My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 36 , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s 37 anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 38 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 39 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house. She moves around so fast that often 40 don’t realize she’s blind.
I 41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 43 excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 44 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 45 with us.”
To my great 46 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 48 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt 49 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 50 in conversation.
When I told her, she was 51 for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 52 . And I knew my child was 53 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's 54 in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 55 .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
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On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 41 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 42 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 43 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”
Neilson 44.
Pulling open her door, the man seized her 45 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 46 her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 47, heard the screams and began running .
When they 48 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 49 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 50 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 51 for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 52 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms 53 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 54 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—— you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 55 him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 56 carjacker（劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose 57—— but with a full head of hair—— had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky 58 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 59 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would 60 have done what they did, and that’ the real truth.”
41. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send
42. A. recognized B. watched C. noticed D. met
43. A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude
44. A. escaped B. struggled C. refused D. obeyed
45. A. by B. around C. with D. on
46. A. burying B. forgetting C. offering D. grabbing
47. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday
48. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached
49. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently
50. A. fought B. turned C. jumped D. shouted
51. A. match B. target C. equal D. companion
52. A. remind B. phone C. invite D. beg
53. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied
54. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly
55. A. caught B. thanked C. comforted D. ignored
56. A. ordinary B. professional C. honest D. outstanding
57. A. picture B. background C. character D. story
58. A. and B. but C. though D. when
59. A. ridiculous B. similar C. strange D. different
60. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. forever
The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did 15 years ago, which reminded me of my girlhood.
It was my second day of ____36___ and it was raining heavily. I couldn’t __37_____ the habit I had at home, so I fell asleep right at my ___38____. I woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on Dad’s back. We were ____39__ home. It was the last time I felt __40____ to him.
After that, he never carried me or hugged me as other fathers did to their children. I was not bothered by this ___41____. I was proud of it, for I felt _____42____ and “grown up”. However, there were times when I felt depressed by not having sought __43___ from him.
One day, I was writing Chinese characters as homework. I hated doing this more than anything. Dad came and stood behind me for a moment, __44____ me scratching（乱涂）the paper. Then he said, “ This kind of writing needs ___45_
____. Your writing is not strong enough. Press harder.”
I followed his ____46_____ for the next two weeks, but __47____ I could see little improvement, I followed my own method---the __48___ way. His advice didn’t improve my writing but our __49____. As I grew older, I found out that he had finished his ___50___ in Grade 6, which was the highest grade in town then, so he was considered to be a ___51___. People used to ask him to write something to put on the walls, but he never felt very useful.
He often said to me, “As you can see, this family is going to count on you. We are __52__ to improve you anything for your future. You have to get _53____ to change the life for yourself.”
As a result of his __54___, I have __55___ it through high school and through college.
36. A. graduation B. employment C. college D. school
37. A. form B. resist C. follow D. break
38. A. dormitory B. door C. desk D. bed
39. A. at B. already C. beyond D. halfway
40. A. close B. near C. happy D. relaxed
41. A. gap B. thought C. action D. accident
42. A. lonely B. depressed C. independent D. comfortable
43. A. comfort B. help C. support D. explanation
44. A. helping B. directing C. watching D. blaming
45. A. skill B. patience C. time D. practice
46. A. introduction B. manner C. spirit D. advice
47. A. even if B. while C. as D. though
48. A. difficult B. slow C. efficient D. fast
49. A. relationship B. friendship C. thought D. life
50. A. schooling B. life C. hope D. expectation
51. A. writer B. scholar C. scientist D. specialist
52. A. tired B. glad C. useless D. ready
53. A. an educationB. a rich boyfriend C. a well-paid job D. a good writing
54. A. help B. expectations C. examination D. watch
55. A. succeeded B. got C. made D. found
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
My first job was in what they call the city center. The 36 was large, dark and old 37 the physics lecture room was on the second floor. 38 , it wasn’t a lecture room at all, it was an ordinary room, but it had “LECTURE ROOM” on the 39 . The students were sixteen or seventeen years old, 40 several years younger than me． 41 , some of them looked and acted 42 older than me sometimes．
The room was directly 43 the street, and had the window looking out over the street and many houses．One day, I was 44 some work on the blackboard when I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me．There was a man standing in the room with 45 an apple in his hand．He looked 46 ．
“Who threw this?” he asked, looking round the class．
“I beg your pardon?” I said．Was this the school inspector（督学）? 47 threw this apple out of the window,” he said．“It 48 on my car．”
“Who threw an apple out of the window?” I 49 to the class．There was no answer.
“I 50 the fellow who threw this．” said the man．“I 51 outside for you．” And then he left, slamming the door．
52 was silence and I continued with the lesson．At the end of every lesson, a bell rang, usually the class were all 53 before it finished ringing, leaving me saying “That’s all for today” to an empty 54 ．
This time, when the bell went for the end of the lesson, no one 55 . “That’s all for today,” I said．
“You go first, sir．” said one of the boys．It made a nice change, being first out．
36．A．room B．building C．floor D．city
37．A．and B．as C．so D．but
38．A．Happily B．Luckily C．Properly D．Actually
39．A．floor B．ground C．door D．window
40．A．over B．only C．up D．almost
41．A．In fact B．In the end C．After all D．As a result
42．A．more B．less C．very D．even
43．A．on B．above C．below D．in
44．A．getting B．making C．taking D．putting
45．A．hardly B．almost C．half D．such
46．A．angry B．kind C．sorry D．happy
47．A．Anyone B．One C．Who D．Someone
48．A．hit B．fell C．landed D．arrived
49．A．asked B．said C．talked D．told
50．A．hate B．find C．get D．want
51．A．will be waiting B．have waited C．have been waiting D．wait
52．A．It B．There C．This D．That
53．A．walked B．left C．gone D．ended
54．A．lesson B．class C．room D．lecture
55．A．heard B．finished C．spoke D．moved
The purpose of a letter of application(求职信) is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state ___1___ the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have ___2___. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without ___3___ out any necessary facts.
In writing a letter of application, keep in ___4___ that the things a possible employer is most ___5___ to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. ___6___ the first few sentences fail to ___7___ the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be ___8___ at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not ___9___ your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your ___10___ in today’s newspaper,” you might say “I have made a careful ___11___ of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives ___12___ your product and why they like it. ”
Try to ___13___ generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now ___14___. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I ___15___ in a letter? Employers want experience—which, naturally, no ___16___ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is ___17___.
It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. ___18___ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent ___19___ is to enclose(内附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it ___20___ for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
1. A. clearly B. carefully C. obviously D. easily
2. A. found B. done C. known D. heard
3. A. sending B. taking C. leaving D. picking
4. A. brain B. sight C. order D. mind
5. A. probable B. possible C. likely D. able
6. A. While B. Although C. As D. If
7. A. pay B. win C. show D. fix
8. A. kept B. continued C. written D. read
9. A. to B. for C. into D. from
10. A. advertisement B. report C. article D. introduction
11. A. watch B. search C. study D. discussion
12. A. change B. make C. sell D. use
13. A. avoid B. remember C. protect D. gain
14. A. losing B. applying C. preparing D. fitting
15. A. offer B. supply C. mean D. provide
16. A. worker B. beginner C. owner D. manager
17. A. success B. development C. practice D. experience
18. A. Make B. Ask C. State D. Get
19. A. result B. decision C. promise D. idea
20. A. happier B. easier C. cheaper D. safer
One evening, Mr Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had ___1___ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and asked for ___2___. Mr Green told him to get on and continued his way. ___3___ he talked to the man, he ___4___ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr Green was very afraid at the ___5___ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police－car and had a ___6___ idea. He ___7___ speed and drove as quickly as possible. Then he found the police-car running ___8___ him. After a mile ___9___ the police-car passed him and ordered him to stop. A policeman came up. Mr Green had hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr Green’s ___10___.
The policeman said he wanted Mr Green’s name and ___11___ and Mr Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his ___12___. “You ___13___ appear at the police station. “ He said. Then he talked to Mr Green about ___14___ driving. Mr Green started up his car again. He had ___15___ all hope of his ￡10,000, but as he reached a more lonely part, the robber said he wanted to ___16___. Mr Green stopped and the man said. “___17___. You’ve been ___18___ to me. This is what I can do in ___19___.” And he handed Mr Green the policeman’s ___20___, which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr Green.
1. A. taken B. held C. brought D. drawn
2. A. money B. help C. a lift D. a ride
3. A. As B. Since C. Then D. Because
4. A. recognized B. learned C. supposed D. expected
5. A. sight B. idea C. touch D. thought
6. A. fast B. bright C. strange D. bad
7. A. put on B. got on C. took on D. had on
8. A. behind B. with C. after D. beside
9. A. and so B. or so C. and so on D. or so on
10. A. head B. shoulder C. back D. neck
11. A. number B. home C. place D. address
12. A. car B. pocket C. hand D. trousers
13. A. shall B. will C. would D. need
14. A. careful B. normal C. drunk D. dangerous
15. A. held out B. build up C. given up D. turn over
16. A. run away B. break away C. set out D. get out
17. A. I’m sorry B. You’re welcomeC. That’s all rightD. Thank you
18. A. kind B. polite C. known D. necessary
19. A. all B. fact C. return D. the end
20. A. gun B. pen C. money D. notebook
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