School was over and I felt quite tired. I sat at the very 36 of the crowded bus because of my anxiety(焦虑) to go home. Sitting there makes me 37 like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the 38 , tried to break the uncomfortable 39 by starting a conversation. I tried to mind my manners and politely 40 her, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, 41 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in 42 , I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from fighting the tears, she 43 , “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she continued. “I’ve 44 lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I was shocked. My 45 ached for her. And this reminded me of the great 46 my own mother was thrown into when her father 47 . I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to 48 that.
Suddenly I 49 Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of 50 and concerns, too. I suddenly felt very selfish(自私). I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in m
y life. I paid no 51 to Janie 52 she was a bus driver. I had judged(评价) her by her 53 and brushed her off as unimportant.
For all I know, I’m just another person in 54 else’s world, and may not even be 55 . I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go to, people to see and appointment to keep. Understanding people is an art.
A．front C．side D．middle
A．stand for B．stand up C．stand out D．stand by
A．doctor B．driver C．teacher D．classmate
A．mood B．condition C．atmosphere D．occasion
A．listen to B．argue with C．explain to D．talk to
A．however B．instead C．therefore D．otherwise
A．surprise B．particular C．purpose D．silence
A．replied B．shouted C．cried D．spoke
A．totally B．already C．completely D．heavily
A．leg B．stomach C．heart D．head
A．pain B．respect C．happiness D．disappointment
A．was lost B．was away C．died D．was sick
A．go against B．go for C．go by D．go through
A．realized B．recognized C．argued D．explained
A．family B．school C．friend D．job
A．money B．attention C．respect D．time
A．unless B．though C．because D．while
A．voice B．job C．family D．look
A．anyone B．someone C．everyone D．nobody
A．happy B．smart C．important D．useful
Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a 36 job which gets him 37 at five o'clock every morning. He is a 38 .
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner 39 the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered （递）to the 40 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.
In 41 , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each 42 on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from 43 , rain or snow. His 44 think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him 45 .
Billy 46 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest 47 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to 48 money from his customers. Since many of them 49 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 50 . Sometimes, when Billy is 51 , his older brother has to 52 the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help as well.
Billy has seventy customers now, 53 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a 54 to Europe, but he will also be happy 55 he wins a new bicycle.
A．full-time B．strange C．good D．part-time
A．indoors B．outdoors C．down D．up
A．schoolboy B．newspaper boy C．cowboy（牛仔） D．clever boy
A．that B．where C．which D．whether
A．house B．porch(门廊) C．school D．corner
A．autumn B．winter C．morning D．summer
A．newspaper B．magazine C．letter D．email
A．air B．wind C．water D．fire
A．teachers B．parents C．bosses（老板们） D．customers(顾客们)
A．books B．some bread C．a new bike D．tips（小费）
A．makes B．saves C．spends D．pays
A．in B．at C．to D．on
A．give B．borrow C．collect D．catch
A．play B．study C．work D．rest
A．in the morning B．at night C．in the afternoon D．at noon
A．sick B．angry C．at school D．sad
A．carry B．collect C．deliver D．sell
A．then B．but C．so D．for
A．trip B．car C．bicycle D．job
A．because B．whether C．unless D．if
On April 11 Lincoln, Mrs Lincoln and two friends were spending night in talk, when Lincoln suddenly began to discuss his dreams. “I had one the other night. About 10 days ago I went to bed very 36 . I had been up 37 for important letters from the White House for a long time. I could not have been 38 in bed when I fell into sleep. I soon began to 39 . There seemed to be a dead silence about me. Then I heard sobs(抽泣)， 40 a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and 41 downstairs. There the silence was broken by some pitiful(令人可怜的) sobbing, but the mourners(送葬者)were 42 .I went from room to room, no living person was in sight; but the same mournful sounds of distress(悲痛) met me as I 43 along. It was light in all the rooms; 44 was well known to me，but 45 were all the people who were sobbing as if their hearts would 46 ? I was puzzled and frightened. What could be the 47 of all this? I kept on walking until I arrived at the East Room, which I 48 . Before me was a dead body. Around it were soldiers who were acting as 49 ; there were some people 50 pitifully. ‘‘Who is dead in the White House?” I asked.
“The president，” was the answer.
“It’s 51 !”I said to myself and was surprised. How did he die?”
“He was killed by an assassinator (暗杀者)!” was the answer.
“ 52 came a loud burst of crying from the crowd，which woke me from my dream. I slept 53 that night, and although it was 54 a dream I have been rather angry about it 55 .”
A．soon B．late C．quickly D．early
A．reading B．answering C．waiting D．paying
A．tired B．busy C．excited D．long
A．dream B．think C．sleep D．wake
A．as if B．even if C．though D．unless
A．looked B．waited C．wandered D．listened
A．out of sight B．sobbing C．talking D．there
A．got B．looked C．passed D．shouted
A．everything B．nothing C．the room D．one mourner
A．why B．where C．how D．what
A．stop B．burst C．break D．die
A．result B．wrong C．matter D．meaning
A．stood B．stayed C．entered D．wandered
A．mourners B．enemies C．servants D．guards
A．shouting B．weeping C．mourning D．working
A．him B．me C．terrible D．sad
A．So B．It C．Then D．Thus
A．no more B．more C．excitedly D．calmly
A．such B．only C．still D．also
A．forever B．at that time C．all along D．ever since
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was 21 of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 22 a driving offence (犯规).
Then one day she nearly 23 her record. A police car 24 her, and the policemen in it saw her 25 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26 that she would be punished.
When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge（法官）, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 27 old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red 28 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 29 old age, so that she had not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 30 . Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 31 and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she 32 a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.
When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed 33 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 34 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record 35 unbroken.
A．afraid B．careful C．proud D．full
A．about B．on C．to D．for
A．kept B．won C．missed D．lost
A．watched B．after C．followed D．ran after
A．pass B．go C．run D．rush
A．sure B．Indeed C．certain D．perhaps
A．so B．very C．too D．quite
A．light B．lamp C．sign D．one
A．with B．Because C．for D．of
A．speaking B．saying C．talking D．telling
A．holding B．getting C．carrying D．bringing
A．took B．brought C．picked D．chose
A．both B．all C．neither D．either
A．time B．turn C．chance D．job
A．was B．kept C．seemed D．remained
Megan's Library of Love book drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The_ 21__ to send books to a school _22 _was created by Megan's classmates at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute（悼念）to her.
The project formed out of the desire to23 _Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a _24__ in the life of others. Students have many 25_ of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent 26__ she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her _27_ for learning and reading to create the Library of Love. This project honors Megan's special qualities. In the _28__of one of her classmates, Megan was, “A good daughter, a good student, a good friend. ”We are all blessed to have been a _29_ of Megan's life.
Every February, on Megan's birthday, fifth graders at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School _30 _donations of newly purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “Love books” are truly a __31__ of love meant to _32_ reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local _33 _.The fifth graders also have the _34_ of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker（标签）, _35_ the books into categories（类别）, and _36_ all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love _37 _began, students have collected over 5000 newly purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3419 books were sent to St. Bernard's Parish to help _38 their school library after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the community. In 2007, 1613 books were sent to White Mountain School in Alaska, who _39 _their high school in a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of _40 _to other schools in the future.
A．move B．thought C．idea D．offer
A．in need B．in trouble C．in difficulty D．in pain
A．help B．honor C．keep D．save
A．contribution B．mark C．difference D．start
A．images B．pictures C．stories D．memories
A．effort B．advice C．help D．example
A．interest B．passion C．preference D．determination
A．case B．ideas C．words D．look
A．company B．witness C．part D．friend
A．get B．count C．seek D．collect
A．measure B．force C．gift D．mark
A．push B．reward C．inspire D．connect
A．families B．communities C．factories D．businesses
A．chance B．responsibility C．pleasure D．work
A．dividing B．placing C．sorting D．passing
A．cleaning B．checking C．packing D．examining
A．plan B．organization C．campaign D．project
A．repair B．rebuild C．remove D．restart
A．lost B．ruined C．closed D．escaped
A．comforting B．reading C．encouraging D．writing
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects （缺陷） that can never be changed．“I’m impatient．” “I’m always behind．” “I always put things 21 !” You’ve surely heard them．Maybe you’ve used them to describe 22 ．
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 23 for years—often from 24 childhood．These stories may have no 25 in fact．But they can set low expectations for us．As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life．” How did these expectations 26 my development? I was never 27 to work on cars or be around 28 ．When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test．My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 29 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree．One of my professors, Dr．Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do．On the positive side, I 30 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking．” On the 31 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills．”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills．I explained my life 32 and told him about my 33 performance on the Army test．Bob then asked, “ 34 is it that you can solve 35 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 36 from some sort of genetic defect．I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 37 ．At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 38 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless．And it wasn’t just the Army test, either．I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true． 39 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 40 we choose．
A．away B．off C．up D．down
A．them B．myself C．yourself D．others
A．said B．spoken C．spread D．repeated
A．as long as B．as far back as C．as well as D．as much as
A．basis B．plot C．cause D．meaning
A．lead B．improve C．affect D．change
A．encouraged B．demanded C．hoped D．agreed
A．means B．tools C．facilities D．hammers
A．therefore B．somehow C．instead D．however
A．settled B．turned C．took D．got
A．passive B．active C．negative D．subjective
A．experiences B．trips C．roads D．paths
A．unexpected B．poor C．excellent D．average
A．When B．What C．How D．Why
A．complex B．advanced C．common D．primary
A．arise B．separate C．suffer D．come
A．believe B．suspect C．adopt D．receive
A．weakening B．strengthening C．abandoning D．accepting
A．As a result B．At the same time C．In addition D．On the contrary
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．all
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