1 . I just had one of the most interesting experiences of my life, and wanted to share it with my dearest friends.

One cold evening, I drove home and was stuck in a traffic jam, when my car started to die. I managed to coast into a gas station in order not to get in others’ way. Before I made the call to ask for help, I found a crying woman. I walked towards her and asked if she needed help. She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard for her right now.

I helped her fill up her car completely, walked to the next McDonald’s and bought 2 big bags of food, some gifts and a big cup of coffee. She gave the food to the kids in the car. They ate them quickly. And we stood eating fries and talking a little.

She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City. Her husband left 2 months ago and she had not been able to support her family. So she went to California to find her parents. She packed up everything she owned in the car. She told the kids they were going to California for Christmas, but not that they were going to live there.

I gave her my gloves, a hug and said a quick prayer（祈祷） with her for safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, “So, are you like an angel or something?”

It was so incredible（不可思议的） to be a part of someone else’s miracle（奇迹）. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem.

1. The writer did all the following for the woman EXCEPT ________.

A．help her gas up her car

B．buy some drinks and food

C．feed the food to her children

D．buy some gifts

2. The woman went to California to ________.

A．ask her parents for help

B．spend Christmas with her parents

C．look for her husband

D．make a living by herself

3. The woman thought the writer an angel because ________.

A．the writer was too kind and did everything he could to help her

B．the writer was kinder than any other person in this world

C．the woman didn’t get any help from others before she met the writer

D．the writer didn’t ask for a pay for what he had done for the woman

4. According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

A．the writer thought helping others could get another name

B．the writer hoped that the woman could pay him back soon

C．the writer often helps other people who need help

D．helping others may bring you a surprise

2 . People love Shakespeare’s vocabulary and creativity. He used more than 15,000 words in this writing! But Bible’s Old Testament (旧约圣经) only contains 5,642 words, Shakespeare also invented many new terms and phrase.

If someone’s behavior suggested they were not honest and should not be trusted. Shakespeare called them suspicious. If someone was silly and perhaps looked like a fool, Shakespeare found their actions laughable. And for those who offered their opinions on something’s quality, Shakespeare called them critics (评论家). Today, for instance, food critics and film critics give their opinions on food and film.

The familiar phrase “break the ice” comes from Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew. The “ice is broken” when people in a group, who have never met before, begin to talk to each other by doing some activities. More common words were first used by Shakespeare including “road”, “gossip”, “lonely”, “bump” and “hurry”.

Four hundred years after his death. Shakespeare surely lives on, in everyday speech, as the most famous writer of all time.

1. Shakespeare’s writings contain ________.

A．over 15,000 words	B．less than 15,000 words
C．only 5,642 words	D．less than 5,642 words

2. Which of following can replace the underlined word “suspicious” on Paragraph 2?

A．meaningful	B．doubtful
C．thoughtful	D．powerful

3. Whose actions are considered laughable from Paragraph 2?

A．Dishonest people’s	B．Silly’s people
C．Food critics	D．Film critics

4. What may be the best title for the text?

A．Famous Words in Shakespeare’s Plays

B．Shakespeare’s Influence on English

C．The Famous Writer --- Shakespeare

D．Shakespeare’s Great Life

3 . I spent more than three months one year in bed because of a back injury. When I finally started to _________ and could be up and around again for part of the day, the recommended at home therapy was to _________ as much as I was able to. As a surprise, my husband decided to_________ a walking path by himself that would trail around our house. He took great pains to ensure that the surface of the path was _________ and level and that the path would take me past the garden areas that I _________ and had missed so much. His _________ surprise turned my daily walking routine into something I could actually _________ because there was always _________ new going on somewhere for me to see and enjoy.

The _________ changed and the gardens started to shut down for the winter. I __________ where I would walk when there was snow on the ground, but my husband told me he had __________ thought about that, and he was __________ that he could keep the path open and cleared of snow. Despite the many snowstorms we had that winter, my path always was cleared and __________ for me to walk on.

One day after another snowstorm, we__________ our journey down the path, and as I turned the first corner I was __________ to see a little snowman waiting to say hello. I thought about how my husband had __________ the time on that cold day to give me something cheerful to see on my walk.

That day each time we __________ again to that point of the path, seeing the snowman made me feel so __________ for my husband's thoughtfulness.

Every day when I headed out for a walk on my path, I was __________ of how much I am loved. Showing you __________ doesn't require expensive gifts or showy gestures. It's the simple things from the heart that really count.

1.

A．change

B．leave

C．work

D．recover

2.

A．rest

B．walk

C．try

D．run

3.

A．build

B．find

C．beat

D．choose

4.

A．smooth

B．hard

C．thick

D．rough

5.

A．expected

B．abandoned

C．loved

D．cleaned

6.

A．thoughtful

B．careful

C．skillful

D．thankful

7.

A．put up with

B．make use of

C．live up to

D．look forward to

8.

A．anything

B．something

C．nothing

D．everything

9.

A．times

B．ways

C．plans

D．seasons

10.

A．imagined

B．wondered

C．realized

D．suspected

11.

A．sometimes

B．never

C．always

D．already

12.

A．shocked

B．curious

C．lucky

D．confident

13.

A．right

B．ready

C．close

D．new

14.

A．arranged

B．finished

C．started

D．continued

15.

A．satisfied

B．embarrassed

C．surprised

D．confused

16.

A．changed

B．taken

C．lost

D．freed

17.

A．looked out

B．turned down

C．came around

D．held on

18.

A．grateful

B．anxious

C．guilty

D．hopeful

19.

A．cured

B．informed

C．reminded

D．warned

20.

A．care

B．joy

C．pride

D．interest