1 . Our church in Toronto has a way of helping those who are short of money. Money is dropped into an offering box with only the name of the ________ on the envelope (信封).

There came a time when my husband and I were among those ________ . We did not talk about our ________ with anyone, including our ________ . We did not want to make them ________ about the problem.

Our situation wasn’t ________ , and my husband and I knew that we would have to look for outside help. Just as we were almost ________ , our church gave us a gift envelope. We were overjoyed to receive the money, enough to ________ that hard time. We couldn’t help but wonder who had given such a generous gift.

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son was ________ a student loan (贷款) to attend university. His father and I were very ________ by this. We had ________ him to save some money for his university from his part-time job and he had already had enough money. I asked him repeatedly where the money had ________ . At first he would not tell me. Finally, my son ________ that the year before he had put his savings in the offering box for his father and me.

I stood there speechless, tears filling my eyes. It had taken my son ________ to save that money. He had given it to us ________ — without telling us what he had done.

1.

A．helper

B．receiver

C．volunteer

D．organizer

2.

A．in need

B．in danger

C．in short

D．in shock

3.

A．money

B．attitude

C．difficulty

D．effort

4.

A．family

B．neighbor

C．children

D．partner

5.

A．anxious

B．serious

C．curious

D．careful

6.

A．increasing

B．improving

C．solving

D．appearing

7.

A．breaking up

B．breaking in

C．breaking out

D．breaking down

8.

A．bring us through

B．bring us up

C．bring us together

D．bring us out

9.

A．struggle for

B．dealing with

C．applying for

D．giving up

10.

A．amazed

B．cheated

C．disturbed

D．confused

11.

A．forced

B．begged

C．persuaded

D．trusted

12.

A．gone

B．got

C．left

D．spent

13.

A．argued

B．cheated

C．admitted

D．offered

14.

A．years

B．months

C．days

D．hours

15.

A．finally

B．actually

C．simply

D．willingly

3 . Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century. The disabled writer of A Brief History of Time visited China for three times. His first ________ was in 1985. On his second journey to China, the great theoretical scientist was invited to ________ a mathematics research institute at Zhejiang University. On that Sunday evening, be made his appearance at a press conference ________ at Shangri-La Hotel, Hangzhou. Hawking ________ at about 5:00 pm with his wife. The elderly man answered a total of nine ________ with the help of his computer. “I find the real universe much more ________ than the one in the film Star Wars,” Hawking joked. “I ________ young people to study theoretical physics first if they are interested in it.” But the talented man suffers from ________ motor neuron disease (运动神经元病). The disease ________ over 100,000 people every year. “I like life and I love life. My family, and music give me the ________ happiness,” smiled Hawking, who could ________ move two fingers.

In the speech. Hawking said he ________ to write a new edition of A Brief History of Time for young children. “A Brief History of Time is my first book for ________ people. But I Later found that I could write it in a ________ way.” he answered. “So I decided to rewrite it so that all people can read it easily.” Unfortunately, he ________ us forever on March 14, 2018.

1.

A．visit

B．vacation

C．country

D．city

2.

A．study

B．develop

C．attend

D．work

3.

A．made

B．held

C．covered

D．proved

4.

A．appeared

B．associated

C．advanced

D．approached

5.

A．specialists

B．questions

C．listeners

D．journalists

6.

A．dangerous

B．disturbing

C．terrible

D．interesting

7.

A．inspire

B．amuse

C．behave

D．entertain

8.

A．false

B．serious

C．unbelievable

D．poor

9.

A．affects

B．spreads

C．kills

D．saves

10.

A．greatest

B．saddest

C．worst

D．least

11.

A．hardly

B．gently

C．fully

D．only

12.

A．forced

B．delivered

C．planned

D．failed

13.

A．common

B．scientific

C．honored

D．wealthy

14.

A．proper

B．simple

C．difficult

D．technical

15.

A．impressed

B．shocked

C．left

D．concerned

4 . You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.

— Winston Churchill

We come by (获得) business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s hardware (五金制品) ________ in Mott, North Dakota, a small town in the countryside. We started working by doing small jobs like cleaning and ________ shelves, and later tried to ________ customers. As we worked and watched, we learned that work was more than about survival and making a ________.

One lesson stands out in my mind. It was shortly before Christmas. I was in the eighth grade and was working in the evenings, arranging the toys in the area. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was wearing a dirty, old brown coat. His hair was ________. His shoes were worn out. The little boy looked too poor to ________ to buy anything. He ________ looked around the toy area, picked up several toys, and put them ________.

Dad came down the stairs, walked over to the boy and asked what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas present for his brother. I was ________ that Dad treated him with the same respect that he would give to any ________. Dad told him to take his time and look around. He did so.

After about twenty minutes, the little boy chose a toy ________, walked up to my dad and said, “How much is this, Mister?” “How much have you got?” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and opened it. His hand was covered with wet lines of dirt from holding his money. In his hand ________ five coins: two dimes, a nickel and two Pennies—twenty-seven cents altogether. The price on the toy plane he’d ________ was $3.98.

“That’ll be OK.” Dad said when he closed the sale. Dad’s answer still ________ in my ears. I thought about what I’d seen as I wrapped (包，裹) the present. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t ________ the dirty, worn coat, the messy hair or the old shoes. What I saw was a glowing child with a treasure.

1.

A．office

B．library

C．station

D．store

2.

A．painting

B．tidying

C．breaking

D．lifting

3.

A．visit

B．question

C．relax

D．serve

4.

A．sale

B．decision

C．face

D．mistake

5.

A．short

B．messy

C．clean

D．black

6.

A．afford

B．learn

C．refuse

D．fail

7.

A．blindly

B．rudely

C．carefully

D．dangerously

8.

A．on

B．out

C．back

D．off

9.

A．afraid

B．sorry

C．lucky

D．proud

10.

A．adult

B．workmate

C．nurse

D．doctor

11.

A．train

B．truck

C．plane

D．ship

12.

A．lied

B．lay

C．laid

D．lent

13.

A．broken up

B．given away

C．hung up

D．picked out

14.

A．rings

B．drops

C．bends

D．pulls

15.

A．supply

B．treasure

C．notice

D．show

5 . At age 5, I always sat with my Dad in his study every night. When he came home from the office, I’d watch as he _______ his personal items: his watch, wallet, and comb. They would always take up the same spot on the table as if he could see imaginary lines drawn _______ for these things, not a centimeter more or less.

What brought _______ to me then was cleaning the comb for him. I would _______ the tap excitedly and brushed it as hard as I could. _______ I’d done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad, who rewarded me with a bright smile.

Two years later, Dad _______ his sales job and started his own business, but it was not doing well and started shaking our steady life. He always came home very late and _______ the usual evening stay with me. Why did he _______ his old job? Why take the risk and place the whole family in trouble? Over the years I refused to wait for him to come home.

Today, everything is better, yet the _______ silence between us remained until two days before. I was about to ________ after carrying his bag into his study when he asked, “Hey, would you like to clean my comb?” After a long ________ I said yes. Later, with the comb clean, Dad ________ placed it on top of his wallet and smiled back as usual. I ________ that he has wrinkles as he smiles, yet his smile is still ________, the smile of a father who wants a good ________ for his family.

1.

A．threw away

B．check out

C．work out

D．put away

2.

A．suddenly

B．immediately

C．specifically

D．creatively

3.

A．puzzle

B．trouble

C．confusion

D．joy

4.

A．open up

B．stir up

C．turn on

D．lift up

5.

A．Satisfied

B．Worried

C．Tired

D．Discouraged

6.

A．found

B．reserved

C．disliked

D．quit

7.

A．wasted

B．missed

C．enjoyed

D．kept

8.

A．give up

B．refer to

C．finish off

D．search for

9.

A．unique

B．enjoyable

C．responsible

D．awkward

10.

A．leave

B．stay

C．talk

D．ask

11.

A．sleep

B．schedule

C．while

D．discussion

12.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．officially

D．secretly

13.

A．pretended

B．heard

C．doubted

D．noticed

14.

A．young

B．obvious

C．cheerful

D．strange

15.

A．lesson

B．life

C．right

D．reason

6 . Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

      One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a________on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from________to toe, explained that he had________out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant wife and his two children ________ at the car and said that he would hitchhike (搭便车) back.
      Once I had________a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both ________, saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he________ me back.
      Before leaving, I had turned the heater________in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and________. While the little ones played and ran________, I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the________.
      It was about 5 a.m. before they ________. The young fellow asked me how much he________me and I told him that the petrol pump (加油泵) had ________ $15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
      About a month later, I received a________ from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to________to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It________out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most ________ person in the company.
      In his letter, he thanked me again and________me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this________, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.1.

A．kick

B．hit

C．beat

D．knock

2.

A．finger

B．shoulder

C．head

D．hand

3.

A．driven

B．used

C．come

D．run

4.

A．away

B．behind

C．over

D．out

5.

A．supplied

B．poured

C．equipped

D．filled

6.

A．sleeping

B．crying

C．quarrelling

D．fighting

7.

A．allow

B．ring

C．lead

D．follow

8.

A．on

B．off

C．in

D．over

9.

A．neat

B．hot

C．warm

D．attractive

10.

A．around

B．inside

C．nearby

D．along

11.

A．drivers

B．guests

C．customers

D．adults

12.

A．left

B．arrived

C．ate

D．disappeared

13.

A．gave

B．paid

C．owed

D．offered

14.

A．appeared

B．become

C．happened

D．shown

15.

A．call

B．letter

C．check

D．notice

16.

A．get

B．force

C．require

D．hope

17.

A．pointed

B．turned

C．worked

D．found

18.

A．generous

B．successful

C．serious

D．powerful

19.

A．praised

B．commanded

C．informed

D．persuaded

20.

A．lesson

B．business

C．aspect

D．case

8 . You never know how far a kind act can go. When Gloria Porter and Jeff Reick began ______ , they had no idea how much it would encourage others to ______ people with kindness.

89-year-old Gloria Porter was lying in hospital. She couldn't leave her ward (病房) . So to escape ______ , she would often stare outside her window to watch construction (建筑) workers ______ the new front entrance to the hospital. She wasn't expecting one of the workers to wave at her. She couldn't help waving back at the kind ______ . This was only the start of a special ______ between the two.

Jeff Reick knew Porter was ______ , so he decided to send a kind______to her by finding some chalk and writing “Get Well” on one of the beams (梁) facing her ______ . “I just thought that was ______ ” Porter said. “So I should do something to ______ that.”

She wrote “Stay Safe” on a piece of paper, which she then ______ on the window for the workers to see. “When I saw ‘Stay Safe’ on the window, I ______ around and said to my coworkers, Did you see that?” Reick said.

The hospital staff took photos about that and ______ them on social media. The simple acts of kindness ______ and many people were employed in similar acts.

1.

A．dating

B．arguing

C．working

D．communicating

2.

A．treat

B．impress

C．supply

D．touch

3.

A．fear

B．sadness

C．anxiety

D．boredom

4.

A．destroying

B．building

C．repairing

D．designing

5.

A．words

B．encouragement

C．gesture

D．congratulation

6.

A．business

B．situation

C．meeting

D．connection

7.

A．ill

B．fine

C．poor

D．lonely

8.

A．note

B．message

C．letter

D．sign

9.

A．door

B．wall

C．window

D．entrance

10.

A．precious

B．impolite

C．necessary

D．positive

11.

A．record

B．change

C．return

D．remember

12.

A．drew

B．painted

C．placed

D．decorated

13.

A．turned

B．looked

C．got

D．sat

14.

A．found

B．listed

C．introduced

D．posted

15.

A．succeeded

B．spread

C．developed

D．happened

10 . A few weeks ago my family and I went on a trip by car. This has become our _______ on Sundays over the past several months of the pandemic (疫情). Over the past nine months, we had to stay indoors except on weekends. On a recent morning, we _______ about 30 minutes to Los Dinamos, a mountainous thickly forested national park.

I listened to the _______ of rushing water from the river below and the singing of birds   _______   in the trees. I _______ the tiny hand of our _______ 2-year-old daughter, who was glad to go out playing. And then I surprisingly _______ we were alone. In a city of millions, we had _______ ourselves to another world.

I often tell people what I _______ most about prepandemic life is the liveliness and excitement of the city. But I’ve come to realize that I also need these ________ on pine-needle-covered (铺满松针的) ways with my young daughters, ________ things they had never seen or calling out the ________ of the flowers we pass along the way. I ________ truly fresh air. I need to attract my kids and my husband ahead with promises of delicious food and a perfect ________place where we could sit on the blanket and enjoy the food.

It’s a ________ that there’s life all around me, even if I can’t spend time mixing with others.

1.

A．achievement

B．experience

C．arrangement

D．habit

2.

A．transported

B．ran

C．drove

D．jumped

3.

A．sound

B．talk

C．noise

D．cry

4.

A．losing

B．quitting

C．hiding

D．flashing

5.

A．turned

B．held

C．lifted

D．preferred

6.

A．excited

B．anxious

C．confident

D．amazed

7.

A．mastered

B．argued

C．realized

D．arranged

8.

A．attracted

B．taken

C．forced

D．helped

9.

A．survive

B．track

C．hate

D．miss

10.

A．walks

B．events

C．challenges

D．source

11.

A．cheating

B．destroying

C．exploring

D．removing

12.

A．tastes

B．colors

C．seeds

D．fruits

13.

A．exchange

B．admire

C．unearth

D．need

14.

A．exercise

B．dance

C．debate

D．picnic

15.

A．reminder

B．wonder

C．solution

D．pity