1 . I was driving down the highway, enjoying the freedom of the open road when suddenly, I heard a loud noise. My car shook _______, and I knew something was wrong.

I carefully _______ to the side of the road, as far away from the traffic as possible. I got out of the car and looked at the damage, with a rising sense of fear. The tire(轮胎) was completely flat, and I had no _______. I was stuck in the middle of nowhere with no one to help.

I tried to flag down passing cars, but no one seemed to notice me. They drove past me at high speed, as if I were _______. I began to feel frustrated and _______.

As the sun started to set, my _______ turned to despair. I felt like I was stranded(滞留) in the middle of nowhere, with no hope of _______. I thought about how long it would take for someone to notice me, and how dangerous it was to be stranded on the side of the road at night. I felt _______ forcing their way out of the corners of my eyes, but I tried my best to hold them back.

Just when I was about to give up, I heard a car _______. I tried to flag it down, but it seemed to be about to speed past me. I felt my heart ________, but to my surprise, the car slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road. A tall man got out of the car, and I felt a sense of ________ wash over me.

As expected, the man helped ________ the flat tire with his spare one. Before I expressed my gratitude, he ________ into the night. What a silent but warm-hearted ________. The road might be challenging, but the ________ of the stranger lit it up.

1.

A．slightly

B．slowly

C．precisely

D．violently

2.

A．set off

B．took up

C．pulled over

D．moved on

3.

A．chance

B．spare

C．effort

D．spirit

4.

A．delicate

B．invisible

C．flexible

D．energetic

5.

A．hopeless

B．peaceful

C．proud

D．secure

6.

A．admiration

B．determination

C．frustration

D．occupation

7.

A．emotion

B．strength

C．innovation

D．rescue

8.

A．happiness

B．enjoyment

C．tears

D．bravery

9.

A．disappearing

B．approaching

C．fading

D．floating

10.

A．rise

B．beat

C．decrease

D．sink

11.

A．anxiety

B．humour

C．relief

D．direction

12.

A．obtain

B．change

C．unearth

D．destroy

13.

A．drove off

B．set up

C．calmed down

D．figured out

14.

A．host

B．creator

C．beggar

D．hero

15.

A．kindness

B．coldness

C．genius

D．influence

2 . I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mail box, because my mother never believed in email, or cell phones in general. I was literally waiting to get a letter to see how the weekend had gone, which was usually the warmest comfort for me.

So when I moved to New York and got sucker-punched in the face by depression, I did the only thing I could think of — writing letters like my mother for strangers. I blogged about those letters and crazily promised I would write you a hand-written letter if asked to.

Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied (恐吓) in rural Kansas…, all asking me to write them a letter and give them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how the act The World Needs More Love Letters was born, fueled by those trips to the mailbox. But the thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people, who have grown up into a paperless world where some best conversations happen swiftly on a screen.

I’ve been carrying this mail crate (大木箱) with me these days, which is a magical icebreaker. So I get to tell total strangers about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) from war in Afghanistan, and how she left love letters throughout the house as a way to say, “Come back to me.” And the man, who had decided to take his life, tonight slept safely with letters just beneath his pillow, handwritten by strangers who were there for him.

These are the kinds of stories that convince me that letter-writing will always be needed, even in these days, because it is an art now.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The efficiency of write letters.

B．The author’s care for her family.

C．The author’s attachment to letters.

D．The author’s love for the college life.

2. What inspired the author to launch the act?

A．The letters’ comforting effect on people.

B．Her intention of providing professional aid.

C．The positive influence of modern technology.

D．Her mother’s fear of modern communication.

3. Why does the author call the mail crate “a magical icebreaker”?

A．It is capable of doing magic tricks.

B．It starts a conversation with passers-by.

C．It helps people to recover from traumas.

D．It is hot enough to melt ice on a cold day.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Love for Writing

B．Priceless Family Letters

C．Love Letters to Strangers

D．The Art of Writing Letters

3 . An e-mail request for a special dish came in to a restaurant in Baltimore on a Thursday afternoon in March. The sender didn't _______ want the food itself. He said that he was writing _______ his mother who loved the broccoli（西兰花）dish made by the restaurant. He went on to _______ that she was now in the final stage of lung cancer at her home in Vermont and that he was hoping to _______ the recipe to make it for her at home.

Steve Oliver, the restaurant's owner, read the _______ and quickly replied with a（n） _______ . "Thanks for reaching out,” he wrote. “We'd like to. _______ you in Vermont and make it fresh for her.”

Brandon Jones, the _______ , was shocked and wrote back, "Do you _______ that it is Vermont that we're talking about?”

“No problem. You tell us the ________ and we'll be there,” Steve responded.

The day after receiving Brandon's e-mail, Steve ________ his truck with a cooler filled with ingredients（食材）and the necessary cooking tools and then ________ for Vermont with Ephrem Abebe, the cook.

As soon as they ________ at the parking lot, they got to work. ________ the broccoli dish, they made many other special dishes. After ________ boxing everything up, they knocked on the door.

“Go ahead and answer,” Brandon told his mother.

As soon as she ________ the door, she recognized the smell. When she saw Steve Oliver and Ephrem Abebe, she couldn't ________ it.

For the past six years, every time Brandon's mother visited Baltimore, the first place she wanted to go was their ________ . Brandon Jones was ________ that his mother was able to enjoy her ________ broccoli with a side order of remarkable kindness one more time.

1.

A．sincerely

B．calmly

C．usually

D．actually

2.

A．in memory of

B．on behalf of

C．on the basis of

D．in reply to

3.

A．argue

B．suggest

C．explain

D．predict

4.

A．get

B．invent

C．sell

D．remember

5.

A．letter

B．book

C．report

D．article

6.

A．nod

B．application

C．offer

D．congratulation.

7.

A．welcome

B．meet

C．teach

D．persuade

8.

A．cook

B．boss

C．patient

D．son

9.

A．accept

B．know

C．hope

D．hear

10.

A．customer

B．price

C．address

D．profit

11.

A．compared

B．destroyed

C．replaced

D．loaded

12.

A．headed

B．asked

C．searched

D．provided

13.

A．looked

B．slept

C．laughed

D．stopped

14.

A．Without

B．Before

C．Besides

D．Under

15.

A．neatly

B．carelessly

C．angrily

D．curiously

16.

A．shut

B．opened

C．saw

D．left

17.

A．lock

B．accept

C．believe

D．eat

18.

A．restaurant

B．city

C．house

D．market

19.

A．shocked

B．annoyed

C．embarrassed

D．delighted

20.

A．strange

B．beloved

C．smelly

D．pretty