B. A wolf was finally killed

C. Animals often appeared near the village

D. Angiyou called for help while fighting

59. The story shows that Lydia Angiyou is          

A. strong and clever     B. skilled and careful

C. devoted and fearless    D.cautious and brave

In a cab, a woman seemed in such a hurry．She constantly rushed the cab driver to drive quickly．She was so absorbed in her own thoughts of getting to the airport as soon as possible that she was not aware they were going by a different route.

All of a sudden, a young man got inside the cab．He took her handbag in which she had put her visa, passport, and all the money for the trip.

The cab driver, who was in collusion with the robber, left her in the exactly middle of a dark street．She thought that she was rather unfortunate in the very situation.

During the very night, she was told a piece of shocking news．Tears came down her cheek．Flight 360, the plane that she should have got on board, had crashed．Had she not lost her important belongings, she could surely have lost the thing far more precious——her life.

Sometimes bad things really happen．There are times when nothing seems to go our way．So what should we do about it? We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the faith that we will get what we deserve．

Don’t waste your time and energy on things that can’t be changed．Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you’ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.

What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?

There was a man who won the lottery．He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.

But when he one day made it to the front page of the newspaper again, it was a different story．He had been killed because of his riches．If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it．Life is so unpredictable．You never know what will happen next.

Live one day at a time．We sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble．But please don’t forget: sometimes misfortune can be the source of happiness．Live for the moment．Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine．Believe me．And believe in yourself．As Captain Planet always says, “The power is yours！”

小题1:The underlined phrase “in collusion with” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________.”

A．was forced by

B．was fighting bravely against

C．was doing one’s best to beg

D．had cooperated with小题2:From the passage, we learn that ________.

A．robbers are sure to get what they want

B．somebody never runs out of good luck

C．the woman was lucky to miss her flight

D．if one feels oneself lucky, he or she will continue to be so小题3:The writer presents the second example in order to ________.

A．warn people of the danger of winning the lottery

B．tell people life is unpredictable

C．encourage people to buy lottery

D．persuade people not to be greedy小题4:According to the author, which of the following choices is the correct attitude to adopt to life?

A．Never waste any time or energy because time is so limited.

B．One needn’t be worried or feel frustrated．Believe in yourself.

C．Even while everything appears to be going smoothly, we should keep fully alert.

D．Worrying about what you don’t have小题5:The passage above is intended to tell us ________.

A．misfortune sometimes is a blessing

B．we should save up for a rainy day

C．fortune just goes with those prepared minds

D．both losses and gains go hand in hand