1 . I was halfway across Indiana headed home to Kentucky when my car broke down. My phone was ______, too. I managed to get to a gas station, but it was Sunday in the early fall, and there was no ______ on duty. I was working my way through university then and had little money for ______ the car.

I sat alongside my car for several hours trying to ______ the heat when an older gentleman ______ to fuel his car.   He asked about my car, and I ______ my predicament (困境). To my ______, the gentleman told me that he had a daughter my age, and then he opened his trunk and ______ a tool set.

Right then and there, this total ______ examined my engine, explaining as he worked that my spark plugs (火花塞) hadn’t been charged for so long that they were ______ to function.   After about an hour, he ______ that my car was safe to finish the trip.

______ came at the hands of a stranger. ______ his clothes, working on a hot September afternoon, this man ______ a college student from disaster, just because she could have been his ______ .

1.

A．busy

B．loud

C．dead

D．secure

2.

A．mechanic

B．policeman

C．manager

D．guide

3.

A．washing

B．parking

C．purchasing

D．maintaining

4.

A．feel

B．beat

C．absorb

D．produce

5.

A．promised

B．refused

C．stopped

D．volunteered

6.

A．solved

B．noticed

C．escaped

D．explained

7.

A．surprise

B．regret

C．amusement

D．disappointment

8.

A．called up

B．pulled out

C．put down

D．threw away

9.

A．liar

B．beginner

C．stranger

D．loser

10.

A．free

B．ready

C．uncertain

D．unable

11.

A．pronounced

B．agreed

C．discovered

D．doubted

12.

A．Tiredness

B．Kindness

C．Loneliness

D．Carefulness

13.

A．Folding

B．Drying

C．Soiling

D．Mending

14.

A．saved

B．called

C．judged

D．banned

15.

A．friend

B．daughter

C．coworker

D．customer

2 . With smiling eyes, quick minds and good humor, Jia Ling seems like a natural crosstalk performer (相声演员).

Jia Ling was born _______ April 29th, 1982 in the city of Xiangyang, Hubei Province. Having studied acting _______ she was 11, Jia Ling entered the nation’s top drama college — The Central Academy of Drama at the age of 19, but she _______ to learn crosstalk there.

Jia Ling is not an overnight success. After graduation in 2003, she was living in a basement (地下室) that was just eight square _______ and without a bathroom. However, Feng Gong, who is one of the top crosstalk performers in China, opened the _______ to her success. He provided her with chances to perform. Jia Ling seized (抓住) the chances and worked hard to improve her skills.

As an excellent performer, the young lady first _______ the Spring Festival Gala in 2010. With her unique style and great sense of humor, Jia Ling _______ by many people. Since her crosstalk is unique, fashionable and attractive, she becomes _______. Besides _________ as a crosstalk performer, Jia Ling is also a talented actress. She has ______________ acted in several TV series. “My acting experience has given my crosstalk more ideas and creativity,” Jia Ling ______________.

Now, Jia Ling has become one of the top crosstalk performers in China. She is trying hard so that crosstalk can ____________ to more people. She has set up her own club called New Laughter Inn. There people can enjoy traditional or ____________ crosstalk performances. She hopes it can influence her generation and even the next generation and ____________ more and more people love crosstalk.

Jia Ling ____________ being a crosstalk performer and she says she is confident about the future of crosstalk because people will always want to laugh.

1.

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．for

2.

A．until

B．when

C．while

D．since

3.

A．enjoyed

B．chose

C．advised

D．refused

4.

A．meters

B．kilometers

C．foot

D．inches

5.

A．book

B．key

C．door

D．answer

6.

A．joined

B．joined for

C．took part

D．took part in

7.

A．remembered

B．loved

C．was remembering

D．was loved

8.

A．popular and popular

B．lazier and lazier

C．younger and younger

D．more and more popular

9.

A．perform

B．to perform

C．performing

D．performs

10.

A．hardly

B．happily

C．successfully

D．slowly

11.

A．said

B．talked

C．told

D．spoke

12.

A．move

B．spread

C．fly

D．give

13.

A．old

B．fair

C．generous

D．modern

14.

A．let

B．order

C．practise

D．suggest

15.

A．is afraid of

B．is able to

C．is proud of

D．is good to

3 . As my dad got a new job in southern Florida, we moved here from our old home, school, friends and everything. There were so many_______for me. In a new school full of strangers, could I make friends? Would I _________? My mind was filled with_______.

Being shy and quiet, I read a lot. Loving books and reading helped me get excellent results. Teachers _______me for that. But other kids disliked me getting top_______and answering questions in class. I felt like a ( n ) _______.

Then one day, a tall strong boy in English class walked right over to me. He_______himself. He said he was on the school basketball team. I _______that - he was the star player!

“ Hey,” he said.“ Do you think you could _______ me? You do really well in English class.” I could, and________I would. From that moment on, life at school________. Basketball players walked me to classes and ________ me in hallways. As the team tutor (导师), I fit in. Nobody ________me anymore. I was thankful to be________enough to help the team.

I taught the guys about grammar. They taught me how to dribble (运球) a basketball. More importantly, they gave me the________to be myself - and to be a short girl who really knew how to dribble a basketball!

1.

A．chances

B．activities

C．challenges

D．experiences

2.

A．move in

B．fit in

C．relate to

D．calm down

3.

A．dreams

B．ideas

C．lies

D．worries

4.

A．chose

B．thanked

C．praised

D．impressed

5.

A．talents

B．grades

C．awards

D．honors

6.

A．star

B．child

C．author

D．failure

7.

A．applied

B．enjoyed

C．introduced

D．reminded

8.

A．expected

B．knew

C．imagined

D．doubted

9.

A．confuse

B．recognize

C．select

D．help

10.

A．interestingly

B．hopefully

C．certainly

D．usually

11.

A．changed

B．began

C．continued

D．stopped

12.

A．frightened

B．circled

C．respected

D．ignored

13.

A．troubled

B．invited

C．amazed

D．reminded

14.

A．creative

B．active

C．strong

D．knowledgeable

15.

A．confidence

B．intelligence

C．option

D．curiosity

4 . Last year in early summer, I was walking to my house when I saw two large birds standing in my yard. They didn’t seem to _______ me until I was right in front of them and then they _______ disappeared into the nearby bushes. I was quite excited by the _______ of two special birds making a nest (巢) in my yard．

A few weeks later, the birds _______. I found them crouching (蹲伏) beside a tree. As I approached them, they _______ their heads and made a croaking (嘶哑地叫) sound. I didn’t know why they were croaking at me until a short time later I made an amazing _______: there were two small birds _______ around happily.

As I inched towards the birds, _______ not to make sudden movements, they started their croaking again, putting their necks forward so they seemed _______ and more threatening.

The mother put the baby birds under her wings and carefully crouched down over them so her babies were well ________.

I was watching them with respect when I suddenly ________ and fell to the ground. The mother took this as a/an ________ and the father raced towards me, ________ his wings to protect the mother and the baby birds.

I felt sorry to have disturbed them and left quickly. I am amazed by their ________ actions. Their parental love made them so courageous. It is hard not to show ________ for nature.

1.

A．remind

B．confirm

C．notice

D．protest

2.

A．immediately

B．familiarly

C．creatively

D．slowly

3.

A．feeling

B．sense

C．opinion

D．idea

4.

A．investigated

B．removed

C．gathered

D．reappeared

5.

A．stuck out

B．put down

C．hang out

D．turned around

6.

A．collection

B．discovery

C．conclusion

D．mission

7.

A．jumping

B．fighting

C．seeking

D．marching

8.

A．curious

B．patient

C．worried

D．careful

9.

A．neater

B．simpler

C．longer

D．stronger

10.

A．fed

B．hidden

C．raised

D．identified

11.

A．tripped

B．moved

C．alarmed

D．responded

12.

A．target

B．defence

C．threat

D．escape.

13.

A．shooting

B．spilling

C．folding

D．spreading

14.

A．military

B．individual

C．brave

D．average

15.

A．gratitude

B．respect

C．emotion

D．pleasure

5 . Joseph Salmon, 17, was practising ice fishing with his mom on a lake in Iowa. Suddenly, Salmon saw a jeep, driven by an old man, Thomas Lee, ________ off the ice and into the water. As soon as Salmon saw it a short distance away, he called 911 and ran over to help. For a(n) ________, he was right standing on the ________.

Then another young man waved at Lee and tried to ________ to him to get out of the jeep. However, it seemed that Lee, ________, didn’t really know what to do next, just sitting on the seat. ________, he couldn’t move at all.

Things looked extremely ________. As Salmon and the young man became ________ in face of the emergency, more people came. Then someone found there was an animal in the jeep. Salmon immediately jumped into the ________, got to the jeep and tried opening the back door. It was locked, and he had to ________ the back window and ________ to get Lee out, whose foot was ________ because of being caught between the center console (控制台) and the seat. So Salmon gently pushed Lee back towards the front. Just then, four more passers-by ________ over to help pull Lee and his dog to safety.

Finally, the rescue workers arrived. Lee was transported to a nearby hospital. Neither he nor his dog was injured while Salmon was only treated for a minor ________ from the broken glass. How ________ they were!

1.

A．fall

B．shake

C．show

D．push

2.

A．reason

B．strike

C．instant

D．error

3.

A．border

B．blackboard

C．street

D．shoreline

4.

A．drive

B．signal

C．return

D．explain

5.

A．at a loss

B．at no cost

C．in shame

D．in relief

6.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Somehow

D．Otherwise

7.

A．reliable

B．promising

C．vague

D．urgent

8.

A．aggressive

B．anxious

C．patient

D．peaceful

9.

A．ship

B．pool

C．river

D．water

10.

A．handle

B．drag

C．break

D．purchase

11.

A．hesitated

B．sought

C．declined

D．regretted

12.

A．motionless

B．artificial

C．flexible

D．obvious

13.

A．held

B．took

C．washed

D．rushed

14.

A．mistake

B．scratch

C．procedure

D．resource

15.

A．fortunate

B．elegant

C．ridiculous

D．sensitive

6 . As I stood in line waiting to cash out at a supermarket, I studied the customer in front of me, who kept looking at the magazine to our left. She________ an old torn coat. The items in her cart(购物车)included the________daily necessities.

“Next,” the cashier called and she moved forward. When the cashier________everything up and told her the cost, the woman’s face________. It was obvious she didn’t have enough money. She scanned her groceries to see what she could________.

One by one, she removed things, but she still came up________. The man right behind me complained loudly. The young woman’s cheeks reddened with________. I wanted desperately to pay for her groceries outright, which, however, would mortify(使难堪)her even more. ________ ,I turned around angrily and glared at the man.

“I would be________if you’ve never had to do that! ” I said to him in a low voice. He looked   ________and changed the checkout line.

The woman finally decided on her groceries, paid and________them. By then, I had rearranged my own purchases and put several items the woman had taken out, including the magazine she had been________ ,into my cart. I moved forward and whispered to the cashier, “ ________bags, the same bill, please.”

I________the extra things into her shopping cart without being noticed, as she was busy________the accidentally scattered(散落的)apples she’d bought. I left that store and realized I was by no means rich, but I had enough to get by.

1.

A．carried

B．wore

C．sewed

D．labelled

2.

A．cheapest

B．cleanest

C．best

D．strangest

3.

A．used

B．piled

C．added

D．mixed

4.

A．lit up

B．calmed down

C．softened

D．paled

5.

A．do without

B．put away

C．kick off

D．guard against

6.

A．late

B．short

C．low

D．direct

7.

A．anxiety

B．despair

C．fright

D．embarrassment

8.

A．Besides

B．Otherwise

C．Instead

D．Nevertheless

9.

A．careful

B．grateful

C．helpful

D．wonderful

10.

A．amazed

B．astonished

C．ashamed

D．scared

11.

A．counted

B．tasted

C．admired

D．bagged

12.

A．eyeing

B．touching

C．checking

D．valuing

13.

A．Separate

B．Similar

C．Familiar

D．Formal

14.

A．eased

B．slipped

C．entered

D．changed

15.

A．enjoying

B．delivering

C．showing off

D．picking up

7 . Rachel had a healthy life both physically and mentally till one unfortunate winter evening. It was raining cats and dogs; everything was wet. Rachel’s cat went outside in this cold weather. She ________ him to bring him back inside. He hid near a utility pole (电线杆). Since it rained heavily the pole was charged and ________ to touch. Rachel, bent down to ________ her cat. She held the pole for support not ________ it was charged. The pole electrocuted her so badly that she was barely ________ seconds before her death. The electrocution resulted in ________ both her arms, which had to be cut off.

Rachel had to face such a (n) ________ accident. People get ________ about losing a finger. What would it be like if you lose both your arms? That’s what Rachel was trying to digest. It wasn’t easy at all. Rachel, slowly and gradually was accepting the ________ that she lost her arms and was ________ dependent on others for basic necessities that ________ the use of her arms. It upset her that she could not ________ her own duties herself.

Many people would lose hope. ________, that was not the case with Rachel. She did not want to ________ her dream. She didn’t let the slightest hopelessness bring her down and make her ________ her motivation. After recovery, Rachel ________ day and night to do most of her work with her feet. She emphasized mostly on ________ since she had no arms to do that with. She tried and tried. After many ________ and failures, she finally could write with her feet. She continued her school, ________ her examination and got a scholarship for law school.

Her optimism paved the way for a bright future. Her hard work ________ all because she never gave up.

1.

A．held up

B．went after

C．handed over

D．put down

2.

A．dangerous

B．convenient

C．enjoyable

D．hard

3.

A．teach

B．hit

C．get

D．feed

4.

A．caring

B．knowing

C．remembering

D．admitting

5.

A．stopped

B．shocked

C．seen

D．saved

6.

A．breaking

B．pressing

C．burning

D．squeezing

7.

A．terrible

B．simple

C．strange

D．important

8.

A．tired

B．astonished

C．depressed

D．frightened

9.

A．problem

B．risk

C．possibility

D．fact

10.

A．emotionally

B．completely

C．economically

D．amazingly

11.

A．required

B．allowed

C．limited

D．stressed

12.

A．report

B．assign

C．plan

D．perform

13.

A．Instead

B．Meanwhile

C．However

D．Therefore

14.

A．talk about

B．give up

C．believe in

D．search for

15.

A．find

B．hide

C．improve

D．lose

16.

A．practiced

B．pretended

C．refused

D．agreed

17.

A．reading

B．dancing

C．writing

D．training

18.

A．attempts

B．competitions

C．comparisons

D．memories

19.

A．chose

B．passed

C．failed

D．missed

20.

A．showed off

B．dropped off

C．took off

D．paid off

8 . I love my father. He’s the parent who I thought understood me. But when I was growing up, he was ______ home. He worked overtime as an accountant, late into the evening during the week, all day Saturday and most Sundays. Even if he was home, and wasn’t working at his desk, I had to ______ him, because I was one of three daughters. All those years in my childhood I longed for my father’s ______.

One day my father was working at his desk. I ______ him there and stood beside the desk. ______ in his writing, he didn’t notice me. To let him know I was there, I lifted my plastic water gun and shot him in the face. This frightened him and he roared like a tiger. I dashed out of the room and down the stairs. I was so _______ because I’d never seen him angry before.

Moments later, he appeared at the top of the stairs, ______ his arms and laughed; his arms and laugh invited me to run back up the stairs and into his huge hug. Comforting me softly, he ______ for scaring me. I kept replaying the _______ in my mind for a thousand times.

My sense that I couldn’t reach my father stayed with me even when I was grown. Well into adulthood, I felt that I could never ______ the father time I’d missed as a child. But it turned out that I could. And I did.

The ______ started when my father retired. One day, I called when my mother was out. My father answered the phone, and he couldn’t hand me over to my mother, ______ we started to talk. He told me he’d been thinking about his grandfather, and I asked about him. He began telling me. I ______ that when I asked him about his past, he stayed on the phone. And the older he got, the more ______   my father was to talk about his past, especially his childhood. In his detailed descriptions, I felt he was recreating the world of his childhood, and ______ me in. The stories he told became a world we inhabited together. He introduced me to the people he knew there, and to the child he was.

I really cherish my father’s stories and will pass them on to the next generation.

1.

A．rarely

B．merely

C．frequently

D．gradually

2.

A．watch

B．follow

C．share

D．support

3.

A．impression

B．attention

C．explanation

D．presentation

4.

A．approached

B．ignored

C．monitored

D．comforted

5.

A．Concerned

B．Experienced

C．Disappointed

D．Absorbed

6.

A．annoyed

B．depressed

C．scared

D．bored

7.

A．crossed

B．spread

C．swung

D．moved

8.

A．apologized

B．complained

C．hesitated

D．joked

9.

A．view

B．message

C．voice

D．scene

10.

A．cut back on

B．make up for

C．keep up with

D．look forward to

11.

A．change

B．success

C．tradition

D．silence

12.

A．but

B．or

C．for

D．so

13.

A．proposed

B．discovered

C．recalled

D．predicted

14.

A．serious

B．confident

C．eager

D．reasonable

15.

A．reminding

B．pushing

C．requiring

D．inviting

9 . Simply saying thank you doesn’t seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a _______ just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different _______ of gratitude (感谢).

My thoughts were soon _______. We had a woman patient who was _______ from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, while _______ to get into bed she collapsed (倒下) from what was _______ discovered to be a heart attack. The collapse was disastrous, _______the emergency medical team and good teamwork. But she recovered, though _______, and was ready for discharge (出院) after four weeks.

She was _______ for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. On her day of discharge, we shared in her ____________ at her recovery. As she was ____________ she was eager to say ____________ to each of us in the nursing team. When she ____________ one nurse, she tried to press a five-pound note into her hand. My colleague ____________ to accept it, saying that we were all just ____________ our job. The patient looked puzzled, and then ____________:“Oh this isn’t for the____________ I had. I take that as a ____________. No, this is for setting my hair yesterday.”

       And there you have it. To many people,____________lives is part of the job but styling hair is an ____________ and should be rewarded.1.

A．cleaner

B．chemist

C．nurse

D．doctor

2.

A．grades

B．meanings

C．needs

D．expectations

3.

A．brushed aside

B．put to the test

C．brought under discussion

D．taken into account

4.

A．departing

B．escaping

C．retiring

D．recovering

5.

A．attempting

B．choosing

C．pausing

D．promising

6.

A．eventually

B．fortunately

C．casually

D．secretly

7.

A．assessing

B．requiring

C．forming

D．proving

8.

A．slightly

B．accidentally

C．slowly

D．happily

9.

A．grateful

B．thoughtful

C．sorrowful

D．fearful

10.

A．surprise

B．delight

C．curiosity

D．disappointment

11.

A．operating

B．thinking

C．hesitating

D．leaving

12.

A．sorry

B．hello

C．goodbye

D．yes

13.

A．reached

B．consulted

C．introduced

D．persuaded

14.

A．wished

B．pretended

C．failed

D．refused

15.

A．enjoying

B．doing

C．securing

D．starting

16.

A．repeated

B．recited

C．replied

D．reported

17.

A．courage

B．patience

C．duty

D．care

18.

A．goal

B．given

C．push

D．greeting

19.

A．risking

B．changing

C．saving

D．building

20.

A．honour

B．ability

C．opening

D．extra