1 . When you travel, it’s inevitable (不可避免的) that things will go wrong. It doesn’t matter how _________ you are for the trip—accidents happen on the road, at hotels or _________ in the middle of the ocean. Often, it’s what happens next that _________ the most. No matter what happens, it can be a _________ turn in the journey or a bad thing.

During a recent long international trip, my youngest daughter’s airsickness struck again. We were _________ our choices after landing in San Francisco for an overnight layover (中途停留).

When we stood in the middle of the terminal (航站楼), not only _________ how to get to our hotel, but also discussing whether or not we should just turn around and go home, a pilot _________ us.

He quietly asked me if my 4-year-old was the passenger who had gotten _________ on the flight. I nodded, half afraid someone was going to tell us we now weren’t _________ to fly with her.

Instead, he __________ down to her level, opened up his bag and took out a pair of wings. While the captain was ________ her the wings, he kindly asked my young daughter how she was feeling. Like most young kids, sometimes she’s ________ about talking to strangers, but not this time. They __________ for 60 seconds, but in those 60 seconds, she went from feeling bad and __________ to walk around the airport to jogging to the airport hotel with a smile on her face.

As the captain walked away, she __________ and said, “He cared about me.” My daughter is still young, but she is old enough to feel __________ when a pilot wants to check in on her. In that moment, the pilot was exactly the right one to make her feel better about flying. He __________ our day by taking two minutes out of his.

It’s often the __________ stories that make the headlines, but small, heart-warming moments are still happening all around us. I’m __________ to all in the travel industry—and beyond—that take those few minutes to make a world of ________.

1.

A．lucky

B．old

C．energetic

D．prepared

2.

A．also

B．even

C．yet

D．still

3.

A．includes

B．values

C．matters

D．offers

4.

A．wrong

B．timely

C．sudden

D．quick

5.

A．doubting

B．making

C．quitting

D．changing

6.

A．pointing out

B．learning about

C．figuring out

D．quarrelling about

7.

A．approached

B．examined

C．appreciated

D．discovered

8.

A．hungry

B．thirsty

C．sick

D．lost

9.

A．led

B．allowed

C．advised

D．expected

10.

A．bent

B．looked

C．broke

D．fell

11.

A．taking

B．handing

C．opening

D．flying

12.

A．concerned

B．confused

C．shy

D．curious

13.

A．fighted

B．hesitated

C．waited

D．chatted

14.

A．refusing

B．deciding

C．hoping

D．pretending

15.

A．cried

B．smiled

C．nodded

D．froze

16.

A．awkward

B．funny

C．upset

D．special

17.

A．ruined

B．saved

C．displayed

D．affected

18.

A．love

B．news

C．horror

D．comedy

19.

A．attracted

B．grateful

C．opposed

D．mean

20.

A．misfortune

B．mess

C．wonder

D．difference

2 . For my 8^th birthday my ________ was a shiny blue bike. My older sisters decided to teach me to ride. We lived on Edgewood Avenue at the top of a steep hill. My ________, Agnes and Christina, put me on my bike and ________ me hard, yelling instructions, “Peddle! Steer! Use the brakes!” Needless to say, I was rushing down the street ________ trying to hold on.

I bumped into the curb (路缘), ________ over the handlebars onto the sidewalk, skinning my knees, hurting my hands and crying loudly. Instead of offering ________, my sisters yelled at me ________ I hadn’t listened to their instructions. Weeks ________ before I tried again. This time I walked my bike to the ________ parking lot behind the schoolyard. I kept repeating the instructions to myself and after a few awkward ________ and even more painful spills I learned to ride a bike.

Learning life lesson is ________ like learning to ride a bike. Some life lessons are ________ to learn. We don’t always get to choose where we learn them; we don’t always have good teachers and we are not always ________. Sometimes we find ourselves madly trying to hold on.

But things are different now.

My husband, Rich, ________ my sons to ride a bike. First he raised their training wheels a little and they rode around the block getting used to the unstable ________. After he removed the training wheels he would run along the side of the bike holding on to the seat to ________ them. Up and down our street they would go with Rich calling out, “You ________ have it! You’re doing great!” until my son would call out “Let go”. Rich would let go but still run along, just ________. It was a happy day in the neighborhood.

When the life lessons come along in this New Year you may ________ them from a patient and kind teacher; you may have them surrounded by ________ and encouragement. And you may have someone stay by your side until you have found victory.

1.

A．dream

B．reward

C．gift

D．aim

2.

A．brothers

B．sisters

C．friends

D．classmates

3.

A．stuck

B．turned

C．knocked

D．pushed

4.

A．wildly

B．carefully

C．slowly

D．instantly

5.

A．jumping

B．flying

C．moving

D．leaving

6.

A．sadness

B．happiness

C．excitement

D．sympathy

7.

A．although

B．until

C．because

D．while

8.

A．passed

B．remained

C．happened

D．changed

9.

A．crowded

B．busy

C．covered

D．empty

10.

A．experiments

B．attempts

C．fights

D．conflicts

11.

A．though

B．even

C．much

D．still

12.

A．wonderful

B．comfortable

C．dangerous

D．painful

13.

A．ready

B．perfect

C．wrong

D．strong

14.

A．forced

B．taught

C．allowed

D．ordered

15.

A．practice

B．habit

C．development

D．feeling

16.

A．repair

B．fix

C．steady

D．move

17.

A．almost

B．usually

C．always

D．seldom

18.

A．in time

B．in relief

C．in turn

D．in case

19.

A．accept

B．learn

C．refuse

D．avoid

20.

A．blame

B．complaint

C．support

D．criticism

3 . My 12-year-old niece was staying with us for a couple of days. She was remembering some acts of kindness that we did together when she was less than five years old. We talked about how so much had changed, and with the pandemic, how difficult it would be to do so many of those things, especially when it comes to strangers.

The next day, I needed something from the downtown area and happened to take her with me. As we walked

around on the street, we heard a beautiful male voice singing a very soulful song. We turned around to see a middle-aged man sitting on a street comer with his guitar. A couple were sitting on a bench nearby and listening to his music.

After getting a few things done, we happened to sit at an outdoor dining restaurant across from him on the other side of the street. My niece was learning how to sing herself, and she kept smiling and saying how wonderful his singing was. Seeing how moved she was by his music, at the end of our meal, I gave her a ten-dollar bill and asked her to walk across the street and put it in his bowl.

She was a little surprised. “Really?” she asked with bright eyes. I nodded. So she headed over and as she approached, the man was just finishing a song and started talking to her, and they ended up having a sweet conversation. She told him how touched she was by his music, and he ended up telling her that she made his day. As she was excitedly repeating the conversation back to me, she mentioned, “He didn’t even know how much it was. He was just thankful that someone was enjoying his music.”

1. What did the author and her niece do in the first paragraph?

A．They thought back to the past.

B．They decided to do good deeds outside.

C．They made a plan for going downtown.

D．They talked about meeting more strangers.

2. What caught the author and her niece’s attention on the street?

A．A guitar.	B．A restaurant.
C．A couple.	D．A voice.

3. What did the author want her niece to do?

A．Talk with the man.	B．Praise the man.
C．Learn music from the man.	D．Give money to the man.

4. What do we know from the meeting of the man and the author’s niece?

A．They shared singing skills.

B．They felt thankful to each other.

C．The man was proud of his singing.

D．The girl introduced the author to the man.