2 . Almost everything was fantastic in the camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a_________tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind _______. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth_______ our invitation, too. After a few more _______ refusals like that, I _______ to stay away from Elizabeth.

It _______ that we were going on a hike and our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. _______who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!

“What do you like to do for fun?”I asked, trying to make small _______ as we started out. “ I like to _______ in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth ________. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world ________ we saw a bird. “I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird, ”Elizabeth said ________ “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he’s in ________, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He ________ and broke his leg the day the camp started. He’s ________ in hospital and is in so much pain,”Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was crying “I’m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, act rudely and want to be ________ ,”she added.

“I get it, ” I said. “I don’t always know how to ________ it when I’m feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her ________.

After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually ________the last few days of the camp.

Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second ________. Maybe he’s going through a tough time and just doesn’t know how to deal with it.

1.

A．tall

B．shady

C．warm

D．pretty

2.

A．suggestion

B．help

C．symbol

D．order

3.

A．turned over

B．turned in

C．turned out

D．turned down

4.

A．unfair

B．unfit

C．unfriendly

D．uncertain

5.

A．decided

B．agreed

C．pretended

D．managed

6.

A．seemed

B．appeared

C．looked

D．happened

7.

A．Guess

B．Suppose

C．Believe

D．Determine

8.

A．changes

B．adjustment

C．talk

D．mistake

9.

A．jog

B．work

C．live

D．walk

10.

A．replied

B．insisted

C．complained

D．shouted

11.

A．unless

B．though

C．until

D．since

12.

A．happily

B．coldly

C．sadly

D．luckily

13.

A．silence

B．pain

C．peace

D．trouble

14.

A．lay

B．sat

C．ate

D．fell

15.

A．still

B．yet

C．already

D．ever

16.

A．crazy

B．alone

C．kind

D．unique

17.

A．ruin

B．recognize

C．repair

D．handle

18.

A．sweat

B．tears

C．kisses

D．face

19.

A．enjoyed

B．planned

C．hated

D．avoided

20.

A．life

B．bird

C．chance

D．try

3 . Spring lifts our spirits. It's a time for Nature to bring us back to life after a cold season. I live not far from the Kairaku Park, which is one of the largest gardens in Japan, and famous for its near 10,000 plum trees. I am fortunate to have them all outside my backyard, and take advantage of the walking paths daily.

I see the same trees and swans every day, but that day was different. At the edge of the small lake, I saw some new -born black swans. They were pretty and cute. They stayed with their mom.While taking a few photos of the sunset, I was interrupted by a high sound going on for some time. So, I turned around and saw one little swan was stuck by two stones. Its mother was trying to make it out but failed. I tried to get near but the mother was ever so angry! She wouldn't allow me to get close, so I turned to an old man sitting on the bench and said,“Excuse me, the swan baby can't move and I want to help it, but the mother is extremely angry! Could you please do me a favor?"

After hearing my words, the man smiled at me first and then agreed to help me. He drove the mother away with great efforts, and for several times, he was almost hurt by the mother. Thanks to him, I was able to get there and push the little swan out of the gap finally. Oh, I really hoped it wasn't injured, but at least it was alive and swimming!

In spring, I become more physically active. Things around don't make us, but Nature does, and it keeps us going. I am positive that all of us have a little piece of nature in our own neighborhoods. Somewhere we will be reminded why natural life is so important-- -because we grow with it! Personally, I am happy that baby birds can put a smile on my face! I struggle for having a small number of "things" in life, and being filled with simple reality--at one with Nature.

1. What can we know about the author from Paragraph 1?

A．Her favorite season is spring.	B．She enjoys doing outdoor sports.
C．Her backyard is filled with plum trees.	D．She is satisfied with her living environment.

2. Why was that day special for the author?

A．She took a few photos of the sunset.

B．She made a little swan's mother angry.

C．She met some swans and helped one of them.

D．She met an old man and made friends with him.

3. What kind of person is probably the old man?

A．Well-known.

B．Warm-hearted.

C．Selfish.

D．Outgoing.

4. What makes us more physically active according to the author?

A．Nature.

B．kindness.

C．The garden.

D．The things around.

5. It can be inferred from the text that the author__________.

A．is really a nature lover	B．is short of some life skill
C．asks people to help the weak	D．calls on more people to protect the environment

4 . Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York city. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic test to our class. When the papers were ______ she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about ______ in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill ______ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to______ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O’Neill asked______ questions, and she didn’t______ us either. Instead she wrote on the blackboard the______ words by Thomas Macaulay. “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ” She then ordered us to ______ these   words one hundred times.

I don’t______ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ______ I can say: it was the most important single______ of my life. Thirty years after being ______ to Macaulay’s words, they ______ seem to me the best yardstick( 准 绳 ), because they gave us a ______ to measure ourselves rather than others.

______ of us are asked to make ______ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called ______ daily to make a great many personal decisions.

______ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the______ change received at the store be forgotten or returned? Nobody will know except you.   But you have to live with yourself, and it is always ______ to live with someone you respect.

1.

A．examined

B．completed

C．marked

D．answered

2.

A．lying

B．cheating

C．guessing

D．discussing

3.

A．didn’t

B．did

C．would

D．wouldn’t

4.

A．come

B．leave

C．remain

D．apologize

5.

A．many

B．certain

C．more

D．no

6.

A．excuse

B．reject

C．help

D．scold

7.

A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

8.

A．repeat

B．get

C．copy

D．put

9.

A．worry

B．know

C．hear

D．talk

10.

A．myself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．herself

11.

A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

12.

A．referred

B．showed

C．brought

D．introduced

13.

A．even

B．still

C．always

D．almost

14.

A．way

B．sentence

C．choice

D．reason

15.

A．All

B．None

C．Few

D．Some

16.

A．quick

B．wise

C．great

D．personal

17.

A．out

B．for

C．up

D．upon

18.

A．Should

B．Must

C．Would

D．Need

19.

A．extra

B．small

C．some

D．necessary

20.

A．easier

B．more natural

C．better

D．more peaceful

5 . It was four o'clock in the morning, when I received a phone call.

"This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ___in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)___and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle." Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately it was ___.

The doctor described the ___which caused the burns. Our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they ___the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames ___my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head. __, one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and ___him on the grass. While the boy saved his life, it was not in ___to save him from severe burns and terrible scars (伤疤).

After he ____from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery (整容手术) within six months ____it took that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very ____scar on her arm, " Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not ____it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you."

I ____this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to ____and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he thought that the scars did not ____, so he made the ___to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have "scars" that we believe ____people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if we look different, or dress differently, people will like us better.

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same ____standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ____yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1.

A．brought

B．given

C．turned

D．showed

2.

A．doctor

B．hospital

C．aircraft

D．ambulance

3.

A．serious

B．terrible

C．dangerous

D．important

4.

A．event

B．process

C．reason

D．accident

5.

A．got

B．lit

C．burned

D．moved

6.

A．took

B．held

C．caught

D．attracted

7.

A．Fortunately

B．Surprisingly

C．Happily

D．Slowly

8.

A．pushed

B．threw

C．dropped

D．rolled

9.

A．shape

B．place

C．fact

D．time

10.

A．benefited

B．recovered

C．suffered

D．relaxed

11.

A．if

B．while

C．because

D．although

12.

A．normal

B．violent

C．obvious

D．popular

13.

A．like

B．notice

C．laugh

D．hide

14.

A．sent

B．kept

C．handed

D．passed

15.

A．heart

B．life

C．practice

D．consideration

16.

A．grow

B．matter

C．exist

D．appear

17.

A．mistake

B．effort

C．decision

D．request

18.

A．invite

B．cause

C．allow

D．remind

19.

A．false

B．strict

C．moral

D．general

20.

A．by

B．over

C．beyond

D．within