阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old. From then on I always 36 at home and with friends.
That winter I notice that many 37 people had difficulty getting to the 38 store after a snowstorm. So I started to spend part of a 39 Saturday knocking at apartment doors to ask if any one needed 40 from the store. The grocery store was down a huge hill and I would bring 41 a couple of bags of groceries for them. I liked it and it made them so 42 .
It started with 43 alone and then the number grew. A short time later, my 44 in the building asked what I was doing and a couple of them 45 and it became a routine. I 46 asked for or took money for it. Sometimes the ladies 47 slip the change in my pocket. I would just buy something the next time to give to them, 48 flowers or a card. I did this every 49_ up to when I left to go to college.
When I was away at 50 , many people asked my mom how I was doing. Through those conversations she 51 what I used to do -—I had never told her.
Now, I’m a teacher and teaching my students the art of true 52 ; Everyone in the world needs help, and everyone can also 53 help. The image of those old people’s happiness caused by my 54 of goodwill appears in my mind every time I have the chance to do something 55 . This is the power of charity.
A．look around B．run about C．help out D．act up
A．lazy B．young C．elderly D．disabled
A．grocery B．clothes C．food D．medicine
A．sunny B．cloudy C．rainy D．snowy
A．anything B．nothing C．all D．few
A．forwards B．in C．back D．out
A．surprised B．interested C．ashamed D．happy
A．myself B．me C．themselves D．them
A．classmates B．students C．relatives D．friends
A．gave up B．joined in C．paid up D．turned away
A．sometimes B．not C．neither D．never
A．would B．should C．could D．dared
A．like B．as C．by D．for
A．day B．week C．month D．winter
A．school B．college C．leisure D．work
A．recognized B．followed C．learned D．proved
A．friendship B．usefulness C．success D．kindness
A．offer B．own C．accept D．reward
A．acts B．words C．thought D．test
A．unusual B．successful C．hard D．nice
I went to the classroom with great confidence when I gave my first lesson to my English literature class. Since I had taught in America for many years, I had no 36 ______ about my ability to hold their attention and to 37 ______ them my admiration for the literature of my native language.
I was 38 ______ when the monitor shouted，“ Stand up！ ” The whole class 39 ______ as I entered the classroom. I was somewhat 40 ______ how I could get them to sit down again, but once that embarrassment was over, I quickly 41 ______ my calmness and began what I thought was a fact- packed lecture, sure to gain their 42 ______ — perhaps even their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow(满面红光）which came from a sense of 43 ______ .
All ray students 44 ______ diaries. However, as I read their diaries, the rosy glow was gradually 45 ______ by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said，“ Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. Her next lecture will 46 ______ be better. ” Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary, each expressing a 47 ______ theme. “ Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 48 ______ for all the works we'll study in class, “ I complained. “ How should they say I didn't 49 ______ them anything?"
After a long term ’ I gradually learned that my ideas about 50 ______ were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to 51 ______ questions and provide enough background so that students could 52 their own conclusions, while my students thought a teacher's job was to provide 53 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a great 54 ______ !
However, I also learned a lot, and my 55 ______ with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
A．idea B． doubt C．trouble D． difficulty
A．fix on B． hold on C．focus on D． impress on
A．shocked B． amused C．interested D． excited
A．laughed B． shouted C．rose D． whispered
A．puzzled B． confident C．anxious D． curious
A．covered B． hid C．regained D． won
A．satisfaction B． support C．concern D． respect
A．failure B． achievement C．embarrassment D． sadness
A．liked B． kept C．read D． exchanged
A． replaced B． held C．controlled D． caught
A． surely B． naturally C．obviously D． possibly
A． normal B． special C．similar D． disappointing
A． knowledge B． background C．development D． information
A． explain B． tell C．provide D． teach
A． education B． learning C．culture D． literature
A． discover B． consider C．raise D． answer
A． draw B． decide C．express D． share
A． useful B． related C．exact D． standard
A． concept B． situation C．challenge D． difference
A． discussion B． experience C．argument D． growth
It was black in the evening. Andy, a 12-year-old boy was unwilling to go outside. But his mother, Lilly, was worried about his father and 36 he go.
About an hour ago, the husband said he had to 37 his car outside their house. ___38 enough, it seemed that the wife hadn’t heard a single 39 for a long time.
“Go and have a look. What on earth is he doing?” she said to Andy.
The boy walked out and called into the darkness “Dad?”
“Andy?” 40 was his father, who spoke slowly, in a strange way. Actually, his voice sounded 41 .
That evening, when the man had to get 42 the car to fix it, he used a forklift to lift the car. 43 , the man didn’t place the blocks in front of the car’ s front tires to keep it from 44 forward off the forks, which was exactly 45 it did afterwards.
Little Andy saw his dad’s feet 46 out from beneath the car. 47 to take a full breath, his father sank into a sleepy, half-alive 48 .
“Keep calm, mum. Everything will be all right.” The boy 49 the scared mother.
He climbed on and tried to do something to help. Finally, the car started to come off the ground and hung in the 50 .
After a few minutes, the policemen were sent for. Luckily, the father, who 51 under the car, could still breathe, alive.
It wasn’t 52 his dad was carried into an ambulance heading for the hospital that the little boy 53 and couldn’t help crying.
Andy says one satisfying change has come out of the 54 : he is able to spend more time with his dad, who hasn’t touched a car 55 his car fell on him.
A．stated B．demanded C．declared D．announced
A．clean B．buy C．fix D．sell
A．Strangely B．Interestingly C．Fortunately D．Naturally
A．word B．voice C．noise D．sound
A．He B．This C．There D．It
A．usual B．different C．calm D．upset
A．into B．onto C．beneath D．above
A．Somehow B．Anyhow C．Somewhat D．Anyway
A．sinking B．rolling C．driving D．running
A．what B．how C．why D．which
A．bringing B．moving C．sticking D．taking
A．Unable B．Unlikely C．Likely D．Able
A．circumstance B．environment C．state D．position
A．encouraged B．comforted C．required D．persuaded
A．shade B．sky C．wind D．air
A．slept B．sat C．stood D．lay
A．until B．unless C．when D．while
A．broke out B．broke down C．broke up D．broke off
A．matter B．affair C．accident D．event
A．after B．before C．when D．since
Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some unexpected trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n) 36 of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she 37 hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men 38 the girl’s house. They demanded to speak to her to find out where the grandmother’s house was, 39 they could get the money they had seen. 40 , the girl was not home at the time, so the robbers 41 a small amount of cash from the mother and left.
Because the 42 is still under investigation, local police aren’t saying 43 else about it. It’s not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers 44 the girl in the past.
Two other 45 were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girl’s father and brother. Luckily, no one was 46 . The robbers left peacefully after 47 that the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the 48 that had appeared in the photo.
Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to 49 citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites 50 doing so. The police say it is 51 that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address, 52 that the robbers knew the girl in another way. 53 , they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have 54 such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting on other pages that 55 the girl’s name.
A．picture B．story C．blog D．video
A．kept B．made C．let D．got
A．knocked at B．looked at C．broke into D．ran into
A．even if B．so that C．as soon as D．in case
A．Usually B．Suddenly C．Fortunately D．Finally
A．spent B．left C．asked D．took
A．robber B．family C．case D．girl
A．few B．many C．little D．much
A．ignored B．knew C．remembered D．followed
A．members B．adults C．characters D．neighbors
A．escaped B．harmed C．killed D．buried
A．showing B．realizing C．discovering D．recognizing
A．cash B．grandmother C．house D．website
A．inform B．accuse C．rob D．warn
A．enjoy B．stop C．keep D．consider
A．possible B．important C．necessary D．strange
A．so B．or C．and D．but
A．Besides B．However C．Therefore D．Instead
A．taken up B．set up C．put away D．given away
A．included B．drew C．contained D．attracted
The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break .She seemed so small as she pushed her way __36__ the crowd of boys on the playground . She___37__ from them all.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing __38__.She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until __39__. One day I asked her __40__ she practiced so much. She looked __41__in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can __42__ is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want to be __43__. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
Well, I had to give it in to her--- she was __44__.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head __45_ in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was _46___. "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I'm just too short." The coach told her that at her height she would probably __47__get to play for a top ranked team,__48__offered a scholarship. So she _49___stop dreaming about college.
She was __50___ and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just didn't __51__ the power of a dream. He told her __52__she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, __53___could stop her except one thing-- her own attitude. He told her again," if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter（招聘人员）. She was indeed offered a __54__ .She was going to get the college education that she had __55___and worked toward for all those years.
A．across B．through C．over D．into
A．brought out B．showed out C．stood out D．worked out
A．only B．lonely C．simply D．alone
A．dark B．dawn C．midnight D．daybreak
A．how B．when C．why D．what
A．worriedly B．shyly C．quietly D．directly
A．go B．get C．enter D．attend
A．worse B．better C．the best D．the worst
A．encouraged B．determined C．fixed D．fascinated
A．covered B．enclosed C．dropped D．buried
A．the affair B．the matter C．matter D．the wrong
A．ever B．even C．once D．never
A．far more B．much less C．much fewer D．many more
A．should B．must C．can D．may
A．overjoyed B．moved C．embarrassed D．heartbroken
A．understand B．experience C．learn D．believe
A．even if B．as if C．that if D．only if
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．prize B．medal C．scholarship D．position
A．dreamed of B．accepted C．thought of D．appreciated
In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my 16 , it was the same score.
Later that evening, I 17 told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our son much better than an IQ test. We decided that Michael’s score must have been a 18 and we should treat him 19 as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year, he got 20 grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael 21 Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student. Soon afterwards, his teacher permitted him to take more courses than 22 . In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I 23 the ceremony (典礼) at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the 24 IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say 25 , “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the 26 we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then asked for another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had 27 the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be 28 .
Children often do as well as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, 29 of them. That is, tell a child he is “ 30 ” , and he may play the role of a foolish child.
A．joy B．surprise C．dislike D．disappointment
A．tearfully B．fearfully C．cheerfully D．hopefully
A．joke B．mistake C．warning D．wonder
A．specially B．strictly C．naturally D．carefully
A．poor B．good C．average D．standard
A．visited B．entered C．passed D．chose
A．allowed B．described C．required D．offered
A．missed B．held C．delayed D．attended
A．high B．same C．low D．different
A．curiously B．eagerly C．calmly D．jokingly
A．confidence B．interest C．pride D．delight
A．received B．accepted C．organized D．discussed
A．imperfect B．impossible C．uncertain D．unsatisfactory
A．hear B．learn C．expect D．speak
A．wise B．rude C．shy D．stupid
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