1 . When I first met Begay at Los Ninos Elementary on “King and Queen Day”, she was wearing a smile ear-to-ear.

This morning, though, Begay was______. The parent she had been trying to_____was a no-show again. Begay______needed to talk to her. Her boy was smart, but now about a year behind. She______there were problems at home. He was always late and had already missed too much school.

By 8 a.m. , kids were arriving, and Begay’s______quickly became a beehive（蜂窝）of activity. Forty-five minutes_______, the little boy finally walked in, shoulders sunk, head_______. Rather than______him in front of the class, Begay welcomed him warmly. He was testing Begay’s long-held_______that no child is a lost cause, no matter how______he seems. “It’s the unspoken       _____teachers start out with,” Begay said.

During lunch I sat down with Begay’s students and asked them what they liked about her.

“ She never gets angry, “ said one girl. A boy______:” She’s funny and likes telling jokes.”

Before we left the______, the shy, quiet girl next to me______,” She teaches me when I don’t want to learn.”

Her_______stayed with me. When I_______it with Begay, I told her that I felt it was a very       _____thing for a child to say. She agreed.

“They never______that to me.” said Begay, “But that’s what I_______. I want them to enjoy school. I want them to feel like someone_______them.”

1.

A．sensitive

B．worried

C．thrilled

D．energetic

2.

A．meet

B．investigate

C．enquire

D．praise

3.

A．gradually

B．occasionally

C．abruptly

D．desperately

4.

A．clarified

B．revealed

C．suspected

D．acknowledged

5.

A．classroom

B．school

C．canteen

D．house

6.

A．after

B．before

C．later

D．ago

7.

A．rose

B．bowed

C．nodded

D．shook

8.

A．disturbing

B．astonishing

C．capturing

D．embarrassing

9.

A．conclusion

B．dream

C．belief

D．ambition

10.

A．awesome

B．troubled

C．innocent

D．careless

11.

A．commitment

B．assumption

C．proposal

D．regulation

12.

A．rejected

B．declared

C．added

D．protested

13.

A．office

B．kitchen

C．playground

D．table

14.

A．shouted

B．whispered

C．cried

D．suggested

15.

A．comment

B．adventure

C．experience

D．discovery

16.

A．interpreted

B．promoted

C．shared

D．demonstrated

17.

A．fancy

B．comprehensive

C．crucial

D．meaningful

18.

A．do

B．express

C．guarantee

D．leave

19.

A．acquire

B．secure

C．accomplish

D．pursue

20.

A．believes in

B．stands by

C．tums against

D．fears for

2 . Several years ago I started riding a bike. At first, I thought it was only a ______ ride. But as I built up strength, my friends encouraged me to try some longer ______. The first one to come along was a 150-mile journey, an event held every year that ______ money to fight cancer.

When I signed my name, the ______ seemed great — to support a worthy cause while going for the ______ — and I trained with great excitement. But as the time for the ride approached, my ______ gained ground over my endurance(耐力). I didn't really want to ______ all those miles for two days straight.

The ride began on a Sunday morning in the Georgia countryside, ______ for the first few hours I felt wonderful. This was just the ______ I had imagined, and my spirits were ______. But by the end of the day, I felt tired. I was sure I'd have to ______.

As I topped the hill, the nice sunset ______ me going for a few minutes more. Then in the distance, I ______ a lone rider riding very slowly. I ______ that the person looked different in some way, but I couldn't tell why. I managed to ______. There she was, riding slowly but steadily, with a ______ smile on her face — and she had only one leg.

My focus ______ at that moment. I'd been doubting my body for a whole day. But now I knew — it wasn't the body, but the ______ that would help me reach my goal.

It rained all the second day. I ______ saw the one-legged biker again, but I pushed on without complaining. And at the end of the day, still feeling ______, I completed the 150th mile.

1.

A．free

B．short

C．hard

D．boring

2.

A．trips

B．fights

C．swims

D．jumps

3.

A．gives

B．borrows

C．counts

D．raises

4.

A．dream

B．life

C．idea

D．advice

5.

A．record

B．distance

C．job

D．fame

6.

A．self-doubt

B．self-respect

C．self-control

D．self-love

7.

A．hike

B．walk

C．bike

D．drive

8.

A．but

B．so

C．and

D．or

9.

A．adventure

B．experience

C．excitement

D．struggle

10.

A．low

B．proud

C．brave

D．high

11.

A．carry on

B．give up

C．break out

D．hold back

12.

A．kept

B．protected

C．stopped

D．found

13.

A．called

B．interviewed

C．saw

D．missed

14.

A．approved

B．hoped

C．remembered

D．noticed

15.

A．look back

B．pay back

C．cheer up

D．catch up

16.

A．determined

B．forced

C．strange

D．shy

17.

A．strengthened

B．changed

C．built

D．fixed

18.

A．person

B．will

C．bicycle

D．cause

19.

A．never

B．often

C．even

D．still

20.

A．tired

B．comfortable

C．strong

D．injured

3 . Rarely do teachers know whether they make permanent impressions on students. I know because it ________ to my mother, a retired teacher, when she turned on the ________ one morning in 2003.

The story began in the mid-1960s.My mom was teaching ________ at Burlingame Junior High. I knew little about her job at the time except for the ________ redhead, Tamara, who was ________ writing stories as a seventh-grader in my mom’s class.

I was visiting her in 2003 when my mom came out of her room with a ________ look on her face. She’s been listening to the radio, and she had ________ an interview with a best-selling French author, Tamara Pierce—the same name as that of the redhead my mom had taught nearly four ________ before. My mother ________: Could it be the same person?

I ________ the Internet and quickly found the website for the author. My heart began to beat rapidly when I ________ it at the bottom—here was ________ that my mother had taught a now-famous writer!

“I should ________ my writing career to my English teacher. (Bless you, Mrs. Jacobsen!)”

My mother’s name was Mary Jacobsen.

My mother’s immediate response to this ________ was quiet. She was always kind and extremely ________. I mention this story not only because it’s a wonderful ________ of the influence teachers can have without being ________ of it. It also makes me see my mom ________. This story makes me consider how nice it would be if we all let our favorite ________ teachers know their work ________.

1.

A．fell

B．appealed

C．happened

D．applied

2.

A．radio

B．television

C．computer

D．heat

3.

A．French

B．Spanish

C．Italian

D．English

4.

A．amazed

B．excited

C．gifted

D．bored

5.

A．respectful of

B．skilled at

C．uninterested in

D．surprised at

6.

A．puzzled

B．worried

C．tired

D．satisfied

7.

A．conducted

B．arranged

C．received

D．heard

8.

A．years

B．decades

C．months

D．weeks

9.

A．shouted

B．repeated

C．wondered

D．sighed

10.

A．went into

B．looked into

C．checked

D．searched

11.

A．spotted

B．recorded

C．seized

D．realized

12.

A．possibility

B．evidence

C．news

D．knowledge

13.

A．return

B．adapt

C．owe

D．show

14.

A．doubt

B．creation

C．event

D．discovery

15.

A．modest

B．outgoing

C．sympathetic

D．faithful

16.

A．victory

B．example

C．topic

D．stage

17.

A．worthy

B．certain

C．aware

D．proud

18.

A．averagely

B．differently

C．normally

D．patiently

19.

A．lost

B．separate

C．present

D．former

20.

A．mattered

B．disappeared

C．approached

D．continued

4 . The Sweetest Thing

When I was ten, I was crazy about candy. Whenever in our small-town store with my mom, I would ___ my fingers through my favorite candy on the shelf.

Once there, thinking about all things sweet, I noticed a man a few feet away pressing buttons on the ATM machine. Dressed in a suit, he seemed to be late for something, ___waiting for his cash to appear. The machine made a noise, and he immediately ___ a pile of bills and headed out. Curiously, I walked over to the ATM, where I started pressing the buttons as if knowing the ___. Then I looked into the bottom of the machine. There I saw it: a beautiful, crisp $ 20 bill! ___ I wanted to believe my magic made the cash appear, I knew the man in the suit must have left it behind.

I held the money in my hand, staring at the number “20” and feeling ___ than I ever had. I thought about slipping the money into my pocket. No one would know, but I just didn’t feel it was ___. I knew it didn’t belong to me. I had to find its owner and give it back! So I told my mom what had happened. “We’ll look for him.” she said kindly. We rushed out and found him stepping into his car in the parking lot! We ___ him and asked whether he had left money at the cash machine.

“Let me ___,” he said, pulling out his wallet and bills. “Twenty, forty, eighty...Oh! You’re right,” he said with surprise, “I’m ___ a $20 bill.”

“Here you go,” I said, smiling with pride, as if I was a(n) ___ who had solved a mystery. “Thank you so much,” he said, bending down and shaking my hand. My heart swelled. Before saying goodbye, he asked my mom for my name and __. “I want to send your daughter a thank-you card,” he said.

On my way home, my ___ was racing. Twenty dollars. What could I have done with it? I bet I could have bought a puppy or every single candy bar in town! But now ___ of that would happen. Yet I knew I had done the right thing.

A few weeks later, I got a box with a note. I ripped it open to find packages of candy. “Dear Felice, thank you very much for ___ my $20. You are a great girl, and I appreciate your__. I hope you enjoy this candy. Best wishes, Tom.” Tom included his business card. It ___ that he was vice-president for the candy company. The candy tasted sweet, each ___ reminding me that what I had done mattered. Although my honesty wouldn’t always be ___ with candy, it would make a difference to someone. And that was the ___ part of all.

1.

A．cast

B．fold

C．run

D．touch

2.

A．excitedly

B．anxiously

C．angrily

D．hopefully

3.

A．seized

B．covered

C．handed

D．posted

4.

A．man

B．password

C．assistant

D．machine

5.

A．Since

B．Once

C．Until

D．Though

6.

A．smarter

B．prettier

C．richer

D．stronger

7.

A．right

B．good

C．fair

D．easy

8.

A．guided

B．caught

C．searched

D．approached

9.

A．try

B．think

C．guess

D．check

10.

A．seeking

B．missing

C．sparing

D．changing

11.

A．detective

B．engineer

C．manager

D．designer

12.

A．age

B．habit

C．address

D．birthday

13.

A．car

B．memory

C．mind

D．time

14.

A．both

B．either

C．some

D．none

15.

A．lending

B．returning

C．remembering

D．keeping

16.

A．honesty

B．loyalty

C．devotion

D．bravery

17.

A．took out

B．picked out

C．turned out

D．found out

18.

A．bite

B．dollar

C．product

D．choice

19.

A．marked

B．replaced

C．shared

D．rewarded

20.

A．freshest

B．sweetest

C．hardest

D．heaviest

5 . From a young age, I was taught to be kind to people around. My parents _________ explained to me the importance of giving help generously to the less _________. So out of habit, whenever there is something I can _________, I give it to someone on the streets.

Last week, as I left the house for work, I carried with me some _________ clothes, a handbag and some food to hand over to someone _________.

As the car _________ at a traffic red light, I saw a girl of five or six asking for money. I _________ her to come to me and quickly _________ all the stuff I had and put them into the handbag. As I started handing it over, she seemed _________. She looked up at me with a sweet smile on her face and asked what was in the __________. I told her there were some clothes and food for her.

Once again she __________ me, “Can you give me some water?” It was then that I __________ her dry lips. It seemed that she had not had a __________ of water all day. I __________ the water bottle that I always carry with me and helped her to drink from it. She finished it quickly and gave me a heartwarming smile of __________.

I was thankful that I could __________ what she really wished and realized once again that day that you don’t necessarily have to make big __________ to help someone. And this incident, as well as a lot that followed, ________ my belief in the simple acts of kindness and how they can make someone’s day.

Next time you want to do something nice for someone, don’t __________, seizing the right __________, or it would be late. Go ahead and do it!

1.

A．cheerfully

B．confidently

C．particularly

D．smoothly

2.

A．difficult

B．rich

C．comfortable

D．fortunate

3.

A．find

B．exchange

C．spare

D．abandon

4.

A．casual

B．worn

C．old

D．fashionable

5.

A．needy

B．clumsy

C．lucky

D．lonely

6.

A．pulled

B．stopped

C．approached

D．drew

7.

A．wanted

B．ordered

C．touched

D．signaled

8.

A．threw

B．collected

C．dragged

D．dropped

9.

A．surprised

B．embarrassed

C．panicked

D．worried

10.

A．bag

B．pocket

C．car

D．hand

11.

A．waved at

B．looked up at

C．shook hands with

D．nodded at

12.

A．realized

B．watched

C．recognized

D．noticed

13.

A．bottle

B．drop

C．lot

D．cup

14.

A．pointed out

B．gave out

C．picked out

D．took out

15.

A．satisfaction

B．communication

C．appreciation

D．expectation

16.

A．afford

B．offer

C．understand

D．remember

17.

A．donations

B．differences

C．senses

D．kindness

18.

A．strengthened

B．changed

C．shook

D．destroyed

19.

A．hold out

B．hold on

C．hold back

D．hold down

20.

A．idea

B．power

C．position

D．opportunity

6 . 完形填空（共20小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list _______ in our past that we felt _______ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.

This seemed like a very _______ process, but there’s always some _______soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then _______ that we find ways to _______ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever _______ my communication.

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my _______, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff _______ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies (伙伴) and I decided to play a ________ on him.

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a SOB (畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious________. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ________ found out.

Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ________ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ________. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Sheriff Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ________, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused (停顿). “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

“And I want you to know that I did it.” Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ________ discussion. His closing words were, “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ________ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ________ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to ________ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ________the past wrong doings.

1.

A．something

B．anything

C．somebody

D．anybody

2.

A．ashamed

B．afraid

C．sure

D．proud

3.

A．private

B．boring

C．interesting

D．funny

4.

A．foolish

B．polite

C．simple

D．brave

5.

A．expected

B．suggested

C．ordered

D．demanded

6.

A．connect with

B．depend on

C．make apologies to

D．get along with

7.

A．improve

B．continue

C．realize

D．keep

8.

A．notes

B．list

C．plan

D．stories

9.

A．any

B．most

C．none

D．all

10.

A．part

B．game

C．trick

D．record

11.

A．view

B．sign

C．attention

D．remark

12.

A．also

B．even

C．still

D．ever

13.

A．appears

B．considers

C．presents

D．remembers

14.

A．angry

B．happy

C．doubtful

D．alive

15.

A．words

B．rings

C．repeats

D．calls

16.

A．cold

B．plain

C．nervous

D．lively

17.

A．in case

B．so long as

C．unless

D．because

18.

A．around

B．out

C．through

D．away

19.

A．build up

B．make up

C．clear up

D．give up

20.

A．regret

B．forgive

C．right

D．punish