6 . Every Sunday after church,CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town.

Drom the bus stop,he watched the wipers moving against the windshield（挡风玻璃）of a nearby car. His friend Colby _________in, gave CJ a wave, and drove off with his dad. “Nana, how come we don’t get a car?” “Boy, what do we need a car for? We’ve got a bus that breathes fire, and Mr.Dennis,who always has a _________ for you.”The bus came to a stop in front of them. It sighed and the doors_________ open.”What’s that I see?” Mr. Dennis asked. He _________ a coin from behind CJ's ear, placing it in his hand. Nana laughed her deep laugh and pushed CJ along.

At the next stop,a man got on with a spotted dog. CJ _________ his seat. “How come that man can't _________?” “Boy, some people watch the world with their ears,” Nana told him. “Their _________, too,” the man said, “You _________ so good today, madam” Nana laughed her deep laugh.

“_________ stop on Market Street,” Mr. Dennis called. CJ looked around as he __________ the bus. Crumbling（裂缝的）sidewalks，broken-down doors，and graffiti-tagged windows... “How come it’s always so __________ over here? ”Nana __________, pointing to the sky. “Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, you'll better __________ what’s beautiful.”

CJ looked all around again, at the bus __________ the corner out of sight, the broken streetlamps still shining bright and the stray-cat shadows moving__________ the wall. When he spotted all of these, he said, “I'm glad we came.”

1.

A．climbed

B．came

C．drew

D．drove

2.

A．story

B．trick

C．plan

D．game

3.

A．remained

B．broke

C．crashed

D．swung

4.

A．earned

B．made

C．pulled

D．showed

5.

A．covered

B．took

C．accepted

D．offered

6.

A．see

B．walk

C．sit

D．talk

7.

A．eyes

B．noses

C．hands

D．mouths

8.

A．smile

B．sound

C．smell

D．look

9.

A．Last

B．Next

C．Another

D．First

10.

A．ran after

B．turned to

C．stepped off

D．waited for

11.

A．old

B．dirty

C．poor

D．busy

12.

A．frowned

B．reflected

C．shouted

D．smiled

13.

A．witness

B．destroy

C．forget

D．pardon

14.

A．facing

B．avoiding

C．rounding

D．striking

15.

A．through

B．across

C．outside

D．beneath

7 . I'm a geologist. I have been researching changes in the Antarctic ice sheets to help governments plan for floods and other_________of a changing climate.

I first met Tom on the tip of Antarctica. He is a professional mountaineer who_________geologists with their research. We were_________here together, hundreds of miles from anyone else, for a two-month_________. My task was simple: to_________rock samples from as many peaks as possible. It is physically exhausting work, and not without _________, as some of the crevasse（裂缝）fields we crossed left me shaking. I relied on Tom for my_________; my life was in his hands.

Trust quickly grew between us, and our_________did, too. Within a week we'd_________deep topics: the meaning of life, and what follows death.

When I got the date for my return journey, I started to feel__________. I didn't want our time there to__________. We felt we had to make the most of the final few days to plant__________.

Saying goodbye to each other was a（n）__________. I was heading off to start another mission, so I was__________the man who'd been through it with me. I looked down at him as my plane took off, knowing what we had just been through together was__________in time.

1.

A．advantages

B．consequences

C．tendencies

D．causes

2.

A．instructs

B．familiarizes

C．assists

D．presents

3.

A．stuck

B．deserted

C．locked

D．arrested

4.

A．holiday

B．treatment

C．mission

D．sentence

5.

A．distribute

B．carve

C．display

D．collect

6.

A．danger

B．pleasure

C．shame

D．reward

7.

A．health

B．safety

C．board

D．future

8.

A．friendship

B．confidence

C．experience

D．hardship

9.

A．sorted

B．shifted

C．avoided

D．discussed

10.

A．peaceful

B．considerate

C．emotional

D．embarrassed

11.

A．last

B．work

C．matter

D．end

12.

A．doubts

B．memories

C．talents

D．complaints

13.

A．option

B．struggle

C．honour

D．routine

14.

A．leaving behind

B．picking up

C．taking in

D．appealing to

15.

A．filmed

B．frozen

C．mentioned

D．forgotten

8 . I’m from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, but I’ve lived in Denver for quite a few years. I have a friend that also lives in Denver who is originally from Oklahoma. We got talking about how homesick we were, and he suggested that we go spend a couple of weeks with his grandma but informed me of two things.

The first was that his grandmother might not be particularly fond of Shawnee people. This was because of a thing that had happened between our tribes in the late 1800s. The second thing was that she could be a little bit persistent about inviting people to go to church with her on Sunday.

I grew up with an Irish Catholic mother and a Shawnee father, and so I was very open to all kinds of different spiritual beliefs. Thus I promised my friend that I could be diplomatic with his grandmother if she was persistent with her invitations, and I even thought that maybe I could win her over to liking Shawnee people.

When we got inside, he introduced us. I addressed her as Miss Myrtle to show extra respect. Her greeting was polite but not particularly warm. But over the next week I took her to Tulsa to run errands (做琐碎的事情), I fixed her chicken coop, and I used all my best manners to win her over. At dinner that night she said to me, “You know, Alistair, it’s been nice having you here. Now, you know this Sunday is Mother’s Day. Of course, at my age I never know if this could be my last Mother’s Day. There’s just one thing I want. I would like you to be my special guest at church on Sunday.”

We got to the church. People walked up the center aisle and put some money into this little wooden collection box, and that bought them the privilege of inviting somebody from the congregation (集会) up to sing a “Special.” A Special, it turned out, is a solo hymn (赞美诗；圣歌). And then Miss Myrtle started up the aisle. When she reached the front, she scanned the congregation, found me, and said, “My grandson brought a friend with him from Denver. His name is Alistair, and he is from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe. But he is a very nice person. Alistair, I would like you to come up here and sing us a Special.”

I immediately began making “no” gestures and grinning. But my friend had grabbed me by the arm and was guiding me over his knees in the narrow pew. He said, “Grandma’s going to be so happy.”

And the next thing I knew, I was out in the center aisle, and it almost felt like there was some invisible force pushing me toward the front of the church. It could have been God. And I was hoping that, if it was God, when I reached the microphone, God would choose that moment to work a super-big miracle and make it so that I could sing.

The music started, and I started to sing. “Michael, row your boat ashore, alleluia. Michael, row your boat ashore ...” It was about the time I reached the second alleluia (哈利路亚的欢呼声) that I realized that was in fact the only line I remembered.

And then, finally, I stopped. The organist, who was not quite sure what was happening, continued to play, but when she realized it was finally over, she stopped in kind of an abrupt way, and then there was silence, and in that silence I walked back down the aisle. Suddenly an applause broke out and then more and more joined in. I sat back down. Miss Myrtle was on the other side of me. But once I was settled in my seat, she leaned toward me slightly and said, “I don’t believe I’ve ever met someone that didn’t know at least one hymn.” There wasn’t a whole lot I could say about that, so I was just like, “Happy Mother’s Day.”

1. From the first two paragraphs, we can know that the writer ______.

A．has a friend whose home origin is Denver

B．lives in a distant tribe of Shawnee

C．is suffering periods of homesickness

D．won’t be warmly received by the grandma

2. Miss Myrtle was a little cold when seeing the writer probably because ______.

A．she had been told he was Shawnee	B．she was too old to be so warm
C．her last Mother’s Day was coming	D．he had declined her invitation

3. The process of the author winning Miss Myrtle over can be best described by “________”.

A．Faith can move mountains	B．Nurture passes nature
C．Fact is stranger than fiction	D．Custom makes all things easy

4. Why did the writer made “no” gesture when invited to sing a hymn?

A．He was too shy to do it.	B．He had different spiritual belief
C．Some invisible force pushed him	D．He did not know any hymn at all

5. From the last paragraph we can know that ______.

A．the writer sang so well that he was warmly applauded

B．the writer was really pride of the unexpected result

C．Miss Myrtle was quite unsatisfied with the writer

D．Miss Myrtle was grateful for the writer’s special thyme

6. Which of the following could be the best title?

A．A Hymn to End All Hymns	B．A Hymn to Embarrass Grandma
C．An Experience to Turn Around	D．An Experience to Learn To Sing

9 . One spring, two friends and I sought permission to plant a garden. Our school was located in the downtown area of a large city. There wasn’t_______of a backyard._______ , it was our garden, a stone-covered dirt parking lot with no extra space. However, we carefully_______taking into account the area that received the best sunshine.

The three of us_______the headmaster with our plan for a small area to plant some squash, tomatoes and cucumbers. The only real _______   involved was to rent a rake(耙), a pickax(丁字镐), and a hoe(锄头). However,_______ the headmaster’s permission would still be difficult. We will never forget his _______ to our request. With a slightly bored tilting (偏斜) of his head, he _______ replied, “ You are wasting your time. Nothing will ever grow there! But go ahead _______ you still want to.”

We had received permission_______ ! So what if it wasn’t enthusiastic? We rented tools, raked four inches of stones into neat walls _______ the garden, raised the pickax and _______what must have been a former waste area. A gardener dream-dark, rich soil just sitting there_______ to be discovered. We looked at each other, repeating together: “Ah, nothing will grow there.” As you might have_______ by now, things did grow there in our garden.

Have you ever _______ that way about your life-Nothing will grow there… Have you felt   _______ about your life’s progress? Worried about crop failure? Disappointed that nothing good ever seems to   _______ ? Don’t believe that “Nothing will grow there”. It’s never too   _______ to be who you might have been. You may not always see the _______ for growth, but it is there. All the rich soil you need may be left just _______ the surface, but can only be discovered after you begin digging.

1.

A．more

B．little

C．much

D．less

2.

A．Suddenly

B．Now

C．Again

D．Actually

3.

A．carried out

B．laid out

C．gave out

D．made out

4.

A．greeted

B．ignored

C．approached

D．lectured

5.

A．cost

B．reward

C．bargain

D．bonus

6.

A．allowing

B．getting

C．granting

D．adopting

7.

A．promise

B．tease

C．response

D．result

8.

A．warmly

B．coldly

C．readily

D．hesitantly

9.

A．if

B．unless

C．even if

D．as if

10.

A．at most

B．at least

C．at first

D．at last

11.

A．separating

B．setting

C．establishing

D．outlining

12.

A．carved

B．landed

C．struck

D．smoothed

13.

A．waiting

B．staring

C．glancing

D．lying

14.

A．wished

B．guessed

C．liked

D．planned

15.

A．lost

B．made

C．followed

D．felt

16.

A．discouraged

B．excited

C．puzzled

D．awkward

17.

A．go up

B．bring up

C．come up

D．pile up

18.

A．hard

B．easy

C．early

D．late

19.

A．potential

B．foundation

C．vision

D．strategy

20.

A．beyond

B．beneath

C．above

D．off

10 . I come from a broken family that many would consider dysfunctional(失衡）at the very least: marriage, divorce,etc.After we grew up，my three siblings and I could go years_______speaking. And that is where this story _______

My sister Jeanne and I were born only 14 months_______.but by the time we were teenagers We had lost _______.   By age 19,I had moved away from our home in Wisconsin to live on my   father's horse farm in Virginia.We lived separate and our connection somehow ended.

Fast-forward about five years,I was 24 and on _______ with my fiance(未婚天）to New York City,a place I had never been to.

During a day of sightseeing,we were crossing a very _______ street loaded with people.I had laughed at something my fiance said,and I _______   heard my name yelled from somewhere around   me:"Cheryl! "I _______ in my steps in the middle of the road.Tears_______ in my eyes.I knew without a ____________that it was my sister Jeanne.I yelled back before even turning to look."Jeanne? It was her.

I later asked how she'd known it was me---she ____________ saw me!She said it was my ____________I wouldn't say my laugh is all that   ____________,but I guess to a family member it's infectious.It ____________your heart and resonates(共鸣）in your mind.

Since that time,my sister and I have never been____________.We both moved back to Wisconsin. We____________daily.Many years have passed,and we are now in our 50s.But our meeting ____________wasn't just a sign.I see it as more of a ____________ , a reminder not to lose touch with loved ones.It is too easy to remain ____________.After our sister-to-sister ____________,I don't plan to let that happen again.

1.

A．by

B．after

C．without

D．beyond

2.

A．ends

B．begins

C．twists

D．spreads

3.

A．ago

B．away

C．ahead

D．apart

4.

A．heart

B．home

C．touch

D．interest

5.

A．team

B．trip

C．date

D．picnic

6.

A．busy

B．dark

C．empty

D．quiet

7.

A．readily

B．finally

C．suddenly

D．naturally

8.

A．fell

B．froze

C．struggled

D．hesitated

9.

A．came about

B．welled up

C．ran away

D．streamed back

10.

A．word

B．break

C．care

D．doubt

11.

A．never

B．often

C．seldom

D．already

12.

A．shape

B．clothing

C．look

D．laugh

13.

A．clear

B．pleasant

C．bright

D．unusual

14.

A．hits

B．lifts

C．breaks

D．cures

15.

A．separated

B．bothered

C．suspected

D．united

16.

A．work

B．travel

C．play

D．talk

17.

A．by mistake

B．by chance

C．on schedule

D．on purpose

18.

A．change

B．result

C．lesson

D．coincidence

19.

A．lost

B．touched

C．broken

D．loved

20.

A．circle

B．theory

C．miracle

D．move