1 . Lifeart is a student-run organization set up by one of my best friends at my school in Boston. It _________ artworks and raises money for cancer research. To _________ more money, we went out onto the streets to sell our artworks to people last weekend.

We set ourselves up near the entrance of a subway station so that we could get _________ customers. It was _________ at first. It was windy that day, so we had to prevent the _________ from blowing away. All of us were quite _________ and nervous to ask people if they would like to buy our artworks. We were also afraid of being _________ by the subway manager.

One of our girls, Luna, tried to talk to our first customer. _________ he did not buy anything, it gave some courage to the rest of us. With every new customer Luna brought to our little stand (摊), we had more _________ . I also stepped forward and talked to an old woman __________ . I felt a bit __________ when she said that she didn’t have time. But thanks to this small talk with this __________ my courage grew. I kept talking to more people, even __________ some foreigners.

At the end of the day, we __________ sold 20 pieces of art. It might not be as much as we had expected, __________ the experience we got made up for the day’s shortcomings.

1.

A．protects

B．moves

C．sells

D．observes

2.

A．get

B．borrow

C．spend

D．count

3.

A．braver

B．more

C．younger

D．richer

4.

A．crowded

B．missing

C．noisy

D．hard

5.

A．ground

B．menus

C．station

D．pictures

6.

A．calm

B．shy

C．proud

D．lazy

7.

A．driven away

B．turned up

C．put back

D．given out

8.

A．Unless

B．Because

C．Although

D．When

9.

A．doubt

B．memory

C．respect

D．confidence

10.

A．breaking in

B．jumping over

C．falling down

D．passing by

11.

A．down

B．fresh

C．safe

D．careless

12.

A．artist

B．stranger

C．host

D．partner

13.

A．leaving

B．controlling

C．including

D．recording

14.

A．extremely

B．totally

C．usually

D．immediately

15.

A．but

B．for

C．so

D．or

2 . I was so sleepy as I drove home one night in the pouring rain. I was driving too fast. I fell _________ and rolled my truck six times. I remember _________ rain on my face and hearing an ambulance. And I remember the doctor who gave me first aid treatment and sent me to the _________.

As I returned home from the hospital, the nurse put a great pile of coats in my arms. They were not _________. So I wondered where they came from. _________, when I was hanging from the truck in the rain, some people helped me. They might have stopped, walked through the broken glass and ruins, and laid their coats over me to _________ me from the wind and rain. I left the hospital with ten coats. Ten strangers _________ me, even though I had made a terrible mistake.

I cleaned the coats and advertised in the paper _________ to return them, but no one ever came forward. I looked at them every day for nearly a year, amazed at the goodness of people. I finally gave the coats to those in _________.

I still have a photo of the truck I damaged. Every time I look at the picture, it will remind me of the __________ of human being.

1.

A．asleep

B．silent

C．grateful

D．open

2.

A．turning

B．feeling

C．taking

D．collecting

3.

A．school

B．park

C．restaurant

D．hospital

4.

A．mine

B．ours

C．theirs

D．yours

5.

A．Usually

B．Suddenly

C．Perhaps

D．Instead

6.

A．tell

B．judge

C．protect

D．hear

7.

A．agreed with

B．depended on

C．learnt from

D．cared about

8.

A．ordering

B．hoping

C．forgetting

D．regretting

9.

A．doubt

B．peace

C．relief

D．need

10.

A．kindness

B．patience

C．honesty

D．strength

3 . When I was in high school, the future seemed very far away. Now I’m   ______ and I think about those days a lot, I ______ things that I should have done. I also remember things that benefited a lot.

I have only one   ______ about the time I spent in high school. I should have   ______

more advanced classes. For example, I had the opportunity to take an advanced English class, but I ______ to take the regular class. I made that decision because I didn’t want to ______
too hard. I also wanted to   ______ more time playing with my friends. Now I’m college and have to take more English classes. I wish I had studied harder in high school!

I’m glad that I had an ______   to take part in after-class activities. I was member of the football team. We practice every day after school and had football ______ on weekends. We ______ won several matches! My ______   became my good friends. Now I know that after-class activities are _____ because we can learn about responsibility and teamwork.

Good and bad ______ are a part of everyone’s high school years. Is it possible to learn from these experiences? I think it is because even the ______ ones help to prepare us for the ______ .

1.

A．strong

B．healthier

C．older

D．richer

2.

A．remember

B．change

C．do

D．finish

3.

A．joy

B．habit

C．fear

D．regret

4.

A．given

B．taken

C．prepared

D．missed

5.

A．decided

B．learned

C．forgot

D．happened

6.

A．study

B．practice

C．fight

D．try

7.

A．waste

B．lose

C．spend

D．arrange

8.

A．approach

B．opportunity

C．award

D．excuse

9.

A．meetings

B．discussions

C．matches

D．speeches

10.

A．yet

B．forever

C．still

D．even

11.

A．parents

B．teachers

C．workmates

D．teammates

12.

A．important

B．useless

C．boring

D．colorful

13.

A．games

B．memories

C．experiences

D．records

14.

A．same

B．simple

C．easy

D．bad

15.

A．world

B．future

C．work

D．society.