1 . I’m a speaker and give hundreds of speeches every year. I spoke about appreciation(感激) last month and I used this quote by Albert Schweitzer “Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by meeting with another human being. Each of us should express the deepest thanks to those who have relighted this inner (内心的) light.”

I asked my audiences to shut their eyes and think about someone who,at some time in their lives,has relighted their inner light. Then I left the room in silence for several minutes. It was always a meaningful experience as they remembered the joy they felt from another person.

One day,a gentleman came up to talk with me and thanked me for creating a new awareness(意识) in him. He said he thought of his eighth-grade history teacher because she was everyone’s favorite teacher and had really made a difference in all of their lives. Several days later，the gentleman found his history teacher and he wrote to her. The following week he received this letter:

Dear John,

You will never know how much your letter meant to me. I am 83 years old，and I am living all alone in one room. My friends are all gone. My family’s gone. I taught 50 years and yours is the first “thank you” letter I have ever gotten from a student. Sometimes I wonder what I did with my life.I will read and reread your letter until the day I die.

The gentleman was sad,“She is always the one we talk about when we have a get-together. She is everyone’s favorite teacher—we love her!But no one had ever told her until she received my letter...”

1. Why did the author use Albert Schweitzer’s words in his speech?

A．To draw the attention of the audiences.

B．To show his honor to Albert Schweitzer.

C．To show the importance of appreciation.

D．To prove humans should help each other.

2. Why did the gentleman come up to the author?

A．To ask questions.

B．To thank the author.

C．To try to find his history teacher.

D．To introduce his history teacher to him.

3. Why was the gentleman sad after receiving his teacher’s letter?

A．No one loved the teacher.

B．He missed his teacher very much.

C．His teacher lost many loved ones.

D．He didn’t thank his teacher in time.

2 . As I ________ (sort) out my accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. （所给词的适当形式填空）

3 . Very soon, its body ________ (drag) by the killers down into the depths of the sea. (所给词的适当形式填空)

4 . Praise acts as an ________ to the players, and therefore they will feel ________ and get the ________to continue and improve their performance.(encourage) （所给词的适当形式填空）

5 . Robert is a very ________ man and one of his ________ is to travel in Antarctica. (ambition) （所给词的适当形式填空）

6 . Tom threw a stone in a large fishpond. All fish ________(flee) and the stone sank into the deep.(所给词的适当形式填空)

7 . With great ________ (satisfy), the proud student presented her new design to her parents. （所给词的适当形式填空）

9 . She is already 80 years old, but has remarkable ________ (hear) for a lady of her age. （所给词的适当形式填空）

10 . When people talked about the new film, Jack joined them and pretended ________ (see) the film. （所给词的适当形式填空）