1 . My 4-year-old son now enjoys posting letters. He has formed the _______of drawing pictures, writing his name on them, and then   ______ the artwork in an envelope. He then insists on ______ his handwork to the neighbors, and a mail box he _______ belongs to the elderly couple who live next door. To be ______, I didn’t think much of it, but I had ______ to warn my neighbors of the drawings ______ appearing in their letterboxes—I just didn’t have the ______ to do so, because I was a little busy recently.

On Tuesday of last week, I was walking down to school to collect my son when I _______ Mary, my elderly neighbor, ______at her mail box. She said, “Jodie, is it your little son that has been posting items in my letterbox to me?” I was at once ______, “Oh yes, Mary, it is. I’m sorry. I meant to tell you…” She cut me off, “Jodie, I just love his mail. I’ve _______ every item he has sent. You don’t know how much _______ the letters has made my day. I just love them.” While I was walking down to school after our _______, many thoughts came to me. Mary doesn’t have a lot to fill her days, ______ she was a mother to a number of children herself who receives fairly regular visitors. The small ______ of getting some mail—pictures drawn by the hand of a young child—has brought ______ to her days, just as my visit to my grandparents does.

I have decided that my son should ________ this practice. He should also start sending some items to his grandparents in Perth as well. It will most ________ make their day.

It’s doing the little, simple things that can often make a big ______ in someone’s life.

1.

A．habit

B．attitude

C．style

D．form

2.

A．hiding

B．writing

C．drawing

D．putting

3.

A．handing

B．holding

C．posting

D．writing

4.

A．opened

B．set

C．chose

D．saw

5.

A．kind

B．surprised

C．careful

D．honest

6.

A．meant

B．asked

C．hated

D．refused

7.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．hardly

D．partly

8.

A．intelligence

B．strength

C．money

D．time

9.

A．met

B．visited

C．dated

D．called

10.

A．crying

B．lying

C．laughing

D．standing

11.

A．humorous

B．embarrassed

C．confused

D．amused

12.

A．copied

B．bought

C．kept

D．examined

13.

A．receiving

B．writing

C．painting

D．exchanging

14.

A．report

B．expression

C．talk

D．discussion

15.

A．unless

B．but

C．so

D．although

16.

A．charge

B．offer

C．act

D．help

17.

A．worth

B．happiness

C．value

D．future

18.

A．add

B．stop

C．continue

D．form

19.

A．certainly

B．unfortunately

C．accidentally

D．confidently

20.

A．point

B．difference

C．behaviour

D．living

2 . I became lame(瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand ____ the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I ＂____＂.

I still remember the first day at ____. When I appeared at the door, ____ in the classroom stared at me in _____. My face turned ____. I couldn’t help ____ back. It was the ____ and sympathy(同情) in their eyes that _____ me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.

Being lame, I didn’t dare to _____ in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be ______ at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking _____.

One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really _____. They encouraged me with a(n) _____ smile and ______ me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was _____ to them for giving me a chance to see the _____ of our lovely school with my own eyes.

After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always ______ to help me. It made me_______ I am handicapped(残疾的).

Once they asked me,＂What is the most beautiful thing in our school?＂Without hesitation I said,＂It is the _____.＂

1.

A．with

B．without

C．under

D．on

2.

A．walk

B．run

C．sit

D．stand

3.

A．school

B．wheelchair

C．home

D．hospital

4.

A．he

B．she

C．everyone

D．nobody

5.

A．thought

B．interest

C．anger

D．surprise

6.

A．red

B．brown

C．white

D．black

7.

A．entering

B．hiding

C．coming

D．turning

8.

A．feeling

B．kindness

C．sorrow

D．pain

9.

A．made

B．stopped

C．kept

D．let

10.

A．walk

B．study

C．practice

D．speak

11.

A．laughed

B．smiled

C．stared

D．looked

12.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．happily

D．shyly

13.

A．brave

B．sad

C．hurt

D．excited

14.

A．honest

B．friendly

C．luckily

D．handsome

15.

A．pushed

B．placed

C．drew

D．pulled

16.

A．satisfied

B．sorry

C．loyal

D．grateful

17.

A．signs

B．sights

C．buildings

D．students

18.

A．ready

B．smart

C．wise

D．unwilling

19.

A．forget

B．remember

C．imagine

D．think

20.

A．teacher

B．schoolyard

C．classmate

D．friendship

3 . Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the doctor come out of the operating room. She ____ towards the doctor and asked, “How is my little boy?”

The doctor replied ____, “I’m sorry. We did all we could. Would you like some time with your son ____ he’s transported to the university?”

Sally nodded yes and asked the doctor to stay with her while she said ____ to her son. She ____ a lock of the boy’s hair and put it in a plastic bag. She said, “It was Jimmy’s ____ to donate (捐献) his body to the ____ for study. He said it might ____ somebody else.” She went on, “My Jimmy had a heart of gold. He always ____ to help others if he could.”

Sally walked out of the hospital and put the bag with Jimmy’s stuff (物品) in her car. The drive home was ____. It was even harder to ____ the empty house. She carried Jimmy’s stuff, and the ____ bag with the lock of his hair to his room. There she ____ a letter, which said:

Dear Mom,

I know you’re going to ____ me; but don t think that I will ever ____ you, or stop loving you, just because I’m not ____ to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, even more with each day. I don’t ____ if you want to adopt (收养) a little boy. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl ____, she probably wouldn’t like the ____ things we boys do. You’ll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls ____, you know. Just take care of yourself.

Loving you,
Jimmy1.

A．walked

B．ran

C．jumped

D．turned

2.

A．nervously

B．angrily

C．worriedly

D．sadly

3.

A．after

B．before

C．unless

D．if

4.

A．goodbye

B．hello

C．thank-you

D．sorry

5.

A．touched

B．tidied

C．cut

D．covered

6.

A．idea

B．effort

C．duty

D．purpose

7.

A．hospital

B．library

C．university

D．laboratory

8.

A．encourage

B．satisfy

C．surprise

D．help

9.

A．agreed

B．promised

C．continued

D．wanted

10.

A．special

B．difficult

C．strange

D．different

11.

A．sell

B．clean

C．enter

D．see

12.

A．plastic

B．golden

C．big

D．beautiful

13.

A．wrote

B．found

C．printed

D．copied

14.

A．need

B．support

C．miss

D．praise

15.

A．hate

B．lose

C．beg

D．forget

16.

A．awake

B．around

C．fit

D．happy

17.

A．remember

B．argue

C．mind

D．ask

18.

A．instead

B．again

C．too

D．only

19.

A．real

B．same

C．exciting

D．interesting

20.

A．make

B．try

C．learn

D．like

4 . Once a boy really had everything he wanted, so he was ______ interested in the rarest (最稀有的) objects. One day he ______ a mysterious (神秘的) mirror and took it home. When he looked into the mirror, he found that his ______ looked very sad. He tried ______, but it remained the same.

Surprised, the boy went off to buy some sweets. He went home and looked into the mirror as happily as possible,______ he still looked sad. He bought all kinds of toys, but he looked forever ______ in that mirror. So the boy put the mirror away in a ______.

“What a(n)______ mirror! I’ve never seen a mirror that didn’t ______ properly!”

That same afternoon he went out to play, but on his ______ to the park he saw a little girl crying loudly. So he went over to see what was happening. The little girl told him that she had ______ her parents.

Together, they ______ in search of them. As the little girl continued crying, the boy ______ his money in buying sweets lo cheer her up.______, after walking for a long time, they found her parents, who looked very worried.

The boy said goodbye, and walked off towards the park. However,______ the time, he decided to turn around and head ______ home, as he had no time to ______. At home, he went to his room and noticed a shining ______ in the corner where he had left the mirror. Seeing this, he went over to the mirror and ______ that the light was coming from his own body, because he was so happy about having helped that little girl.

So he understood the mystery of that mirror, the only mirror reflecting (反映) faithfully (诚心诚意地) the ______ joy of its owner.

1.

A．never

B．sometimes

C．only

D．seldom

2.

A．found

B．wanted

C．guessed

D．expected

3.

A．head

B．nose

C．face

D．mouth

4.

A．smiling

B．shouting

C．crying

D．smelling

5.

A．and

B．so

C．when

D．but

6.

A．sad

B．angry

C．happy

D．worried

7.

A．corner

B．box

C．room

D．bag

8.

A．interesting

B．terrible

C．wonderful

D．difficult

9.

A．move

B．look

C．keep

D．work

10.

A．way

B．course

C．road

D．line

11.

A．escaped

B．hated

C．excited

D．lost

12.

A．set off

B．set aside

C．set down

D．set up

13.

A．took

B．cost

C．spent

D．held

14.

A．Finally

B．Actually

C．Naturally

D．Generally

15.

A．telling

B．seeing

C．feeling

D．pointing

16.

A．in

B．for

C．off

D．at

17.

A．talk

B．eat

C．play

D．walk

18.

A．light

B．mirror

C．colour

D．star

19.

A．touched

B．invented

C．improved

D．realized

20.

A．possible

B．true

C．strange

D．common

5 . Most people in school liked Gloria. So when she got .sick, some boys_______to visit her. But none of them wanted to_______any money for a gift to bring along.

Then Willie said, “We can_______some flowers from a_______.”

Gloria will not know_______they come from, and the dead man will not_______them.

Everybody was afraid,_______Willie. So he went alone and_______some beautiful flowers. Then they went to Gloria’s_______, and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them, but__________did not mind.

After their visit, Willie__________the other boys, “It is a good thing that I was not afraid. Gloria__________the flowers.”

The other boys laughed. Gloria would not have liked the__________if she had known they had come from a grave.

That night, Willie was reading a book__________his mother came into his room. “Willie, did you and other boys buy some flowers today__________Gloria?” she asked. “There’s a man__________asking for you,” she added. “He says that you didn’t__________the flowers.”

“What does he look__________?” Willie asked.

“That’s hard to say,” Willie’s mother answered. “He is all__________with mud.”

Willie, all of a sudden, turned__________.

1.

A．thought

B．asked

C．planned

D．took

2.

A．keep

B．cost

C．take

D．spend

3.

A．steal

B．pick up

C．buy

D．plant

4.

A．shop

B．store

C．street

D．grave

5.

A．how

B．where

C．when

D．why

6.

A．miss

B．lose

C．hate

D．love

7.

A．beside

B．besides

C．including

D．except

8.

A．saw

B．thought

C．looked for

D．found

9.

A．room

B．garden

C．school

D．library

10.

A．Gloria

B．some

C．Willie

D．nobody

11.

A．ordered

B．asked

C．said to

D．explained

12.

A．refused

B．liked

C．hated

D．missed

13.

A．boys

B．flowers

C．secret

D．news

14.

A．as

B．when

C．where

D．if

15.

A．to

B．for

C．on

D．with

16.

A．inside

B．outside

C．still

D．also

17.

A．ask for

B．water

C．like

D．pay for

18.

A．as

B．about

C．like

D．for

19.

A．painted

B．dressed

C．wrapped

D．covered

20.

A．sad

B．red

C．pale

D．glad

6 . Once there was a young girl named Eliza. She was the daughter of a king and she was very lazy. She_______ had her servants do everything for her.

“I am very thirsty, and my_______ is on the table. Please get it for me.” She called._______ a servant picked the glass up from the _______ next to Eliza and held it up to her _______ until Eliza was no longer _______. The next day, Eliza was walking to dinner when her hat _______. She called for a servant and a young man ran over, picked up the hat,_______ it off, and placed it back on Eliza's head.

She continually _______ her servants to do simple tasks for her. Her father noticed her________ and decided to punish her. He set her in a________ with only a loom (织布机) and some thread. No ________ were allowed in the room.

“You will________ in this room, not eating or drinking until you have woven a blanket for me. You have to do all of the work by ________.” The king left Eliza all alone in the room.

Eliza called for her servants,________ none appeared.Then she________ her father telling her about Athena, the goddess of wisdom. She called for Athena over and over until finally, she fell ________.

While she was sleeping, she had a ________. Hermes spoke to her in her dream. He said,“Athena has heard your pleas (请求) for________. She is very angry with you. She will come to you and inform you of your________.” Eliza awoke very frightened.

1.

A．seldom

B．always

C．never

D．sometimes

2.

A．hat

B．thread

C．blanket

D．glass

3.

A．Immediately

B．Suddenly

C．Fortunately

D．Eventually

4.

A．floor

B．shop

C．table

D．kitchen

5.

A．bed

B．roo

C．lips

D．shoulders

6.

A．angry

B．hungry

C．happy

D．thirsty

7.

A．fell off

B．went away

C．jumped off

D．stood up

8.

A．took

B．dusted

C．kicked

D．paid

9.

A．begged

B．required

C．advised

D．persuaded

10.

A．happiness

B．wisdom

C．laziness

D．honesty

11.

A．school

B．factory

C．room

D．church

12.

A．servants

B．classmates

C．relatives

D．sisters

13.

A．rest

B．study

C．play

D．stay

14.

A．himself

B．myself

C．herself

D．yourself

15.

A．but

B．so

C．also

D．even

16.

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．regretted

D．suggested

17.

A．ill

B．hungry

C．asleep

D．worried

18.

A．time

B．power

C．chance

D．dream

19.

A．help

B．playing

C．accompany

D．living

20.

A．praise

B．punishment

C．pleas

D．freedom

7 . I was wandering around the Albuquerque airport. My flight had been _______ , and I heard a(n) _______ : “If anyone near Gate A-4 _______ Arabic? please come to the gate immediately. ” Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.

An older woman was _______ , sitting on the floor. In her _______ Arabic dress, she reminded me of my grandmother.

“ _______ to her,” the flight agent urged. “We told her the flight was going to be late, and she did this.”

I spoke to the woman _______ in Arabic while putting my arm around her. She _______ crying. It turned out that she thought the _______ had been canceled. She planned to be in New York for some medical treatment the next day. I comforted her and suggested __________ her family.

We telephoned her son. In English, I told him that I would __________ with his mother until we got on the plane. Then his son was __________ Next we called my dad. They spoke for a while in Arabic and __________ that they had ten shared friends. After that, I called some Arabic friends I __________ and let them talk to her.

She was in a __________ mood by then and took some homemade __________ — little cakes stuffed with nuts and topped with sugar—from her bag and __________ them to the people near the gate. To my amazement, no one __________ It was like a party. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo — we were all smiling, enjoying the same __________

I looked around and thought, this is the world I want to live in. One with no __________ Everyone can be happy anywhere.

1.

A．booked

B．bought

C．canceled

D．delayed

2.

A．announcement

B．noise

C．argument

D．dialogue

3.

A．likes

B．accepts

C．understands

D．studies

4.

A．reading

B．weeping

C．thinking

D．begging

5.

A．traditional

B．long

C．strange

D．expensive

6.

A．Write

B．Sing

C．Apologize

D．Explain

7.

A．quickly

B．suddenly

C．softly

D．loudly

8.

A．started

B．stopped

C．kept

D．avoided

9.

A．flight

B．plan

C．performance

D．meeting

10.

A．saving

B．calling

C．showing

D．punishing

11.

A．live

B．work

C．play

D．stay

12.

A．in action

B．in charge

C．in relief

D．in trouble

13.

A．made sure

B．found out

C．agreed with

D．gave up

14.

A．knew

B．missed

C．helped

D．met

15.

A．serious

B．changing

C．confident

D．cheerful

16.

A．chocolates

B．wine

C．bread

D．cookies

17.

A．offered

B．sold

C．lent

D．returned

18.

A．wasted

B．refused

C．ate

D．saw

19.

A．custom

B．language

C．apple

D．sugar

20.

A．war

B．argument

C．worry

D．quarrel

8 . It was pouring outside. We all stood there ______, some patiently; others angrily

____ nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens ______ away the dirt and dust of the world.

“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice ______ me.

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it ______ down a bit,” Mom replied.

The young girl waited about another minute and ______: “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she ______ her Mom’s arm.

“This morning? ______ did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer (癌症), you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through ______.’”

The entire crowd turned ______. Mom paused and thought for a moment about ____ she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly.

____ then, we heard, “Honey, you are ______. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then ______ they ran.

We all stood ______, smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were ______ by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the ____ to their cars. Conditions or people can take away your material possessions (物质财富), and they can even take away your ______. But no one can take away your valuable ______. So, don’t forget to make time and take the ______ to make memories (记忆) every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.

1.

A．talking

B．waiting

C．complaining

D．expecting

2.

A．as if

B．even if

C．because

D．that

3.

A．taking

B．putting

C．driving

D．washing

4.

A．caught

B．broke

C．impressed

D．called

5.

A．keeps

B．comes

C．pushes

D．slows

6.

A．asked

B．repeated

C．required

D．added

7.

A．pulled

B．touched

C．waved

D．felt

8.

A．Why

B．How

C．When

D．Where

9.

A．rain

B．disease

C．anything

D．something

10.

A．still

B．angry

C．serious

D．silent

11.

A．what

B．how

C．whether

D．if

12.

A．Thus

B．But

C．After

D．Though

13.

A．stupid

B．wrong

C．right

D．clever

14.

A．off

B．along

C．on

D．over

15.

A．sighing

B．joking

C．discussing

D．watching

16.

A．followed

B．guided

C．respected

D．praised

17.

A．time

B．way

C．same

D．best

18.

A．house

B．money

C．health

D．time

19.

A．children

B．experience

C．courage

D．memories

20.

A．possibilities

B．chances

C．risk

D．challenge

9 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My sister and I have been a headache for my mother, because my father was in the army, he was not around too often. ____, my mother brought us up almost single-handedly and it must have __real strength of mind to bring up such naughty and stubborn children who got out from one trouble only to get into another.

Bonus and I weren’t scholars either. ____, we hated studying from the very beginning. We were __to spend time with our schoolbooks out of the fear of Mum’s scolding. I almost did not make it to 10th grade. That entire summer Mum ______ that I read my schoolbooks from the very first chapter till the last.

I left __college at 18. In my second year of college, while I was studying for my final exams, I got a phone call from Mum __my sister had failed her 9th grade exams. Mum was heartbroken. My mother was an English teacher in a famous school in the city and it was a(n) __for her.

Then started another___for my Mum. There always seemed to be people who would come and talk about how well their children were doing   ___ my mother would be having a tough time making sure we stayed on the right path. Mum was __ that we would do well for ourselves. She never let my sister and me __ that we had lost out on something and always told us: “Let this be a lesson. We are going to work really really hard···Circumstances__change.”

Things did change, but very slowly and __, one little step at a time. Last year I finished with law school and started working. My mother’s belief in me__. And just a few days ago I got a phone from Bonus. She had ___the exam with honors and was___ to the best university in the country. I was in tears. Later that night I ___Mum, “Mum, your two little failures didn’t do as badly as everybody thought.” Mum __ and said: “You are my daughters and I knew you the best. I always knew that you would succeed. It was just a____of time.”

1.

A．However

B．Thus

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

2.

A．devoted

B．spent

C．taken

D．wasted

3.

A．In that case

B．In this way

C．On the other hand

D．On the contrary

4.

A．pleased

B．annoyed

C．forced

D．advised

5.

A．demanded

B．concluded

C．promised

D．mentioned

6.

A．at

B．for

C．from

D．after

7.

A．announcing

B．reading

C．knowing

D．saying

8.

A．shame

B．challenge

C．pride

D．honor

9.

A．experiment

B．research

C．conflict

D．trial

10.

A．though

B．while

C．as

D．unless

11.

A．determined

B．astonished

C．satisfied

D．concerned

12.

A．predict

B．imagine

C．guess

D．feel

13.

A．need

B．would

C．will

D．shall

14.

A．quickly

B．extremely

C．smoothly

D．gradually

15.

A．made up

B．paid off

C．took on

D．burst out

16.

A．attended

B．received

C．passed

D．failed

17.

A．accepted

B．allowed

C．admitted

D．permitted

18.

A．questioned

B．convinced

C．persuaded

D．called

19.

A．nodded

B．laughed

C．shouted

D．joked

20.

A．matter

B．period

C．waste

D．length

10 . My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “_______ my job. Family to Feed.”

At this store, a _______ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a _________ on how bad it must be to have to stand _________ in the cold wind.

In the store, I asked each of my kids to _______ something they thought our “friend” there would _________. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a _________. I thought about it. We were _______ on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes _______ from our need instead of our abundance is ________ what we need to do! All the kids __________ something they could do away with for the week.

When we handed him the bag of ________, he lit up and thanked us with ________ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for __________ his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has been a wonderful ________ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ________! Things would have played out so __________ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have __________ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in ________, it also gave my kids the __________ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.

1.

A．Lost

B．Changed

C．Quit

D．Finished

2.

A．condition

B．place

C．sight

D．show

3.

A．suggestion

B．comment

C．decision

D．call

4.

A．outside

B．proudly

C．by

D．angrily

5.

A．draw

B．say

C．arrange

D．pick

6.

A．order

B．supply

C．appreciate

D．discover

7.

A．dollar

B．job

C．hot meal

D．gift card

8.

A．easy

B．low

C．soft

D．loose

9.

A．giving

B．saving

C．spending

D．begging

10.

A．yet

B．even

C．still

D．just

11.

A．declared

B．shared

C．ignored

D．expected

12.

A．toys

B．medicine

C．food

D．clothes

13.

A．sleepy

B．watery

C．curious

D．sharp

14.

A．whoever

B．whatever

C．whichever

D．whenever

15.

A．experience

B．example

C．message

D．adventure

16.

A．rely on

B．respect

C．learn from

D．help

17.

A．suddenly

B．vividly

C．differently

D．perfectly

18.

A．time

B．power

C．patience

D．money

19.

A．fear

B．love

C．need

D．memory

20.

A．strong

B．sweet

C．strange

D．simple