1 . Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn’t get a ___________ to go to school. As a(n) ___________, Harriet had to work very hard in the ___________ all day. That way, her owner could ___________ a lot of money when he sold his crops. Harriet didn’t think that she was being treated ___________.

After Harriet grew up, she ___________ from the plantation(种植园) to the northern United States. There, and in Canada, ___________ could be free.

Harriet liked to be free. She felt ___________ for all of the black people who were ___________ slaves. Harriet returned to ____________ to help other slaves run away. She made ____________ that they got to the North and became free.

Harriet was in great ____________ because of a law that she had just ____________. The law said it was illegal to ____________ slaves run away. She also ____________ that the slave owners said they would ____________ $4,000 to anyone who could catch her.

There were many ____________ about Harriet helping slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen trips back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to ____________. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states ____________ with the southern states. Harriet ____________ the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war.

1.

A．day

B．chance

C．permission

D．moment

2.

A．child

B．owner

C．woman

D．teenager

3.

A．farms

B．school

C．fields

D．factory

4.

A．earn

B．steal

C．cost

D．spend

5.

A．completely

B．fairly

C．specially

D．freely

6.

A．profited

B．escaped

C．resigned

D．graduated

7.

A．American citizens

B．white owners

C．farm workers

D．black people

8.

A．happy

B．excited

C．wrong

D．sorry

9.

A．still

B．yet

C．only

D．merely

10.

A．Canada

B．the South

C．the North

D．the US

11.

A．perfect

B．hard

C．possible

D．sure

12.

A．anger

B．anxiety

C．hurry

D．danger

13.

A．passed

B．obeyed

C．broken

D．respected

14.

A．help

B．prevent

C．stop

D．catch

15.

A．worked out

B．sent out

C．found out

D．pointed out

16.

A．pay

B．make

C．require

D．get

17.

A．times

B．celebrations

C．stories

D．accidents

18.

A．freedom

B．safety

C．power

D．wealth

19.

A．united

B．fought

C．argued

D．settled

20.

A．looked for

B．stood for

C．depended on

D．stuck to

2 .                                                                            You Did More Than Carry My books

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark _______ down and helped the boy pick up these articles. _______ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _______ the boy’s name was Bill, that he _______ computer games,baseball and history, that he was having a lot of _______ with his other subjects and that he had just broken _______ with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was _______ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed _______ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They _______ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before ________, Bill asked Mark if they ________ talk.

Bill ________ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ________ wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I ________ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(脏乱) ________ anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to ________ my things. But after we spent some time together ________ and laughing, I realized that ________ I had done that, I would have ________ a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You________ my life.”

1.

A．fell

B．bent

C．lay

D．sat

2.

A．Although

B．After

C．Since

D．Until

3.

A．realized

B．discovered

C．said

D．decided

4.

A．played

B．made

C．tried

D．loved

5.

A．questions

B．ideas

C．trouble

D．doubt

6.

A．up

B．out

C．off

D．away

7.

A．called

B．helped

C．invited

D．allowed

8.

A．peacefully

B．pleasantly

C．freely

D．willingly

9.

A．continued

B．agreed

C．forced

D．offered

10.

A．movement

B．graduation

C．separation

D．vacation

11.

A．would

B．should

C．could

D．must

12.

A．reminded

B．told

C．spoke

D．asked

13.

A．even

B．usually

C．ever

D．never

14.

A．checked

B．took

C．cleaned

D．put

15.

A．over

B．into

C．with

D．for

16.

A．find

B．pack

C．pick

D．hold

17.

A．talking

B．playing

C．reading

D．watching

18.

A．before

B．as

C．while

D．if

19.

A．lost

B．passed

C．left

D．forgotten

20.

A．helped

B．changed

C．improved

D．recovered

3 . Introduction to letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my____, Sam,was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been____ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the ___to tell Sam what I had_____.

For years I have been hosting a program on the____and writing articles for a magazine. Being____to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart____, exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and____. So when Sam was born, I ___to tell him about school and fridship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these____. I hope that Sam would____them sooner or later .

However, that expectation____when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He____to communicate with others, even the family members. That was____for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even____now to tell him. I wanted him to____what it means to be “diffenet” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll___ as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just____if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life .

Now____the book has been pubhshed, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life. and all about what it means to be a____.

Daniel Gottlied

1.

A．son

B．nephew

C．brother

D．grandson

2.

A．seriously

B．mentally

C．slightly

D．quictly

3.

A．ability

B．time

C．courage

D．reaponsibuty

4.

A．written

B．suffered

C．observed

D．lost

5.

A．radio

B．television

C．stage

D．bed

6.

A．ready

B．unable

C．anxious

D．eager

7.

A．warm

B．broken

C．closed

D．open

8.

A．hosts

B．vistors

C．readers

D．reportets

9.

A．began

B．stopped

C．forgot

D．decided

10.

A．letters

B．emails

C．books

D．diaries

11.

A．find

B．read

C．collect

D．keep

12.

A．developed

B．disappeared

C．changed

D．arrived

13.

A．tried

B．refused

C．regretted

D．hoped

14.

A．exciting

B．acceptable

C．strange

D．heartbreaking

15.

A．less

B．everything

C．more

D．nothing

16.

A．understand

B．explain

C．believe

D．question

17.

A．fear

B．face

C．know

D．cause

18.

A．felt

B．guessed

C．saw

D．doubted

19.

A．as

B．once

C．though

D．if

20.

A．teacher

B．child

C．man

D．writer

4 . I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we ____ our coffee, a man came in and sat at a(n) ____ table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his ____ saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the wall”. We ____ this order with rather interest and observed that he was ____ with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter ____ a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.
While we were still there, two other men ____ and ordered three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but ____ for three and left. This time also, the ____ did the same; he put up a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A cup of coffee.” It seemed that this gesture was a ____ at this place. ____ , it was something unique and puzzling for us. Since we had ____ to do with the matter, we ____ our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a(n) ____ to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man walked in. The way this man was dressed did not ____ the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was ____ from the looks on his face. ____ he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the ____ .” The waiter served coffee to this man with ____ and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter ____ a piece of paper from the wall and threw it into the dustbin.1.

A．enjoyed

B．prepared

C．practiced

D．bought

2.

A．crowded

B．open

C．empty

D．beautiful

3.

A．food

B．goods

C．table

D．order

4.

A．heard

B．found

C．glared

D．watched

5.

A．satisfied

B．served

C．treated

D．awarded

6.

A．stuck out

B．hid away

C．put up

D．took out

7.

A．dashed

B．moved

C．fled

D．entered

8.

A．paid

B．looked

C．waited

D．asked

9.

A．customer

B．waiter

C．stranger

D．passenger

10.

A．demand

B．signal

C．custom

D．duty

11.

A．Instead

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．However

12.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

13.

A．wasted

B．finished

C．missed

D．donated

14.

A．invitation

B．time

C．reward

D．chance

15.

A．equal

B．change

C．match

D．reach

16.

A．obvious

B．slight

C．serious

D．strong

17.

A．So

B．As

C．Unless

D．Since

18.

A．window

B．floor

C．wall

D．door

19.

A．carelessness

B．wisdom

C．interest

D．respect

20.

A．brought down

B．took off

C．kept away

D．cut off

5 . Garage sales (旧货市场) are a strange pastime. I am not interested in other people’s____ items. My mother was, and she convinced me to____her. We went to several garage sales and finally stopped at a cottage. The____ owner told me that he and his wife were moving away. His wife had been a (n)____before she retired.
As we were____the sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her name to someone, and I ____realized who she was. She looked at me and said, “ You are Lisa Miller.” I____at her in awe（惊叹）for it had been thirty years____I had been in her class.
My mother____to her for any trouble I might have caused. She____that if this woman remembered me after so many years, I must have done something____ My teacher looked at my mother and said, “Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in____
My teacher explained during the last week of school, I brought her a____ She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden. She looked at me and said, “Every day when I leave my house, I think of you. And when I come home these plants____me, and I think of you.”____ welled up in my eyes. There at her home, among all her____, was a piece of my life that she had nurtured(培养).
In that moment, she taught me more about life than I could____ We give pieces of ourselves every day without thought or expectation. We seldom envision(展望) the____that we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a (n)____ part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that____, but the small things that make all the difference in the world. I never had a chance to thank her, but I hope she took a Lamb’s Ear with her to her new home.1.

A．broken

B．unwanted

C．frozen

D．desired

2.

A．accompany

B．attach

C．arrange

D．accomplish

3.

A．cruel

B．lonely

C．elderly

D．lovely

4.

A．driver

B．pianist

C．athlete

D．teacher

5.

A．exchanging

B．instructing

C．selecting

D．exposing

6.

A．nervously

B．immediately

C．strangely

D．automatically

7.

A．stared

B．smiled

C．glanced

D．glared

8.

A．after

B．while

C．since

D．because

9.

A．appealed

B．apologized

C．laughed

D．shouted

10.

A．suspected

B．doubted

C．thought

D．wondered

11.

A．tough

B．terrible

C．flexible

D．practical

12.

A．peace

B．danger

C．disbelief

D．need

13.

A．book

B．phone

C．diamond

D．plant

14.

A．possess

B．impress

C．greet

D．observe

15.

A．Tears

B．Happiness

C．Promises

D．Laughter

16.

A．aims

B．belongings

C．figures

D．exhibitions

17.

A．need

B．plan

C．imagine

D．guess

18.

A．senses

B．benefits

C．effects

D．pains

19.

A．appropriate

B．necessary

C．brave

D．mild

20.

A．care

B．matter

C．depend

D．remain