1 . It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat ______ we had to take the girls to their next activity.My husband seemed a bit ______ that dinner was not on the table.

That night, I had a heavy ______, thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线). We had become too ______ in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would ______ our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.

I bought a notebook, named it "Our Deed Diary" and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a ______ for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our ______. And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.

I thought one deed a day was too easy. However, it was actually ______ than it seemed because it had to be something ______ what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not ______.

We had a rough ______. On some days,someone would forget to ______ a good deed, while on other days, we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary. After a few weeks though, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to ______ what good deed I could do for someone that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to ______ me the good deed they had done.

Now, after a year, I am happy to say that it is making a（n）______ in our lives. Instead of always   ______ what the day will bring for us, we think bout what we can do for someone else.

Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so ______? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only ______ by giving to someone else from your heart. The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything in ______. So, when someone does return the favor,it is an enormous and positive ______.

1.

A．though

B．unless

C．before

D．while

2.

A．annoyed

B．puzzled

C．embarrassed

D．frightened

3.

A．shoulder

B．stomach

C．foot

D．heart

4.

A．absorbed

B．interested

C．confident

D．successful

5.

A．repeat

B．relate

C．refocus

D．recall

6.

A．kindness

B．task

C．job

D．copy

7.

A．room

B．home

C．school

D．town

8.

A．stranger

B．sweeter

C．harder

D．bigger

9.

A．beyond

B．from

C．about

D．between

10.

A．matter

B．count

C．last

D．happen

11.

A．time

B．life

C．start

D．idea

12.

A．praise

B．check

C．record

D．do

13.

A．describe

B．decide

C．remember

D．explain

14.

A．bring

B．teach

C．offer

D．tell

15.

A．effort

B．choice

C．difference

D．fortune

16.

A．forgetting

B．believing

C．knowing

D．wondering

17.

A．tiring

B．moving

C．surprising

D．rewarding

18.

A．experience

B．imagine

C．predict

D．exchange

19.

A．silence

B．return

C．time

D．order

20.

A．effect

B．bonus

C．attitude

D．contribution

2 . I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question — what is a good person?

At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students, a young man of about 30, described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.

So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up one toy, and his father said to him, “No, no, give him your favorite toy.”

And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”

And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.

What do you think happened?

After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face lighted up. “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?” I think I have got the answer to the question.

1. From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.

A．begging is looked down upon	B．begging is considered as a normal part of life
C．visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly	D．few people are living a poor life

2. The sentence “Daddy, can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.

A．got pleasure by helping the little beggar	B．wanted to please his father
C．began to like the little beggar	D．wanted to be the little beggar’s friend

3. According to the writer, “being a good person” means ________.

A．being ready to give

B．being friendly to beggars

C．having the courage to correct his/her mistakes

D．being able to teach children to tell right from wrong

3 . She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful little image of innocence. It was ______ outside.

We all stood there, just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We all waited, some ______, others anxiously, because the ______ messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the rainfall.______ of running through the rain happily as a child came pouring, and ______ the worries of my day.

Her voice was so ______ as it broke the gloomy silence we were all caught in, “Mom, let’s ______ the rain.” she said.

“What?” Mom asked.

“Let’s run through the rain!” She ______.

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

This young child waited about another minute and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

“We’ll get ______ if we do.” Mom said.

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

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

“Don’t you ______? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, if God can get us through this, he can get us through ______!”

“The entire crowd ______, dead silent. You couldn’t hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now some would ______ it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of approval in a young child’s life. Time when innocent trust can be cared for so that it will bloom into ______. “Honey, you are absolutely right. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, well maybe we just need ______ Mom said. Then off they ran.

We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. They held their shopping bags over their ______ just in case. They got wet. But they were ______ by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

Circumstances or people can take away your ______ possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your ______ memories. So, don’t forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!

1.

A．snowing

B．blowing

C．pouring

D．lightning

2.

A．amazingly

B．sadly

C．angrily

D．patiently

3.

A．rain

B．thunder

C．wind

D．smog

4.

A．Excitement

B．Memories

C．Wonders

D．Worries

5.

A．taking away

B．taking down

C．taking up

D．taking in

6.

A．quick

B．low

C．sweet

D．frightened

7.

A．walk through

B．run through

C．dance in

D．sing in

8.

A．repeated

B．shouted

C．cried

D．added

9.

A．move

B．see

C．listen

D．wait

10.

A．sick

B．sorry

C．wet

D．down

11.

A．remember

B．forget

C．regret

D．worry

12.

A．something

B．anything

C．anyone

D．someone

13.

A．laughed

B．left

C．shouted

D．stopped

14.

A．take

B．break

C．laugh

D．keep

15.

A．faith

B．habit

C．wisdom

D．courage

16.

A．changing

B．washing

C．fighting

D．eating

17.

A．body

B．chest

C．heads

D．leg

18.

A．welcomed

B．break up

C．cheered up

D．followed

19.

A．material

B．mental

C．spiritual

D．physical

20.

A．exciting

B．precious

C．considerable

D．upset

4 . When I was young, my father had a small business. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s ________. As we worked and watched, we ________ that work was about more than survival and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my ________. It was shortly before ________. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy station. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was ________ a brown worn eoat with dirty sleeves. The little boy looked poor to me – too poor to ________ anything. He looked ________ the toy section, picked up this item and ________, and carefully put them ________ in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His blue eyes ________ and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy ________ he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas ________ for his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his ________ and look around. He did.

After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy ________, walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

“How much you got?” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and ________ it. In his hand lay 27 cents. The ________ on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98…

“That plane ________ exactly 27 cents!” Dad said as he ________ the sale. Dad’s reply still ________ in my ears. I thought about what I’d seen as I packed the present. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat. What I saw was a happy child with a ________.

My best gift that Christmas was seeing my Dad’s love in action. I will never forget what happened that day.

1.

A．workshop

B．farm

C．office

D．store

2.

A．learned

B．taught

C．loved

D．signed

3.

A．way

B．mind

C．life

D．trouble

4.

A．Christmas

B．sunset

C．New Year’s Day

D．Mother’s Day

5.

A．putting on

B．dressing

C．taking

D．wearing

6.

A．try

B．attempt

C．afford

D．manage

7.

A．for

B．around

C．up

D．over

8.

A．that

B．one

C．it

D．this

9.

A．up

B．away

C．back

D．off

10.

A．closed

B．smiled

C．shone

D．looked

11.

A．who

B．what

C．when

D．if

12.

A．tree

B．card

C．cake

D．present

13.

A．effort

B．word

C．time

D．courage

14.

A．plane

B．bear

C．car

D．section

15.

A．showed

B．opened

C．gave

D．turned

16.

A．prize

B．money

C．package

D．price

17.

A．costs

B．spends

C．pays

D．gives

18.

A．took

B．returned

C．made

D．offered

19.

A．rings

B．stays

C．remains

D．gets

20.

A．bag

B．treasure

C．pack

D．thing

5 . It was a year ago when Joshua got a bike for Christmas, but he rode it every day. One morning, he suddenly found the bike gone. Ran to his front yard, he saw a man loading it into his car. He shouted, but the man drive off. As a devoted Christian, he told his dad he real forgave the thief. What’s more, he wanted the thief know he was forgiven. So the next day, he posted the message on a poster-board and put it in the front yard. “To the person who stole my bike: You hurt my feeling. But I am a Christian and I forgive him!” When he left for home the next morning, at the end of the driveway, the bike was back with new brakes.

6 . When I was 24, I moved into an apartment and the couple next door were loud all the time. After putting up with it for a couple weeks, I decided to_______them and politely ask them to be_______after noon, as I had to work midnight, so I_______went to bed around noon.

I went next door and knocked on the door and an old woman answered. I_______myself and she asked if I came over to complain about the_______, and I said yes. She_______both she and her husband were going_______and that they needed to speak loudly to hear each other. She_______me in and offered me a coffee and we started talking._______, we heard a loud bang in the kitchen. Then we found her husband had fallen onto the ground. Immediately, we________him to the hospital.

When I came home from work the next day, there was a________on the door from the lady asking me to come over. When I reached her________, she asked if I’d drive her to the hospital, to which I said no________. When we got to the hospital, I________her to his room, where he thanked me. Soon I ended up being friends with this couple________they moved away a year later.

One day after ten years, I got a________from a lawyer. I was________what was going on, so I went down and when arrived at his office, the lawyer asked me if I knew a couple________ their names and I said yes. He told me that the couple had died and he was________by their children to find me. They wanted to thank me personally. I________the family and then we became friends!

You can never know when, where, or how you are next going to make new friends. Life if full   of surprises. Whatever happens, try to treat others exactly as you would like to be treated.

1.

A．challenge

B．treat

C．punish

D．face

2.

A．quieter

B．calmer

C．kinder

D．slower

3.

A．seldom

B．already

C．always

D．still

4.

A．expressed

B．introduced

C．improved

D．examined

5.

A．disadvantage

B．pain

C．attitude

D．noise

6.

A．explained

B．described

C．guessed

D．believed

7.

A．weak

B．blind

C．deaf

D．straight

8.

A．brought

B．invited

C．forced

D．begged

9.

A．Secretly

B．Unfortunately

C．Naturally

D．Suddenly

10.

A．send

B．ran

C．rushed

D．persuaded

11.

A．report

B．note

C．concern

D．spelling

12.

A．home

B．car

C．office

D．identity

13.

A．doubt

B．way

C．matter

D．problem

14.

A．carried

B．followed

C．flowed

D．guided

15.

A．since

B．before

C．until

D．while

16.

A．call

B．visit

C．schedule

D．congratulation

17.

A．wondering

B．giving in

C．expressing

D．determining

18.

A．with

B．at

C．out of

D．by

19.

A．encouraged

B．fond of

C．employed

D．forced

20.

A．missed

B．met

C．praised

D．judged

7 . 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

8 . The day before Christmas I pulled into a store parking lot and counted my money again. It wasn’t much. I _______ being poor, not having enough to _______ my small children a few simple toys. As I was _______ I noticed the Salvation Army (救世军) bell ringer at the _______. I felt bad again because I didn’t feel I could _______ anything to give him. I started walking towards the entrance _______ two cars entered empty parking spaces in front of me. The first was a _______, new Cadillac which became the _______ of me the moment I saw it. “How _______ I thought, “would it be to have enough money to buy a car like that!” The second car,________, was an ancient car more shabby than the one I was driving.

A man got out of the Cadillac and hurried into the store ________ past the bell ringer without a second ________. Out of the old car came a young mother with three small children following ________ behind her. Her clothes looked as ________ as her car, yet she slopped at the entrance and ________ a bill. In that second a(n)________ touched me, my envy and dislike ________ me, and all the love and joy filled me. I fished a bill out of my own purse,________ it in the Salvation Army kettle, and wished the ________ a “Merry Christmas!”

Now I felt I was a poor man hut rich on the ________. After finding a few things for my kids, I drove home with my heart singing.

1.

A．regretted

B．permitted

C．escaped

D．hated

2.

A．make

B．buy

C．award

D．lend

3.

A．pulling out

B．settling in

C．getting out

D．cutting in

4.

A．parking space

B．entrance

C．parking lot

D．counter

5.

A．spare

B．split

C．spend

D．save

6.

A．when

B．since

C．though

D．if

7.

A．sharp

B．dull

C．pure

D．shiny

8.

A．target

B．item

C．envy

D．bargain

9.

A．nice

B．precious

C．rare

D．expensive

10.

A．therefore

B．however

C．anyhow

D．besides

11.

A．merely

B．seldom

C．hopefully

D．right

12.

A．smile

B．nod

C．glance

D．wave

13.

A．firmly

B．closely

C．casually

D．bravely

14.

A．worn out

B．cast down

C．tired out

D．broken down

15.

A．paid

B．passed

C．donated

D．rejected

16.

A．equality

B．sympathy

C．approval

D．warmth

17.

A．left

B．visited

C．reached

D．missed

18.

A．took

B．handed

C．dropped

D．started

19.

A．salesman

B．bell ringer

C．woman

D．man driver

20.

A．wealth

B．luck

C．inside

D．outside

9 .

It is natural that children are curious about the world around them. For example, they want to know how their hearts beat. They want to know why the ocean water tastes salty.

As children grow up, they become curious about different kinds of things. When they are babies, they are interested in the parts of their bodies and in the smiles of their mothers. They become interested in the physical world around them: the plants, the animals, the sky. Later, they become interested in the things that people have made: wheels, bicycles, cars. And when they are adults, their curiosity continues. Sometimes this curiosity leads to a career (生涯、职业) in science.

Scientists spend their lives trying to find out about the world．Those who work with the earth sciences study the earth, the oceans, and the skies. Other scientists who study living things work with the biological sciences. A third group of scientists study the physical sciences, e. g. physics, chemistry .

These scientists have already discovered a lot about our world．For example, they tell us why your heart beats fast when you run. They say that when you are quiet, your heart normally beats sixty-five or seventy-five times a minute. Your heart is a pump (泵) that pumps blood to all parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen and nutrition. When you run, your muscles work very hard and use the nutrition that the blood carries to them. The muscles need oxygen, too . So your brain sends a signal to the heart. The signal means that the muscles need more nutrition and oxygen. Then the heart beats fast and sends blood quickly to the muscles. It may beat 90 to 140 times a minute.

Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, “Why does the ocean water taste salty” scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask , “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get saltier every year.” Scientists are not sure about the answer to this question.

We know a lot about our world, but there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.

1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A．People are curious in the same way.

B．People in different countries are interested in different things.

C．Men and women are curious about different things.

D．People of different ages are interested in different things

2. Scientists who work with the biological sciences study____.

A．the earth , the oceans and the sky	B．man-made things
C．plants and animals	D．ocean water

3. When you run, your muscles need ____.

A．more nutrition and oxygen

B．more signals

C．more salt

D．water

4. A rock cracks _____.

A．in wet regions	B．in dry regions
C．at very high or very low temperatures	D．when salty water falls in

10 . I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new teacher, and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting. But he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his abilities.

So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms (手掌心) were sweating. I was completely unprepared for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech. Because of me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he loved me, he had begun to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had recently spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the self-respect I had developed in her son. She kissed me again and left.

I sat, stunned, for about half an hour, wondering what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without even knowing it? What I finally came to remember was one day, several months before, when some students were giving reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke quietly, and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, “Speak up. Simon is the expert on this. He is the only one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the back of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, smiled more, and became happy. And it was all because he happened to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed praise was the one who took the last seat that day.

It taught me the most valuable lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came early and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.

1. We can infer that when Simon’s mother entered the room, the writer felt       .

A．satisfied	B．nervous
C．happy	D．surprised

2. Why did Simon’s mother come to visit her son’s teacher?

A．Because she worried about her son’s poor work.

B．Because she wanted to show her gratitude to the teacher.

C．Because Simon asked her to do so.

D．Because she wanted to know her son’s performance in the school.

3. What the teacher said in paragraph 3 is intended to       .

A．encourage Jeanne to speak louder

B．encourage Simon to work hard

C．ask Jeanne to convince Simon

D．tell the students that Simon was expert on that

4. The purpose of the passage is to       .

A．tell the story of Simon

B．tell teacher show to be kind to students

C．advise the readers to be kind to others

D．share a valuable lesson with readers