2 . Last night, my husband and I were walking in a nearby parking lot after dinner when we saw a man breaking something with a rock. He lost himself in his task and didn’t look up at anyone passing by. We kept _______ him as we walked around the parking lot and talked between ourselves about what he might be doing. I thought he was breaking stones to make sand, but why would he do that?

_______, we decided to go up and speak to him. He was breaking pieces of leftover bread he had collected to make _______ for the birds that come there every morning. The large pieces of bread would be _______ for the birds to eat, so he grounded（研磨）them into a fine powder（粉末）with the rock.

It was moving to hear that he’s been doing this every _______, by himself, for the last three or four years. What moved us more was that he was surprised we were even taking _______ in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal. Every night, he _______ leftover bread from his neighborhood. He then spends the next one or two hours in the parking lot crushing（压碎）each piece of bread and making a neat pile for the birds, which he says will be _______ by the next evening. He also _______ fresh water and adds grains on top of the pile.

When we asked him what reminds him to do this simple, small but devoted act of service, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “It’s just something small I do so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the rubbish and the birds get food.”

We shared his story with the hope that it might encourage someone to start something _______ in their own area.

1.

A．asking

B．showing

C．helping

D．noticing

2.

A．Naturally

B．Patiently

C．Surely

D．Finally

3.

A．food

B．drink

C．nests

D．desserts

4.

A．perfect

B．difficult

C．healthy

D．enough

5.

A．morning

B．afternoon

C．night

D．weekend

6.

A．a role

B．an interest

C．part

D．pride

7.

A．collects

B．buys

C．receives

D．donates

8.

A．removed

B．lost

C．gone

D．discovered

9.

A．leaves

B．takes

C．drops

D．saves

10.

A．small

B．strange

C．similar

D．simple

3 . 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

It was 12:45 pm on 2nd January 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was w    1     for the train at an underground station in New York. His two daughters were with him.

Suddenly a sick man fell on the platform (站台). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell a    2    —this time, onto the underground track (轨道). A train was coming into the station. It was very d    3    .

But Mr Autrey wasn’t afraid. He looked at the man, and he looked at where the man was. And he thought, “The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will kill him. But if he lies on the track and doesn’t move, he will be OK.” So he knew he had to make a d    4    .

He jumped. Mr Autrey lay on top of Mr Hollopeter, and kept him down as hard as he could. The train driver saw them. He was very afraid but he couldn’t stop in time. Several carriages (客车) passed o    5     the two men before the train stopped.

The people on the platform screamed (尖叫). When Mr Autrey heard them screaming, he shouted. “We’re OK down here, but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father’s OK.” People on the platform cheered and cheered for Mr Autrey. Underground workers h    6     the two men out. Mr Hollopeter was s    7     to hospital soon. He had no s    8     injuries (伤).

Later on a TV talk show, Mr Autrey said, “The only thing that happened to me was that my blue hat got dirty. I didn’t do a    9     special. I just saw someone who n    10     help. I did what I thought was right.”

6 . Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.

Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research (研究) on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”

“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!

When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”

1. Some young people from England ______ after they finish school.

A．go to university	B．spend one year as volunteers
C．go to work for money	D．start work in schools or hospitals

2. Pauline Jones, an eighteen-year-old girl, is living in ________ now.

A．England

B．China

C．Belize

D．Cardiff

3. Pauline Jones is ________ with other people.

A．studying Chinese in a university	B．working to save the coral reefs
C．working in a hospital	D．doing some research in Wales

4. From the passage, we know that the coral reefs ________.

A．will die because of the pollution	B．are not as beautiful as before
C．cannot live without fish in the sea	D．will probably be sold for money

5. Pauline Jones wants to ________ after she finishes her work as a volunteer.

A．stay there for another year	B．go back home to start work
C．learn about the people home	D．travel around Central America

7 . There was a Greek shopkeeper in a small corner shop in London. She taught me about the great power of an act of kindness.

I was a student, single and very poor. I would work early mornings and late nights to pay for my studies, and I was really tired all the time.

On the day I went to that shop for the first time, I was sick with a very high fever. I had been off work for a few days, and I had run out of food. I also had no friends nearby who could help. So I ventured (冒险) out to get some food.

I went into the Greek shop because it was not close. I picked up a few items, and then handed them to the shopkeeper. She said, “You’re unwell.” I nodded.

She pointed at the bread I was buying and said, “I can make you a sandwich, so you don’t have to do it yourself.” So she made the sandwich and asked me to wait a moment. She went in the back room and reappeared with a bowl of hot soup. “It will warm you up.” She said with a smile.

Her smile warmed me up. It made me want to be as kind as the shopkeeper. I was a quite shy boy, but from that day on, I didn’t let the shyness prevent me from helping others.

1. How many times did the writer go to the Greek shop before he got ill?

A．Three

B．Two

C．One

D．Never

2. The writer ventured out to get some food for himself because ______.

A．he did not like the food in school	B．he had no food left in his room
C．no one knew what food he liked	D．he knew well around London

3. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A．The shopkeeper is a friend of the writer.

B．The writer became very ill because he studied very hard all day and all night.

C．The shopkeeper not only made a sandwich for the writer, but also gave him a bowl of hot soup.

D．The shopkeeper called the police.

4. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．The writer and the shopkeeper became good friends.

B．The writer’s illness was cured by her smile.

C．The writer will go to the Greek shop often later.

D．The writer was deeply moved by the shopkeeper.

5. Which is the correct order according to the passage?
a. The shopkeeper made the sandwich and a bowl of soup.
b. The writer was sick with a very high fever.
c. The writer decided to help others from that day on.
d. The shopkeeper’s smile warmed the writer up.

A．b-a-d-c

B．a-c-d-c

C．b-d-a-c

D．d-c-a-b

8 . 阅读下面短文,根据短文内容完成句子。

My father used to work in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would come back to help harvest (收割) rice every year.

One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, because his little rice picker broke. What’s worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital. It meant that father wouldn’t be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help out the neighbor.

Father told us that he wouldn’t let the neighbor’s rice rot (糜烂) in the field. He decided to harvest it by hand without a machine. “If tonight’s weather is clear, I think I can do it.” He was rather tired after a day’s harvest work.

After dinner, father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A full moon was glowing (发光) in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night keeping his word.

I would never forget the image (画面)—Father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of rice stocks (秸秆), showing respect for a man who kept his word.

1. The writer’s father seldom stayed at home, but he would return home to________.
2. ________happened to the neighbor in 1999.
3. The writer’s father was required to return to work because________.
4. Father helped the neighbor harvest rice in the field without________.
5. Father spent________in harvesting the neighbor’s rice.

9 . 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

It’s a nice winter day. The sun is shining brightly in the s    1    . The trees and flowers are covered with snow just like w    2     a silver coat. Everyone is happy b    3     the Christmas season is coming in December, the twelfth month of the year. They can’t wait to go out to the street. They look at d    4     things in the shopping windows to find something they want. Children are running and singing happily on the street with colorful flags. They are enjoying t    5     at the moment.

However, an old man called David is unhappy because he is in t    6    . He is a Canadian and now he lives alone in US. Last year, he prepared and l    7     some biscuits and candies on the table to welcome the children around here, but this year he is sick and he r    8     he can’t continue to manage to do that. To tell the truth, he is so worried about it that he can’t fall asleep u    9     midnight. To his surprise, the children make a band to celebrate the festival for him. David is so moved. Friends get t    10     and sing songs happily. They do this for fun and bring spirit of Christmas to the people in the house.

10 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。

Jadav has planted trees for 37 years. Today, Jadav’s forest is larger than a nearby national park. Though he has had little education, he knows a lot about the environment.

Back in 1979, Assam had the worst summer in many years. Floods washed many snakes and they died in the heat. Jadav was very sad. He went to the villagers for help. The elders said that growing trees might help.

As a little boy, Jadav began planting seeds (种子) along the sandbar (沙堤). He spent his days on the plants. There was nobody helping him. No one was interested.

It was not easy, but Jadav made it. He has grown a large forest: the Molai Forest.

He has created a forest alone for the wildlife in Assam, India. It’s home to thousands of trees and many rare (珍稀的) animals like deer and elephants.

“Everything we do affects (影响) the environment. If we plant more trees, we will solve the problem of global warming,” said Jadav. Now he still lives in the forest and treats the trees and animals like his children.

1. Today, Jadav’s forest is larger than ______.
2. In 1979, ______ died in the heat.
3. ______ helped Jadav plant seeds.
4. He has ______ alone for the wildlife in Assam, India.
5. Jadav thinks that people should plant more trees to ______.