1 . If you are human, you can’t help but experience times when everything seems to be going wrong. You must also _______as if your life is completely out of control at times. It is during those “down times” that words of encouragement from family, friends, co-workers or_______strangers can boost(增强)your spirits. It is also during those _______that negative words can be devastating (毁灭性的) and sink you deeper and deeper into depression.
For example, consider this story about a group of _______who were traveling through the woods when _______of them fell into a deep pit(坑). All of the other frogs gathered around the _______. When they saw how _______the pit was, they told the two _______frogs they would never get out.
The two frogs didn’t obey what other frogs said and tried to _______ out of the pit. The other frogs kept telling them not to jump, ________it was in vain. Finally, one of the frogs followed what the other frogs were saying and simply ________ He fell down and ________. The other frog continued to jump as ________as he could. Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to ________ the pain. The more they ________, the harder he jumped and finally he ________to safety.
When he ________, the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all ________him to simply quit. The frog ________to them that he was a little bit deaf. He thought they were ________him all the time.1.

A．think

B．experience

C．seem

D．feel

2.

A．so

B．just

C．even

D．ever

3.

A．processes

B．times

C．courses

D．practices

4.

A．frogs

B．mice

C．dogs

D．cats

5.

A．two

B．three

C．many

D．few

6.

A．hole

B．pit

C．water

D．well

7.

A．muddy

B．wide

C．deep

D．long

8.

A．uncomfortable

B．unpleasant

C．unhappy

D．unfortunate

9.

A．run

B．walk

C．climb

D．jump

10.

A．so

B．as long as

C．because

D．although

11.

A．gave out

B．gave up

C．gave away

D．gave off

12.

A．died

B．wounded

C．destroyed

D．damaged

13.

A．fast

B．hard

C．easily

D．swiftly

14.

A．help

B．ban

C．forbid

D．stop

15.

A．cried

B．spoke

C．shouted

D．read

16.

A．get it

B．forget it

C．use it

D．made it

17.

A．turned out

B．kept out

C．got out

D．held out

18.

A．taking to

B．shouting at

C．throwing at

D．speaking to

19.

A．explained

B．announced

C．introduced

D．told

20.

A．encouraging

B．helping

C．pulling

D．dragging

2 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year, my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding. After thereception(招待会), we were _______ for a bus to go back home. It was nine o'clock at night, and although many buses _______, none stopped.
We waited for one hour and were getting _______ We couldn’t stay there for all the ______ because it was a weekday, and we both needed to _______the next day. It was almost 10 p. m. when a family who had _______the same wedding passed by in their car. Probably _______ that we were waiting for some _______of transport, they stopped and gave us a lift.
I was _______by their kindness, and I expressed my feeling of being ________to them.
When we reached our town, the family ________us at the nearest place where we could catch a shared taxi to get back to the place where we had ________our bike. On the ________, a man stopped the taxi. The ________ saw his clothes and asked him whether he had money to pay the ________The man ________his head and said, "No." When hearing this, the driver________to take him. I remembered my own experience a few minutes earlier, and I told the driver to ________him to sit with us and I would pay his fare.
What a(n) _______chance to pass on the family's act of kindness! That night, I felt a lightness in my heart, and I went to sleep _______, filled with joy about what I had done. I hope this kindness can continue all over the world with your help!1.

A．visiting

B．expecting

C．waiting

D．guessing

2.

A．emptied

B．gathered

C．promised

D．passed

3.

A．hopeless

B．embarrassed

C．asleep

D．dangerous

4.

A．noon

B．morning

C．night

D．afternoon

5.

A．appear

B．stay

C．rest

D．work

6.

A．joined

B．attended

C．held

D．observed

7.

A．hoping

B．realizing

C．remembering

D．insisting

8.

A．means

B．changes

C．ideas

D．choices

9.

A．surprised

B．terrified

C．beaten

D．moved

10.

A．stressful

B．kind

C．thankful

D．lucky

11.

A．stopped

B．dropped

C．threw

D．helped

12.

A．parked

B．repaired

C．bought

D．changed

13.

A．average

B．increase

C．run

D．way

14.

A．passenger

B．driver

C．owner

D．policeman

15.

A．price

B．dinner

C．fare

D．visit

16.

A．shook

B．nodded

C．raised

D．hid

17.

A．offered

B．refused

C．ordered

D．planned

18.

A．advise

B．forbid

C．encourage

D．allow

19.

A．immediate

B．terrible

C．lucky

D．funny

20.

A．sadly

B．nervously

C．happily

D．curiously

3 . On a freezing afternoon, I picked up a wallet in the street. There was no identification(身份证) inside. Just three dollars, and an old letter that looked as if it had been carried around for years. I opened the letter and saw that it had been written in 1924-almost 60 years ago！ I read it carefully, hoping to find some clue(线索) to find the wallet’s owner.

It was a “Dear John” letter. The writer, in a delicate script(娟秀的字迹),told her lover, whose name was Michael, that her mother did not allow her to see him again. It was signed Hannah and her phone number. So I called.

“No, of course! We bought this house from Hannah thirty years ago. Hannah had to live in the nursing home many years ago. Maybe you can go there.”

Then I phoned the nursing home and was told, “Yes, Hannah is with us. Hannah was a sweet, silver-haired old-woman with a warm smile and friendly eyes. ”

I went up to the third floor of the nursing home. I showed her the wallet and the letter. The moment she saw it, she took a deep breath. “Young man,” she said, “this letter was the last contact I had with Michael. ” She then said deeply: “I loved him very much. But I was only sixteen and my mother felt I was too young. I never did marry, I guess no one ever matched up to Michael...”I took the elevator to the first floor. As I stood at the door, holding the letter to the guard. He looked at it closely and said, “Hey, I know ,the letter is Mr. Goldstein’s. He’s always losing it.”

“Who’s Mr. Goldstein?” I asked. “He’s one of the old-timers on the eighth floor. That’s Michael Goldstein’s wallet, for sure.” We went there where Michael Goldstein was reading a book. I told him I know where Hannah is. He grew pale. “Hannah? You know where she is? How is she? When that letter came, my life ended. I never married. I guess I’ve always loved her.”

“Michael,” I said. “Come with me.” We three took the elevator to the third floor. We walked toward the Hannah’s room, still watching TV. Michael Goldstein went over to her. “Hannah,” he said softly. “Do you know me? Hannah, I’m Michael, Michael Goldstein. Do you remember?”

“Michael? Michael? It’s you!” He walked slowly and they embraced(拥抱) tearfully. A perfect ending for a love affair that had lasted nearly 60 years.

1. What do you think is the best title of the passage?

A．Forever Love.	B．A Beautiful Girl.
C．Kindness and Chance	D．A Great Story.

2. A “Dear John” letter is a letter for____________?

A．love	B．marriage.
C．refusing	D．party.

3. According to the story, we learned that___________.

A．when in Rome, do as the Romans do

B．Rome is not built in one day

C．All shall be well and Jack shall have Jill

D．Practice makes perfect

4. The writer’s purpose of writing this story is to______

A．show how great and loyal the real love is

B．show where there is a will there is a way

C．prove what a surprise Hannah got

D．prove how they regretted to see each other.

4 . I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. In the end ,I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady, and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔的), by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
1. The writer argued with his son because ______________.

A．he liked tortoises while his son liked hares

B．they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish

C．he tried to teach his son a moral (品德) lesson but the son had totally different opinion

D．he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

2. Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.

A．won the race by his own hard working

B．took a risk by agreeing to run a race

C．was not given a fair chance in the race

D．in fact did win the race luckily

3. Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.

A．boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B．boys who Sonny has run races with before

C．boys who Sonny has never raced with before

D．boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again

4. According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson?

A．The tortoise	B．Sonny
C．The hare	D．Sonny’s father

5 . Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, but people in the streets _______ him, especially those who are _________.

For those people, he is “Gloves” Greenberg. How did he get that _______? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase(公文箱). But he’s _______. His briefcase always has some gloves(手套).

In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not _________ like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk(人行道) and _______ the street. He looks around at _________. He stops when he _________ someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he _________, looking for more people with cold ____________.

On winter days, Mr. Greenberg ______________ gloves. During the rest of the year, he ____________ gloves. People who have heard about him ____________ him gloves, and he has many in his apartment(公寓).

Mr. Greenberg ______________ doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and ______________ his behavior(行为). But people who don’t know him are sometimes ____________ him. They don’t realize that he just wants to make them ____________.

It runs in the ____________. Michael’s father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the ____________. A pair of gloves may be a __________ thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.

1.

A．know about

B．learn from

C．cheer for

D．look after

2.

A．old

B．busy

C．kind

D．poor

3.

A．job

B．name

C．chance

D．message

4.

A．calm

B．different

C．crazy

D．curious

5.

A．act

B．sound

C．feel

D．dress

6.

A．cross over

B．drive along

C．hurry down

D．keep off(不接近)

7.

A．cars

B．people

C．street numbers

D．traffic lights

8.

A．helps

B．chooses

C．greets

D．sees

9.

A．holds up

B．hangs out(闲逛)

C．moves on

D．turns around

10.

A．hands

B．ears

C．faces

D．eyes

11.

A．searches for

B．stores up(储存起来)

C．gives away(赠送、分发)

D．puts on

12.

A．borrows

B．sells

C．returns

D．buys

13.

A．call

B．send

C．lend

D．show

14.

A．delayed(推迟)

B．remembered

C．began

D．enjoyed

15.

A．understand

B．dislike

C．study

D．excuse

16.

A．sorry for

B．satisfied with

C．proud of

D．surprised by

17.

A．smart

B．rich

C．special

D．happy

18.

A．city

B．family

C．neighborhood

D．company

19.

A．honor

B．pain

C．same

D．cold

20.

A．small

B．useful

C．delightful(高兴的)

D．comforting