After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, 2011, many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.
I had to walk home since all the 36 had stopped after the quake. On my way home I 37 an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart 38 . A middle-aged Japanese man was holding a sign that read, “Please use our 39 .” He was 40 his house for people to go to the restroom.
My friend wanted to 41 others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will 42 you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a faraway place!
Then the next day I drove to 43 my car with gas. There was a 44 of gas now and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very 45 lines. I got 46 , since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my 47 , the man smiled and said, “ 48 this situation, we are only selling each person $ 30 worth of gas. Is that alright?” “Of course, I’m just glad that we are all able to 49 ,” I said. His smile gave me so much 50 .
I saw a man at the evacuation (疏散) center 51 when people brought food to him, It was the first time in three days that food has been brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next 52 surprised me. “I am very 53 that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t 54 any food at all. Please go to that centre as well.” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this 55 .
A．traffic B．rescue C．communication D．businesses
A．missed B．caught C．noticed D．heard
A．hungry B．soft C．broken D．warm
A．toilet B．hotel C．hospital D．house
A．advertising B．opening C．repairing D．decorating
A．encourage B．save C．charge D．help
A．drive B．follow C．lead D．bring
A．start B．fill C．check D．wash
A．plenty B．lack C．variety D．kind
A．direct B．straight C．long D．short
A．worried B．lucky C．excited D．annoyed
A．time B．turn C．duty D．decision
A．Apart from B．Together with C．Because of D．Instead of
A．share B．offer C．tolerate D．transform
A．comfort B．fun C．trouble D．entertainment
A．waiting B．grabbing C．sleeping D．crying
A．promises B．roles C．actions D．words
A．upset B．grateful C．surprised D．proud
A．bought B．supplied C．prepared D．received
A．city B．center C．lesson D．disaster
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I grew up in a little village in England．My father was a struggling ，but I always knew he was special.
Dad’s always been very ．At 15，I started a magazine．It was a great deal of my time，and the headmaster of my school gave me a ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine．I decided to leave，and Dad tried to sway me from my decision， as any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind，he said，“Richard，when I was 23，my dad me to go into law．And I’ve always regretted it．I wanted to be a biologist， I didn’t pursue my ．You know what you want．Go fulfill it．”As turned out， my little publication went to become Student，a national for young people in the U．K．
My wife and I have two children，and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad me．
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第一节：完形填空 (共20小题，每小题.1.5分, 满分30分)
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 father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string ___ ___ players in our town. He could not ___ ___ music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his ___ ___ for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, ___ ___ his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to grow into a man and have children of my own ____ ____I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air _ _ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home ___ ___ , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could ___ __ _your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his _ ___ in his ability to play so well for his family.
In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was _ _ in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand ______ _ by the machine. He didn't lose enough of the finger __ __ it would stop him picking up anything, but it did _ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, When I came home and asked him to play, Dad would make ___ _ for why he couldn't play. For the family it didn't make any __70_ ___ that Dad couldn't play as well.
In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life _ ___ dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said "okay". He knew it would probably be the _ __ time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few _ __ . When I looked around, there was not a _ eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, _ _____. As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin!
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阅读下面短文，从短文后面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。
An old woman had lost her eyesight completely, so she went to a to help her see again and made a bargain with him: if he could cure her, he would be paid well. But if he couldn’t, she would not pay him anything.
The doctor had a(an) ointment(药膏). When it was put on the eyes for a period of time, it restored the eyesight of anyone who was sightless.
The doctor began to his patient daily. But knowing that she couldn’t see, he started the valuables in her house. When there was nothing left, he decided to cure her and his payment.
When the woman recovered her eyesight, she saw that her valuables had gone and the doctor was the thief. So, saying that she was cured, she refused to pay him. The doctor was and he insisted on his fees. But the old woman refused and the two went to the .
The judge asked the old woman she refused to pay the doctor. She said, “I did to give him the money if I recovered my eyesight. However, if I remained blind, I was to give him . Now he that he has cured me, but I am blind.”
Everyone there looked at her . “ How can you say that? Everyone can see that your eyesight has been restored,” said the judge .
The old woman replied, “ I can’t see. Before I my eyesight, I had seen many valuable things in my house. But now, I am not able to see a thing of in it.”
The judge that she was indeed blind and let her go.
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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(充裕) 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
This is my third story. When I was 17, I read a quote(引述) that something like,”If you live each day it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.” Since then, for the past thirtythree years，I've looked the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，would I want to do what I am ____ to do today？”And whenever the answer has been ”No” for too many days in a row(连续)，I know I need to change something.
About a year ago I was with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should to live no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my in order，which is doctors' code for ”prepare to ”. Later that evening when the doctors the cells taken from my pancreas(胰腺)under a microscope，they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is with surgery. I had the surgery and, , I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the we all share. No one has escaped it. And that is it should be，because death is very likely the single invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make for the new. Your time is , so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma(信条)—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to your heart and intuition(直觉). They already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
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