“At last, no more exams.” It’s a common feeling among high school graduates who have just completed the college entrance examination. What a relief! However, rather than fill the next three months with sleep, eating, and     1    (watch) TV, some students have started working on finding a good choice of foreign college.
Different from those who begin their     2    (apply) for foreign colleges in Senior 2, Li made a late decision on a US education. She began to think about it in Senior 3, but decided not     3    ( give ) up the college entrance exam.
Li’s classmate Mao Bingxin     4    (consider) studying in Canada after the top exam. She began a TOEFL course on June 11.
He Wei,     5    18-year-old who studies at Shenzhen Bao’an High School, isn’t allowing     6    much freedom this summer vacation either, devoting her time to looking for a language school     7    she can study French and some overseas study consulting agencies.
He Wei considers     8    worthwhile spending the summer preparing for college rather than hanging out with friends. “     9    we don’t really know what the future holds for us, we are sure that the better preparations we make     10    it, the more choices we will be given.” she said.

I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband unexpectedly died of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her _____with a classroom of students.
As the late afternoon sunlight came ____in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things ____on the edge of her desk and sat down there. With a gentle look of ____ on her face, she paused and said, “______class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought that is _____to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love. _____ of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. So we must ______ the most out of every single day."
Her eyes beginning to_______, she went on: “I would like you all to make me a (n) ______From now on, find something beautiful to______. It doesn't have to be something you see. It could be a _____smell- perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out from someone's house, or it could be the ______of
the breeze slightly rustling(沙沙声) the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light______ the autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.”
The class was completely ______We all picked up our books and left the room silently. That_____, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester. Every once in a while, I_____ that teacher and remember what an impression she made_____ all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all ______.
Take notice of something ______you see on your lunch hour today. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.11.

A．insight

B．sadness

C．failure

D．hope

12.

A．hurrying

B．flying

C．streaming

D．running

13.

A．away

B．aside

C．down

D．off

14.

A．surprise

B．worry

C．angry

D．reflection

15.

A．After

B．Before

C．While

D．When

16.

A．unrelated

B．connected

C．separated

D．divided

17.

A．Some

B．Many

C．None

D．Most

18.

A．pull

B．make

C．offer

D．send

19.

A．shine

B．close

C．change

D．water

20.

A．promise

B．apology

C．excuse

D．plan

21.

A．avoid

B．remove

C．enjoy

D．save

22.

A．terrible

B．fragrant

C．abundant

D．awesome

23.

A．noise

B．voice

C．taste

D．sound

24.

A．catches

B．covers

C．washes

D．protects

25.

A．still

B．silent

C．quiet

D．calm

26.

A．morning

B．afternoon

C．evening

D．week

27.

A．ring up

B．meet with

C．hear from

D．think of

28.

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．for

29.

A．introduce

B．control

C．overlook

D．present

30.

A．optional

B．special

C．adequate

D．necessary

I moved from Chicago to Brooklyn in July of 2010，just in time to watch my mother die. Our parents were both gone now； I took with me as many things they had left behind as I could.
I was out walking one Saturday later that summer when something caught my eye - a pale green dress. Laid out on the pavement was stuff like earrings, glass candle-holders, books. Hanging on the fence behind were a few pairs of jeans and a green cotton dress.
The woman, the host o£ the stoop (门廊）sale, looked like she was getting rid of a past she didn’t need or want. A dress that was too big for her. A chest of drawers that took up too much space, space she needed, maybe, to heal ，recover, or grow.
I wasn’t planning on buying anything really, but now I needed to show her that I appreciated her things and I would give them a safe home. Then I had my first stoop sale —I paid her 20 dollars for her green cotton dress and her blue candle-holder,
From that day on, I became interested in stoop sales. Some of my favorite things are from someone else’s life. I find no joy in shopping at regular stores any more. I love trying to sniff out a memory from a bud vase or a drawer. It is comforting to know that someone has breathed and laughed inside a sweater before me.
A few weeks ago, I carried my mother’s dresses to a friend’s stoop. These were her best items ，which were once worn by the most important person in my life. For many hours, I watched from across the path people advancing the stoop, some leaving with Mom1S dress. I used to think that her stuff was as forever sacred (神圣的）as my memory of her, I know now that once I love a scarf or shirt too dearly，it needs to find a new home. Even that green dress is long gone by now.
31. The author took her mother*s dresses after her death because ______

A．she valued the things used by her mom

B．she didn’t want to throw them, away

C．she could sell them later

D．they were her mom’s best items

32. From the passage, we know that ______.

A．the things the author bought from the woman are too big

B．the author is fond of imagining others’ life experiences

C．the author will never shop at regular stores any more

D．the author still keeps most of her mom’s things

33. In the last paragraph ，the author tries to tell us that ______.
A her mom is the number one person in her life

A．she didn’t really want to sell her mom’s dresses

B．she still thinks of her mother quite often

C．love doesn’t mean holding on to something tightly

34. It can be inferred that the author will ______.

A．not sell her own things at stoop sales

B．keep her mom in her mind in another way

C．be sad about all the memory of her mom

D．move to another city for a new life

It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another matter altogether.

Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and calm so necessary in modern traffic condition. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may be not able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to. It always amazes me that the highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies (奶奶).

An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can’t even learn to drive. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

35. According to the passage, trouble on the road are often caused by ____________.

A．road conditions	B．the speed of modern life
C．the large number of car	D．the behavior of the drivers

36. In the writer’s opinion, ___________.

A．drivers should show road politeness properly

B．strict traffic rules are badly needed

C．unskillful drivers should be punished

D．drivers should avoid traffic jams

37. The underlined word “give-and-take” in the passage means __________.

A．politeness and impoliteness	B．willingness to give in to each other’s wishes
C．offering help to others as much as possible	D．good manners and bad manners

38. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Road Politeness	B．Traffic Problems
C．Bad Manners on the Road	D．Good Drivers and Bad Driver