2 . Mary was always dreaming of graduating from college successfully and finding a good job. Since Mary came from a poor family, her dream seemed _________. Her family didn’t have enough money to send her to college _________ no member of her family had ever gone to college. But Mary never _________ that thought. In secondary school, she studied hard and spoke _________ of her dream to teachers and friends. When her _________ day at school came, the head teacher called her into his office. “I have a _________ for you,” he said. It was a scholarship (奖学金) to a nearby college. The power of a thought had _________ its reward.

Mary’s _________ came true when she graduated from college. She took a major in teaching and _________ herself to a local school for a job, but she was __________. She applied again. The answer was no. She kept going back until the school leader __________ her.

Many years later Mary and her colleagues (同事) __________ at a special party to honour her as an outstanding teacher. At the __________, she explained the secret of her __________. “With dream and faith you can become what you wish. Not that your life will be without problems, but along the way problems will be __________.”

1.

A．possible

B．easy

C．impossible

D．small

2.

A．but

B．or

C．so

D．and

3.

A．gave up

B．looked into

C．worked for

D．cared about

4.

A．curiously

B．freely

C．unwillingly

D．jokingly

5.

A．first

B．busy

C．final

D．usual

6.

A．picture

B．surprise

C．notebook

D．test

7.

A．needed

B．wasted

C．changed

D．produced

8.

A．dream

B．job

C．luck

D．ability

9.

A．limited

B．invited

C．drove

D．introduced

10.

A．punished

B．stopped

C．refused

D．doubted

11.

A．faced

B．praised

C．accepted

D．ignored

12.

A．gathered

B．declared

C．volunteered

D．called

13.

A．meeting

B．party

C．cinema

D．school

14.

A．loss

B．failure

C．business

D．success

15.

A．raised

B．solved

C．forgotten

D．discussed

3 . One day, a farmer lost his watch in his barn(谷仓). The watch was cheap but it was very_________ to him because it was a gift from his father.

After_________ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for _________ from a group of children playing nearby.

He _________ them that the child who found the watch would get a present.

Hearing this, the children went inside the barn _________. They searched everywhere but still could not find the_________. Just when the farmer was going to_________, a little boy went up to him and said he wanted to try again.

The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The _________ farmer asked the boy how he succeeded(成功) where the rest had failed. The boy answered, “I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the _________ of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes peaceful(平静的) mind can think __________ than an excited one.

1.

A．important

B．expensive

C．useless

D．impossible

2.

A．searching

B．finding

C．watching

D．studying

3.

A．money

B．help

C．work

D．danger

4.

A．believed

B．taught

C．worried

D．told

5.

A．easily

B．slowly

C．sadly

D．quickly

6.

A．ruler

B．key

C．child

D．watch

7.

A．put up

B．give up

C．go out

D．come back

8.

A．surprised

B．surprising

C．bored

D．boring

9.

A．colour

B．voice

C．noise

D．sound

10.

A．bad

B．worse

C．good

D．better

4 . It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!

1. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?

A．She knew the car drivers well.

B．She wanted to show kindness.

C．She hoped to please others.

D．She had seven tickets.

2. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she _________.

A．thought it was beautifully written

B．wanted to know what it really meant

C．decided to write it on a warehouse wall

D．wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom

3. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?

A．Judy Foreman	B．Natalie Smith
C．Alice Johnson	D．Anne Herbert

4. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?

A．Kindness and violence can change the world.

B．Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.

C．Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.

D．Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.

5. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．People should practice random kindness to those in need.

B．People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.

C．People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.

D．People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.

6 . Henry was a middle-aged businessman whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often ________ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so ________ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Henry and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly ________. Henry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along ________ and had to wait in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant knocks on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the ________ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Henry was a ________ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be ________, so he went to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Henry in anger and shut the door ________. “What a nuisance!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to ________ things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. ________ this time she was ________ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She ________ me here to give you these.” At that moment, Henry suddenly realized what caused his ________ in life. It was his ________ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was ________ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been covered by his cold mind.

1.

A．complaining

B．telling

C．hoping

D．pretending

2.

A．pleased

B．disappointed

C．exhausted

D．encouraged

3.

A．went on

B．went down

C．went out

D．went through

4.

A．candles

B．matches

C．lights

D．bulbs

5.

A．bright

B．quiet

C．noisy

D．crowded

6.

A．newcomer

B．stranger

C．guest

D．settler

7.

A．called

B．disturbed

C．watched

D．offered

8.

A．gently

B．kindly

C．politely

D．violently

9.

A．lend

B．sell

C．give

D．borrow

10.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．For

11.

A．holding

B．hiding

C．fetching

D．lifting

12.

A．suggested

B．commanded

C．sent

D．forced

13.

A．failure

B．success

C．complaint

D．determination

14.

A．warmth

B．coldness

C．kindness

D．sympathy

15.

A．doubtfully

B．hardly

C．actually

D．nearly

9 . Lisa never had the chance to know her father. He and her mother divorced when she was just a young child. Even though he didn’t move far, he never came to visit his children.

Lisa often wondered about her father. What did he looked like and what he was doing. All she knew was his name: Jeff White.

After Lisa grew up she became a nurse at a hospital where she would help provide medicine and comfort for patients in their final days. A few weeks ago she received a new patient whose name was Jeff White.

When Jeff came into his room Lisa asked him if he had any children. Jeff told her that he had two daughters, Lisa and Emily. Lisa couldn’t hold her tears back. She told him, “I am Lisa, your daughter.”

Jeff embraced her, saying that he was not a good father. And the daughter held his hand and kissed him. Then Jeff began to sing This Magic Moment.

Jeff could have just weeks left to live, so Lisa wanted to make the most of the time she had with him. Lisa also brought her kids to the hospital to meet their grandfather. The kid made cards for him with the words, “I love you.”

Forgiveness is also a kind of love.

1. What happened to Lisa when she was young?

A．Her father lost his job.	B．Her mother died.
C．Her family moved to another country.	D．Her father left the family.

2. What did Lisa know about her father?

A．Her father’s looks.	B．Her father’s name.
C．Her father’s hobby.	D．Her father’s job.

3. What does the underlined word “patients” mean in this passage?

A．Doctor.

B．Sick people.

C．Family.

D．Operation.

4. From the passage we know that        .

A．Lisa has a brother	B．Lisa hates his father
C．Lisa has a sister	D．Lisa’s father hates her daughter

5. This passage mainly tells us that         

A．kids should love their father	B．the father should love his kids
C．forgiveness is also a kind of love	D．fathers shouldn’t leave their families

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Glen James was a homeless man. One day last year, he found     1     bag in the door of a shop while he was walking around a shopping centre     2     the city of Boston.

At first, he didn’t know     3     to do, but when he opened the bag, he saw there     4    (be) a wallet with $40,000 in it. So then he took it to the police. Many people thought that Mr James did a     5    (wonder) thing. Later, a website     6    (decide) to raise money to help Mr. James because he had no home or job.     7    (Final), they raised over $140, 000 from people of different     8    (area) all over the world. Mr James said, “I’m     9    (surprise) and so happy. This is going to change     10    (I) life.”