阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to _ for the night.
“Could you _ give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a _ man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and _ that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our _ are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a _ couple like you _ into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be _ to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you _ for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t _ me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build _ for you.” The three of them had a good _ .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it _ he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip（双程的） _ to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and _ him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new _ there， a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to ___.”
“You must be _ ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of _ was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Bolt became its first manager.
A．rain B．anger C．snow D．hunger
A．leave B．go C．stay D．look
A．surely B．possibly C．really D．freely
A．lazy B．bored C．nervous D．friendly
A．shouted B．explained C．believed D．agreed
A．hotels B．desks C．streets D．rooms
A．nice B．famous C．rich D．common
A．beyond B．off C．out D．under
A．kind B．glad C．good D．generous
A．enjoyable B．helpful C．grateful D．comfortable
A．worry about B．take care of C．make use of D．come up with
A．one B．it C．them D．those
A．sleep B．meal C．laugh D．walk
A．after B．before C．while D．when
A．ticket B．bill C．check D．questionnaire
A．made B．told C．treated D．led
A．building B．car C．bedroom D．place
A．live B．sell C．manage D．rent
A．lying B．joking C．dreaming D．cheating
A．whose B．which C．whom D．who
The New York Times published an article recently that shows great regret for the "death of conversation"．It suggests that while technology such as cell phones, e-mails , and Internet posting makes us feel more than ever, they’re also driving us _ from people around us．
Users get final connectivity the price of face-to-face conversation． Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are to a different way of being “alone together”．
Actually , text messages or writing micro-blogs allows us to thoughts.
bits and pieces of online cannot a “real conversation．” Lan Guo, 19, a freshman English major from Changsha University , said that she would like to hear people’s tone of voice and see their faces in a (n) ．“The give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds,” she said．She also mentions that ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and People．
Turkle mentioned the popular of “I share, therefore I am” among this generation. Liu Xuan, a young writer from Taiwan and psychology graduate from Harvard University, thinks it’s a mindset adopted by most young people． They are so busy creating or polishing their online persona (网络人格)that they forget how to live a (n) life． For example，They may more about blogging about attending a party rather than enjoying being ．
However，experts remind us that it’s unfair to mobile technology . Chen Chen, a sociology expert at China Youth &Children Research Center, points out that it is still owners of gadgets , such as cell phones and tablets , who’re avoiding personal .We take advantage of these devices to hide ourselves others ．Texting messages or calling may be a (n) to avoid contact with others, such as having eye contact． “Only by strengthening conversation can we understand each other. Simply throwing away the mobile gadgets is not a solution．”she said．
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is universally acknowledged that fresh food is beneficial to our health. As a small child, I didn’t know about the benefits of fresh food. , I considered canned fish and fruit, bottled soft drinks and snacks to be the most appetizing (令人垂涎的). As I learned to prefer fresh and foods to the artificial taste of chemically-enhanced snacks, I began to starting a vegetable garden in our backyard.
“What would it take?” I asked my mom. We had the space and were to take care of the plants every day. doing some research online, we to dig out a space of 16 square feet in our yard. It would have to be at least a foot deep with a raised vegetable bed, the vegetables would have two feet of depth to grow.
It was February of 2013. We knew that we had to work if we wanted to plant vegetables that spring. That month, every day after school, I pushed the tough clay (粘土) under our lawn with a large shovel (铲子). Luckily, the rain made the soil , and before we knew it, we had finished digging the bed. Next came my favorite part: shopping for and plants. By June, our plants, especially the tomatoes, were growing . We had never such fresh tomatoes; they were so sweet that you could almost taste the in them. To give our friends gifts, we packed jars of our little tomatoes. We also Italian pasta sauce with our tomatoes and basil (罗勒，一种香料). It reassured (使…放心) us to know that we were eating healthy and fresh produce.
The work we put into our vegetable garden was worthwhile. As long as we had the to start and maintain the garden, we a bountiful (大量的) harvest for the entire summer and fall in return. Thanks to the success of my vegetable garden, I can say that if the of life is to be happy, I’m one little step closer.
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This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience. It happened about three years ago and it has had a____effect on me. I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know ____ but whose actions gave a new ___ to the words—kind and generous.
I was walking down a busy street on a cold，windy day in early ____.A homeless man，probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes，was ____ for change on a street corner.
A BMW car ___ on the other side of the street and an executive(主管)who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car. He was probably about ____ years old. He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie. He walked____ across the street and over to the homeless man. Without saying anything，he first gave him a lot of ____ and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves(手套)，beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks. Then he ____ them to the homeless man. The homeless man took them and stared with a/an ____ mouth.
As he drove off，I couldn't ____ thinking that it was probably the first time he had ____ the pedal(踏板)of that topbrand BMW car with a ____ foot！I stood there and the looks of ____ appeared on my face and the homeless man's.
Two men of about the same age ____ very different lives had met and the one who was ____ in materials had offered ___ than his shoes. He had left this BMW car and ____ down from his high position. He lifted up the other man when he offered respect，____and real generosity.
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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。
It would be my first Thanksgiving since my father moved to heaven, and it would also be my first Thanksgiving being away from my family. Holidays are when you can’t be with family, and I was mourning （哀悼）the of my dad and feeling sad about being from my family in Indiana. But, that sadness turned into when it hit me: I was going to have to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving myself!
That night at Dubya’s Restaurant, which was our favorite place to , I began discussing the dilemma (困境)with Jeff.“It’s too bad that this place won’t be on Thanksgiving, or we could just come here,”I said.
Dubya, the owner of the restaurant, happened to be by our table when I said those words.“You mean you expect me to for you on Thanksgiving, too?”he teased （取笑）“ Well, I guess you’ll just have to come to our since the restaurant will be closed then.”.
We’d become with Dubya and his wife, as we ate at Dubya’s twice a week; however, I didn’t think we were close enough to Thanksgiving dinner with his family. I was sure he was . But as we headed toward the door, Dubya handed Jeff a note with directions to their house and their phone number. “You’re ?” I asked “Of course,” he said.
And, two days later, we reached Dubya’s house. Everyone us. As expected, the food was marvelous but the company was even better. We truly felt that we there.
Of course, I wrote them a thank-you note the next week, but I couldn’t really into words what that Thanksgiving dinner had meant to us. I’ve never forgotten their kindness and that very Thanksgiving.
So, here’s my suggestion to you this year. If you know someone who will be dining alone on Thanksgiving, why not invite that person over to your family?
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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, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was faced with a decision. While delivering laundry (洗好的衣服) into her bedroom, I stepped upon my thirteen-year-old sister’s , a modern-day Pandora’s Box, full of attraction.
What was I to do? I had always been jealous (嫉妒) of my little sister. Her charming smile, lovely personality and many gifts threatened my place as lady. I competed with her secretly and grew to hate her natural abilities. As a result, we spoke. I sought opportunities to find with her and expected to her in every way. Her diary lay at my feet, and I not her privacy, nor her possible pain. I enjoyed the possibility of digging up enough dirt to my competitor’s spotless record. I my evil as sisterly duty. It was my responsibility to keep a check on her activities. It would be of me not to.
I the book from the floor and opened it, turning the pages, searching for my name, that I would discover dirty and ill speaking of me. However, as I read, the blood ran from my face. It was worse than I . There was a brief description of herself, her goals and her dreams followed by a short portrayal (肖像) of the person who has her most. I started to cry. I was her . She admired me for my personality, my achievements and red-facedly, my .
I stopped reading, struck with the I had done. I had wasted so much energy pushing her away I had missed out on her. Those sincere words she wrote seemed to break an icy around my heart and I longed to know her again.
On that fateful afternoon, as I put aside the laundry and rose to my feet, I decided to go to her—this time to experience to judge, to hug rather than fight. After all, she was my sister.
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