A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching ______kids dashing out from between parked cars and______ when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, one child appeared, and a brick____into the Jag's side door. He slammed on the brakes and spun the Jag back to the ____from where the brick had been thrown.
He jumped out of the car, grabbed some kid and pushed him up against a parked car, ____, "What was that all about and who are you? What are you doing?" Building up a head of steam, he went on "That's a new car and that brick you threw is gonna ____a lot of money. Why did you do it?"
"Please, Mister, please, I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do!" pleaded the youngster.
"It's my brother," he said. "He rolled____the curb (路边) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't____him up.
____, the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too ____ for me."
____beyond words, the driver tried to ____the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and____the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you, sir. And God bless you," the ____child said to him. The man then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long walk back to his Jaguar... a long, slow walk. He never did ____ the side door. He kept the dent(凹痕) to ____him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your ____.
Life whispers in your ___and speaks to your heart. Sometimes, when you don't have the time to____... Life throws a brick at your head.
It's your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the ____!
A．in B．for C．up D．of
A．speed up B．moved off C．slowed down D．drew off
A．smashed B．threw C．rushed D．attacked
A．street B．house C．car D．spot
A．speaking B．shouting C．talking D．saying
A．cost B．take C．spend D．pay
A．off B．about C．on D．into
A．rise B．lift C．put D．drag
A．calling B．yelling C．sobbing D．shouting
A．heavy B．tall C．weak D．difficult
A．moved B．surprised C．annoyed D．persuaded
A．spit B．swallow C．vomit D．digest
A．scratched B．applied C．wiped D．drafted
A．grateful B．sorrowful C．naughty D．lovely
A．decorate B．repair C．crash D．remove
A．remind B．warn C．sense D．detect
A．understanding B．approval C．sympathy D．attention
A．spirit B．soul C．ghost D．memory
A．think B．feel C．look D．listen
A．moment B．idea C．brick D．chance
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I made up my mind to drive to South Carolina to meet my friends in my used car. Though I had only been there once 1 and did not know the 2 very well. I was on the 3 after I had made some inquiries (询问).
At Ashvelle, there was a crossroad where I could go on along the main road or I could take a short cut. The short cut was to 4 several hills and was dangerous ,I hesitated 
(犹豫)for a little while and then chose the main road, for I wanted to be 5 .
Something strange happened after I drove a long 6 and found it was not the correct road that I wanted to 7, but the hilly road I decided to avoid .I realized that it was at the 8 that I had made the 9 mistake. “What shall I do?” I asked myself .If I went back to take that road again, it would be very late by the time I got to Co
lumbia. Thin it 10 , I decided to go on. “If 11 people can go along this road, why can’t I?” I 12 myself
The short cut, to my surprise ,was not that 13 .In fact, it was only a very peaceful country road, 14 up and down two low 15 .There was 16 traffic. On both sides of the road, you could see trees, wild flowers, and 17 with cows and horses. My fear was 18 with the wind. Listening to the beautiful country music over my car stereo (立体声), I drove on and 19 the scenery which was so quiet and so natural .Even my used car forgot to give me 20 .It was just in this light heartedness that I arrived at my destination. My friends, after they heard what had happened to me, all said it sounded like an adventure.
A．before B．ago C．already D．still
A．town B．country C．friends D．way
A．train B．car C．highway D．phone
A．have B．go C．ride D．cross
A．safe B．dangerous C．fast D．slow
A．moment B．way C．road D．day
A．come B．leave C．take D．drive
A．crossroad B．corner C．station D．beginning
A．direction B．road C．disappointed D．interesting
A．about B．over C．of D．up
A．another B．the other C．other D．others
A．asked B．forced C．encouraged D．told
A．far B．safe C．dangerous D．dirty
A．going B．coming C．driving D．walking
A．lands B．cars C．farms D．hills
A．heavy B．little C．few D．light
A．farms B．trucks C．houses D．villages
A．together B．gone C．covered D．coming
A．looked B．liked C．enjoyed D．found
A．happiness B．scenery C．joys D．problems
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下在短文，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。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam 36
to begin in a few minutes. On their faces was 37 .This was their last exam—then on to graduation and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they would get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 38 and able to take 39 of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n） 40 task, as the professor had said they could bringeither books or notes they wanted, requesting， only 41 that they did not talk to each other during the test.
42 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles appeared on the students’ faces as they 43 there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed before the professor began to 44 the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor 45 the class.
He looked at the worried faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?” 46 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students 47 restlessly(不安地) in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.” But the class remained 48 .
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 ,” he said. “I just want you to 50 you that, even although you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 51 you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively common in everyday 52 .
” Then smiling, he 53 , “You will all pass this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 54 .”
The years have 55 the name of the professor, but not the lesson he taught.
A．owing B．due C．exact D．up
A．fright B．anxiety C．puzzle D．confidence
A．ready B．hopeful C．discouraged D．sad
A．hold B．control C．charge D．place
A．interesting B．necessary C．easy D．unusual
A．ordering B．sharing C．asking D．requesting
A．Nervously B．Joyfully C．Quickly D．Curiously
A．noted B．knew C．recognized D．heard
A．check B．hand in C．collect D．give out
A．gave B．faced C．took D．finished
A．Not B．Once C．Only D．Even
A．talked B．moved C．felt D．went
A．puzzled B．calm C．silent D．afraid
A．wondered B．enjoyed C．hated D．expected
A．put on B．look on C．depend upon D．impress upon
A．exam B．subject C．question D．college
A．life B．habit C．practice D．comunication
A．added B．ordered C．talked D．demanded
A．begun B．completed C．failed D．succeeded
A．forgot C．strengthened D．weakened
When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, 31 it was for the best, I could do better, it was his 32 and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot 33 such pain.
He left and I tried to 34 my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and 35 the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I 36 not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n) 37 end. I would rather just 38 in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting 39 .
And yet it was a young woman who 40 back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of 41 and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world. 42 , there are more important things. More important than 43 , I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.
He didn’t 44 my dreams as I feared that night. 45 , I am flying far across fields and woods, 46 on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some 47 that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a 48 , but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken 49 again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is 50 a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.
| 1 |
A. complaining |
B. suggesting |
C. explaining |
D. whispering |
| 2 |
A. business |
B. fault |
C. luck |
D. reason |
| 3 |
A. pass |
B. defend |
C. feel |
D. ease |
| 4 |
A. get close to |
B. get on with |
C. get away with |
D. get down to |
| 5 |
A. watched |
B. made |
C. let |
D. wanted |
| 6 |
A. announced |
B. decided |
C. pretended |
D. concluded |
| 7 |
A. optimistic |
B. sceptical |
C. splendid |
D. unpleasant |
| 8 |
A. wander |
B. move |
C. keep |
D. take |
| 9 |
A. mad |
B. old |
C. nervous |
D. uncertain |
| 10 |
A. flashed |
B. swung |
C. stared |
D. pointed |
| 11 |
A. promise |
B. delight |
C. dilemmas |
D. conflicts |
| 12 |
A. Therefore |
B. Besides |
C. Finally |
D. Constantly |
| 13 |
A. friendship |
B. life |
C. love |
D. health |
| 14 |
A. visit |
B. have |
C. reject |
D. spin |
| 15 |
A. Deliberately |
B. Meanwhile |
C. Thus |
D. Instead |
| 16 |
A. taking off |
B. looking down |
C. breaking away |
D. getting over |
| 17 |
A. sorrow |
B. worry |
C. relief |
D. doubt |
| 18 |
A. friend |
B. bird |
C. dream |
D. job |
| 19 |
A. heart |
B. vase |
C. mirror |
D. cup |
| 20 |
A. mostly |
B. hardly |
C. usually |
D. only |
"Every time we had dinner, I felt awkward when my Chinese mom__２１___asked me to eat more. My mom in American would__２２___push me like that.__２３___I couldn't tolerate it any more, so I asked why she did that. She told me it was because she loved me and really looked__２４___me as her own child and she worried about whether I felt hungry. From that point I understood that Chinese people had__２５___a poor life in the past.__２６___worries parents most is whether their children have enough food. Although their lives have dramatically improved, they are used to__２７___the old concerns. I still don't feel easy with constant___２８__to eat, but when my Chinese mom tries to persuade me__２９___more, I always thank her with a smile__３０___feeling angry."
This story comes from Tyler, an American youngster who once lived in my neighbour’s home. His Chinese mom is Wang Huirong, a__３１___from Beijing Normal University.
As economic__３２___between the US and China become more frequent, an increasing number of American teenagers have become interested in Chinese culture, which seems very new and__３３___ to them. Chinese has gradually become a(n) __３４___choice for American high school students studying a second language. Tyler's father has a trade relationship with China stretching back to the beginning of reform and opening-up, which gave Tyler the opportunity to have__３５___to China from a very young age.
"Only__３６___and opening-up has allowed us to have a lovely American teenager come and visit us frequently. I couldn't even imagine that in the past. Before we actively sought to avoid __３７___relations. None of us could ever have imagined that one day we would live with foreigners __３８___we were from the same family." says Wang with deep feeling.
Tyler's Chinese has improved a lot. When he first arrived at Wang's home he often watched the retiree__３９___ she spoke, but couldn't respond. Wang often felt anxious and asked for my help with translating. But now Tyler has no problem__４０___with us in Chinese.
A．eagerly B．repeatedly C．friendly D．warmly
A．also B．never C．often D．not
A．However B．But C．Finally D．Therefore
A．after B．at C．for D．upon
A．led B．leaded C．live D．made
A．It B．What C．That D．Which
A．speaking B．talking D．saying
A．demands B．orders C．requests D．commands
A．eat B．eating C．to eat D．ate
A．other than B．but than C．instead D．instead of
A．retiree B．worker C．professor D．official
A．changes B．exchanges C．conflicts D．improvements
A．different B．difficult C．challenging D．exciting
A．hot B．heat C．cold D．only
A．entrance B．access C．door D．way
A．revolution B．fighting C．reform D．motivation
A．foreigner B．aboard C．civil D．overseas
A．like B．as if C．as D．even if
A．as B．while C．since D．for
A．chat B．chatting C．to chat D．chatted
My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that 21 men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them, 22 , who to trust, how to care for others and how to live life 23 the fullest.
Recently, John lost his 24 Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last 25 . One day John took out a folded piece of 26 from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he 27 up some drawers at home.
It was a 28 love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl’s scrawls(潦草地写，乱涂) about her dream guy. 29 the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children, a woman who fought for her life and who 30 only had a few months left to live.
It was 31 a beautiful recipe (处方，食谱) for how to keep a marriage together. Janet’s 32 of her husband begins like this, “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.”
“Helped me when I was ill.” The next 33 reads. After that she turned 34 the paper and added “Warmth. Humor. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has 35 with and loved most in her life. “ 36 there when I needed you.” The last words she wrote 37 all the others. I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully “Good friend.”
I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to 38 as Janet was to him. I need to 39 what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.
“John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years—not to mention the sickness? How do I know 40 I can bear to stand by my wife’s side if she becomes sick one day?”
“You can.” he says quietly, “ If you love her enough, you can.”
A．old B．wise C．young D．foolish
A．for instance B．at no time C．in that case D．as a matter of fact
A．in B．to C．at D．for
A．friend B．colleague C．wife D．sister
A．possibility B．chance C．hope D．word
A．handkerchief B．cloth C．leather D．paper
A．fixed B．looked C．tidied D．put
A．small B．long C．descriptive D．talkative
A．So B．But C．And D．While
A．probably B．surely C．certainly D．definitely
A．only B．firstly C．lastly D．also
A．imagination B．description C．dream D．expectation
A．letter B．note C．line D．paragraph
A．away B．down C．off D．over
A．lived B．dealt C．quarreled D．argued
A．Constantly B．Always C．Never D．Seldom
A．take the place of B．get rid of C．take away D．sum up
A．me B．Janet C．John D．you
A．speak up B．repeat C．discuss D．hear
A．why B．where C．if D．when
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