He met her at a party. She was outstanding while he was normal. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee. She was 36 but due to being polite, she 37 . Sitting in a nice coffee shop, he was too 38 to say anything.
Suddenly he asked the 39 , "Would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee." Everybody stared at him, so 40 ! His face turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him 41 , "Why you have this hobby?" He replied, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked the 42 of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. 43 I have the salty coffee, I always 44 my childhood and my hometown. I miss my hometown and my parents." 45 saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. A man who can tell out his homesickness must be a man who has 46 of home.
That was a really beautiful 47 of their story. Then the story was just like every beautiful love story —the princess 48 the prince. And every time she made 49 for him, she put some salt in it, as she
knew that's the 50 he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away, 51 her a letter which said, "My d
earest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life's lie — the salty coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, 52 I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to 53 so I just went ahead. If I can live for the second time, I still want to have you for my whole life, 54 I have to drink the salty coffee again."
Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her, "What's the taste of 
55 coffee? " She replied, " It's sweet."
A．surprised B．pleased C．satisfied D．excited
A．answered B．promised C．provided D．refused
A．curious B．jealous C．nervous D．cautious
A．waiter B．girl C．partner D．customer
A．outstanding B．bitter C．delicious D．strange
A．constantly B．curiously C．suddenly D．seriously
A．color B．character C．quality D．taste
A．Every time B．Next time C．The first time D．By the time
A．think out B．think over C．think of D．think up
A．Since B．Though C．While D．Because
A．responsibility B．concept C．consideration D．control
A．scene B．beginning C．comedy D．result
A．dated B．admired C．devoted D．married
A．tea B．water C．coffee D．milk
A．way B．method C．means D．route
A．left B．leaving C．writing D．wrote
A．fortunately B．actually C．happily D．possibly
A．change B．remind C．overcome D．remove
B．now that C．even though D．so that
A．sugared B．old C．instant D．salty
阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Americans prefer to try every way to have fun. For example, they drive their own cars, some even tow a small boat after vehicle. They start from Los Angeles, California under sun, ____ through four or five hundred miles to go to La Fulin, Colorado to spend weekends ____ Chinese people are still busy with work, and have dinner at home together with families on weekends or ____ time watching TV.
The difference is mainly due to cultural customs and traditions ____ the two countries. It is said that Chinese people are living for others, while Americans are for ____.When Chinese people come to the United States, they fight for ____ first, and then desperately make money after they are recognized by others. It seems that, the purpose to earn money is not to enjoy life, __47__ for their following generations: sons and daughters and even grandchildren. Chinese people prefer to save money ___ emergency' such as illness. Although Chinese people with ____ in the United States don't need to worry about their own social welfare and health insurance, they work still very hard, ____ they hope that they can save more money.
Chinese people's interest is in the amount on the passbook, so they spend ____ money usually. Most of Chinese are very thrifty, and they are ____ to spend money, but there are exceptions. They are willing to spend money on their ____. Many Chinese people think that, they endure many ____, so they wish that their children could live much better. Therefore, in the United States elementary schools, you can see that those who ____the best, with more pocket money are Chinese students. In contrast, American children dress very simply, with just a little pocket money.
____ Chinese, Americans believe in living for themselves. They do everything for their own. ____, they earn money to enjoy a ____ life, and pursue a higher quality of life. As for their own parents or children, they think that parents have their own pension and social welfare, and children should live a(n) ____ life when they are 18 years old. So they could boldly spend money on themselves. ___, Americans save little money. In the street, it is easy for Chinese to take out 300－400 dollars, but it is hard to say for Americans.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our room and listened: someone was against the door of the and calling out at the same time.“What’s ?” I shouted.
“The door has been and I can’t get out.” The answer came back. The voice, which ________ like that of a girl, came from several below.
My wife had now me and she went off directly in search of the night porter (守夜人). After calling to the girl that was on its way, I went back into the to get some tools. Then I too hurried the stairs until I reached the place the life was stuck.
I tried my hand at forcing to the life door, talking all the while to the girl trapped inside, my tools were of no use for this purpose, Very , however, my wife returned.________to find the porter, she had called the police, who agreed to send an engineer. , she had also got in touch with the fire service.
In a short time the engineer appeared, followed by two . Almost immediately afterwards the firemen too. With the special equipment it the engineer only a short while to get the door open. In spite of (尽管) her experience, the girl was in good . “I’m hungry,” was her only remark as she stepped out of her cage.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way ,we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “ _____ my job. Family to Feed.”
At this store, a _____ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a ______ on how bad it must be to have to stand _______ in the cold wind.
In the store, I asked each of my kids to _____ something they thought our “friend” there would ______. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a _______. I thought about it. We were _____ on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes _____ from our need instead of our abundance is _____ what we need to do! All the kids _____ something they could do away with for the week.
When we handed him the bag of ____, he lit up and thanked us with _____ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for ______his family might need, he burst into tears.
This has been a wonderful _____ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can _____! Things would have played out so _____ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have ______ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in _____, it also gave my kids the ______ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There Was a Greek shopkeeper in a small corner shop in London．She taught me about the _ of an act of kindness, which has motivated me to give．
On the day I went to that shop．I was _with a very high fever．I had been off work for days and I had _ out of food．Because I had been working so hard since I had _ _ to town, I also had no friends who could help．
So I went out to get some food． _ ,1 would have gone to the supermarket, but on this __, I went into the Greek shop because it was closer．I _ a few things, from the looks of which revealed （透露） the _ that I lived alone．Then I _ them to the shopkeeper, who told me, "You are unwell．" I _ rather shyly．She pointed at the things I was buying and _．"I can make you a sandwich, so you don't have to do it yourself．
So, she made the sandwich and asked me to _ a moment．She went in the back room and reappeared with a container of hot soup．"It will _ you up," she said with a smile．
What really warmed me up, _ ,was not the soup．It was her _ that told me she cared．Her kindness made me feel cared for when I was particularly _ ．
And it _ me．It made me want to be as _ as the shopkeeper．I had been quite shy, but from that day on, I did not let shyness prevent me from _ random acts of kindness．
I was determined to _ the joy ．．．and I haven't felt lonely since!
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened a young man, the son of a(n) baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was , and by midseason he expected to be removed day. The coaches were by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become from his potential.
His seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly the attention of the parent team, and he was called to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the remark the judge had that day when his baseball career had seemed .
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”
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